Historian | University of Agder | Author | Discovery of the Third World (CUP 2016) | Postcolonial People (CUP 2022) | New project: European Languages in Post-Independence Africa |
Christoph Kalter
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Seriously, fuck off.
I say that with all due gravity.
Norway, the King and the Shaman: My take on the annoying debate that has stormed around a somewhat fun Netflix production. www.fvn.no/mening/kroni...
You probably already know but just in case you were not aware there is lots of material on African thinkers, activists, movements etc in Marxists.org , see www.marxists.org/subject/afri...
Aparna Nair
Call for Papers "Bewegungsgeschichte(n): Zum Verhältnis von Migration, Anti-/Rassismus und Geschlecht". 20. Workshop des Forschungsschwerpunkts Frauen*- und #Geschlechtergeschichte #UniWien am 6.11.2026, Einreichfrist: 30.4.2026:
fsp-fgg.univie.ac.at/aktuellesver...
Christoph Kalter
Here's how to fix this AI-attack, presumably at least (see screenshot) - although it does not solve the more general problem of handing over your work to a rather dubious for-profit organization whose account I have not had the heart to delete (yet).
"A Pan-African couple:" @elarabertho.bsky.social's great book on Miriam Makeba (South African singer-activist) and Stokely Carmichael (Trinidadian-US theorist-activist of Black Power) in Guinea both challenges and inspires scholarship on the 'Global Sixties.' www.tandfonline.com/eprint/QCSCM...
If you are in Fiesole: On Wednesday, I will speak at the EUI.
I look forward to meeting the EUI's working group on Palestine!
www.eui.eu/events?id=58...
Heute in der FAZ:
Mein Text zur Mythenbildung rund um die Kufiya, die in Deutschland seit dem 7. Oktober 2023 Aufschwung erhalten hat.
www.faz.net/aktuell/wiss...
"Global Histories of the Portuguese Revolution," @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social, eds. Luís Trindade, Rita Lucas Narra, Ricardo Noronha, @pramospinto.bsky.social. An awesome book! Have a chapter in there that writes the "retornados" aka decolonization, Cold War, and refugeeness back into the picture.
This is happening on Friday in Kreuzberg.
Join Adam Shatz, Emilia Roig, and me for a conversation about Frantz Fanon, violence, and decolonization.
More information here: blnreview.de/events/fanon...
Christoph Kalter
En mulig folkemorderisk krig raser i Gaza, det forferdelige drapet på Charlie Kirk er påskuddet for enda et angrep på demokratiets pilarer i USA – og Norge debatterer en Netflix-film med den morsomme ...
The most complete library of Marxism with content in 80 languages and the works of over 720 authors readily accessible by archive, sujbect, or history as well as hundreds of periodicals.
20. Workshop des Forschungsschwerpunkts Frauen*- und Geschlechtergeschichte der Historisch-Kulturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Universität Wien, Termin: 6.11.2026, 9:00 - 18:00 Uhr.
Einreichfrist: ...
The AHA has published Guiding Principles for Artificial Intelligence in History Education, offering a disciplinary approach to AI that focuses on the specific needs and challenges of history educators. 🗃️
Published in The Global Sixties: An Interdisciplinary Journal (Ahead of Print, 2025)
For academics & scholars who've uploaded papers to Academia, this message I received this morning should be of major concern. I'll delete my account, but I assume damage is done & they've already scraped everything of mine. Should stand as a warning about sharing one's work on commercial websites
Michael Lobel
American Historical Association
I very much look forward to being in conversation with these two fantastic authors, next week. Organized by the wonderful people of @blnreview.bsky.social
All are welcome!
Joseph Ben Prestel
These 14 foundational principles are meant to assist educators and administrators in crafting AI policies suited to local circumstances and the specific needs of students.
