António Ferraz de Oliveira
@antoniofdo.bsky.social
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Lecturer in Geopolitics @King's College London; interested in the history of geopolitical thought, territory and environmental politics. Erstwhile @Univesity of Groningen
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Happy to share my latest article on “Between Ford and Gandhi”: André Siegfried’s Environmental Geopolitics, c.1898–1956, with Modern Intellectual History.

Grateful to all the colleagues who helped shape this along the way, and hoping it makes for an enjoyable read.
“Between Ford and Gandhi”: André Siegfried’s Environmental Geopolitics, c.1898–1956 | Modern Intellectual History | Cambridge Core
“Between Ford and Gandhi”: André Siegfried’s Environmental Geopolitics, c.1898–1956
www.cambridge.org
antoniofdo.bsky.social
Happy to share this term-card for History and Theory of IR colloquium (org by G. Marques Pedro and A. Nohr, @facultyofartsug.bsky.social @cirr-ug.bsky.social).

Patricia Owens on Erased, Alanna O'Malley on the invisible UN, Carmen Chas on intl law, and more - not to be missed for those in NL!
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juliairwin.bsky.social
Happy to share the news that Catastrophic Diplomacy won the 2025 Tonous and Warda Johns Family Book Award (for the best monograph in the history of U.S. foreign relations, immigration history, or military history) from the PCB-AHA.
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leaypi.bsky.social
Dear friends, INDIGNITY is coming out tomorrow and I will be discussing it with the brilliant Hannah Dawson. If you know anyone who wants to celebrate with us, hear the discussion & maybe a bit of reading, feel free to spread the word - still some tickets left!

www.waterstones.com/events/lea-y...
Lea Ypi: In conversation with Hannah Dawson at Hoxton Hall | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones
Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about Lea Ypi: In conversation with Hannah Dawson at Hoxton Hall today.
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antoniofdo.bsky.social
Happy to share today I started my new position as a Lecturer in Geopolitics @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social.

I am thankful to colleagues for their very warm welcome and looking forward to learning the ropes and trying new challenges!
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lrb.co.uk
‘The resistance story about ourselves is really a fear story about ourselves; it suggests that self-protection is our paramount consideration, and that vulnerability is our primary preoccupation.’

Adam Phillips on why we resist: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Adam Phillips · On Resistance
Resistance is at once recognition and a fantasy of catastrophe; indeed, in resisting one has always leaped forward to...
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antoniofdo.bsky.social
Happy to see my early work on Kropotkin featured in the 10th anniversary of Global Intellectual History.

GIH is a fantastic journal, with truly international reflections on so many traveling ideas across our shared history. I always read it with pleasure and recommend it to colleagues!
global-ih.bsky.social
1/6 For our latest highlight for our upcoming 10th anniversary, we return to the work of @antoniofdo.bsky.social (‪@rug.nl), author of "Kropotkin's commune and the politics of history", published @global-ih.bsky.social in 2018. We asked him about this research today. Here is what he had to say:
An image highlighting the first sentence of the quotation that I quote below.
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jofhistgeog.bsky.social
Vol. 88, Special Issue: ‘Archives as Worldmaking’

‘Black archives, white philanthropists: Pan-African worldmaking in the interwar United States’, by @jakehodder.bsky.social

Read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.jhg.2025.03.003

12/31
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kings-sga.bsky.social
🌡️ Parts of Earth could soon be too hot to live.

A recent study warned that if we hit 2°C warming, the uninhabitable zone could triple in size.

🎧 Listen to the latest WORLD: we got this podcast:
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#ClimateCrisis #Heatwaves #GlobalWarming #TooHotToLive #Sustainability #ClimateAction
antoniofdo.bsky.social
Happy to share my latest article on “Between Ford and Gandhi”: André Siegfried’s Environmental Geopolitics, c.1898–1956, with Modern Intellectual History.

Grateful to all the colleagues who helped shape this along the way, and hoping it makes for an enjoyable read.
“Between Ford and Gandhi”: André Siegfried’s Environmental Geopolitics, c.1898–1956 | Modern Intellectual History | Cambridge Core
“Between Ford and Gandhi”: André Siegfried’s Environmental Geopolitics, c.1898–1956
www.cambridge.org
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jofhistgeog.bsky.social
Vol. 88 is out!

It is our 50th anniversary issue, and includes a special issue on ‘Archives as Worldmaking’ edited by @jakehodder.bsky.social and @snehakrishnan.bsky.social

sciencedirect.com/journal/journal-of-historical-geography/vol/88/suppl/C

Take a look at the contents below 🧵

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antoniofdo.bsky.social
I'm happy to share that from September, I am joining @kings-sga.bsky.social as a permanent Lecturer in Geopolitics.

I am also grateful to colleagues @facultyofartsug.bsky.social for three fantastic years in beautiful Groningen. Hoping to stay in touch and hopping over the Channel! Tot ziens!
antoniofdo.bsky.social
Looking forward to welcome @siculovevo.bsky.social tomorrow at the HTIR Colloquium in Groningen.

Come and learn about the fascinating history of oceanic pollution and environmentalism!
@facultyofartsug.bsky.social @cirr-ug.bsky.social
antoniofdo.bsky.social
Looking forward to tomorrow's HTIR colloquium at Groningen, with Jamie Draper telling us about his book on Climate Displacement and political theory.

If in Groningen or nearby, come join us for a fascinating talk!

@facultyofartsug.bsky.social @cirr-ug.bsky.social
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lisebutler.bsky.social
Heartily recommend holding your next academic workshop in Bologna. Wonderful two days discussing prediction and the environment for our @britishacademy.bsky.social ‘Place of Prediction’ workshop, with special thanks to host @orrosenboim.bsky.social
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pbresnihan.bsky.social
Albert Einstein was honorary president of the League Against Imperialism, founded 1927 in Brussels.

'In your congress, the solidly united endeavour of the oppressed to achieve independence takes bodily shape'.

From his opening speech to 174 delegates from 34 countries.