I wrote a short tribute for Everyday Muslim on the importance of Ghee Bowman's scholarship on Muslim and South Asian contribution to Britains war effort in WW2. There is much more to be said. My condolences to his family and loved ones. www.everydaymuslim.org/ghee-bowman-...

Hi new followers— I'm a historian of far-right extremism, writing a book about German & American neo-Nazis. I also wrote a book about Turkish-German migration, which you can download free (tinyurl.com/kahnbk) or buy from Cambridge w/ discount FTHL2024. I also research queer fascism & gay neo-Nazis.

Just received my authors copy. Great to see my translated article “Colonialisme et Coran” in print. With a depiction of Napoleon reading the Qur’an on the cover page which reflects the beginning of my essay. 🙌🏽

Our starter pack is now full! 150 people and organisations working on the history of contemporary Europe. From PGRs to Professors Emeriti, and everyone in between - find a contemporary European historian near you! go.bsky.app/SU3jCJb

Do come by if you’re interested. I will also be giving a paper on Britain and Islam in WW2. 9 May at @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social and @swwstudiesedin.bsky.social Thanks @wugolini.bsky.social and everyone else involved for putting together such a fine academic event. See for registration below 👇

Full house yesterday at the book launch of @mihatsch.bsky.social „Shifting Sovereignities" @shiftingsovs.bsky.social at @jesuscollegecam.bsky.social and @camhistory.bsky.social. As Jeremy Adelman mentioned yesterday, it provides a global history to the current fraught moment in global politics.

Looking forward 💪🏽

I argue that #Britain viewed Hadhrami #Arabs as invaluable assets to win over #Muslim opinion across the #Malay Archipelago during #WWII Ultimately, this shows how much Britain needed Muslim support to win this #war. Read here: blogs.lse.ac.uk/seac/2024/11...

Dr Evan Smith @evansmithhist.bsky.social has recently taken up the role as book reviews editor. If you are interested in reviewing a recently published book on British colonial and imperial history (broadly defined), please contact him at evan dot smith at adelaide dot edu dot au.

Happy that my chapter on "Colonialism and the Qur'ān" was recently published in the volume ‘The European Qurʾān: Encounters with the Holy Text of Islam from the Ninth to the Twentieth Century,’ with @degruyterbrill.bsky.social #colonialism #history #Islam #empire #politics #publication 👇👇👇👇👇👇

Sharing this here again! 😃😃 Muslims have been an integral part of European history and culture for a long time. This article explores how Muslims in interwar Austria attempted to establish a faith community and build a mosque in Vienna, and why they eventually failed. 👇👇👇👇

📢 We have a cover for our forthcoming book. As you probably recognise, the cover is based on the frontispiece of the 1651 first edition of Hobbes' Leviathan. Just that this version is fuzzy, compromised, fragmented, and layered. Exactly what we argue about sovereignty itself.