Richard Legay
@richardlegay.bsky.social
Historian interested in media, memory & culture, and currently working on Franco-German memory politics.
Lecturer in French Studies @unigoettingen.bsky.social
Associated researcher @ABI-Freiburg.bsky.social (DE)
Lecturer in French Studies @unigoettingen.bsky.social
Associated researcher @ABI-Freiburg.bsky.social (DE)
Pinned
The Cultural Histories of Radio Luxembourg and Europe n°1
This book focuses on Radio Luxembourg and Europe n°1, which were popular institutions in Western Europe throughout the Long Sixties.
link.springer.com
'The Cultural Histories of Radio Luxembourg and Europe n°1: Broadcasting across Europe' is out! This monograph focuses on commercial radio history and popular culture in the 60s. Might also interest anyone working on intermediality, transnational history and sound!
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast'
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October 24, 2025 at 8:27 AM
The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast'
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"The BBC has clanged their doors shut on those histories, those stories, those lives and ways of working that are revealed through the joint industry of the historian and the archivist." @helenwheatley.bsky.social on the devastating decision to limit access to BBC archives. tinyurl.com/y4tnyw9a
Defending the WAC: All the things I haven’t (yet) written by Helen Wheatley
People following the last few weeks of the Critical Studies in Television blog will have seen my brilliant colleagues discussing the essential work that they have been able to do thanks to the…
cstonline.net
October 19, 2025 at 6:06 AM
"The BBC has clanged their doors shut on those histories, those stories, those lives and ways of working that are revealed through the joint industry of the historian and the archivist." @helenwheatley.bsky.social on the devastating decision to limit access to BBC archives. tinyurl.com/y4tnyw9a
Great opportunities for #publichistory !
4x4-year, fully-funded PhD opportunities to work with an interdisciplinary group at Trinity College Dublin 2026-2030.
One of these is to work with me on a public history and cultural heritage PhD, in collaboration with one of Dublins most interesting neighbourhoods.
www.tcd.ie/graduatestud...
One of these is to work with me on a public history and cultural heritage PhD, in collaboration with one of Dublins most interesting neighbourhoods.
www.tcd.ie/graduatestud...
PhD Opportunity - Trinity East - Graduate Studies | Trinity College Dublin
Professor Timothy Stott and his team are inviting applications to doctoral research on the heritage of Trinity East in Grand Canal Dock, Dublin.
www.tcd.ie
October 14, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Great opportunities for #publichistory !
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📚🔍 New project starts at ABI: PhotoTogo
Under the coordination of @richardlegay.bsky.social, a collection of colonial photographs from #Togo held at the Museum Natur und Mensch in #Freiburg will be critically examined.
▶️ Find out more on the project: www.arnold-bergstraesser.de/en/projects/...
Under the coordination of @richardlegay.bsky.social, a collection of colonial photographs from #Togo held at the Museum Natur und Mensch in #Freiburg will be critically examined.
▶️ Find out more on the project: www.arnold-bergstraesser.de/en/projects/...
September 15, 2025 at 11:07 AM
📚🔍 New project starts at ABI: PhotoTogo
Under the coordination of @richardlegay.bsky.social, a collection of colonial photographs from #Togo held at the Museum Natur und Mensch in #Freiburg will be critically examined.
▶️ Find out more on the project: www.arnold-bergstraesser.de/en/projects/...
Under the coordination of @richardlegay.bsky.social, a collection of colonial photographs from #Togo held at the Museum Natur und Mensch in #Freiburg will be critically examined.
▶️ Find out more on the project: www.arnold-bergstraesser.de/en/projects/...
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My History colleagues are looking for a Europeanist who can also teach in a non-Western area. I'd personally be enthusiastic about another French speaker joining the college. We have a lovely Francophone community of faculty and students, and there are French lunches on campus twice a month!
Job Announcement: Professor Modern European History (1750-Present), open rank, beginning in Fall 2026 at Grove City College, a small Christian liberal arts college an hour north of Pittsburgh. Preference for someone who can also teach courses in a non-Western field. www.gcc.edu/Utility/Port...
September 3, 2025 at 4:29 PM
My History colleagues are looking for a Europeanist who can also teach in a non-Western area. I'd personally be enthusiastic about another French speaker joining the college. We have a lovely Francophone community of faculty and students, and there are French lunches on campus twice a month!
Great Call for Papers for #media historians working on #radio & #magazines! 📻📰
The 'Radio and Newspapers: What Intersections for Media History?' conference (Lausanne, 30.06-01.07.2026) is looking for contributions.
L'appel est aussi disponible en français.
impresso.github.io/radio-and-ne...
The 'Radio and Newspapers: What Intersections for Media History?' conference (Lausanne, 30.06-01.07.2026) is looking for contributions.
L'appel est aussi disponible en français.
impresso.github.io/radio-and-ne...
Homepage | Radio and Newspapers Conference 2026
Radio and Newspapers: What Intersections for Media History?
impresso.github.io
September 5, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Great Call for Papers for #media historians working on #radio & #magazines! 📻📰
The 'Radio and Newspapers: What Intersections for Media History?' conference (Lausanne, 30.06-01.07.2026) is looking for contributions.
L'appel est aussi disponible en français.
impresso.github.io/radio-and-ne...
The 'Radio and Newspapers: What Intersections for Media History?' conference (Lausanne, 30.06-01.07.2026) is looking for contributions.
L'appel est aussi disponible en français.
impresso.github.io/radio-and-ne...
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New publication available through open access. Public History in Global Perspective…
Conflict Textiles features in chapter by Nico Ferguson Crossing Borders in Cloth, from Collectivizing to Commemorating…. Full details www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
Conflict Textiles features in chapter by Nico Ferguson Crossing Borders in Cloth, from Collectivizing to Commemorating…. Full details www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
September 2, 2025 at 7:03 AM
New publication available through open access. Public History in Global Perspective…
Conflict Textiles features in chapter by Nico Ferguson Crossing Borders in Cloth, from Collectivizing to Commemorating…. Full details www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
Conflict Textiles features in chapter by Nico Ferguson Crossing Borders in Cloth, from Collectivizing to Commemorating…. Full details www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
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Bon, vu les débats lancés à ce sujet depuis plus d’un mois, voilà un fil qui tente d’expliquer le problème que pose l’infiltration par les ultra-conservateurs des spectacles historiques et autres fêtes médiévales (ou de villages). À dérouler ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ 1/
August 20, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Bon, vu les débats lancés à ce sujet depuis plus d’un mois, voilà un fil qui tente d’expliquer le problème que pose l’infiltration par les ultra-conservateurs des spectacles historiques et autres fêtes médiévales (ou de villages). À dérouler ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ 1/
Calling historians and researchers. The BBC Written Archives Centre has changed its access rules without consultation. This means an end to proper independent research into the BBC's rich history. 178 have already signed the open letter. Please join the campaign here:
tinyurl.com/bbcwaccampaign
tinyurl.com/bbcwaccampaign
Open letter BBC Written Archives - August 2025
Join the campaign to protect the future of independent research at the BBC Written Archives Centre The following text is an open letter expressing the concern of historians and researchers about chan...
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August 18, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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The copies of 'Public History in Global Perspective: Inquiry, Exchange and Practice' have arrived! 🎉📔
Very pleased to have in my hands this edited volume we've been working on for several years with @smythh.bsky.social , @ciaranon.bsky.social and @geolug.bsky.social
Very pleased to have in my hands this edited volume we've been working on for several years with @smythh.bsky.social , @ciaranon.bsky.social and @geolug.bsky.social
Public History in Global Perspective
Where should public history sit within the matrix of global, international, (trans-)national, and more local histories? Since its emergence in the 1970s, Public History has typically been read as comm...
www.degruyterbrill.com
August 12, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The copies of 'Public History in Global Perspective: Inquiry, Exchange and Practice' have arrived! 🎉📔
Very pleased to have in my hands this edited volume we've been working on for several years with @smythh.bsky.social , @ciaranon.bsky.social and @geolug.bsky.social
Very pleased to have in my hands this edited volume we've been working on for several years with @smythh.bsky.social , @ciaranon.bsky.social and @geolug.bsky.social
The copies of 'Public History in Global Perspective: Inquiry, Exchange and Practice' have arrived! 🎉📔
Very pleased to have in my hands this edited volume we've been working on for several years with @smythh.bsky.social , @ciaranon.bsky.social and @geolug.bsky.social
Very pleased to have in my hands this edited volume we've been working on for several years with @smythh.bsky.social , @ciaranon.bsky.social and @geolug.bsky.social
Public History in Global Perspective
Where should public history sit within the matrix of global, international, (trans-)national, and more local histories? Since its emergence in the 1970s, Public History has typically been read as comm...
www.degruyterbrill.com
August 12, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The copies of 'Public History in Global Perspective: Inquiry, Exchange and Practice' have arrived! 🎉📔
Very pleased to have in my hands this edited volume we've been working on for several years with @smythh.bsky.social , @ciaranon.bsky.social and @geolug.bsky.social
Very pleased to have in my hands this edited volume we've been working on for several years with @smythh.bsky.social , @ciaranon.bsky.social and @geolug.bsky.social
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Really delighted to see this out. Great work by colleagues and alumni of @historytcd.bsky.social #publichistory masters programme. #openaccess as well. Thanks to everyone involved. @smythh.bsky.social @richardlegay.bsky.social @ciaranon.bsky.social
🔊 Very pleased our book about public history is out and gold open access: Public History in Global Perspective
Inquiry, Exchange and Practice. @ciaranon.bsky.social @geolug.bsky.social @richardlegay.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/mafs2wrx
Inquiry, Exchange and Practice. @ciaranon.bsky.social @geolug.bsky.social @richardlegay.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/mafs2wrx
Public History in Global Perspective
Where should public history sit within the matrix of global, international, (trans-)national, and more local histories? Since its emergence in the 1970s, Public History has typically been read as comm...
tinyurl.com
August 11, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Really delighted to see this out. Great work by colleagues and alumni of @historytcd.bsky.social #publichistory masters programme. #openaccess as well. Thanks to everyone involved. @smythh.bsky.social @richardlegay.bsky.social @ciaranon.bsky.social
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🔊 Very pleased our book about public history is out and gold open access: Public History in Global Perspective
Inquiry, Exchange and Practice. @ciaranon.bsky.social @geolug.bsky.social @richardlegay.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/mafs2wrx
Inquiry, Exchange and Practice. @ciaranon.bsky.social @geolug.bsky.social @richardlegay.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/mafs2wrx
Public History in Global Perspective
Where should public history sit within the matrix of global, international, (trans-)national, and more local histories? Since its emergence in the 1970s, Public History has typically been read as comm...
tinyurl.com
August 11, 2025 at 3:13 PM
🔊 Very pleased our book about public history is out and gold open access: Public History in Global Perspective
Inquiry, Exchange and Practice. @ciaranon.bsky.social @geolug.bsky.social @richardlegay.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/mafs2wrx
Inquiry, Exchange and Practice. @ciaranon.bsky.social @geolug.bsky.social @richardlegay.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/mafs2wrx
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www.conseil-etat.fr/avis-consult...
A défaut du texte de loi, j'ai lu l'avis du conseil d'état qui est majoritairement du blabla de juriste mais qui revient sur deux points de tension dans le texte de loi prévu: les bornes chronologiques et les dons et legs.
A défaut du texte de loi, j'ai lu l'avis du conseil d'état qui est majoritairement du blabla de juriste mais qui revient sur deux points de tension dans le texte de loi prévu: les bornes chronologiques et les dons et legs.
Avis sur un projet de loi relatif à la restitution de biens culturels provenant d’Etats qui, du fait d’une appropriation illicite, en ont été privés. - Conseil d'État
Le Gouvernement a décidé de rendre public l'avis du Conseil d’État sur un projet de loi relatif à la restitution de biens culturels provenant d’Etats qui, du fait d’une appropriation illicite, en ont ...
www.conseil-etat.fr
July 31, 2025 at 6:10 AM
www.conseil-etat.fr/avis-consult...
A défaut du texte de loi, j'ai lu l'avis du conseil d'état qui est majoritairement du blabla de juriste mais qui revient sur deux points de tension dans le texte de loi prévu: les bornes chronologiques et les dons et legs.
A défaut du texte de loi, j'ai lu l'avis du conseil d'état qui est majoritairement du blabla de juriste mais qui revient sur deux points de tension dans le texte de loi prévu: les bornes chronologiques et les dons et legs.
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🚨 #Jobalert
Join us as a #PostDoc in the Horizon Europe project TWON (Twin of Online Social Network)! You'll work in the Political Communication & Journalism group, as well as in the Computational Communication Science Amsterdam Lab.
📅Deadline: 28 July 2025
🔗Read More: tinyurl.com/mswjxnaj
Join us as a #PostDoc in the Horizon Europe project TWON (Twin of Online Social Network)! You'll work in the Political Communication & Journalism group, as well as in the Computational Communication Science Amsterdam Lab.
📅Deadline: 28 July 2025
🔗Read More: tinyurl.com/mswjxnaj
July 22, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🚨 #Jobalert
Join us as a #PostDoc in the Horizon Europe project TWON (Twin of Online Social Network)! You'll work in the Political Communication & Journalism group, as well as in the Computational Communication Science Amsterdam Lab.
📅Deadline: 28 July 2025
🔗Read More: tinyurl.com/mswjxnaj
Join us as a #PostDoc in the Horizon Europe project TWON (Twin of Online Social Network)! You'll work in the Political Communication & Journalism group, as well as in the Computational Communication Science Amsterdam Lab.
📅Deadline: 28 July 2025
🔗Read More: tinyurl.com/mswjxnaj
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📆 Afrikanisches Erbe in Europa - Aufführung von #Dahomey &"If Objects could speak", Diskussion mit #KokouAzamede & @richardlegay.bsky.social
👉24.7. um 19.30 Uhr im Kommunalen Kino #Freiburg
@abi-freiburg.bsky.social @decolonialitynow.bsky.social
www.koki-freiburg.de/dahomey-if-o...
👉24.7. um 19.30 Uhr im Kommunalen Kino #Freiburg
@abi-freiburg.bsky.social @decolonialitynow.bsky.social
www.koki-freiburg.de/dahomey-if-o...
Afrikanisches Erbe in Europa | Kommunales Kino Freiburg
www.koki-freiburg.de
July 18, 2025 at 8:25 AM
📆 Afrikanisches Erbe in Europa - Aufführung von #Dahomey &"If Objects could speak", Diskussion mit #KokouAzamede & @richardlegay.bsky.social
👉24.7. um 19.30 Uhr im Kommunalen Kino #Freiburg
@abi-freiburg.bsky.social @decolonialitynow.bsky.social
www.koki-freiburg.de/dahomey-if-o...
👉24.7. um 19.30 Uhr im Kommunalen Kino #Freiburg
@abi-freiburg.bsky.social @decolonialitynow.bsky.social
www.koki-freiburg.de/dahomey-if-o...
You can now find a selection of the zines my students made in our course 'Can Europe come to terms with its colonial past?'
Many thanks to @vivigarciap.bsky.social, Miriam Bartelmann & Su Gökyokuş (@abi-freiburg.bsky.social) for putting it together!
rewritingpeaceandconflict.net/2025/07/14/c...
Many thanks to @vivigarciap.bsky.social, Miriam Bartelmann & Su Gökyokuş (@abi-freiburg.bsky.social) for putting it together!
rewritingpeaceandconflict.net/2025/07/14/c...
Can Europe come to terms with its colonial past? - Rewriting peace and conflict
Over the last few years, several European powers and actors have increasingly engaged with political acts of remembering colonial violence, wars, and crimes committed in Africa in their name. Among ot...
rewritingpeaceandconflict.net
July 16, 2025 at 12:33 PM
You can now find a selection of the zines my students made in our course 'Can Europe come to terms with its colonial past?'
Many thanks to @vivigarciap.bsky.social, Miriam Bartelmann & Su Gökyokuş (@abi-freiburg.bsky.social) for putting it together!
rewritingpeaceandconflict.net/2025/07/14/c...
Many thanks to @vivigarciap.bsky.social, Miriam Bartelmann & Su Gökyokuş (@abi-freiburg.bsky.social) for putting it together!
rewritingpeaceandconflict.net/2025/07/14/c...
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This thread departs somewhat from the editorial line of this account, but it remains within memory studies. It should be considered as a personal reflection by Frédéric Clavert.
July 16, 2025 at 6:16 AM
This thread departs somewhat from the editorial line of this account, but it remains within memory studies. It should be considered as a personal reflection by Frédéric Clavert.
Day 1 of the 'Decentering Media Histories & Practices' @iamhist.bsky.social Conference at the University of Cape Town 📻🎙️📺
Such a pleasure to be in South Africa for our biannual event! Looking forward to a packed programme.
Thanks to @marthaevans.bsky.social for organising it!
Such a pleasure to be in South Africa for our biannual event! Looking forward to a packed programme.
Thanks to @marthaevans.bsky.social for organising it!
June 30, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Day 1 of the 'Decentering Media Histories & Practices' @iamhist.bsky.social Conference at the University of Cape Town 📻🎙️📺
Such a pleasure to be in South Africa for our biannual event! Looking forward to a packed programme.
Thanks to @marthaevans.bsky.social for organising it!
Such a pleasure to be in South Africa for our biannual event! Looking forward to a packed programme.
Thanks to @marthaevans.bsky.social for organising it!
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Which French historian is going to write about the second season of Andor????? Come on people. I’m dying for a specialist take on the French Resistance aka Ghorman Front story.
June 26, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Which French historian is going to write about the second season of Andor????? Come on people. I’m dying for a specialist take on the French Resistance aka Ghorman Front story.
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Registration for the 2025 conference "Resistance/Résister" organized by The Global Consortium for French Historical Studies is now open. Have a look at our stunning program. We can't wait to see you in Paris in a few weeks! www.sfhsconference.org
June 23, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Registration for the 2025 conference "Resistance/Résister" organized by The Global Consortium for French Historical Studies is now open. Have a look at our stunning program. We can't wait to see you in Paris in a few weeks! www.sfhsconference.org
Many thanks to French Politics for publishing our research with @mehler.bsky.social at the @abi-freiburg.bsky.social on Franco-German memory politics and colonial past!
The article is available online here: doi.org/10.1057/s412...
And as a pdf upon request!
#publichistory #memory #colonialhistory
The article is available online here: doi.org/10.1057/s412...
And as a pdf upon request!
#publichistory #memory #colonialhistory
June 11, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Many thanks to French Politics for publishing our research with @mehler.bsky.social at the @abi-freiburg.bsky.social on Franco-German memory politics and colonial past!
The article is available online here: doi.org/10.1057/s412...
And as a pdf upon request!
#publichistory #memory #colonialhistory
The article is available online here: doi.org/10.1057/s412...
And as a pdf upon request!
#publichistory #memory #colonialhistory
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*IAMHIST News*: Ross Melnick is the winner of the Culbert Family Memorial Book Prize 2024 for his publication Hollywood’s Embassies: How Movie Theaters Projected American Power Around the World (New York: Columbia University Press, 2022)! Huge congratulations Ross 🥳 iamhist.net/winner-culbe...
Congratulations to Ross Melnick, winner of the Culbert Family Book Prize for 2024! – IAMHIST
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May 30, 2025 at 12:25 PM
*IAMHIST News*: Ross Melnick is the winner of the Culbert Family Memorial Book Prize 2024 for his publication Hollywood’s Embassies: How Movie Theaters Projected American Power Around the World (New York: Columbia University Press, 2022)! Huge congratulations Ross 🥳 iamhist.net/winner-culbe...
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*IAMHIST News* Updated Summer 2025 books for review in the Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television: iamhist.net/journal/#boo... Please contact Veronica Johnson should you be interested in reviewing a particular title (Veronica.Johnson@outlook.ie)
Journal – IAMHIST
iamhist.net
May 29, 2025 at 11:49 AM
*IAMHIST News* Updated Summer 2025 books for review in the Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television: iamhist.net/journal/#boo... Please contact Veronica Johnson should you be interested in reviewing a particular title (Veronica.Johnson@outlook.ie)
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#CfA Praktikant*innen für 2026 am @dhi-paris.fr gesucht
📌 für Studierende höherer Semester | für 2-3 Monate in #Paris | in den Bereichen #Forschung, #Bibliothek, #Oeffentlichkeitsarbeit u.v.m.
Bewerbungsschluss: 15. September 2025
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📌 für Studierende höherer Semester | für 2-3 Monate in #Paris | in den Bereichen #Forschung, #Bibliothek, #Oeffentlichkeitsarbeit u.v.m.
Bewerbungsschluss: 15. September 2025
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May 23, 2025 at 8:46 AM
#CfA Praktikant*innen für 2026 am @dhi-paris.fr gesucht
📌 für Studierende höherer Semester | für 2-3 Monate in #Paris | in den Bereichen #Forschung, #Bibliothek, #Oeffentlichkeitsarbeit u.v.m.
Bewerbungsschluss: 15. September 2025
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📌 für Studierende höherer Semester | für 2-3 Monate in #Paris | in den Bereichen #Forschung, #Bibliothek, #Oeffentlichkeitsarbeit u.v.m.
Bewerbungsschluss: 15. September 2025
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