This week! Nordic Colonialism in 2026: The Truth Commissions and their Outcomes with Gunlög Fur, Professor of History at Linnaeus University and founder of Concurrences. 12 March, 13:15-17:00 Dacke (Fe3016) & zoom (register at link below) #academicsky lnu.se/.../2026/lnu...

New era of US expansion

The issue includes contributions by ➡️ Amandine Lauro @ulbruxelles.bsky.social ➡️ @veropouillard.bsky.social University of Oslo ➡️ Gijs Dreijer @erasmusuniversity.bsky.social ➡️ Kevin Goergen @uni.lu ➡️ @jannelahti.bsky.social Linnaeus University ✅🔓 Available open access! bmgn-lchr.nl/issue/view/1...

Attention scholars: to mark the 20th anniversary of Patrick Wolfe's "Settler Colonialism and the Elimination of the Native," SETTLER COLONIAL STUDIES is soliciting reflections/ critiques for a special issue on Wolfe and his influence. Details below. Please circulate widely!

Kolonialismin historiasta ajatuksia www.hs.fi/taide/art-20...

Tervetuloa Rosebud Sivulliseen tiistaina 21.10 klo 17.00 kirjamme Kolonialismin muokkaama maailma julkaisutilaisuuteen. historianswithoutborders.fi/tapahtumat/k...

Juttelemassa uudesta kirjastani Kolonialismin muokkaama maailma. Kuuntele Yle Areenassa: areena.yle.fi/1-75853435

The Namibian: „Germany rejects reparation payments to former colonies.“ @he-mel.bsky.social h/t @heikebecker.bsky.social www.namibian.com.na/germany-reje...

My new open access article discussing settler memory and monuments: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

I appreciate @kevinmkruse.bsky.social's point, but I would argue that there is a logic to waving the Mexican flag, especially in the context of raids on immigrant Latino communities in LA. A short thread. 1/

Elokuussa....

Germany still hasn’t paid reparations for its genocide in Namibia. Now, a green hydrogen megaproject risks further burying that history – sidestepping the voices of victims’ descendants. I met some of them in Namibia. This is my report (Support my work on Substack). open.substack.com/pub/hannohau...

New Voices in Settler Colonial Studies is here! Check out what is going on. Edited by @karl-jacoby.bsky.social and Magdalena Naum. www.tandfonline.com/toc/rset20/c...

Jos olet väitöskirjatutkija, joka on menossa Yhdysvaltain tutkimukseen liittyvään konferenssiin Euroopassa tai Yhdysvalloissa, voit nyt hakea FASA:n ja Suomi-Amerikka-yhdistysten liiton konferenssiapurahaa www.samsuomi.fi/konferenssia...

Woohoo, our Itinerario special issue 'Colonial Baggage: Global Tourism in the Age of Empires' is now out in its proper, physical form! 🥳 Check out the introduction by myself and Andreas Greiner here: doi.org/10.1017/S016... And the entire table of contents here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Members of FASA register at a lower rate! Join FASA here: www.fasa.fi/membership/j...

As a member of any of the Nordic Associations for American Studies (including @fasafinland.bsky.social), European Association for American Studies, or American Studies Association, you can register at the members rate!

Registration is open! As a member of any of the Nordic Associations for American Studies (including @fasafinland.bsky.social ), European Association for American Studies, or American Studies Association, you can register at the members rate! www.fasa.fi/membership/j... #NAASpirations

1/2 Despite all the denialism from right wing polemicists, Lyndall Ryan kept going, patiently gathering the evidence proving that Australia’s colonisation entailed hundreds of massacres. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Looking for associate editor(s) for Settler Colonial Studies👍👇 think.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru...

”New Directions in Finnish North American Research” Webinar, Thursday, January 23 at 18.00 Finnish time (GMT+2) /10:00am CST. @infomigration.bsky.social @fasafinland.bsky.social @ihrc-umn.bsky.social Info and registration: siirtolaisuusinstituutti.fi/events/new-d...

Send your proposals to our Summer School: networks.h-net.org/group/announ...

Join our team! Settler Colonial Studies is looking for new associate editors. Call here👇 think.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru...

This summer the biannual Nordic Assocation for American Studies conference is coming to Turku! You can now follow us here @naas2025.bsky.social for update.

It is time to renew your membership for 2025. On how to renew your membership or join FASA, check our website: fasa.fi/membership/j...

Residential school denialists don’t want you to watch Sugarcane - a new documentary about the St. Joseph’s Indian Residential School that’s getting Oscar buzz and is now streaming on Disney+ and Hula. That’s good enough reason to check it out and learn about the ongoing legacy of the IRS system.

Thanks to all the new followers! By way of introduction here are 3 more or less recent, open-access articles of mine that might give you a sense of my current research interests. 1) German colonial history and the varied responses of colonised peoples to it. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Bloomsbury wants me to put this pic in my email signature, which isn't going to happen, but I'll post it here as a compromise. Check out our book, maybe? It's free, you know. Hardback coming out in January. www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?do...

Strong text on Native American boarding schools in the US by Vincent Veerbeek. www.sammagazine.fi/puheenvuorot...

Learn more about the research clusters within #Concurrences, like the cluster for Ecology, Culture & Coloniality - Projects include South African resource & energy cultures; speculative fiction; ecotopian postcolonial comics; the politics of border narratives & more - lnu.se/en/meet-linn...

Check out the Latest Articles section in Settler Colonial Studies! A diverse and robust field, I would say. But I may be partial as editor here... www.tandfonline.com/action/showA...

Kuulumisia Historian oppiaineesta, vietimme eilen Akateemikko Eino Jutikkala -seminaaria luentoineen ja juhlallisuuksineen. blogs.helsinki.fi/historia/202...

How's this for serendipitous archival discovery: The personal papers of Belgium's notorious King Leopold - believed to have been destroyed- were found hidden in a walled-in cellar in a chateau scheduled for demolition in 1983: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

The #CFP for our #SummerSchool in #globalhistory is out! In association with @lnuccon.bsky.social and European Network in Universal and Global History. Join us in #Växjö in September 2025! Link 👇🏼 networks.h-net.org/group/discus...

We are looking for relatively short (1-2,000 words) opinion pieces on issues pertaining to imperial history, historiography, colonialism or the legacies of empire. Please do not hesitate to get in touch ([email protected])!

Glad to be part of this👍👇

Rebuilding my Writing Westward Podcast community here as the other place devolves. There are 68 past episodes to catch up on, share, rate, and review. Get to it!

That time of the year when I advertise for my #University - or rather the #Master's programme in #Colonial and #Postcolonial Studies that I'm coordinating: lnu.se/en/programme... Please do forward to students and professionals! (also #distance alternative) /1

Hello Bluesky! We are the Linnaeus Uni 🇸🇪 Centre for #Concurrences in Colonial & Postcolonial Studies. We analyze the consequences of colonialism & other forms of domination, particularly on those dispossessed, exploited & marginalized due to imperial expansion lnu.se/en/research/... #Academicsky

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

My first post here is my latest book review that just came out on H-Net, H-TGS networks.h-net.org/group/review...