Glad to see this roundtable on Colonisations Notre Histoire out! It was great to read Rose Ndengue, Robert Aldrich, Jennifer Boittin and Brett Rushforth look at the volume from different perspectives, and to have the opportunity to respond to what such a project can and cannot do

will pooley@willpooley.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Brilliant round table online ahead of print from @frenchhistory.bsky.social on “Colonisations: notre histoire”, a history in reverse of France and empire, written by 268 contributors (!!!) doi.org/10.1093/fh/c... 🗃️

A successful fieldtrip to the National Radio Centre at Bletchley Park, staffed by the enthusiastic NRC volunteers 🙌 Dr Arthur Asseraf and his Special Subject students left inspired by the history, development and future of radio communications. @arthurasseraf.bsky.social @pembroke1347.bsky.social

Can I ask for help? I’m not sure how to use this platform (or any social media) anymore. I’ve been away bc it all feels a bit useless with the world right now. But when I was on Twitter a lot, it gave my work meaning - since then I feel in a bit of a crisis professionally, and stuck. Tips welcome!

JOB!!! Four-year full-time job in Modern European History (Social/Economic) at Cambridge. By today's standards, it's pretty good! Split between Trinity Hall College and History Faculty. It's also widely defined so do apply, deadline July 27. @camhistory.bsky.social www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNR005/s...

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No trans people were consulted on this decision that only affects trans people. In fact trans people were actively barred from consulting on this decision that only affects trans people. But transphobic bigots? Oh they got consulted for days. Fucking grim. I'm absolutely fuming.

Jess O'Thomson@jessothomson.co.uk · last yr.

The UK Supreme Court has unanimously decided that the definition of sex under the Equality Act 2010 refers solely to biological sex, and does not include people with a Gender Recognition Certificate.

I want to send a very sincere Fuck You to Columbia University, let me be specific: Columbia was where I started learning Arabic, and in my class were at least three Orthodox Jewish women who consistently bodied everyone else due to their excellent Hebrew grammar. 1/

Podcast indispensable dont 1 phrase résonne avec ce qui se joue ces dernières années autour de la place des legs coloniaux dans notre présent du Sahel à Mayotte, de l’Algérie à la Kanaky-Nouvelle Calédonie « On a jamais aussi bien connu le phénomène colonial et on ne l’a jamais aussi peu reconnu »

André Loez & podcast Paroles d’histoire @andreloez.bsky.social · last yr.

Avec Benoit Trépied (CNRS) pour un entretien autour de son livre aussi passionnant que pertinent pour comprendre la crise en Kanaky-Nouvelle-Calédonie, et l’effarante négation par les autorités de l’histoire et du fait colonial qui l’a déclenchée. RV lundi (31/3) dans le podcast.

As things are getting worse for Palestinians, our ability to protest this abroad is shrinking. Some UK universities (like mine) are trying to ban demonstrations for 🇵🇸 please consider donating to legal costs to resist this, esp. if you’re based at a university/in the UK donorbox.org/studentprote...

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PSA: I’m sorry I didn’t answer your email. Yes, all of you. I have a very heavy admin job atm and cannot respond to as many requests for media, conferences or writing projects as I would like this year (especially if they’re far away). But keep bothering me and I’ll do my best!

We did not pay anyone for this review I promise

Colonel Berthier@mxpaad.bsky.social · last yr.

Ce livre est une mine d'or, à jour historiographiquement et a une grande qualité : son découpage, son organisation (en courts articles) et l'intervention des meilleurs spécialistes français et internationaux. Il est accessible à tout le monde. Une vraie réussite de vulgarisation exigeante.

A surprise to find that our book “Colonisations: notre histoire” which came out in 2023 is in this week’s @londonreview.bsky.social Especially great because of how seldom books in foreign languages get reviewed in English 👇🏼 www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Rahmane Idrissa · The Time of the Whites: The Will to Colonise

The will to colonise has not disappeared. Colonisation may be gone from much of what used to be the French empire, but...

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New record: not once but twice in one day have I received mail and email intended for Assef Ashraf (my taller, more attractive colleague who works on a different continent)

me: trying to fit Palestine into one model colony or another does not help us politically people: but you’ve never heard my perfect model An explanation of why this doesn’t work 👇🏼 1/

Arnon Degani ארנון@arnondeg.bsky.social · last yr.

@arthurasseraf.bsky.social writes: "The Algerian War...is one of the few historical cases in which a colonized people successfully dismantled a settler colonial regime through armed struggle." Asseraf is wrong, but he's in a great club that includes almost everyone. 1/8

And here for more discussion 👇🏼

Yair Wallach@yairwallach.bsky.social · last yr.

Another note, not on history this time. A main argument here is "To insist that Palestinians must account for the future of Israelis is to deflect from the central question: how to end a brutal colonial system." I have two points to make in response. 1/ jewishcurrents.org/the-algeria-...

See below for discussion 👇🏼

Yair Wallach@yairwallach.bsky.social · last yr.

This is well worth reading, like everything @arthurasseraf.bsky.social writes. I have one thing to say though, as a historian of Palestine. jewishcurrents.org/the-algeria-...

‘It is peculiar that some people gaze upon the occupation, fragmentation, and genocide of Palestinians and, as a precondition for supporting their liberation, demand that they specify exactly what a liberated Palestine would look like.’ Reposting bc some of the end was missing last week!

The Algeria Analogy

We must turn to histories of decolonization not in order to predictoutcomes, but to expand our sense of how to fight without knowing the future.

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“We should ask not whether what unfolded in 🇩🇿 is especially similar to 🇵🇸, but how reading these histories together might help us consider what decolonization feels like not as an end point, but as an ongoing process.” The always-great @arthurasseraf.bsky.social on Algeria and Palestine.

The Algeria Analogy

We must turn to histories of decolonization not in order to predictoutcomes, but to expand our sense of how to fight without knowing the future.

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"Settler colonialism relentlessly politicizes movement and dwelling, but the basic act of staying or going is not, in itself, indicative of a person’s political position."

Jewish Currents@jewishcurrents.bsky.social · 2y ago

Now online from our winter issue: Historian Arthur Asseraf argues that "understanding Algeria’s past—beyond a slogan or an analogy—is essential to countering attacks on decolonization today." jewishcurrents.org/the-algeria-...

My essay on the Algeria/Palestine comparison, and what we do with it now, is now out and free to read and share on the Jewish Currents website:

Jewish Currents@jewishcurrents.bsky.social · 2y ago

Now online from our winter issue: Historian Arthur Asseraf argues that "understanding Algeria’s past—beyond a slogan or an analogy—is essential to countering attacks on decolonization today." jewishcurrents.org/the-algeria-...

Fuck the American Historical Association

Ce soir et demain à Tunis!

Khalid Lyamlahy@khalidlym.bsky.social · 2y ago

On January 10 & 11 in Tunis: this very timely seminar series on thinking the Palestinian question from a Maghrebi perspective. With @arthurasseraf.bsky.social, @muriamhalehdavis.bsky.social, Inès El Alami, Hèla Yousfi, Augustin Jomier, Abaher El-Sakka, Slim Laghmani irmcmaghreb.org/cycle-de-ren...

"Sortir Fanon de son autel n’implique peut-être pas seulement de retrouver l’homme derrière l’icône, mais rend aussi nécessaire de penser notre présent racial..." @arthurasseraf.bsky.social a lu pour @laviedesidees.bsky.social le 'Frantz Fanon' d'Adam Shatz @edladecouverte.bsky.social.⤵️

La Vie des idées@laviedesidees.bsky.social · 2y ago

Comment échapper aux lectures mythifiantes et souvent contradictoires de la figure de Frantz Fanon, révolutionnaire et théoricien de l'anticolonialisme ? Son parcours permet de saisir sa pensée dans son contexte, à rebours des tendances contemporaines à la généralisation.

Dans La Vie des Idées, ma lecture de la dernière biographie de Frantz Fanon par Adam Shatz, ou, comment retrouver l’homme derrière le mythe c’est bien mais peut-être pas suffisant

La Vie des idées@laviedesidees.bsky.social · 2y ago

Comment échapper aux lectures mythifiantes et souvent contradictoires de la figure de Frantz Fanon, révolutionnaire et théoricien de l'anticolonialisme ? Son parcours permet de saisir sa pensée dans son contexte, à rebours des tendances contemporaines à la généralisation.

Our Fall/Winter issue is almost here! Featuring work from @maricohen.bsky.social @arthurasseraf.bsky.social @soljbrager.bsky.social & others, a special collaboration with @hyperallergic.com and so much more. Subscribe today to get it—and save 25% with code WINTERBLUESKY. jewishcurrents.org/subscribe

Pour @vintagearab.bsky.social Le Maghreb des ondes Tiré du roman d Amira Ghenim le désastre de la maison des notables

Syrian TV broadcasts a still image with the words: The great revolution has triumphed and the Assad regime has fallen.

To all the analysts jumping on here to warn about tomorrow, Syrians are ten steps ahead of you. Have some basic human empathy and let those celebrating the release of the unjustly detained, the reuniting of families, the hopes of return, and the end of a brutal regime do so in peace.

Watching the news from Syria this week, hopes and anxieties that had been kept frozen for a decade are thawing. I feel like I'm time-traveling, feeling things I had not felt since 2015. Now more than ever, Syria is the true test of people's politics.

Aujourd'hui à Tunis, premier séminaire du cycle "Penser la question palestinienne depuis le Maghreb" J'interviendrai dans la deuxième et troisième séance, les 10 et 11 janvier prochains