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Frank Gerits @frankgerits.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

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-...

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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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António Ferraz de Oliveira @antoniofdo.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

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.

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Frank Gerits @frankgerits.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

!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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Frank Gerits @frankgerits.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

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...

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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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Frank Gerits @frankgerits.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

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.

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Frank Gerits @frankgerits.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

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-...

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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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Frank Gerits @frankgerits.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

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...

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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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Frank Gerits @frankgerits.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

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!

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Audra Mitchell @audralmitchell.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

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.

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Frank Gerits @frankgerits.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Talking about my book "The Ideological Scramble for Africa" on "Departures with Robert Amsterdam" podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

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Africa's unique ideological history and its impact on unity

Podcast Episode · Departures with Robert Amsterdam · 05/22/2025 · 28m

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Frank Gerits @frankgerits.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Great workshop on the History of Non-Alignment. A collaborative project at the University of Padua History Department.

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Frank Gerits @frankgerits.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Great conference on AI. Off to Padova to talk Non-Alignment!

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Frank Gerits @frankgerits.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

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

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Frank Gerits @frankgerits.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Great to be here! Looking forward to seeing all of you again in the ...... future

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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 22/04/2025

We’re so glad Bluesky appreciates The Conversation’s approach to journalism. And we get 3.6x the readership from Bluesky that we get from X. But many people don’t know about us yet – if you think your followers would appreciate our links in their feed, please let them know about us.

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How we're different | The Conversation

The Conversation is the world's leading publisher of research-based news and analysis. It is a unique collaboration between academics and journalists, provided to everyone for free.

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Pollyanna Rhee 이채영 @parhee.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

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...

A green book with white Spanish Colonial style houses in front of University of Chicago Press gift wrap.

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Frank Gerits @frankgerits.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Swing by tonight if you have time to hear me ramble about the international politics of climate change

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Lucas Mueller @lumu.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

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

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Frank Gerits @frankgerits.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

This is a major step forward for International Environmental History!

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Frank Gerits @frankgerits.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

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...

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Vicent J. Martínez @vicentjm.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

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 🧪⚛️🔭

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Frank Gerits @frankgerits.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

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

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Frank Gerits @frankgerits.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

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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Frank Gerits @frankgerits.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

TOMORROW I WILL GO ON STRIKE! LIKE MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES WE RESIST THE DESTRUCTION OF THE UNIVERSITY IN THE NETHERLANDS

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Frank Gerits @frankgerits.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

"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...

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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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Frank Gerits @frankgerits.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Thank you so much, @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social for giving me the opportunity to discuss THE IDEOLOGICAL SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA! @cornellupress.bsky.social You can listen to it here: newbooksnetwork.com/the-ideologi...

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Ivan Sablin @ivansablin.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

My review of Frank Gerits, The Ideological Scramble for Africa: How the Pursuit of Anticolonial Modernity Shaped a Postcolonial Order, 1945–1966 and Alessandro Iandolo, Arrested Development: The Soviet Union in Ghana, Guinea, and Mali, 1955–1968 ojs.inz.si/pnz/article/...

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Vpogled v Modernity beyond the Cold War: Ideology and Development in Postcolonial Africa, 1945–1968 | Contributions to Contemporary History

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Frank Gerits @frankgerits.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Happy to end a week (!) of oral examinations with the message that I received the Scowcroft Institute’s O'Donnell Research Grant to do research in the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum.

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a little girl in a blue dress is standing in front of a mirror with her hands in the air .

ALT: a little girl in a blue dress is standing in front of a mirror with her hands in the air .

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Frank Gerits @frankgerits.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Green energy needs to be profitable, not cheap for a transition to work. We're fucked.

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Why Cheap Renewables Won't Save Us

YouTube video by Our Changing Climate

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

🚨 When we fight, we win! I've put together a thread giving a quick run down of some of the #climate movement's hard won victories from 2024 to inspire us for the year ahead! 🧵 #ClimateActionNow #EndFossilFuels

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

A beautiful memorial for Jimmy Carter here from @jeffgoodell.bsky.social. I did an event at the Jimmy Carter library in March and just geeked out seeing the solar panels and his famous sweater. The panels were removed by Regan in the following term. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Jimmy Carter: America's Greatest Environmental President

President Carter had a visionary understanding of the climate change crisis ahead, which only grows more profound with each passing year.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 19/12/2024

i recall a time when using a private email server was the single greatest scandal in american history. i guess today’s it’s just tuesday www.politico.com/news/2024/12...

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Trump's transition is happening over private emails. Federal officials are nervous.

Agencies are weighing in-person requirement for sensitive data.

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Prof Lisa Schipper 🌍🍉💪 @lisaschipper.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

And this is why cutting funding to humanities and social science research (hello Aotearoa New Zealand) while also claiming to be addressing issues like climate change is shooting yourself in the foot, and complete nonsense.

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Iva Vukušić @vukusiciva.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Among a sea of stuff happening at the courts here in town (ICC, ICJ) when it comes to mass violence, there's this, starting Monday. It will probably be one of the most followed and potentially consequential proceedings of our time. Tune in next week. #ClimateChange #ICJ www.icj-cij.org/case/187

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Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change 

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Erin Sikorsky @erinsikorsky.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

At the Shangri-La Dialogues in 2022, Fiji's Chief of Defense noted, "“In our blue Pacific continent, machine guns, fighter jets, gray ships, and green battalions are not our primary security concerns. The single greatest threat to our very existence is climate change.”

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