The Iranian History Initiative invites applications for the Amir Khosrow Afshar Visiting Fellowship for the 2026-27 academic year. Full details here: www.lse.ac.uk/Internationa... #Iran #history #fellowship #research #scholars #khosrow #afshar #lse

Prof Kristina Spohr’s recent book, ‘Post Wall, Post Square: Rebuilding the World After 1989’ has been chosen as one of the top 5 Books of the Year 2025 on ‘Comment is Freed’. Read more here: samf.substack.com/p/books-of-t... #book #coldwar #academic #history #politics #lse

Congratulations to all those who graduated last night! Whether completing your Bachelors, Masters or PhD, it is a massive milestone on your journey. We hope you enjoyed the evening and were able to celebrate with your loved ones. #graduation #graduation2025 #students #history #lse

Dr Jake Subryan Richards appeared on Radio 4 to discuss his recently released book ‘The Bonds of Freedom: Liberated Africans and the End of the Slave Trade’. Listen to Dr Richards speak here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... #BBC #radio #academic #book #slavery #history #lse

Great to catch up with our staff before we break up for the holidays! This year’s Staff Christmas Lunch was hosted down at Thai Square, and everyone left with very full tummies indeed. #christmas #lunch #staff #history #lse

A few snaps from our Student & Staff Christmas Party last night We had a great time celebrating the end of the term and getting into the festive spirit! Big thanks to the folks at the LSE Student Union for helping us run a great event. #christmas #party #students #history #lse

Thanks to all those who turned out for the PhD Christmas dinner - what a lovely evening! We have a great bunch of PhD students and it’s always great fun getting everyone together. #christmas #dinner #phd #students #history #lse

Applications for our Masters programme, LSE-Columbia University Double MA Degree in International and World History are open! Application deadline is 12 March 2026 Read full details on the programme here: www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse... #history #masters #study #student #LSE #Columbia

The BSSI aims to shape sustainability approaches that recognise how lived experience, value systems, and identities have developed over time. Several events are being planned, so watch this space! More to come soon. #news #sustainability #oceans #history #lse

NEW✨ Ruling the Mongols of Manchuria: Language, Literacy, and Power in Late Qing Borderlands by Jiani He @pku1898.bsky.social @routledgehistory.bsky.social #Review by Ron Po @routledgebooks.bsky.social @lsehy.bsky.social #History #Language #Asia #China

Jack Englehardt - one of our 2nd year PhD students - is running a course in partnership with the @britishlibrary called ‘History of Maps’. Full details here: events.bl.uk/events/onlin... #news #PhD #history #britishlibrary #lse

TOMORROW we host Dr Tanya Zion-Waldoks who delivers her talk ‘Framing Resistance: Protest Photography, Collective Memory, and the Civic Struggle for Hope in Israel’. Full event details and registration here: www.lse.ac.uk/Internationa... #israel #revolution #photography #lse

Last week we hosted (with the German Historical Institute London) the Gerda Henkel Foundation Visiting Professorship Lecture. Prof Anja Laukötter delivered her talk 'Contested Past and Present: Colonial Imaginaries and their Long Temporalities in German History'. #history #germany #LSE #event

Last night, Dr Alex Mayhew hosted a screening of Peter Jackson’s They Shall Not Grow Old for students in our department. Attendees gorged on pizza and discussed the film's depiction of the Great War. Thanks for hosting, Alex! #film #pizza #ww1 #students #history #lse

Join us Thurs 4 Dec we host Dr Tanya Zion-Waldoks who delivers her talk ‘Framing Resistance: Protest Photography, Collective Memory, and the Civic Struggle for Hope in Israel’. Full event details and registration here: www.lse.ac.uk/internationa... #israel #revolution #photography #lse #event

Looking forward to speaking about GLOBALIZING EUROPE today at the University of Warwick - all welcome! warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/his... via @post-doc-club.bsky.social @lsehy.bsky.social @universitypress.cambridge.org @dacretu.bsky.social @purseigle.bsky.social

Dr Jake Subryan Richards' recent book, ‘The Bonds of Freedom: Liberated Africans and the End of the Slave Trade’, has been named one of the "Books of the Year" by the Times Literary Supplement. #books #thetimes #academic #slavery #history #lse

“Contested Past and Present: Colonial Imaginaries and their Long Temporalities in German History” This Tues 25 Nov, Prof Anja Laukötter delivers the Gerda Henkel Foundation Visiting Professorship Lecture. Event details and registration: www.lse.ac.uk/Internationa... #events #lse

Join us Thurs 4 Dec we host Dr Tanya Zion-Waldoks who delivers her talk ‘Framing Resistance: Protest Photography, Collective Memory, and the Civic Struggle for Hope in Israel’. Full event details and registration here: www.lse.ac.uk/internationa... #israel #revolution #photography #lse #event

“Contested Past and Present: Colonial Imaginaries and their Long Temporalities in German History” This Tues 25 Nov, Prof Anja Laukötter delivers the Gerda Henkel Foundation Visiting Professorship Lecture. Event details and registration: www.lse.ac.uk/Internationa... #events #lse

I have a piece on the Islamic history of Europe in the new issue of The New Statesman: 'Islam is Part of European History': www.newstatesman.com/culture/book... via @newstatesman1913.bsky.social @lsehy.bsky.social

Last night we hosted Dr Grace Carrington as she launched her first book “Global Decolonisation and Non-Sovereignty: Small Island States in the Caribbean.” Grace completed her PhD here at the Department in 2019. The event recording will be available next week! #event #caribbean #history #lse

Want to find out more about our LSE-NUS Double Degree MA Asian and International History? Full details here: www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse... Application deadline: 13 March 2026 #history #asia #singapore #nationaluniversitysingapore #LSE

Last night we hosted Prof Bradley Simpson who spoke about his soon to be released book 'The First Right: Self-determination and the Transformation of 20th Century International Order'. A recording of the event will be available next week on our website #event #history #LSE

Latin America’s international relations are often viewed through the lens of US hegemony. Yet this obscures important connections with Europe that have helped shape modern Latin American history. ✍ @charlotteeaton.bsky.social @lsehy.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

Join us for the Annual Gerda Henkel Foundation Visiting Professorship Lecture delivered by our new visiting professor Anja Laukötter (@uni-jena.de)! 📅 25.11.25|6pm (GMT) 📍MAR.1.04, Marshall Building, LSE|Zoom 👉 Register here: www.lse.ac.uk/Intern... @lsehy.bsky.social @gerda-henkel-stiftung.de

A fantastic new review of GLOBALIZING EUROPE by Jonas Kreienbaum (@kreienbaumj.bsky.social): www.hsozkult.de/publicationr... via @lsehy.bsky.social @universitypress.cambridge.org @hsozkult.bsky.social

NEXT Thurs 20 Nov we host one of our alumni, Dr Grace Carrington, who will be speaking about her new book “Global Decolonisation and Non-Sovereignty: Small Island States in the Caribbean”. www.lse.ac.uk/Internationa... #book #event #alumni #history #colonisation #caribbean #LSE

Join us NEXT Tues 18 Nov, as Prof Bradley Simpson joins us to talk about his soon to be released book 'The First Right: Self-Determination and the Transformation of 20th Century International Order'. Full event details and registration: www.lse.ac.uk/Internationa... #event #history #book #UN #LSE

We're delighted to announce our winner of the LSE 3rd year dissertation prize was Philippa Fletcher of @lsehy.bsky.social who made use of TWL's collections. Her subject was 'The international feminist issues of "Outwrite Newspaper" , 1982-1988'. Well done!

Dr Agis Papageorgiou set to teach workshop at Harvard University's Centre for Hellenic Studies, entitled "Thucydides Revisited: How Small States Survive Among Great Powers." See here for more info: greece.chs.harvard.edu/news/worksho... #history #greece #workshop #harvard #lse

Jack Roush (PhD student) has published a new piece entitled 'Persepolois, Armenia, and Iran's Balancing Act'. Read it here: rsaa.org.uk/blog/persepo... #news #phd #iran #armenia #history #lse

Are you thinking about studying a masters degree in International History at LSE next year? Come join us for a chat at our Virtual Open Day Event TOMORROW (12 November): www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse... #openday #event #history #masters #degree #LSE

Thurs 4 December we host Dr Tanya Zion-Waldoks who delivers her talk ‘Framing Resistance: Protest Photography, Collective Memory, and the Civic Struggle for Hope in Israel’. Full event details and registration here: www.lse.ac.uk/Internationa... #israel #revolution #photography #lse

Are you a writer or scholar of history? We are currently taking applications for the David McClure Visiting Fellowship (closing next Monday 10 November)! Full details can be found here: www.lse.ac.uk/Internationa... #fellowship #fellow #jobs #research #writer #scholar #history #LSE

“Contested Past and Present: Colonial Imaginaries and their Long Temporalities in German History” Tues 25 Nov, Professor Anja Laukötter delivers the Gerda Henkel Foundation Visiting Professorship Lecture. Event details and registration: www.lse.ac.uk/Internationa... #events #lse #history #germany

That’s a wrap on Cumberland Lodge for 2025! An excellent weekend away which saw a group of our Masters students stay 2 nights at the Lodge (situated on the grounds of Great Windsor Park), joined by a selection of our staff. #cumberlandlodge #windsor #students #history #lse

On Thurs 20 Nov we host one of our alumni, Dr Grace Carrington, who will be speaking about her new book “Global Decolonisation and Non-Sovereignty: Small Island States in the Caribbean”. Register here: www.lse.ac.uk/Internationa... #book #event #alumni #history #colonisation #caribbean #LSE

Want to find out more about our LSE-NUS Double Degree MA Asian and International History? Full details here: www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse... Application deadline: 13 March 2026 #history #asia #singapore #nationaluniversitysingapore #LSE

This Friday is the final day for the award-winning 'Black Atlantic: power, people, resistance exhibition'. The exhibition was curated by our own Dr Jake Subryan Richards. Full details here: www.lse.ac.uk/events/black... #event #history #slavery #lse

Tues 18 Nov, Prof Bradley Simpson joins us to talk about his soon to be released book 'The First Right: Self-Determination and the Transformation of 20th Century International Order'. Full event details and registration: www.lse.ac.uk/Internationa... #event #history #book #UN #LSE

How has the meaning of #revolution changed over time? The Revolution to Come: A History of an Idea from Thucydides to Lenin by Dan Edelstein @princetonupress.bsky.social. #Review by @edoardovaccari.bsky.social @lsehy.bsky.social on @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social 👉 blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofb...

How has the meaning of #revolution changed over time? The Revolution to Come: A History of an Idea from Thucydides to Lenin by Dan Edelstein @princetonupress.bsky.social. #Review by @edoardovaccari.bsky.social @lsehy.bsky.social

Dr Roham Alvandi has contributed to a new documentary film, ‘Kissinger', produced by American Experience for the PBS network in the United States. Watch part 1 here: www.pbs.org/video/part-1... #film #documentary #kissinger #USA #news #history #LSE

Are you thinking about studying a masters degree in International History at LSE next year? Come join us for a chat at our Virtual Open Day Event: www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse... #openday #event #history #masters #degree #LSE

The Iranian History Initiative invites applications for the Amir Khosrow Afshar Visiting Fellowship for the 2026-27 academic year. Full details here: www.lse.ac.uk/Internationa... #Iran #history #fellowship #research #scholars #khosrow #afshar #lse

Yesterday, one of our PhD students, Pritam Singh, hosted a roundtable discussion entitled 'Freedom and Whatever that Means: Roundtable Discussion on Politics of Overseas Labour Migrations from India, 1833 - 1967.' #history #event #India #slavery #roundtable #LSE

Dr Jake Subryan Richards has two upcoming talks to promote is recently released book ‘The Bonds of Freedom: Liberated Africans and the End of the Slave Trade’. The Queen Mary event is first come first served and tickets for the Waterstone's event: www.waterstones.com/events/ruthl... #event #lse

Are you thinking about studying a masters degree in International History at LSE next year? Come join us for a chat at our Virtual Open Day Event: www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse... #openday #event #history #masters #degree #LSE

NEW✨ How has the meaning of #revolution changed over time? The Revolution to Come: A History of an Idea from Thucydides to Lenin by Dan Edelstein @princetonupress.bsky.social. #Review by @edoardovaccari.bsky.social @lsehy.bsky.social Read it here 👉 blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofb...