Lydia Walker
@lydiawalker.bsky.social
Historian of global decolonization at Ohio State Author of STATES-IN-WAITING https://linktr.ee/lydia_walker
On Wed 17 June, Dr Lydia Walker, winner of the 2024 James J. Busuttil Medal, will deliver a lecture connected to her book 'States‑in‑Waiting' - join us to explore the complexities of decolonisation claims and to celebrate Dr Walker’s achievement! Details: tinyurl.com/ras-260617
H-Diplo has released a roundtable for STATES-IN-WAITING- Many thanks to @emleake.bsky.social @riakapoor.bsky.social @bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social @adenknaap.bsky.social, Saima Ashipala, + Bérénice Guyot-Réchard for their insightful engagement with the book!
H-Diplo with the Jervis Forum@h-diplo.bsky.social · 3mo agoJervis Forum Roundtable 17-39 on Walker, States-in-Waiting On 14 August 2025, a range of student, church, religious, and other organizations representing the Naga community in India celebrated the 78th anniversary of the Naga state’s declaration of independence on 15 August 1947. The date passed…
Jervis Forum Roundtable 17-39 on Walker, States-in-Waiting On 14 August 2025, a range of student, church, religious, and other organizations representing the Naga community in India celebrated the 78th anniversary of the Naga state’s declaration of independence on 15 August 1947. The date passed…
Jervis Forum Roundtable 17-39 on Walker, States-in-Waiting
On 14 August 2025, a range of student, church, religious, and other organizations representing the Naga community in India celebrated the 78th anniversary of the Naga state’s declaration of independence on 15 August 1947. The date passed without notice in the Western media, but was greeted warmly by the Secretary of General of the Unrepresented People’s Organization (UNPO), which was created in 1991 to advocate for the Naga, Uyghur, Tibetans, and other “states-in-waiting” for whom the era of UN-sponsored decolonization represented the closure rather than the fulfillment of their ambitions.
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States-in-Waiting is now a History finalist for the 2026 ACLS Open Access Book Prize! In the two years since publication, the book has over 20K full text views, which would not have happened without OA publication, made possible by the Ohio State Libraries and @universitypress.cambridge.org
American Council of Learned Societies@acls1919.bsky.social · 3mo agoAnnouncing the 2026 finalists for ACLS Open Access Book Prizes + Arcadia Open Access Publishing Awards! Five books in six categories—anthropology, environmental humanities, history, literary/media studies, multimodal, and political science—advance to the final round of $50k prizes: bit.ly/43rZPDD
Announcing the 2026 finalists for ACLS Open Access Book Prizes + Arcadia Open Access Publishing Awards! Five books in six categories—anthropology, environmental humanities, history, literary/media studies, multimodal, and political science—advance to the final round of $50k prizes: bit.ly/43rZPDD
ACLS Names 2026 Finalists for ACLS Open Access Book Prizes and Arcadia Open Access Publishing Awards
Thirty titles advance to final round for six $50,000 prizes for open access books in the humanities and social sciences
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Akira Iriye, one of the pioneers in the internationalization of U.S. history, passed away. RIP. www.asahi.com/ajw/articles...
Akira Iriye, leading historian of Japan-U.S. relations, dies | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
Akira Iriye, a Harvard University professor emeritus and a leading scholar on the history of international relations, died on Jan. 27. He was 91.
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Gelfand-Rappaport-LaFeber Dissertation Fellowship Ryan Metz, Ohio State University
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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Happy holidays to readers of global history and of the history of decolonization. States-in-Waiting is now out in paperback at an affordable price, especially with a 20% discount using code GHIS26. Many thanks to the team at @universitypress.cambridge.org cup.org/48wR0Mk
Those interested in a potential roundtable on "Historical Research and Artificial Intelligence: Critical Reflections on Method, Power, and Possibility in International History" that @zoeleblanc.bsky.social and I are planning for @shafrhistorians.bsky.social 2026 - please send us your abstracts!
Those interested in a potential roundtable on "Historical Research and Artificial Intelligence: Critical Reflections on Method, Power, and Possibility in International History" that @zoeleblanc.bsky.social and I are planning for @shafrhistorians.bsky.social 2026 - please send us your abstracts!
Many thanks, @pasuth.info! States-in-Waiting is just now out in paperback while remaining open access through Cambridge core. www.cambridge.org/us/universit...
States-in-Waiting | Cambridge University Press & Assessment
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Pasuth Thothaveesansuk@pasuth.info · 9mo agoI love @lydiawalker.bsky.social’s book on how some anticolonial nationalist movements received international legitimacy and became sovereign states and the plights of many others that are left on the margins of the global narrative of decolonization. www.cambridge.org/core/books/s...
www.bradleyrsimpson.com/self-determi... Modeling archival sharing and collaborative research, @bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social shares significant portions of the archival material behind THE FIRST RIGHT, his exciting new book on self-determination - global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Self-determination Documents — Bradley R. Simpson
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Sharing some exciting news #AlaskaNativeResilience: Voices from World War II (my book!) published by @uwapress.uw.edu received the Robert M. Utley Book Prize for the best book published on military history of the frontier and western North America! #AKhistory, #Nativehistory, & #militarization
Check out the September issue of Diplomatic History! Featuring Elisabeth Leake's (@emleake.bsky.social) Bernath Lecture "The Decolonization Paradigm: Rethinking the US and the World" in which she argues for a "new paradigm for understanding modern international history" doi.org/10.1093/dh/d...
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Brad Simpson @bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social reviews Lydia Walker's @lydiawalker.bsky.social States in Waiting: A Counternarrative of Global Decolonization doi.org/10.1093/dh/d...
All set up at #SHAFR2025. Stop by and say hello. @shafrhistorians.bsky.social @universitypress.cambridge.org
🏆 We are pleased to award the 2025 James J. Busuttil Prize and Medal for Human Rights jointly to Dr Lydia Walker (@lydiawalker.bsky.social) and Dr Sandhya Fuchs. Read the full announcement and the winners’ profiles in our latest blogpost: royalasiaticsociety.org/the-james-j-...
(1/2) The second workshop in the AHRC-funded Rethinking Internationalisms series titled 'New Methods for New Histories' will take place via zoom on 9-10 July – reflective panels followed by an open discussion. Audience-participants can sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/new-method...
New Methods for New Histories (Online)
Workshop 2: Rethinking Internationalisms: Histories and Pluralities
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From 8-14 June Pitt Rivers is hosting a Naga delegation for a visit focusing on the repatriation of Naga ancestral remains & exploring future care. The Museum holds the largest collection of Naga material in the world, much of which was collected by colonial administrators in the early 20th century.
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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Heading back home from a flying visit to Cambridge to comment on a chapter for @lydiawalker.bsky.social’s fascinating new book project on post-SWW interventions ☺️ Also managed to squeeze in a visit to the brilliant ‘Rise Up’ exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum - definitely worth a visit ✊🪧
Very much appreciate this detailed review of States-in-Waiting in Diplomatic History by @bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social academic.oup.com/dh/advance-a...
Maintaining the Faith in Global Decolonization
Historians of decolonization tend to present the moment of independence as the culmination of nationalist struggles, and the achievement of political sover
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Only recently discovered that I needed this. How I wish John Prados was still with us. Will be writing about Eisenhower, Dien Bien Phu, and the war declaration that didn't happen.
The Society for Military History is now archiving historical materials related to military history that are disappearing from federal or state websites. We are open to submissions, anonymously or otherwise. Please see www.smh-hq.org/archivedreso... and note there the submission links.
Archived Resources | The Society for Military History
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Delighted to announce the program of our Global History Colloquium @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social, which I co-convene with Isabella Löhr and Sebastian Conrad this summer. All welcome.
8/ Viewpoint: "A revisionist history of the United Nations" by Alanna O’Malley (@unileiden.bsky.social) and @lydiawalker.bsky.social (@osuhistory.bsky.social) doi.org/10.1093/past...
A revisionist history of the United Nations*
The United Nations (UN) continues to confront global crises that threaten its survival and test the durability of the‘ liberal international order’. Challe
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A privilege to publicly engage w/such an important book. H-Diplo's Roundtable on @drmargottudor.bsky.social's Blue Helmet Bureaucrats: “particularly strong on the United Nations’ conceptions of territoriality and its relationships to time."
Margot Tudor@drmargottudor.bsky.social · 2y agoThe @h-diplo.bsky.social roundtable on Blue Helmet Bureaucrats is out! 💫 Grateful to @lydiawalker.bsky.social, @vivienlchang.bsky.social, & Ryan Irwin for their thoughtful reviews; Eva-Maria Muschik for her kind introduction; & @emleake.bsky.social for making it happen. issforum.org/ISSF/PDF/RJI...
