What better way to start another week than with another thread for #twitterstorians. This time, we look at the programme of this year's @TheGSA conference! #VirtualGSA2020 is packed full with exciting talks, including some of our finest @MEHcambridge members.

The conference takes place this week (29/09-04/10) and all talks are online. The full programme is available here, but be aware, 97 pages - yes, NINETY-SEVEN - of talks, seminars, and discussions are a lot to take in. So let us look at some familiar @Cambridge_Uni faces.

On Wednesday, 16:30 BST, Catorina Corke ( @clcorke) of @Newnham_College presents "Am Beispiel Peter-Paul Zahl: Authors, Justice and Political Violence in 1970s West Germany".
@MMLL_Cambridge @mmllpostgrad @MMLL_Library

Also on Wednesday, starting at 17:45 BST, the one and only @Tim_Schmalz moderates a panel on "Re-Reading Simmel and Arendt".
Keep following this thread for more of Tim
@SidneySussex @CorpusCambridge @CamHistory

And also on Wednesday, starting at 19:30 BST, John Woitkowitz ( @john_woitkowitz) of @JesusCollegeCam presents on "‘Ein unaufhaltsames Streben nach Erkenntnis': Modernity, Science, and the Imperial Arctic
Geography of August Petermann, 1852-1879".
@ArcticCult @scottpolar

On Thursday, from 17:45 BST, @JesusCollegeCam's Denise Henschel speaks about "Queering the Family: Performative Aesthetics and Kinship in Contemporary German
Literature and Film".
@MMLL_Cambridge @mmllpostgrad @MMLL_Library

On Friday, 16:00 BST, Dr Stephanie Galasso of @JesusCollegeCam commentates on a panel on "Cultural Production and Social Justice (1): Aesthetics and Politics (sponsored by the Black Diaspora Studies Network)".
@MMLL_Cambridge @mmllpostgrad @MMLL_Library

In the same panel, Dr. Leila Mukhida ( @LeilaMukhida) of @TrinityHallCamb will speak about "Social Justice and Critical Theory: The Frankfurt School's Unmade Exile Film, Below the Surface (1945)".
@MMLL_Cambridge @mmllpostgrad @MMLL_Library

Did you see the (1) in the panel just before? Good news, there is also a (2)! On Friday at 17:45 BST, @JesusCollegeCam's Prof. Sarah Colvin ( @sjc269) speaks on "Offering Provocations: Eccentric Agency and Afro-German Authorship".
@MMLL_Cambridge @mmllpostgrad @MMLL_Library

In the same panel, Dr Stephanie Galasso of @JesusCollegeCam speaks on "Silence and Provocation: Challenges in Feminist Cultural Production."

On Friday, 19:30 BST, Philipp Hirsch ( @hirsch_philipp) of @SidneySussex presents his research on the topic "Willy Brandt and the quest for peace in the Middle East, 1969-1974".
@Dept_of_POLIS

On Sunday, from 19:30 BST, @TrinityHallCamb's Dr. Hanno Balz will moderate the Roundtable of the DAAD Centers for German and European Studies on "Salonfähig'? The Developments of Far-Right Discourse in Today’s Germany".
@DAADCamHub @CamHistory

And lastly, on Sunday, from 19:30 BST, @Tim_Schmalz presents his research on new perspectives on Anschluss, titled "Working Against Appeasement: Austrian and British Diplomatic Networks Pre-Anschluss"
@CamHistory @SidneySussex

There are many more exciting presentations, but listing every single one might be a excessive! For more information, visit @TheGSA's website or tweet the handle #VirtualGSA2020.