David Motadel

David Motadel

@davidmotadel.bsky.social

Historian at LSE www.davidmotadel.com

1,584 Followers 1,103 Following 124 Posts Joined Dec 2023
2 weeks ago
Lent | Cambridge Centre for Political Thought Political Thought and Intellectual History Seminars for Lent Term 2026

Looking forward to discussing the history of trans-imperial revolutionary networks in Eurasia, 1905-1909, at the Political Thought and Intellectual History Seminar at Cambridge tonight, 5pm, with Kayhan Nejad. Please join! More infos here: www.polthought.cam.ac.uk/seminar/lent

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Lent | Cambridge Centre for Political Thought Political Thought and Intellectual History Seminars for Lent Term 2026

Looking forward to discussing the history of trans-imperial revolutionary networks in Eurasia, 1905-1909, at the Political Thought and Intellectual History Seminar at Cambridge tonight, 5pm, with Kayhan Nejad. Please join! More infos here: www.polthought.cam.ac.uk/seminar/lent

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It’s finally done. Absolutely thrilled to have submitted THE SHAH'S GREAT TOUR – my global microhistory of the epic royal journeys of Persia's monarchs to Imperial Europe – for production. May it reshape our understanding of monarchy and the world order in the imperial age.

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3 weeks ago

Thank you:)

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3 weeks ago

Thank you Sadiah, remember our discussions about the book at the Birmingham research seminar - ten or more years ago:)

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Thank you:) I look forward to reading your work!

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Thank you, Alex - we should have a workshop at one point

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1 month ago

And, of course: @lsehy.bsky.social

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It marks the end of a 20-year odyssey, mining more than 50 archives across 15 countries; the result is a 400k word text, supported by 5k footnotes. My thanks to all who supported me on this journey. @wiko-berlin.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk @gerda-henkel-stiftung.de @lisa.gerda-henkel-stiftung.de

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It’s finally done. Absolutely thrilled to have submitted THE SHAH'S GREAT TOUR – my global microhistory of the epic royal journeys of Persia's monarchs to Imperial Europe – for production. May it reshape our understanding of monarchy and the world order in the imperial age.

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Looking forward to launching @faisaldevji.bsky.social‘s "Waning Crescent: The Rise and Fall of Global Islam", with Karthick Ram Manoharan, in London today, Tuesday, 11 February, 5pm. Join us! More Infos here: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/wanin...

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Looking forward to launching @faisaldevji.bsky.social‘s "Waning Crescent: The Rise and Fall of Global Islam", with Karthick Ram Manoharan, in London today, Tuesday, 11 February, 5pm. Join us! More Infos here: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/wanin...

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Delighted about the publication of THE MAKING OF IRANIAN MODERNITY (Ilex via Harvard University Press), our Festschrift for the great Houchang E. Chehabi. @lsehy.bsky.social @harvardpress.bsky.social @bupardeeschool.bsky.social

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The Making of Iranian Modernity — Harvard University Press The Making of Iranian Modernity brings together a diverse array of scholars from a wide variety of disciplinary backgrounds and areas of research specialization to celebrate Houchang E. Chehabi, one o...

Here is the link: www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...

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Delighted about the publication of THE MAKING OF IRANIAN MODERNITY (Ilex via Harvard University Press), our Festschrift for the great Houchang E. Chehabi. @lsehy.bsky.social @harvardpress.bsky.social @bupardeeschool.bsky.social

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2 months ago

Thank you:)

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2 months ago
Book cover of “Islam and Nazi Germany’s War” by David Motadel

Only 38 pages in, and I’m hooked. (And absolutely do not sense the origins of modern conflicts within these pages…/s)

Upcoming course is “The Global War” and I’m thrilled to be learning more about the ‘fringes’ of WWII. (Aka, what isn’t taught in US schools)

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3 months ago

Neuerscheinung: "Das gelebte Europa!" Ich freue mich übermäßig, dass dieses von Florian Greiner und mir herausgegebene Themenheft heute erschienen ist - mit fünf großartigen Beiträgen, von Abolitionskampagnen über Wein und Versicherungen bis hin zu faschistischen Netzwerken und Siedlerkolonien...

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A fantastic discussion of 'Islam and Nazi Germany's War' in Mehdi Falahati's show (in Persian; from min. 24), with the brilliant @arashtehran.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAUP...

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A fantastic discussion of 'Islam and Nazi Germany's War' in Mehdi Falahati's show (in Persian; from min. 24), with the brilliant @arashtehran.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAUP...

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3 months ago

A real pleasure! Thank you for your fantastic comment.

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3 months ago
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Looking forward to speaking about GLOBALIZING EUROPE today at the University of Warwick - all welcome! warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/his... via @post-doc-club.bsky.social @lsehy.bsky.social @universitypress.cambridge.org @dacretu.bsky.social @purseigle.bsky.social

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Looking forward to speaking about GLOBALIZING EUROPE today at the University of Warwick - all welcome! warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/his... via @post-doc-club.bsky.social @lsehy.bsky.social @universitypress.cambridge.org @dacretu.bsky.social @purseigle.bsky.social

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I have a piece on the Islamic history of Europe in the new issue of The New Statesman: 'Islam is Part of European History': www.newstatesman.com/culture/book... via @newstatesman1913.bsky.social @lsehy.bsky.social

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Islam is part of European history - Bytes Europe In 1993, Prince Charles, now King Charles III, gave a spectacular speech at the University of Oxford, entitled “Islam and the West”, lamenting that Europeans

Islam is part of European history

https://www.byteseu.com/1555420/

Edwin Lord Weeks’s Interior of the Mosque at Córdoba (1880). Image by Bridgeman Images In 1993, Prince Charles, now King Charles III, gave a spectacular speech at the University of Oxford, entitled “Islam and the West”, …

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Islam is part of European history Historians’ dismissal of the continent’s Muslim legacy is helping to feed contemporary divisions

Today, the popular view prevails that Muslims have never been part of European history. It is an environment in which populist right-wing polemics critical of Muslim migration can reach a receptive a mass audience. By David Motadel
www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...

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Islam is part of European history Historians’ dismissal of the continent’s Muslim legacy is helping to feed contemporary divisions

Feed: "New Statesman"
By: David Motadel on Wednesday, November 19, 2025

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Islam is part of European history Historians’ dismissal of the continent’s Muslim legacy is helping to feed contemporary divisions

Islam is part of European history
www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...

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