Lydia Walker

Akira Iriye, leading historian of Japan-U.S. relations, dies | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis Akira Iriye, a Harvard University professor emeritus and a leading scholar on the history of international relations, died on Jan. 27. He was 91.

Akira Iriye, one of the pioneers in the internationalization of U.S. history, passed away. RIP.
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Gelfand-Rappaport-LaFeber Dissertation Fellowship

Ryan Metz, Ohio State University

Lydia Walker. States-in-Waiting: A Counternarrative of Global Decolonization. States-in-Waiting is a nuanced and meticulously researched exploration of knowledge, power, and legitimacy in the era of decolonization. The monograph open

My AHR review of @lydiawalker.bsky.social's States-In-Waiting is now live! I reflect on the book's methodological and theoretical contributions to global histories of decolonisation.

Check it out here: academic.oup.com/ahr/article-...

#books #historians #decolonisation #globalhistory

Many thanks Emma for such a thoughtful review!

Happy holidays to readers of global history and of the history of decolonization.

States-in-Waiting is now out in paperback at an affordable price, especially with a 20% discount using code GHIS26. Many thanks to the team at @universitypress.cambridge.org

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Those interested in a potential roundtable on "Historical Research and Artificial Intelligence: Critical Reflections on Method, Power, and Possibility in International History" that @zoeleblanc.bsky.social and I are planning for @shafrhistorians.bsky.social 2026 - please send us your abstracts!

Full details -- networks.h-net.org/group/announ...

Those interested in a potential roundtable on "Historical Research and Artificial Intelligence: Critical Reflections on Method, Power, and Possibility in International History" that @zoeleblanc.bsky.social and I are planning for @shafrhistorians.bsky.social 2026 - please send us your abstracts!

Many thanks, @pasuth.info!

States-in-Waiting is just now out in paperback while remaining open access through Cambridge core.

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www.bradleyrsimpson.com/self-determi... Modeling archival sharing and collaborative research, @bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social shares significant portions of the archival material behind THE FIRST RIGHT, his exciting new book on self-determination - global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Screenshot of the Western History Association Instagram page with award winners including the author Holly Miowak Guise for the Robert M Utely Prize. Photo of the author included and announcement on the conference in Albuquerque this coming week, mid October 2025

Sharing some exciting news

#AlaskaNativeResilience: Voices from World War II (my book!) published by @uwapress.uw.edu received the Robert M. Utley Book Prize for the best book published on military history of the frontier and western North America!

#AKhistory, #Nativehistory, & #militarization

Check out the September issue of Diplomatic History! Featuring Elisabeth Leake's (@emleake.bsky.social) Bernath Lecture "The Decolonization Paradigm: Rethinking the US and the World" in which she argues for a "new paradigm for understanding modern international history"
doi.org/10.1093/dh/d...

Brad Simpson @bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social reviews Lydia Walker's @lydiawalker.bsky.social States in Waiting: A Counternarrative of Global Decolonization doi.org/10.1093/dh/d...

A very happy 90th to Prof Rajmohan Gandhi!

All set up at #SHAFR2025. Stop by and say hello. @shafrhistorians.bsky.social @universitypress.cambridge.org

Many thanks!

🏆 We are pleased to award the 2025 James J. Busuttil Prize and Medal for Human Rights jointly to Dr Lydia Walker (@lydiawalker.bsky.social) and Dr Sandhya Fuchs. Read the full announcement and the winners’ profiles in our latest blogpost: royalasiaticsociety.org/the-james-j-...

New Methods for New Histories (Online) Workshop 2: Rethinking Internationalisms: Histories and Pluralities

(1/2) The second workshop in the AHRC-funded Rethinking Internationalisms series titled 'New Methods for New Histories' will take place via zoom on 9-10 July – reflective panels followed by an open discussion. Audience-participants can sign up here:

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/new-method...

Line of people, some wearing traditional Naga dress, standing on the lawn outside the museum.

From 8-14 June Pitt Rivers is hosting a Naga delegation for a visit focusing on the repatriation of Naga ancestral remains & exploring future care. The Museum holds the largest collection of Naga material in the world, much of which was collected by colonial administrators in the early 20th century.

Papuan Petitions as an Archive of Decolonisation In 1961, West Papuan leaders declared their intent to become an independent nation in opposition to both Dutch colonial control and Indonesia’s campaign to incorporate the territory into its Republ...

My article 'Papuan Petitions as an Archive of Decolonisation' is online and open access! It's part of an upcoming special issue on petitions. I explore West Papuan petitions written in the lead up to the Act of 'Free' Choice and the significance of this archive.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Great program, timely and important topic - very glad I can attend.

Great to see you and receive such useful feedback!

Heading back home from a flying visit to Cambridge to comment on a chapter for @lydiawalker.bsky.social’s fascinating new book project on post-SWW interventions ☺️ Also managed to squeeze in a visit to the brilliant ‘Rise Up’ exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum - definitely worth a visit ✊🪧

States-in-Waiting Cambridge Core - Global History - States-in-Waiting

To think more about how "we narrate the history of decolonization in ways that acknowledge both its state-centric trajectory and the persistence of sub-state movements" - the book is available Open Access via Cambridge Core www.cambridge.org/core/books/s...

Maintaining the Faith in Global Decolonization Historians of decolonization tend to present the moment of independence as the culmination of nationalist struggles, and the achievement of political sover

Very much appreciate this detailed review of States-in-Waiting in Diplomatic History by @bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social

academic.oup.com/dh/advance-a...

Book cover for Operation Vulture by John Prados.

Only recently discovered that I needed this. How I wish John Prados was still with us. Will be writing about Eisenhower, Dien Bien Phu, and the war declaration that didn't happen.

The Society for Military History is now archiving historical materials related to military history that are disappearing from federal or state websites. We are open to submissions, anonymously or otherwise. Please see
www.smh-hq.org/archivedreso... and note there the submission links.

Catherine Davies, Bernard Keo, Adam Mestyan, Lauren Stokes, Stefanie Gänger, Dominique Reill, Heather Jones, Jennifer Altehenger, Sarah Bellows-Blakely, Abosede George, Quinn Slobodian

Delighted to announce the program of our Global History Colloquium @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social, which I co-convene with Isabella Löhr and Sebastian Conrad this summer. All welcome.

A revisionist history of the United Nations* The United Nations (UN) continues to confront global crises that threaten its survival and test the durability of the‘ liberal international order’. Challe

8/ Viewpoint: "A revisionist history of the United Nations"

by Alanna O’Malley (@unileiden.bsky.social) and @lydiawalker.bsky.social (@osuhistory.bsky.social)

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A privilege to publicly engage w/such an important book. H-Diplo's Roundtable on @drmargottudor.bsky.social's Blue Helmet Bureaucrats: “particularly strong on the United Nations’ conceptions of territoriality and its relationships to time."