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I am delighted to share my article, THE GLOBAL AUTHORITARIAN MOMENT AND THE REVOLT AGAINST EMPIRE, forthcoming in the next issue of the AHR. Already available online (advanced access): academic.oup.com/ahr/advance-ar… via @ahr_editor @AHAhistorians @intlworldhist @lsehistory
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RT @lsehistory: Fabio's article article exposes how Britain secretly weaponized a World War I naval blockade in the Red Sea to sabotage the…
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Sleep well, Stephen Kovacevich. For me, you were a greater human and kinder and more generous than your entire generation put together.
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Rubio, last week: we are in a civilizational war against Iran.
Rubio, today: wow this city in Central Asia with a bunch of Persian architecture sure seems pretty cool, wonder who built it
Rubio, today: wow this city in Central Asia with a bunch of Persian architecture sure seems pretty cool, wonder who built it
Few places on Earth have historically played such an important role in global trade and commerce as Samarkand.
It’s an honor to be here today — not just to remember the history, but the opportunities for the future.
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Rupert Lowe is quite open about the fact that, if his party ever took power, it would provoke chaos and rioting and the result would be 'incredibly painful'. He wants to be an English Radovan Karadzic. You'd have to really hate Britain and England to vote for this maniac.
A Restore Britain Government will do what needs to be done - civil unrest and rioting will inevitably follow. We must be ready for that, and the public must be prepared too.
What needs to happen will be incredibly painful.
But it is all absolutely necessary to save our home.
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'Visegrád 24' advocating massive ethnic cleansing in Britain. Time to unfollow this fascist account.
@RupertLowe10 Millions must go
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Am late to post my @NewStatesman column but here it is.
I ask why stories from ancient Greece--from Anne Carson to Marco Rubio to Christopher Nolan--are trickling back into public consciousness. In my opinion, it's because they illuminate our savage world. newstatesman.com/politics/2026/…
I ask why stories from ancient Greece--from Anne Carson to Marco Rubio to Christopher Nolan--are trickling back into public consciousness. In my opinion, it's because they illuminate our savage world. newstatesman.com/politics/2026/…
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With @Sasha_Etkind, we have established a book series on the Politics of the Anthropocene. Send us your proposals. aup.nl/en/series/poli…
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For @TheIdeasLetter I wrote about Marc Bloch and the challenge of writing synthetic and structural history. Featuring the Annales, Pirenne, Keynes, fin de siècle social science, and the generalizing ambitions of Carlo Ginzburg and the micro-historians.
theideasletter.org/essay/total-hi…
theideasletter.org/essay/total-hi…
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As unexpected as joyous news: I am delighted that my book The Colonial Way of War has been awarded the Paul Birdsall Prize of the American Historical Association! historians.org/perspectives-a…
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Just a note that this is starting at 530pm and not as the IHR website says 730am!
Looking forward!
Looking forward!
Join us tonight for our conversazione, GLOBAL HISTORY: WHAT NEXT?, at the Imperial and World History Seminar at the IHR, with Erika Melek Delgado, Richard Drayton, Toby Green, Chloe Ireton, and me - 5:30 pm, Pollard Room, Institute of Historical Research, Senate House, Malet Street, London.
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Join us tonight for our conversazione, GLOBAL HISTORY: WHAT NEXT?, at the Imperial and World History Seminar at the IHR, with Erika Melek Delgado, Richard Drayton, Toby Green, Chloe Ireton, and me - 5:30 pm, Pollard Room, Institute of Historical Research, Senate House, Malet Street, London.
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Join us tonight for our conversazione, GLOBAL HISTORY: WHAT NEXT?, at the Imperial and World History Seminar at the IHR, with Erika Melek Delgado, Richard Drayton, Toby Green, Chloe Ireton, and me - 5:30 pm, Pollard Room, Institute of Historical Research, Senate House, Malet Street, London.
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Chris Wickham has passed away
Chris Wickham, a productive and highly regarded British historian of the Middle Ages, has passed away today.
These are some of his key works.
Chris Wickham, a productive and highly regarded British historian of the Middle Ages, has passed away today.
These are some of his key works.
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So very sorry to hear about the death of Chris Wickham - one of the great medieval historians of our times and a good friend. He was a brilliant, ground-breaking and deeply insightful man from whom I (and many others) learned a great deal. And a terrific writer too... #RIP
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Literary headline of the Day
Lord Roberts of Belgravia: 'I was offered Napoleon's penis.'
thetimes.com/life-style/pro…
Lord Roberts of Belgravia: 'I was offered Napoleon's penis.'
thetimes.com/life-style/pro…
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