The sea is now the only available conduit to bring essential aid to Palestinians. If Israel attacks these aid flotillas, as it has threatened, it will also set a dangerous long-term precedent of unlawful policing in international waters, which will further entrench its unlawful occupation on land.
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Close to TWO THOUSAND academics and educators say TRANS RIGHTS NOW.
(Sorry if you've seen this (and the historians' letter!) too many times. The lack of an algorithm means we have to keep reposting it to catch people, and this really matters.)
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DPhil student Oxford Uni researching the Iberian empires in Southeast Asia.
Historian: pirates/public executions 🏴☠️☠️
Author: Pirates’ Code, Pirate Queens, Why We Love Pirates 📚
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Promoting the study of premodern Spain, Portugal, and the Iberian world at the University of Oxford. https://iberianhistory.web.ox.ac.uk/
Seminar for the history of Europe and the world 1500-1800 the Institute of Historical Research, London.
Mondays at 17:30
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Outreach and research centre devoted to encouraging the widest possible participation in historical study and debate.
Assistant Professor of Early Modern History & Director of Global History at Suffolk University, Boston. Historian of the Iberian World, the African Diaspora, Indigenous Studies, Law, chivalry, and empire. Queer 🏳️🌈
Early modern historian of the Atlantic world, Indigenous Americas, Western Africa, France. Editor, Huntington Library Quarterly. brettrushforth.com
The Self-Pub Hub (Indie Book Review Site)
Accepting book submissions now!
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History PhD Candidate at the University of Cambridge / Researching insurgency in the Portuguese Empire during the 19th century.
The International Consortium of Environmental History Organizations (ICEHO) fosters international communication among environmental history organizations and #EnvHist scholars.
Website: https://iceho.org
News from the European Society for Environmental History. http://www.eseh.org
Next conference in Uppsala, 18–22 August 2025.
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The Society for Iberian Global Art (SIGA) promotes the study of Iberian art from Spain, Portugal, Latin America, Asia, the Caribbean, and the Pacific.
The only journal devoted solely to the interdisciplinary and global study of women and gender spanning the late medieval through early modern periods. https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/emw/current
Researcher at the Centre for Military Studies, in Copenhagen. Working on ethics, politics, technology, Just War, drones, and autonomous weapons.
Historian of 17th century German religion and culture in the San Francisco area. I have a kid, a corgi and a garden.
Posts mostly in English, occasionally in German or Spanish.
All typos are due to the demon Titivillus, who has possessed my autocorrect.
Historian of Renaissance Italy and other things; latest book: In Fortune's Theater: Financial Risk and the Future in Renaissance Italy; Australian football tragic.
ORCID: 0009-0002-6711-5649
MA Early Modern History student at The University of Sheffield, specialising in Caribbean slavery in the 17th & 18th centuries. Views are my own. #SkyStorian #SkyStorians #AcademicSky
