🌟Om præcis et år i dag fylder Carlsbergfondet 150 år. Det fejrer vi med ekstraordinært at udbyde 150 mio kr til interdisciplinære forskningscentre, der skal fremme tværfagligheden i det danske grundforskningslandskab 👉 Læs om hvordan du kan søge bit.ly/42FWVv8 #dkforsk

We are excited to announce that Volume 53 Issue 5 (2025) is now out! Check it out here: www.tandfonline.com/toc/fich20/5...

OTD in 1974, the Republic of Guinea-Bissau's independence from Portugal, was officially recognised, having been declared in 1973. In this article from our archive, Afonso Dias Ramos explores contemporary debates around discussing Portugal's colonial history.

In this new article, Anne Heffernan examines the implementation of segregated higher education at the University College of Natal between 1936 and 1959, and shows how the university was pivotal in shaping early Apartheid educational policy in South Africa www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Tak til @carlsbergfondet.dk for denne video om TALKING EMPIRE projektet 👇 @empiressdu.bsky.social

Tak til @carlsbergfondet.dk for denne video om TALKING EMPIRE projektet 👇 @empiressdu.bsky.social

Research Assistant – Colonial Legacies of Universities: Materialities and New Collaborations Aarhus University - Department of Archaeology and Heritage Studies #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOM426/r...

Dagens arbejdsplads @carlsbergfondet.dk #TalkingEmpire #carlsbergfondet #carlsbergfoundation #empiressdu #videooptagelse @empiressdu.bsky.social

Dagens arbejdsplads @carlsbergfondet.dk #TalkingEmpire #carlsbergfondet #carlsbergfoundation #empiressdu #videooptagelse @empiressdu.bsky.social

1/5 There is an almighty battle looming in the post - Black Lives Matter culture war over Britain’s colonial past. It will be centred in this refreshed approach to the reparations campaign adopted by Repair: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

🚀CfA: PhD and postdoc for research project Talking Empire – Prime Ministerial Rhetoric and the Search for a Usable Past in Post-Imperial Britain (1960-2025) 👉Postdoc fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... 👉PhD fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... 📅4 Sep 2025

Call for Papers, please share! “Power Couples? Collaborations at work and at home, c.1750-1914” workshop to be held at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany 11-13 May 2026. Deadline for expression of interest 1 Sep 2025. Please see more info in the attached & email me if any questions.

CfA: Postdoc position in British imperial/post-imperial history as part of a fascinating project with wonderful colleagues in Denmark.

🚀We’re #hiring a postdoc (3-years) for our research project – “Talking Empire – Prime Ministerial Rhetoric and the Search for a Usable Past in Post-Imperial Britain (1960-2025)”🇬🇧 – funded by the Carlsberg Foundation! 👉 fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... 📅4 Sep 2025

🚀We’re #hiring a postdoc (3-years) for our research project – “Talking Empire – Prime Ministerial Rhetoric and the Search for a Usable Past in Post-Imperial Britain (1960-2025)”🇬🇧 – funded by the Carlsberg Foundation! 👉 fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... 📅4 Sep 2025

Paid PhD position klaxon! An MA “(or equivalent) in History, Rhetoric, Political Science, English, Digital Humanities, or a related field” is needed, as is excellent English (but no Danish).

If Carlsberg did contemporary British history projects... Oh, they do 🍺

🚀 We’re #hiring a PhD student to join our research project – “Talking Empire – Prime Ministerial Rhetoric and the Search for a Usable Past in Post-Imperial Britain (1960-2025)” 🇬🇧 – funded by the Carlsberg Foundation! 👉 fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... 📅 4 Sep 2025

🚀 We’re #hiring a PhD student to join our research project – “Talking Empire – Prime Ministerial Rhetoric and the Search for a Usable Past in Post-Imperial Britain (1960-2025)” 🇬🇧 – funded by the Carlsberg Foundation! 👉 fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... 📅 4 Sep 2025

Programdelen består bl.a. af: 🔹 Keynote om beredskabshistorie i en ny sikkerhedspolitisk epoke 🔸 Session om militært beredskab og civilforsvar 🔹 Session om kulturelt og åndeligt beredskab 🔸 Roundtable om nordiske perspektiver på humaniora i krisetider

📣 Meld dig straks til Selskabet for Samtidshistorisk Forsknings næste årsmøde om “Humanistiske forsvarsstudier – nye perspektiver på samtidshistorien” 📅 Fredag d. 30. januar 2026 på KU (Søndre Campus) 👉 Tilmelding sker ved henvendelse til [email protected] 👉 Læs mere: sshf.saxo.ku.dk

📣 Selskabet for Samtidshistorisk Forskning arrangerer #ÅRSMØDE2026 om “Humanistiske forsvarsstudier – nye perspektiver på samtidshistorien” 📅 30. januar 2026, Københavns Universitet 👉 Tilmelding og kontingent: [email protected] 👉 Læs mere: sshf.saxo.ku.dk

At the University of Oslo today to take part in an international symposium on “The Private Side of Politics in British History”. These are surely lots of fascinating things to discuss. Looking forward!

Hear me out: I’ve been pushing for not just “Writing Retreats” but “Reading Retreats” or just… “Thinking Retreats…”

Tired of complex mapping software? Humap is built to empower anyone to create, collaborate, and share stories with maps – perfect for researchers, students, & community projects alike! 🌍 humap.me Image from www.facingthepast.org/ #GLAM #EdTech #GIS #HGIS

With double the submissions to our CFP compared to last year, #NACBS2025 is shaping up to be one for the books! Don’t miss out on what is sure to be a fantastic conference! More info here: www.nacbs.org/conference

A suffrage Easter egg! exploring the great @lselibrary.bsky.social Found Votes for Women April 14, 1911 with this cartoon digital.library.lse.ac.uk/collections/... @womenslibrary.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social @womenshistnet

Today at 2pm 👇

Why did a Black British Labour MP become an impassioned advocate of democracy in Hong Kong in the late 1980s? Jana K. Lipman on Bernie Grant's vision of international solidarity. www.historyworkshop....

"Building Nations, Making Worlds, Creating Subjects: European Languages in Postcolonial Africa" is the megalomaniac title for the presentation of my research project at @sdu.dk (host: @christiandp.bsky.social) that is still very much work in progress and a fragile flower. Join us if you are around!

Absolutely delighted about the publication of GLOBALIZING EUROPE: A HISTORY (Cambridge University Press): www.cambridge.org/.../globaliz... via @cambridgeup.bsky.social

📣 Seminar on post-imperial languages: “Building Nations, Making Worlds, Creating Subjects: European Languages in Postcolonial Africa” 🌍 Christoph Kalter, University of Agder 🗓️ Monday, 7 April 2025, 2-4 pm
📍 CML Seminar Room ø20-405a-1, SDU Odense All are welcome. Save the date!

🔸We are pleased to welcome Katja Højgaard Petersen 🔹She will deliver a project presentation titled “Landesamt für Verfassungsschutz in West Berlin and its Surveillance of the Far-Right” 🇩🇪 🔸Wednesday 5 March 2025 2PM-4PM #empiressdu #verfassungsschutz #sdu #sdu #historiesdu #politiskhistoriesdu

Applications for the MA Black Humanities are open @brisblackhums.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social. You can find more information here: www.bristol.ac.uk/study/postgr... Come join us! Please share widely!

What happened to the people who lived on Chagos after the British government used its unrestricted powers to forcibly displace them? And what might happen to them now? 3/6

Five years on, few Britons think Brexit has been good for anything % saying Brexit has had a positive impact on... Control the UK has over its laws: 31% UK's ability to respond to COVID-19: 23% UK's level of international trade: 11% NHS: 6% Full list in chart 👇 yougov.co.uk/politics/art...

Job alert! Assistant professor in anthropocene history, in Stockholm.

Have you submitted your paper abstract or panel for #BATW2025? If not, you have a bit longer to submit. We’re accepting submissions until 31 January 2025. See our website for details. We can’t wait to see you 25-27 June in Liverpool, UK! britainandtheworld.org/2025

Trump's McKinley syndrome: my latest for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...

I'm pleased to formally announce the new Editorial Team and International Editorial Board of 'The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History'. @jich.bsky.social @yiannicart.bsky.social @jonasgjerso.bsky.social @evansmithhist.bsky.social @helengilmour.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/journals/fic...

This would be a great example of mid- or late- 19th century American jingoism if it hadn't been posted (and deleted, by House Foreign Affairs Committee Republicans) in the year 2025

Musk lived in apartheid South Africa until he was 17. This piece by Simon Kuper in the FT suggests connections and continuities. www.ft.com/content/cfbf...

Deadline is the end of Thursday (9 January) for this. 3-year postdoc at SDU on the history of complaints in the Danish welfare state. Please share with people who might be interested!

Applications are open for the 2025-27 Past & Present Fellowships @ihr.bsky.social are open Applications close on 31st Jan 2025 Fellows appointed will commence on 1st Oct 2025 and be tenable for 24 months Please share with your network www.history.ac.uk/fellowships/...

My bit for this week’s Observer on Labour’s early poll slump www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

"Reform UK members look a bit like Tory members, only more so – and occasionally much more so." Me for @politicshome.bsky.social on the sociology, ideology, psychology, and political activity of Reform members - based on our Party Members Project survey.

This year, 2025, marks a major milestone in British industrial, energy and environmental history. Fifty years ago, oil began flowing from platforms in the North Sea. Half a century of petroleum production have had profound consequences for our economy, society and politics.

📻 Kan vi lære af Romerrigets undergang? Det diskuterer Jesper Majbom Madsen og Adam Holm i DR-podcasten “Kampen Om Historien”. 🎧 Lyt med her: www.dr.dk/lyd/p1/kampe... #romerriget #antikken #historie #dr #kampenomhistorien #podcast #empiressdu #politiskhistoriesdu #historiesdu #sdu #sdudk