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Taylor Soja

@historytaylor.bsky.social
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History professor, central IL. Writing about war in the British empire to 1918. Otherwise making pottery, taking pictures of my cat, plotting travel. (she/her).

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Taylor Soja @historytaylor.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Thrilled to be in conversation with Antoinette Burton and @thenacbs.bsky.social TOMORROW on Zoom. You can still sign up, and registration is free! @illinoisstateu.bsky.social @manchesterup.bsky.social
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TheNACBS @thenacbs.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
📢Upcoming book event! Join us to hear more about @historytaylor.bsky.social 's Little Wars of Empire: British veterans in a colonial world, c. 1885-1918. 📅Sep 11 ⏰12pm noon ET Free and open to the public Info and RSVP: www.nacbs.org/event-detail...
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Taylor Soja @historytaylor.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Briefly returning to the wild world of social media to share that my new book, LITTLE WARS OF EMPIRE, is available and currently on sale from @manchesterup.bsky.social. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526190468/
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Manchester University Press - Little wars of empire
Little wars of empire - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of Little wars of empire by Taylor Soja
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Taylor Soja @historytaylor.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Listen to my friends and colleagues @nnkapoor.bsky.social and @andrewhartman.bsky.social brilliantly describe why a strike might be the only option left to UFISU faculty after we've bargained with Illinois State University admin for OVER A YEAR. www.youtube.com/live/ZOWHWiY...
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Why is Illinois State Going on Strike?
YouTube video by THIS IS REVOLUTION podcast
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Taylor Soja @historytaylor.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
I published an assignment from my course on 19th C Europe with Undisciplining the Victorian Classroom, @undiscvc.bsky.social. You can download the assignment and read my reflections on asking students to write a grant proposal for "Victorian Histories for Today" - ie public history projects about...
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Taylor Soja @historytaylor.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
New chapter premiering soon, in Homecoming Veterans in Lit and Culture www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...
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When the Post-War Isn't Permanent | 10 | Coming Home in the Age of Bri
What does it mean to come home from war and know it isn’t permanent? War experience is often considered generational: groups marked by the disruption of a
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