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George Evans

@georgedevans93.bsky.social
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Historian of the British Empire, Ireland and the Second World War, University of Edinburgh.

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Looking forward to more extensive coverage of the civil war about to break out in our hellhole cities.
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight www.cityam.com/the-british-...
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The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?
The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity
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Dr Gary Willis @garywenvhist.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Looking forward to presenting my paper: 'High, Open, Bleak and Boggy: How Scotland's Environment Shaped Its Involvement In The Second World War' at the 'Scotland and World War Two' conference at Perth UHI on Friday 7 November, 9am to 3pm. Contact Lars Cook at Lars.Cook.Perth@uni.ac.uk for more info.
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Sadiah Qureshi 🦈 @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
I had a mid-career fellowship and it was exactly what I needed to finish my book. The BA application forms are far simpler than you might expect if you’ve only ever seen forms for other funders. So, if you’re eligible, do explore further. Best of luck if you apply.
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Wendy Ugolini @wugolini.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Delighted to have signed a contract with @edinburghup.bsky.social to produce a scholarly edition of Fred Urquhart’s war-time letters. Urquhart, an accomplished writer, was a lover of men and admirer of flamboyant women. His letters offer a Rabelaisian account of the British #SWW home front.
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
This piece on the distribution of aid in Gaza paints a picture so awful it is hard to conceive on.ft.com/4lzxFOQ
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Inside Gaza’s ‘death traps’
A US-backed scheme forces hungry Palestinians to trek kilometres for food aid. Many never make it back
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George Evans @georgedevans93.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
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Alan Allport @alanallport.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Page proofs time … plus slight tweak of subtitle (in UK edition). Out November 6 in Britain and late November in N America. #AdvanceBritannia
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George Evans @georgedevans93.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Great to see the Policy Histories series, which I worked on when I was at the British Academy, in the New Statesman.
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George Evans @georgedevans93.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Hugely enjoyed speaking on this panel last week!
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Kit Kowol @kitkowol.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
80 years ago a bus strike meant many people had to walk to central London for #VEDay. A potent marker of how Churchill had fought a Tory War but the peace would belong to Labour. Read more in my book: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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Mari Takayanagi @satisfactory20.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Then Historiographies panel with @georgedevans93.bsky.social Geoff Hicks and David Thackeray - these pics from David illustrating Māori women and parliament in 1890s #QMCBS 🗃️
Big screen with black and white drawings on it, people in front and to side
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Our free festival of ideas - the @britishacademy.bsky.social Summer Showcase - is on 20/21 June. With workshops, panels, film, research exhibits and more. I’ll pick out a few highlights on this occasional thread, but you can see the programme and book here www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/summe...
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Sophie Cooper @sophcocooper.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Great news! I am recruiting a(nother) PhD student! 'Ulster Americans' is a collaborative PhD with National Museums NI, specifically the Ulster American Folk Park, and is open to home and international students so please spread the word! More details in the link. www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
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REF: CDP01 - HIS-PHD | Courses | Queen's University Belfast
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Since it's Commonwealth Day, here's my 2020 article on "Brexit and Empire", on free-access in the Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History. Quite a lot in here on the hopes and fears vested in the Commonwealth, and their relationship with the Brexit debate. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Brexit and Empire: ‘Global Britain’ and the Myth of Imperial Nostalgia
In the wake of the 2016 referendum, the idea that ‘imperial nostalgia’ motivated the Leave vote became a staple of academic commentary. Yet such claims suffer from four important flaws. They are us...
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Alan Allport @alanallport.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
North American / UK and rest of Commonwealth covers, out November 2025
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Wendy Ugolini @wugolini.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Fixed-term post: Teaching and Research Fellow in Black British History @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLU474/t...
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Teaching and Research Fellow in Black British History at The University of Edinburgh
Explore an exciting academic career as a Teaching and Research Fellow in Black British History. Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.
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John Merrick @johnmerrick.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
For the @newstatesman.com i wrote a profile of the historian Correlli Barnett, which charts the perils of self-loathing nationalism and the rise of Britain's new right www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2025/0...
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The prophet of the new right
In the life and work of Correlli Barnett, we can find all the most dangerous currents of contemporary conservatism.
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George Evans @georgedevans93.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Enjoyed a fantastic paper from @jtthalstead.bsky.social last night on doctrine within the 'Imperial Army'.
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Sophie Cooper @sophcocooper.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
I'm delighted to share the advert for a collaborative PhD which I'll be co-supervising with Dr Paddy Fitzgerald of the Mellon Centre for Migration Studies (Omagh). This project, 'Finding "home" in a cultural landscape of migration & belonging' has a deadline of 10 March www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
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REF: CCS01 - HIS-PHD | Courses | Queen's University Belfast
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Kit Kowol @kitkowol.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Honoured to be reviewed by Richard Evans (and to be called a young historian!). I’m glad he found it enjoyable and that it “provides a stimulating and thought-provoking reassessment of Tory thinking in the war years.” Some of the critiques are fair but I want to push back against the main one (1)
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Professor Andrekos Varnava, FRHistS, FRSA, FAHA (Ανδρίκκος) @andrekosvarnava.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
I'm pleased to formally announce the new Editorial Team and International Editorial Board of 'The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History'. @jich.bsky.social @yiannicart.bsky.social @jonasgjerso.bsky.social @evansmithhist.bsky.social @helengilmour.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/journals/fic...
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Learn about The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History
Learn about The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History aims & scope, editorial board, journal metrics and more.
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George Evans @georgedevans93.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Interesting thread and paper.
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