As a 1st-time presenter at @thesouthernsha.bsky.social’s Annual Meeting, I thoroughly enjoyed the conference and our panel on “Courts and the State” with Antonio Grilli & Stephen Stillwell. St. Pete treated us to a beautiful sunset after a long day of work #2025SHA

I had so much fun speaking at #CafeconTampa this morning! It was wonderful to meet so many engaged members of the Tampa community from all walks of life. Thank you for asking brilliant questions and giving me excellent suggestions about my work 🙏

Are you in Tampa? Want to enjoy breakfast and have an early morning chat about spies? Join us at the Portico this Friday, October 31, at 8:00 am! Tickets available here: www.mytbtickets.com/events/caf-c...

My History Dept. @usf.edu @casatusf.bsky.social is hiring for a new position in US Public History: networks.h-net.org/jobs/69272/u... Applications from scholars with experience or interest in community-engaged practice and/or oral history are especially encouraged. Please share widely! #Skystorians

My History Dept. @usf.edu @casatusf.bsky.social is hiring for a new position in Early Modern Europe: networks.h-net.org/jobs/69273/u... It is a wonderful research-focused opportunity: a 2-2 teaching load and the chance to teach graduate courses and supervise graduate students #Skystorians

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We officially started our new roles as Assistant Professors at the @usf.edu @casatusf.bsky.social. We are excited to join a wonderful group of new faculty members and look forward to the adventures ahead!

Why does Hitler still cast a shadow over the world? Benedetta Carnaghi (@benecarnaghi.bsky.social) features in this BBC feature: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzXM...

Huge thanks to Amanda Hsieh and Friedemann Pestel for inviting me to participate in a workshop that brings together historians and musicologists! We reflect on the recent global turn in fascism studies, and we do it in the most beautiful place! @unituebingen.bsky.social

We have reached the final roundtable of the ‘Power of Laughter. Laughing about Power’ conference at the @centremarcbloch.bsky.social, feat. David Slucki and Alexandra Oeser, and moderated by Aurélia Kalisky. Huge thanks to both organizers and presenters for such a rich and stimulating conference!

Très belle communication de @gunthert.bsky.social sur Tintin au Congo ! Impossible de ne pas penser à @gwendalpiegais.bsky.social et ton amour pour Tintin 😉

Wonderful to speak about antifascist satire in Fascist Italy, Nazi Germany & Vichy France, in conversation with Olga Galanova’s paper on political laughter in the GDR, contemporary Russia, Belarus & China. Sometimes, humor makes the unbearable bearable @centremarcbloch.bsky.social

😂 Power of Laughter / Laughing about Power 📆 Two-day international conference at Centre Marc Bloch on May 15 and 16 in Englisch, French and German Find more information and the full programme here: cmb.hu-berlin.de/kalender/ter...

Delighted to present my research on ‘Persecuted Satirists: How Anti-Fascist Laughter Could Get You in Trouble, 1922-45’ at the ‘Power of Laughter. Laughing about Power’ conference at the @centremarcbloch.bsky.social. We even have a box of jokes that is going around! That looks very promising 😉

Colloque "Pouvoir du rire/Rire des pouvoirs" au @centremarcbloch.bsky.social, Berlin, les 15 et 16 mai prochains! cmb.hu-berlin.de/kalender/ter...

One last tempo session with the lovely #AdidasRunners bunch yesterday and… I am marathon ready! I am so excited to run the @manchestermarathon.bsky.social for #TeamMND @mndassoc.bsky.social. Here is the link to my fundraiser: www.justgiving.com/page/benedet... Please help us reach the goal ❤️

We started day 2 of the ‘Laughter as a Political Coping Mechanism’ conference with Alya Aglan’s wonderful keynote, translated in English by @benfried.bsky.social. Alya tells us that wartime humor changes the unbearable reality. Without words, humor captures the essential @durhamhistory.bsky.social

And we're away with a joint keynote address from @benecarnaghi.bsky.social and @drhelenroche.bsky.social! Starting with "Undoing the Duce's Myth: Making Fun of Mussolini"

"Laughter as a Political Coping Mechanism" begins at @durhamuniversity.bsky.social! All thanks to @benecarnaghi.bsky.social, @drhelenroche.bsky.social , and @durhamhistory.bsky.social. Two days of terrific papers: check out the schedule for today and join us!

✨ no better time but the present to get on bluesky! 🎵excited to speak tomorrow at @durhamhistory.bsky.social's conference "laughter as a political coping mechanism!"where I'll share my research on the Andrews Sisters. 🎙️ Excited to hear about everyone's work and chat in-person! ☺️

‘Laughter as a Political Coping Mechanism’—a conference that @drhelenroche.bsky.social and I are organizing on March 28-29 for @durhamhistory.bsky.social—now has a website: laughterasapoliticalcopingmechanism.wordpress.com Huge thanks to #ASMI and @germanhistsoc.bsky.social for their sponsorship 🙏

I will be in Durham for this vital, timely (to say the least) conference, ready to learn and laugh. Two days' worth of terrific talks, with the sessions open to all!

Here's the schedule for 'Laughter as a Political Coping Mechanism', a conference that @drhelenroche.bsky.social and I are organizing on March 28-29 for @durhamhistory.bsky.social. We'll spark fresh conversations about resistance to power—and have a few laughs too! Please join us!

Time for an update on my fundraiser for @mndassoc.bsky.social 😁 www.justgiving.com/page/benedet... Training is going well: on Sunday I ran a half marathon in Richmond, going up and down the Thames on a sunny morning. We're at 63% of the goal, and I would so appreciate your support!

Finally, none of this would have been possible without the powerhouse that is @clarelees.bsky.social What a way to see out 2024!

. . . Benjamin Bland, Karen Cyrus, and Asa Willoughby. We even got a personal tour of the "In the Grip of Change" exhibition on the Caribbean and its British diaspora (at the Senate House Library) from the galvanizing @juanitacox.bsky.social and a visit from the great Errol Lloyd.

The speakers and their papers were all wonderfully interesting. Shout outs to Claudia Tomlinson, Jacob Feltham Forbes, Samanta Bellotta, @rgf26.bsky.social, Louise Kane, D-M Withers, Khedidja Chergui, Marcus Leaver, Omer Merzić, Angelique Golding, Mariia Lupak, James Procter . . .

Yesterday's @ies-sas.bsky.social "Migrant Institutions" event was marvellous. Full of fascinating papers, keen discussions, fizzing ideas. Huge thanks to the Institute and @britishacademy.bsky.social for their support, @benecarnaghi.bsky.social for running the tech, and our terrific presenters.

The ‘Migrant Institutions’ symposium came to a close with the last panel, featuring Benjamin Bland on black pioneer Dele Fadele, Karen Cyrus on Jackie Mittoo in the UK, and Asa Willoughby on how Indian classical dance is establishing a new South Asian homeland @ies-sas.bsky.social

Moving on to the fourth panel with Angelique Golding on ‘Wasafiri’ in context, Mariia Lupak on the academic collaboration between Ukrainian and British scholars during the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian war, and James Procter on Stuart Hall, the BBC, and the CCCS @ies-sas.bsky.social

Now off to the third panel with Khedidja Chergui on publishing for black British children, Marcus Leaver on the unlikely story of migrant brothers in post-WW2 British publishing, and Omer Merzić on the Bosnian diaspora and their publishing activities in Denholme @ies-sas.bsky.social

Second panel of the day, featuring @rgf26.bsky.social on black and global majority community walking stories in coastal and rural Britain, Louise Kane on Caribbean Voices, and D-M Withers on Deben Bhattacharya Ltd @ies-sas.bsky.social

We are continuing with Jacob Feltham Forbes on the New Beacon Review and Claudia Tomlinson on the Huntley Collection at the London Metropolitan Archives @ies-sas.bsky.social

The symposium on ‘Migrant Institutions’ just started with @benfried.bsky.social’s introductory words! We are now listening to the first panel and to Samanta Bellotta’s presentation about Andrew Salkey. Please come join us! @ies-sas.bsky.social

Here is the fantastic range of papers, cutting across disciplines and arts, at @ies-sas.bsky.social symposium on 'Migrant Institutions' (Monday, Dec. 9th). Please register and come! It is totally free and open to all @englishassociation.bsky.social @ilcs.bsky.social

Three more days to register for this very exciting symposium at @ies-sas.bsky.social! It is taking place in Senate House on Monday, 9 December. Free and open to attend 😀

Lovely to be reunited with Agathe at the inaugural National Intelligence History Conference hosted by #BletchleyPark and #GCHQ This is a dream location for intelligence historians! 😍 #NHIC

A terrific symposium coming up in London! At a time when immigrants are being targeted and vilified, I urge you to take part in this event on their tremendous creative contribution to Britain #migration #InstituteofEnglishStudies @englishassociation.bsky.social

Announcement: a free, open symposium on "Migrant Institutions" will be held at Senate House on Dec. 9! I'm so thrilled to be organizing this event. The line-up is tremendous, ranging across arts and decades. The topic could not be more timely. If you're in London, please come and take part

I cast an eye over one of the key questions in American politics & a long-running debate among historians. Is Donald Trump a fascist? When does populism slip the boundaries of democracy? Grateful to @uk.theconversation.com for giving me the space! theconversation.com/is-donald-tr...

Unfortunately, last Sunday my dear uncle Franco died from ALS. On April 27 I will run the #ManchesterMarathon in his honour to raise funds for the #MNDAssociation. Please check out my #JustGiving page and donate if you can! 🙏 www.justgiving.com/page/benedet...

What a delight to be back in Halifax after a visit in Spring 2022! I’m excited to present my current research at the Stokes Seminar at #DalhousieUniversity next week. Huge thanks to Will Langford for making this possible 🙏

Hello everyone! @drhelenroche.bsky.social and I are delighted by the incredible number of proposals that we received from across the globe for our #CFP for ‘Laughter as a Political Coping Mechanism’ (28-29 March 2025 @durhamhistory.bsky.social). We are extending the deadline until 15 Sept!

Now that September and semesters have started, a reminder that the deadline for this exciting Institute of English Studies symposium on migration and cultural institutions is approaching. Do send proposals and questions my way!

Favorite quotes from yesterday’s Q&A with the great @realgdt.bsky.social at the #BritishFilmInstitute: “Art is not a commodity. It is a human right” and “Death is the metronome for existing: it teaches us how to be human.” Thank you for defending the value of art!

Looking for a laugh? Here's the #CFP for ‘Laughter as a Political Coping Mechanism’, a conference that I'm organizing with my wonderful mentor at @durhamhistory.bsky.social, @drhelenroche.bsky.social (28-29 March 2025 at #DurhamUniversity). Please circulate widely & send proposals by 2 Sept!

Petition to retain Goldsmith's pioneering Black British History MA:

The new @post45.bsky.social issue is out featuring an article by @benfried.bsky.social on the New Yorker fiction editor William Maxwell — a defining but elusive figure in midcentury fiction. Read and learn all about him! Congratulations to editors @groenbot.bsky.social and Evan Brier!

“The Long and Short of It” at #SenateHouseLibrary concluded with @benfried.bsky.social’s presentation about Mavis Gallant & Maeve Brennan’s work, and a discussion on the short story with Juliet Jacques, Kadija George Sesay & @suchmayer.bsky.social. Thank you IES London for such a fabulous event! 🙏

“The Long and Short of It” at #SenateHouseLibrary continues with beautiful readings by Juliet Jacques, Kadija George Sesay, and @suchmayer.bsky.social, introduced by @benfried.bsky.social #InstituteofEnglishStudies