Dr. Marie Huber
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Dr. Marie Huber
@mariehuber.bsky.social
Researcher. Writer: History, Economics, Africa | co-founder @metoohistory.bsky.social
Airlines are political.

Across the #GlobalSouth, national carriers became symbols of sovereignty, shaped by colonial ties, #ColdWar strategy, and uneven access to #technology.

✈️📝👇
December 5, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Kleiner Kommentar von mir im Artikel von Otto Wöhrbach und Natalie Ille (im Tagesspiegel) zur Equal-Earth-Karte und zur "correct the map" Initiative:

www.tagesspiegel.de/wissen/die-a...
September 5, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Sometimes the impossible becomes possible ✓
My project "Manufacturing Modernity in Africa" (MAGIC) just won a €1.5 million ERC Starting Grant - Europe's most competitive early-career research funding.
I'll be investigating Bata shoe factories in Kenya, Malawi & Zimbabwe from the 1940s to 2000s.
September 5, 2025 at 3:54 PM
September 3, 2025 at 7:33 PM
We made it! Arrived two weeks ago in DC to start my Smithsonian NASM Fellowship. Adventure starts now!

- office view: not bad
- DC commute upgrade
- Smithsonian researcher mode: ON
- for the nerds: 80s cargo planes hit different
- exploring DC and American life (strange times)
September 3, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Spoke on “Flying White Elephants?” at a civil aviation history conference earlier this year, inside Lufthansa HQ, with runway views & the hum of business around us. African airlines after independence weren’t just prestige projects - some reshaped economies & global aviation deals.
August 12, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Picture puzzle announcement
May 13, 2025 at 5:25 AM
How I present myself
in grant applications vs. interviews for a faculty position
April 28, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Die besten Geschenke im Leben kommen unerwartet:
March 4, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Da habe ich eine perfekte Buchempfehlung für Euch:
February 8, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Korrigiere mich :)

Warum es mit manchen Verlagen funktioniert und mit manchen nicht (Sage und deGruyter fehlen hier zB), hat vermutlich mit der Zahl der Aufrufe zu tun, genau habe ich es aber nicht verstanden...

Man die Einträge JEDES Jahr melden, solange sie online sind.
January 31, 2025 at 7:43 AM
VG Wort Metis - online Texte melden, ultimative Kurzanleitung:

1. Melden kann man in dieser Kategorie zB
> e-Versionen von Zeitschriftenartikeln
> jede Seite, auf der ein open access e-books zum Download steht, auch Buchhändler
> e-versionen von Dissertationen bei Univerlagen

meine Meldungen:
January 31, 2025 at 7:33 AM
12 years into my academic career, here’s my list of goals for the next year
#ichbinhanna #skystorians
January 3, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Mutti zeigt sich stabil 😍😍😍
November 22, 2024 at 10:56 AM
Conference ranking for 2024
1. workshop on aviation history at the GHI Washington and the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum
2. close second bc. my first keynote: a workshop on liminal actors in development cooperation in Koper, Slovenia
3. EBHA in Carcavelos and Lisbon, with direct beach access
November 13, 2024 at 9:18 AM
Gerade kam die VG Wort - Metis Ausschüttung, also für Texte im Internet. 120 € abzüglich Inkassogebühren, also ca. 112 € für mich. Man kann alle open access Publikationen melden, es gibt nur 12 € pro Seite, allerdings Jahr für Jahr wieder. Was sagt Ihr, lohnt sich der Aufand?
September 28, 2024 at 10:53 AM
Meine aussagekräftige Forschungsskizze:
August 10, 2024 at 9:01 AM
Mein aussagekräftiger Lebenslauf:
August 7, 2024 at 9:35 AM
Cooking up the 3-year planning for our newly funded @DFG network (Post-)Colonial Business History at our first meeting in Bamberg last week. With 19 members from 7 countries, and @nkleinoeder.bsky.social and @aengel.bsky.social coordinating, we will foster interdisciplinary exchange and research.
March 18, 2024 at 1:45 PM
übrigens ist natürlich auch der Nikolaus #ichbinhanna und macht beim #Hochschulaktionstag und heutigen #Warnstreik mit
December 6, 2023 at 9:30 AM
Door Nr. 6: A vivid and colorful post-impressionist style mural depicting a whimsical, museum-like archive room focused on the history of Santa Claus.
December 6, 2023 at 9:25 AM
Door Nr. 5 of my advent calendar of AI-generated images, using Gesine Born's fantastic prompts: A photo-realistic image of the rare books reading room, capturing the Louis I. Kahn style, as seen through a Canon 18mm wide-angle lens.
December 5, 2023 at 1:22 PM
Door Nr. 4 of my advent calendar of AI generated images of my research. As always, inspired by Gesine Born's prompt: a 3D infographic showcasing industrialization in Africa, designed in the style of a 1960s advertisement and pop art.
December 4, 2023 at 10:22 AM
Door Nr. 3 of my advent calendar of AI-images of my research work, inspired by Gesine Born, showing a diverse group of scholars in terms of gender and ethnicity, with some reading books, others using modern devices, all set in a contemporary yet Vermeer-inspired setting.
December 3, 2023 at 11:01 AM