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Emma Kluge @emmakluge.bsky.social · 1d

London friends: please come along to my talk in a couple of weeks. I’ll be talking about some of the ideas from my next project. Would love to see you there (or online)!

Jessica Reinisch @jessicareinisch.bsky.social · 1d

Save the date! Delighted that @emmakluge.bsky.social will give our first Centre for Internationalism lunchtime seminar on "Oceanic Internationalism: Anticolonialism and Environmentalism in the Pacific", 30 Oct, 1-2pm, Birkbeck Central Building rm407. Message for Teams link if you want to join online

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Emma Kluge @emmakluge.bsky.social · 1d

Incredible article on the problems of citizenship in the aftermath of empire and refugees’ use of air travel to carve out a space for themselves between exclusionary and conflicting immigration regimes.

Ria Kapoor @riakapoor.bsky.social · 1d

I have a new article out.

TLDR: Actively courting deportation by air is a way to claim rights as a stateless person and even as a refugee.

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Air Travel, Statelessness, and the Rights Claims of Ugandan Asians, c.1973*

Abstract. In the aftermath of Idi Amin’s expulsion of Uganda’s South Asians in 1972, some of those made technically stateless arrived in India unsupported

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Ria Kapoor @riakapoor.bsky.social · 1d

I have a new article out.

TLDR: Actively courting deportation by air is a way to claim rights as a stateless person and even as a refugee.

academic.oup.com/past/advance...

Air Travel, Statelessness, and the Rights Claims of Ugandan Asians, c.1973*

Abstract. In the aftermath of Idi Amin’s expulsion of Uganda’s South Asians in 1972, some of those made technically stateless arrived in India unsupported

academic.oup.com

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Emma Kluge @emmakluge.bsky.social · Aug 15

Today is the anniversary of the 1962 signing of the New York agreement between Indonesia and the Netherlands, leading to the recolonisation of West Papua. In my Humanity article, I explore the events leading up to this: humanityjournal.org/issue13-1/a-... Message me if you want a copy!

A New Agenda for the Global South: West Papua, the United Nations, and the Politics of Decolonization

Emma Kluge on West Papuan attempts at self-determination.

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University of Exeter Humanities and Social Sciences, Cornwall @hass-cornwall.bsky.social · Aug 15

Our new series of short videos showcases the work of our interdisciplinary experts in HaSS Cornwall at @exeter.ac.uk .

The latest features Emma Kluge on how our Environmental Humanities research and teaching reorients our historical and political narratives from the perspective of the ocean.

Emma Kluge @emmakluge.bsky.social · Aug 14

Our historical narratives are often centred on land, but what happens if we shift our perspective to oceans? How might this shape our environmental and political imaginaries? Join us at @hass-cornwall.bsky.social as we plunge into the past to navigate new futures.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xqj...

Oceans - Dr Emma Kluge, Lecturer in Colonial and Environmental History

YouTube video by University of Exeter

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Emma Kluge @emmakluge.bsky.social · Aug 14

Our historical narratives are often centred on land, but what happens if we shift our perspective to oceans? How might this shape our environmental and political imaginaries? Join us at @hass-cornwall.bsky.social as we plunge into the past to navigate new futures.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xqj...

Oceans - Dr Emma Kluge, Lecturer in Colonial and Environmental History

YouTube video by University of Exeter

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Prof. Catriona Pennell @teachlearnwar.bsky.social · Aug 5

History is as much about remembering as forgetting. At @hass-cornwall.bsky.social historians explore the intentional forgetting that reveal more about society's political choices than any moment of collective remembering. Find out more via our new ‘Research Shorts’: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCjj...

Forgetting - Professor Catriona Pennell, Professor in Modern History and Memory Studies

YouTube video by University of Exeter

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Frederick Harry Pitts @fhpitts.bsky.social · Aug 5

'Reindustrialisation’ is now a buzzword across the political spectrum.

At @hass-cornwall.bsky.social we are surrounded by resurgent industries rooted in place and strategically pivotal to security & sustainability.

Hear more in our new 'Research Shorts' series of videos:
youtu.be/oPIDKPX7jcc?...

Reindustrialisation - Dr Frederick Harry Pitts, Senior Lecturer in Politics

YouTube video by University of Exeter

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Emma Kluge @emmakluge.bsky.social · Aug 1

Haha, what a vivid title!

Emma Kluge @emmakluge.bsky.social · Jul 31

Creating a 'spare parts' document for writing I'm not yet willing to cut is still my most effective way of killing my darlings while doing revisions. Do I ever put these things back into the text? No. Do I need to pretend that I might? Yes, every time.

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Emma Kluge @emmakluge.bsky.social · Jul 23

I wrote this article in conversation with Claudia B. Haake whose article focused on Wampum in Iroquois Diplomatic Petitions of the Removal Era in the 19th century and Miranda Johnson who explored Māori Petitions and the late-19th Century Colonial State.

Emma Kluge @emmakluge.bsky.social · Jul 23

In my article, I demonstrate how I use West Papuan petitions sent to the UN to create a counter-narrative of global governance in the era of decolonisation and to nuance existing accounts of the Act of Free Choice by incorporating local voices and experiences. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Emma Kluge @emmakluge.bsky.social · Jul 23

It was a pleasure to be part of this special issue on Petitions and Petitioning in Colonial and Post-colonial contexts. If you want to see the full SI (and check out my article on West Papuan petitions) you can find it here: www.tandfonline.com/toc/fich20/5...

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Emma Kluge @emmakluge.bsky.social · Jun 3

Excited to be at #AAPS2025. The conference is to a great start with Rev Dr Cliff Bird delivering the Epeli Hau’Ofa lecture. Looking forward to listening to all the wonderful work happening in Pacific Studies across the region.

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ANU Press @anupress.bsky.social · Jun 3

New special issue of 'Australian Journal of Biography and History' publishing tomorrow!

‘Oceania Lives’ is the result of years of collaborative research by the Pacific-led Oceania Working Party (OWP) of the Australian Dictionary of Biography.

Register your interest: doi.org/10.22459/AJBH.09.2025

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Emma Kluge @emmakluge.bsky.social · May 30

Thanks. Looking forward to seeing all the articles together soon!

Emma Kluge @emmakluge.bsky.social · May 29

My article 'Papuan Petitions as an Archive of Decolonisation' is online and open access! It's part of an upcoming special issue on petitions. I explore West Papuan petitions written in the lead up to the Act of 'Free' Choice and the significance of this archive.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Papuan Petitions as an Archive of Decolonisation

In 1961, West Papuan leaders declared their intent to become an independent nation in opposition to both Dutch colonial control and Indonesia’s campaign to incorporate the territory into its Republ...

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Emma Kluge @emmakluge.bsky.social · Mar 29

Yesterday’s #esshc2025 panel was such a joy. Talking about anticolonial mobilisation with the global history gang @riakapoor.bsky.social @sulinlewis.bsky.social and @emleake.bsky.social. Thanks to Anne-Isabell Richard for chairing and the audience for great engagement. Feeling inspired!

5 women sit smiling in a row behind a desk. A projector screen is on the wall behind them. On the desk in front of them are laptops, notebooks and drink bottles.

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Ria Kapoor @riakapoor.bsky.social · Mar 25

Hot on the heels of the first AHRC Rethinking Internationalisms conference on ‘Counter-hegemonic Internationalisms’, here is the CfP (5 May deadline) for our next ONLINE workshop ‘New Methods for New Histories’, with @jessicareinisch.bsky.social , @drmargottudor.bsky.social , Daniel Laqua and me.

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Emma Kluge @emmakluge.bsky.social · Mar 20

Really enjoying being part of this conference! Such an interesting range of papers.

Margot Tudor @drmargottudor.bsky.social · Mar 20

Our AHRC-funded conference on ‘Counter-Hegemonic Internationalisms’, hosted at @northumbriauni.bsky.social, began this morning and we’ve already had fantastic panels on race, space, religious, and Mexican internationalisms. More to come after the coffee break! It’s a gorgeous day in Newcastle ☀️☀️☀️

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Margot Tudor @drmargottudor.bsky.social · Feb 11

Are you in London this afternoon? Make sure to attend this event at birkbeck 2-4pm to launch this incredible new handbook on histories of socialism and development with @sulinlewis.bsky.social @nanaoseiopare.bsky.social and @jessicareinisch.bsky.social 🔥🔥🔥 online link available too, just lmk!

Su Lin Lewis @sulinlewis.bsky.social · Feb 10

Another reminder - and correction - that this is tomorrow (TUESDAY not Thursday). Really looking forward to it! If anyone would like to join online, please let @jessicareinisch.bsky.social know, & thanks again to Jessica and Birkbeck's Centre for the Study of Internationalism for hosting us!

Su Lin Lewis @sulinlewis.bsky.social · Feb 5

Next Thursday (2-4) we'll be launching Development, Socialism, and Internationalism in the Third World (edited with @nanaoseiopare.bsky.social) with a brilliant group of discussants (below)- many thanks @jessicareinisch.bsky.social for hosting us at Birkbeck!

www.bloomsbury.com/uk/socialism...

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Elisabeth Leake @emleake.bsky.social · Jan 16

CFP: @globalhistjnl.bsky.social development editing workshop (deadline 1 March 2025). Workshop open to scholars & #skystorians for whom English is not a first language who study/work outside of North American and Western European institutions. Keep an eye out for an ECR workshop later in the year! 🗃

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Emma Kluge @emmakluge.bsky.social · Jan 17

Fantastic initiative for those hoping to publish in the Journal of Global History!

Journal of Global History (JGH) @globalhistjnl.bsky.social · Jan 16

📢 Exciting News! JGH is hosting a Development Editing Workshop. Workshop open to scholars for whom English is not a first language who study/work outside of North American and Western European institutions. Find out more here: drive.google.com/file/d/1lwRt...

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Emma Kluge @emmakluge.bsky.social · Jan 12

We missed you too!

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Emma Kluge @emmakluge.bsky.social · Jan 3

I'll be presenting on Pacific Decolonization as part of the panel 'Counternarratives of Postwar Decolonization' on Sunday afternoon with @lydiawalker.bsky.social and Nana Osei-Opare, chaired by @erezmanela.bsky.social and comments from @emleake.bsky.social #aha25 aha.confex.com/aha/2025/web...

138th Annual Meeting (January 3-6, 2025): Counternarratives of Postwar Global Decolonization

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