Annika Bärwald
Historian & teacher | researching slavery and the lives of people of color in 18th- and 19th-century Hamburg | PhD'ing at Universität Bremen | banner: Tariq Safieh
- Reposted by Annika BärwaldA little bear figurine carved out of amber some 6,000 years ago 🐻❤️ A hole runs through the bear’s torso suggesting it was threaded on a cord, perhaps worn or carried as a protective charm. Found in a peat bog near Słupsk, Poland, in 1887. 📷 National Museum in Szczecin #FindsFriday #Archaeology
- Reposted by Annika BärwaldDelighted to announce our seminar - 'Race and the Early Modern' - now has a full schedule of events. We'll be convening monthly to discuss research on race, racemaking, and racialisation across #earlymodern studies. @kingsartshums.bsky.social @folger.edu kingsearlymodern.co.uk/race-and-the...
- Reposted by Annika Bärwald📢 Der @vhdonline.bsky.social hat eine Initiative postmigrantischer Historiker:innen gegründet, von und für Historiker:innen mit eigener oder familiärer Migrationsgeschichte und/oder Diskriminierungserfahrung aufgrund der Herkunft. Weitere Informationen: www.historikerverband.de/mitglieder/p...
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- Reposted by Annika BärwaldWe are now accepting manuscripts for consideration for the 2027 Franz Steiner Prize! The prize is awarded every two years to an outstanding work of historical scholarship in the field of North American studies or transatlantic relations. Application details here: www.ghi-dc.org/programs/fra...
- Reposted by Annika BärwaldDie neoliberale Rhetorik - Unis haben Budget Defizite, fahren Verluste ein, haben Haushaltslöcher - die den Stellenstreichungen zu Grunde liegt, verschleiert, dass jedes zu knappe Uni-Budget eine politische Entscheidung ist, kein Ergebnis schlechten Wirtschaftens.
- Die Universität Leipzig setzt Kürzungen des eigenen Haushalts durch die Nichtverlängerung von laufenden Promotionsstellen um, meine ist auch betroffen. kreuzer-leipzig.de/2026/01/29/l...
- Reposted by Annika BärwaldThe Long Overdue Project at #AHAPerspectives aims to publish obituaries for historians of color whose passing the AHA did not mark. Learn more about the project, read the tributes, and contact us if you'd like to contribute 🗃️:
- Reposted by Annika BärwaldIt is finally out! Happy to share that my article “Returning to Colombia: The Category of Émigré in the Consolidation of Republican Regimes during the Age of Revolutions” has been published by Itinerario in First View. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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- Reposted by Annika Bärwald⁉️ Une esclave peut-elle convaincre l’Inquisition portugaise ? ✍️ Nicolas Lepoutre vous présente le livre de Charlotte de Castelnau-L’Estoile 👇 ehne.fr/fr/eduscol/u... 🤝 @lettres-sorbonne.bsky.social @aphg.bsky.social
- Reposted by Annika BärwaldBCMH New Researchers is Maritime History conference will be in Southampton on 17/18 April this year -CFP now open - details and submission link here www.maritimehistory.org.uk/new-research... #maritimehistory
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- Reposted by Annika BärwaldCRASSH is inviting scholars from the Global South to apply for funded Visiting Fellowships in Cambridge in Spring 2027 The fellowship theme is 'Enslavement: histories, legacies and afterlives' ⏳ Apply by 16 Feb 2026 www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/global-south-fellowships
- Reposted by Annika BärwaldWhen they say Me Too "went too far," they mean "got too close."
- Bücher von Bekannten 🗃️: Ich freue mich sehr auf die Lektüre von Mèhèza Kalibanis Buch zum akustischen Erbe des deutschen Kolonialismus. Die Titelwahl ist jedenfalls schon hervorragend, wie ich finde
- Reposted by Annika BärwaldUndiscipline, Decolonise, Repair invites you to an online session on Black Studies in Europe. The three editors discuss their recently published anthology. Friday, 13th February 5.30 pm (Paris time). Online. Registration link👇🏽 undisciplinedecoloniserepair.wordpress.com/next-event/ Spread the word.
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- Reposted by Annika BärwaldWork with me! 2-year postdoc (1+1) within COLUMN: Colonial Legacies of Universities: Materialities and New Collaborations (HORIZON_HORIZON-CL2-2024-HERITAGE-01-04). Topic: “Research of university botanical collections in relation to Italian and European colonialism”. Call at: shorturl.at/aurdS
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[Not loaded yet] - Reposted by Annika BärwaldEine Gruppe von Professor:innen forderte in einem Brief an die Hochschulleitung der HU Berlin den Schutz eines ihrer Kollegen, dem mehrere Personen Machtmissbrauch, zum Teil sexualisierte Übergriffigkeit vorgeworfen hatten. Ein Brief, der zahlreiche Fragen aufwirft. Unsere Stellungnahme dazu: 1/17
- Schneider Shorts 23.01.2026 – Marginalised and isolated in academic publishing activities forbetterscience.com/2026/01/23/s...
- Reposted by Annika BärwaldDie Argumente gegen eine Erbschaftsteuer überzeugen nicht, sagt Marc Buggeln. Er erklärt, was sich dazu aus der Geschichte lernen lässt.
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- Reposted by Annika BärwaldPhD funding for early career historians completing a doctorate. Applications are invited for the Society's Centenary PhD Fellowships for the academic year 2026-27 bit.ly/49MzqmT. Two awards of £8500 per student, held jointly with @ihr.bsky.social. Closing date: 31 January 2026 #Skystorians
- Reposted by Annika Bärwald"Slavery was real" Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington. Presidents House, Philadelphia.
- Reposted by Annika Bärwald*Reposted CFP with alt text* III Colloquium on Late Medieval and Early Modern Cities: Moving and Being Moved London, 11-12 June 2026 Deadline abstract submissions: 31 January 2026 Looking forward to meeting everyone! 🤗🤗 #medievalsky #skystorians #medieval #earlymodern #callforpapers #history
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- Reposted by Annika BärwaldPirate Imperialism is now officially published. Probably of interest to anyone who wants to understand, well, everything that is going on today. #bskyhistorians #skyhistorians Here: yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...
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- Reposted by Annika BärwaldIch mag nicht mehr. Frauen „sichtbar“ machen kann ich mit meiner Forschung, welchen Mehrwert hat denn jetzt hier bitte die KI? Die recycelt doch eh nur. Faschistische Technologie im Einsatz gegen systemische Probleme die durch white supremacy geschaffen wurden. www.bmftr.bund.de/SharedDocs/D...
- Reposted by Annika BärwaldComing soon from @livunipress.bsky.social A wild ride from Cuba to the Cape Colony and Civil War Kentucky. The moral of the story? Although C19 Britons thought their model of emancipation was exceptional, it was anything but #Cuba #AmericanCivilWar #slavery #emancipation #SouthAfrica
- Reposted by Annika BärwaldJoin us on Tuesday 10 February for the 2026 Global History Lecture, hosted in partnership with @ghilondon.bsky.social Prof. Vinita Damodaran will speak on 'Decolonising the Natural History Collections of Empire' bit.ly/4qLCaYB Booking for in-person & online attendance is now open #Skystorians
- Reposted by Annika BärwaldEasy to forget how early Portuguese involvement in the enslavement of West Africans was: 1441. By the mid-C16th, the country with the largest African slave population? Portugal, with more than 30,000 enslaved Africans working on the estates of nobles as well as religious orders.
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- Reposted by Annika BärwaldRez: F. Krebs u.a.: Hamburgs „Baseballschlägerjahre“ hsozkult.de/publicationreview/i… F. Krebs u.a.: Hamburgs „Baseballschlägerjahre“
- Reposted by Annika BärwaldJust got my author copy of Black Atlantic Worlds! I’m honored and delighted to be a part of this volume. www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978088...
- Reposted by Annika BärwaldFellowship! In connection with the research program in Economic History, Climate and the Environment: histecon.fr/en/fellowshi...
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- Reposted by Annika BärwaldPeople are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesn’t matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they aren’t! End of convo.
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- Reposted by Annika BärwaldWir können unser Büro zwischen den Jahren nicht schließen, weil wir damit rechnen müssen, dass negative Asylbescheide mit sehr kurzen Fristen zugestellt werden und Frauen in gefährliche Situationen durch ihre Partner kommen. Deutsche Weihnacht eben.
- Reposted by Annika Bärwald📣 CFP – Summer School 2026 at the DHI Paris How is the digital transforming the history of migration? Massive sources, computational methods, visualizations, ethical challenges… Advanced MA students, PhD candidates, postdocs: apply and come discuss your […] [Original post on fedihum.org]
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