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@briandrohan.bsky.social

US Army officer and historian of war, humanitarianism, human rights, and the United Nations at the US Military Academy - West Point. Author of *Brutality in an Age of Human Rights* (Cornell UP ‘18).

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Connecting Aid Operations and Occupation | Occupation Studies

Check out this new blog post from @briandrohan.bsky.social and me about our forthcoming edited volume on Military Humanitarianism with @cornellupress.bsky.social on the Occupation Studies Research Network webpage: fasos-research.nl/occupationst...

14.02.2025 10:09 — 👍 11    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

Very happy for her! 😊

15.01.2025 01:12 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Awesome, say hi back! I hope she’s enjoying retirement (she is retired now, right?)

15.01.2025 01:08 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Thanks Bethany!

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Thanks Erik!

14.01.2025 18:04 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thanks Terry - congrats to you!

14.01.2025 18:04 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Cambridge is offering 20% discount off my new book DREAD DANGER! ☺️

14.12.2024 14:41 — 👍 21    🔁 9    💬 0    📌 1

Ha ha so true! 🫠

13.12.2024 12:24 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Usual caveats apply go.bsky.app/Gaka15u

27.11.2024 23:51 — 👍 65    🔁 33    💬 27    📌 4
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Cold War Civil Rights A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the YearHow the fight for civil rights in America became an important front in the Cold War

The 25th anniversary edition of Cold War Civil Rights is available for pre-order!!
Pub date 6/17/25.
press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...

26.11.2024 16:17 — 👍 102    🔁 18    💬 6    📌 8

(Re)introducing myself for all new pals: I’m a historian of UN peacekeeping and decolonisation. My work focuses on identifying colonial continuities and unequal practices in liberal internationalism. My first book will be out in paperback in Jan 2025 with CUP ✌️ www.cambridge.org/core/books/b...

25.11.2024 19:24 — 👍 56    🔁 14    💬 0    📌 0

@sechistnetwork.bsky.social is on air! Please follow & join!

26.11.2024 14:20 — 👍 25    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

We are looking for relatively short (1-2,000 words) opinion pieces on issues pertaining to imperial history, historiography, colonialism or the legacies of empire. Please do not hesitate to get in touch (jonas.f.gjerso@uis.no)!

02.11.2024 07:30 — 👍 41    🔁 34    💬 4    📌 0
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What is behind the explosion in talk about decolonisation? | Aeon Essays There’s more talk of decolonisation than ever, while true independence for former colonies has faded from view. Why?

I wrote an essay on decolonization talk for Aeon Magazine, sparked in part by the seemingly odd image search results for 'decolonization' when making posters for Ohio State's International History Seminar last year. @mershoncenter.bsky.social @osuhistory.bsky.social

aeon.co/essays/what-...

22.11.2024 16:15 — 👍 71    🔁 34    💬 4    📌 1
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Academic authors 'shocked' after Taylor & Francis sells access to their research to Microsoft AI Authors claim they have not been told about the AI deal, were not given the opportunity to opt out and are receiving no extra payment.

Can report there is still no opt-out. I'm part of a team of #milhist scholars that has voided its contract for a 4th ed of American Military History with Routledge because T&F sold out to Microsoft rather than protect its authors' IP. 🗃️ #academicsky www.thebookseller.com/news/academi...

22.11.2024 15:15 — 👍 215    🔁 95    💬 8    📌 7

It's been a fantastic project working together with amazing @oisintansey.bsky.social, @birtegippert.bsky.social and Sarah von Billerbeck!

"United Nations Peacekeeping and the Politics of Authoritarianism" is open access, out in early 2025

If you're an academic, please order a copy for your library

22.11.2024 11:02 — 👍 35    🔁 13    💬 3    📌 0

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22.11.2024 15:49 — 👍 11    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0

Not an exhaustive list, but we're all likely exhausted.

20.11.2024 17:08 — 👍 457    🔁 148    💬 41    📌 12

If you're a history graduate student, organizing conference panels is a game changer. You meet people, get your name out there, and set the terms for how your own work is presented.

But how do you find people to invite if you don't know anyone? A 🧵

21.11.2024 13:56 — 👍 9    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 3

Congrats Lesley!

21.11.2024 11:37 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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UN nerds!

@anjalikdayal.bsky.social and I are recording a fresh episode of our UN podcast tomorrow.

What should we discuss?
Get it here: www.globaldispatches.org/s/to-save-us...

20.11.2024 22:51 — 👍 8    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Can you add me? I’m doing a history of peacekeeping from the beginning to 1990s!

21.11.2024 00:22 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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20.11.2024 18:31 — 👍 39    🔁 18    💬 5    📌 0
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Humanitarian Invasion Cambridge Core - Middle East Studies - Humanitarian Invasion

Hello to folks on BlueSky! I'm a historian working on international and global history, with a focus on the (post-)socialist world and the Middle East. I published a book on development in Cold War Afghanistan, and I'm now finishing a book on Shi'a Islamism. www.cambridge.org/core/books/h...

10.11.2024 09:52 — 👍 27    🔁 7    💬 2    📌 0

Since @modamhist.bsky.social is on BlueSky now, I thought I’d celebrate by posting my article in the journal, about US military humanitarian support to the United Nations 🇺🇳 Enjoy! www.cambridge.org/core/service...

20.11.2024 00:36 — 👍 11    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0

The journal Modern American History is on @bsky.app! @modamhist.bsky.social
So is the Association for Law, Culture, and the Humanities!
@lch-law-cult-hum.bsky.social

20.11.2024 00:05 — 👍 13    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1
“Si vis pacem, impera bellum”: The ICRC, international humanitarian law and peace | International Review of the Red Cross | Cambridge Core “Si vis pacem, impera bellum”: The ICRC, international humanitarian law and peace

new article by Daniel Palmieri - “Si vis pacem, impera bellum”: The ICRC, international humanitarian law and peace.

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

18.11.2024 16:29 — 👍 5    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Violence Without End: Small Wars and Big Empires That European empires depended on the pervasive and often devastating use of force has never been seriously in doubt. But what historians choose to make of

My review of Laurie Benton's They Called It Peace is out in Diplomatic History academic.oup.com/dh/advance-a...

18.11.2024 21:46 — 👍 17    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 1

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