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Diplomatic History @diplomatichistory.bsky.social · 21d

Check out the September issue of Diplomatic History! Featuring Elisabeth Leake's (@emleake.bsky.social) Bernath Lecture "The Decolonization Paradigm: Rethinking the US and the World" in which she argues for a "new paradigm for understanding modern international history"
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Diplomatic History @diplomatichistory.bsky.social · 21d

Brad Simpson @bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social reviews Lydia Walker's @lydiawalker.bsky.social States in Waiting: A Counternarrative of Global Decolonization doi.org/10.1093/dh/d...

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Manan Ahmed @sepoy.bsky.social · Aug 10

A very happy 90th to Prof Rajmohan Gandhi!

Ramachandra Guha: A tribute to Rajmohan Gandhi, the writer with deep insights into India’s past

Rajmohan Gandhi, who just turned 90, edited a brave magazine during the Emergency and fought an election against Rajiv Gandhi.

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Cecelia Cancellaro @ceceliacancellaro.bsky.social · Jun 26

All set up at #SHAFR2025. Stop by and say hello. @shafrhistorians.bsky.social @universitypress.cambridge.org

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Lydia Walker @lydiawalker.bsky.social · Jun 27

Many thanks!

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Royal Asiatic Society @royalasiaticsoc.bsky.social · Jun 27

🏆 We are pleased to award the 2025 James J. Busuttil Prize and Medal for Human Rights jointly to Dr Lydia Walker (@lydiawalker.bsky.social) and Dr Sandhya Fuchs. Read the full announcement and the winners’ profiles in our latest blogpost: royalasiaticsociety.org/the-james-j-...

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Ria Kapoor @riakapoor.bsky.social · Jun 23

(1/2) The second workshop in the AHRC-funded Rethinking Internationalisms series titled 'New Methods for New Histories' will take place via zoom on 9-10 July – reflective panels followed by an open discussion. Audience-participants can sign up here:

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New Methods for New Histories (Online)

Workshop 2: Rethinking Internationalisms: Histories and Pluralities

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Pitt Rivers Museum @pittriversmuseum.bsky.social · Jun 11

From 8-14 June Pitt Rivers is hosting a Naga delegation for a visit focusing on the repatriation of Naga ancestral remains & exploring future care. The Museum holds the largest collection of Naga material in the world, much of which was collected by colonial administrators in the early 20th century.

Line of people, some wearing traditional Naga dress, standing on the lawn outside the museum.

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Emma Kluge @emmakluge.bsky.social · May 29

My article 'Papuan Petitions as an Archive of Decolonisation' is online and open access! It's part of an upcoming special issue on petitions. I explore West Papuan petitions written in the lead up to the Act of 'Free' Choice and the significance of this archive.
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Papuan Petitions as an Archive of Decolonisation

In 1961, West Papuan leaders declared their intent to become an independent nation in opposition to both Dutch colonial control and Indonesia’s campaign to incorporate the territory into its Republ...

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Lydia Walker @lydiawalker.bsky.social · May 9

Great program, timely and important topic - very glad I can attend.

Martin Bayly @mjbayly.bsky.social · Apr 30

'India and Visions of World Order'. A free in-person conference taking place in Cambridge on 22-23 May, with a stellar line up. Register here: www.eventbrite.com/cc/conferenc...

Conference: India and Visions of World Order

India and Visions of World Order is an international conference that will take place at the University of Cambridge.

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Lydia Walker @lydiawalker.bsky.social · May 6

Great to see you and receive such useful feedback!

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Margot Tudor @drmargottudor.bsky.social · May 6

Heading back home from a flying visit to Cambridge to comment on a chapter for @lydiawalker.bsky.social’s fascinating new book project on post-SWW interventions ☺️ Also managed to squeeze in a visit to the brilliant ‘Rise Up’ exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum - definitely worth a visit ✊🪧

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Lydia Walker @lydiawalker.bsky.social · Apr 18

To think more about how "we narrate the history of decolonization in ways that acknowledge both its state-centric trajectory and the persistence of sub-state movements" - the book is available Open Access via Cambridge Core www.cambridge.org/core/books/s...

States-in-Waiting

Cambridge Core - Global History - States-in-Waiting

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Lydia Walker @lydiawalker.bsky.social · Apr 18

Very much appreciate this detailed review of States-in-Waiting in Diplomatic History by @bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social

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Maintaining the Faith in Global Decolonization

Historians of decolonization tend to present the moment of independence as the culmination of nationalist struggles, and the achievement of political sover

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Mary Dudziak @marydudziak.bsky.social · Apr 16

Only recently discovered that I needed this. How I wish John Prados was still with us. Will be writing about Eisenhower, Dien Bien Phu, and the war declaration that didn't happen.

Book cover for Operation Vulture by John Prados.

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Wayne E. Lee @milhistlee.bsky.social · Apr 8

The Society for Military History is now archiving historical materials related to military history that are disappearing from federal or state websites. We are open to submissions, anonymously or otherwise. Please see
www.smh-hq.org/archivedreso... and note there the submission links.

Archived Resources | The Society for Military History

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Michael Goebel @mgoebel.bsky.social · Mar 25

Delighted to announce the program of our Global History Colloquium @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social, which I co-convene with Isabella Löhr and Sebastian Conrad this summer. All welcome.

Catherine Davies, Bernard Keo, Adam Mestyan, Lauren Stokes, Stefanie Gänger, Dominique Reill, Heather Jones, Jennifer Altehenger, Sarah Bellows-Blakely, Abosede George, Quinn Slobodian

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Past and Present @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social · Feb 3

8/ Viewpoint: "A revisionist history of the United Nations"

by Alanna O’Malley (@unileiden.bsky.social) and @lydiawalker.bsky.social (@osuhistory.bsky.social)

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A revisionist history of the United Nations*

The United Nations (UN) continues to confront global crises that threaten its survival and test the durability of the‘ liberal international order’. Challe

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Lydia Walker @lydiawalker.bsky.social · Jan 30

A privilege to publicly engage w/such an important book. H-Diplo's Roundtable on @drmargottudor.bsky.social's Blue Helmet Bureaucrats: “particularly strong on the United Nations’ conceptions of territoriality and its relationships to time."

Margot Tudor @drmargottudor.bsky.social · Jan 29

The @h-diplo.bsky.social roundtable on Blue Helmet Bureaucrats is out! 💫 Grateful to @lydiawalker.bsky.social, @vivienlchang.bsky.social, & Ryan Irwin for their thoughtful reviews; Eva-Maria Muschik for her kind introduction; & @emleake.bsky.social for making it happen. issforum.org/ISSF/PDF/RJI...

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Past and Present @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social · Jan 28

Applications for our 2025-27 ECR Fellowships @ihr.bsky.social close on 31 Jan 2025

For full details and how to apply see below:

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Past & Present Fellowships

Past & Present Fellowships are available for two years, and open to researchers who have completed a doctorate in history.

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Juan José Ponce Vázquez @jjponcevazquez.bsky.social · Jan 27

US (and Puerto Rico) graduate students: Would you like to participate in a 8-9 week paid summer internship working in archives in Puerto Rico? This program is for you. Organized by Aldo Lauria Santiago, from Rutgers. More information here: prac.rutgers.edu/archival-int...

Archival Internship – The Rutgers Puerto Rico Archival Collaboration (PRAC)

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Christy Thornton @llchristyll.bsky.social · Jan 27

History job alert! Elihu Rose Scholar in Modern Military History at NYU. Looking for historians of war & the military, *broadly defined*, in *any* geographical area. 1/1, renewable up to 3 yrs, pay is much better than listed! I'm on the cmte, happy to answer Qs. Info: apply.interfolio.com/161728

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Journal of Global History (JGH) @globalhistjnl.bsky.social · Jan 16

📢 Exciting News! JGH is hosting a Development Editing Workshop. Workshop open to scholars for whom English is not a first language who study/work outside of North American and Western European institutions. Find out more here: drive.google.com/file/d/1lwRt...

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Lydia Walker @lydiawalker.bsky.social · Dec 12

Applications for Non-State Archive grants are open - 9 March 2025 deadline. Last cycle we funded collections ranging from African migration to Italy, to White supremacist movements in the US, and beyond.

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Emma Kluge @emmakluge.bsky.social · Jan 3

I'll be presenting on Pacific Decolonization as part of the panel 'Counternarratives of Postwar Decolonization' on Sunday afternoon with @lydiawalker.bsky.social and Nana Osei-Opare, chaired by @erezmanela.bsky.social and comments from @emleake.bsky.social #aha25 aha.confex.com/aha/2025/web...

138th Annual Meeting (January 3-6, 2025): Counternarratives of Postwar Global Decolonization

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