Frederik Frank Sterkenburgh

Historian of modern Germany | Assist Prof @UniUtrecht | 📗 Germany’s Kanzlerdemokratie 1949-2021 | 📗 Wilhelm I as German Emperor: Staging the Kaiser (2025)

[Frederik Frank Sterkenburgh @FSterkenburgh]

Immensely proud to announce the forthcoming publication of my monograph, a political biography of Wilhelm I as Germany's first Kaiser in January 2025 with @PalgraveHistory 👉https://t.co/4azqLB5z4S - a little 🧵!

[Palgrave History @PalgraveHistory]

OUT NOW: 'Modernizing Europe’s Imperial Monarchies: Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Russia in the Nineteenth Century', edited by Heidi Hein-Kircher and @FSterkenburgh, has just published in our Palgrave Studies in Modern Monarchy series - find out more here: https://t.co/pU1zLPhxmz

[FAZ Feuilleton @FAZ_Feuilleton]

Bismarck-Mythos gegen Kaiser-Kult: Drei Neuerscheinungen bemühen sich auf verschiedene Weise, Wilhelm I. aus dem Schatten seines Reichskanzlers zu holen. Eine Rezension von Eckart Conze: https://t.co/BaKngXBva2

[Palgrave Macmillan @Palgrave]

'Wilhelm I as German Emperor' by @FSterkenburgh offers the first-ever scholarly study of Wilhelm I as Germany’s first Kaiser and explores how he oversaw and intervened in the political and military decision-making processes. https://t.co/f1NNnPSafz

[Frederik Frank Sterkenburgh @FSterkenburgh]

@Palgrave @Palgrave I did not write this book...

[Palgrave Macmillan @Palgrave]

'Wilhelm I as German Emperor' by @FSterkenburgh offers the first-ever scholarly study of Wilhelm I as Germany’s first Kaiser and explores how he oversaw and intervened in the political and military decision-making processes. https://t.co/f1NNnPSafz

[Frederik Frank Sterkenburgh @FSterkenburgh]

Only a few more days to go until the next installment of the Utrecht Lectures in Political History! Darrin McMahon (@dartmouth) will speak this Thursday on the history of equality. Full details, including for registration, here 👉 https://t.co/8piyLrz2XE. Hope to see you then!

[Frederik Frank Sterkenburgh @FSterkenburgh]

The Utrecht Lectures in Political History continues! On 12 December, the tenth lecture in our series will be given, this time by Darrin McMahon (@dartmouth) on the history of equality. Time and location: 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM, Drift 13, room 0.04. Registration details below 👇

[Frederik Frank Sterkenburgh @FSterkenburgh]

Another milestone: many congratulations to Jan Markert (@TrierUni) for the publication of his monumental study of Wilhelm I (@dg_history), which forever shatters the idea that Bismarck orchestrated German unification. Two monographs out, one more to go - my own!

[Frederik Frank Sterkenburgh @FSterkenburgh]

Early reviews of Merkel’s memoirs that criticized the lack of regrets or revelations seem to me to miss the point of what purpose politicians’ autobiographies serve to them and Merkel’s book should be read from this perspective as well.

[Frederik Frank Sterkenburgh @FSterkenburgh]

My copy of Angela Merkel’s memoirs has arrived. And with my political biography of Wilhelm I forthcoming, work on my next book project, a new history of Germany’s Kanzlerdemokratie, is well underway, so these memoirs could not have arrived at a better time!

[Frederik Frank Sterkenburgh @FSterkenburgh]

Denn der Mensch selbst ist ein Geheimnis, und alle Humanität beruht auf Ehrfurcht vor dem Geheimnis des Menschen.’ (Princeton, Mai 1939)

Heute vor hundert Jahren wurde – laut @sfischerverlage – Thomas Manns Roman ‚Der Zauberberg‘ veröffentlicht.

[Frederik Frank Sterkenburgh @FSterkenburgh]

‘Vielleicht lesen Sie das Buch noch einmal unter diesem Gesichtspunkt. Sie werden dann auch finden, was der Gral ist, das Wissen, die Einweihung, jenes Höchste, wonach nicht nur der tumbe Held, sondern das Buch selbst auf der Suche ist. Sie werden es namentlich finden in dem

[Frederik Frank Sterkenburgh @FSterkenburgh]

Idee des Menschen, die Konzeption einer zukünftigen, durch tiefstes Wissen um Krankheit und Tod hindurchgegangenen Humanität. Der Gral ist ein Geheimnis, aber auch die Humanität ist das.

[Frederik Frank Sterkenburgh @FSterkenburgh]

More information here 👉https://t.co/8piyLrz2XE

[Frederik Frank Sterkenburgh @FSterkenburgh]

The Utrecht Lectures in Political History continues! On 12 December, the tenth lecture in our series will be given, this time by Darrin McMahon (@dartmouth) on the history of equality. Time and location: 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM, Drift 13, room 0.04. Registration details below 👇

[Frederik Frank Sterkenburgh @FSterkenburgh]

Excited to announce the first of a series of book presentations by Susanne Bauer (@bbaw_de), Jan Markert (@TrierUni) and myself: on 6 February 2025 we will speak at @OvB_Stiftung. Registration details here: https://t.co/RjHwrqVs69 More dates and places to follow!

[Otto-von-Bismarck-Stiftung @OvB_Stiftung]

Wir digitalisieren die Schriften, Reden und Gespräche Otto von Bismarcks, die in der „Neuen Friedrichsruher Ausgabe“ erscheinen. Unterstützt werden wir von TELOTA, der Digitalisierungsinitiative der Berlin-Brandenburgischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.
https://t.co/nzkQqLFGnq

[Tobias Becker @tbecker2015]

On the way to Utrecht, looking forward to speaking on nostalgia in German contemporary history as part of the Utrecht Lectures in Poltical History this afternoon!

[Frederik Frank Sterkenburgh @FSterkenburgh]

Looking forward to understanding why contemporary Germany looks back: @tbecker2015 (@FU_Berlin) will speak tomorrow on nostalgia in contemporary German history as part of the Utrecht Lectures in Political History! Late decider? Want to attend? Registration details below!

[Frederik Frank Sterkenburgh @FSterkenburgh]

Only a few days left until @OrRosenboim's lecture, and then, on 18 November, we will welcome @tbecker2015 @FU_Berlin for his lecture 'Divided in yearning? Nostalgia in German contemporary history'. Time and location: 5:15 PM, Drift 21, room 1.05. Registration details below!