Alex White @alexjwhite.bsky.social · 17hThis is such a fascinating article, especially in the wake of the catastrophic cuts to aid across the world. It's always helpful to consider historical agents outside the global North, rather than dismissing them as puppets and passive recipients of development funds! 093
Reposted by Alex WhiteDr Beckie Rutherford (she/her) @beckierutherford.bsky.social · 12/10/2026The landscape of historical research is increasingly bleak but this has been a source of total joy and radical hope! Huge thanks to all my authors and History Workshop colleagues past and present for making this job so rewarding ❤️ 0114
Reposted by Alex WhiteNew Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 08/10/2026NEW: The new war does not feel like the last for Tigrayans — freedom fighters have become corrupt autocrats, and former enemies are now suddenly allies. The people are being asked to make more sacrifices, but no longer believe in the cause, writes Zeywegih Leyti for @newlinesmag.bsky.socialnewlinesmag.comThe Betrayal of TigrayFormer enemies are now suddenly allies, freedom fighters have become corrupt autocrats, and the people they claim to lead do not want this war 064
Reposted by Alex WhiteHistory Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 09/10/2026We're also celebrating the work of marral, who has helped to steer History Workshop as both an editorial fellow and a managing editor. Marral's work is rooted in global activist histories, and particularly the ties between Arab and Iranian revolutionaries.historyworkshop.org.uk"Britain's Vietnam": Remembering DhufarThe 9th of June 1965 was declared as the first day of the Dhufar Revolution. What role did a small group of British solidarity activists play in the revolution's fate? 194
Reposted by Alex WhiteHistory Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 09/10/2026After three brilliant years, @beckierutherford.bsky.social's fellowship is coming to an end. A historian of health, gender, and activism in modern Britain, Beckie has edited a selection of incredible articles focused on the experiences and ideas of disabled people.historyworkshop.org.ukRadical Object: The Radar KeyThe Radar Key is a small but crucial part of the history of disabled people demanding rights and independence in modern Britain. Kirstie Stage explores the little-known history of this radical object. 14025
Reposted by Alex WhitePhantas McGoria @pamcg.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Guy who showed up expecting Irish modernism because the top billed other speakers are named Joyce and Beckett 032
Alex White @alexjwhite.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Such a fascinating piece on labour, capital, and the edges of empire during the Great Depression. I really feel like it's unpacking the roots of a form of inequality we take for granted today. 074
Alex White @alexjwhite.bsky.social · 01/10/2026And here's Chatterji's fantastic article on immobility if you want to read it! www.jstor.org/stable/26358...jstor.orgClient Challenge 020
Alex White @alexjwhite.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Global historians are fascinated by mobility and exchange, with good reason - but as Joya Chatterji points out, we also need a history of the people who didn't move. I loved editing this article, which sheds fascinating light on the farmers who made botanical exchange possible. 1133
Reposted by Alex Whitewill pooley @willpooley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026If you’ll be in Durham on 18/11, I’m giving a talk at @durhamhistory.bsky.social seminar “Murder, Magic… Spreadsheets?” about writing my new book on witchcraft in France(1790-1940) due out with Cornell next year. The highs, the lows… the stupid stupid spreadsheets. www.durham.ac.uk/departments/... 🗃️ 1219
Reposted by Alex WhiteMercedes Crisóstomo @mercrisostomo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I am so grateful to Marral Shamshiri for inviting me to write this piece for @historyworkshop.org.uk and its Radical Horizons series. The piece forms part of my broader research on women in radical politics in twentieth-century Latin America. 1104
Reposted by Alex WhiteHistory Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 24/09/2026Can the ideas of a controversial trans Marxist be recovered? Rebecca Jane Morgan on Rachael Webb's (1940-2009) class-based coalition politics.historyworkshop.org.ukRachael Webb: The Forgotten Trans MarxistCan the ideas of a controversial trans Marxist be recovered? Rebecca Jane Morgan on Rachael Webb's (1940-2009) class-based coalition politics. 11913
Reposted by Alex WhiteIHR African History Seminar @ihrafricanhistory.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Biography can help recover history from colonial dispossession and silencing - join us next Wednesday September 30 for the first IHR African History Seminar in 26/27 with Ben Lawrance and Vusumuzi Kumalo to explore how, focusing on South African writer Dugmore Boetie, apartheid, and decolonization! 11414
Reposted by Alex WhiteJake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The files from New York Times v OpenAI are insane. I'm no big city lawyer but seems like it's a bunch of open bragging about theft? 317243
Reposted by Alex WhiteHistory Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 15/09/2026What does the archive of a former activist reveal about solidarity practices in the 1970s? James_AL_Downs explores the networks and activities of the Solidarity Committees supporting liberation movements in the Gulf.historyworkshop.org.ukAn Archive of SolidarityWhat does the archive of a former activist reveal about solidarity practices in the 1970s? James Downs explores the networks and activities of the Solidarity Committees supporting liberation movements in the Gulf. 13418
Reposted by Alex WhiteHistory Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 08/09/2026How did global connections shape the sounds of the 1950s and 1960s in the decolonising world? Su Lin Lewis and Ben GJ Thomas explore the relationship between music and internationalism in post-colonial Southeast Asia.historyworkshop.org.ukAfro-Asian RhythmsHow did global connections shape the sounds of the 1950s and 1960s in the decolonising world? Su Lin Lewis and Ben GJ Thomas explore the relationship between music and internationalism in post-colonial Southeast Asia. 1122
Alex White @alexjwhite.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Fantastic article on a piece of history I'd never considered before - the final years of slavery in the Caribbean, when the colonial state became the arbiter of 'reform' and enslaved people used legal processes to express their humanity. 042
Alex White @alexjwhite.bsky.social · 28/08/2026It's the anniversary of the March on Washington today - and also of Maya Angelou's lesser-known solidarity protest at the US Embassy in Ghana. It's a fascinating story of solidarity across the boundaries of the Cold War, and I wrote about it a few years ago. theconversation.com/maya-angelou...theconversation.comMaya Angelou’s newly uncovered writing from Egypt and Ghana reveals a more radical side to her careerAngelou’s 1960s political journalism in Africa demonstrates her desire to link the struggle for civil rights in the US to global campaigns against racism. 0172
Reposted by Alex WhiteDr Beckie Rutherford (she/her) @beckierutherford.bsky.social · 25/08/2026"The aim is to help us understand the challenges that may lie ahead, the roads once travelled or missed, and the ones we might carve out and take, in trying to overcome the many obstacles we face." Very excited to see this new series launched by my brilliant colleague @marralsham.bsky.social 💫 192
Alex White @alexjwhite.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Absolutely - from what I know, postcolonial Kenya used some of the same techniques in its conflicts along the Somali border. 110
Alex White @alexjwhite.bsky.social · 18/08/2026I'd read that. What an awful (and telling) situation! 010
Alex White @alexjwhite.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Loved editing this piece on publicity in the Kenya Emergency. It makes a very timely point about how states circulate violent imagery to suppress dissent and depict some uses of force as more legitimate than others, and it's already giving me lots of ideas for my work on colonial broadcasting... 1209
Alex White @alexjwhite.bsky.social · 17/08/2026That's so funny. When I did my PhD, I wasn't even the only Alex J White at my university - as a specialist in colonial history, I did get a suspicious number of invitations to review papers in fluid dynamics... 230
Reposted by Alex WhiteThe Journal of African History @thejah.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Read Siyabonga Njica’s new #OA article on Bloke Modisane, the #MajiMajiWar, #Historiography, and #Postcolonial #NationBuilding. #Tanzania #SouthAfrica cup.org/4ghGLjq 032
Alex White @alexjwhite.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Loved editing this piece on diaspora and community - and special thanks to Lloyd Gee, Four Corners and the Bengali Photo Archive for the stunning images! 051
Reposted by Alex WhiteKim A. Wagner @kimatiwagner.bsky.social · 03/08/2026If only there was a historical precedent for the punitive logic of this kind of warfare...🤔 On a completely unrelated note, have you seen this excellent new book? 0276
Reposted by Alex WhiteOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 25/07/2026I will just say that it is an...unfortunate editorial decision to put W.E.B DuBois' picture in a thumbnail above this headline 1350146
Reposted by Alex WhiteTionne Alliyah Parris @tionneaparris.bsky.social · 21/05/2026I’m excited to share that my debut book is on the way! 'Long Distance Runners: Black Women Radicals and the Struggle for Liberation' coming 2027! Bloomsbury UK/US is running a 10% discount right now, so please consider ordering directly to save some coins bloomsbury.com/uk/long-dist... 44817
Reposted by Alex WhiteAlex White @alexjwhite.bsky.social · 19/07/2026This is a stunning article by @faisalahali.bsky.social, covering the radical history of Radio Mogadishu and ongoing efforts to protect its extraordinary archive. There's also embedded audio, if you're curious about how its broadcasts sounded! www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/...aljazeera.comSomalia races to save Radio Mogadishu’s fading archiveA small team is working to digitise decades of Somali history in the country's main public radio station. 02110
Alex White @alexjwhite.bsky.social · 19/07/2026This is a stunning article by @faisalahali.bsky.social, covering the radical history of Radio Mogadishu and ongoing efforts to protect its extraordinary archive. There's also embedded audio, if you're curious about how its broadcasts sounded! www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/...aljazeera.comSomalia races to save Radio Mogadishu’s fading archiveA small team is working to digitise decades of Somali history in the country's main public radio station. 02110
Alex White @alexjwhite.bsky.social · 16/07/2026And on the subject of how great it is to work here - we're hiring a new editorial fellow this year! If you specialise in pre-1800 CE history from any part of the world, we'd love to hear from you. The deadline is August 7. www.historyworkshop.org.uk/article/call...historyworkshop.org.ukCall for Applications: Editorial Fellowship at History Workshop, 2026History Workshop is seeking to appoint one Editorial Fellow in 2026, with specialism in pre-1800 CE history from any part of the globe. 030
Alex White @alexjwhite.bsky.social · 16/07/2026One of the pleasures of working at History Workshop is getting to work on times and places far outside your original field. I'd never considered the history of the arrest before, so it was fascinating to help edit this piece! 12914
Reposted by Alex WhiteHistory Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 13/07/2026OTD in 1930, the first FIFA World Cup began in Uruguay. In this article from the archives, Richard Mills explores how football fixtures created meaningful ties between Yugoslavia and its African and Asian allies.historyworkshop.org.ukScoring for the Non-Aligned Movement: Yugoslavia, Football and the Third WorldContinuing our History Workshop World Cup series, Richard Mills explores the role football played in establishing diplomatic ties between Tito’s […] 0168
Alex White @alexjwhite.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Such a pleasure to work on this fascinating article! 092
Reposted by Alex WhiteArturo Chang @arturochang.bsky.social · 02/07/2026I enjoyed writing this piece reflecting on American identities as we near the 250th anniversary of US independence. Many thanks to the team at @zocalopublicsquare.bsky.social for their support and encouragement! 174
Reposted by Alex WhiteMoney on the Left @moneyontheleft.bsky.social · 25/06/2026What makes debt illegitimate?moneyontheleft.orgOdious Debt with Edward Jones CorrederaMoney on the Left speaks with Edward Jones Corredera, author of Odious Debt: Bankruptcy, International Law, and the Making of Latin America (Oxford University Press, 2024). What are fallen ty… 041
Reposted by Alex WhiteAfrica Is a Country @africasacountry.bsky.social · 25/06/2026In 1957, three months after Ghanaian independence, the world’s most celebrated footballer came to Accra to teach. What Stanley Matthews left behind changed Ghanaian football forever. africasacountry.com/2026/06/the-...africasacountry.comThe king of soccerIn 1957, three months after Ghanaian independence, the world’s most celebrated footballer came to Accra to teach. What Stanley Matthews left behind changed Ghanaian football forever. 142
Reposted by Alex WhiteLiesbeth Corens @onslies.bsky.social · 17/06/2026🥹 my dad gave a sermon to his parish based on my sending him this piece, @drsamyoung.bsky.social. Does that count as REF impact, do we think, @historyworkshop.org.uk? 2163
Alex White @alexjwhite.bsky.social · 11/06/2026This looks absolutely fascinating - can't wait to read. 090
Alex White @alexjwhite.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Really enjoyed editing this piece on Catholic labour in interwar France, which seems all the more relevant given the Pope's recent statements on the dignity of human work. 0144
Alex White @alexjwhite.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Lovely to see Cat's research get the recognition it deserves! It's such a fascinating subject, and so relevant to the way we think about ecological practices today. 021
Reposted by Alex WhiteRoyal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 29/05/2026We are stronger, and better historians, together. Historical societies abound in the UK, and we've listed 150 with BlueSky accounts in this updated Starter Pack. go.bsky.app/AZaYQDd Other societies appear on a new listing of subject societies on the RHS website bit.ly/4ebwP9r #Skystorians 6193130
Reposted by Alex WhiteHistory Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 18/05/2026OTD in 2017, a multistory building collapsed into Colombo's Kirulapone Canal. In this post from the archives, Sujit Sivasundaram traces the canal's twisted histories, to show how it became a space of colonialism, industry, labour disputes, leisure, and pollution.historyworkshop.org.ukThe Twisted Histories of a Colombo CanalWhat can the twisted histories of one Sri Lankan canal tell us? Sujit Sivasundaram on how the coastal environment of Colombo has been colonised and marketised, but in turn creates its own paths, through winds, waves and waters as well as… 094
Alex White @alexjwhite.bsky.social · 18/05/2026I loved working on this article. Recording myself speaking, not so much. I'm currently working on a new article on Black Americans in Kwame Nkrumah's Ghana, so more work along these lines is coming (relatively) soon! 150
Reposted by Alex WhiteAbdullahi Tasiu @tasiu.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Pleased to join this platform and start by sharing my article on it, available to read here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 0103
Reposted by Alex WhiteSam Young @drsamyoung.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Kicking off a new account with an old post. Here's me back in March for @thetablet.bsky.social, talking about the Church's rather complex relationship with the Far Right in France... www.thetablet.co.uk/features/the...thetablet.co.ukFrench Catholics are still under the shadow of Vichy - The TabletShortly before Christmas, the French MEP Marion Maréchal was part of a smallish group from the far-right European Conservatives and Reformists Group in the 0114
Alex White @alexjwhite.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Really enjoyed this piece on the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, and how it's forcing states to build the green infrastructure that they should have created years ago. benshreadhewitt.substack.com/p/you-can-ha...benshreadhewitt.substack.comYou Can Have an Energy Sovereignty Renaissance, If You Want ItOn how the Hormuz Crisis is forcing nations to build the energy systems they should have built a decade ago 051
Reposted by Alex WhiteThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 09/05/2026‘It’s about recognising our role in history’: Bradford exhibition to revisit live Somali displaytheguardian.com‘It’s about recognising our role in history’: Bradford exhibition to revisit live Somali displayAt the city’s Great Exhibition of 1904, 57 Somali men, women and children cooked, weaved and danced for visitors 13616
Reposted by Alex WhiteOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 09/05/2026for, uh, world-historical reasons I am putting this back out there 18693212