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Historian @ QMUL Refugees, Migration, and Rights Author of Making Refugees in India

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πŸ“’ Join us at Notre Dame London to celebrate 20 years of the Journal of Global History!

JGH is hosting an ECR workshop and a Guest Lecture with Prof. Stefanie GΓ€nger.

In person and online.

Find out more and register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/distinguis...

11.02.2026 22:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
Remarkably blurry picture of two speakers and an enchanted audience

Remarkably blurry picture of two speakers and an enchanted audience

Yay Leslie!!! Excited to be launching The Moving Word by Leslie James @harvardpress.bsky.social with colleagues from @qmulsse.bsky.social & beyond:

Get your copy here: www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067... #Skystorians

05.03.2026 18:19 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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05.03.2026 10:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Don't forget to sign up to our upcoming 'Rethinking Internationalism' conference on 19-20th March in London: csi.bbk.ac.uk/blog/rethink...

02.03.2026 11:01 πŸ‘ 29 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
How to Publish Your Research: a workshop for Early Career Researchers With Prof Stephen Legg, Prof Elisabeth Leake, Prof Matthew Hilton and Prof Erez Manela

History PhD students and postdocs: join us for β€˜How to Publish Your Research: a workshop for Early Career Researchers’
with Profs Stephen Legg, Elisabeth Leake, Matthew Hilton & Erez Manela
18 March, Birkbeck, Bloomsbury
More info here www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...
@jessicareinisch.bsky.social

26.02.2026 15:25 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

AND IT HAS AN EPIC TITLE! But seriously, if you are keen on international/transnational histories outside of the usual halls of power and some cool methodological wizardry, @smidbob.bsky.social has you covered! Read!

24.02.2026 08:11 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

@sulinlewis.bsky.social @poorvibellur.bsky.social @tanyaharmer.bsky.social @nanaoseiopare.bsky.social @slorenzini.bsky.social @emmakluge.bsky.social @daviderodogno.bsky.social @asobocinska.bsky.social @heiditworek.bsky.social @faisaldevji.bsky.social @tanroopsandhu.bsky.social

23.02.2026 13:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

@emleake.bsky.social @stephenlegg11.bsky.social @erezmanela.bsky.social @qmcbs.bsky.social

23.02.2026 13:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

@drmargottudor.bsky.social @jessicareinisch.bsky.social @qmulsse.bsky.social @bbkhistorical.bsky.social

23.02.2026 13:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

On 18 March: How to Publish Your Research: a workshop for Early Career Researchers with Prof Stephen Legg, Prof Elisabeth Leake, Prof Matthew Hilton and Prof Erez Manela . Drop @rshc.bsky.social an email for more details on how to book a spot (3/3)

23.02.2026 13:27 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Anti-Fascist Internationalism & the United Nations: A Better World for All Sandrine Kott (University of Geneva) delivers the Raphael Samuel Memorial Lecture 2026

For Prof. Sandrine Kott's Raphale Samuel Memorial annual lecture, you can see details (and sign up) here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/anti-fasci... (2/3)

23.02.2026 13:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Rethinking Internationalism conference This conference presents exciting new research on the role and nature of internationalism and international organisations in modern history.

Join us for the 4th Rethinking Internationalisms conference, 19-20 March, the line up is brilliant. The @rshc.bsky.social memorial lecture will be delivered as part of the proceedings by Prof. Sandrine Kott (link in thread) and there will be an ECR event on 18 (1/3)

www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...

23.02.2026 13:27 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

Come to this @rshc.bsky.social!

23.02.2026 09:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Hardback copy of the book 'Make Cheese Not War'

Hardback copy of the book 'Make Cheese Not War'

My new book arrived in the post from @manchesterup.bsky.social! Pleased to see it for real!

Make cheese not war: Transnational resistance and the Larzac in Modern France

manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526175878/

πŸ—ƒ #skystorians

12.02.2026 17:49 πŸ‘ 58 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 6
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Anti-Fascist Internationalism & the United Nations: A Better World for All Sandrine Kott (University of Geneva) delivers the Raphael Samuel Memorial Lecture 2026

Join us for the Raphael Samuel Memorial Lecture 2026 with Prof. Sandrine Kott on 19 March 2026 @rshc.bsky.social @qmulsse.bsky.social @jessicareinisch.bsky.social @drmargottudor.bsky.social

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/anti-fasci...

05.02.2026 15:10 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Screenshot of the first page of Violent Waters book.

Screenshot of the first page of Violent Waters book.

Cover of 'Violent Waters: Environmental Politics in Early Modern England' by Elly Robson Dezateux

Cover of 'Violent Waters: Environmental Politics in Early Modern England' by Elly Robson Dezateux

*Violent Waters: Environmental Politics in Early Modern England*

An important new book from @ellydezateux.bsky.social shows 'how environments were politically constructed and contested, and how environmental concerns inflected politics'. πŸ—ƒοΈ

Cambridge UP: www.cambridge.org/core/books/v...

11.02.2026 09:17 πŸ‘ 80 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 2

you are too kind!

10.02.2026 09:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Does what is says on the tin! And hopefully is a good representative example of some of my thinking on how postcolonial challenges leave room for interventions in big global principles.

10.02.2026 08:16 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Anti-Fascist Internationalism & the United Nations: A Better World for All Sandrine Kott (University of Geneva) delivers the Raphael Samuel Memorial Lecture 2026

Join us for the Raphael Samuel Memorial Lecture 2026 with Prof. Sandrine Kott on 19 March 2026 @rshc.bsky.social @qmulsse.bsky.social @jessicareinisch.bsky.social @drmargottudor.bsky.social

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/anti-fasci...

05.02.2026 15:10 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Knee deep in marking and, like my gorgeous girl here, not ready to face that the holiday season is over. (Nope, she still won’t let us get rid of it)

12.01.2026 11:55 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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History UK Research Event – Second Projects 13 January 2026, 14:30-17:00pm, in-person only;Wolfson NB01, Institute of Historical Research, London. What comes after the PhD or the first book project? Like bands struggling to craft that diffic…

If you or anyone you know might be interested, it is still possible to sign up for and attend this workshop on second projects tomorrow:

www.history-uk.ac.uk/history-uk-r...

12.01.2026 11:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Do come along! A slight change in the line up – Dr. Amar Sohal of Kings will be in conversation with Prof. Devji @faisaldevji.bsky.social

28.11.2025 10:21 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It bears constant repetition that expertise is nurtured slowly over a very long time. It doesn’t bounce back like a rubber band with every flex of a spreadsheet. Once it is gone, it can’t be rapidly rebuilt overnight or on demand.

P.S. a lot of Research and innovation happens at unis.

25.11.2025 11:02 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Do come along next Monday!

25.11.2025 07:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Come along and let me try my ideas out on you?

24.11.2025 11:33 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Militant Migrants | Home Clements Kadalie, the ICU and the Mass Movement of Black Workers in Southern Africa, 1896-1951

My friend Henry Dee's new book "Militant Migrants: Clements Kadalie, the ICU and the Mass Movement of Black Workers in Southern Africa, 1896-1951" has just been published by @livunipress.bsky.social . Check it out here: www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....

13.11.2025 18:26 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Launch of 'Waning Crescent: the rise and fall of global Islam' Professor Faisal Devji discusses his examination of the rise of Islam as a global historical actor

The @rshc.bsky.social will be hosting @faisaldevji.bsky.social to discuss his new book, The Waning Crescent, on 1 December at 5 p.m. , in conversation with Dr. Christ Moffat at QMUL. Details below:

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/launch-of-...

04.11.2025 14:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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Launch of 'Waning Crescent: the rise and fall of global Islam' Professor Faisal Devji discusses his examination of the rise of Islam as a global historical actor

The @rshc.bsky.social will be hosting @faisaldevji.bsky.social to discuss his new book, The Waning Crescent, on 1 December at 5 p.m. , in conversation with Dr. Christ Moffat at QMUL. Details below:

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/launch-of-...

04.11.2025 14:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
Book cover with passport stamps

Book cover with passport stamps

Endorsements for book

Endorsements for book

My book Coolie Migrants, Indian Diplomacy is out with @hurstpublishers.bsky.social. It has been shaped by the support of a great community of scholars - grateful for generous endorsements from
@rahulraothariel.bsky.social @katesde.bsky.social @kalramnath.bsky.social

Order here - shorturl.at/55NjW

04.11.2025 08:12 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2
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πŸ“πŸ“The London History of Anticolonial Political Thought SeminarπŸ“πŸ“
βŒ›οΈSeminars are hybrid and take place in-person in London & Zoom, 5:30-7:00pm (GMT).βŒ›οΈ
πŸ“²To sign up to our mailing list for the seminar, please email discourseonanticolonialism@hotmail.com

03.11.2025 17:02 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2