Or Rosenboim

On Monday, I'll join the Italian national strike for Gaza. But retracting labour is hardly enough. I'll dedicate my next lecture in history at Unibo to discuss imperialism, Nationalism and the histories of Palestine in the 20th century. Most importantly, stop the war! Let all people live in peace.

This week @europeanisa.bsky.social is coming to Bologna and I'll be there too, Great to catch up with friends and colleagues in my city. Come say hello!

LSE-Tufts Seminar in Contemporary International History - Call for Papers - The seminar welcomes scholars who have completed their PhD to share work-in-progress on any aspect of 20th or 21st century international history and historical IR, broadly defined. We encourage a wide range of different approaches including research exploring transnational networks, non-state actors, and geographies beyond the Global North. The seminar is open to post-PhD scholars at all stages of their career. - Applicants should submit a provisional title, a brief 250-word abstract, and a CV to e.ingleson@lse.ac.uk by August 22, 2025.

👉 Take a look at this CfP for the LSE-Tufts Seminar in Contemporary International History, for those working on "any aspect of 20th or 21st century international history and historical IR, broadly defined" 👇
Organised by @lizingleson.bsky.social,‬ @mjbayly.bsky.social, @emleake.bsky.social #HistIR

Today I signed a contract with
@princetonupress.bsky.social
to publish my next book, "Global Nature: How Perceptions of Nature Transformed Global Political Visions"! Now I only have to write it...

📢 New on First View!

Or Rosenboim (@orrosenboim.bsky.social‬) shows that jurist Hans Kelsen’s global thinking is characterised by a multi-scalar logic and an emphasis on positive law as the foundation of political and legal order.

Read more here: doi.org/10.1017/S174...

My new article on the international thought of Hans Kelsen is now out on @globalhistjnl.bsky.social doi.org/10.1017/S174...

Political philosophy should talk more about food! This looks great.

I wrote on Barbara Ward for the intellectual history blog of Oxford uni, happy to share these early thoughts about this influential international thinker.

Heartily recommend holding your next academic workshop in Bologna. Wonderful two days discussing prediction and the environment for our @britishacademy.bsky.social ‘Place of Prediction’ workshop, with special thanks to host @orrosenboim.bsky.social

Maybe of interest to @duncanbell.bsky.social, @thecambridgeschool.bsky.social, @lastpositivist.bsky.social
Shout out to @orrosenboim.bsky.social

A morning in the archives of Unibo with my global history students, looking at documents on foreign students (inc. Jewish, Greeks, Iranians, and other refugees).

Ahah, yes it's the EUI library indeed. Mystery solved!

Someone recalled a pretty niche book I took from the library (on spaceship earth) and now I really want to know who they are.

On my way to Oxford for the week... (if the train will actually depart!)

I agree, so hard to start a new 'big project somehow..

I've written the first 1000 words of my new book. They may be edited away one day, but the page is not blank anymore!

My keynote at the @inthiseui.bsky.social conf today will explore my new work with Arie Dubnov on the links between contemporary leftist ideas for confederation in Israel/Palestine and their imperial intellectual roots. Looking forward to the conversation!

At the Silk Roads exhibition at the British Museum, so many beautiful artefacts from Samarkand, that brought to life the multi-cultural, fascinating city I've written about in my book Air and Love.

Oxfording this week

A world map from 1602 with annotations in Chinese characters

News! We would like to welcome four new members to our International Board! @xinfan.bsky.social (University of Cambridge), Ployjai Pintobtang พลอยใจ ปิ่นตบแต่ง (Chiang Mai University; มหาวิทยาลัยเชียงใหม่), @orrosenboim.bsky.social (Università di Bologna), and Tomohito Baji 馬路智仁 (University of Tokyo; 東京大学)

Alt Text: A Chinese literati, a Japanese gentleman, and a European scholar sit together at a table. The two men at either end have a form of a book in front of them: one a handscroll, the other a bound text. The Japanese man has no book and instead holds a fan while a white snake encircles his wrist.

As we approach our tenth anniversary we thought it was a good moment to update our "Aims and Scope" to better reflect how conversations in the field have developed over the last decade. The new version is now live, read it here: www.tandfonline.com/journals/rgi...

I'm happy to join the international board of @global-ih.bsky.social as the journal celebrates a decade of fascinating research!

The urge to cross the barriers, sit down, open a book and read is real.

Off to London for a conference on (dis)order at the @britishacademy.bsky.social looking forward to talk about global constitutionalism as a way to order the world..

Oh I hope you are already on the mend! What a story though..

I asked chatgpt to design my ideal room according to my online profile and I love the library-kitchen-cakes combination!

I love the silence of the library on a winter morning (especially after 3 weeks of family holidays!)

Out of office.

An MA student wrote to me that our course this term was 'inspiring and challenging' and that really made my day.