Frank Gerits
@frankgerits.bsky.social
Tenured Assistant Professor Utrecht University II Research Fellow University of the Free State, Bloemfontein South Africa Climate Justice Historian and International History of the Global South
I wrote about the 2026 Africa-France summit in Nairobi which is taking place today for The Conversation "Why Nairobi Africa‑France summit bears the hallmarks of Macron and Ruto priorities" theconversation.com/why-nairobi-...
Why Nairobi Africa-France summit bears the hallmarks of Macron and Ruto priorities
The business start-up vibe of the Nairobi summit is no coincidence.
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Our fantastic contibutors are Yusra Koops-Abdullahi, Atsuko Watanabe, Atul Mishra, Maarten Meijer @orrosenboim.bsky.social, Bill Figueroa, Jacob Mundy, Alex Manby, Sveinn M. Jóhannesson, @frankgerits.bsky.social and Xavier Guillaume.
!New publication Alert! How African Decolonization Challenged the Notion of Cold War Polarity: The End of Empire, Modernization, and International Relations Theory in the 1950s and 1960s IN Global Studies Quarterly, Volume 6, Issue 2, April 2026 doi.org/10.1093/isag...
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The History of market mechanisms and COP meetings, why? how? (in Dutch) www.mo.be/opinie/hoe-m...
‘Hoe marktwerking de klimaatconferenties binnensloop’ – MO*
Door geen pad naar reductiedoelen te creëren lieten de VN-klimaatconferenties vrij spel aan de neoliberale vrije markt.
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A new academic year at Utrecht University — always a highlight. The energy, curiosity, and fresh perspectives students bring to the classroom are what make this work so enjoyable. Excited for the year ahead! You can still join the Existential Risk Workshop on 25 September: www.uu.nl/en/events/wo...
Workshop: Existential Risk in the Netherlands. A New Field of Study?
Explore the the social, economic, and ecological aspects of existential risks and what a ‘Risk Community’ could contribute to research in the Netherlands.
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1 MONTH TO GO UNTIL THE "EXISTENTIAL RISK IN THE NETHERLANDS WORKSHOP" If you want to attend as an audience member get in touch with my (f.p.l.gerits@uu.nl) Funded "Pathways to Sustainability" Part of the Politics of Environmental Action Project.
Macron has acknowledged that the anticolonial struggle in Niger was a full-blown war. He further recognized that France engaged in some neocolonial meddling after independence. Why? Read my piece (in French) in The Conversation theconversation.com/massacre-de-...
Massacre de l'armée coloniale au Niger : derrière le mea culpa de Macron, la continuité d’un récit historique biaisé
Une expression matérielle de regret sous la forme d'un monument dédié aux vies africaines perdues pourrait, à cet égard, être un bon point de départ.
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I had the opportunity to speak about the mysterious and tragic plane crash of Dag Hammarskjöld in 1961. The podcast by @BNR has high production value, making it enjoyable to listen to even on a beach or during a walk. www.bnr.nl/podcast/fact...
13. Dood Boven Katanga
18 september 1961, even na middernacht. Een Douglas DC-6 vliegtuig nadert de luchthaven van Ndola in Noord-Rhodesië. Aan boord zit Dag Hammarskjöld, de 56-j...
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Thursday 12 June, 16h: a panel conversation with actual real climate change activists who will participate in the next COP. Come to Universiteit Utrecht Library! More info behind the QR code!
Looking forward to celebrating this wonderful book! #anticolonial #extinction #studies [alt text: an image of a mastodon skeleton faces right. A figure riding an elephant sits underneath and left, with two figures (one holding a spear, the other a cane and top hat) to the right.
TheNACBS@thenacbs.bsky.social · last yr.📕Book Event📕 Join NACBS to discuss Sadiah Qureshi’s latest work, Vanished: An Unnatural History of Extinction. Audra Mitchell @audralmitchell.bsky.social will join @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social in conversation. June 10 at 11am ET Free & open to the public Info & RSVP: www.nacbs.org/event-detail...
Talking about my book "The Ideological Scramble for Africa" on "Departures with Robert Amsterdam" podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
Africa's unique ideological history and its impact on unity
Podcast Episode · Departures with Robert Amsterdam · 05/22/2025 · 28m
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Great workshop on the History of Non-Alignment. A collaborative project at the University of Padua History Department.
Great conference on AI. Off to Padova to talk Non-Alignment!
Sign up if you want to attend. Powering up towards the Bonn Climate Change Conference 📅 Date: Thursday, 12 June 2025 🕓 Time: 16:00–18:00
Great to be here! Looking forward to seeing all of you again in the ...... future
Lise Butler@lisebutler.bsky.social · last yr.Heartily recommend holding your next academic workshop in Bologna. Wonderful two days discussing prediction and the environment for our @britishacademy.bsky.social ‘Place of Prediction’ workshop, with special thanks to host @orrosenboim.bsky.social
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For this Earth Day and in celebration of my commitment to the bit that my book makes it to With Love, Meghan I made a step and repeat for it with @uchicagopress.bsky.social gift wrap. You can buy a copy or request your library purchase one, please. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/vi...
Swing by tonight if you have time to hear me ramble about the international politics of climate change
Save the date for the next talk in the "Geneva Environmental Lecture" series! On 8 May, Mark Carey (Oregon) will speak on the very mundane history of icebergs 🧊 More on avalanche.hypotheses.org/gel
This is a major step forward for International Environmental History!
Lucas Mueller@lumu.bsky.social · last yr.Our introduction, w/ @smueller.bsky.social, about the planetary age in environmental and international history is online! Check out the Forum articles by Perrin Selcer, Andrea Westermann, Liesbeth van de Grift & @smacekura.bsky.social Let's begin the debate about the visions of the one planet 🌍
Essay - in Dutch - on the perils of revisionist imperial history ("We also did a lot of good things"). Written together with @gillianmathys.bsky.social , in response to the claims made in "Engelen uit Europa", a book by Hans Van der Jagt. THE LINK: bmgn-lchr.nl/article/view...
Very interesting article by @startswithabang.bsky.social: Ask Ethan: Why are maps of the cosmos always oval-shaped? bigthink.com/starts-with-... A different representation of temperature fluctuations, in this case from WMAP data, using depths and elevations. @pomarede.bsky.social 🧪⚛️🔭
Another day another book review. This time by Matteo Grilli and he actually has some criticism as well, which I will ignore for the sake of "providing readers with unprecedented insights into this period". www.academia.edu/128476338/Gr...
Grilli, review of The Ideological Scramble for Africa: how the pursuit of anticolonial modernity shaped a postcolonial order, 1945–1966 by Frank Gerits Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2023. Pp x...
Free State Gerits' book is part of a scholarship which, in the wake of Westad's The Global Cold War, seeks to pay more attention to the role played by the developing world in the Cold War. Ger...
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Proud to announce the launch of Routledge Resources Online: The Cold War ! 🌍 You can find the link here: www.taylorfrancis.com/rrocw/?conte... Ruud Van Dijk is the main editor. I am editor for Africa entries. We have a big editorial board. @shafrhistorians.bsky.social @coldwarpod.bsky.social
Join us in the 2025 Policy Workshop ‘The Montreal Moment’ in Middelburg from 5-6 June 2025. Supported by the RIAS in Middelburg and Pathways to Sustainability at @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social @siculovevo.bsky.social www.roosevelt.nl/app/uploads/...
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TOMORROW I WILL GO ON STRIKE! LIKE MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES WE RESIST THE DESTRUCTION OF THE UNIVERSITY IN THE NETHERLANDS
"Instead, this is a monumental undertaking requiring the author to chase his sources all over the world, and a major achievement for global diplomatic history." Thank you Burleigh Hendrickson for reading my book. doi.org/10.1080/1466...
The ideological scramble for Africa: how the pursuit of anticolonial modernity shaped a postcolonial order, 1945–1966
Published in Commonwealth & Comparative Politics (Ahead of Print, 2025)
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It was great being a guest on AJinside @aljazeera.com talk about the AU's summit on reparations aje.io/uojo8v
How realistic is the African Union’s call for reparatory justice?
African leaders are seeking reparations from former colonial powers at a summit in Ethiopia.
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