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Carolien Stolte

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Historian | Leiden University | India | Peace | Decolonization | Books | Running peace.lucdh.eu

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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 23/06/2026
'Far from being confined to formal institutions and meeting halls, peace internationalism in the 1960s was characterised by physical and public action'. Carolien Stolte on the 1961 Perugia to Assisi march for peace and brotherhood.
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Marching for Peace in the Footsteps of the Saint
What role did public marches play in 1960s peace internationalism? Carolien Stolte on the 1961 Perugia to Assisi march for peace and brotherhood.
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Ria Kapoor @riakapoor.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Check this out! The introduction to a series that will feature some truly brilliant pieces from @smidbob.bsky.social @carolienstolte.bsky.social @sulinlewis.bsky.social @snehakrishnan.bsky.social and more!
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British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Applications now open for a fully-funded PhD studentship exploring Yugoslavia’s multifaceted role during the Cold War, co-supervised with @exeter.ac.uk . This is one of a number of studentships available as part of AHRC’s Collaborative Doctoral Partnership scheme. Find out more: link.bl.uk/q95
A bright coral red graphic with black and white Yugoslavian stamps accross the bottom. Text in the centre reads Cold War Socialism, Non-Alignment and Anti-Colonialism in the Yugoslav Press, 1961 - 1979. With University of Exeter. Uncover fresh insights into Cold War socialism and anti-colonialism from a Yugoslav perspective, centering on the largely unexamined Joint Translation Service (JTS) bulletins. Deadline Tuesday 5 May.
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Carolien Stolte @carolienstolte.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Join us in Leiden in March 2027! Abstracts due March 9th, papers due Feb 1st, 2027. If you have questions or wonder whether your work fits, please DM or email!
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The Peace Movements Project @peacemovtsproject.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
The Spring schedule for the Peace Histories seminar is HERE! Hugh McDonnell will kick us off on Feb 16th. All are welcome!
Poster announcing three lectures at the Faculty of Humanities at Leiden University on February 16, March 30, and April 20.
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The Peace Movements Project @peacemovtsproject.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
📣 *New Episode!* 📣 Listen to the first episode of the new season of PeaceTalk! Julia Hauser talks to Floris de Ruiter about the complexities behind this deceptively simple question of how vegetarianism and non-violence are (and are not!) linked. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
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PEACE TALK WITH JULIA HAUSER
Podcast Episode · PEACE HISTORY · 01/12/2026 · 29m
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The Peace Movements Project @peacemovtsproject.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
As a new nuclear power station with two reactors is preparing to be built, the building site turns out to be a 6th-7th century burial grounds (h/t @wadehistory.bsky.social): www.thetimes.com/article/1528...
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Burial site ‘akin to Sutton Hoo’ sheds new light on Anglo-Saxons
The extremely rare discovery made during excavations at Sizewell C dates to the 6th or 7th century and includes a princely burial of two people and a horse
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Carolien Stolte @carolienstolte.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Solid advice for historians of all career levels 😊
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The Peace Movements Project @peacemovtsproject.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Season 1 of PeaceTalk is a wrap! Tune in for our final episode of the year with @mysteriousdrbex.bsky.social! open.spotify.com/episode/3c8q...
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PEACE TALK WITH BECKY ALEXIS-MARTIN
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Carolien Stolte @carolienstolte.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Wat een geweldige foto hier op @sleutelstad.bsky.social van het moment waarop Larissa Esvelt hoort dat ze de Doesjenel Prijs 2025 wint. Feest in de Lakenhal! De tentoonstelling loopt nog, dus ga allemaal nog even kijken deze kerstvakantie! sleutelstad.nl/2025/12/13/l...
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Larissa Esvelt wint Doesjenel Prijs 2025
Tijdens een feestelijke prijsuitreiking bij Lakenhal Laat heeft Larissa Esvelt vrijdagavond de Doesjenel Prijs 2025 voor jonge kunstenaars in ontvangst genomen. De prijs is dé Leidse beeldende kunstpr...
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Carolien Stolte @carolienstolte.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
There’s book reviews, and there’s this.
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Carolien Stolte @carolienstolte.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
📣 The Peace Movements Project in @mareonline.nl! 📣 www.mareonline.nl/cultuur/indi... Nieuwsgierig geworden? Kom lekker kijken komende maandag om 15:00 in Huizinga 023C @leidenhumanities.bsky.social of DM voor meer info!
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Indiase film laat zien: de bommen op Japan waren niet nodig
De Indiase film Aman (1967) toont een kritische blik op kernwapens. Historicus Aditya Kiran Kakati vertelt welke lessen er uit de film zijn te trekken. ‘Japan had de oorlog al verloren.’
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The Peace Movements Project @peacemovtsproject.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Join us for a special edition of the Peace Histories seminar! We will screen the movie Aman (1967) with a critical introduction by Aditya Kiran Kakati (IIAS). Join us, all are welcome. We will bring the snacks! peace.lucdh.eu/events/
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The Peace Movements Project @peacemovtsproject.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
🎧 New Episode! Irina Gordeeva talks to our colleague @kamilask.bsky.social on peace activism in Russia, discussing Tolstoyan pacifism, transnational grassroots peace movements, and the lives of activists in the Soviet period and beyond. Listen here: open.spotify.com/show/5KeJIye...
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PEACE TALK WITH IRINA GORDEEVA
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Carolien Stolte @carolienstolte.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
This was such a good conference! Thanks for the hospitality, @berrycollege.bsky.social!
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Körber-Stiftung History & Politics @koerberhistory.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Seventy years on, are we celebrating Bandung - or its myth? @carolienstolte.bsky.social‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬ argues that today’s invocations reveal more about our present than the realities of 1955. Read her essay here → t1p.de/bandung%E2%8...
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Daniele Paolini @danielepaolini.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
And a quick post-conference hike to reboot before an intense archive marathon in Swarthmore. Our brains say thank you! @carolienstolte.bsky.social
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Carolien Stolte @carolienstolte.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
When the workshop is so good it just keeps going in the taxi and beyond 🙌
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The Peace Movements Project @peacemovtsproject.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
New podcast! Listen to Maria Kyveli Mavrokordopoulou talk about gender and the nuclear age. Also, nuclear ballet and other forms of (gendered) protest! Here and on all the platforms: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
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PEACE TALK WITH MARIA KYVELI
Podcast Episode · PEACE HISTORY · 10/12/2025 · 49m
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The Peace Movements Project @peacemovtsproject.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Join us in Tunis this Friday! Rejoignez-nous à Tunis ce vendredi!
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Carolien Stolte @carolienstolte.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Lots to dig into here! My own piece is in this collection is called “(Mis)remembering Bandung at 70” and argues that today’s invocations of Bandung reveal more about the present than the past.
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The Peace Movements Project @peacemovtsproject.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Scenes from yesterday! Thank you to all who joined the talk! 🙏
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Carolien Stolte @carolienstolte.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
📣 Today! Join us! 🕊️
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Carolien Stolte @carolienstolte.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
The Doesjenel exhibit at Museum De Lakenhal is now open to the public! Come and see Jaasir, Larissa and Katerina bring their contemporary work in conversation with the building, the period rooms, and each other! Such exciting work 🙌 Details here: www.lakenhal.nl/nl/verhaal/d...
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Boyd van Dijk @boydvandijk.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
a fascinating 4-year PhD vacancy on the interwar history of blockade & sanctions werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
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Vacancy — PhD position - Benign Blockades? Blockades and sanctions, 1919-1939
The Amsterdam School for Historical Studies (ASH) invites applications for a fully funded PhD position (4 years, 1.0ft). This position is part of the ERC Synergy-funded research programme BLOCKADE, wh...
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Carolien Stolte @carolienstolte.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Joining @danielepaolini.bsky.social in Tunis next week to talk about 1960s international peace activism... can't wait!
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Carolien Stolte @carolienstolte.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Really looking forward to this one! 👇Join us! 🕊️
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The Peace Movements Project @peacemovtsproject.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
📣 New podcast episode! Listen as Elisabeth Forster and Floris de Ruiter discuss peace discourses in modern China. Highly recommended! 🎧 www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/podcasts/...
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Episode 3: Peace talk with Elisabeth Forster
In this episode, we’re delighted to introduce you to Elisabeth Forster from the University of Southampton, UK, who studies the history of peace concepts in nationalist and communist China.
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The Peace Movements Project @peacemovtsproject.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
📣 Interesting article! 👇
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Carolien Stolte @carolienstolte.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
New semester, new season of the Peace Histories Seminar at @leidenhumanities.bsky.social!
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Bart Funnekotter @bartfun.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Historici boos (terecht) over epidemiologen die zich begeven op hun vakgebied www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
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Epidemiologen die de Grote Angst onderzoeken vergalopperen zich op de Franse geschiedenis
Ophef: Een onvolledige landkaart en gegevens van een eeuw oud zijn geen goede ingrediënten voor een modern onderzoek.
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The Peace Movements Project @peacemovtsproject.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
The second episode of our podcast is live! Join us as Francisca de Haan's stories of women in peace movements unfold much larger histories of women's political mobilization - and of the historians who pioneered this research! www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/podcasts/...
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Peace talk with Francisca de Haan
In this episode, we’re delighted to introduce you to Francisca de Haan, our guest, and her fascinating research on women in peace movements.
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Himal Southasian @himalsouthasian.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
The entrenchment of tea estates in Ceylon, with their massive need for labour, led to the migration and settlement of Indian Tamil labourers in the highlands of what is now Sri Lanka. @avtansa writes
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Languages and labour on tea estates in South India and Sri Lanka
Languages and labour on tea estates in South India and Sri Lanka: Part 2
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Evangeline Giaconia @evgiaconia.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
I was this many days old when I learned @davidbowles.us has a free basic classical Nahuatl course ... don't mind if I do nahuatl.thinkific.com/courses/free...
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Basic Classical Nahuatl 101
An intensive, on-line course on the basics of the Aztec language. Entry level. No previous knowledge required.
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The Peace Movements Project @peacemovtsproject.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
July 12th is the International Day of Hope. What better day to officially launch the Peace History podcast? We have SO MANY exciting guests in the pipeline, so don't forget to subscribe on Spotify (open.spotify.com/show/5KeJIye...) or Apple Podcasts (podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...).
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PEACE HISTORY
Podcast · PEACE HISTORY · Welcome to the one and only Peace History Podcast! We’re a warm and enthusiastic team from the Leiden University Institute for History (LUIH). Through this podcast, we share ...
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Carolien Stolte @carolienstolte.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Join us for this fascinating workshop royalasiaticsociety.org/event/the-fu... next week, July 4th at the @royalasiaticsoc.bsky.social! We'll be live-streaming the keynote and panels so do join us online if you can't join in person!
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The Futures of Travel Editing – Hakluyt Society – Linschoten Vereeniging Workshop
The Hakluyt Society (1846) and Linschoten-Vereeniging (1908) have long spearheaded the editing and publication of historical accounts of travel, in line with their respective missions first formulated...
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Carolien Stolte @carolienstolte.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
New methods for new histories! 🙌Very excited for this conference. Join us!
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The Peace Movements Project @peacemovtsproject.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
The Peace Movements Project is in Dakar! @iias.bsky.social have outdone themselves - what a conference!
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Carolien Stolte @carolienstolte.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
"Het water van de Indus is een wapen geworden" - mooi stuk van @lisadupuy.bsky.social over de rol van water in regionale politiek in Zuid-Azië: www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
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Het water van de Indus is een wapen geworden
India-Pakistan: Tijdens de recente escalatie van het conflict tussen India en Pakistan schortte New Delhi het verdrag op dat de verdeling van water in de regio regelt. Maar India is zelf ook afhankeli...
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Carolien Stolte @carolienstolte.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
This was so fun! I was just re-reading our initial plans for the week (peace.lucdh.eu/2025/04/26/p...) and thanks to the generous group of scholars who assembled in the archives, I think we can say it worked!
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Peace and Decolonization Research Week – The Peace Movements Project
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LeidenGlobal @leidenglobal.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
𝐊𝐚𝐬𝐣𝐦𝐢𝐫: 𝐰𝐚𝐚𝐫 𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐬, 𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐭 𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐬𝐞𝐧 Dr @carolienstolte.bsky.social (@leidenhumanities.bsky.social) bood tijdens het Leids Actualiteitencollege op 2 juni jl historische context over het conflict tussen India en Pakistan over de regio Kasjmir. 👇 @unileiden.bsky.social
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Kasjmir: conflictgebied op het snijvlak van geschiedenis, geopolitiek en identiteit
Het conflict tussen India en Pakistan over Kasjmir laaide onlangs weer op, maar deze strijd is allesbehalve nieuw. Leids historica en India-onderzoeker Carolien Stolte legde in het Leids Actualiteiten...
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Karin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Just sent off a forthright review, aiming to take author seriously while not dropping a piano on their head. Some time ago had the joy of writing abt reviewing- inc a link to the piano ref + one of my all time fav windups, "you will notice that I mosey." scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2017/01/09/t...
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The Art and Craft of Review - The Scholarly Kitchen
What makes Annette Gordon-Reed's recent NYRB essay such a powerful example of the book review genre?
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LeidenGlobal @leidenglobal.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Kashmir blijft het strijdtoneel van #India & #Pakistan, terwijl India’s groeiende invloed wereldwijd voelbaar is. Luister naar het gesprek @bnr.nl met @carolienstolte.bsky.social (@unileiden.bsky.social) 👉 𝗞𝗼𝗺 𝗼𝗽 𝟮 𝗷𝘂𝗻𝗶 𝗻𝗮𝗮𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝘁 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮 & 𝗣𝗮𝗸𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻 @leidenglobal.bsky.social
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Carolien Stolte (Universiteit Leiden): 'India ís al een nieuwe wereldmacht'
De kwestie Kashmir is al decennia een splijtzwam tussen Pakistan en India. Waarom is uitgerekend de Kashmir-regio het speelveld van dit conflict geworden? E...
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Carolien Stolte @carolienstolte.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
We've had some incredible guests this semester at the Peace Movements Project! Looking forward to sharing the results soon!
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Carolien Stolte @carolienstolte.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
De aanleiding is grimmig. Zoals een collega in India vandaag al schreef: geweld heeft altijd iemand aan de ontvangende kant.
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Carolien Stolte @carolienstolte.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Looking forward to attending this 👇
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The Peace Movements Project @peacemovtsproject.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Friends! Please join us for the final Peace Histories Seminar of the semester. We're thrilled to host Maria-Kyveli Mavrokordopolou on anti-nuclearism in art! Details here: www.staff.universiteitleiden.nl/events/2025/... #peace #decolonization
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Bureau Buitenland @bureaubuitenland.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Een bloedige aanval op toeristen in Kashmir verergert de spanningen tussen India en Pakistan. India schort het waterverdrag op, waarop Pakistan dreigend reageert: het stoppen van de watertoevoer zou een oorlogsdaad zijn. Daarover deskundigen Suzanna Koster en Carolien Stolte. bit.ly/m/Bureau-Bui...
ANP: Activisten van het Indian Youth Congress nemen op 25 april 2025 in New Delhi deel aan een 'tricoloremars' om eer te betonen aan de toeristen die omkwamen bij een dodelijke aanslag in het door India bestuurde Kashmir.
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Körber-Stiftung History & Politics @koerberhistory.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
🎤 Now live from Jakarta: Panel debate with @carolienstolte.bsky.social on "Where do we stand 70 years after the Bandung Conference? Non-alignment, bloc diversity and the role of the middle powers". This public event wraps up our Global History & Politics Dialogue in Indonesia. Watch 👉 t1p.de/o7yo9
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Körber-Stiftung History & Politics @koerberhistory.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
It begins: Tonight, the Global History & Politics Dialogues open in Bandung, Indonesia - 70 years after the Asian-African Conference of 1955. We’re honoured to kick things off with the Mayor of Bandung and opening speeches that look back - and ahead. #Bandung70 #HistoryPoliticsDialogues 🧵1/4
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