globalcontemporary

University of Birmingham, History Dept. Centre for Global Contemporary History. etc not endorsements. @globalcontemporary*bsky

[globalcontemporary @modcontempbham]

interview @NewBooksNetwork on Making Space Neighbors, Officials, and North African Migrants in the Suburbs of Paris and Lyon by Melissa K. Byrnes. #twitterstorians
https://t.co/nqgY8q2Uz1

[Christy Thornton @llchristyll]

Re-opened job search (!): "The Black and Latino Studies Department at Baruch College, CUNY, invites applications for a Tenured Associate Professor specializing in the intersection between race and sexuality" https://t.co/LIqFkiJ7QV

[khalid yousef @khalidsyossef]

#NewPublication
The War That Made the Middle East: World War I and the End of the Ottoman Empire
Mustafa Aksakal . Princeton Univ Pr 2025
#OpenAccess prelims & Introduction : History as a Minefield
PDF 🎯
https://t.co/HabmwpBW2f
https://t.co/dAz65M5gRO

[Matthew Hurst @MrMHurst]

British colonial officials destroyed countless files before decolonisation. One colony has been neglected by the literature: Hong Kong. My latest paper in @JICHist examines the past, present and future of Hong Kong colonial government migrated archives: https://t.co/CcooPDDR4L

[globalcontemporary @modcontempbham]

Exciting talk @ihr_history : @donalhassett1 on 'Colonial Veterans & Citizenship in the French Empire': Wed Nov 19, 6:30pm-8pm GMT, KCL Bush House South East Wing, 1.01, KCL, or on Teams. #twitterstorians @AlexDrace @FrenchHistoryUK Register:

https://t.co/JemBYeqF2a

[Lisa Tilley @Tilley101]

Join us on Thursday for this wonderful ghostly event! 👻 https://t.co/kuM3cazVaq

[Or Rosenboim @OrRosenboim]

What is planetary politics? My short essay is now published in Global Perspectives. @ucpress https://t.co/8Fih54TJZs

[Adam Tooze @adam_tooze]

The oldest and longest temperature time series in the world is from Paris, and shows mean annual temperature for the years 1658–2018. More at today's Chartbook Top Links:

[Modern European History at Cambridge @MEHcambridge]

It's happening!! The MEH Workshop is meeting this evening!! Can't wait to see you there!!

[Modern Intellectual History @mihjournal.bsky.socia @MIHJournal]

Now on FirstView: Conservative Arab thought after Islam? Ahmed Dailami reconstructs the intellectual history of the Arab right through the work of philosopher Mohammed Jaber al-Ansari in the late 20th century https://t.co/mmzNrGWvvh

[adrián lerner @adrianler]

Please share widely!

Three year position for early career scholars in the Faculty of History and Christ's College, Cambridge

Isaac Newton Trust and Sir John Plumb Academic Career Development Fellowship in Latin American History

Deadline July 20

https://t.co/831tHHmGbu

[Tom Ashbyトム アシュビー @tomaashby]

Do check out this new intellectual history podcast hosted by Selma Sondern @StAndrewsIIH - the first episode features Richard Whatmore (@StAndrewsHist) on why the Enlightenment, eighteenth-century republicanism, & the history of free states matter for global politics today

[Mark Blyth @MkBlyth]

For your weekend reading pleasure...

My first piece for @TheAtlantic is up. It's my take on what is going on at a macro level across the world. I hope you enjoy it, or they will not ask me to do another one: https://t.co/nDW4gsCNZN

[Marco Di Nunzio @marcodinu]

Come if you are in Birmingham

[sfhs @thesfhs]

Registration for the 2025 conference "Resistance/Résister" organized by The Global Consortium for French Historical Studies is now open. Take a look at our stunning program. We can't wait to see you in Paris in a few weeks! https://t.co/SHCLfL4sfA

[contemporary european history @ContEuroHistory]

📖 Out now - a new Special Issue on the Diplomacy of Gratitude!

Articles inc. transatlantic relations after WWI, Belgian higher education, and misperceptions of Italy.

ft. @elisabmpiller, @ludivine_broch and more!

https://t.co/xVx7k01xZ5

[Boyd van Dijk @boyd_vandijk]

very interesting new article by Kimberly Lowe - on the Red Cross and the Russian Civil War.

https://t.co/M8Lphor02Q

[contemporary european history @ContEuroHistory]

🚨 The Contemporary European History Prize 2025 is open for submissions!

PhDs/ECRs working on post-1914 European history are eligible. Entries are max 8,000 words. Winner receives publication and £400 of CUP books!

Deadline 12 Sept 2025. More details ⬇️

https://t.co/DtS0TY9xh5

[SHAFR Conference @SHAFRConference]

We look forward to welcoming everyone in Arlington next week. Follow us at the other place for conference updates in real time #SHAFR2025