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Global Intellectual History @global-ih.bsky.social · 3d

1/6 Another highlight for our 10th anniversary. @brucealexb.bsky.social (Griffith University) who wrote "Travels in Space and Time: Progress, War, and the Historical Mobilities of Scotland’s Enlightenment" with us in 2022 (print 2023). We asked him about this work and its future. His response:

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Rosario López @rosariolopez.bsky.social · 21d

A few more days to apply!

Rosario López @rosariolopez.bsky.social · Aug 28

Join us to rethink the transformations and afterlives of ideas! #CfP

Elad Carmel @eladcarmel.bsky.social · Aug 5

✨CfP✨

Reading the Readers: Theories, Methods, and Futures in Reception Studies

12–13 February 2026, University of Málaga

Please share widely and submit proposals by 22 September 2025

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Rosario López @rosariolopez.bsky.social · Aug 28

Join us to rethink the transformations and afterlives of ideas! #CfP

Elad Carmel @eladcarmel.bsky.social · Aug 5

✨CfP✨

Reading the Readers: Theories, Methods, and Futures in Reception Studies

12–13 February 2026, University of Málaga

Please share widely and submit proposals by 22 September 2025

@rosariolopez.bsky.social

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Dirk Moses @dirkmoses.bsky.social · Aug 12

Thanks to @rosariolopez.bsky.social for organising this forum on The Problems of Genocide—and to the commentators.

Global Intellectual History @global-ih.bsky.social · Aug 12

1/8 A look into another special issue, a book forum on "The Problems of Genocide: Permanent Security and the Language of Transgression" (@universitypress.cambridge.org, 2021) by @dirkmoses.bsky.social & his reply, guest edited by @rosariolopez.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/toc/rgih20/1...

The cover of the book which features a depiction of damaged wall with a family photo that is hanging at an angle with a crow sat on one side of it

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Global Intellectual History @global-ih.bsky.social · Aug 12

1/8 A look into another special issue, a book forum on "The Problems of Genocide: Permanent Security and the Language of Transgression" (@universitypress.cambridge.org, 2021) by @dirkmoses.bsky.social & his reply, guest edited by @rosariolopez.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/toc/rgih20/1...

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Global Intellectual History @global-ih.bsky.social · Jul 16

1/5 Our latest monthly highlight! Stefanie Gänger (@uniheidelberg.bsky.social) reflects on the various questions grappled with in her work since her "Towards a History of Knowledge for Spanish America", a review article of Nicola Miller's "Republics of Knowledge". Here is what she had to say:

A quote from the author; this is quoted in full below in the thread

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Rosario López @rosariolopez.bsky.social · Jul 9

"I have always wanted not merely to survey such battlefields but to join the battle myself": This conversation between Quentin Skinner and @tomaashby.bsky.social is full of insights, and I'm thrilled that it has been published @global-ih.bsky.social. Enjoy! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Global Intellectual History @global-ih.bsky.social · Jul 8

1/2 Out now! "Independence, Globality, and the Battle of Ideas: A Dialogue on Liberty" by Quentin Skinner (@qmul.bsky.social) & @tomaashby.bsky.social (@utokyoofficial.bsky.social), a wide-ranging, scholarly, & full-length discussion article - the first at GIH! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The painting "La liberté" (c.1793-1794) by Nanine Vallain

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Rosario López @rosariolopez.bsky.social · Jul 4

How have politicians been imagined, criticised or idealised across modern European history? We tackled this question in The Figure of the Politician in Modern and Contemporary Europe. Finally materialising, out December 2025! @berghahnbooks.bsky.social
www.berghahnbooks.com/title/Ihalai...

The Figure of the Politician in Modern and Contemporary Europe | Berghahn Books

Independent Publishing since 1994

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Rosario López @rosariolopez.bsky.social · Jul 1

The @standrewsiih.bsky.social has launched a fantastic new podcast! It's called Roots and Branches and the first episode with Richard Whatmore is already out! podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/1...

#1 Richard Whatmore, can Intellectual History save liberty?

Podcast Episode · Roots and Branches · 01/07/2025 · 1 sec

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Rosario López @rosariolopez.bsky.social · Jun 26

A wonderful conversation about populism and its rhetorical dimension! Malin Grahn-Wilder in conversation with Tomás Pacheco-Bethencourt at the @univmalaga.bsky.social Botanical Garden. @ortproject.bsky.social @koneensaatio.fi

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Global Intellectual History @global-ih.bsky.social · Jun 7

1/6 Another highlight for our anniversary! Lena Halldenius (@lund-university.bsky.social) offers a reflection on her widely read review article examining "Not Enough: Human Rights in an Unequal World" by @samuelmoyn.bsky.social.

An image mostly containing a quotation taken from the reflection posted below. For the details of the piece under discussion follow the link at the end of the thread.

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Rosario López @rosariolopez.bsky.social · May 5

Wonderful to see @global-ih.bsky.social articles growing into full projects. Congratulations @hildedw.bsky.social !

Global Intellectual History @global-ih.bsky.social · May 3

1/6 For our next highlight we hear from @hildedw.bsky.social (KU Leuven) who wrote "Modelling Tang Emperor Taizong and Chinese Governance in the Eighteenth-Century German Speaking World" with us in 2023 (online 2022). We asked her about this research & its future. Here is her response:

A quote from the longer quote given below in the thread

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Anton Jansson @antnlj.bsky.social · Apr 15

Our special issue "Biography and Secularism" is now out with Secular Studies! It is edited by Jeffrey Tyssens and me, departs from a workshop I hosted last year on biography and the history of atheism, secularism, and humanism, and includes 1+7 articles. Summary 👇
brill.com/view/journal...
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Rosario López @rosariolopez.bsky.social · Apr 17

Just returned from an inspiring and productive conference. So many rich conversations about the future of the global! Thank you @nsultan.bsky.social @shoufuyin.bsky.social. And here's a glimpse of beautiful Vancouver in the spring

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Rosario López @rosariolopez.bsky.social · Apr 8

Excited to be heading to UBC for the Symposium "Ideas of the Global in the Anticolonial Age"! globalhistoryanticolonialthought.ubc.ca/events/ideas...

Ideas of the Global in the Anticolonial Age Symposium

Over two days, this symposium will bring together scholars from different institutions and disciplines to refle

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Rosario López @rosariolopez.bsky.social · Mar 25

We keep celebrating our 10th anniversary by asking our authors to reflect on their research and the field. Thank you, Dag Herbjørnsrud for your insights! @global-ih.bsky.social

Global Intellectual History @global-ih.bsky.social · Mar 24

1/6 For our March highlight we hear from Dag Herbjørnsrud (SGOKI, Oslo) who wrote "Beyond decolonizing: global intellectual history and reconstruction of a comparative method" with us in 2021 (online 2019). We asked him about this work & the future. Here, his response:

A quote from within the longer quote below

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Rosario López @rosariolopez.bsky.social · Mar 11

How do colonial pasts shape racism today? Check out Marta Araujo's interview @martaraujo.bsky.social from our seminar "Acting Democratically: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on the Politics of Exclusion" hosted in Málaga last Feb @ortproject.bsky.social @koneensaatio.fi shorturl.at/mVLIM

Colonial Histories and Contemporary Racism: An Interview with Marta Araújo - Koneen Säätiö

Prof. Malin Grahn-Wilder interviewed Prof. Marta Araújo about addressing colonialism and enslavement in history education, ethno-racial discrimination, and Islamophobia.

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Origins of Racializing Thought @ortproject.bsky.social · Feb 28

1-2-3-DEMOCRACY! The seminar 'Acting Democratically: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on the Politics of the Exclusion' included two days of insightful presentations and inspiring discussions. Thank you again for all participants! Let the good work continue!
Photo: @houmanauriell.bsky.social

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Origins of Racializing Thought @ortproject.bsky.social · Feb 24

Johannes Sartou's (Aarhus University @au.dk) paper “Our Common Mother: Socialists, Anarchists, and ‘the People of the Revolution’” advocated for a more democratic understanding
of history that recognizes the complexities of class, race, and gender.

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Origins of Racializing Thought @ortproject.bsky.social · Feb 21

Susanna Jussila (Univ. of Jyväskylä) explored the relationship between democracy and somatic knowledge / practices in her presentation “From Embodying Social Justice to Embodying Democracy – Lessons Learnt from Social Movements”.
@uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social
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Origins of Racializing Thought @ortproject.bsky.social · Feb 21

Arthur Ghins' (Université Libre de Bruxelles) presentation "‘Liberal Democracy’ versus ‘Colonial Caesarism’" explored how the invention of “liberal democracy” in France was closely linked to an advocacy for settler colonialism.
@arthurghins.bsky.social
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Origins of Racializing Thought @ortproject.bsky.social · Feb 19

Joel-Anthoney Bossous' (Duke University) presentation “In the Power of the Tongue: Necropower, Knowledge & Liberty” explored power and the extremely topical concept of epistemic injustice.

With @koneensaatio.fi @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social @rosariolopez.bsky.social
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Origins of Racializing Thought @ortproject.bsky.social · Feb 19

What today could be more topical than analysing democracy against Caesarism? Alexander Jordan (Metropolitan University of Prague) provided a historical perspective in his talk “Exclusion of Elites or Exclusion of the Masses? Or, was Thomas Carlyle a Caesarist?”.

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Origins of Racializing Thought @ortproject.bsky.social · Feb 19

Senior lecturer Martina Reuter's (Origins of Racializing Thought -project, @koneensaatio.fi @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social) presentation scrutinized debates over the citizenship of Jews in Finland, focusing on newspaper articles from 1872 and 1882.

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