Maximilian Drephal

Historian of empire and colonialism interested in the making of the
*modern* world – author of "Afghanistan and the Coloniality of Diplomacy" – views my own

[Suffolk UCU @UCUSuffolk]

Look at this lovely graphic made by one of our talented University of #Suffolk students! ❤❤❤ We so appreciate students supporting us taking a stand this Thursday and Friday for better working conditions AND better learning conditions! #ucuRISING

[Uni of Suffolk Childhood and Education @UOSChildhood]

Incredibly thoughtful discussion with @ElizaNgutuku, Shreya Kundu and @MaxDrephal about legislation, impact of colonisation in childhood and children's lives in Kenya and India #childhoods2022

[Maximilian Drephal @MaxDrephal]

@warning_archive The upcoming UK #Afghanistan inquiry is shaping up to be a good case study for anyone wanting to scope which *lessons from history* such ‘public’ processes deem worthy of attention – and which ones they leave untaught, undrawn, unlearnt. @warning_archive #WFTAworkshop

[Maximilian Drephal @MaxDrephal]

@warning_archive Quite mind-boggling to hear questions about ‘boots on the ground’ and ‘going back to #Afghanistan’ at some point in the future being so casually thrown into the discussion these days @warning_archive #WFTAworkshop

[Maximilian Drephal @MaxDrephal]

@MargotTudor @warning_archive @teachlearnwar @owendavidthomas And to be clear, I don't mean just 'typing': the hard work of organising, discussing, presenting, thinking – and all else that goes into cohering it up. Fantastic!

[Maximilian Drephal @MaxDrephal]

There I was yesterday at the #WFTAworkshop, thinking to myself: 'what a busy discussion'. And this morning, I find #Twitter is full of detailed discussion notes. Did you do all the typing @MargotTudor? Tell us, how many of you are there? So useful, thanks! @warning_archive

[Maximilian Drephal @MaxDrephal]

Thank you @warning_archive for a timely and thought-provoking #WFTAworkshop. It was a pleasure to speak about ‘“Sickness”, the making of “crisis” and the Second Anglo-Afghan war (1878-1880)’ – and share in the discussion of all papers.

[Sanaa Alimia @SanaaAlimia]

51. @MaxDrephal's "Independence And The Violence Of Imperial Peace" & other historical works independence-era Afghanistan. See: https://t.co/4H8h4E4ohz

[Francesca Fuoli @FranFuoli]

@SanaaAlimia Thanks @SanaaAlimia for this list! I would also add, beyond the many great scholars already mentioned, the amazing work of @elisabeth_leake for all things frontier and soon the Soviet invasion and the book of @MaxDrephal to know more about 1919 Afghan Independence just celebrated

[Maximilian Drephal @MaxDrephal]

Few things illustrate *asymmetry* of interaction quite so starkly as the choice of some to "engage with #Afghanistan" (Deutschlands Afghanistan-Engagement zum Beispiel) and the lack of such choice by those who are engaged with.

[Emran Feroz @Emran_Feroz]

Literally, all Afghanistan & Islamism experts I'm in touch with keep telling me that many media requests in these days are rubbish. Please don't reach me out with questions like "So now 'Sharia' is returning to Afghanistan?" or "Will the Taliban support ISIS?"

[Maximilian Drephal @MaxDrephal]

Certainly not a repetition of history, but a pertinent reminder of the international (un)making of Afghanistan

[Maximilian Drephal @MaxDrephal]

From the archive: The Times, 25 February 1929 (Source: The Times Digital Archive)

[Maximilian Drephal @MaxDrephal]

Here it is again, edited for legibility.

Afghanistan 1929: the recent abdication and exile of Amanullah Khan, the capture of Kabul by Habibullah Kalakani, questions of international legitimacy, and diplomatic missions departing Kabul.

#Kabul #Afghanistan #AshrafGhani #Taliban

[Warnings from the Archive @warning_archive]

🚨 We are delighted to release the CFP for our workshop on 'State-Led Inquiries as Political Devices: Lessons Learned and Lost from British Interventions, 1853 to the Present Day'.

It will be held online on 9 September 2021 by the University of Exeter. Please circulate widely!

[Maximilian Drephal @MaxDrephal]

(5/5) The British used architecture to capture and rule the imagination of their subjects, and ‘Parliament House’ did not house a democratic parliament until after #Independence. When it was constructed at the time of #Raj it housed the Imperial Legislative Council.

[Maximilian Drephal @MaxDrephal]

(1/5) Modi’s bulldozing of parliament shows him as the architect of a Hindu Taliban | Anish Kapoor https://t.co/P9GDHk7ZmV

[Maximilian Drephal @MaxDrephal]

(4/5) Let’s be wary of glorifying Edwin #Lutyens or Herbert Baker–no matter how dark the present. Lutyens amalgamated architectural styles to entomb the myth of British empire-builders as the ‘unifiers of India’. Lutyens is not an other: he’s an autocratic inspiration.