Mark R. Stoneman Independent Scholar Commons username: @mstoneman Mastodon handle: @markstoneman@zirk.us ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7408-0224 Facebook URL: mark.r.stoneman LinkedIn URL: mrstoneman markstoneman.com Following 12 members View ProfileActivitySites 2Following 12Followers 5Groups 7ForumsDocs Academic InterestsAcademic publishingCultural historyHistory of KnowledgeModern European historyModern GermanyScholarly communicationSocial historyWar and society Commons GroupsHCGender StudiesHistoriographyHistoryOpen Access Books NetworkPublishing and the Publicly Engaged HumanitiesScholarly CommunicationWar Studies Recent Commons Activity changed their profile picture AboutFreelance historian, editor, and translator (German to English); pandemic-era caregiver, Cold War veteran; formerly at the German Historical Institute Washington, DC, including for the Palgrave series Worlds of Consumption and the blogs History of Knowledge and Migrant Knowledge; sometimes adjunct professor of history at George Mason University. Education PhD, Georgetown University MA, Universität Augsburg AB, Dartmouth College Mastodon FeedThe current U.S. administration knows how to blow stuff up, kidnap people, and promise draconian legal action, but will they be able to make a viable case against Maduro in a U.S. court? Their self-parodying social media posts do not inspire confidence in anything they say or do. (2026-01-03 ↗)"Malanka: Ukraine's winter ritual of masks, mischief, and good fortune" https://kyivindependent.com/malanka-ukraines-winter-ritual-of-masks-mischief-and-good-fortune/ (2026-01-01 ↗)Seasonal affective disorder, your days are numbered. The winter solstice is only two days away. 😎 (2025-12-19 ↗)Kyiv Independent video: One night with a Kyiv family amid Russia’s mass attack (29 min) https://youtu.be/vGEIBDYHfW4 (2025-12-13 ↗)I've blogged my brief take on Omar El Akkad's book _One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This_ at https://markstoneman.com/2025/12/07/one-day-everyone-will-have.html. (2025-12-07 ↗) Blog Posts Projects History of Knowledge Worlds of Consumption Officering and War Planning in Imperial Germany Soldiers and Civilians in the Franco-Prussian War “Wie man junge Fürsten und Herren aufferzihen solle” Memberships American Historical Association Editorial Freelancers Association
