Over the next three weeks, we feature the 8 monographs and 8 articles shortlisted for the Society's 2026 First Book and Early Career Article Prizes. Today: 'Between Feast and Famine: Food, Health, and the History of Ghana’s Long Twentieth Century', by John Nott (UCL Press, 2025) bit.ly/4vGaxCU

A very interesting article on Comecon in the Global South, my review: networks.h-net.org/group/discus...

It was great hosting a workshop on Soviet-African military relations at @strathclydehass.bsky.social +keynote Thula Simpson and film talk by Rui Lopes @ihchistory.bsky.social Thanks to @royalsoced.bsky.social for sponsoring the event! Further publications/events: www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/d...

Excited to host our first workshop for the RSE-sponsored award which explores Soviet-African military relations during the Cold War. See our website www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/d... @strathclydehass.bsky.social @natkpowell.bsky.social

This is a really compelling statement from Alex Thurston on the grotesque amorality of Democratic Party "natsec" circle criticisms of the Iran War. They are laser-focused on strategy and legality rather than the monstrousness criminality of the act itself. alexthurston.substack.com/p/the-iran-w...

How ignorance, misunderstanding and obfuscation ended Iran nuclear talks

Thanks to Rui Lopes and Giulia Strippoli for discussing my book - in Portuguese! www.rtp.pt/play/p9753/e...

Happy to have contributed to this edited volume - the decade which was supposed to bring us to the ‘end of history’. Alas it did not happen www.routledge.com/The-Routledg... @strathclydehass.bsky.social Thanks to Jonathan Davis for his work !

An amazing evening presenting the Portuguese translation of my book. See podcast:Natalia Telepneva, Giulia Strippoli e Rui Lopes | apresentação Libertação e guerra fria. A União Soviética e o colapso do Império português em África (17 Jul 2025) www.podbean.com/ep/pb-9a3sd-...

Please submit entries for the Amilcar Cabral article prize. Deadline 30 september. Details below: ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/en/amilcar-c...

Excited about the book launch of the Portuguese translation of ‘Cold War Liberation’ on 17th July at 6.30pm at Livraria Tigre de Papel, Lisbon. Please join if in Lisbon! Many thanks to @victorpereira.bsky.social for organising @strathclydehass.bsky.social @uncpress.bsky.social

Look forward to receiving translations of my book ‘Cold War Liberation’ in Portuguese! #openaccess many thanks to @uncpress.bsky.social and especially to @victorpereira.bsky.social for taking on the project more info on book launch later

Join tomorrow - Birkbeck at 4pm

Join if you are in London!

Brave

The forts and castles of Africa: a brief architectural history. www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/the-forts-...

Anyone interested in knowing more about what's happening in eastern Congo would be well-served to read this really excellent book by Jason Stearns. press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...