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🛎️ How can the theory of history be rethought through things and materiality? In this new blog post @lisaregazzoni.bsky.social explores “inbetweenness” as an ontological problem within the historical discipline - out of the box. #Theoryofhistory #materiality👇
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This week, we are publishing the second part of an conversation with Andreas Frings (geschichtsadmin.bsky.social), Jana Hoffmann, Philipp McLean (philippmclean.bsky.social), and Heidrun Ochs, about the question of how to teach #theoryofhistory.
Read more here 👇
gtw.hypotheses.org/33398
The article will (as in the last week) shortly be published on the Geschichtswissenschaftsdidaktik Blog, as it is a collaborative effort.
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This week, we are publishing the first part of an conversation with Andreas Frings (geschichtsadmin.bsky.social), Jana Hoffmann, Philipp McLean (philippmclean.bsky.social), and Heidrun Ochs, about the question of how to teach #theoryofhistory.
Read more here 👇
gtw.hypotheses.org/33269
#Announcement Unfortunately, we have to announce that this week's Faculty Colloquium meets the #TheoryColloquium as a guest of the History Cultures Profile Area with #SandraMaß, has been cancelled.
#theoryofhistory #futurepasts
If you wish to participate, please send an email to theoriezentrale-geschichte@uni-bielefeld.de !
More informations:
Next week, #SandraMaß will be our guest on #TheoryColloquiumAsAGuestOf the #ProfilareaGeschichtskulturen. This is also the faculty colloquium. She will speak on the topic of 'Zukünftige Vergangenheiten'.
Join us at Bielefeld University (Room X E0-001) or online!
#theoryofhistory #futurepasts
Mit den Blogs Geschichtstheorie am Werk und dem theorieblog.de haben sich zwei Plattformen etabliert, die sich für eine breite Öffentlichkeit den theoretischen Grundfragen ihrer Fachdisziplinen (Geschichtswissenschaften und Politikwissenschaften) widmen.... https://www.theorieblog.de/?p=30404
Our December 2025 "Philology Now" theme issue, edited by Valeria López Fadul and Courtney Weiss Smith, is out!
Read it here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14682303...
The Monography is edited by board member #MajaLisa_Müller and #LarsDeile, and includes comments by #BrittaHochkirchen, #ChrisLorenz, and @rutakazlauskaite.bsky.social.
Interested? Here is the link to the publication:
The #ZThF is pleased to announce that the second volume of the #BielefeldTheorieTalk series is finally online!
This #micro-monograph is entitled “Virtual History. Perspectives on an expanded concept of history” and was developed as part of the #Koselleck_Lecture with Lucian Hölscher.
🛎️ The second volume of the BiUP Bielefeld Theory Talks series is now out.
It features Lucian Hölscher’s reflections on virtual history, followed by commentaries by Britta Hochkirchen, Chris Lorenz, and @rutakazlauskaite.bsky.social 👇
bielefelduniversitypress.de/publikatione...
#REMINDER We are delighted to announce that #MartinaKessel will be joining us on Thursday for a #COLLOQUIUM on 'Das exkludierende Selbst. Die Moderne als Identitätspolitik in ungleicher Absicht".
Join us at Bielefeld University in Room X-E0-002 or online! #theoryofhistory #genderhistory
Call for Papers: In Zusammenarbeit mit @theorieblog.bsky.social laden wir zu Einreichungen ein, die beide Disziplinen verbinden oder die Texte/Theorien der jeweils anderen Disziplin kritisch untersuchen. Deadline: 12. April 2026.
Mehr hier👇
gtw.hypotheses.org/33120
#theoryofhistory #politicaltheory
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The editorial board would like to wish you a happy winter break with the final post of the year. 👇
gtw.hypotheses.org/32899
#theoryhofhistory
If you wish to participate, please send an email to theoriezentrale-geschichte@uni-bielefeld.de !
We are delighted to welcome Martina Kessel on January 15, 2026. Her lecture is entitled “Das exludierende Selbst. Die Moderne als Identitätspolitik in ungleicher Absicht”.
Join us at Bielefeld University in Room X-E0-002 or online!
#theoryofhistory #genderhistory
#Announcement New Board Member
The Center for Theories in Historical Research is pleased to welcome @martinlutz.bsky.social as a new board member, beginning in January 2026.
We look forward to working with him, and we are excited to see what the future holds.
#zthf #theoryofhistory
However, if you don't want to miss out on the Theory Center's work during this time, feel free to check out our YouTube channel, where you can find our lectures from the last few semesters:
www.youtube.com/channel/UCna...
The #ZThF is taking a break for Christmas.
We wish all our followers a peaceful Christmas season.
This week, Clemens Wischermann writes about emotions in research, proposing an empathic difference to avoid misidentification and excessive sympathy.
Read more here 👇
gtw.hypotheses.org/32681
#theoryofhistory
#REMINDER We are pleased to announce that Jürgen Renn will be joining us tomorrow for a #COLLOQUIUM on 'Das Anthropozän – Eine Herausforderung für die Menschheit und die Wissenschaft'.
Join us at Bielefeld University in Room X-E0-001 or online! #theoryofhistory #Anthropocene
The best thing that can happen to your book is that a reviewer finds it extremely generative for their own ongoing research –even if it unfolds in a completely different field. 🌈 #intellectualtransfer
More #theoryofhistory at gtw.hypotheses.org ! We have a great post from Gion Wallmeyer form the University of Bielefeld on "Are the Times a-Changin‘? Argumentieren mit Zeit und Wandel in der Geschichtswissenschaft"
Read the post here: 👇
gtw.hypotheses.org/32418
If you wish to participate, please send an email to theoriezentrale-geschichte@uni-bielefeld.de !
On 9 December 2025, we will be welcoming Jürgen Renn to present a colloquium entitled 'Das Anthropozän – Eine Herausforderung für die Menschheit und die Wissenschaft'.
Join us at Bielefeld University (Room X E0-001) or online!
#theoryofhistory | #theanthropocene