Glad to see this important volume come to fruition- kudos to @lisablaydes.bsky.social & @samuelhelfont.bsky.social for putting us all in conversation with each other. Thrilled to have co-authored a critical chapter with @marsin.bsky.social on archival access & hierarchies of knowledge production
30.09.2025 13:59 β π 4 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Now this looks like a really incredible list of chapters and contributors.
30.09.2025 00:24 β π 9 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0
Looking forward to this.
30.09.2025 00:29 β π 5 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Woot!
29.09.2025 23:57 β π 7 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0
I reckon Ba'thist Iraq is one of the most interesting episodes in late 20th century history and the regime archives are an incredible resource. So I'm very excited about this book coming out!
29.09.2025 23:47 β π 6 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0
Thanks!
29.09.2025 23:36 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Oh wow that looks incredible. That's one heck of a list of contributors! Congratulations.
29.09.2025 23:35 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
@aldabenjamen.bsky.social, @eckartwoertz.bsky.social, @davidpatel.bsky.social, and several others not on this site. 2/2
29.09.2025 21:58 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 1
It's an honor to have a chapter in @samuelhelfont.bsky.social & @lisablaydes.bsky.social's book, alongside @marsin.bsky.social, @smako.bsky.social, @joosthiltermann.bsky.social, @ibrahimpasha.bsky.social, @kmwoods.bsky.social, @malfridbh.bsky.social, @lilyhindy.bsky.social... 1/2
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Coming from @stanfordpress.bsky.social in the summer of 2026! @lisablaydes.bsky.social and I edited a book "Ba'thist Iraq through Archives" with a star studded list of contributors!
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29.09.2025 15:46 β π 6 π 2 π¬ 1 π 2
Coming from @stanfordpress.bsky.social in the summer of 2026! @lisablaydes.bsky.social and I edited a book "Ba'thist Iraq through Archives" with a star studded list of contributors!
29.09.2025 15:46 β π 41 π 20 π¬ 1 π 5
Happy to share the news that Catastrophic Diplomacy won the 2025 Tonous and Warda Johns Family Book Award (for the best monograph in the history of U.S. foreign relations, immigration history, or military history) from the PCB-AHA.
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If you are an advanced PhD student working on US foreign relations or early career scholar in the area, check this out and consider applying to the #SHAFR Summer Institute being hosted by the @mershoncenter.bsky.social at The Ohio State University in June 2026ποΈ: mershoncenter.osu.edu/events/socie...
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Thanks for sharing it!
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I read an early version of this, and I recommend it very highly! I plan to use it in my own teaching. A brilliant and concise summation.
04.04.2025 16:46 β π 14 π 3 π¬ 1 π 0
I always forget to tag ποΈ #skystorians
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All the books in this series have similar covers so this was expected but itβs still great to see!
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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Contested City (S. 14, Ep. 9) - Project on Middle East Political Science
On this weekβs episode of the podcast, Alissa Walter of Seattle Pacific University joins Marc Lynch to discuss her new book, Contested City: Citizen Advocacy and Survival in Modern Baghdad. The book o...
I enjoyed listening to @abuaardvark.bsky.social's conversation with Alissa Walter about her new book "Contested City" for @pomeps.bsky.social podcast. Nice mentions of the work by great scholars like @samuelhelfont.bsky.social & @lisablaydes.bsky.social.
pomeps.org/contested-ci...
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CFA- SHAFR Second Book Workshop
Applications for the Second Book Workshop are due 3/17
www.shafr.org/index.php?op...
12.03.2025 21:30 β π 3 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
A must read from @shafrhistorians.bsky.social in Passport on 7 question on US-Middle East relations. Thanks to @joestieb.bsky.social and Kate Tietzen-Wisdom for the shout outs about my book, Iraq against the World!
www.shafr.org/assets/docs/...
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Like @shafrhistorians.bsky.social, Passport is now on BlueSky! The January issue of Passport is still delayed due to a technical issue. We are working diligently to get it to you asap
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CFA- SHAFR Second Book Workshop
We are now accepting proposals for the Second Book Workshop! Deadline is March 17 tinyurl.com/3szajzzb
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I am happy to announce that my latest book, Iraq against the World, is now available in Arabic translation from an Iraq publisher.
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I am happy to announce that my latest book, Iraq against the World, is now available in Arabic translation from an Iraq publisher.
#IRHIST #skystorians
alrafidaincenter.com/4726
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Great to see SHAFR here!
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πCongratulations to @politicsoxford.bsky.social's Edward Keene - jointly awarded the Joseph Fletcher Prize from
@isanet.bsky.social for The Oxford Handbook of History and International Relations!: ow.ly/jVi050UK4b8
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PhD Student in Politics @Princeton
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Area studies and comparative area studies on Africa, Asia, Latin America, Middle East, and Global Affairs from Hamburg, Germany.
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Associate Prof of Middle Eastern History (Palestine, earthquakes, archaeology, labour). Gobby feminist, inky, cyclist, cat rehabber, born at 331. She/her. #actuallyautistic. Ed. of @contemplevant.bsky.social. Defender of post-92s, union member.
PhD Student of early modern Ottoman history. Social historian interested in commerce, customs, and corruption in Ottoman lands.
PhD Candidate in Defence Studies, KCL. Strategic Victory in theory and practice. Lessons from Wars of 9/11.
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PhD candidate at NYU Politics. I study development, aid, political behavior & governance in Africa.
Historian of Britain and the British Empire.
Author of Fuelling Empire: The British Imperial Oil Complex 1896-1945 published by Oxford University Press June 2025.
Adjunct Fellow at the Center for a New American Security. All views are my own.
Academic/Writer - History/Politics/Criminology - British, Australian and southern African (plus transnational) history - he/him - top 2% researchers 2024 (Stanford/Elsevier rankings) - views own - cult classic, not best seller
Intellectual history, here decontextualized. Especially modern France, history of political thought, and socialism. And Kansas, because that's where I live "als Gelehrter, der durch Schriften zum eigentlichen Publikum, nΓ€mlich der Welt, spricht."
Exploring Britainβs war memorials. Boer War, First World War (Great War), Second World War et al. Member of the Great War Group #LestWeForget #Remembrance
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Department of History at Saint Mary's University in Halifax / K'jipuktuk. Offering BA & MA degrees as well as minors in Applied History and British Studies. For info: history@smu.ca
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Villages over cities. Blueskies in Dutch.
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PhD student in Economic History, LSE.
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Research: death, disease & doctors during Apartheid
Methods: Applied econometrics and historical demography.
Teaching: Industrial Rev., History of Middle East
Reporter for online newspaper, Maghrebi.org, focusing on news from the Sahel region.
Middle East News Editor at https://Maghrebi.org, a non-partisan MENA news site
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