It was a pleasure to speak about the perceptions of Wild West Shows in the Habsburg monarchy (1870-1918) together with my colleague Maximilian Gröber. Thanks to Botstiber BIAAS, Jonathan Singerton, and Universität Innsbruck @[email protected] for making this possible! 👏🏼 Photos taken by Zoltán Ginelli Jonathan Singerton

Academics in the UK at all levels make ~25% less than academics in NL. Following the new collective labour agreement in NL (9% pay increase) this gap will only increase further.

In The Hague European Network in Universal and Global History for: "Money, Souls, and Artefacts: The Austrian Habsburg Dimension within Global Colonial Systems" With Pieter Judson History at EUI, Bálint Varga Bálint Varga Uni Graz/University of Graz, Corinne Geering Corinne Geering LeibnizGWZO, & Stan Pannier Stan Pannier KU Leuven

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Thrilled to see Wednesday's edition of *Der Standard* in conversation with Jonathan Singerton on "Habsburg Encounters with Native America."

My piece and interview in Austria’s national newspaper Der Standard derStandard.at/Web on Habsburg encounters with Native America appeared last week. An honour to share insights from our Journal of Austrian-American History and Universität Innsbruck @[email protected] conference last month. derstandard.at/story/30000001…

Pleased to share that last month I joined the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam as an Assistant Professor in Global Political History. Thrilled to be working among so many talented scholars VU Faculty of Humanities and a vibrant campus community Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Certainly blue skies ahead!

Reminder! 🎓 Looking forward to the keynote lecture I was invited to give at the Allard Pierson museum in Amsterdam this Friday - 'Everyone wants to be a historian: Global politics and political history now'. …derzoekschoolpolitiekegeschiedenis.nl/wp-content/upl…

Bonjour Montréal! Looking forward to German Studies Association Annual Conference with our Botstiber BIAAS / Journal of Austrian-American History panel ‘Tangled Legacies of Austrian Soft Power in North America’ alongside 336 (!) other sessions.

Today at VU Faculty of Humanities we received Francisca de Haan, who presented her edited volume The Palgrave Handbook of Communist Women Activists around the World. The event was part of our seminar series “Globalisation, Capitalism, Colonialism”. The book is an absolute must-read!

Wonderful to officially launch the ⁦FWF⁩ project ‘Dynastic Continuity in an Age of Crisis?’ earlier this week ⁦IHB_OeAW⁩ and the splendid Schloss Laxenburg.

Erstpräsentation! Am kommenden Donnerstag stellt John Boyer (University of Chicago) sein Mammutwerk zur österreichischen Geschichte in der AK-Bibliothek vor. Kommentar: Lucile Dreidemy. Der Standard hat vorab mit dem Autor gesprochen. derstandard.at/story/30000001…

Volgende week vindt in Stad Oostende Flanders Marine Institute - VLIZ een uniek congres plaats over 300 jaar Oostendse Compagnie. Op dinsdag 21 november is er voorafgaand een publieksavond Michael-W. Serruys 💙💛 ⬇️ vliz.be/nl/events/300-…

Vandaag in The Guardian: internationale studenten en medewerkers zijn essentieel voor universiteiten én Nederland. theguardian.com/world/2023/nov…

A wonderful few days in Ostend for the 300th anniversary workshop on the Ostend Company (1723-1727/1731) Congratulations to Michael-W. Serruys 💙💛 Frederik Dhondt Stan Pannier Mirella Marini and Torsten Feys.

"While many distinguished historians owe their distinction to transformative work in a single field, Pocock transformed several different areas of study." Obituary by Colin Kidd. rb.gy/g9ltu9

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Poignant excursion around the Beth Haim Cemetery in Ouderkerk aan de Amstel to mark the end of our Transatlantic Connections course. Hundreds of graves since 1615 belonging to Portuguese Sephardic Jews including a slave, Spinoza’s parents, and Maria d’Medici’s doctor.