Norman Aselmeyer
@aselmeyer.bsky.social
Historian of European colonialism and modern Africa @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social & @Wadhamcollege.bsky.social. Working on Mau Mau, anticolonialism, infrastructure, and Maasai history.
Zur Stärkung internationaler Kooperationen in Wissenschaft und Lehre #Hist4Dem unterstützt den Aufruf zur Beteiligung an einer Bundestags-Petition gegen die Streichung sämtlicher DAAD-Hochschulkooperationsprogramme mit dem Globalen Süden ab 2030. epetitionen.bundestag.de/content/peti...
The Netanyahu regime’s genocidal evil is being allowed to continue, above all by a morally bankrupt US regime and a powerless international community. Netanyahu-Trump-Putin: the early 21st century Axis of Evil.. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
How children in West Bank are being killed by Israel ‘without accountability’
IDF has killed 235 children in territory since 7 October 2023 with no indictments in what activists say is ‘licence to kill’
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'Ginzburg’s death...means that one of the last living links with a remarkable postwar generation of historians has gone....As the rise of 21st-century authoritarianism creates new generations of scapegoats and misfits, the approach of one of Italy’s greatest scholars speaks directly to our times.'
The Guardian view on the death of Carlo Ginzburg: a historian who taught us to think about outsiders | Editorial
Editorial: The work of one of Italy’s greatest scholars focused on ordinary lives oppressed by power and prejudice. That approach resonates today
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Worth noting, this very helpful guide is published free Open Access uolpress.co.uk/book/becomin... by @uolpress.bsky.social and @ihr.bsky.social #Skystorians
Becoming a Historian - University of London Press
Writing history is an art and a craft. This handbook supports research students and independent scholars by showing how the historical profession works and how to participate in its vibrant community ...
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Tudorfp@tudorfp.bsky.social · 2mo agoFor anyone contemplating a history research degree, or finishing one and pondering what to do next, Becoming a Historian by Penelope Corfield and @timhitchcock.bsky.social, published by @ihr.bsky.social in 2022, is an invaluable guide. I wish I’d kept Hugh Trevor-Roper’s short guide for comparison.
„Das "4+2"-Modell der Ampel verschwindet vollständig, die #Anschlusszusage ebenfalls, und selbst die im Ampel-Kabinettsbeschluss bereits enthaltenen begrenzten Lockerungen der sogenannten Tarifsperre tauchen im neuen Entwurf nicht wieder auf.“ Ja, also, danke für nichts. #IchBinHanna
Jan-Martin Wiarda@jmwiarda.bsky.social · 2mo agoEXKLUSIV im Wiarda-Blog: BMFTR legt seinen mit Spannung erwarteten WissZeitVG-Referentenentwurf vor Vieles ist drin aus dem alten Ampelpaket, doch es gibt eine Lücke, mit der die meisten gerechnet hatten. Die Details im Wiarda-Blog: www.jmwiarda.de/blog/2026/05...
Please join the Northeast Africa Forum on 2 June for a book launch & discussion: 'Occupied Refuge: Humanitarian Colonization and the Camp in Kenya' w/author Hanno Brankamp (Glasgow) & discussant Loren Landau (Oxford) *Hybrid event* Details & webinar registration: events.ox.ac.uk/oxford_event...
Looking for a postdoc? The Faculty of History at Oxford is holding an Expression of Interest competition to select candidates for support through the British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships scheme. More information here: www.history.ox.ac.uk/article/brit...
British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships
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Please join us for the seminar today. Full details ⬇️
Jason Mosley@jasonmosley.bsky.social · 3mo agoPlease join the Northeast Africa Forum on 26 May, when our very own Norman Aselmeyer & his colleague Saitabau Lulunken present their research on: 'The Osinoni War: A new history of the Kedong Massacre (1895)' *Hybrid event* Details & webinar registration: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/cd4211...
Please join the Northeast Africa Forum on 26 May, when our very own Norman Aselmeyer & his colleague Saitabau Lulunken present their research on: 'The Osinoni War: A new history of the Kedong Massacre (1895)' *Hybrid event* Details & webinar registration: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/cd4211...
Please do join us tomorrow! Details below ⬇️
Jason Mosley@jasonmosley.bsky.social · 3mo agoPlease join the Northeast Africa Forum on 19 May, when Fleur Martin (Warwick) will present: ‘Forty strokes with the rhino whip’: Violence, collecting & eastern African caravan journeys in the late nineteenth century *Hybrid event* Details & webinar registration: events.ox.ac.uk/oxford_event...
Please join the Northeast Africa Forum on 19 May, when Fleur Martin (Warwick) will present: ‘Forty strokes with the rhino whip’: Violence, collecting & eastern African caravan journeys in the late nineteenth century *Hybrid event* Details & webinar registration: events.ox.ac.uk/oxford_event...
Please join the Northeast Africa Forum on 12 May for the seminar, when Abdulhakim Nsobya (QU Belfast) presents: 'Rectifying Jihad: Governance, Leadership & the Making of Islamic State Central Africa Province (ISCAP)' *Hybrid event* Details & webinar registration: events.ox.ac.uk/oxford_event...
Join us for a fascinating public lecture, as Francesca Trivellato interrogates the traditional narratives in the history of capitalism and invites us to rethink the contribution of Max Weber. 17:00 Wed 13th May, followed by a drinks reception. www.history.ox.ac.uk/koch-history...
Please join the Northeast Africa Forum on 5 May for a book launch & discussion of: Sites of Remembering: The Meaning of African Art Through Memory W/author Abebe Zegeye & discussants Thembinkosi Goniwe & Cressida Marcus *Hybrid event* Webinar registration: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/5b579a...
Stephen Legg (Nottingham) has written a fantastic conference report on our “Cities and Decolonization” conference, which has just been published in the Journal of Historical Geography. doi.org/10.1016/j.jh...
Cities and decolonization: Anti-colonial struggles, urban protest, and global solidarities in the twentieth Century: Wadham College, University of Oxford, 19–20 March 2026
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Norman Aselmeyer@aselmeyer.bsky.social · 5mo agoConference time! From protest routes to print networks, from imperial capitals to port cities, urban spaces were not just backdrops but engines of anticolonial struggle. Join us for the "Cities and Decolonization" conference in Oxford this week. More: citiesanddecolonization.com
Das Motto für den Tag der Geschichtswissenschaft 2027 in Heidelberg steht fest: Rückschritte - Fortschritte. Auch der Call und die Ausschreibung für unsere Forschungspreise sind online! Alle Informationen finden Sie auf den Seiten des VHD www.historikerverband.de/historikerta...
56. Tag der Geschichtswissenschaft 2027 – VHD
Der Tag der Geschichtswissenschaft ist das größte Podium der deutschsprachigen Geschichtswissenschaft. In ihm spiegelt sich die aktuelle historische Forschung in […]
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UN experts call on the #Tanzanian government to publish commission reports on relocation of #Maasai from #Ngorongoro: “Historical agreements must be honoured. Indigenous Peoples have a right to remain on their traditional lands. #Conservation efforts must not come at the expense of human rights.”
Tanzania: UN experts urge transparency and respect for Indigenous Peoples’ rights in Ngorongoro
GENEVA – UN experts* today called on the Government of Tanzania to immediately publish the findings of two presidential commissions examining land-use dynamics and their sustainability and relocation ...
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Also do check out the wonderful 'Neighbourhods and the Colonial City' special issue in its entirety, expertly put together by Avner Ofrath and @aselmeyer.bsky.social. Pleasure to be a part of it.
Fantastic looking new issue of "German History" on 'Colonial Transactions in the German Empire,' edited by @nkleinoeder.bsky.social and @aselmeyer.bsky.social. Much to read!
Nina Kleinöder@nkleinoeder.bsky.social · 4mo agoIt's publication day! We have a complete issue now in "German History". With @aselmeyer.bsky.social I edited a volume on "Colonial Transactions in the German Empire". The contributions offer new insights into the construction of railways and colonial societies. academic.oup.com/gh/issue/43/4
It was a great pleasure to be part of this project! Thank you so much, @nkleinoeder.bsky.social and @aselmeyer.bsky.social, and happy publication day! 🎉 #envirotech #histtech #envhist
Nina Kleinöder@nkleinoeder.bsky.social · 4mo agoIt's publication day! We have a complete issue now in "German History". With @aselmeyer.bsky.social I edited a volume on "Colonial Transactions in the German Empire". The contributions offer new insights into the construction of railways and colonial societies. academic.oup.com/gh/issue/43/4
It's publication day! We have a complete issue now in "German History". With @aselmeyer.bsky.social I edited a volume on "Colonial Transactions in the German Empire". The contributions offer new insights into the construction of railways and colonial societies. academic.oup.com/gh/issue/43/4
Volume 43 Issue 4 | German History | Oxford Academic
The official journal of the German History Society. Publishes original research on all periods of German history and all German-speaking areas. An essential resource for German historians and valuable...
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Lektor at work kündigt vorab ein Buch für @coloniallegacy.bsky.social an. www.campus.de/buecher-camp...
Read the new 🔥🔥🔥 review by @aselmeyer.bsky.social and @saitabau.bsky.social of “Decolonizing Maasai History” (@bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social) by Meitamei Olol Dapash and Mary Poole. #activism #historiography cup.org/4t4ZzVY
Very much looking forward to this exciting conference on cities and decolonization organized by Norman Aselmeyer and Eric Burton, tomorrow in Oxford. I will talk about Berlin as a historical center of Palestinian politics.
Norman Aselmeyer@aselmeyer.bsky.social · 5mo agoConference time! From protest routes to print networks, from imperial capitals to port cities, urban spaces were not just backdrops but engines of anticolonial struggle. Join us for the "Cities and Decolonization" conference in Oxford this week. More: citiesanddecolonization.com
🚨Thursday highlight 🚨 Keynote by the great @sulinlewis.bsky.social on “The Other Side of Power: Anti-Colonialism, Authoritarianism, and the Left in the Decolonising City.” Abstract: citiesanddecolonization.com/abstracts/
Norman Aselmeyer@aselmeyer.bsky.social · 5mo agoConference time! From protest routes to print networks, from imperial capitals to port cities, urban spaces were not just backdrops but engines of anticolonial struggle. Join us for the "Cities and Decolonization" conference in Oxford this week. More: citiesanddecolonization.com
Conference time! From protest routes to print networks, from imperial capitals to port cities, urban spaces were not just backdrops but engines of anticolonial struggle. Join us for the "Cities and Decolonization" conference in Oxford this week. More: citiesanddecolonization.com
