Kerry Goettlich, From Frontiers to Borders: How Colonial Technicians Created Modern Territoriality - Cambridge University Press, August 2025 cambridge.org/gb/universityp…

Here are some of my history book recommendations

Finally, what originated as a workshop organised at the EUI in 2021 by Roberta Biasillo, Maria Vittoria Comacchi and myself is now a forthcoming special section on Mediterranean mobilities in the Italian journal Società e Storia :)

Ganga Zumbi, the African Spartacus. Was born in Kongo in 1630, enslaved and shipped to Brazil to work as a plantation slave. Managed to escape, raised an army of enslaved Africans and founded his own kingdom of Palmares, with a palace and court. THREAD

We are looking for papers for an Oxford Handbook of Heritage and Security. Please attached CFP for details.

Con la disputa fronteriza entre Colombia y Perú, volvió a hablarse de la Guerra de 1932. ¿Pero qué tanto sabemos de ese conflicto? ¿Por qué unos hablan de que "Colombia ganó" y otros que "perdió territorio"? Como todo en historia, el tema es mucho más complejo. 🧵🧵🧵🧵

Decolonization is not a vibe. Excellent article by Tanja Bosch published in Media, Culture & Society. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/01…

#NewPublication Homesickness around the Mediterranean, 1492–1923 eds. José Alberto Rodrigues da Silva Tavim, João Teles e Cunha. Routledge 2025 #OpenAccess prelims & Introduction Preview PDF taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.… doi.org/10.4324/978100…

Pretty interesting article on the spread of Christianity in the latter stages of ancient Egypt: theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/06/dis…

"In the pursuit of a historical fantasy, today’s rulers want to erase the reality that modern India would be unrecognisable without the imprint of the Mughals." Excellent piece by a great historian of India. scroll.in/article/108527…

interior of elite houses in Nzwani (Anjouan), Comoros. africanhistoryextra.com/p/origins-and-…

Ho intervistato il prof Lorenzo Kamel, uno dei più stimati studiosi della questione iraelo-palestinese: ha commentato quello che sta succedendo, con un occhio alla Storia. Ogni volta che leggo cose sue capisco un po' di più. fanpage.it/cultura/lorenz…

Por culpa de nuestro ensimismamiento, parece que la Marina otomana es Lepanto y ya. Seguidme este hilo sobre los otomanos gobernando las olas. Empezamos con este clásico:

Loved this. To me one of the most interesting and exciting moments in history - when the old European world view founded on social hierarchy and religion is really shaken for the first time by science and reason

⚠️Brésil et Colombie, 200 ans. Appel à contribution⚠️ calenda.org/1286081 #Histoire #Brasil #Colombia Nous recherchons des contributions sur les relations colombo-brésiliennes au XIXᵉ siècle! Les articles sélectionnés seront publiés dans Revista Almanack Unifesp ILCEA4

Zanzibar seafront, ca. 1890, showing the clock tower, the Sultan’s palace (center), a public water cistern in the shape of a ship’s hull, streetlights, and old cannons. africanhistoryextra.com/p/early-indust…

In today's interview I explained why: —There's no military solution to a political problem. —Gazawis could be temporarily relocated in🇮🇱. —Too much focus on Netanyahu is misleading. I asked: 23 yrs ago today, Barghouti was indicted. Is he better/worse than, say, Shamir or Begin?

#NewPublication A Sea of Wealth The Omani Empire and the Making of an Oceanic Marketplace Nicholas Paul Roberts. Univ of California Pr 2025 ucpress.edu/books/a-sea-of… degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/1… case.academia.edu/NicholasRobert…

#NewPublication #OpenAccess Pursuing Hope in the Premodern World eds. Ville Vuolanto, Oana-Maria Cojocaru. Palgrave Macmillan 2025 PDF 🎯 link.springer.com/content/pdf/10… link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…