Chris Campbell

Dream PhD opportunity! We are recruiting another doctoral researcher in our @erc.europa.eu synergy project BLOCKADE - this one is on interwar blockades and sanctions. 4 years, fully funded at @uvahumanities.bsky.social and supervised by the amazing and super kind @samuelkruizinga.bsky.social

🧵 In CEH's first digest (tinyurl.com/38p3yxky), our six editors each highlighted a recent article they have particularly enjoyed working on.

This thread showcases these articles and explores why our editors made their selections. ⬇️ [1/7]

The populist right wants to remake the UK in the image of Dubai. We should all be careful what they wish for | Jonathan Liew Politicians and influencers eulogise the emirate as a place of cleanliness, convenience and low crime. The truth is far darker, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew

Dubai seems to be to the current Right as the early Soviet Union was to the interwar Left - presentationally utopian, but highly choreographed and hiding a darker truth.

Both examples of how soft power can shape a place's image and influence political discourse.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"A Global Mission of Faith and Freedom", a new exhibition opens tomorrow at Killerton House, Devon, including some findings from my PhD research. Free entry this weekend as part of Heritage Open Days!
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📣 We're delighted to announce that CEH is now Gold Open Access!

All articles accepted to the journal will be published #OpenAccess, regardless of the author's funding situation.

More information and FAQs about this change below! ⬇️

www.cambridge.org/core/open-re...

🚨 Just a couple of weeks left to sign up!

What did nineteenth-century British public school students think about Islam and the British Empire? Find out in my blog post, written as part of my doctoral internship with the excellent Schools of Empire research project: www.schoolsofempireproject.org/islam-and-em...

The conference is on 18th September 2025 at Newnham College, Cambridge.

Registration is £30 (with fifteen postgrad spaces @ £15), inc. lunch and refreshments

Email herwarwork@newn.cam.ac.uk to register, and for more info!

Delighted to share details about registration for a conference I'm co-organising on women's work in WWII.

Papers will explore Bletchley Park, the Women's Land Army, wartime medicine, the British Council and more!

Deadline 31st July!

@conteurohistory.bsky.social has a blog site "New Voices" for emerging scholars to publish short, public-facing articles. Want to submit a 800-word post in English on any aspect of European history (and its empires) since 1914? Contact cehnewvoices@gmail.com or see: www.cambridge.org/core/blog/ta...

(Thanks to Sue Harris Rimmer for the photo!)

A wonderful few days last week at the Gender and Diplomacy Conference in Sweden, where I presented my research on the British Council's gendering of diplomatic accreditation. Missing the fika already! ☕🍰

Looking forward to presenting my PhD research at the 'Britain, Conflict, and the Sea' conference this September - book tickets below!

Joseph Nye, Political Scientist Who Extolled ‘Soft Power,’ Dies at 88

What an incredible legacy to have coined two words which describe so fully and so neatly such a hugely complex, important, and frequently misunderstood part of international relations.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/u...

A great programme this term - come and join us at St John’s!

Soft power and heritage Published in International Journal of Cultural Policy (Ahead of Print, 2025)

A bit late posting this, but last week I had my first book review published - Rodrigo Christofoletti's edited volume, Soft Power and Heritage

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

Two days left to submit!

Not long to go!

This might be the worst photo I’ve ever taken, but after nearly two and a half years of researching the British Council I got to visit their HQ today!

🚨 CALL FOR PAPERS

Our Easter Term Call for Papers is now out! Open to all PG students and ECRs working in Modern British History - deadline 18th April.

Just four days left until the deadline for this!

Fascinating - thanks!

CALL FOR PAPERS!

I'm co-organising a conference in September on women's work in the Second World War, with a graduate research forum in the afternoon for PGRs to present their work.

Please share with any postgrads who might be interested!

More details here ⬇️

royalhistsoc.org/calendar/cod...

Congratulations!!

I don't think you can really call what Frodo and co. did a 'Fellowship'. None of those hobbits had to pass a grueling application progress or talk about Early Career Research goals.

And only one of them submitted a book or paper at the end of it.

What does a cat called Honey have to do with diplomatic accreditation? Come along this evening and I’ll tell you!

🚨 TERM CARD!

We're delighted to release our programme for Lent Term - join us either in-person at St John's or online!

When the 12 Days of Christmas goes on too long...

We're pleased to announce the Call for Papers for our Lent Term programme. The deadline is 10th January 2025. Please share widely with anyone who might be interested.

We look forward to reading your abstracts!