Jessica Reinisch

Prof Modern European History @Birkbeck, editor Bloomsbury Histories of Internationalism, director Centre for the Study of Internationalism. Also on Bsky & Mstdn

[Jessica Reinisch @JessicaReinisch]

Today!

[Su Lin Lewis @sulinlewis]

Breaking my twitter silence to announce the launch of this book today at Birkbeck today from 2-4, and thanks to all our brilliant contributors once again, as well as @JessicaReinisch for hosting. DM if you'd like to attend online, with your email, and will send the link!

[School of Historical Studies, Birkbeck @BirkbeckHCA]

There are 2 remaining CSI seminars this term:

5 December, 1-2pm: Jessica Reinisch, "Rethinking Internationalism – a new AHRC-funded network"

12 December, 1-2pm: Lisa McEntee-Atalianis, "Language Policy & the United Nations: Constraints & affordances" All welcome!

[School of Historical Studies, Birkbeck @BirkbeckHCA]

Next week’s Centre for the Study of Internationalism seminar by Jessica Reinisch has been moved to 5 December, 1-2pm (still at 10 Gower St) to avoid clashing with the UCU Rally

[BISA - British International Studies Association @MYBISA]

🚨CALL FOR PAPERS

@centreintlhist are holding a new conference 'Counter-Hegemonic Internationalisms: Perspectives from the Past' at @NorthumbriaUni, Mar 2025

Abstract deadline: 20 Nov
Submit here 👉 https://t.co/g3BGhM8RNr

@MargotTudor @BirkbeckUoL @JessicaReinisch @BISAGIRWG

[Bloomsbury Academic @BloomsburyAcad]

Socialism, Internationalism, and Development in the Third World edited by Su Lin Lewis & Nana Osei-Opare examines connected histories of development and socialism from the perspective of the Global South during the postcolonial cold war era.

🔓 https://t.co/9Ow2uLnllQ

[Martin Lewis @MartinSLewis]

IMPORTANT PLS SHARE. It's rumoured the English £9,250 tuition fee cap may be raised this pm for the 1st time in 8yrs, as University's finances are strained. As student finance misunderstandings abound, I've bashed out a few notes to help...

1. Higher tuition fees WON'T change what most pay each year. For most, they're paid for you by the student loans company and you repay afterwards only if you earn over the threshold. The amount you repay each year (9% over the threshold) solely depends on what you earn not on what you borrow.

2. Increasing tuition fees will only see those who clear the loan in full over the 40yrs pay more. That is generally mid-high to higher earning university leavers only, so the cost of increasing them will generally be born by the more affluent. Most lower and middle earning university leavers will simply pay 9% extra tax above the threshold for 40yrs (and higher tuition fees won't change that)

3. The rise is tuition fees is likely to be trivial compared to the changes the last govt made for 2023 starters. 2023 starters had their repayment thresholds dropped to £25,000 (from £27,295/yr) and had the time they had to keep repaying for (unless cleared) extended to 40years from 30years.

So these higher annual repayments for longer, increased by over 50% the amount many graduates will eventually have to pay back for going to university. Yet they were almost stealth changes because people can't intuitively feel the seismic impact.

Changing tuition fees is a more obvious rise, but in reality has far less of an impact on the amount most will repay (though combined with the 2023 changes it does certainly up the cost).

4. The biggest practical problem for students isnt tution fees (even if raised) its the fact maintenace loans aren't big enough. English maintenance loans have not kept pace with inflation. I'd urge the govt to couple the tuition fee loans with bigger living loans - if not it is a real risk to social mobility, with those from the poorest backgrounds likely to be worse affected.

I could write more, but will stop here, hopefully this gives an idea the issues are less straightforward than many feel.

[Royal Historical Society @RoyalHistSoc]

As @royalhistsoc's new briefing 'The Value of History' shows https://t.co/gtNQQ3p88p, enrolments in history at GCSE and A-Level are rising.

Encouraging many of these students to carry on to university is a priority to ensure our subject remains strong in higher education 1/4 👇

[Jessica Reinisch @JessicaReinisch]

@OByrska Have you seen https://t.co/HmyGA3YZJn?

[Jessica Reinisch @JessicaReinisch]

New lunchtime seminars starting 7 November, with Rebecca Gumbrell-McCormick talking about “International Trade Unionism: Between Diplomacy and Activism”@bbkpolitics @MargotTudor @centreintlhist

[School of Historical Studies, Birkbeck @BirkbeckHCA]

The Centre for the Study of Internationalism at Birkbeck @centreintlhist has a new lunchtime seminar series!

[Jessica Reinisch @JessicaReinisch]

CFP "Counter-Hegemonic Internationalisms" (Newcastle, 20/21 March 2025), send abstracts by 20 Nov. This is the 1st of our @ahrcpress Rethinking Internationalism events - we're looking forward to your proposals! with @MargotTudor, Daniel Laqua & Ria Kapoor

https://t.co/NcXpDpI050

[Jessica Reinisch @JessicaReinisch]

@MargotTudor Wish I could come, but can hopefully hear about this on another occasion. I'm sure it will be a brilliant session

[Stephenlegg @Stephenlegg11]

Applications open! @ahrcpress @Midlands4Cities collaborative doctoral studentship, working with myself, @jake_hodder and @RGS_IBGhe on "Conferencing British Geography: Disciplinary History told through Annual Conferences (1949-2029) and their Archives" https://t.co/vWKg9hvBBy

[Jessica Reinisch @JessicaReinisch]

@EmmaKluge1 @elisabeth_leake @erezmanela @sulinlewis @Stephenlegg11 @daviderodogno1 @DoraVargha @MTerretta Look out for a CFP on ‘Counter Hegemonic Internationalisms’ coming very soon!

[Jessica Reinisch @JessicaReinisch]

Thrilled to announce @MargotTudor, @1_of_many_rias, Daniel Laqua & I have been awarded an AHRC Curiosity Award for 'Rethinking Internationalism'. Here we were in the summer, excitedly taking to whiteboards & waiting patiently for the embargo to lift… @centreintlhist @BirkbeckHCA

[Jessica Reinisch @JessicaReinisch]

We can’t wait to work with our incredible advisory board incl @EmmaKluge1, @elisabeth_leake, @erezmanela, @sulinlewis, @Stephenlegg11, @daviderodogno1, @DoraVargha, @MTerretta and many others not on X

[Jessica Reinisch @JessicaReinisch]

Thrilled to see this out in our series @BloomsburyHist @centreintlhist

[Nana Osei-Opare @NanaOseiOpare]

@sulinlewis & I just published an exciting new edited volume, "Socialism, Internationalism, and Development in the Third World." They're many great scholars, based in 4 different continents, who contributed to it. It's available for FREE on Open Access!

https://t.co/eUqXF7ysRT

[@ruthbeecher.bsky.social Dr Ruth Beecher @deltacane]

Great research assistant job @BirkbeckHCA for an aspiring #oralhistorian. ***We particularly welcome applications from candidates with lived experience of childhood abuse or those who have provided services to survivors.**** More info here https://t.co/lU5QLeysnc

[Vincent Lagendijk @VinceLagendijk]

Bloomsbury just published Dam Internationalism: Rethinking Power, Expertise and Technology in the Twentieth Century. The volume sheds new light on the globalization of technology and international power struggles in the twentieth century through the perspective dams.