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Margot Tudor @drmargottudor.bsky.social · 3d

Interested in the transitory nature of academia and how this shapes scholarship on internationalism? Come along to our virtual conference, 'Blind Spots and Buzzwords in Internationalism' on 5th and 6th Nov 👁️. Get your tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/blind-spot...

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History @ City St George’s, UoL @cityhistory.bsky.social · Jul 25

We’re so excited to welcome Kerry to our department and to celebrate the publication of his fantastic book with @universitypress.cambridge.org!!!

Stuart Elden @stuartelden.bsky.social · Jul 25

Kerry Goettlich, From Frontiers to Borders: How Colonial Technicians Created Modern Territoriality - Cambridge University Press, August 2025
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Cover of book, with photograph of a group of men with surveying equipment standing in front of a mountain range

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Margot Tudor @drmargottudor.bsky.social · Jun 23

✨Don't forget to sign up to our upcoming ONLINE conference on 'New Methods for New Histories (Online)' - we've structured the whole workshop as a virtual space; benefitting from global speakers, a roundtable structure and regular breaks! Pls get tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/new-method...

New Methods for New Histories (Online)

Workshop 2: Rethinking Internationalisms: Histories and Pluralities

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Giuseppe Grieco @giuseppegrieco.bsky.social · May 28

Looking forward to tomorrow's workshop on "Global Order and Governance beyond the West" @cityhistory.bsky.social
with Arnulf Becker Lorca, Emma Mackinnon and @mjbayly.bsky.social
Everyone is welcome! There is still time to register (in-person/online) www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

Global Order and Governance beyond the West - History and International Affairs Workshop | City St George's, University of London

This roundtable conversation will reflect on these historical experiences to reimagine order and governance in today’s multipolar world.

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Kseniya Oksamytna @kseniyaoksamytna.bsky.social · May 15

The job in our Department could be in International Politics, International Political Economy, Comparative Politics, or @cityhistory.bsky.social

Senior Lecturer Grade 8 (point 47-50): £62,728 – £70,579

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History @ City St George’s, UoL @cityhistory.bsky.social · Mar 31

Make sure you come along to our new event! Dr Michalis Sotiropoulos will be visiting City to discuss his new book ‘Liberalism after the Revolution’ with @jmulich.bsky.social, @charlotte-johann.bsky.social, & @drmargottudor.bsky.social, chaired by Dr Giuseppe Grieco on 9th April 🎉

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Liberalism After Empire – Modern History Cluster event | City St George's, University of London

Book roundtable on Michalis Sotiropoulos’s, Liberalism after the Revolution: The Intellectual Foundations of the Greek State, c. 1830-1880 (Cambridge, CUP, 2022)

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Diya Gupta @diyagupta.bsky.social · Mar 31

I'm rather thrilled with this review of my book in the journal American Historical Review! @cityhistory.bsky.social @hurstpublishers.bsky.social #india #WW2 #emotionalhistory

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History @ City St George’s, UoL @cityhistory.bsky.social · Mar 31

Make sure you come along to our new event! Dr Michalis Sotiropoulos will be visiting City to discuss his new book ‘Liberalism after the Revolution’ with @jmulich.bsky.social, @charlotte-johann.bsky.social, & @drmargottudor.bsky.social, chaired by Dr Giuseppe Grieco on 9th April 🎉

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Liberalism After Empire – Modern History Cluster event | City St George's, University of London

Book roundtable on Michalis Sotiropoulos’s, Liberalism after the Revolution: The Intellectual Foundations of the Greek State, c. 1830-1880 (Cambridge, CUP, 2022)

www.citystgeorges.ac.uk

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Giuseppe Grieco @giuseppegrieco.bsky.social · Mar 27

Liberalism After Empire - 9 April 4 pm @cityhistory.bsky.social
We are hosting a roundtable discussion of Michalis Sotiropoulos’ Liberalism after the Revolution: The Intellectual Foundations of the Greek State, c. 1830-1880
Registration (in-person/online):
www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

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History @ City St George’s, UoL @cityhistory.bsky.social · Mar 25

Thanks to all that attended our event on telling difficult histories with award-winning BBC podcasters Kavita Puri and Ant Adeane and our brilliant colleague @diyagupta.bsky.social!

Here she is sharing her own experiences of researching and teaching the 1943 Bengal Famine.

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Diya Gupta @diyagupta.bsky.social · Mar 17

How do we tell difficult histories? I am delighted to interview Kavita Puri and Ant Adeane, the makers of the brilliant BBC Radio 4 podcast 'Three Million', on #1943BengalFamine on 18 March @cityhistory.bsky.social . Join us! @bbcradio4.bsky.social

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Margot Tudor @drmargottudor.bsky.social · Mar 13

Don’t miss this event next Tuesday - a stellar line-up reflecting on a topic we all struggle with in our research and teaching ⬇️⬇️⬇️

History @ City St George’s, UoL @cityhistory.bsky.social · Feb 19

City’s Cluster for Modern History is hosting lots of exciting events this semester! 📣

First up we have a fascinating event on 18th March at 4pm on “Narrating Difficult Histories to a Broad Audience: the @bbcradio4.bsky.social podcast ‘Three Million’”. www.city.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

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History @ City St George’s, UoL @cityhistory.bsky.social · Feb 19

Our wonderful colleague @diyagupta.bsky.social will interview journalists Kavita Puri and Ant Adeane about the making of their acclaimed @bbcradio4.bsky.social podcast on the famine. It will be an important event for all historians of India, British colonialism, and humanitarianism.

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History @ City St George’s, UoL @cityhistory.bsky.social · Feb 19

City’s Cluster for Modern History is hosting lots of exciting events this semester! 📣

First up we have a fascinating event on 18th March at 4pm on “Narrating Difficult Histories to a Broad Audience: the @bbcradio4.bsky.social podcast ‘Three Million’”. www.city.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

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Diya Gupta @diyagupta.bsky.social · Feb 3

I am loving teaching Ambedkar and Gandhi to my second-year undergraduate students for my South Asia module. You can tell from their faces that both Gandhi and Ambedkar's philosophical positions resonate with them, and with the inequalities they witness everyday. @cityhistory.bsky.social

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Margot Tudor @drmargottudor.bsky.social · Jan 23

We'll be holding our 2nd 'histories of internationalism' reading group at 4.30pm on 27th February on the @cityhistory.bsky.social campus. DM or email me (margot.tudor[@]city.ac.uk] for full details. All welcome!

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Diya Gupta @diyagupta.bsky.social · Jan 15

Today, I spoke about #india #SecondWorldWar #emotionalhistory at City & Islington sixth form college. The students were wonderful! I'm still thinking about their questions. My resolution: keep talking about my work to young people. @cityhistory.bsky.social @hurstpublishers.bsky.social

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Diya Gupta @diyagupta.bsky.social · Jan 20

I am delighted to have this blog post on #1943BengalFamine and #emotions published by History Matters, Sheffield University's research blog. It feels like a promising start! Please do read and let me know your thoughts. historymatters.sites.sheffield.ac.uk/blog-archive... @cityhistory.bsky.social

History Matters - The 1943 Bengal Famine: Emotional Landscapes of Hunger

Diya Gupta| 10 January 2025 ◇ British History | Colonial History | South Asian History

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Diya Gupta @diyagupta.bsky.social · Jan 11

Really delighted to have taken part in #ImperialWarMuseum's
latest podcast 'Conflict of Interest' on art and photography, with Susan Wokoma. Listen here: podfollow.com/1566841158/e... @cityhistory.bsky.social

Conflict of Interest: Susan Wokoma explores The Home Front

How did British society react to the sudden increase of women in the workforce during the First World War? Or the thousands of colonial volunteers brought over to fight Nazism? Susan Wokoma (Che...

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Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com · Dec 7

Young Black women aged 18-30 are invited to join an exciting new hybrid programme for budding archivists and curators. Open until 9th December. Please share :)

Women Speak Volumes Between Generations - Words of Colour

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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · Dec 3

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Diya Gupta @diyagupta.bsky.social · Dec 3

Very happy to have my review of Vivienne Guo's excellent book 'Women and Politics in Wartime China' published! Here's to foregrounding marginalised histories of #WW2
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Book Review: Women and Politics in Wartime China: Networking Across Geopolitical Borders by Vivienne Xiangwei Guo

Reviewed by Dr Diya Gupta, Lecturer in Public History, City St George’s, University of LondonAbingdon and New York: Routledge, 2019, ISBN 9781138080645, £119.48 hardback“I do not know what is leftist and what is rightist. I have always believed in peace, independence, democracy and freedom for my country, no matter whether it means that I am a leftist or rightist.” (p. 194) These words were spoken in 1947 by the Chinese female politician Tan Tiwu, who served as both a Kuomintang (KMT) legislator

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