Ebony Nilsson

Historian of migration, surveillance & the Cold War, or - dinner party summary: Russians and Spies. Research Fellow @ACUeduandarts. Author of Displaced Comrades

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So my book(!!) has a cover and apparently you can pre-order it? That seems extremely legit. Eek! https://t.co/o63erKZQNE

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Had a fab time chatting to Miranda Melcher at @NewBooksNetwork about Displaced Comrades (and if you listen closely, you might even hear my cat in the background contributing his thoughts😂): https://t.co/09lrCHa1zz

[Australian Dictionary of Biography @ausdictionbiog]

BOTD in 1904: Vladimir Mischenko aka Bill Marshall 🕵️‍♀️

Fleeing Russia after the revolution, he worked as a labourer in Townsville, joined the Shanghai Municipal Police, and was a WWII POW before he was recruited by ASIO.

https://t.co/GIoXUvShl1

📷 Bill Marshall, c.1930s

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@sighmonger I can't believe I missed an AHA dancefloor experience 😭😭

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@vhearman @ruthamorgan Thank you!

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Sad I couldn't be in Adelaide for this but love that you presented it @ruthamorgan and VERY excited to work on this project - stoked to have received the Allan Martin award, with so many great projects on the shortlist

[Vannessa Hearman @vhearman]

The mightily excellent @ruthamorgan announcing the winner of the Allan Martin award, Ebony Nilsson for her research, a cultural history of the Petrov Affair. As one of the judges of this award, we were all very impressed by the quality of entries. #OzHA2024

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@drjpersian I felt personally victimised by this. Still mad about it tbh.

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@schuneke Sam!! Fantastic news 🎉

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My students came up with a ship name for Marx and Engels today. I will henceforth be referring to them as 'Mengels'. God I love teaching sometimes.

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@Joshua_Black97 😂

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"The author has a rather chatty style..."

[The PhD Place @ThePhDPlace]

What’s the most memorable feedback you’ve received on your work?

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@nickjohnferns And don't you forget it

[AHA (Australia) @AustHistAssoc]

Contributors include @RuthBalint, Ellen Gray, Justine Greenwood, @ebonynilsson @drjpersian and @pitt_nicholas. Congratulations all!
See more: https://t.co/WnbfTpI2E9. 2/2

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@nikolas_orr @AHA_ECRs @amywayness @nickjohnferns So glad this was helpful, Nik! This kind of feedback makes it all worth it. It really is tough out there, solidarity.

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A little taster of the introduction to Displaced Comrades is now up at @insidestorymag and they came up with a brilliant little title 🚩🚩🚩 You can have a read here: https://t.co/Ru7xgSwJkq

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@jenmrose1 @RadioNational Thanks Jen!

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Felt very, very legit entering an actual ABC studio to chat with Phillip Adams on @RadioNational Late Night Live about Russians, spies, and following the trails of ordinary people: https://t.co/BbSoQsO41p

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@EllenHrebeniuk @RadioNational Yes, the щ seems to have been rendered as 'sch' in Australia but I've also seen his name like this on documents from China. And thanks for the stress info - reading fluency doesn't always give you this and it can be so hard to tell where it falls with names!

[Australian Book Review @AustBookReview]

We look forward to hearing ABR Laureate’s Fellow @ebonynilsson on @RadioNational Late Night Live tonight discussing her essay 'The lives of "ordinary" people: From Siberia and Shanghai to Kings Cross', published in the Jan-Feb issue of ABR.

https://t.co/pvkgCXV3Y0

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Absolutely pinching myself to see Displaced Comrades get a write-up in the Guardian! https://t.co/gPj0VdLmJH

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ABR Essay No. 2 just dropped 🎉🎉This one looks at how we find the 'ordinary' people who shape our histories and how they often turn out to be pretty extraordinary, ft. spies in Shanghai, ASIO eavesdropping in Sydney, and my various jaunts to the archive https://t.co/JrZhAfDoiR