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Christopher Ewing

@christopherewing.bsky.social

Queer historian at Purdue University working on sex/tourism, race, crime in Germany, the US, and lots of other places. Author of The Color of Desire (Cornell 2023). he/him.

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Copies arrived: special issue on "Violence and Social Inequalities" in "Zeitschrift fΓΌr Geschichtswissenschaft" I've edited with Raphael RΓΆssel @ghiwashington.bsky.social - with articles by Sophia Dafinger, Darius Muschiol and @christopherewing.bsky.social

metropol-verlag.de/produkt/zeit...

15.02.2026 12:44 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A reminder that I’ll be hosting a virtual discussion with Akane Kanai about her book THE NEW POLITICS OF ONLINE FEMINISM in two weeks. Registration below!

12.02.2026 14:15 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is going to be an awesome resource for my global queer history class! Really excited to read

10.02.2026 01:41 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Tracing back to Ming-Qing homoerotic literature and probing into contemporary danmei and GL fiction, this book stages a vibrant dialogue between the queer past and present, and achieves a delicate balance between the serious and the popular.' On Queer Literature in the Sinosphere

09.02.2026 13:02 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Excited to see this out! I really enjoyed contributing thoughts racist violence, β€œgang wars,” and policing in β€˜90s Berlin. Thank you @swensteinberg.bsky.social and Raphael RΓΆssel for putting together this important special issue!

23.01.2026 16:15 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

With outstanding contributions from Craig Griffiths, @lorwein.bsky.social, Karolina KΓΌhn, Simone Pfleger, Carrie Smith, Javier Samper Vendrell, Liz Schoppelrei, @benwritesthings.bsky.social, Faye Stewart, and Christopher Treiblmayr, and forward by the brilliant @jennifervevans.bsky.social

06.01.2026 19:09 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

I’m so pleased to see our project now in print! - the result of a beautiful collaboration with the amazing @sebboo.bsky.social

06.01.2026 19:07 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The conference report by Frederik Doktor about our #Workshop Intimacies on the Move that explored the intersecting #histories of #mobilities, #migration, #gender and #sexuality has just been published. I so much enjoyed meeting everybody and discussing their fascinating research!

21.10.2025 08:59 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Thank you also to @jglavin.bsky.social for providing the beautiful cover, featuring Cherriel performing at Club Toilet

06.10.2025 18:45 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This volume was the result of over four(!) years of collaboration with @sebboo.bsky.social and the magnificent authors who contributed chapters. I’m so pleased to see it out next month!

link.springer.com/book/9783032...

06.10.2025 18:43 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
The Politics of Sexual Minorities | Perspectives on Politics | Cambridge Core The Politics of Sexual Minorities

"Boundaries of #Queerness" has gotten its first review! Thanks Douglas Page and @poppublicsphere.bsky.social for the considerate and thorough engagement with the book. Particularly pleased to be in the excellent company of @kslootmaeckers.bsky.social and @christopherewing.bsky.social πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ

12.09.2025 11:47 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Especially exciting to be part of an interdisciplinary conversation that’s thinking through the messiness of overlapping marginalizations. Given the current state of European politics, both your books make crucial interventions and it’s an honor to be reviewed together with you!

12.09.2025 14:41 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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CES is excited to announce our second annual Tobin Distinguished Lecture! Historian and author Dr. Andrea Rottmann will give a talk entitled "From Weimar to Berlin: Queer Democratic Citizenship through Hilde Radusch's Five Lives" on September 12, 12-1:30 PM in BuTo 225 and over Zoom. See you there!

02.09.2025 17:38 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

This very interesting event is forthcoming!

09.09.2025 13:39 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

I’m so sorry, Bodie. Sending love πŸ–€πŸ–€πŸ–€

20.08.2025 03:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Pleased to announce with @npapadogian.bsky.social a new books event series, featuring Maria Alexopoulou discussing her two(!) recent books with @laurenstokes.bsky.social.

Virtual event, Monday, September 22, at 12pm EDT.

purdue-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

13.08.2025 17:58 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

Going back to Flensburg just for the Zimstschnecken. Than you for hosting us all, @sebboo.bsky.social, in dem echten Norden!

09.07.2025 18:13 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So excited for you, @jonahgarde.bsky.social! I cannot wait to get my hands on a copy

27.06.2025 18:16 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Let's Talk About Sex Tourism Voyascape: Travel Podcast Network Β· Episode

Had a great time chatting with @pinatravels.bsky.social and @podthenorth.bsky.social for Curious Tourism about sex tourism, sex work, and how travelers can think about these issues. Spoiler: it’s complicated!

open.spotify.com/episode/0B6O...

26.06.2025 18:34 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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US-Historikerin Tiffany N. Florvil als Gastwissenschaftlerin am CGI Das Center InterdisziplinΓ€re Geschlechterforschung Innsbruck (CGI) durfte im Rahmen der LFUI-Gastprofessuren im Juni 2025 die renommierte Zeithistorikerin und Kulturwissenschaftlerin Tiffany N. Florvi...

Am #CGI der #UniInnsbruck ist zurzeit die Historikerin @tnflorvil.bsky.social als Gastprofessorin tΓ€tig. Wir freuen uns sehr ΓΌber ihren Input, den tollen Vortrag ΓΌber #MayAyim, ΓΌber GesprΓ€che mit Studierenden und die Lehrveranstaltung: www.uibk.ac.at/de/newsroom/...

25.06.2025 11:19 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Empire, Tourism, and Colonial Knowledge - Leiden University Press This book provides students with a solid foundation in the basic frameworks and concepts of International Studies.

My book 'Empire, Tourism, and Colonial Knowledge' is now up on the Leiden UP website! Coming out on 17 September (if I can finish checking these proofs before that...) Order for your library if so inclined etc etc.

19.06.2025 07:23 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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The trials of John Stamford: gay travel, sexual harm, and Spartacus International Gay Guide This article argues that, in order to understand the expanding gay travel worlds of the 1970s and 1980s, it is necessary to follow both gay liberation politics and harmful practices. Just as expand...

New article on sex tourism, Spartacus International Gay Guide, and why we have to deal with the confusing, uglier sides of queer history.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Thank you to @npapadogian.bsky.social, Benno Gammerl, Christiane Reinecke, and Ulrike Schaper for their invaluable guidance!

02.05.2025 15:41 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A prison officer sits outside the prayer room under the pointed arches within the central atrium inside HMP Lincoln, Lincoln.

A prison officer sits outside the prayer room under the pointed arches within the central atrium inside HMP Lincoln, Lincoln.

In among the madness, I'm delighted to have submitted the manuscript for our forthcoming book Incarcerated: Contemporary Photography from the Victorian Prison to @bluecoatpress.bsky.social.

Incarcerated brings together @andyaitchison.bsky.social powerful photographs of HMP Lincoln and Liverpool.

02.05.2025 10:10 β€” πŸ‘ 49    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

β€œSexual Frustrations and Dream Vacations” now available open access in @ceuropeanhistory.bsky.social!

So excited to see the first result of a six-year collaboration with Ulrike Schaper in print.

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

08.04.2025 15:10 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

ok I love this for us

26.03.2025 21:23 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you! That was exactly what I got from the sources - they didn’t make sense together, yet out of that deep incoherence we get a completely new way of thinking about Europe. That’s the kind of history I most enjoy doing, so I’m really glad it resonated!

10.01.2025 17:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That was such a fun (and disorienting) chapter to write - I’m excited to know what y’all thought!

09.01.2025 15:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Flyer for virtual new books roundtable with Jane Freeland, Michelle Lynn Kahn, and Nadja Klopprogge, moderated by Maria Alexopoulou. January 9th at 12pm EST.

Flyer for virtual new books roundtable with Jane Freeland, Michelle Lynn Kahn, and Nadja Klopprogge, moderated by Maria Alexopoulou. January 9th at 12pm EST.

Join us for a virtual new books roundtable on 9 Jan at 12pm EST! Featuring @jecfree.bsky.social, @michellelkahn.bsky.social, and Nadja Klopprogge in conversation with Maria Alexopoulou.

Register here: purdue-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

07.01.2025 18:48 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

Season’s Greetings,
Coca Cola

11.12.2024 12:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Flyer for virtual new books roundtable at January 9th at 12pm EST. Depicts covers of Feminist Transformations and Domestic Violence in Divided Berlin by Jane Freeland, Foreign in Two Homelands: Racism, Return Migration and Turkish German History by Michelle Kahn, and Intimate Histories: African Americans and Germans since 1933 by Nadja Klopprogge

Flyer for virtual new books roundtable at January 9th at 12pm EST. Depicts covers of Feminist Transformations and Domestic Violence in Divided Berlin by Jane Freeland, Foreign in Two Homelands: Racism, Return Migration and Turkish German History by Michelle Kahn, and Intimate Histories: African Americans and Germans since 1933 by Nadja Klopprogge

Looking forward to co-hosting this virtual roundtable, organized with @npapadogian.bsky.social, on three fabulous books by @jecfree.bsky.social, @michellelkahn.bsky.social, and Nadja Klopprogge, and moderated by Maria Alexopoulou. Jan 9 @ 12pm EST.

To register:

purdue-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

08.12.2024 22:12 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0