Christopher Dillon

Christopher Dillon

@drcrdillon.bsky.social

Historian of Modern Germany at KCL

272 Followers 359 Following 15 Posts Joined Nov 2023
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The German History Society is proud to release the call for papers for our 2026 Annual Conference, held this year at the University of Stirling!

The deadline for papers is the 14 April 2026.

For more information check our website here: www.germanhistorysociety.org/conference/

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2 weeks ago
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Special Issue: PROVINCIALISING WEIMAR CULTURE: GLOBAL AND LOCAL PERSPECTIVES ON INTERWAR GERMANY A SPECIAL NUMBER: German Life and Letters: Vol 79, No 1 Click on the title to browse this issue

"Provincialising Weimar Culture" is out! @nwbaer.bsky.social, Britta Schilling and I edited a special issue for German Life and Letters on "local and global perspectives on interwar Germany": onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14680483....

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3 weeks ago
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LEGAL ENTANGLEMENTS: Law, Rights and the Battle for Legitimacy in Divided Germany, 1945-1989 by Sebastian Gehrig @sebastiangehrig.bsky.social is now available in paperback!

Find out more here: bit.ly/45GNX2l

Review from @choicereviews.bsky.social

#History

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York History Department - Academic Jobs Uncover the past to define the future. We are seeking research-led historians to join our world-class, collaborative community. Discover career-defining opportunities within one of the UK’s most disti...

We are advertising 4 jobs at York for historians (1 year medieval, 2 years modern Britain and public history, 3 years modern China, and open ended modern Middle Eastern) features.york.ac.uk/history-jobs/

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1 month ago
The cover of the book shows a fork and spoon. Four QR codes lead to the free pdf, epub and kindle, as well as the hardback. President of the AHA Suzanne Marchand endorses the book.

It is out, everyone! 🎉

My book "The Making of Modern Eating" is out with
@berghahnbooks.bsky.social and the
@ghiwashington.bsky.social!

The digital versions are free—so download, share and enjoy! 📚

@thegsa.bsky.social @germanhistsoc.bsky.social @cas-umn.bsky.social @ceuropeanhistory.bsky.social

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Wahoo!! Congratulations 🎉

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Winners of the SSFH Book Prize – SSFH

Talitha Ilacqua has won the Society for the Study of French History Book Prize for her book *Inventing the Modern Region: Basque Identity and the French Nation-State* (MUP, 2024). Congratulations!!

frenchhistorysociety.co.uk/prizes/winne...

@manchesterup.bsky.social
@frenchhistory.bsky.social

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1 month ago
Front cover of a pamphlet with the title 'Aid for Spain', promoting the International Solidarity Fund. It includes an image of a food bowl being passed from one hand to another, with the ruins of a destroyed building in the background.

The Spanish Civil War through contemporary eyes

Faced with a fascist coup and polarising conflict, an international aid effort was launched - our digitised collection on the Spanish Civil War, 1936-9, contains 4,000+ archive sources freely available

Find out more at warwick.ac.uk/services/lib...

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2 months ago

Great opportunities for fully-funded PhDs in history of science and/or technology in London, for candidates from anywhere in the world.

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3 months ago
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Arts & Humanities Doctoral School launches new studentships programme | King's College London Over 30 Doctoral studentship places are now open for applications for the new Doctoral School for Arts & Humanities at King’s.

🌟 We have launched a suite of new doctoral studentships through our new Doctoral School 🌟

Over 30 places are now open for applications for the new Doctoral School for Arts & Humanities.

More details and how to apply 👇
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/arts-hu...

@komldsp.bsky.social @adaptai.bsky.social

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2 months ago

I would like to re-up this as there are 4 more weeks to hand in an application for this PhD position on the "hunger blockade" @uni-freiburg.de

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2 months ago
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King's launches new Modern World History MA | King's College London A new Master’s degree by the Department of History is now open for applications.

We have a new Modern World History MA! www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-l...

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3 months ago

This will be a lovely event tomorrow! Come, all!

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4 months ago

The #1 lesson from yesterday’s blowout:
Humanities majors killed on the job market
1) Mamdani- Africana Studies
2) Spanberger -French
3) Sherill - Global History

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4 months ago
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Episode 4 of 'Glimpses of German History' is now LIVE!

In this episode @profpanayi.bsky.social shows us a picture book depicting the work of German missionaries in nineteenth century India.

Check out the video on our YouTube channel here: youtu.be/IPHH-uPr8KA

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4 months ago
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We very much look forward to this year's seminar papers! Please join us @ihr.bsky.social for the Modern German History research seminar 2025-26.

Sign up here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

For this year's programme, please see below

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5 months ago
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Travelling exhibition - Finding Ivy: A Life Worthy of Life - The Wiener Holocaust Library This important travelling exhibition tells the stories of disabled British-born victims of Nazi persecution in the wider context of the Nazis’ T4 ‘euthanasia’ programme. It features previous unseen…

📣 Launching next week!

This important travelling exhibition tells the stories of British-born victims of Nazi persecution in the wider context of the Nazis’ T4 euthanasia programme, featuring previously unseen materials from Schloss Hartheim memorial and The Wiener Holocaust Library

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5 months ago
Donate Online Now – CST – Protecting Our Jewish Community

If you feel the need to do something in the wake of the Manchester attack why not donate to the Community Security Trust, the organisation that works to keep jews in Britain safe

cst.org.uk/donate-now

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5 months ago

Eric D Weitz, Weimar Germany: Promise and Tragedy (2009) is super-readable

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Remembering the black history of Weimar Berlin - The Berliner Three Cameroonian Berliners from a century ago were key figures in Berlin's black history, remembered for their fight for self-determination.

Remembering the black history of Weimar Berlin: www.the-berliner.com/politics/bla...

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6 months ago
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Learn about Sport in History Learn about Sport in History aims & scope, editorial board, journal metrics and more.

Welcome to the Bluesky page for the Sport in History journal, the official journal of @bssh.bsky.social that covers all eras & contexts of sports history.

If you want to find out more about the journal or submit a piece, please check our website:

www.tandfonline.com/journals/rsi...

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5 months ago
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We're excited to announce the line-up of speakers for our upcoming GHIL Autumn/Winter Lecture Series! 📣

We're kicking off our lecture programme on 21 October with a lecture by Benno Gammerl (European University Institute) on 'Queering German History: Still a Vital and Viable Endeavour?'! 📅
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6 months ago

Siemens on Wessel, too

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7 months ago
Lecture title, speaker name, and lecture time/date/location info on a poster, all of which is available on the website for the event. QR code for the online registration for those interested attending via zoom.

UBC Queer and Trans German Studies is hosting Andrea Rottmann (FU Berlin) as the next Tobin Distinguished Lecture in Queer and Trans German Studies! The event will take place in person at UBC as well as online. We would be grateful if you could pass the announcement on to your networks.

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Publications by Non-Tenure-Track Historians Since we began publishing in 2019, Contingent has published end-of-year lists of books and articles by non-tenure-track historians released in the past calendar year. To submit something for inclusion...

Each year, we publish lists of books, journal articles, and chapters published by historians working off the tenure track. It's never too early to start collecting, so if you or someone you know has something with a 2025 publication date to submit, have at it!

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7 months ago
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There's just over two weeks left to register for #GermanHistSoc2025 !!
On our website you'll also find accommodation and dinner registration links so check it out soon!

www.germanhistorysoc...

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7 months ago

🎓 We're delighted to announce the new Doctoral School for Arts & Humanities here @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social

The new school is a major investment into the postgraduate research environment for the arts and humanities by King's.

Read more👇

www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-l...

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8 months ago
Book cover for Jonah Garde's "Trans* Geschichten der Moderne
»Geschlechtsumwandlung« im 20. Jahrhundert und ihre kolonialen Geister." The figure of a ghostly apparition floats behind the text against a dark background.

It is out! @jonahgarde.bsky.social's magnificent and field-defining book. A good way to support this fab project and amazing scholar is to acquire the book for your personal or institutional library. You'll notice it is also available open access.

www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-7...

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9 months ago

We're hiring for two 12-month lecturing jobs at King's History ---

History of political thought, especially focusing on Indian & anticolonial perspectives: my.corehr.com/pls/kclrecru...

& early American history: my.corehr.com/pls/kclrecru...

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CfP: Queer Lives & Trans* Formations: Reimagining Weimar Germany’s LGBTQ+ Histories and Cultures, an online conference that I have co-organized with Cedar Lensing-Sharp! Deadline for submissions: 30 August 2025! Keynotes from @manwithoutatan.bsky.social @jonahgarde.bsky.social & Camilla Smith!

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