Omul evanghelic, încotro? Repere pentru o antropologie teologică în spațiul evanghelic românesc • Etica evanghelicilor români: parametri, provocări, perspective • Cu graiul și cu traiul. Scurtă analiză istorică a mărturiei cre...

Ryan Voogt and I have a chapter on the history of Oastea Domnului in this cracking new book about Romanian Evangelicalism. You should buy it just for my bit (although the rest is good too).

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Am I depressed because of what's happening or am I depressed because of the people who somehow didn't see it coming?

Both. It's both.

Call for Papers: ‘N. Steinhardt and His Times’, Special issue of the Journal of Romanian Studies.

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Today is probably a good day to remember Tom Friedman’s Dell Theory of Conflict prevention: No two countries that are both part of a major global supply chain, like Dell’s, will never fight a war against each other as long as they are both part of the same global supply chain.

My department is offering two fully-funded PhD positions in History for students from the UK.

One is earmarked for students of Black ethnicity and the other is on the History of Race, Health and Medicine.

www.liverpool.ac.uk/histories-la...

I interviewed Bruce Venarde about his book “The Miracles of Mary in Twelfth Century France” on the New Books Network this week. It’s a collection of translated sources that is not for the squeemish. And it has dragons. With five heads.

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‘Don’t Fight the Stupidity’ and Other Relevant Bonhoeffer Advice Lessons from Bonhoeffer's essay on Christian life under authoritarianism.

"As a theologian, I get nervous when reading Dietrich Bonhoeffer becomes all too relevant."

Realtime Fascism Watch fascism unfold in the United States in real-time. An automated system tracking and classifying global headlines against historically confirmed steps toward fascism.

still severe #revolution2025
www.realtimefascism.com

Want to know what sound history or Soviet movies can tell us about mass violence? Here is my latest interview with Christian Gerlach on his new book “Conditions of Violence”. newbooksnetwork.com/conditions-o...

My podcast interview with Stefan Ionescu about Justice and Restitution in Post-Nazi Romania (Cambridge UP, 2024) came out today. He describes how Jews had to sue the state to get their properties back only to have them confiscated by the Communists.

newbooksnetwork.com/justice-and-...

Spotted on campus this morning. Thanks to the person who posted this.

Win a LUP book of your choice to celebrate World Book Day! 📚

@livunipress.bsky.social

So this arrived today. The cover endorsement from Matthew Stibbe says that it “turns conventional wisdom about the Anglo-German antagonism on its head”. Congratulations @tlgrady68.bsky.social

That’s going to make someone’s CV look much more interesting!

To be fair, this is what my notes on archives often look like too. (I’m not an archivist though, and not writing finding aids)

I love that they read the manuscript closely before designing the cover art! (Congrats, btw)

THREE AHRC NWCDTP Collaborative Doctoral Awards on the project “Visual Cultures of Fascism” Applications are invited for three fully-funded AHRC NWCDTP Collaborative Doctoral Award (+3) beginning in September 2025.   The rising popularity of the 35mm Leica camera and the Parvo video camera i...

A reminder that the application deadline for THREE PhD studentships on the Visual Cultures of Fascism project is this Friday (28 March). Get your applications in now!

www.liverpool.ac.uk/study/postgr...

The illustration depicts a person wearing a graduation cap throwing the "X" logo into a trash bin. Nearby, a blue bird lies on the ground with X-shaped eyes, symbolizing its demise. The scene is set in a simple, grassy landscape under a cloudy sky, metaphorically representing the abandonment of X (formerly Twitter).

3 universities from UK flee X. Still none from the US.
If you work for a uni, part of alumni - push for your uni to leave.

University of Leeds
@universityofleeds.bsky.social
121.2K*

University of Liverpool
@liverpooluni.bsky.social
82.5K*

UCL
@ucl.ac.uk
141.3K*

*followers on X

“Frivolous” Humanities Helped Prisoners Survive in Communist Romania | Essay, Nexus | Zócalo Public Square In a recent New York Times article on the movement to promote university majors promising higher employment and income, Anthony Carnevale, a professor at

"If the study of literature or history were really that pointless, a government trying to control the minds of its subjects would not go to the trouble of putting humanities students and professors in jail."

@zocalopublicsquare.bsky.social

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Trying to decide between Franco’s Ibiza and Ceausescu’s Mamaia for your next vacation? Listen to Adelina Stefan weigh up the pros and cons of each destination in this New Books Network podcast about her new book, “Vacationing in Dictatorships” (Cornell, 2024).

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Job Vacancy: Journals Publishing Assistant Liverpool University Press is hiring a Journals Publishing Assistant. Read our below job description to find out more about the role and how to apply. The role of Journals Publishing Assistant…

LUP is hiring a Journals Publishing Assistant! The role reflects our growing journals portfolio and ambitious future plans. Find out more about the job and how to apply here: liverpooluniversitypress.blog/2025/02/05/j... @aupresses.bsky.social #JobsinPublishing #PublishingJobs

Job Vacancy: Journals Publishing Assistant Liverpool University Press is hiring a Journals Publishing Assistant. Read our below job description to find out more about the role and how to apply. The role of Journals Publishing Assistant…

We're hiring a Journals Publishing Assistant - find out more about this role and how to apply:
liverpooluniversitypress.blog/2025/02/05/j... #jobsinpublishing