Malcolm MacLean

the_thinking_great_ape You know what WON'T get stuck in the Strait of Hormuz? Sunlight and solar panels. @nickofnz

Interested in research policy, supporting early career researchers or helping research potential donors for Humanities and Social Science research? Check out these positions at the British Academy. #Skystorians

Particular focus on "post-colonial political thought, or whose work might connect political theory and historical political economy"👇

Organizing in the Heart of Empire The situation in Iran poses a political challenge for anyone who cares about emancipation. Everyone knows that the single greatest threat to that goal on a global level is the United States and its im...

"point is not that debates do not matter, but that they should be organized around meaningful goals, anchored to specific conjunctures, based in actual terrains of struggle, related to concrete organizing efforts on the ground, and oriented towards building power"

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Jayme Lawson from Sinners hit the nail on the head and said how I felt with the whole BAFTAs situation.

I was born in an Iranian prison. My parents were held in their jails. My uncles lie in their mass graves. Nothing you can tell me about the crimes of the Iranian regime that I haven't lived in blood and bone. That doesn't mean I want my people bombed, maimed, killed, their homes in ruins. If your vision of liberation comes only through the destruction of innocent lives, then it's not freedom you're after. Sahar Delijani, Iranian author

I am pro Iranian people. I stand with them against their own government’s repression AND against the imperial violence in the form of bombs dropped from the sky from Israel & the US who have already killed hundreds.

I support neither imperialism or dictatorship.

Sahar Delijani said it best:

Maybe it’s because I’m a colonial historian but so many of these white nation states seem to behave exactly like they did in the 19th century: ‘your leaders aren’t right for you,’ ‘we’re only killing you/colonizing you/installing puppet leaders for your own good’

Black and white photo of Marjane Satrapi with the quote: "The world is not divided between East and West. You are American. I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same."

Once again.

VACANCY - we are looking for a new early modern British colleague to join us at Warwick! Thematic focus open, with interests in religious change and/or social relations particularly welcome. Full details at warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...

Men studying a dragon

ENDOWED PROFESSORSHIP IN HISTORY OF SCIENCE
My home department at Uppsala University is advertising an endowed professorship in the history of science. This is the best position in the field in Sweden, and probably in all of Scandinavia. Apply before 30 April 2026. www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...

If you wanna know more about Marielle's death and the connections between her murder and Jair Bolsonaro, I wrote this episode of QAA Podcast with Julian Feeld, Jake Rockatansky and @travisview.bsky.social .

Hope you enjoy it.

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Ditto; it was such a fin de siècle zeitgeist thing it’s hard to see the mythology working in these times, but, damn, Danielle Deadwyler is an inspired piece of casting

Dan Hicks- Every Monument Will Fall

York History Department - Academic Jobs Uncover the past to define the future. We are seeking research-led historians to join our world-class, collaborative community. Discover career-defining opportunities within one of the UK’s most disti...

We are advertising 4 jobs at York for historians (1 year medieval, 2 years modern Britain and public history, 3 years modern China, and open ended modern Middle Eastern) features.york.ac.uk/history-jobs/

Normalize laughing derisively in men's faces when they deserve it.

How the IOC scored an own goal by banning Vladyslav Heraskevych at the Winter Olympics In this article, Jim McKay analyses how banning Vladyslav Heraskevych at the Winter Olympics for portraying victims of Russia’s war on Unkraine on his helmet backfired by making Heraskevych a national...

Sharp insights, with a view to 2028, from Jim McKay on IOC hypocrisy, on banning Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych over his helmet with images of Ukrainian athletes who died during the Russian invasion idrottsforum.org/feature-mcka...

The UK universities cutting geography have lost their bearings From climate change to geopolitics, the knowledge, skills and insights of geographers have never been more relevant, say five professors

Our new piece out today in Times Higher Education about the threats to Geography in the UK - particularly fieldwork - please do share. It links to a recent snapshot survey on the challenges being faced in UK HE, which highlights the inequities of the challenges, but also fears of what is yet to come

Postdoc Fellowships: Rethinking Empire. War, Coloniality, and New Internationalism CfA for 3 postdoctoral fellowships, May 2026 to December 2027 (20 months): The spaces of sovereignty and the territories of capital and power are being radically redefined. Where is Empire produced an...

CfA, 3x20 month PostDocs looking at Rethinking Empire. War, Coloniality, and New Internationalism, based in Potsdam, starting in May; applications close 10 March

Join us on 19 Feb as we explore the archives and examine the Black Radical Press in 1970s Britain. Hear Leila Hassan Howe (Race Today), Nigel De Noronha (CoDE) and Sophia Siddiqui (Institute of Race Relations) with GPI's Sarah Garrod. Chair Arielle Lawson. Free! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/archival-w...

#BOOKGIVEAWAY - The Moscow Playbook: How #Russia Used, Abused, and Transformed Sports in the Hunt for Power with @beastofberglund.bsky.social

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#OtD 14 Feb 1779 British coloniser captain James Cook was stabbed in the neck and killed by a Native Hawaiian as he tried to kidnap local leader, Kalaniʻōpuʻu. After his crew killed a local chief, Cook had also to shot and killed a Hawaiian person stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8558...

With ICE attacking protesters and snatching people off the streets, it’s clear: World Cup fans and players won’t be safe in Trump's US. Demand European countries to boycott the US World Cup matches - unless they are moved. action.wemove.eu/sign/2026-02...

Photograph of street art in Milan, Italy, that depicts President Donald J Trump wearing a blue suit and a green flag jacket that reads "police ice" on the front of it. Mr. Trump is holding the Olympic rings in his hands and scaling. He appears on a grayish white background with a metal grate on the ground in front of him.

Remarkable mural in Milan by street artist aleXsandro Palombo to mark the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics

History: Serious about Play: Childhood, Play and Policymaking in Wales, 1945 to the present (RS936) - Swansea University We offer a wide range of funded and fully funded research scholarships in all subject areas. Explore your options and apply now.

Please do share this doctoral opportunity with MA/MSt students - four years of AHRC funding to work on the history of children's play in Wales, supervised by me and the lovely and brilliant Dr Jacky Tyrie. Any questions get in touch! www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate...

PhD candidate within Gender Studies and/or STS: Imagining Positive Energy Futures (294972) | NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology Job title: PhD candidate within Gender Studies and/or STS: Imagining Positive Energy Futures (294972), Employer: NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Deadline: Sunday, March 15, 2026

Some colleagues in my old department in Trondheim are recruiting a PhD candidate in Gender Studies and/or STS on the "Imagining Positive Energy Futures" project. 3 years, fully funded. Norway's a good place to do a PhD and Trondheim's a nice place to live!

You wouldn't know this even happened if you were not looking for it on the interwebs. Mainstream news is so...

Mills recognized that as the power elite becomes increasingly degenerate, it is increasingly difficult for their intellectual acolytes to formulate reasonable ideological justifications for their corrupt and irresponsible actions. In these circumstances, the power elite resorts to intellectual repression against those who call attention to their declining political capacities; that is, the intelligentsia who work in universities, museums, the arts, scientific institutes, entertainment, and the mass media.

Sociologist C. Wright Mills saw this coming—and tried to warn us—60+ years ago.

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For anyone interested in our 18-month post in British Studies please follow the link below. @ihr.bsky.social

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AHRC Doctoral Landscape Award studentships The AHRC Doctoral Landscape Award is a major new funding scheme from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). Its aim is to grow the UK’s capacity for doctoral research in the arts and humanit...

Full time AHRC doctoral studentships now available in Arts & Humanities at University of Hertfordshire for October 2026 start - please do share widely!! This includes both History & Heritage Studies among other subjects 🌟😀 www.herts.ac.uk/research/res...