Nir Arielli
@nirarielli.bsky.social
Historian of Europe and the Middle East, writing about people and water. I work at @universityofleeds.bsky.social
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Happy new year everyone! If you are looking for something to read in 2026, The Dead Sea: A 10,000 Year History is now available in paperback. @yalebooks.bsky.social
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Gordon Forster Essay Prize 2026
Deadline: 1 May 2026
Open to postgraduate students and ECRs, the winner receives £200 and their essay will be considered for publication. Essays should fit within the journal’s aims & scope, and be between 7000-10000 words (inc. footnotes).
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Deadline: 1 May 2026
Open to postgraduate students and ECRs, the winner receives £200 and their essay will be considered for publication. Essays should fit within the journal’s aims & scope, and be between 7000-10000 words (inc. footnotes).
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January 19, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Gordon Forster Essay Prize 2026
Deadline: 1 May 2026
Open to postgraduate students and ECRs, the winner receives £200 and their essay will be considered for publication. Essays should fit within the journal’s aims & scope, and be between 7000-10000 words (inc. footnotes).
Please repost.
Deadline: 1 May 2026
Open to postgraduate students and ECRs, the winner receives £200 and their essay will be considered for publication. Essays should fit within the journal’s aims & scope, and be between 7000-10000 words (inc. footnotes).
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I just finished a three-year term as an editor at an international relations journal. I began at the start of the LLM era but ended right in the middle of it. Our volume of submissions tripled and our desk reject rate rose to 75%. I have some thoughts.
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The Age of Academic Slop is Upon Us
what happens when AI automates "normal science"?
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January 13, 2026 at 3:38 PM
I just finished a three-year term as an editor at an international relations journal. I began at the start of the LLM era but ended right in the middle of it. Our volume of submissions tripled and our desk reject rate rose to 75%. I have some thoughts.
open.substack.com/pub/hegemon/...
open.substack.com/pub/hegemon/...
Happy new year everyone! If you are looking for something to read in 2026, The Dead Sea: A 10,000 Year History is now available in paperback. @yalebooks.bsky.social
January 1, 2026 at 5:21 AM
Happy new year everyone! If you are looking for something to read in 2026, The Dead Sea: A 10,000 Year History is now available in paperback. @yalebooks.bsky.social
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One potential contributing country for an International Security Force for #Gaza is #Indonesia - which is why I'm particularly excited to see an article I co-wrote with @nirarielli.bsky.social on it will take to succeed published by the Jakarta Post!
www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2025...
www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2025...
How an international security force in post-war Gaza could work - Academia - The Jakarta Post
An international stabilization force is a central plank in the plans for post-war Gaza that have been put forward by US president Donald Trump.
www.thejakartapost.com
October 21, 2025 at 12:55 PM
One potential contributing country for an International Security Force for #Gaza is #Indonesia - which is why I'm particularly excited to see an article I co-wrote with @nirarielli.bsky.social on it will take to succeed published by the Jakarta Post!
www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2025...
www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2025...
@jacobstoil.bsky.social, Mary Elizabeth Walters and I wrote about deploying a multinational peacekeeping force to #Gaza long before it was cool. Now that such a force is being assembled (haphazardly), we revisit some of the ideas we put forward in 2023 share.google/Zm2MEI5kNdIF...
How an international security force in post-war Gaza could work
Weeks after the war began, we collaborated on a proposal for a multinational peacekeeping force in Gaza. Many of our recommendations remain relevant.
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October 17, 2025 at 5:41 PM
@jacobstoil.bsky.social, Mary Elizabeth Walters and I wrote about deploying a multinational peacekeeping force to #Gaza long before it was cool. Now that such a force is being assembled (haphazardly), we revisit some of the ideas we put forward in 2023 share.google/Zm2MEI5kNdIF...
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Diaries out - here's what we have in store for you at ILF this week and weekend! 🗓️ 📚
Tickets available at ilkleylitfest.org.uk or call the box office on 01943 816714 🎟️
Tickets available at ilkleylitfest.org.uk or call the box office on 01943 816714 🎟️
October 7, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Diaries out - here's what we have in store for you at ILF this week and weekend! 🗓️ 📚
Tickets available at ilkleylitfest.org.uk or call the box office on 01943 816714 🎟️
Tickets available at ilkleylitfest.org.uk or call the box office on 01943 816714 🎟️
This is the best plan available out of this nightmare. Netanyahu will try his best to torpedo it. I hope it'll be implemented nonetheless. @jacobstoil.bsky.social
Exclusive from @jacobmagid.bsky.social : Trump's plan for ending the war in Gaza
www.timesofisrael.com/revealed-us-...
www.timesofisrael.com/revealed-us-...
Revealed: US 21-point plan for ending Gaza war, creating pathway to Palestinian state
Witkoff proposal envisions hostages released in first 48 hours, grants amnesty for peace-committing Hamas members, encourages Gazans to remain, sees US establish Israeli-Palestinian dialogue
www.timesofisrael.com
September 27, 2025 at 10:25 AM
This is the best plan available out of this nightmare. Netanyahu will try his best to torpedo it. I hope it'll be implemented nonetheless. @jacobstoil.bsky.social
I recommend this book wholeheartedly. Not only because it was written by my friends @enacciai.bsky.social, Morten Heiberg, and Carl-Henrik Bjerström, but also because it is innovative and fascinating. @universitypress.cambridge.org www.cambridge.org/core/books/a...
Armed Internationalists
Cambridge Core - Global History - Armed Internationalists
www.cambridge.org
September 22, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I recommend this book wholeheartedly. Not only because it was written by my friends @enacciai.bsky.social, Morten Heiberg, and Carl-Henrik Bjerström, but also because it is innovative and fascinating. @universitypress.cambridge.org www.cambridge.org/core/books/a...
@jacobstoil.bsky.social - does some of this look familiar to you?
Major story from @jacobmagid.bsky.social in @timesofisrael.com
www.timesofisrael.com/revealed-ton...
www.timesofisrael.com/revealed-ton...
Revealed: Tony Blair’s US-backed proposal for ending the Gaza war and replacing Hamas
After receiving Trump's blessing, the former British PM has been rallying international stakeholders to form a transitional authority to govern the Strip before it gets handed over to the PA
www.timesofisrael.com
September 18, 2025 at 10:37 AM
@jacobstoil.bsky.social - does some of this look familiar to you?
Do you prefer to listen to books rather than read them? Good news, in that case - the audiobook version of The Dead Sea: A 10,000 Year History is now available. Many thanks to @tantoraudio.bsky.social & @nigelpatterson.bsky.social tantor.com/the-dead-sea...
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August 26, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Do you prefer to listen to books rather than read them? Good news, in that case - the audiobook version of The Dead Sea: A 10,000 Year History is now available. Many thanks to @tantoraudio.bsky.social & @nigelpatterson.bsky.social tantor.com/the-dead-sea...
It was an honour and a privilege to work with experts from Jordan, Israel and Palestine, developing ideas to alleviate the environmental crisis in the #DeadSea. Good to be reminded that there are plenty of kind and forward-facing people in the region. www.leeds.ac.uk/news/article...
Saving the Dead Sea
As the Dead Sea shrinks at an alarming pace, environmental experts from the Middle East and UK are calling on regional policymakers to take urgent action.
www.leeds.ac.uk
August 5, 2025 at 1:00 PM
It was an honour and a privilege to work with experts from Jordan, Israel and Palestine, developing ideas to alleviate the environmental crisis in the #DeadSea. Good to be reminded that there are plenty of kind and forward-facing people in the region. www.leeds.ac.uk/news/article...
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Our History books of the year so far, as chosen by the critics.
Includes books by @tlgrady68.bsky.social, @hdiamond.bsky.social, @nirarielli.bsky.social and many more!
You can shop this selection with a 30% discount and free UK postage here:
yalebooks.co.uk/history-book...
#skystorians
Includes books by @tlgrady68.bsky.social, @hdiamond.bsky.social, @nirarielli.bsky.social and many more!
You can shop this selection with a 30% discount and free UK postage here:
yalebooks.co.uk/history-book...
#skystorians
History Books of the Year . . . so far! - Yale University Press London
This reading list brings you our History books of the year so far, as chosen by critics. You can shop this selection with a 30% discount.
yalebooks.co.uk
July 8, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Our History books of the year so far, as chosen by the critics.
Includes books by @tlgrady68.bsky.social, @hdiamond.bsky.social, @nirarielli.bsky.social and many more!
You can shop this selection with a 30% discount and free UK postage here:
yalebooks.co.uk/history-book...
#skystorians
Includes books by @tlgrady68.bsky.social, @hdiamond.bsky.social, @nirarielli.bsky.social and many more!
You can shop this selection with a 30% discount and free UK postage here:
yalebooks.co.uk/history-book...
#skystorians
Want to retain anything from your studies? Try writing your own essays rather than relying on #AI www.media.mit.edu/publications...
Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task – MIT Media Lab
This study explores the neural and behavioral consequences of LLM-assisted essay writing. Participants were divided into three groups: LLM, Search Engine…
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July 5, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Want to retain anything from your studies? Try writing your own essays rather than relying on #AI www.media.mit.edu/publications...
My former padawan Jacopo Pili is co-organizing the conference "Pius XII and Decolonization: Catholicism in North Africa and the Levant, 1939-1958", which will be held in Cairo in November 2025. If your research relates to the topic, check out the call for papers. networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
Pius XII and Decolonization: Catholicism in North Africa and the Levant, 1939-1958 | H-Net
Call for PapersNov. 10-11, 2025Netherlands-Flemish Institute in CairoOrganizers: Erica Moretti, Jacopo Pili, Simon UngerPius XII and Decolonization: Catholicism in North Africa and the Levant, 1939-19...
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May 28, 2025 at 6:42 AM
My former padawan Jacopo Pili is co-organizing the conference "Pius XII and Decolonization: Catholicism in North Africa and the Levant, 1939-1958", which will be held in Cairo in November 2025. If your research relates to the topic, check out the call for papers. networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
Very sad to learn that historian Motti Golani, an expert on the British Mandate in Palestine, passed away unexpectedly.
April 26, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Very sad to learn that historian Motti Golani, an expert on the British Mandate in Palestine, passed away unexpectedly.
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Nir Arielli, author of The Dead Sea, was interviewed on American Purpose's podcast, Bookstack @nirarielli.bsky.social @americanpurpose.bsky.social https://www.persuasion.community/p/episode-160-nir-arielli-on-10000?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
April 2, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Nir Arielli, author of The Dead Sea, was interviewed on American Purpose's podcast, Bookstack @nirarielli.bsky.social @americanpurpose.bsky.social https://www.persuasion.community/p/episode-160-nir-arielli-on-10000?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
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Prophecy can never be delivered because when it is, the entire faith/cult/movement ceases to have purpose. So much politics is just a giant pyramid scheme.
March 28, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Prophecy can never be delivered because when it is, the entire faith/cult/movement ceases to have purpose. So much politics is just a giant pyramid scheme.
I am very grateful for this generous review of The Dead Sea: A 10,000 Year History in the Sri Lanka Guardian
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The Dead Sea: A Mirror of Civilization’s Hubris
by Eric In The Dead Sea: A 10,000-Year History, the author excavates not merely the layers of sediment that compose the physical basin of this enigmatic inland sea but the...
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March 23, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I am very grateful for this generous review of The Dead Sea: A 10,000 Year History in the Sri Lanka Guardian
slguardian.org/the-dead-sea...
slguardian.org/the-dead-sea...
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Great to see the first of this new suite of videos about our undergraduate degrees in History at Leeds launched. Featuring brilliant colleagues @sarakbarker.bsky.social & @lauracking.bsky.social and our wonderful students & alumni, plus me making the case for the value and joy of a History degree.
Studying Undergraduate History at the University of Leeds #UniversityOfLeeds #HistoryBA
YouTube video by University of Leeds
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March 21, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Great to see the first of this new suite of videos about our undergraduate degrees in History at Leeds launched. Featuring brilliant colleagues @sarakbarker.bsky.social & @lauracking.bsky.social and our wonderful students & alumni, plus me making the case for the value and joy of a History degree.
Reminder for people in the London area: if you fancy a trip to Greenwich this Thursday, 13 March, please join us at the PEF for an event marking the publication of The Dead Sea: A 10,000 Year History @yalebooks.bsky.social
March 10, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Reminder for people in the London area: if you fancy a trip to Greenwich this Thursday, 13 March, please join us at the PEF for an event marking the publication of The Dead Sea: A 10,000 Year History @yalebooks.bsky.social
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Sharing my latest podcast recorded with my old friend @nirarielli.bsky.social discussing his book The Dead Sea 10,000 Years of History @yalepress.bsky.social
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Nir Arielli, "The Dead Sea: A 10,000 Year History" (Yale UP, 2025) - New Books Network
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March 7, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Sharing my latest podcast recorded with my old friend @nirarielli.bsky.social discussing his book The Dead Sea 10,000 Years of History @yalepress.bsky.social
newbooksnetwork.com/the-dead-sea
newbooksnetwork.com/the-dead-sea
I'm very grateful to the Gerda Henkel Stiftung for supporting my research and to Moritz Binkele for this interview where we discussed The Dead Sea: A 10,000 Year History. #DeadSea #skystorians @yalebooks.bsky.social @universityofleeds.bsky.social lisa.gerda-henkel-stiftung.de/arielli_dead...
“The Dead Sea serves as a unique time capsule” | L.I.S.A. WISSENSCHAFTSPORTAL GERDA HENKEL STIFTUNG
The Dead Sea is a place of contrasts. Despite its seemingly inhospitable nature, the iconic saltwater lake—located at the border between Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinian territories—has been extens...
lisa.gerda-henkel-stiftung.de
March 5, 2025 at 7:55 AM
I'm very grateful to the Gerda Henkel Stiftung for supporting my research and to Moritz Binkele for this interview where we discussed The Dead Sea: A 10,000 Year History. #DeadSea #skystorians @yalebooks.bsky.social @universityofleeds.bsky.social lisa.gerda-henkel-stiftung.de/arielli_dead...
For people in the London area: if you fancy a trip to Greenwich on Thursday, 13 March, please join us at the PEF for an event marking the publication of The Dead Sea: A 10,000 Year History @yalebooks.bsky.social
February 24, 2025 at 8:04 AM
For people in the London area: if you fancy a trip to Greenwich on Thursday, 13 March, please join us at the PEF for an event marking the publication of The Dead Sea: A 10,000 Year History @yalebooks.bsky.social