@vfmueller.bsky.social
Historian at Wageningen University @historywur.bsky.social | Book Review Editor at @JournalSlavery.bsky.social | author of ESCAPE TO THE CITY (UNC Press) 👉 https://uncpress.org/book/9781469671062/escape-to-the-city/
Next Tuesday, I’ll be in Amsterdam for a book discussion on bringing together history and art 👇
We're pleased to announce the publication of the fourth volume of The New American Antiquarian! Download the full volume, or read each article on our site here: naajournal.org/issues
Totally! Stay tuned.
Interested in pursuing a #PhD in #History in a uniquely multicultural environment?
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⏰ Apply by 15 January 2026
Want to know more? Meet us on our:
🌐Virtual Open Day - 2 December 2025 👉 loom.ly/sp5lOKM
🎓 #academicsky
The SHOC Seminars are back!
We are delighted to welcome Alessandro Stanziani for a lecture entitled: Earth Capital: ‘The Long History of Capitalism and its Aftermath’. Join us on 15 December for this fascinating event. Registrations are now open via shoc@vub.be.
Our colleagues in Bonn are offering a bunch of #fellowships, from PhD level to full prof, for all sorts of disciplines and topics. #skystorians & friends, spread the word!
Our colleagues in Bonn are offering a bunch of #fellowships, from PhD level to full prof, for all sorts of disciplines and topics. #skystorians & friends, spread the word!
The ACH Executive Committee is pleased to announce that its 57th Annual Conference will be held at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica, from May 24-28, 2026. (There will be an optional field trip on Friday, May 29.)
Call for papers! associationofcaribbeanhistorians.org/annual-meeti...
Dear #Skystorians, as Book Review Editor @journalslavery.bsky.social, I'm always looking for colleagues who'd like to write #reviews that deal with #slavery in the broadest sense. Non-English books are very welcome & so are junior scholars!
Interested? Get in touch: brill.com/view/journal...
This is all over the Dutch media today: early modern historian @judithpollmann.bsky.social wins the Spinoza Prize, the highest prize in Dutch science!
Many congratulations, Judith, with a well-deserved tribute to your wonderful work.
Some advertisement for an exciting public lecture by Frank Trentmann (Birkbeck, University of London) in Nijmegen:
Complicity, Conscience & Compassion: History & Morality in Germany Since World War II
Friday 27 June 2025, 5 pm
E2.53 (Erasmusgebouw Radboud Univ.)
Register here: shorturl.at/6IQI7
Dear #Skystorians, as Book Review Editor @journalslavery.bsky.social, I'm always looking for colleagues who'd like to write #reviews that deal with #slavery in the broadest sense. Non-English books are very welcome & so are junior scholars!
Interested? Get in touch: brill.com/view/journal...
Always exciting to have a book you’ve worked on be honored as a Pulitzer finalist. It’s a remarkable book, drawing new connections between North and South that complicate our understanding of their relationship.
If you buy directly from our site and use the code ROCKMAN30 you can get 30% off.
Call for Papers: Eastern Marxisms.
We are planning a special issue of Historical Materialism on Eastern Marxisms, the distinctive tradition of post-war critical and radical thought in East and Central Europe. Please take a look at the extended call, share with your networks and consider applying.
Thank you, Martine! This is so nice!
The work of Viola Franziska Müller, University of Bonn uk.news.yahoo.com/enslaved-bla...
It's the 10th anniversary of our 'Journal of Global Slavery'
(@journalslavery.bsky.social) 🎉
In this interview led by @vfmueller.bsky.social, the editors reflect on the current state of slavery studies and on the journal's role within the field over the past decade – and look ahead:
tiny.cc/emzh001
Wij kijken over grenzen heen🔍🌍
Maak kennis met de bachelor Internationale Ontwikkelingsstudies van Wageningen University & Research! Waarom is welzijn ongelijk verdeeld? Hoe kan honger nog bestaan terwijl er genoeg voedsel is? Dit zijn vragen waar je hier mee aan de slag gaat!
youtu.be/qp2zh5VuO84
10 Years JOURNAL OF GLOBAL SLAVERY!!!🥳
In our anniversary issue, book review editor @vfmueller.bsky.social interviews founding editor Damian Pargas, current editor Ismael Montana & incoming editor Juliane Schiel about #slavery & #global #history. Access the #interview here:
brill.com/view/journal...
In addition to our new layout, and fabulous cover, this issue is also remarkable because it is a Special Issue on the “Golden Age” of Social Democracy. To begin, check out the Introduction which is free to the public for the next three months read.dukeupress.edu/labor/articl...
For the 10th Anniversary of the #Journal of #Global #Slavery, I interviewed the founding, present & incoming editors, Damian Pargas, Ismael Montana & Juliane Schiel, about the field of slavery studies, the development of global #history & their plans for the future of JGS:
brill.com/view/journal...
Sounds terrific!
It's been tough to keep mum about this:
I'm deeply honored that my book, White Power: Policing American Slavery (2026), will help launch @uncpress.bsky.social's new W. Hodding Carter III trade imprint, edited by the incomparable @dgershenowitz.bsky.social.
www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?i...
Historians, if you have undergraduates studying Black History in the c18 & c19, please encourage them to apply for a summer fellowship at the Library Company of Philadelphia. I am extending the deadline.
librarycompany.org/mellon-schol...
Did you publish a book on #slavery (in any field or discipline) last year? Consider submitting it for the Paul Lovejoy Prize!
#skystorians
Yesterday I couldn't get the link to work, but today I was actually able to look at the site and Y'ALL y'all y'all - this is so cool. So many stories! So many different fields! Women at sea is a very exciting thing to be studying!
hec.lrfoundation.org.uk/whats-on/rew...
#Amsterdam is celebrating its 750th anniversary this year. As I did previously on twitter, this #blackhistorymonth I will post a story from Amsterdam's rich Black history every day. #skyhistorians #blackhistorymonth2025 #amsterdam750
Lees het Tijdschrift voor Geschiedenis-themanummer ‘Wie schrijft onze geschiedenis van de slavernij’ in open access: www.aup-online.com/content/jour...
Een gouden tip voor mensen met een adres in Nederland (anders werkt het niet): een abonnement bij de Koninklijke Bibliotheek kost slechts €15 per jaar en geeft toegang via "PressReader" tot honderden buitenlandse kranten.
My group (Economic & Environmental History at Wageningen) is looking for two new PhDs to work on institutions and deforestation in Southeast Asian history. Pim de Zwart is a true sweetie and would be a gr8 supervisor + the group is such a nice place to do research. Apply! www.wur.nl/nl/vacature/...