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Jonas Fossli Gjersø @jonasgjerso.bsky.social · 1h

📅 Save the date!

The University of Stavanger, invites you to a symposium entitled:

Freedom of Expression in Times of Genocide

🗓 Wed. Nov 12, 5–7:30 pm | Sølvberget, Stavanger & online

Speakers include: Sindre Bangstad, Raz Segal, Zoé Samudzi, Maha Abdallah & Martin Shaw

More details to follow.

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The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History @jich.bsky.social · 21h

Just published! Check out 'Expanding Morgan Godwyn’s Corpus: Rethinking the Evolution of Early Modern Anti-Slavery Sentiment' by Brian Smith: doi.org/10.1080/0308...

Expanding Morgan Godwyn’s Corpus: Rethinking the Evolution of Early Modern Anti-Slavery Sentiment

This paper seeks to extend Morgan Godwyn’s bibliography by bringing to light two of his early-career letters that have not received as much attention as they deserve. While these texts have been in...

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Markus Mindrebø @markusmindrebo.bsky.social · 6d

Medieval techniques to preserve mental health? Sage advice here (and a wonderfully written post).

"Tao seemed forever struggling with the dilemma between living freely but poorly and working in the government but unhappily. Besides resorting to alcohol, Tao dealt with such struggles with poetry."

The Rise of Poetry Therapy in Eleventh Century China

How did literati manage their mental health in middle period China? Melancholy, depression, and down moods were as common among them as among us today. In the absence of antidepressants and therapists...

www.leidenmedievalistsblog.nl

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Evan @evansmithhist.bsky.social · 5d

Also looking for a reviewer for this new book for the @jich.bsky.social. DM me if interested!

kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700640737/

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Evan @evansmithhist.bsky.social · 5d

This book is slightly older, but still keen for a reviewer for this book for @jich.bsky.social. DM me if interested!

www.mqup.ca/civilization...

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Matthew Hurst @mrmhurst.bsky.social · 7d

British colonial officials destroyed countless files before decolonisation. But one colony has been neglected by the literature: Hong Kong. My latest paper in @jich.bsky.social examines the past, present and future of Hong Kong colonial government migrated archives: doi.org/10.1080/0308...

Hong Kong Colonial Government Migrated Archives at Hanslope Park

Following the revelation in 2011 that the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office was sitting on the migrated archives of dozens of colonial governments, almost 20,000 files were transferred from s...

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Jonas Fossli Gjersø @jonasgjerso.bsky.social · 9d

Our series of essays and commentary relating to the ongoing genocide in Palestine is free to read, share and download until tomorrow, 30 September 2025. @jich.bsky.social #FreeAccess

Jonas Fossli Gjersø @jonasgjerso.bsky.social · Aug 3

Our series of essays and commentary relating to the ongoing genocide in Gaza is free to read, share and download until the end of September 2025. #OpenAccess @jich.bsky.social

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● Raz Segal, "Settler Colonial Genocide" (doi.org/10.1080/0308...)

Israeli Settler Colonial Genocide

The article examines the combined violence of settler colonialism in Israel and the US in two parts. The first part discusses the Jewish supremacism at the heart of Israeli settler colonialism, foc...

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Cas Ⓜ️udde @casmudde.bsky.social · 12d

It’s hard to make real satire these days as it is so close to reality.

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The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History @jich.bsky.social · 13d

See the latest book review written by Augustine Meaher on 'The Special Operations Executive in Malaya: World War II and the Path to Independence' by Rebecca Kenneison, Oxford, Bloomsbury Academic, 2025: doi.org/10.1080/0308...

The Special Operations Executive in Malaya: World War II and the Path to Independence

Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Ahead of Print, 2025)

doi.org

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Evan @evansmithhist.bsky.social · 14d

Just a reminder that I am the book reviews editor for @jich.bsky.social and am always looking for people to pitch reviews of recent books on British imperialism, colonialism and the Commonwealth (broadly defined). Send me a DM or email!

www.tandfonline.com/journals/fic...

The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History

Publishes works on the history of the British Empire, Commonwealth and comparative European colonial experiences, including imperial policies and decolonization

www.tandfonline.com

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Jane Haug Skjoldli @janeskj.bsky.social · 12d

Nytt temanummer av DIN - Tidsskrift for religion og kultur! Temaet denne gangen er "Kontroversiell religion" og gjesteredaktører er Dr. Henriette Hanky og Dr. Kristoffer Løkken Økland.

ojs.novus.no/index.php/DI...

Nr. 1 (2025): Kontroversiell religion | DIN - Tidsskrift for religion og kultur

ojs.novus.no

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Jonas Fossli Gjersø @jonasgjerso.bsky.social · 15d

Very happy to have contributed to De Gruyter Handbook of Ocean Governance and Maritime Affairs with a chapter on the shipping industry. My background as a shipping analyst could finally be put to some use!

doi.org/10.1515/9783...

1.1 Two Wars and a Pandemic: Global Shipping Markets in the Early-2020s

1.1 Two Wars and a Pandemic: Global Shipping Markets in the Early-2020s was published in De Gruyter Handbook of Ocean Governance and Maritime Affairs on page 15.

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Historie og historiekultur ved UiS @historicalculture.bsky.social · 15d

It is always a pleasure hosting Bill Schwarz here at Future Pasts Group!

Join us for tomorrow's lecture, entitled: “A Phantasmatic History” (Hulda Garborgs hus, rom O-134, 14:00-15:00 Wednesday 24th September). #HistoryUiS

Jonas Fossli Gjersø @jonasgjerso.bsky.social · 15d

Professor Emeritus Bill Schwarz of @qmul.bsky.social delivered a magisterial lecture entitled "Colonial Unreason" on the continuities of empire today at @unistavanger.bsky.social.

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Jonas Fossli Gjersø @jonasgjerso.bsky.social · 15d

Professor Emeritus Bill Schwarz of @qmul.bsky.social delivered a magisterial lecture entitled "Colonial Unreason" on the continuities of empire today at @unistavanger.bsky.social.

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The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History @jich.bsky.social · 16d

We are excited to announce that Volume 53 Issue 5 (2025) is now out! Check it out here: www.tandfonline.com/toc/fich20/5...

The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History

Volume 53, Issue 5 of The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History

www.tandfonline.com

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Martin Shaw @martinshaw.bsky.social · 19d

I've published 'The Genocide that Changed the World', my fullest overview of Israel's genocide and its implications, as part of a new roundtable on Gaza and Genocide Studies from @journalgenocide.bsky.social

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The Genocide that Changed the World

Published in Journal of Genocide Research (Ahead of Print, 2025)

www.tandfonline.com

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The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History @jich.bsky.social · 20d

Just released and #OpenAccess, check out '‘Forced Free Labour’: Connecting the Abolition of Slavery and Settler Colonisation in the Thought of Henry George Grey' by Jane Lydon: doi.org/10.1080/0308...

‘Forced Free Labour’: Connecting the Abolition of Slavery and Settler Colonisation in the Thought of Henry George Grey

This article investigates the connections between emancipation in Britain’s slave colonies and settler colonisation through the policies of Henry George Grey, 3rd Earl Grey (styled Viscount Howick ...

doi.org

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Dolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · 19d

Yes! Buy a copy - and ask your local library to buy one too.

🏰 + 🐷 + discount : what’s not to love?!?

Boydell & Brewer @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social · 19d

Save 40% on the paperback edition of The Medieval Pig which examines the role of the pig in medieval society in material and textual sources. Ends 29 Sept 2025. 🐷 Buy the book > buff.ly/cJs8ee6 #medievalsky @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social

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Victor Shammas @victorshammas.com · 20d

These aren't "culture wars"—this is an all-out authoritarian hostile takeover of American civil society.

Viewed from Europe, it's a premonition of what could happen here if right-wing populists come to power.

Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension is an alarming new low for the ongoing culture wars | Jesse Hassenger

The late-night show getting pulled ‘indefinitely’ after relatively mild commentary about the right is another worrying sign of where Trump’s America is heading

www.theguardian.com

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Jonas Fossli Gjersø @jonasgjerso.bsky.social · 20d

Our latest opinion piece in our ongoing debate over the repatriation of the Parthenon sculptures is now out. In "Recorded facts and different stories" @dr-m-trabucco.bsky.social argues in favour of retention.

The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History @jich.bsky.social · 22d

See the latest current debate article '‘Recorded Facts’ and ‘Different Stories’: A Response to Catharine Titi' by Mario Trabucco della Torretta: doi.org/10.1080/0308...

‘Recorded Facts’ and ‘Different Stories’: A Response to Catharine Titi

The article challenges the assertion that the British Museum's acquisition of the Elgin Marbles was unlawful and unethical, arguing that this interpretation of the event is instead factually incorr...

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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 21d

Action against the slave trade from 1807 enabled British colonisation, but Jane Lydon shows here how achieving the abolition of slavery in 1833 and expanding territory through conquest were also interrelated, not separate, processes. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

‘Forced Free Labour’: Connecting the Abolition of Slavery and Settler Colonisation in the Thought of Henry George Grey

This article investigates the connections between emancipation in Britain’s slave colonies and settler colonisation through the policies of Henry George Grey, 3rd Earl Grey (styled Viscount Howick ...

www.tandfonline.com

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Evan @evansmithhist.bsky.social · 22d

I wrote a book once on the history of debates over free speech, protest and academic freedom at universities, looking at how fascists used the language of free speech to promote themselves on campus and those who argued that fascists should be denied this platform.

www.routledge.com/No-Platform-...