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Caroline Mezger

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Historian & Associate Professor @EHESS in Paris | Group Leader of INFOCOM Project | World War II, National Socialism, Migration, Informal Communication | Currently writing a book on rumors ๐Ÿ“š ๐Ÿ–‹

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Notre programme d'aides ร  la mobilitรฉ | CIERA

The Franco-German CIERA network has opened their call for various mobility fellowships for M.A. and Ph.D. students seeking to do research in the German-speaking world. Deadlines in March and April!

www.ciera.fr/fr/programme...

11.03.2026 14:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The @dhi-paris.fr and Fondation pour la Mรฉmoire de la Shoah have launched a new one-year research fellowship on the history of the Holocaust in France/Western Europe! Deadline for this first round of applications: April 1. More details below ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡

www.dhi-paris.fr/fileadmin/us...

09.03.2026 08:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 10 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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EthiVU - Deuxiรจme demi-journรฉe d'รฉtudes de l'ร‰cole doctorale : Image et รฉthique de la reprรฉsentation | EHESS ร‰thique et la dรฉontologie de la recherche

Join us this Thursday for a doctoral workshop @ehess.fr on images and the ethics of representation! I'll be speaking about my own research experience with working on Nazi images and Holocaust photographry

www.ehess.fr/fr/journ%C3%...

02.03.2026 10:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Sรฉminaire de master et de recherche Histoire, Politique et Culture en Europe Mรฉdiane (HPCEM) 2025-2026 : Mobiliser la collectivitรฉ | Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales

Looking forward to presenting my research @inalco.fr this evening โ€” thank you, @andreasguidi.bsky.social and Katerina Kesa, for inviting me to speak in your seminar!

www.inalco.fr/actualites/s...

24.02.2026 08:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Informal Communication in Nazi Europe: World War II, Occupation, and the Search for Meaning in Societies at War Final conference of the Leibniz Junior Research Group Project โ€œโ€˜Man hรถrt, man sprichtโ€™: Informal Communication and Information โ€˜From Belowโ€™ in Nazi Europeโ€ (INFOCOM) at the Leibniz Institute for Conte...

The call is now also on H-Soz-Kult! Apply by May 1st for our conference @leibniz-ifz.bsky.social on "Informal Communication in Nazi Europe: World War II, Occupation, and the Search for Meaning in Societies at War" @crh.ehess.fr @ehess.fr

www.hsozkult.de/event/id/eve...

23.02.2026 13:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Thrilled to announce the Final Conference of the INFOCOM Project, October 7-9, 2026 @leibniz-ifz.bsky.social:

"Informal Communication in Nazi Europe: World War II, Occupation, and the Search for Meaning in Societies at War"

Applications due by May 1!
@crh.ehess.fr @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de

20.02.2026 15:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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โ€œI Have Been Here Too Longโ€: Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICEโ€™s Dilley Facility Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end...

www.propublica.org/article/ice-...

10.02.2026 15:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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So, Howโ€™s the Occupation Going for You? Whatโ€™s it like to live in America with a domestic military occupation? Minnesota has the answer.

www.liberalcurrents.com/so-hows-the-...

18.01.2026 07:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Just in time for the #INFOCOM Project @leibniz-ifz.bsky.social's final year, the @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de has published a portrait of the project and my research on rumors under National Socialism. Stay tuned for the Project's final events!

www.leibniz-gemeinschaft.de/fileadmin/us...

05.01.2026 10:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 8 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Not a bad view on my way home from this year's last seminar. Wishing everyone joyous and restful holidays โœจ๏ธ

18.12.2025 17:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hรถren und Sprechen im Krieg Informal communication shaped German society during World War II. Information could be a source of sovereignty, function as a means of survival, or generate anxiety. Historian Felix Berge examines how...

It's publication day (again)!! #INFOCOM's Felix Berge has published his book on informal communication in wartime Nazi Germany. Congratulations on this accomplishment! ๐ŸŽŠ @leibniz-ifz.bsky.social @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de

www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

18.12.2025 09:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hello Bluesky!

We are a global, interdisciplinary community of scholars examining military occupations and the ways they shape societies past and present.

09.12.2025 12:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Informal Communication and Occupation in the Polish Borderlands: Fragmented Worlds in East Upper Silesia, 1939โ€“1945 The book explores the neglected role and social dynamics of informal communication โ€“ interpersonal channels not controlledย โ€˜from aboveโ€™ โ€“ in the region of Upper Silesia under the German occupation dur...

It's publication day! #INFOCOM's Izabela Paszko has published her book on informal communication in Upper Silesia under Nazi rule. Many congratulations! ๐ŸŽ‰ @leibniz-ifz.bsky.social @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de

www.routledge.com/Informal-Com...

15.12.2025 08:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Live Updates: 2 Students Killed and 9 Injured in Brown University Shooting

"Both women said the shooting had damaged a sense of security they had cultivated for years based on the notion that they were unlikely to witness two school shootings in one lifetime."

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...

14.12.2025 07:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Of all the attacks on US higher education this year, I didn't see this one coming. Devastating. My thoughts go out to all those affected by the shooting.

14.12.2025 07:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The full program of the seminar "Histoire et historiographie de la Shoah" @ehess.fr @crh.ehess.fr is now online! People interested in attending remotely are welcome to inscribe, via the link below.

01.12.2025 10:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Happy (Belated) Thanksgiving! ๐Ÿฆƒ Feeling extra thankful this year ๐Ÿ™

30.11.2025 15:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Portail Emploi CNRS - Offre d'emploi - Researcher (M/F) in Contemporary Baltic history

Employment opportunity in Baltic history (deadline: Nov 22) ๐Ÿ‘‡

emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...

17.11.2025 08:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Tomorrow marks the start of my research seminar, "Rumor and War: History and Society in the Twentieth Century," @ehess.fr. We'll be discussing Marc Bloch on "fausses nouvelles," and I couldn't be more thrilled to be teaching his work at his intellectual home.

06.11.2025 08:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 8 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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@crh.ehess.fr

05.11.2025 13:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 9 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Looking forward to kicking off our seminar "Histoire et historiographie de la Shoah" this week with my lecture "Understanding the Anschluss: Communication, Surveillance, and the Persecution of Austriaโ€™s Jews". More information through the link below! @ehess.fr @crh.ehess.fr

03.11.2025 13:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ“ฃ Applications for our fully-funded #PhD programme are now open! ๐Ÿ‘‰ loom.ly/pvk17dc

โฐ Apply by 15 January 2026!

What to know more? Meet us on our:
๐ŸŒVirtual Open Day - 2 December 2025 ๐Ÿ‘‰ loom.ly/sp5lOKM

๐ŸŽ“ #PhDlife #academicsky #history #skystorians

03.11.2025 08:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 14 ๐Ÿ” 8 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
Academy in Exile

Academy in Exile offers 5 Residential Fellowships in Germany: Application deadline is 15 November 2025

www.academy-in-exile.eu

28.10.2025 15:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Who Are the Federal Forces Behind Trumpโ€™s Mass Deportations and Crime Crackdown? As President Trump deploys ICE, Border Patrol, the National Guard and other forces to U.S. cities, hereโ€™s how to tell them apart โ€” and what their powers are.

The fact that such public education has become necessary is mind-blowing.

24.10.2025 13:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Looking forward to the start of my teaching @ehess.fr this week! Beginning on Thursday, I'll be teaching an introductory course on Comparative Genocide Studies with @thomaschopard.bsky.social, part of the EHESS' new "Specialization in Genocide Studies"

20.10.2025 12:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 10 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Video: Large Protests Flood Streets to Denounce Trump Known as No Kings Day, the demonstrations built off a similar event in June.

A sliver of hope in dark times - bravo! More of this ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘

www.nytimes.com/video/us/pol...

19.10.2025 06:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

An alle Kurzยญentยญschlosยญseยญnen โ€” heute Abend werde ich mit ein paar netten Kolleg*innen die Promotionsmรถglichkeiten am @eui-history.bsky.social besprechen. Link zur Registrierung unten!

06.10.2025 06:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A mots couverts. Une รฉtude des discours relatifs aux dรฉportations raciales au dรฉpart de la France (1941-1945)

Had the great honor today of acting as an examiner at Damien De Santis' PhD defense. Congratulations, Damien!

www.ehess.fr/fr/soutenanc...

03.10.2025 17:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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What Authors Need to Know About the $1.5 Billion Anthropic Settlement - The Authors Guild Case Backgroundย  Bartz v Anthropicย is one of the major copyright lawsuits brought by authors against an AI company for using books without permission to train large language models. It was filed by no...

In case you missed it...

authorsguild.org/advocacy/art...

26.09.2025 18:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Happening now!

26.09.2025 07:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0