Gerben Zaagsma

Today, Ekrem Imamoglu stands trial on the most Kafkaesque allegation of establishing a " criminal organisation for illicit gain." The most threatening political rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan allegedly sought, through this purported network, +

My favourite cover The Ramones ever did. Managed to hold themselves in check instead of hell-for-leathering it.

Only one week to go until our workshop History of Digital History between East and West.

Download the program and book of abstracts here: zenodo.org/records/1841....

It is also still possible to register, please join us: www.uni.lu/c2dh-en/even...

#digitalhistory #dhist #historiography

49 years ago today
Leave Home is the second studio album by American punk rock band the Ramones, released on this day in 1977.

The title Leave Home refers to the Ramones leaving New York City to go on tour around the world

#punk #punkrock #ramones #history #punkrockhistory #otd

Spotted in Eskisehir, Turkey

It's out!🍾
I am delighted to announce the publication of our "Germany's History Wars. Contesting Memory and Identity Today"
It is Open Access!
👇 You can download it here for free.

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

Important, rigorous, and devastating report by @hrl-yalesph.bsky.social on RSF atrocities in El Fasher

files-profile.medicine.yale.edu/documents/00...

congratulations!

Only a decade ago, History of Humanities did not exist as a recognized field.

How has it taken shape and been institutionalized?

Join our digital workshop on 5 Dec, 3.00-5:30 p.m. CET, with insights from Mexico to China and from South Africa to Turkey.

www.historyofhumanities.org/2025/10/15/d...

Opinie | Hoe een mini-kabinet het hoger onderwijs sloopt Dit demissionair kabinet voert ingrijpende onderwijsbezuinigingen door, zonder benodigd mandaat. Dat moet stoppen, zeggen Rens Bod, Remco Breuker en Ingrid Robeyns.

"Het is een democratische absurditeit die we ondertussen bijna normaal zijn gaan vinden: een demissionaire regering die nauwelijks een zesde van de Tweede Kamer vertegenwoordigt, maar die wel doorgaat met beslissingen die diep ingrijpen in de toekomst van ons land. [..]"

www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...

The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care? The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity

I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...

AI assistants in the archive and the lure of ‘instant history’ AI assistants are increasingly used for navigating and analysing the contents of major archives. Applying Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) to existing

Next week (19.11), @finolafinn.bsky.social 's presentation at @c2dh.uni.lu @uni.lu

#AI #Archive #DigitalHumanities

www.uni.lu/c2dh-en/even...

Released 37 years ago
Fugazi, also known as EP 7 Songs, is Fugazi's eponymous debut release, available in record stores in November 1988 with this opening track

Waiting Room – live at the Wilson Center 1988

#punk #punkrock #hardcorepunk #fugazi #history #punkrockhistory #otd

Sudan civil war spiralling out of control, UN secretary general says António Guterres calls for the violence to end but there appears little appetite for ceasefire proposed by US The UN secretary general, António Guterres has said the war in Sudan is spiralling out of control as he called for a halt to the fighting and an end to the violence. The Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which are reportedly backed by the United Arab Emirates, seized El Fasher in Darfur last week after a near 18-month siege. Some of its soldiers have posted videos of civilians being shot, including in the town’s maternity hospital. Continue reading...

Sudan civil war spiralling out of control, UN secretary general says

There must be consequences: Accountability for war crimes can help stop attacks on hospitals Dr Suleiman Qaoud at the Rantisi Specialist Hospital after Israeli attacks on the facility on 6 November 2023 (Photo: Abdelhakim Abu Riash/Al Jazeera) The doctors assumed that a well-marked hospita…

The world has collectively refused to hold accountable those who attack hospitals in Afghanistan, Ukraine, Gaza, and now Sudan 👇

Without consequences and accountability, such attacks on sacred sites of healing a s care won’t stop: justiceinconflict.org/2025/07/02/t... #KeepEyesOnSudan #NotATarget

thank you @miaout.bsky.social 😁

History of Digital History between East and West This workshop will address the history of digital history by enlarging the scope outside of the United States and Western Europe, taking into account crucial developments elsewhere which have often be...

👉 The program for our workshop History of Digital History between East and West is online.

5-6 february 2026 at the @c2dh.uni.lu, remote participation is possible. More information in the link below.

#digitalhistory
#dhist
#digitalhumanities
www.uni.lu/c2dh-en/even...

De cover van mijn proefschrift laat een bladzijde zien uit een muziekmanuscript van Ignace Lilien. Tussen de regels heeft hij een ooggetuigenverslag geschreven: ‘Ik komponeerde dit werk toen de vreselijke razzia’s op de joden in 1941 plaats hadden. Nu – terwijl ik het copieer wordt door de Duitse soldaten (net tegenover mijn huis) een huiszoeking gedaan, en de man gearresteerd! 12.4.1945. De vrouw staat met 2 kinderen huilend voor het huis. Hij schijnt wapens bezeten te hebben? Dus doodsoordeel??’

Op 29 oktober verdedig ik mijn proefschrift ‘Caught in a web of silence: composers in Dutch music history 1920-1955 and the impact of World War II’. Bijna 5 jaar deed ik fulltime onderzoek naar componisten die in de Tweede Wereldoorlog vervolgd werden. Meer informatie: tinyurl.com/3r3jt645. 🧵

Opinie: ‘Amsterdams Stadsarchief staat op het punt onbruikbaar te worden’ Het Stadsarchief van Amsterdam, essentieel voor onderzoekers én burgers, staat op het punt een nieuw, ondoorgrondelijk zoeksysteem in te voeren. Dat zou grote gevolgen hebben, schrijven hoogleraren Ju...

Er dreigt iets helemaal mis te gaan in het Amsterdamse stadsarchief, zeggen Charles Jeurgens, Fred van Lieburg en ik in Het Parool www.parool.nl/columns-opin...

Do not use a football match to start equating fans of a specific Israeli football team with all Jews, because that is supposed to be what responsible politicians are trying to avoid in condemning Israeli bombing but not associating this with a religion.

Can we hope that when (if?) the war in Gaza in over the world, and especially the West will finally turn their attention to this mass murder. The violence is bankrolled by the West's closest allies/partners, it's not like there is no leverage and it is just a local fight. Or am I just too naive?

46 years ago
Members of British ska groups The Selecter, Madness and The Specials on Brighton Beach at the first date of the 2 Tone Tour in October 1979.

Photo by Chalkie Davies

#punkrock #ska #thespecials #madness #theselecter #history #skahistory

The second History of Knowledge Conference has come to an end. Over three intense days in Lund, around a hundred researchers have explored the history of knowledge from various perspectives.

It has been a real pleasure to host this conference and organise it with my wonderful colleagues at LUCK.

skål Henk, en groeten uit Lund waar History of Knowledge morgen begint :)

Look at our lovely autumn/winter @ihr.bsky.social Digital History seminar schedule, including talks from @bamcshane.bsky.social @jeroenputtevils.bsky.social @rubenros.bsky.social @thomassmits.bsky.social @melvinwevers.bsky.social and more! #dhist

@gerbenzaagsma.bsky.social and I are looking for a good wiki hosting partner. Any tips? #wiki #academicbsky #mediawiki

Open call for PhD candidates, Post-Docs and Senior Researchers
We offer 3 fellowships for visiting researchers in 2026
Seize the opportunity and apply before 15.10.2025
www.uni.lu/c2dh-en/news...

This by Alex de Waal is incisive as usual:

Israel’s food points are not just death traps – they’re an alibi for the starvation of Gaza | Alex de Waal

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The EU deserves a credible antisemitism coordinator.

After von Schnurbein's deeply troubling statements - framing bake sales as antisemitic and suggesting that Hamas is behind mass protests across Europe - she lost all credibility.

We call for her immediate replacement 👇