Is bigotry a lack of education, or is it a moral code that people live by? How does it spread, & how does it teach people to act politically? Explore these questions & more with Nicholas Ensley Mitchell during the next Bloomsbury Lecture. Register here: https://bit.ly/42pc6bZ

Now in paperback! Food stood at the centre of Mussolini’s attempt to occupy Ethiopia and build an Italian Empire in East Africa. In Gastrofascism and Empire, Simone Cinotto breaks new ground in our understanding of the workings of empire. Learn more: bit.ly/3VgkS85

'There was no formal farewell. Joe Jr would never return to the Kennedy’s beloved home in Hyannis Port, Cape Cod. His remains were scattered far from home, never to be recovered.' One summer changed the Kennedy family forever. Read an extract on the blog https://bit.ly/40SvHRi

Suzanne Loebl and Abigail Wilentz’s “Plunder and Survival” is an autobiographical account of a Holocaust survivor whose family collected art during World War II. https://bit.ly/46aE0Lh #HistorySky @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social#HistorySky

'Romano invites us not to stop at the covers of medical records, not to trust prima facie diagnoses, to read between the lines with extreme care and attention, and to continue digging...in search of lost stories.' Journal of the History of Sexuality 💻 https://bit.ly/46xwD0Y 📗 https://bit.ly/4oi2jh4

“Beautifully written...This book is a fascinating, absorbing read using luscious detail and historical information to great effect.” @writing.ie 📜 www.writing.ie/readers/the-... 📗 www.bloomsbury.com/9781350512580/ @leighstraw.bsky.social

New book review published advance access by @jich.bsky.social Rebecca Kenneison's 'The Special Operations Executive in Malaya: World War II and the Path to Independence', reviewed by Augustine Meaher @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

New release! The Bloomsbury Handbook of the Philosophy of the Historical Sciences and Big History, edited by Aviezer Tucker and David Cernín, examines the philosophy of the historical sciences and their synthesis in concepts like Big or Deep History. 📚 https://bit.ly/3V6mkKa

Soviet Internment examines the testimony of the WWII POW, Umberto Montini. Using a microhistory based on a unique set of life-writing sources, Maria Cristina Galmarini provides an unparalleled insight into the Soviet POW experience. Out now: https://bit.ly/4oJgKuZ

Join us next Thursday, as Nicholas Ensley Mitchell talks about bigotry: how it works, how it spreads, and what we can do about it. Register here: https://bit.ly/42pc6bZ

Out now! What territory did Russia occupy at different stages of its history—and why? How Russia Got Big by Paul W. Werth accounts for Russia's changing physical scope over some seven centuries. Get your copy ➡️ https://bit.ly/45oHysR

Harvey J. Graff, author of "Reconstructing the 'Uni-versity,'" recently provided his thoughts on whether college is worth the cost in this Washington Post piece. Read here: https://wapo.st/4pqp5Eg See his book: https://bit.ly/4gmfWbC #AcademicSky #HigherEd @bloomsburyaced.bsky.social

The Mass-Observation Critical Series documents and archives the everyday lives, thoughts and attitudes of ordinary Britons. Found out more https://bit.ly/4lPM60w

Listen to David Welsh on the New Books Network discuss The Social Railway and Its Workers in Europe's Modern Era, 1880-2023 with Miranda Melcher. 👂 https://bit.ly/3VkRrlw 📙 https://bit.ly/4pnYpUD

📅 Save the date: Thursday, Sep 25th, 11am EDT/4pm BST Join Nicholas Ensley Mitchell for the next Bloomsbury Lecture, as he talks about his new book, On Bigotry, and how bigotry functions as a form of identity politics. Register here: https://bit.ly/42pc6bZ

Paul W. Werth discusses his new book How Russia Got Big: A Territorial History on the New Books Network. A small book on a big topic, it considers the deeper ‘hows’ and ‘whys’ of Russian expansion. Take a listen https://bit.ly/4mYIjP9 Discover the book https://bit.ly/461qdFE

Are you an early career researcher, based in the UK, looking to get published? The Bloomsbury Academic Writing Fellowship, in partnership with @writersandartists.bsky.social may be for you. Find out how you can apply 👉 https://bit.ly/4nd2sBp

'A skilfully crafted book…This book will be a revelation to any reader whose interest in the humble apple extends beyond the fruit bowl.' Agricultural History Review 🍎 💻 https://bit.ly/3HdkC6A 📖 https://bit.ly/4l3uI7R

New Medieval Books: The Crown of Thorns, by @drfaithtibble.bsky.social published by @tandtclark.bsky.social @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social www.medievalists.net/2025/09/new-... #history #books

To tell the story of how China became the powerful country it now is, I combined a historical narrative with an analysis of contemporary geopolitics. What I hope the readers take away from it is a better understanding of China’s behaviour as a great power.

Grateful to the publishers who joined our Publishers’ Exhibit: @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social @universitypress.cambridge.org @dgb-history.bsky.social @helsinkiupress.bsky.social Iberoamericana; @leidenup.bsky.social; Nordic Academic Press; Peter Lang; @transcript-verlag.bsky.social; Wiley #ENIUGH2025

Join us on Sep 25th for the next Bloomsbury Lecture, as Nicholas Ensley Mitchell explores how bigotry acts as an identity and a form of identity politics. Register here: https://bit.ly/42pc6bZ

'Vicky Davis’ stellar study of Central Asia’s WWII experience is daringly bleak. This book pulls back the propaganda curtain to reveal citizens who were hungry, overworked, overtaxed, and undersupplied.' Slavic Review 💻 https://bit.ly/44TZVpn 📖 https://bit.ly/4fdre1n

📚 Looking forward to reading this forthcoming edited volume from @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social on nationalism from below in the East European and Soviet borderlands 🗃️ #Nationalism #EasternEurope #skystorians #academicsky www.bloomsbury.com/uk/nationali...

New release! The history of adoption in twentieth-century Germany was dramatic and complex. In Child, Family, State, Roland Spickermann explores both the drastic changes and unexpected continuities of adoption during this time. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4fMk58H

From the target of foreign imperialism to leading geopolitical actor on the global stage, how has China become the superpower it is today? In this interview with ‪@franspaulvdputten.bsky.social we learn more about his book China Resurrected: A Modern Geopolitical History bit.ly/47aSWtz

'Rex’s book deserves a wide readership, for it offers a lively and valuable introduction for those new to the period and a fresh perspective for old hands.' H-Net Reviews 💻 https://bit.ly/46xwx9C 📙 https://bit.ly/46BLA2b

In Social Bonds and Historical Time, Torbjörn Gustafsson Chorell analyses the social dimension of historical time, and explores how we emotionally and intellectually bind ourselves to the past, and project these ties onto our present and future. 📖👉 https://bit.ly/3JEmOVq

Out now 🗽 Bruce Kuklick Explores the history of US politics from the first European contact in 1492, up to the 2024 presidential elections. A Political History of the USA is an account of America’s development from colony to world superpower. More info: https://bit.ly/418i8xe

'With nuance and sensitivity, ‪@leighstraw.bsky.social deepens our understanding of a fraught—and consequential—moment in a family’s history.' Fredrik Logevall, Harvard University. The Kennedys at Cape Cod, 1944 is out now bit.ly/3Hquavb

✨Excitingly my monograph now has a cover!✨ It’s out in November @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social, which means there will finally be a whole book on Hortense Mancini’s salon, the eager few will be relieved to know. It comes with an academic price tag £££ but will be Open Access. Library orders welcome 🙏

Italian Fascism’s Forgotten LGBT Victims by Gabriella Romano sheds a unique light on LGBT history as the first historical analysis to examine the repression of LGBT people through psychiatry during the fascist regime in Italy. Now in paperback https://bit.ly/3HXSm86

Out now! Writing Conceptual Histories, edited by Pasi Ihalainen and Jani Marjanen, provides students and researchers with an overview of, and easy access to, central concepts of conceptual history and its practical applications. More info: https://bit.ly/4mSqn92

Read this new book by @historyned.bsky.social while on holiday. Fascinating. As a non-historian, Katja Hoyer hooked me on DDR history and Ned Richardson-Little has just helped feed my interest. Great set of references for further reading at the back too!

VERY excited to get to this soon! Ned Richardson-Little ( @historyned.bsky.social), The German Democratic Republic: The Rise and Fall of a Cold War State (@bloomsburyhist.bsky.social, @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social, 2025; #skystorians) www.bloomsbury.com/uk/german-de...

In An Intellectual History of Liberal Catholicism in Western Europe, Aude Attuel-Hallade provides a historical examination of the contentious and much-disputed notion of ‘Liberal Catholicism' in 19th-century Western Europe. Now in paperback! bit.ly/4l7HyDa

New release! In British Settler Colonialism since 1530, Susan Kingsley Kent provides an account of British settler colonialism across the globe. This book highlights the importance of centering indigenous peoples in the study of empire. Learn more: bit.ly/3V9uTUA

Pleased to announce that my first book, British 'Spy Fever' in the First World War, will be published in September with @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social. Pre-order a copy here: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/british-s...

The Russian Intelligentsia by Christopher Read is the first single-volume history of Russian intellectuals that achieved world renown in a variety of spheres. Read examines the intelligentsia from their origins to the post-Soviet era. Now in paperback! bit.ly/4lr3yZq

Exciting new release ⚔️👑🌹 This revised edition of A Short History of the Wars of the Roses by David Grummitt is an accessible history of the English civil wars of the mid-15th century. Now including new research and analysis. Out now: bit.ly/45KW2Ct

Our Back to School Sale has begun! Get 30% off all books and student resources until October 5th! 📚➡️ bit.ly/45gv1aT

Welcome back everyone! To kick off the new semester, we have an exciting event planned on September 4 @ 4PM in 215 Tate Hall. Dr. Simone Cinotto will speak to us about "Gastrofascism and Empire: Food in Italian East Africa, 1935-1941." We hope to see you there!

The book is now available from @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social and from your local bookshop. You'll find more information on our website at buff.ly/tvdP0IO

Updatism and the Understanding of Time and History by Mateus Henrique de Faria Pereira and Valdei Lopes de Araujo provides an innovative reflection on how the idea of ‘updating’ embodies the contemporary experience of time. Now in paperback! bit.ly/3G5LXHn

UK readers, join Clive Bloom, author of “London Uncanny,” at the Chelsea History Festival. 📆 Sun 28 Sept 2025, 4–5pm (BST) 🔗 https://bit.ly/3VnfSi9 #BookSky #GothicLiterature #BritishHistory @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social#BookSky

Offering a re-reading of Erasmus's works, the Renaissance of Feeling by Kirk Essary is a study into how Erasmus engaged with affectivity, and what this reveals about how emotions were understood in the Renaissance period. New in paperback bit.ly/3HWkd8w

🙏 Thank you to @tomhurst.bsky.social, a former Antcliffe By-Fellow, for giving us a copy of his new book 'Making Speeches: The Speechmaking of Margaret Thatcher, 1975-1990', published by @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social. 📚 We're looking forward to making this book available to our researchers.

Cities and urban societies have many faces. Power and Urban Space in Pre-Modern Holland by Clé Lesger examines the balance of power between social classes in pre-modern Holland and the manifestation of this in the appropriation of space. Now in paperback bit.ly/3HY6lKY

📣 Submissions now open for The Bloomsbury Academic Writing Fellowship, in partnership with @writersandartists.bsky.social, to Black, Asian or Ethnically Diverse early career scholars (UK only). Find out how you can apply here: bit.ly/4nd2sBp

Thomas Garnett by Robert Fox is the first full-scale biography of the physician and man of science. Fox gives an engrossing account of Garnett’s rise and fall which illuminates the social history of British science and medicine. Now in paperback! bit.ly/3ZMn228