I am…confused.

Seems that many students too are happy for reprieve from what is effectively an injunction to cheat in the blizzard of ads celebrating use of AI to ”increase productivity“ and the repeated reminders their future bosses will expect this from them.

Merry Christmas to everyone celebrating!

Official pitch that I have joined the wonderful editorial group at Refugee History Blog. Please get in touch if you want to write for us! refugeehistory.org/about

My article "Religious humanitarianism. The World Council of Churches for refugees in Austria in 1956 and 1968" is out! Published in "Humanitarian mobilization in Central and Eastern Europe. Local, national and international perspectives" edited by @dacretu.bsky.social and @michalfrankl.bsky.social

Woohoo! (That is all I can produce)

My hometown on main.

Spreading the word on this call for papers on the topic of "Virtualities," part of the third number of @invivoarts.bsky.social (run by my dear friend Alex Bumbas). www.fabula.org/actualites/1...

Job Klaxon: Assistant or Associate Professorship in Public History with a specialisation in Modern History at Aarhus.

Our volume is finally out! Open access to boot! Personal thanks to Michal Frankl for his patience and trust ...and, of course, to our authors for powering through the long production process. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526189929/

No further comments, people.

Been having superb discussions with students regarding AI and awful effects on environment. Take what you will from this.

My review of Francesca Piana’s book is out! networks.h-net.org/group/discus...

We're advertising!!! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPK289/a...

Alan Carr, how I love thee!

David Olusoga representing historians well on Celebrity Traitors UK. 😅

Self-promotion, but will be giving a talk on something I have been VERY slowly working on at University of Oxford next Tuesday (11 November) at 5 pm! talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/26c...

We’re looking for a part time managing editor! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Thank you for the critical eye and big picture!

Lipscani Street in Bucharest in 1939.

I tapped on my earlier work and played a little with ideas that we might have to look back to find a roadmap of future in aid. "Ebbs and Flows of International Aid and the Model of Interwar Eastern Europe: An Experimental Reflection" www.fondation-pierredubois.ch/wp-content/u...

Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community. Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.

Finally caught up with these beautiful texts! Content on the side, we have some amazing writers in our field…

Great time to listen to inspiring work ( and share my humble contributions) at the “Refugees in the Mediterranean: Flight, Migration, and Relief during the Twentieth Century” for the past 2 days. Many thanks to Ruth Natermann for the invitation! ( And nice to see a bit of Rome in the process)

Major multiple job opportunities klaxon 📣. If you are looking for a change and fancy living in a UNESCO world heritage city and working in a university with a culture of collaboration and excellence with impact, please come and join us. #WeAreInternational lnkd.in/eTRGxUnG

Came across this rather suddenly, but many many thanks to Kimberly Lowe for such a careful reading and critical eye on my book. academic.oup.com/dh/advance-a...

Back to school!

Available for pre-order now. Recommend to all of your friends who think of WWI only in terms of the Western Front! The results of two hugely talented historians co-authoring a book.

The multilayered question is why many eastern Europeans vote for Farage's allies in loco: www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Many thanks to Grant Harward for the kind review of my book! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Shoutout to my good friend and collaborator, Dagmar Hájková, who knows way more about TGM than anyone should have to. 🥰https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/17/europe/tgm-letter-czech-republic-scli-intl

Escaping to Italy and checking a bucket list must since I was 8: F1 Grand Prix at Monza.

Baffling to say that the "lottery" system was kind to me, but super grateful to have received a British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grant...Time to finish research for project #2 and spend some time back in Central Europe next year (if all goes well). #birthdaypresent

Times are grim, but at least Great British Bake-Off is back.

Fueling racism in Romania like there's no tomorrow as well.

area man incapable of separating the Roma vs the Romanians

The kind of good news we have been waiting for far too long: 👇👇👇 "UK preparing for Erasmus reunion" www.researchprofessional.com/0/rr/news/uk...

Good time as any to announce that I have joined the Contemporary European History team as a Reviews Editor. Holler at me if you'd be interested in putting a review essay together...I have already started a list.😎 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

The Times editorial line: "sieve" the entire population so we can put 100s of thousands of people into camps. "Removing a city’s worth of people would be an extended exercise. Identity cards would be a must if the population was to be sieved into legitimate and illegitimate camps" archive.ph/78dcP

We have launched a series highlighting the positive stories of refugees and asylum seekers in Scotland 💙 Our team tells you why we felt this was necessary to do 👇 #refugeeswelcome #refugeesarewelcomehere

🎺 Job alert! 🎺 Durham University is advertising for an Assistant Professor in Histories of the Islamicate World (Medieval/Early Modern), permanent and full-time! Great department, lovely colleagues, beautiful historic city! Deadline for applications is 28/09/25! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOJ050/a...

refugees are being housed in hotel rooms that do not meet their basic needs: families are being housed in rooms with no cooking facilities, nowhere for children to play, frequent reports of mould, damp, vermin. if an MP can’t explain that to constituents what are we doing here.

Finalizing my new module on "History of Refugees in Modern Europe" and am both nervous and SO very excited to get this going.

„The ‚deal’ being proposed for 🇺🇦 could very well be the pivot which decides what the new Europe will be. Will it be one of validated conquest, of war crimes covered up, of abducted children and normalization with butchers.“ @phillipspobrien.bsky.social Is that the Europe you would like to live in?

CNN trying to make any sense about what the hell that was about is entertaining at least.

Ugly grim history.

My fellowship at the Leibniz Institute of European History was the BEST. If you or someone you know works on European history, you should apply!! Deadline is Friday 8/15 www.ieg-mainz.de/en/fellowshi... #history #fellowships #academic