Free book for a few days! "The Afterlife of a Fascist Murder. Matteotti in Myth and Memory, 1924–2024" by @amycking.bsky.social. The new book in our series Elements in History & Politics of Fascism,CambridgeUP. I am co-editor w/ @acostapinto.bsky.social: cup.org/4vEkaRQ @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org

The Afterlife of a Fascist Murder

Cambridge Core - Twentieth Century Regional History - The Afterlife of a Fascist Murder

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Vannacci going full Trump

Osservatorio sul complottismo@sulcomplottismo.bsky.social · 2w ago

1/ Far-right leader Roberto Vannacci shared an AI video set in ancient Rome where he sentences to death opposition leaders Schlein and Conte. The gladiator armed with a hammer and sickle is a local representative of National Future who was recently reported for the beating of an Iraqi immigrant.

It's also free to read for two weeks, so now's the time to download if you're interested!

Dr Amy King@amycking.bsky.social · 3w ago

Out (online) today! 🎉 'The Afterlife of a Fascist Murder: Giacomo Matteotti in Myth and Memory, 1924–2024' is an exploration of how his memory shaped Italian antifascism, democratic nation-building, and debates over Fascism’s legacy, including responses from today’s far right. cup.org/3RE9ODE

Out (online) today! 🎉 'The Afterlife of a Fascist Murder: Giacomo Matteotti in Myth and Memory, 1924–2024' is an exploration of how his memory shaped Italian antifascism, democratic nation-building, and debates over Fascism’s legacy, including responses from today’s far right. cup.org/3RE9ODE

The Afterlife of a Fascist Murder

Cambridge Core - Comparative Politics - The Afterlife of a Fascist Murder

cup.org

What's the German word for 'a backdrop falling apart to reflect political doom'?

Theresa May

ALT: Theresa May

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Aaron Parnas@aaronparnas.bsky.social · last mo.

The stage is falling apart at the rehearsal for Freedom 250's July 4th celebration.

The stage is falling apart at the rehearsal for Freedom 250's July 4th celebration.

Friends, following the success of our Teaching Antifascism event in London in May (ilcs.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...), we are going to start a v. basic newsletter. It will include the sections in this image, and you can sign up here: forms.office.com/e/txSSt6K5cY

Up on the CUP page so it must be real! The Afterlife of a Fascist Murder, coming 10 August...

Digital Trapdoors follows the online lives of a 17-year-old young man and a 22-year-old young woman. It shows how extremist ideas are “microdosed” through entertainment and lifestyle content, radicalising young people before they even realise it. hopenothate.org.uk/digital-trap...

Digital Trapdoors: Gendered Pathways to Youth Radicalisation – HOPE not hate

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“Teaching Anti-Fascism Today” at @ilcs.bsky.social is off to a great start with Paz Guevara’s keynote. She describes the “Global Fascisms Exhibition,” which presented fascism not only as a historical phenomenon but as an ongoing global threat that transcends its historically confined definition.

“Teaching Anti-Fascism Today” is well underway. I was delighted to contribute to a session on “Anti-Fascism Teaching and Questions of Temporality,” where I discussed my experience teaching in Britain and the US alongside colleagues Marco Ruggieri, Marco Bernardi, and Daniel Brown @ilcs.bsky.social

Two days to go until Teaching Anti-Fascism Today: Developing and Shaping Practices at @ilcs.bsky.social ! This free, two-day event will bring together educators engaged in an antifascist teaching practice amidst rising authoritarianism. Programme here: ilcs.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

Teaching Anti-Fascism Today: Developing and Shaping Practices

ilcs.sas.ac.uk

Brilliant event tonight in London at the Goethe Institute: a screening of Marcin Wierzchowski’s documentary Das Deutsche Volk (The German People) with a director Q&A after. It examines the impact of a racist attack in Germany in 2020 and the fight for justice. www.goethe.de/ins/gb/en/ve...

Events | Goethe-Institut UK

Fri, 01.05.2026 – Goethe-Kino (Cinema Screening)

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Argentine mini-Trump Milei restricts press freedom while his propaganda constantly asserts he is for freedom. This is how fascist propaganda works.

Congratulations Amy! As editors of the series we are so happy that this is the case for your excellent book! @acostapinto.bsky.social @universitypress.cambridge.org

Dr Amy King@amycking.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Delighted to have had final acceptance of my manuscript for Cambridge University Press's Elements in the History of Fascism series. If all goes to plan, 'The Afterlife of a Fascist Murder: Giacomo Matteotti in Myth and Memory, 1924-2024', should be published in a few months' time! 🎉

Delighted to have had final acceptance of my manuscript for Cambridge University Press's Elements in the History of Fascism series. If all goes to plan, 'The Afterlife of a Fascist Murder: Giacomo Matteotti in Myth and Memory, 1924-2024', should be published in a few months' time! 🎉

The American Historical Association's Authoritarianism 101: A Global History is now live! @brianjgriffith.bsky.social and I have contributed a class on authoritarian aesthetics and appeals to youth, examining how authoritarians present obedience as progress. www.historians.org/module/autho...

Authoritarian Aesthetics and Youth Appeals – AHA

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Registration is now open for 'Teaching Anti-Fascism: Developing and Shaping Practice'! Papers will be short, practical and informal. The event is free and over two days in London. All welcome! ilcs.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

Teaching Anti-Fascism Today: Developing and Shaping Practices

ilcs.sas.ac.uk

My author copy has landed! I never knew what to do with this work, then a call for chapters arrived for this brilliant new handbook. So pleased to see this out in the world.

Things that would be interesting to know about the current contraction of UK academic staffing (and that it would actually be super helpful if REF2029 institutional SPRE statements were required to report on) include: What's the impact on the equality and diversity of academic staffing? 1/3

University of Bristol asks humanities and modern languages staff to voluntarily quit

This scheme comes as part of the 'managed decline' of schools deemed less profitable to the university

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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology

She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.

nature.com

Friends! The deadline is approaching. Our Antifascist Pedagogies workshop promises to be a winner, with some fascinating proposals already in and some excellent talks lined up.

Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies@ilcs.bsky.social · 7mo ago

REMINDER! Deadline for Call for Papers coming up on 30 Jan. "Teaching Anti-Fascism Today: Developing and Shaping Practices" Still time to submit your proposal 👇

This roundtable brings together Simone Brioni (Stony Brook) and @amycking.bsky.social (Bristol), in conversation with John Foot (Bristol), to examine the legacy and memory of 1970s political violence and massacres in Italy. . . . #Italy #NeoFascism #Rome

Roundtable: Neofascism and the Memory of Italy’s Years of Lead

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Dec. 3rd round table (also online) with Simone Brioni, Amy King (@amycking.bsky.social), and John Foot (@footymac.bsky.social): Neofascism and the Memory of Italy’s Years of Lead (@ihr.bsky.social, #skystorians) www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Roundtable: Neofascism and the Memory of Italy’s Years of Lead

history.ac.uk

Friends! I’m so pleased to share the Call for our Antifascist Teaching Network event next year in London ilcs.sas.ac.uk/news-events/... with keynotes from the curators of the Berlin exhibition, Global Fascisms, Hope Not Not Hate, and Igiaba Scego, writer and activist. Join us & bash the Fash?

CfP. Teaching Anti-Fascism Today: Developing and Shaping Practices

ilcs.sas.ac.uk

Not sure I’ll ever recover from seeing kids at the hotel window waving at antifascists, disappearing for a few minutes, and returning with a homemade sign saying ‘thank you’

Dr Amy King@amycking.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Vastly outnumbered by antifascists, but nonetheless deeply depressing to watch the so-called ‘Bristol patriots’ march to a refugee hotel with Crusader iconography and chants about extermination. But, in the words of the counter protest, “there are many many more of us than you”

Vastly outnumbered by antifascists, but nonetheless deeply depressing to watch the so-called ‘Bristol patriots’ march to a refugee hotel with Crusader iconography and chants about extermination. But, in the words of the counter protest, “there are many many more of us than you”

An excellent PhD opportunity for someone to work on family separation during WW1 or WW2. I've done some research on Italian emigrant families separated when the father was serving in the Italian Army and it's a really fascinating area of study. royalhistsoc.org/calendar/phd...

PhD Studentship on Family Separation, funded by ERC - CALL FOR APPLICATIONS - RHS

PhD Studentship on Family Separation, funded by European Research Council Call for Applications, deadline - 1 March 2026 This is a call for expressions of interest for a European Research Council-fund...

royalhistsoc.org

On 5 December, I'm organising a workshop entitled 'Exploring the health and wellbeing of Italian migrants in Britain today' feat. contributions from academics, psychologists & community groups. See full programme here. Free but booking required! www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

Exploring the health and wellbeing of Italian migrants in Britain today

A one-day workshop supported by UCL Health Humanities Seed Funding. Organised by Dr Selena Daly, Associate Professor in Italian Studies, UCL

ucl.ac.uk

This week, I had the pleasure of being interviewed by @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social about my recent book Emigrant Soldiers: Mobilising Italians Abroad in the First World War. If anyone has a commute they'd like to liven up with tales of war, take a listen! newbooksnetwork.com/emigrant-sol...