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Panikos Panayi @profpanayi.bsky.social · 7d

This was a great first session. Looking forward to many more to follow.

Ben Gidley @bengidley.bsky.social · 7d

Enjoyed first seminar of @ihr.bsky.social Migration + Mobility seminar series led by the fantastic @kabcommons.bsky.social, starring legend @profpanayi.bsky.social and great presentations by @endeeekay.bsky.social (see pic for book out soon w/ @punctumbooks.bsky.social) & @marcloureiro.bsky.social

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Panikos Panayi @profpanayi.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you Ben. I really enjoyed your paper as well which covered lots of theoretical trends and issues I missed out.

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Ben Gidley @bengidley.bsky.social · 9d

reminder we’re kicking off tomorrow
5:30- 7:30pm Hybrid/IHR

@profpanayi.bsky.social & @kabcommons.bsky.social will open, then I’ll will speak on history & social studies; @marcloureiro.bsky.social on history & law; and Natalya Din-Kariuki on history & literature.

www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

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Shockat Adam MP @shockatadam.bsky.social · 21d

Political dissent is a democratic right. People understandably feel disenfranchised by austerity & government mismanagement.

But violence & racism must never be tolerated.

My letter to the Home Secretary urges respect to be upheld & action against all forms of hatred.

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Kathleen Commons @kabcommons.bsky.social · Sep 5

The first term's programme for the IHR Migration and Mobility Seminar is now live! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/.... We're hybrid, so if you're interested in migration and mobility across space and time - but also in how we can write better histories of mobility - sign up from anywhere!

Migration and Mobility History

The IHR Migration and Mobility seminar provides a space for historians and scholars from other disciplines to come together to discuss migration and mobility in history.

www.history.ac.uk

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dmuhistory.bsky.social @dmuhistory.bsky.social · Aug 11

Do you want to study History but are worried about clearing? Please consider checking out our History degree courses at De Montfort University. You can find information about the clearing process and our history offerings at our website.

History BA (Hons) at De Montfort University

Uncover the past and explore historical events from a global perspective, examining how they have shaped the modern world.

www.dmu.ac.uk

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Kathleen Commons @kabcommons.bsky.social · Jul 11

Really pleased and proud to announce a new @ihr.bsky.social seminar - Migration and Mobility History. We want to cover migration across time and space and speak with colleagues across disciplines. If you're interested in attending/presenting, get in touch: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Migration and Mobility History

The IHR Migration and Mobility seminar provides a space for historians and scholars from other disciplines to come together to discuss migration and mobility in history.

www.history.ac.uk

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · Jul 4

There's also one week to the close of applications for the Society's 2025-26 Funded Book Workshops bit.ly/4fYQcRC

Workshops support mid-career historians, currently writing a 2nd or 3rd monograph, to bring together scholars to discuss a manuscript in detail. closing Friday 11 July.

#Skystorians

Image of an open book with the text: Funded Book Workshops. For historians writing a second or third monograph, 2025-26. Closing date 11 July

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Faculty of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social · Jun 20

Migration minimum income rules damaging family life and causing acute distress, experts warn

news.exeter.ac.uk/fa...

Migration minimum income rules damaging family life and causing acute distress, experts warn

Rules on the minimum income needed for foreign spouses and partners of British citizens and settled residents to live in the UK are already leading to lengthy and permanent separations, damaging family life and causing

news.exeter.ac.uk

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Panikos Panayi @profpanayi.bsky.social · Jun 19

Dan Stone. Fate Unknown: Tracing the Missing after World War II and the Holocaust. url:https://academic.oup.com/ahr/article-abstract/130/2/943/8158903

Here is my latest review in the 'American Historical Review', of Dan Stone's history of the International Tracing Service and those it assisted.

Panikos Panayi @profpanayi.bsky.social · Jun 5

Here is the English translation of the article: www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/a...

'Starmer has clearly adopted the rhetoric of the anti-immigration right'

OP-ED. The British prime minister's white paper, 'Restoring Control over the Immigration System,' fails to sufficiently recognize the contribution of immigrants to building the country, argues British...

www.lemonde.fr

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Panikos Panayi @profpanayi.bsky.social · Jun 2

Excited to have received the paperback copy of my book on 'The Germans in India'.

Panikos Panayi @profpanayi.bsky.social · Jun 2

Here is a link to my think piece in yesterday's 'Le Monde' about current British immigration political discourse and the centrality of immigration in constructing the multiethnic society into which Britain has evolved, and which is continually evolving.

www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...

« Au Royaume-Uni, Keir Starmer singe le discours de la droite anti-immigration »

TRIBUNE. Le Livre blanc du premier ministre britannique, « Reprendre le contrôle de la politique d’immigration », ne fait pas suffisamment cas de l’apport des immigrés dans la construction du pays, dé...

www.lemonde.fr

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Arunima Datta (PhD, FRHistS) @migrationhistorian.bsky.social · May 20

Delighted to share that my article on travelling entertainers/performers in Britain just got published in Journal of Immigrants and Minorities (a journal that has for long inspired me! 🥹)

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

Entertaining the metropole: vagrancy, repatriation and Indian performers in Britain

During the nineteenth century, several British colonial agents and touring companies working in the entertainment industry brought Indian travelling performers to Britain. However, these performers...

www.tandfonline.com

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Yianni Cartledge @yiannicart.bsky.social · Apr 17

These came in the mail today! brill.com/display/titl...

Was a pleasure working with you both!
@andrekosvarnava.bsky.social @evansmithhist.bsky.social

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Professor Andrekos Varnava, FRHistS, FRSA (Ανδρίκκος) @andrekosvarnava.bsky.social · Apr 2

Wonderful to have received this award with @yiannicart.bsky.social!!

Yianni Cartledge @yiannicart.bsky.social · Apr 2

@andrekosvarnava.bsky.social and I are honoured to have received the Royal Geographical Society SA G W Symes Award 2025 for our article 'Making and Monitoring a ‘Suspect Community’: Australian Attacks on Greeks and the ‘Secret Census’ in 1916' - read it here: doi.org/10.1080/1031...

Making and Monitoring a ‘Suspect Community’: Australian Attacks on Greeks and the ‘Secret Census’ in 1916

After attacks on Greek-Australian businesses early in 1915 and as a pre-emptive measure if Greece, hitherto neutral in the Great War, joined the Central Powers, the Australian authorities conducted...

doi.org

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Tim Grady @tlgrady68.bsky.social · Mar 29

Thank you! Absolutely delighted to read this overview in the Observer: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

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Professor Andrekos Varnava, FRHistS, FRSA (Ανδρίκκος) @andrekosvarnava.bsky.social · Mar 21

Deeply honoured to have published my 40th article on the 'Corsica', the ship that brought my dad to Australia, and on other similar 'hell' voyages to Australia. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Understanding post-war migrant voyages to Australia and the case of the Corsica, 1946–52: ‘hell trip on a floating slum’

This article historically contextualises the conditions on migrant voyages to Australia. It starts with a historical sketch of various traumatic voyages from 1946 to 1951, before more deeply explor...

www.tandfonline.com

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Mathis J Gronau @mjgronau.bsky.social · Mar 14

My good friend Stefan Manz is offering a fully funded PhD opportunity at Aston University on a topic that is very dear to my heart. Check it out, share it, and, if you're interested, feel free to contact him or his colleague Volker Prott: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Refugees and ‘Enemy Aliens’ in Britain, 1914-1923: Between Humanitarianism and Internal Security at Aston University on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Refugees and ‘Enemy Aliens’ in Britain, 1914-1923: Between Humanitarianism and Internal Security at Aston University, listed on FindAPhD.com

www.findaphd.com

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Tim Grady @tlgrady68.bsky.social · Mar 6

1. I’m not sure this will be much of an escape from the horror of global events – sorry! But it is World Book Day & the advance copies of my @yalebooks.bsky.social are here: tinyurl.com/4v2w2x95

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dmuhistory.bsky.social @dmuhistory.bsky.social · Feb 28

Good luck Neil. We're sad to see you go. You were a great colleague and a great tutor to numerous students.

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Yale University Press London 📖 @yalebooks.bsky.social · Feb 26

Explore this collection on the history of Europe's cities featuring books by @margarettel.bsky.social, @marekkohn.bsky.social, @profpanayi.bsky.social, @feargalc.bsky.social and more.

Shop this selection with 30% off until 31/3 on our website using code Y2503
yalebooksblog.co.uk/2025/02/26/t...

The History of Europe's Cities: A Reading List - Yale University Press London Blog

Explore this collection of books on the history of Europe's cities. Shop this selection with 30% off by using the code Y2503 at checkout.

yalebooksblog.co.uk

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Dr Dion Georgiou 🇨🇾❤️🇬🇾 @drdiongeorgiou.bsky.social · Feb 21

Good. ✊🏼

African history students awarded compensation after master’s axed

University of Chichester had suspended recruitment to its history of Africa and the African diaspora MRes

www.theguardian.com

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · Feb 18

Out now! A bold, new history of British Jewish life since the Second World War.

In his new book, historian Gavin Schaffer wrestles Jewish history away from the question of what others have thought about Jews, focusing instead on the experiences of Jewish people themselves. [1/2]
#Jewishhistory

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Panikos Panayi @profpanayi.bsky.social · Feb 16

A brilliant summary of a brilliant scholar and her contribution to this field. She was completely fearless and inspirational.

Olivia Wyatt @oliviawyatt1999.bsky.social · Feb 16

RIP to Dr. Marika Sherwood: a huge inspiration among historians and activists, and a founder of the Black and Asian Studies Association. Without her tireless contributions over the past few decades, the field of Black British History would look very different today. We owe her so much 🖤✊🏽

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