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Yale University Press London 📖 @yalebooks.bsky.social · 1d

Breaking the Status Quo: What Could Empathy Mean for our Politics?

Join @claireyorke.bsky.social discussing her new book, Empathy in Politics and Leadership with jennifernadel.bsky.social from @compinpolitics.bsky.social

Monday 13th October, 6pm, KCL

Register:
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/book-...

Book Talk - Breaking the Status Quo: What Could Empathy Mean for our Politics? | King's College London

In this event, Dr Claire Yorke will speak about the core ideas of her new book ‘Empathy in Politics and Leadership: The Key to Transforming our World

www.kcl.ac.uk

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Kit Kowol @kitkowol.bsky.social · 17h

Had great fun writing this. How a spiritualist vegetarian who believed he had found the Holy Grail convinced Churchill and 5 million Brits to pray for peace and freedom during WWII.

gethistory.co.uk/articles/20t...

The Silent Minute

What do you do when your army has retreated, your ally has capitulated, and you face invasion? You pray.

gethistory.co.uk

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Dr Aimée Fox @draefox.bsky.social · 20h

@standrewsir.bsky.social @smh-historians.bsky.social @fwwsoc.bsky.social

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Dr Aimée Fox @draefox.bsky.social · 20h

We are thrilled with the collection & are incredibly grateful to our contributors for their fantastic chapters, including @sdanisimova.bsky.social @vandawilcox.bsky.social @lmhalewood.bsky.social @yanikdag.bsky.social & more!

Check out the contents & praise 👇
kansaspress.ku.edu/978070064056....

Framing the First World War

This innovative approach to the history of World War I looks at ways in which military actors saw and perceived war, and how that exerted a significant influ...

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Dr Aimée Fox @draefox.bsky.social · 20h

Only a month 'til the publication of “Framing the First World War: How Divergent Views Shaped a Global Conflict”, edited by me, @mpmfinch.bsky.social & @dmorganowen.bsky.social!

US readers: get 30% discount (code: FRAMINGWWI) & free shipping if you order direct from @univpressofkansas.bsky.social

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Vanda Wilcox @vandawilcox.bsky.social · 22h

important reflections on the colonial archive and how we might use it, from @camilleriana.bsky.social - makes me wonder how to get myself over to Eritrea!

Dónal Hassett @donalh.bsky.social · 1d

A great new post on researching the history of former Ascari in Eritrea by our own @camilleriana.bsky.social. colvet.eu/338-2/

Dr Nicola Camilleri, ‘Former Eritrean Soldiers in the Italian Colonial Army: Fragments of Life and Documentation’. | Colvet.eu

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Gabriel Flynn @gabrielflynn.bsky.social · 1d

pro writing tip: always start the day by addressing a minor administrative task so that you’re in a bad mood when you begin your actual work

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Brett Holman @airminded.org · 1d

At Airminded: No total war but class total war

No total war but class total war

Four days after the second great daylight Gotha raid on London, Lady Louise Maxwell (above) wrote a letter announcing the foundation of a new philanthropic fund, the Home Fires Fund. Believing that it...

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David Veevers @davidveevers.bsky.social · 2d

Sorry, we can't afford to give you your real-terms pay cut.

Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 2d

'Staff at some institutions will not get even get the small rise due to them because of a clause in the negotiations that allows for a delay for up to 11 months if a university is facing financial difficulties.' So far, Dundee, Kent, Brunel, Coventry, Swansea.

Five UK universities tell staff they can’t afford pay rises

Negotiations over whether to honour 1.4 per cent increase ongoing at several other institutions amid financial crunch

www.timeshighereducation.com

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NK Finney @nathankfinney.com · 2d

Orchestrating Power: The American Associational State in the First World War” has an official publication date of December 15, 2025!

Please pre-order a copy (40% discount: 09FORTY) & consider asking your local or university library to order a copy!

www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

Orchestrating Power by Nathan K. Finney | Hardcover | Cornell University Press

Orchestrating Power explores how the expansion of the American state for the First World War reshaped the nature of governance. This wartime state expansion is examined through the creation, structure...

www.cornellpress.cornell.edu

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Roots and Branches I The Podcast @rbpodcast.bsky.social · 5d

🔊 Episode #3 out now!
@whitproject.bsky.social (@politicsoxford.bsky.social) explores how the gender binary shaped the production and reception of international thought and what recovering overlooked voices means for present-day international relations.
open.spotify.com/episode/76f2...

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Risa Brooks @risabrooks12.bsky.social · 7d

It's easy to see this speech as just weirdly performative, but there's a lot more—and a lot worse—going on here.

The meeting & speeches are part of a larger project aimed at promoting the military leadership’s partisan alignment with the administration.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Hegseth: "If the words I'm speaking today are making your heart sink, they you should do the honorable thing and resign."

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Society for Army Historical Research @societyarmy.bsky.social · 15d

Last chance to sign up for tonight's free online talk on British Army officer selection. Open to members and non-members alike: my.demio.com/ref/v9oGFhpi...

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War, Media and Society @wms-unikent.bsky.social · 20d

The IHR War, Society and Culture seminar series is back next week! Join us as we kick off the new term with a paper on the FWW and social class from @andrewwhittaker.bsky.social 💥

⏰ 24/09/25, 5.30pm
📌 Online via Zoom / In-person at @ihr.bsky.social

Register here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Seminar title: Perceptions and realities of First World War experiences and legacies in the context of social class

A longitudinal study of the lives of the cohort of predominately lower middle-class men who attended a locally-endowed grammar school in south-east London and were potentially eligible for service in the First World War finds that, in terms of overall context, the war tended to be an interlude rather than a rupture with the survivors largely and uneventfully resuming their pre-war life trajectories. For many, pre-war education and pre- and post-war migratory movements seem to have had a more significant influence in shaping life outcomes than war experiences, which themselves did not necessarily follow accepted patterns and perceptions. Against this background it is argued more generally that assumptions which may (and, in some cases, have) been made about British men’s war experiences and their legacy take insufficient account of socio-geographic background and pre-and post-war trends in some social groupings.

Dr Andrew Whittaker is an Honorary Research Fellow of Goldsmiths, University of London.

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Gwendal Piégais @gwendalpiegais.bsky.social · 21d

I am very proud to share with you the introduction to the special issue that I co-edited with Robert Gerwarth in the journal @conteurohistory.bsky.social : "Intra-State Conflicts and the Politics of Aid in Europe, 1917–49: An Introduction" #Humanitarianism #CivilWar www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Intra-State Conflicts and the Politics of Aid in Europe, 1917–49: An Introduction | Contemporary European History | Cambridge Core

Intra-State Conflicts and the Politics of Aid in Europe, 1917–49: An Introduction

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Mo Moulton @momoulton.bsky.social · 23d

Some big news: the University of Birmingham is launching a new MA in Gender & Sexuality. It's interdisciplinary, with a focus on combining theory & practice. It's going to be amazing. I'm convening it: message or email with questions. www.birmingham.ac.uk/study/postgr... @unibirmingham.bsky.social

Gender and Sexuality MA - University of Birmingham

Course information for prospective postgraduate students on our MA History taught masters degree programme at the University of Birmingham.

www.birmingham.ac.uk

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Dr Claire Yorke @claireyorke.bsky.social · 23d

Thrilled to see the first reviews coming in for ‘Empathy in Politics and Leadership’.

A huge thank you to Emma Sky for her kind endorsement and support.

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@yalebooks.bsky.social

#empathy #empathyinpolitics

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Benjamin Thomas White @btwhite.bsky.social · 27d

I've written a piece about the bomber's view of the past: how aerial archaeologists of the Middle East have looked at the region's past through the eyes (and lenses) of people who bomb it in the present. In fact they're sometimes the same people.

www.historyworkshop.org.uk/empire-decol...

The Bomber's View of the Past

Discover the influence of Antoine Poidebard on aerial archaeology and his complex role in French colonial history.

www.historyworkshop.org.uk

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Dónal Hassett @donalh.bsky.social · 28d

The deadline for the Call for Papers for this fascinating conference on 'Women in War: France, Britain and Ireland in the early 20th century' has been extended until October 18th. It should be a fascinating conference. Come to beautiful Boulogne-sur-Mer femmescombattantes.univ-littoral.fr/en/home/

Women in War – ULCO

femmescombattantes.univ-littoral.fr

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Dr Adam Prime @primeadam.bsky.social · Sep 6

We at The WFA have launched our PhD Grant Scheme for 2025.

The grant is open to doctoral students researching ANY aspect of the First World War.

Where will our grant take you?

See website for full details 👇🏻

www.westernfrontassociation.com/latest-news/...

#Fwwhist #phdchat

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Tom Menger @tommenger.bsky.social · Sep 5

Publication day! My book The Colonial Way of War has finally appeared with CUP. The book is the first comparative & transimperial study of the violence of colonial warfare around 1900, based on an extensive empirical base &case studies from the British, German & Dutch Empire. It... shorturl.at/crWw2

The Colonial Way of War

Cambridge Core - Global History - The Colonial Way of War

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Dónal Hassett @donalh.bsky.social · Sep 4

🚨JOB Alert🚨 We are looking for another postdoctoral researcher to cover the history of veterans in the British colonies of Southern and/or East Africa in the interwar period. 24 month contract, deadline October 03. Please share widely. universityvacancies.com/maynooth-uni...

Post-Doctoral Researcher, Specified Purpose, Department of History and the Arts and Humanities Institute | University Vacancies Ireland

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Sven Jaros @svenjaros.bsky.social · Aug 27

Noch bis zum 1.9. freuen wir uns auf Einreichungen für unseren Workshop #PowerCouples im Mai 2026 an der @unihalle.bsky.social; organisiert gemeinsam mit @zoethomas.bsky.social. Die bisherigen Vorschläge versprechen ein faszinierendes & internationales Programm! www.hsozkult.de/searching/id...

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Brad Duplessis @bradduplessis.bsky.social · Aug 26

New book arrived. @draefox.bsky.social

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Dr Aimée Fox @draefox.bsky.social · Aug 26

Awesome! 🙌🏻

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