Publication day! My book The Colonial Way of War has finally appeared with CUP. The book is the first comparative & transimperial study of the violence of colonial warfare around 1900, based on an extensive empirical base &case studies from the British, German & Dutch Empire. It... shorturl.at/crWw2

Announcing a PhD scholarship for a history project on imperialism and great power projection in the Pacific. Supervised by Prudence Flowers and I here at Flinders, Adelaide. It includes an international fee waiver and stipend. Start Jan 2026. www.flinders.edu.au/scholarships...

The spectacle of the circus has long been controversial - but how did performers resist the 'exoticised' commodification of their identities? Sabine Hanke @sabinehanke.bsky.social examines the history of Lakota performers in the Sarrasani circus in interwar Germany: www.historyworkshop....

How is itinerance tangled up with hierarchies of race, labour, and cultural legitimacy? Sabine Hanke (@sabinehanke.bsky.social) examines the history of Lakota performers in interwar Europe and their fraught relationship with the Sarrasani Circus. www.historyworkshop....

Our „Emergence of Natural History“ series @degruyterbrill.bsky.social is growing! The latest volume was just published: Pieter van Wingerden's fascinating account of "The Natuurkundige Commissie in the Netherlands Indies (1820–1850)." Please get in touch if you have a #HistNatHist book proposal.

I am co-organising a workshop (with Dr Isabel Davis) on 'Colonies, hives and queens: Insects and Imperialism' at the Natural History Musuem in London on Thursday the 3rd of April. There will be a set of flash talks on the theme in the morning. Teams link: teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi...

I’m studying the history of birds of paradise and this species has just become even more fascinating! The male birds can glow - a visual effect known as photoluminescence. “These birds in their natural habitat are going to be even more fluorescent than in museums” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/s...

If you're looking for news from fellow historians, try our Starter Pack of #History societies and networks go.bsky.app/68FsvjY. With 100+ organisations working for history, it offers information on events, funding and campaigning for our discipline and profession: UK, Europe & RoW #skystorians

Oh look what has arrived today! Thanks to @manchesterup.bsky.social and everyone involved in getting this out! Worlds of the ring is a rich cultural history that explores the circus from a transnational angle

“Noticing that we are at an inflection point is not enough. To overcome it, we need to tackle these underlying structural problems, which inevitably will be a slow process, not a dramatic deed. History is a long game.” @davidmotadel.bsky.social in www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Eine Pressemitteilung der ASF e.V., bei der ich im Kuratorium bin, mit einem persönlichen Einwurf zum heutigen Tag insbesonderen, aber auch eigentlich: zu allen Tagen.

In 2024, the National Fairground and Circus Archive (NFCA) turned 30 years old!🎉🎈🎪 We celebrated by creating the #NFCAat30 podcast which features very special guests who have made the NFCA what it is today. Listen to all episodes now on Uni of Sheffield Player ▶️ tinyurl.com/bdcmnd4z

🎪 Did you know we look after the National Fairground and Circus Archive? 🎠 This unique research archive is dedicated to collecting and preserving the history of fairs, the circus and travelling popular entertainment in the UK.

Please share and maybe request for your library! Happy that my book “Worlds of the Ring: Nation and Empire in the British and German Circus” will be published with @manchesterup.bsky.social later this month manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526175090/

📣 The Turku Book Prize deadline is fast approaching! Submit your monographs now. www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/outreach/tur...

From new Nursing History to household economy in Victorian England, we're publishing a range of cutting-edge research across Modern History this January. Take a look at all new Modern History titles from MUP this month: tinyurl.com/ycyvsf25 #MUPAcademic #ModernHistory

We are looking for people who want to talk about their new books (2024 or 25) in environmental humanities broadly defined on the Greenhouse #envhum book talk series this spring. Online Mondays at 4pm Central European time. (If you are in Asia/Australia, it’s at 10am CET) Contact me to set a date!

🚨 Call for Applications: Writing Support Programme Got a work-in-progress and want to workshop it in a constructive peer group? Do apply to join us: #envhist #envhum @eseh.bsky.social @envhistnow.bsky.social @monabie.bsky.social @sebmergence.bsky.social

Hello! 👋 Welcome to our new blue sky account!

Happy that this is finally out (in German!) and open access www.vr-elibrary.de/doi/10.13109... Imperialismus in der Provinz: Eine Kulturgeschichte des Zirkus in Deutschland (ca. 1918-1945)

🚨 Job Klaxon 🚨 1 PhD position for 3 years a the German Mining Museum Bochum in the interdisciplinary DFG/AHRC funded project "Toxic Heritage: Socio-natural Landscapes of Extraction and Pollution in the Harz and Cornwall". More details: karriere.bergbaumuseum.de/jobposting/2.... Please share!

Fellowship opportunities!📢 MUP and the Society for the Study of French History have announced TWO book development fellowships for early-career researchers preparing their first book for publication. Includes: - Mentoring from editors - £1000 grant Apply now: tinyurl.com/53amvrv7

As this site is coming alive, I tried to help my own orientation by creating a starter pack for global urban history. Suggestions welcome go.bsky.app/3FUgYoE

We have also created a starter pack on Weimar history & culture so that we can connect and learn from one another! If you would like to be added/removed from the list, please get in touch.

🟢[Appel à com n 10] 🟢 Le colonialisme allemand en Afrique et ailleurs : pratiques et circulations en situations coloniales numéro coordonné @rheinze.bsky.social Delphine froment et Tobias Wagemann 👇👇🤓 oap.unige.ch/journals/rhca/…

I’ve finally finished my book on extinction! If you’re interested in reading how ideas of race, empire, and extinction have shaped our world and left important legacies for thinking about just conservation and the future of our planet, preorder here. #skystorians uk.bookshop.org/p/books/vani...

📣The Faculty of Historical and Cultural Studies at the University of Vienna seeks to appoint a Tenure-Track Professor in the field of Historical dimensions of the Anthropocene #envhist #envhum

www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-7... It's out now... Get your copy now, fresh off the press!

Just done at the other side and trying anew here - early New Year's resolution! 🎉