"the Habsburg Monarchy became the first state in modern times to make its Jewish population liable for conscription"

https://habsmon.hypotheses.org/1184

Ilya Berkovich on Jewish Kaiserjäger at the end of the Napoleonic period

#HabsburgMonarchy #Habsburgermonarchie #Napoleonic #JewishHistory #JewishStudies #NewMilitaryHistory #englishfridays #hypolingual

The double-edged power of card-file systems:

Learn about a revolution in information technology in the 1920s, which may seem old and dusty to us at first, but really isn't. It's about data flows, information management, and data-driven decision making – in a country that devolved into a dictatorship and didn't use these tools for any good.

https://nghm.hypotheses.org/8416

#englishfridays #hypolingual #DigitalHumanities #DataScience #datafication #WeimarerRepublik #NaziGermany

"When claims of truthfulness and authenticity are implicit in documentary theatre and film, the audience should remain vigilant."

https://vigilanz.hypotheses.org/3969

Lily Climenhaga on "Milo Rau and the Performative Panopticon"

#hypolingual #EnglishFridays #Performance #Vigilance #Film

Among whalers: how missionary William Puckey was reassigned from New Zealand to Sidney and met an early end through alcoholism.

https://transoceanic.hypotheses.org/1469

Blog post by Haureh Hussein

#hypolingual #EnglishFridays #19thC #MaritimeHistory

Astrid Schmölzer on academic New Year's blues and how to get rid of it:

https://epigrammetry.hypotheses.org/3161

#PhDlife #hypolingual #EnglishFridays

RT @dehypotheses
Blog post by @ConstanzeBlum on the „The Rise of Xenophobic Populism in South Africa“

"South Africa is currently being rocked by mass demonstrations and attacks against immigrants."

https://fgzrisc.hypotheses.org/3033

#englishfridays #hypolingual #afrophobia #apartheid