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Fredrika Larsson

@ikapika.bsky.social
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Historian (PhD) at Sweden’s National Defence University. Dabbles in Memory/Intelligence Analysis/Peace and Conflict Studies but would much rather be an Unspeakable at the Department of Mysteries.

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Hélène Solot @helenesolot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
📣Call for Articles📣 Candice Raymond (CNRS) and I are coordinating a special issue of the Revue d'histoire des sciences humaines on the Making of the Humanities and Social Sciences in the “Gray Areas” of War, 1945—2011 Submit your proposals by Dec. 18 More details➡️ journals.openedition.org/rhsh/12940
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The Making of the Humanities and Social Sciences in the “Gray Areas...
Abstract Now ubiquitous in Western Europe, the idea of the “return of war” (Heisbourg, 2021; Marangé, 2026) betrays a perspective that pays little heed to the wars waged elsewhere in recent decades...
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Time for this classic again.
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Fredrika Larsson @ikapika.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Igår var jag på boksläpp för Julia Håkanssons bok ”i fäders spår.” En omarbetning av hennes avhandling om SD:s historiebruk. Finns i en bokhandel nära dig!
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Fredrika Larsson @ikapika.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Listening to Professor Beatrice Heuser @mhafhs.bsky.social
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Christoph Harig @charig.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Did you recently finish your PhD (or are about to do so) and have an interest in deterrence? Our @forsvarsakademiet.bsky.social colleagues from the Institute for Strategy and War Studies might have a job for you as Assistant Professor candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
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Catherine Fletcher @catherinefletcher.info · 24/06/2026
This year's @sochistorywar.bsky.social conference is in Limerick, 26-27 November. Check out the call for papers on our website. Closing date 3 July.
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Society for the History of War
Welcome to the Society for the History of War, a new academic society for academics interested in the History of War.
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Christoph Kalter @christophkalter.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
🚀🚨🚀 We are hiring: 3-year postdoc in African history! 🚀🚨🚀! The University of Agder in Kristiansand, Norway is hiring a researcher with a PhD in History to conduct research on “European Languages in Post-Colonial Africa (1950-1990). The job listing can be found here: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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Post-doctoral Research Fellow in European Languages in Post-Colonial Africa (303877) | University of Agder
Job title: Post-doctoral Research Fellow in European Languages in Post-Colonial Africa (303877), Employer: University of Agder, Deadline: Tuesday, September 15, 2026
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Fredrika Larsson @ikapika.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Happy midsumer!
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David Benedict @eggsbened.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Nightmare for a friend of mine in London. Please share.
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Samuël Kruizinga @samuelkruizinga.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Reminder: deadline approaching (3 July!) for submitting panel & paper proposals for the #SHoW2026 conference. Come join us in Limerick on 26-27 November 2026! The call can be found below and on our website: www.show.org.uk.
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Society for the History of War
Welcome to the Society for the History of War, a new academic society for academics interested in the History of War.
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Belfast Telegraph @belfasttelegraph.co.uk · 13/06/2026
Anti-racism protests are being held in Belfast and Derry this afternoon.
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Large crowds gather for anti-racism rallies in Belfast and Derry: ‘We are the majority’
Live updates below as police confirm number of people charged over period of disorder
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Fredrika Larsson @ikapika.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Yesterday (I was informed) it was 20 years ago I graduated high school. Or, as we say in Swedish: tog studenten.
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Lee Savage @leesavage.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
If your main concern is not upsetting a single South African billionaire rather than the safety and security of the country you're supposed to lead, then you're unfit for the job. Shameful weakness
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Fredrika Larsson @ikapika.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
At this year's Swedish Historical Meeting, I organized a panel on contested memories, peacekeeping & Nordic identity — with Johan Borsgård, Rasmus Marjanen & my work on municipal memory politics, forthcoming in SJMS. Thanks to Iben Bjørnsson, Ulf Zander, and an engaged post-dinner audience! 🙌
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Fredrika Larsson @ikapika.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
En apachehelikopter kom på besök.
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Dr Sari Arho Havrén @sariarhohavren.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Macron calling it as it is: Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump, and Xi Jinping are all against Europe 🇪🇺. A disunited and weak Europe would be easier to control and exploit.
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Olof H @olofhellgren.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Detta är en longshot. I min forskning fångar vi svidknott för att se vilka sjukdomar de sprider till olika fåglar. I de fällor vi använder behöver vi Johnsons baby oil gel med camomil doft. Nu har den slutats säljas och vi letar desperat efter nya flaskor. Vi måste ha samma doft för att kunna
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William Sheehan @willsheehan.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
#savethedate #war #militaryhistory Hope to see many of you in Limerick.
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Rob Boddice, PhD, FRHistS @boddice.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
SHE 2027. Vienna. CFP. Emotions in Adversity.
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Johan Östling @johanostling.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
CfA: International Visiting Fellowship Programme in the History of Knowledge (Lund) We invite early career/postdoctoral scholars to join us at LUCK during a period of one week between 2 November and 6 November, 2026. Read more here: newhistoryofknowledge.com/2026/04/13/c...
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Institute for Military History (IMH) @mhafhs.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Welcome to our next IMH Military History Seminar! Sara Hardselius (Statens historiska museer) "Prepared for Everything Everywhere: A Historical Perspective on Museums’ Role in Wartime." Date 15th April 2026 Time 15:00 CET Location FHS or via Zoom email: Annette.Lindmark@fhs.se
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Dear Friends, We look forward to welcoming you our next IMH International Military History Seminar!   15 April - Sara Hardselius (Statens historiska museer): “Prepared for Everything Everywhere: A… | ...
Dear Friends, We look forward to welcoming you our next IMH International Military History Seminar!   15 April - Sara Hardselius (Statens historiska museer): “Prepared for Everything Everywhere: A His...
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Fredrika Larsson @ikapika.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Glad påsk!
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Fredrika Larsson @ikapika.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Målbild.
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Raphael Samuel History Centre @rshc.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Calling all History PhD students and postdocs: join us for ‘How to Publish Your Research: a workshop for Early Career Researchers’ with Profs Stephen Legg, Elisabeth Leake, Matthew Hilton & Erez Manela 18 March, Birkbeck, Bloomsbury Info www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event... @jessicareinisch.bsky.social
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How to Publish Your Research: a workshop for Early Career Researchers
With Prof Stephen Legg, Prof Elisabeth Leake, Prof Matthew Hilton and Prof Erez Manela
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The Society for the History of War @sochistorywar.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
New call for book proposals 📚 The Boydell Studies in War and Military History series (Boydell & Brewer) is inviting proposals for monographs and edited volumes exploring warfare, armed forces, and military institutions across all periods and regions. Details below. ⬇️
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Dónal Hassett @donalh.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Very cool postdoctoral opportunity on an ERC project looking at 'Art and Liberation Movements during 20th Century Decolonization'. werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
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Vacancy — Postdoc Researcher: Art and Liberation Movements during 20th Century Decolonization
<p>The <a href="http://asca.uva.nl/" target="_self">Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis</a> currently has a vacant Postdoc researcher position as part of the European Research Council Consolidator Grant project <em>Entangled Freedoms: Decolonial Modernisms as Transnational Relations of Resistance, 1940s-1980s</em>, led by the Principal Investigator, Dr. Sanjukta Sunderason. ASCA is one of the five Research Schools within the <a href="https://aihr.uva.nl/research/research-schools.html">Amsterdam Institute for Humanities Research</a> (AIHR). The Postdoc project will be part of the department of Arts and Culture (KG, Capacity Group Art History).</p>
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Fredrika Larsson @ikapika.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Nu har man gjort tredje uppgiften.
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Fredrika Larsson @ikapika.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Explains the new war.
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Fredrika Larsson @ikapika.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Still stands
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Fredrika Larsson @ikapika.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Looked at CDG yesterday. To quote my brother-in-law: there’s a lot of dads here. (I facetimed my dad so he could join all the dads virtually).
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Minna Ålander 🌻 @alanderminna.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
France is hitting on Sweden for real: it wants to buy up to 4 Saab GlobalEye planes, hoping that Sweden will choose Naval Group‘s FDIs for its new frigate in exchange. Now aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle is visiting Malmö. A local newspaper reports ”1800 baguettes are baked on board every day”
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Följ med ombord på franska jättefartyget Charles de Gaulle
Här bakas 1 800 baguetter – varje dag.
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Daniel Carey @danielmcarey.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Details of the @oralhistoryie.bsky.social annual meeting have been released. Send us your ideas on Oral History and Movement, and come join us in Tralee, County Kerry in June! Details below
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Catherine Fletcher @catherinefletcher.info · 26/02/2026
Hello Bluesky! My new book, THE FIREARM REVOLUTION, is out on 14 April. It’s about how a new technology changed society, and how hard it was to control. Here’s a little thread of what’s inside:
Cover of book with text in yellow reading: The Firearm Revolution: From Renaissance Italy to the European Empires, overlaid on an image of an angel in seventeenth-century dress with wings and a long gun.
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Johan Östling @johanostling.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
CfA: 2026 Doctoral Summer School in the History of Knowledge We invite applications for the seventh annual Doctoral Summer School in the History of Knowledge: Lund University, 17–20 August, 2026. Deadline for applications: 15 March. More information: newhistoryofknowledge.com/2026/02/03/c...
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Institute for Military History (IMH) @mhafhs.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
On Wednesday 4th February, Dr Sebastian Graf (Visiting IMH Researcher) will give the paper “War, Memorialisation, and Digitality: Mnemonic Practices of Ukrainian Virtual Museums in the Russian War against Ukraine" 📆 4 Feb 2026 🕝 15:00 CET 📍RAAB or Zoom (dm for link)
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
I am accepting applications for a postdoc to work with me at the University of Toronto Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy. Area of Research: Democratic Institutions, Public Engagement, American History Due by February 23rd munkschool.utoronto.ca/current-oppo...
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Current opportunities
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Many of the reports of those murdered by the Islamic Republic in Iran this month include the note that the protester/freedom fighter was shot from behind, which suggests they were likely gunned down by the regime while fleeing. This makes these crimes by the regime even more egregious.
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Kevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Alex Pretti was the best of us.
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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Copenhagen town hall square, Denmark right now. Massive solidarity with Greenland demonstrations. Source: dr.dk
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Bonnie Honig @bonniehonig.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Just occurs to me the Epstein files are probably in that Mar a Lago bathroom. And the files that were there earlier? A hoarder’s delight. “All mine” is his motto. This is the image that always leaps to mind when I think of him (really, he’s just a few Big Macs away)
Jabba the Hutt from the Star Wars movie, heavy and horrifying - rotund, leathery, with eyes that look selfish, manipulative, and human
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Sherry Sahebi @ssahebi.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
It's now been 44 hours of complete black out. The Iranian government has cut off all communication channels for the people of #Iran. We can't contact our families inside. We have seen what has happened the last time such a #DigitalBlackoutIran happened: 1500 people were slaughtered in three days.
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THE SOE and British Culture @covertcultures.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
NEW blog post - Guy Woodward on imperial echoes in accounts by SOE agents of their experiences in the Balkans: soeandbritishculture.webspace.durham.ac.uk/2026/01/09/l... Much much more on this in Imagining Yugoslavia in Mid-Century British and Irish Writing, out now from Oxford University Press
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Lawrence of Yugoslavia - THE SOE, COVERT ACTION, AND THE BRITISH CULTURAL IMAGINARY
Guy Woodward on imperial echoes in accounts by SOE agents of their experiences in the Balkans Prior to parachuting into occupied Yugoslavia in May 1943, the Special Operations Executive (SOE) agent Ja...
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THE SOE and British Culture @covertcultures.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
NEW book by Guy Woodward: Imagining Yugoslavia in Mid-Century British and Irish Writing features chapter on special forces memoirs including accounts by Fitzroy Maclean and Jasper Rootham of their time in occupied Yugoslavia. Published today by OUP: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
One example of how Grok is being used to target women. Swedish Deputy Prime Minister Ebba Busch being sexualised, degraded, and humiliated step-by-step by Grok. All the images accurately reflect the prompts provided.
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Fredrika Larsson @ikapika.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
What in the Epstein files is so perilous that you need to invade a country for it?’
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Bente Sorgenfrey @bentesorgenfrey.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
We and the #EU should sleep with our boots on. Among other things Katie Miller has been employed as a spokesperson for the American efficiency unit DOGE #dkpol #Greenland
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