David Motadel

Greatly looking forward to a research seminar on GLOBALIZING EUROPE: A HISTORY, tomorrow, 7 October, at the Université libre de Bruxelles, Campus du Solbosch, Room NA 4 302, funded by Royal Academy of Belgium. All welcome! @universitypress.cambridge.org

Greatly looking forward to a research seminar on GLOBALIZING EUROPE: A HISTORY, tomorrow, 7 October, at the Université libre de Bruxelles, Campus du Solbosch, Room NA 4 302, funded by Royal Academy of Belgium. All welcome! @universitypress.cambridge.org

Oxford and Cambridge fall out of top three UK universities for first time

Oxford and Cambridge have been knocked out of the top three in The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide’s ranking for the first time

In der #Privatdozentur, dem Stadium nach der #Habilitation, arbeiten viele über Jahre fast komplett unbezahlt. So geht es auch mir. 1/8

My second book, A Taste for Purity, looks at debates on vegetarianianism between Europe, India, and the United States in the 19th and 20th century, and their political reverberations. 3/4

What a great way to celebrate the publication of GLOBALIZING EUROPE. Many thanks, Cambridge University Press bookshop! @universitypress.cambridge.org @lsehy.bsky.social

What a great way to celebrate the publication of GLOBALIZING EUROPE. Many thanks, Cambridge University Press bookshop! @universitypress.cambridge.org @lsehy.bsky.social

On Tuesday 3 June we hosted our book launch event "Globalizing Europe: A History". The book was edited by Dr David Motadel (who also chaired the event).

We saw much rigorous discussion!

View the event recording here: www.lse.ac.uk/Internationa...

#events #history #LSE #Globalization #europe

Delighted to chair today's launch of Matt Myers' fantastic THE HALTED MARCH OF THE EUROPEAN LEFT: THE WORKING CLASS IN BRTAIN, FRANCE, AND ITALY, 1968–1989 (OUP), Thursday, 5 June, 5:30pm, Sumeet Valrani Lecture Theatre (CBG.1.01), Central Building, LSE. Please join!

Delighted to chair today's launch of Matt Myers' fantastic THE HALTED MARCH OF THE EUROPEAN LEFT: THE WORKING CLASS IN BRTAIN, FRANCE, AND ITALY, 1968–1989 (OUP), Thursday, 5 June, 5:30pm, Sumeet Valrani Lecture Theatre (CBG.1.01), Central Building, LSE. Please join!

TONIGHT - don't miss this exciting panel discussion we are hosting in-person and via Zoom...

Full details and registration here: www.lse.ac.uk/Internationa...

#events #history #europe #LSE

This afternoon!

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This afternoon!

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TODAY:

Please join us this Tuesday, 3 June, 5-7pm, for the book launch of GLOBALIZING EUROPE: A HISTORY, with Sir Richard J. Evans, Maxine Berg, Richard Drayton, Abigail Green, Jan Rüger, and me, at MAR.2.04, Marshall Building, LSE: www.lse.ac.uk/Internationa...

Please join us this Tuesday, 3 June, 5-7pm, for the book launch of GLOBALIZING EUROPE: A HISTORY, with Sir Richard J. Evans, Maxine Berg, Richard Drayton, Abigail Green, Jan Rüger, and me, at MAR.2.04, Marshall Building, LSE: www.lse.ac.uk/Internationa...

Next Tuesday 3 June we are hosting a panel of world leading historians who will be speaking on the newly released book "Globalizing Europe: A History" (edited by our own Dr David Motadel, who is set to chair the event).

Full details: www.lse.ac.uk/Internationa...

#events #history #europe #LSE

Last Thursday, we hosted our evening event "Unconquered States: Non-European Powers in the Imperial Age".

It was great to see such a strong turn out!

#events #LSE #history #books #empire #Colonialism

Please join us this Thursday, 22 May, 6:30-8pm, for the book launch of UNCONQUERED STATES: NON-EUROPEAN POWERS IN THE IMPERIAL AGE, David Armitage, Richard Drayton, Ron Po, Chika Tonooka, and me, at Alumni Theatre, Cheng King Ku Building (CKK), LSE: www.lse.ac.uk/Internationa...

@davidrarmitage.bsky.social @lsehy.bsky.social @lseevents.bsky.social

Please join us this Thursday, 22 May, 6:30-8pm, for the book launch of UNCONQUERED STATES: NON-EUROPEAN POWERS IN THE IMPERIAL AGE, David Armitage, Richard Drayton, Ron Po, Chika Tonooka, and me, at Alumni Theatre, Cheng King Ku Building (CKK), LSE: www.lse.ac.uk/Internationa...

For a Spanish translation of my intro: clionauta.hypotheses.org/48229

Globalizing Europe: A History Book release event featuring panel of world leading historians.

On 3 June we are hosting a panel of world leading historians who will be speaking on the newly released book "Globalizing Europe: A History" (edited by our own Dr David Motadel, who is set to chair the event).

Full events details here: www.lse.ac.uk/Internationa...

#event #LSE

Stuck between the West and the Global - CEU Review of Books In this incisive Long Read, Ferenc Laczó critically engages with Globalizing Europe, edited by David Motadel. Laczó highlights the volume’s intellectual ambition and scholarly range, while probing its...

In this incisive Long Read, @ferenclaczo.bsky.social critically engages with Globalizing Europe, edited by David Motadel (@cambridgeup.bsky.social, 2025). Laczó highlights the volume’s intellectual ambition and scholarly range, while probing its limitations.

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Fantastic! Thank you

Don’t forget! On 22 May, we host our panel event ‘Unconquered States: Non-European States in the Imperial Age’.

Full event details: www.lse.ac.uk/.../Unconque....

Registration: docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLS...

#empire #colonialism #History #events #LSE #Harvard #KCL #cambridge

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By @davidmotadel.bsky.social #glykoreads

Analyse. Sommes-nous à un tournant de l’histoire ?

💡 Quand les bouleversements s’accumulent, la certitude d’être à un point d’inflexion historique devient générale. Au regard des événements actuels, est-ce vraiment le cas ? L’historien britannique David Motadel interroge dans The Guardian l’incertitude historique qui s’ouvre devant nous.

New (March 2025): Globalizing Europe: A History – Edited by David Motadel | Cambridge University Press | More information can be found here: www.cambridge.org/us/universit...

Check out my new article: SOVIET AND US INVOLVEMENT IN THE COLONIAL WORLD, 1939-1945, published in ‘The Greater Second World War: Global Perspectives’, ed. by R. Lawlor and A. Buchanan (Cornell University Press): muse.jhu.edu/pub/255/edit... via @lsehy.bsky.social @cornellupress.bsky.social