After years of calls, events, and track changes, Brian Drohan and I are excited to announce the publication of our edited volume, Military Humanitarianism: Aid Operations and Armed Forces, with @cornellupress.bsky.social in July 2026!

www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

Military Humanitarianism by edited by Brian Drohan and Margot Tudor | Paperback | Cornell University Press While interconnections between humanitarian actors and military operations are a pervasive feature of contemporary conflicts around the globe today, Military Humanitarianism challenges the idea that.....

Brian Drohan and Margot Tudor eds. Military Humanitarianism: Aid Operations and Armed Forces - @cornellupress.bsky.social, July 2026
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

Check out this new blog post from @briandrohan.bsky.social and me about our forthcoming edited volume on Military Humanitarianism with @cornellupress.bsky.social on the Occupation Studies Research Network webpage: fasos-research.nl/occupationst...

Very happy for her! 😊

Awesome, say hi back! I hope she’s enjoying retirement (she is retired now, right?)

Thanks Bethany!

Thanks Erik!

Thanks Terry - congrats to you!

Cambridge is offering 20% discount off my new book DREAD DANGER! ☺️

Ha ha so true! 🫠

Usual caveats apply go.bsky.app/Gaka15u

Cold War Civil Rights A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the YearHow the fight for civil rights in America became an important front in the Cold War

The 25th anniversary edition of Cold War Civil Rights is available for pre-order!!
Pub date 6/17/25.
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(Re)introducing myself for all new pals: I’m a historian of UN peacekeeping and decolonisation. My work focuses on identifying colonial continuities and unequal practices in liberal internationalism. My first book will be out in paperback in Jan 2025 with CUP ✌️ www.cambridge.org/core/books/b...

@sechistnetwork.bsky.social is on air! Please follow & join!

We are looking for relatively short (1-2,000 words) opinion pieces on issues pertaining to imperial history, historiography, colonialism or the legacies of empire. Please do not hesitate to get in touch (jonas.f.gjerso@uis.no)!

What is behind the explosion in talk about decolonisation? | Aeon Essays There’s more talk of decolonisation than ever, while true independence for former colonies has faded from view. Why?

I wrote an essay on decolonization talk for Aeon Magazine, sparked in part by the seemingly odd image search results for 'decolonization' when making posters for Ohio State's International History Seminar last year. @mershoncenter.bsky.social @osuhistory.bsky.social

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Academic authors 'shocked' after Taylor & Francis sells access to their research to Microsoft AI Authors claim they have not been told about the AI deal, were not given the opportunity to opt out and are receiving no extra payment.

Can report there is still no opt-out. I'm part of a team of #milhist scholars that has voided its contract for a 4th ed of American Military History with Routledge because T&F sold out to Microsoft rather than protect its authors' IP. 🗃️ #academicsky www.thebookseller.com/news/academi...

It's been a fantastic project working together with amazing @oisintansey.bsky.social, @birtegippert.bsky.social and Sarah von Billerbeck!

"United Nations Peacekeeping and the Politics of Authoritarianism" is open access, out in early 2025

If you're an academic, please order a copy for your library

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Not an exhaustive list, but we're all likely exhausted.

If you're a history graduate student, organizing conference panels is a game changer. You meet people, get your name out there, and set the terms for how your own work is presented.

But how do you find people to invite if you don't know anyone? A 🧵

Congrats Lesley!

UN nerds!

@anjalikdayal.bsky.social and I are recording a fresh episode of our UN podcast tomorrow.

What should we discuss?
Get it here: www.globaldispatches.org/s/to-save-us...

Can you add me? I’m doing a history of peacekeeping from the beginning to 1990s!

Humanitarian Invasion Cambridge Core - Middle East Studies - Humanitarian Invasion

Hello to folks on BlueSky! I'm a historian working on international and global history, with a focus on the (post-)socialist world and the Middle East. I published a book on development in Cold War Afghanistan, and I'm now finishing a book on Shi'a Islamism. www.cambridge.org/core/books/h...

Since @modamhist.bsky.social is on BlueSky now, I thought I’d celebrate by posting my article in the journal, about US military humanitarian support to the United Nations 🇺🇳 Enjoy! www.cambridge.org/core/service...

The journal Modern American History is on @bsky.app! @modamhist.bsky.social
So is the Association for Law, Culture, and the Humanities!
@lch-law-cult-hum.bsky.social

new article by Daniel Palmieri - “Si vis pacem, impera bellum”: The ICRC, international humanitarian law and peace.

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Violence Without End: Small Wars and Big Empires That European empires depended on the pervasive and often devastating use of force has never been seriously in doubt. But what historians choose to make of

My review of Laurie Benton's They Called It Peace is out in Diplomatic History academic.oup.com/dh/advance-a...