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Calling all History PhD students and postdocs: join us for ‘How to Publish Your Research: a workshop for Early Career Researchers’ with Profs Stephen Legg, Elisabeth Leake, Matthew Hilton & Erez Manela 18 March, Birkbeck, Bloomsbury Info www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event... @jessicareinisch.bsky.social

New call for book proposals 📚 The Boydell Studies in War and Military History series (Boydell & Brewer) is inviting proposals for monographs and edited volumes exploring warfare, armed forces, and military institutions across all periods and regions. Details below. ⬇️

Very cool postdoctoral opportunity on an ERC project looking at 'Art and Liberation Movements during 20th Century Decolonization'. werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

Nu har man gjort tredje uppgiften.

Explains the new war.

Still stands

Looked at CDG yesterday. To quote my brother-in-law: there’s a lot of dads here. (I facetimed my dad so he could join all the dads virtually).

France is hitting on Sweden for real: it wants to buy up to 4 Saab GlobalEye planes, hoping that Sweden will choose Naval Group‘s FDIs for its new frigate in exchange. Now aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle is visiting Malmö. A local newspaper reports ”1800 baguettes are baked on board every day”

Details of the @oralhistoryie.bsky.social annual meeting have been released. Send us your ideas on Oral History and Movement, and come join us in Tralee, County Kerry in June! Details below

Hello Bluesky! My new book, THE FIREARM REVOLUTION, is out on 14 April. It’s about how a new technology changed society, and how hard it was to control. Here’s a little thread of what’s inside:

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CfA: 2026 Doctoral Summer School in the History of Knowledge We invite applications for the seventh annual Doctoral Summer School in the History of Knowledge: Lund University, 17–20 August, 2026. Deadline for applications: 15 March. More information: newhistoryofknowledge.com/2026/02/03/c...

On Wednesday 4th February, Dr Sebastian Graf (Visiting IMH Researcher) will give the paper “War, Memorialisation, and Digitality: Mnemonic Practices of Ukrainian Virtual Museums in the Russian War against Ukraine" 📆 4 Feb 2026 🕝 15:00 CET 📍RAAB or Zoom (dm for link)

I am accepting applications for a postdoc to work with me at the University of Toronto Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy. Area of Research: Democratic Institutions, Public Engagement, American History Due by February 23rd munkschool.utoronto.ca/current-oppo...

Many of the reports of those murdered by the Islamic Republic in Iran this month include the note that the protester/freedom fighter was shot from behind, which suggests they were likely gunned down by the regime while fleeing. This makes these crimes by the regime even more egregious.

Alex Pretti was the best of us.

Copenhagen town hall square, Denmark right now. Massive solidarity with Greenland demonstrations. Source: dr.dk

Just occurs to me the Epstein files are probably in that Mar a Lago bathroom. And the files that were there earlier? A hoarder’s delight. “All mine” is his motto. This is the image that always leaps to mind when I think of him (really, he’s just a few Big Macs away)

It's now been 44 hours of complete black out. The Iranian government has cut off all communication channels for the people of #Iran. We can't contact our families inside. We have seen what has happened the last time such a #DigitalBlackoutIran happened: 1500 people were slaughtered in three days.

NEW blog post - Guy Woodward on imperial echoes in accounts by SOE agents of their experiences in the Balkans: soeandbritishculture.webspace.durham.ac.uk/2026/01/09/l... Much much more on this in Imagining Yugoslavia in Mid-Century British and Irish Writing, out now from Oxford University Press

NEW book by Guy Woodward: Imagining Yugoslavia in Mid-Century British and Irish Writing features chapter on special forces memoirs including accounts by Fitzroy Maclean and Jasper Rootham of their time in occupied Yugoslavia. Published today by OUP: global.oup.com/academic/pro...

One example of how Grok is being used to target women. Swedish Deputy Prime Minister Ebba Busch being sexualised, degraded, and humiliated step-by-step by Grok. All the images accurately reflect the prompts provided.

What in the Epstein files is so perilous that you need to invade a country for it?’

Hvis det skal være med den på.

We and the #EU should sleep with our boots on. Among other things Katie Miller has been employed as a spokesperson for the American efficiency unit DOGE #dkpol #Greenland

I went to bed in 2026 and woke up in 1898.

I do not want to live in interesting times. Would like to live in uneventful times, thank you.

Some thoughts on what Trump has done in Venezuela and what it might mean for US national security. Caveat: not a Latin America scholar so this is focused on US policy. Clearly huge consequences for Venezuela that others can address. First, despite the buildup, I didn't think Trump would do it. 1/

7 years ago (+ 1 day) I met my best friend for the first time. You _can_ get a puppy for Christmas, you just have to be in your thirties.

There is no consent. It's digital rape, not porn.

*gestures in all directions* That “may you live in interesting times” curse really stuck the landing, didn’t it?

@oversightdemocrats.house.gov dropping more photos. I know everyone is focused on new addition David Brooks, but i can't get past the passports of girls from eastern Europe/Russia. Or creepy pics of Bill Gates standing way to close to a teenager. In one photo her body language screams discomfort

January 6th was the most dramatic part, but the real coup (and real treason) was in the fake electors scheme. The riot was only to create a sense of crisis, whereas the fake electors would directly nullify the election.

#CfP for next year’s SHS conference! Drop me a line if you have any Q about the ‘Lifecycles, Families, and Communities’ strand 📣

📢 Excited to announce this Call for Papers for ‘Clio Reframed’, a conference at Oxford on 18-19 June 2026 exploring early modern women as writers of history. @engfac.bsky.social @oxfordcems.bsky.social Abstracts due by 28 Feb! clioreframed.hcommons.org/call-for-pap...

Bonnie Larsson et al need to take our authors’ photos.

I am told that internal Ukrainian army information shows that more than 26,000 Russian soldiers were killed or critically wounded in the month of November. Confirmed by videos. No wonder Putin wants to get Trump to give him territory for free

This Friday I had the pleasure to present my article ”Assange & Honeytrap(s) for the special issue on the contextual turn in intelligence analysis in Scandinavian Journal of Military Studies edited by @hedvigorden.bsky.social at #show2025 @sochistorywar.bsky.social as always an amazing experience!

📢 CALL FOR PAPERS: Marginal Militaries: Navigating Historical Boundaries, Differences, and Experiences at the Military Periphery Conference date: 22-23 October, 2026 Location: @forsvarshogskolan.bsky.social Stockholm, Sweden (hybrid participation tbc) Cfp Deadline: 28 February, 2026

This post brings together some reflections on the themes I explored in my Rettig Fellowship, funded by the Swedish National Heritage Board and the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities. The sources (travel diaries, military maps, antiquarian accounts) have been fun to work with!

Anyone interested in pursuing doctoral study in military history (broadly defined) and especially in tje strategy snd economic statecraft of tge two world wars: please drop me a line www.birmingham.ac.uk/study/schola...

On my way to #show! One of the highlights of the Academic year @sochistorywar.bsky.social @hayleybrabazon.bsky.social

Do I understand correctly that there is now a dispute within the administration about whether this "peace plan" was written by Russians or Americans?

On Wednesday 26 November, Matti Tokola (PhD Student, University of Eastern Finland, Finland) will give us a presentation on "My first reaction was shame - and I ejected" Experiences of Swedish Air Force pilots during Cold War” Date: 26 Nov 2025 Time: 15:00 CET Location: Raab or Zoom, DM for link