Panikos Panayi

Two books: Matthew Stibbe "Civilian Internment during the First World War" and Panikos Panayi "Prisoners of Britain"

Some weekend reading. #Internment

Book covers for publications by the historian Anthony Fletcher.

We are very sorry to learn of the death, earlier this month, of the historian, Professor Anthony Fletcher (1941-2026).

A Fellow @royalhistsoc.org since 1976, Anthony was a leading scholar of early modern England. Between 2000-05 he also served as General Editor of @vch-home.bsky.social #Skystorians

PODCAST – Episode 76: The Cypriot Diaspora In the third of a special series hosted by Alexandria Innes and Georgios Giannakopoulos, guests Panikos Panayi and Giorgios Charalambous trace how Cypriots have made lives for themselves across the…

"It's impossible to be non-politicised in Cyprus after 1955. But once you leave and move to London, it’s television media, letters to your family back home…you know what’s going on. It’s traumatizing you." thelausanneproject.com/2025/12/12/p...

Delighted to have received my De Montfort University 35 year long service award. Thank you to all staff and students who have helped me on the way.

Enver Solomon: 'When we hear the word ‘refugee’ do we think ‘giver’?' Despite misinformation that characterises refugees as a burden, their massive contribution to London is what makes the city the thriving metropolis it is today

Despite anti-refugee misinformation, we see in our frontline services every day how refugees already contribute massively to the UK.

Our CEO Enver Solomon in The Standard for the "Who's at your table?" campaign with Comic Relief ⬇️

www.standard.co.uk/comment/enve...

We know why people come to the UK: because they already have family here, they speak some English, or they have long-standing ties that help them rebuild their lives in safety.

Episode 4 of 'Glimpses of German History' is now LIVE!

In this episode @profpanayi.bsky.social shows us a picture book depicting the work of German missionaries in nineteenth century India.

Check out the video on our YouTube channel here: youtu.be/IPHH-uPr8KA

When is a refugee not a refugee? — Refugee History. England’s ‘proud history’ of welcoming refugees is regularly invoked in contemporary debates about refugees in Britain. Public and academic histories of pre-modern migration to England support this no...

New post on refugeehistory.org: were there refugees in 16thC England? Answer: it's complicated - migrants and the state were in the process of negotiating a form of refugee protection, which helps us to complicate notions of Britain's "proud history of welcome": tinyurl.com/bdyevr4d

This was a great first session. Looking forward to many more to follow.

Thank you Ben. I really enjoyed your paper as well which covered lots of theoretical trends and issues I missed out.

reminder we’re kicking off tomorrow
5:30- 7:30pm Hybrid/IHR

@profpanayi.bsky.social & @kabcommons.bsky.social will open, then I’ll will speak on history & social studies; @marcloureiro.bsky.social on history & law; and Natalya Din-Kariuki on history & literature.

www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Political dissent is a democratic right. People understandably feel disenfranchised by austerity & government mismanagement.

But violence & racism must never be tolerated.

My letter to the Home Secretary urges respect to be upheld & action against all forms of hatred.

Migration and Mobility History The IHR Migration and Mobility seminar provides a space for historians and scholars from other disciplines to come together to discuss migration and mobility in history.

The first term's programme for the IHR Migration and Mobility Seminar is now live! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/.... We're hybrid, so if you're interested in migration and mobility across space and time - but also in how we can write better histories of mobility - sign up from anywhere!

History BA (Hons) at De Montfort University Uncover the past and explore historical events from a global perspective, examining how they have shaped the modern world.

Do you want to study History but are worried about clearing? Please consider checking out our History degree courses at De Montfort University. You can find information about the clearing process and our history offerings at our website.

Migration and Mobility History The IHR Migration and Mobility seminar provides a space for historians and scholars from other disciplines to come together to discuss migration and mobility in history.

Really pleased and proud to announce a new @ihr.bsky.social seminar - Migration and Mobility History. We want to cover migration across time and space and speak with colleagues across disciplines. If you're interested in attending/presenting, get in touch: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Image of an open book with the text: Funded Book Workshops. For historians writing a second or third monograph, 2025-26. Closing date 11 July

There's also one week to the close of applications for the Society's 2025-26 Funded Book Workshops bit.ly/4fYQcRC

Workshops support mid-career historians, currently writing a 2nd or 3rd monograph, to bring together scholars to discuss a manuscript in detail. closing Friday 11 July.

#Skystorians

Migration minimum income rules damaging family life and causing acute distress, experts warn Rules on the minimum income needed for foreign spouses and partners of British citizens and settled residents to live in the UK are already leading to lengthy and permanent separations, damaging family life and causing

Migration minimum income rules damaging family life and causing acute distress, experts warn

news.exeter.ac.uk/fa...

Dan Stone. Fate Unknown: Tracing the Missing after World War II and the Holocaust. url:https://academic.oup.com/ahr/article-abstract/130/2/943/8158903

Here is my latest review in the 'American Historical Review', of Dan Stone's history of the International Tracing Service and those it assisted.

'Starmer has clearly adopted the rhetoric of the anti-immigration right' OP-ED. The British prime minister's white paper, 'Restoring Control over the Immigration System,' fails to sufficiently recognize the contribution of immigrants to building the country, argues British...

Here is the English translation of the article: www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/a...

Excited to have received the paperback copy of my book on 'The Germans in India'.

« Au Royaume-Uni, Keir Starmer singe le discours de la droite anti-immigration » TRIBUNE. Le Livre blanc du premier ministre britannique, « Reprendre le contrôle de la politique d’immigration », ne fait pas suffisamment cas de l’apport des immigrés dans la construction du pays, dé...

Here is a link to my think piece in yesterday's 'Le Monde' about current British immigration political discourse and the centrality of immigration in constructing the multiethnic society into which Britain has evolved, and which is continually evolving.

www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...

Entertaining the metropole: vagrancy, repatriation and Indian performers in Britain During the nineteenth century, several British colonial agents and touring companies working in the entertainment industry brought Indian travelling performers to Britain. However, these performers...

Delighted to share that my article on travelling entertainers/performers in Britain just got published in Journal of Immigrants and Minorities (a journal that has for long inspired me! 🥹)

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

These came in the mail today! brill.com/display/titl...

Was a pleasure working with you both!
@andrekosvarnava.bsky.social @evansmithhist.bsky.social

Wonderful to have received this award with @yiannicart.bsky.social!!

Thank you! Absolutely delighted to read this overview in the Observer: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

Understanding post-war migrant voyages to Australia and the case of the Corsica, 1946–52: ‘hell trip on a floating slum’ This article historically contextualises the conditions on migrant voyages to Australia. It starts with a historical sketch of various traumatic voyages from 1946 to 1951, before more deeply explor...

Deeply honoured to have published my 40th article on the 'Corsica', the ship that brought my dad to Australia, and on other similar 'hell' voyages to Australia. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Refugees and ‘Enemy Aliens’ in Britain, 1914-1923: Between Humanitarianism and Internal Security at Aston University on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Refugees and ‘Enemy Aliens’ in Britain, 1914-1923: Between Humanitarianism and Internal Security at Aston University, listed on FindAPhD.com

My good friend Stefan Manz is offering a fully funded PhD opportunity at Aston University on a topic that is very dear to my heart. Check it out, share it, and, if you're interested, feel free to contact him or his colleague Volker Prott: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

1. I’m not sure this will be much of an escape from the horror of global events – sorry! But it is World Book Day & the advance copies of my @yalebooks.bsky.social are here: tinyurl.com/4v2w2x95

Good luck Neil. We're sad to see you go. You were a great colleague and a great tutor to numerous students.

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