New article out, open access, in Itinerario: “West Papuans between transnationalism and internationalism.” I trace how West Papuan activists used regional organisations and the UN to push for self‑determination, linking their campaigns to debates about race, sovereignty, and representation.

📢 Join us at Notre Dame London to celebrate 20 years of the Journal of Global History! JGH is hosting an ECR workshop and a Guest Lecture with Prof. Stefanie Gänger. In person and online. Find out more and register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/distinguis...

Really looking forward to this conference next month! See below for details.

Ria Kapoor@riakapoor.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Join us for the 4th Rethinking Internationalisms conference, 19-20 March, the line up is brilliant. The @rshc.bsky.social memorial lecture will be delivered as part of the proceedings by Prof. Sandrine Kott (link in thread) and there will be an ECR event on 18 (1/3) www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...

My AHR review of @lydiawalker.bsky.social's States-In-Waiting is now live! I reflect on the book's methodological and theoretical contributions to global histories of decolonisation. Check it out here: academic.oup.com/ahr/article-... #books #historians #decolonisation #globalhistory

Lydia Walker. States-in-Waiting: A Counternarrative of Global Decolonization.

States-in-Waiting is a nuanced and meticulously researched exploration of knowledge, power, and legitimacy in the era of decolonization. The monograph open

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Looking forward to presenting at Birkbeck tomorrow!

Jessica Reinisch@jessicareinisch.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Don't miss the CSI lunchtime seminar this Thursday, 1-2pm: @emmakluge.bsky.social will look at anticolonial & environmental campaigns in Oceania. All welcome, no need to book - in person in Birkbeck Central Building room room 407 (or message me if you want to join online) @bbkhistorical.bsky.social

Lots of great things coming up this autumn in the CSI calendar - next up is @emmakluge.bsky.social's lunchtime seminar 'Oceanic internationalism: anticolonialism and environmentalism in the Pacific' (30 Oct 1-2pm, in person & online, msg for link) Full programme here csi.bbk.ac.uk/blog/autumn-...

CSI Autumn 2025 Events — Centre for the Study of Internationalism

Lunchtime seminar by Dr Emma Kluge (Exeter) on “Oceanic Internationalism: Anticolonialism and Environmentalism in the Pacific” What: The Pacific Ocean covers more than 30% of the world’s surface. Howe...

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Interested in the transitory nature of academia and how this shapes scholarship on internationalism? Come along to our virtual conference, 'Blind Spots and Buzzwords in Internationalism' on 5th and 6th Nov 👁️. Get your tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/blind-spot...

London friends: please come along to my talk in a couple of weeks. I’ll be talking about some of the ideas from my next project. Would love to see you there (or online)!

Jessica Reinisch@jessicareinisch.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Save the date! Delighted that @emmakluge.bsky.social will give our first Centre for Internationalism lunchtime seminar on "Oceanic Internationalism: Anticolonialism and Environmentalism in the Pacific", 30 Oct, 1-2pm, Birkbeck Central Building rm407. Message for Teams link if you want to join online

Incredible article on the problems of citizenship in the aftermath of empire and refugees’ use of air travel to carve out a space for themselves between exclusionary and conflicting immigration regimes.

Ria Kapoor@riakapoor.bsky.social · 10mo ago

I have a new article out. TLDR: Actively courting deportation by air is a way to claim rights as a stateless person and even as a refugee. academic.oup.com/past/advance...

I have a new article out. TLDR: Actively courting deportation by air is a way to claim rights as a stateless person and even as a refugee. academic.oup.com/past/advance...

Air Travel, Statelessness, and the Rights Claims of Ugandan Asians, c.1973*

Abstract. In the aftermath of Idi Amin’s expulsion of Uganda’s South Asians in 1972, some of those made technically stateless arrived in India unsupported

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Today is the anniversary of the 1962 signing of the New York agreement between Indonesia and the Netherlands, leading to the recolonisation of West Papua. In my Humanity article, I explore the events leading up to this: humanityjournal.org/issue13-1/a-... Message me if you want a copy!

A New Agenda for the Global South: West Papua, the United Nations, and the Politics of Decolonization

Emma Kluge on West Papuan attempts at self-determination.

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Our new series of short videos showcases the work of our interdisciplinary experts in HaSS Cornwall at @exeter.ac.uk . The latest features Emma Kluge on how our Environmental Humanities research and teaching reorients our historical and political narratives from the perspective of the ocean.

Emma Kluge@emmakluge.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Our historical narratives are often centred on land, but what happens if we shift our perspective to oceans? How might this shape our environmental and political imaginaries? Join us at @hass-cornwall.bsky.social as we plunge into the past to navigate new futures. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xqj...

Our historical narratives are often centred on land, but what happens if we shift our perspective to oceans? How might this shape our environmental and political imaginaries? Join us at @hass-cornwall.bsky.social as we plunge into the past to navigate new futures. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xqj...

Oceans - Dr Emma Kluge, Lecturer in Colonial and Environmental History

YouTube video by University of Exeter

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History is as much about remembering as forgetting. At @hass-cornwall.bsky.social historians explore the intentional forgetting that reveal more about society's political choices than any moment of collective remembering. Find out more via our new ‘Research Shorts’: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCjj...

Forgetting - Professor Catriona Pennell, Professor in Modern History and Memory Studies

YouTube video by University of Exeter

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'Reindustrialisation’ is now a buzzword across the political spectrum. At @hass-cornwall.bsky.social we are surrounded by resurgent industries rooted in place and strategically pivotal to security & sustainability. Hear more in our new 'Research Shorts' series of videos: youtu.be/oPIDKPX7jcc?...

Reindustrialisation - Dr Frederick Harry Pitts, Senior Lecturer in Politics

YouTube video by University of Exeter

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Creating a 'spare parts' document for writing I'm not yet willing to cut is still my most effective way of killing my darlings while doing revisions. Do I ever put these things back into the text? No. Do I need to pretend that I might? Yes, every time.

It was a pleasure to be part of this special issue on Petitions and Petitioning in Colonial and Post-colonial contexts. If you want to see the full SI (and check out my article on West Papuan petitions) you can find it here: www.tandfonline.com/toc/fich20/5...

The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History

Petitions and Petitioning in Colonial and Post-colonial Contexts. Volume 53, Issue 3 of The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History

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Henry Miller @henryjmiller.bsky.social · last yr.

Delighted to see a new special issue of @jich.bsky.social on petitions and petitioning in colonial/post-colonial contexts out. Edited by myself and Miranda Johnson (Otago). Includes articles on South Asia, West Africa, the Pacific, North America. www.tandfonline.com/toc/fich20/5...

Excited to be at #AAPS2025. The conference is to a great start with Rev Dr Cliff Bird delivering the Epeli Hau’Ofa lecture. Looking forward to listening to all the wonderful work happening in Pacific Studies across the region.

New special issue of 'Australian Journal of Biography and History' publishing tomorrow! ‘Oceania Lives’ is the result of years of collaborative research by the Pacific-led Oceania Working Party (OWP) of the Australian Dictionary of Biography. Register your interest: doi.org/10.22459/AJBH.09.2025

My article 'Papuan Petitions as an Archive of Decolonisation' is online and open access! It's part of an upcoming special issue on petitions. I explore West Papuan petitions written in the lead up to the Act of 'Free' Choice and the significance of this archive. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Papuan Petitions as an Archive of Decolonisation

In 1961, West Papuan leaders declared their intent to become an independent nation in opposition to both Dutch colonial control and Indonesia’s campaign to incorporate the territory into its Republ...

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Yesterday’s #esshc2025 panel was such a joy. Talking about anticolonial mobilisation with the global history gang @riakapoor.bsky.social @sulinlewis.bsky.social and @emleake.bsky.social. Thanks to Anne-Isabell Richard for chairing and the audience for great engagement. Feeling inspired!

Hot on the heels of the first AHRC Rethinking Internationalisms conference on ‘Counter-hegemonic Internationalisms’, here is the CfP (5 May deadline) for our next ONLINE workshop ‘New Methods for New Histories’, with @jessicareinisch.bsky.social , @drmargottudor.bsky.social , Daniel Laqua and me.

Really enjoying being part of this conference! Such an interesting range of papers.

Margot Tudor@drmargottudor.bsky.social · last yr.

Our AHRC-funded conference on ‘Counter-Hegemonic Internationalisms’, hosted at @northumbriauni.bsky.social, began this morning and we’ve already had fantastic panels on race, space, religious, and Mexican internationalisms. More to come after the coffee break! It’s a gorgeous day in Newcastle ☀️☀️☀️

Are you in London this afternoon? Make sure to attend this event at birkbeck 2-4pm to launch this incredible new handbook on histories of socialism and development with @sulinlewis.bsky.social @nanaoseiopare.bsky.social and @jessicareinisch.bsky.social 🔥🔥🔥 online link available too, just lmk!

Su Lin Lewis@sulinlewis.bsky.social · last yr.

Another reminder - and correction - that this is tomorrow (TUESDAY not Thursday). Really looking forward to it! If anyone would like to join online, please let @jessicareinisch.bsky.social know, & thanks again to Jessica and Birkbeck's Centre for the Study of Internationalism for hosting us!

CFP: @globalhistjnl.bsky.social development editing workshop (deadline 1 March 2025). Workshop open to scholars & #skystorians for whom English is not a first language who study/work outside of North American and Western European institutions. Keep an eye out for an ECR workshop later in the year! 🗃

Journal of Global History (JGH)@globalhistjnl.bsky.social · 2y ago

📢 Exciting News! JGH is hosting a Development Editing Workshop. Workshop open to scholars for whom English is not a first language who study/work outside of North American and Western European institutions. Find out more here: drive.google.com/file/d/1lwRt...

Fantastic initiative for those hoping to publish in the Journal of Global History!

Journal of Global History (JGH)@globalhistjnl.bsky.social · 2y ago

📢 Exciting News! JGH is hosting a Development Editing Workshop. Workshop open to scholars for whom English is not a first language who study/work outside of North American and Western European institutions. Find out more here: drive.google.com/file/d/1lwRt...

I'll be presenting on Pacific Decolonization as part of the panel 'Counternarratives of Postwar Decolonization' on Sunday afternoon with @lydiawalker.bsky.social and Nana Osei-Opare, chaired by @erezmanela.bsky.social and comments from @emleake.bsky.social #aha25 aha.confex.com/aha/2025/web...

In New York for my first American Historical Association conference! #aha25

Looking forward to this! Our Cornwall department might be small but it’s so cool that we teach both Pacific and Caribbean history modules and bring them into conversation with the Environmental humanities.

Wendy McMahon@wendymcmahon.bsky.social · 2y ago

Today’s teaching: hope in the face of the climate crisis and getting the students prepared for our end of term Environmental Humanities showcase that @emmakluge.bsky.social and I will be running for our 1st, 2nd, & final yr students. Watch this space for more on that ❣️

New here! I’m a historian who expands global histories of decolonisation to include Pacific and indigenous peoples. I work on anticolonialism and environmentalism in Oceania and am increasingly convinced you can’t talk about one without the other (even though that’s what I did in my first project).