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Historian of modern Germany, Central Europe, and human rights. "Reinventing Protestant Germany," forthcoming with Harvard UP, Aug. 2025.

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The Politics of Protestant-Catholic Reconciliation in Europe: Brandon Bloch Interviews Udi Greenberg | Contending Modernities Catholics and Protestants understood each other vis-Γ -vis new movements that sought to transform economic, gendered, and colonial orders.

In part two of this CM conversation, brandonbloch.bsky.social interviews Udi Greenberg about _The End of Schism_. Together they discuss the forces that led to new levels of cooperation between Protestants and Catholics in Europe in the mid-20th century.
contendingmodernities.nd.edu/theorizing-m...

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Protestant Germany after Nazism: Udi Greenberg Interviews Brandon Bloch | Contending Modernities Postwar Protestant intellectuals spearheaded a complementary but distinct form of secularization: one in which the church did not retreat from politics but identified itself as the very source of secu...

Excited to see my interview with Udi Greenberg on "Reinventing Protestant Germany" published @cmnd.bsky.social : contendingmodernities.nd.edu/theorizing-m...

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Reinventing Protestant Germany β€” Harvard University Press A revealing account of how German Protestant leaders embraced democratic ideals after WWII, while firmly and consequentially refusing to account for their earlier complicity with Nazism.Germany’s Prot...

I'm so pleased to share that my first book, "Reinventing Protestant Germany," appears today with @harvardpress.bsky.social. It offers a new take on West Germany's winding path toward postwar democracy, highlighting the ambivalent role of the Protestant Church. www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...

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Latin America and Human Rights Politics in West Germany, 1973–1990 Cambridge Core - European Studies - Latin America and Human Rights Politics in West Germany, 1973–1990

My book, Latin America and Human Rights Politics in West Germany, 1973–1990, is out this September!
Thanks to Devin Pendas, Quinn Slobodian, Lora Wildenthal, @historyned.bsky.social, @laurenstokes.bsky.social, and @willgray.bsky.social for their support!
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Congrats!!! Looking forward to reading!

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Finally decided to join @bsky.app !

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