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Jessica Reinisch

@jessicareinisch.bsky.social
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Modern historian at Birkbeck, working on UNRRA, relief & humanitarianism, internationalism. I edit the Bloomsbury Histories of Internationalism series & direct the Centre for the Study of Internationalism.

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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 11/06/2026
How are researchers using digital history methods to write new global histories of peace internationalism? Henrike Vellinge discusses the collaborative methods of The Peace Movements & Decolonisation Project at the University of Leiden.
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Collaborative Digital Histories of Global Peace Movements
How are researchers using digital history methods to write new global histories of peace internationalism? Henrike Vellinge explores.
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Raphael Samuel History Centre @rshc.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
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 More info here 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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Margot Tudor @drmargottudor.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
We have organised a series of exciting events throughout March for our Rethinking Internationalism project, including an in-person conference at Birkbeck on 19th-20th. For more details and information on tickets, see our website: csi.bbk.ac.uk/blog/rethink...
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March 'Rethinking Internationalism' Events — Centre for the Study of Internationalism
Join us for a series of events throughout March 2026 to conclude our 'Rethinking Internationalism' grant project, including an in-person conference hosted at Birkbeck, a public lecture, and a publishi...
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Ria Kapoor @riakapoor.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Join us for the 4th Rethinking Internationalisms conference, 19-20 March, the line up is brilliant. The @rshc.bsky.social memorial lecture will be delivered as part of the proceedings by Prof. Sandrine Kott (link in thread) and there will be an ECR event on 18 (1/3) www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...
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Rethinking Internationalism conference
This conference presents exciting new research on the role and nature of internationalism and international organisations in modern history.
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Jessica Reinisch @jessicareinisch.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
@riakapoor.bsky.social @drmargottudor.bsky.social @qmulsse.bsky.social @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @rshc.bsky.social
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Jessica Reinisch @jessicareinisch.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
3. And on 19 March, the amazing Sandrine Kott will give the @rshc.bsky.social lecture on “Anti-Fascist Internationalism & the United Nations: A Better World for All?”, sign up via www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/anti-fasci...
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Anti-Fascist Internationalism & the United Nations: A Better World for All
Sandrine Kott (University of Geneva) delivers the Raphael Samuel Memorial Lecture 2026
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Jessica Reinisch @jessicareinisch.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
2. On 18 March, we’re also running a workshop about publishing in global, international or European history for early career researchers, contact @rshc.bsky.social if you want to reserve a place
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Jessica Reinisch @jessicareinisch.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Our AHRC group is celebrating research on histories of internationalism with 3 events. 1. Our conference on ‘Rethinking Internationalism’ will take place 19-20 March at Birkbeck. We’re thrilled to be joined by an amazing line-up of speakers. Reserve your space via www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...
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Rethinking Internationalism conference
This conference presents exciting new research on the role and nature of internationalism and international organisations in modern history.
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Ria Kapoor @riakapoor.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Join us for the Raphael Samuel Memorial Lecture 2026 with Prof. Sandrine Kott on 19 March 2026 @rshc.bsky.social @qmulsse.bsky.social @jessicareinisch.bsky.social @drmargottudor.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/anti-fasci...
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Anti-Fascist Internationalism & the United Nations: A Better World for All
Sandrine Kott (University of Geneva) delivers the Raphael Samuel Memorial Lecture 2026
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Jessica Reinisch @jessicareinisch.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
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Jessica Reinisch @jessicareinisch.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
And thank you to Hilary Sapire & Reem Abou-El-Fadl for their commentaries!
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Jessica Reinisch @jessicareinisch.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
At yesterday's Centre for Internationalism PhD symposium we heard about 4 fantastic projects on transnational solidarity movements in Africa & the Middle East - well done to Santorri Chamley (BBK), Farah Otozbeer (SOAS), Annmarie Van der Voort (SOAS) & Ajmal Waqif (BBK). @bbkhistorical.bsky.social
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Jessica Reinisch @jessicareinisch.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Don't miss the brilliant @riakapoor.bsky.social's talk at the CSI this Thursday on “Refugee Internationalisms? The Ugandan Asian Case” 12-1pm, Thu 27 Nov, in Birkbeck Central Building room 402 - or email me for Teams link
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D. Anca Cretu @dacretu.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Our volume is finally out! Open access to boot! Personal thanks to Michal Frankl for his patience and trust ...and, of course, to our authors for powering through the long production process. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526189929/
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Manchester University Press - Humanitarian mobilisation in Central and Eastern Europe
Humanitarian mobilisation in Central and Eastern Europe - Browse and buy the eBook edition of Humanitarian mobilisation in Central and Eastern Europe by Doina Anca Cretu
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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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Jessica Reinisch @jessicareinisch.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Many thanks to @emmakluge.bsky.social for a fascinating seminar about the importance of decolonial & environmental activism in Oceania in the history of internationalism
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Jessica Reinisch @jessicareinisch.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Don't miss the CSI lunchtime seminar this Thursday, 1-2pm: @emmakluge.bsky.social will look at anticolonial & environmental campaigns in Oceania. All welcome, no need to book - in person in Birkbeck Central Building room room 407 (or message me if you want to join online) @bbkhistorical.bsky.social
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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
My reaction to the Government's White Paper on Post-16 Education and Skills. As it pertains to universities, it's a total botch that somehow manages to both raise fees and hack everybody off. The worst of all worlds, a bit like the rest of Labour's offer. Do have a read if you're interested. 👇
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Jessica Reinisch @jessicareinisch.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
And don't miss the Rethinking Internationalism online workshop on 5-6 Nov on 'Blindspots and Buzzwords in Internationalism', with a fantastic lineup of speakers. Sign up here www.eventbrite.com/e/blind-spot...
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Blind Spots and Buzzwords in Internationalism
This online workshop will focus on absences from recent discussions on internationalism and is the 3rd 'Rethinking Internationalism' event.
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Jessica Reinisch @jessicareinisch.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Also worth flagging up @riakapoor.bsky.social's lunchtime seminar on 'Refugee internationalisms? The Ugandan Asian Case' on 27 Nov (12-1pm)
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Jessica Reinisch @jessicareinisch.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Lots of great things coming up this autumn in the CSI calendar - next up is @emmakluge.bsky.social's lunchtime seminar 'Oceanic internationalism: anticolonialism and environmentalism in the Pacific' (30 Oct 1-2pm, in person & online, msg for link) Full programme here csi.bbk.ac.uk/blog/autumn-...
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CSI Autumn 2025 Events — Centre for the Study of Internationalism
Lunchtime seminar by Dr Emma Kluge (Exeter) on “Oceanic Internationalism: Anticolonialism and Environmentalism in the Pacific” What: The Pacific Ocean covers more than 30% of the world’s surface. Howe...
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Jessica Reinisch @jessicareinisch.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Our 3rd Rethinking Internationalism conference, online, will be on "Blindspots and buzzwords in Internationalism" on 5 & 6 Nov. Lively discussion with an amazing line-up of researchers, do come along! All welcome, sign up via Eventbrite www.eventbrite.com/e/blind-spot... @bbkhistorical.bsky.social
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Blind Spots and Buzzwords in Internationalism
This online workshop will focus on absences from recent discussions on internationalism and is the 3rd 'Rethinking Internationalism' event.
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Ria Kapoor @riakapoor.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
I have a new article out. TLDR: Actively courting deportation by air is a way to claim rights as a stateless person and even as a refugee. academic.oup.com/past/advance...
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Air Travel, Statelessness, and the Rights Claims of Ugandan Asians, c.1973*
Abstract. In the aftermath of Idi Amin’s expulsion of Uganda’s South Asians in 1972, some of those made technically stateless arrived in India unsupported
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Jessica Reinisch @jessicareinisch.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
@riakapoor.bsky.social @drmargottudor.bsky.social
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Jessica Reinisch @jessicareinisch.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Save the date! Delighted that @emmakluge.bsky.social will give our first Centre for Internationalism lunchtime seminar on "Oceanic Internationalism: Anticolonialism and Environmentalism in the Pacific", 30 Oct, 1-2pm, Birkbeck Central Building rm407. Message for Teams link if you want to join online
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Jessica Reinisch @jessicareinisch.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
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The Peace Movements Project @peacemovtsproject.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
This was such a wonderful gathering! Thanks @riakapoor.bsky.social, @drmargottudor.bsky.social, @jessicareinisch.bsky.social & Daniel Laqua!
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Ria Kapoor @riakapoor.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
(1/2) The second workshop in the AHRC-funded Rethinking Internationalisms series titled 'New Methods for New Histories' will take place via zoom on 9-10 July – reflective panels followed by an open discussion. Audience-participants can sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/new-method...
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New Methods for New Histories (Online)
Workshop 2: Rethinking Internationalisms: Histories and Pluralities
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Emma Kluge @emmakluge.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
My article 'Papuan Petitions as an Archive of Decolonisation' is online and open access! It's part of an upcoming special issue on petitions. I explore West Papuan petitions written in the lead up to the Act of 'Free' Choice and the significance of this archive. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Papuan Petitions as an Archive of Decolonisation
In 1961, West Papuan leaders declared their intent to become an independent nation in opposition to both Dutch colonial control and Indonesia’s campaign to incorporate the territory into its Republ...
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Jessica Reinisch @jessicareinisch.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Talked to @nature.com last week about scientific conferences in the past, present and future
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Jessica Reinisch @jessicareinisch.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
This is today! Looking forward to discussing this splendid book with @dacretu.bsky.social and colleagues.
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Jessica Reinisch @jessicareinisch.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
The Centre for Internationalism has new dates for your diaries! 1. Tuesday, 27 May, 6-8pm (Birkbeck Central Building, G08) Roundtable discussion of @dacretu.bsky.social's Foreign Aid & State Building in Interwar Romania - with the IHR's Rethinking Modern Europe series www.sup.org/books/histor...
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Foreign Aid and State Building in Interwar Romania | Stanford University Press
The decades following World War I were a period of political, social, and economic transformation for Central and Eastern Europe. This book considers the role of foreign aid in Romania between 1918 an...
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Intriguing report of the thinking of the Universities Minister www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/05...
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Universities have ‘lost sight of responsibility over public money’
Baroness Smith says institutions failing to rein in spending despite demanding financial support from government
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Jessica Reinisch @jessicareinisch.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
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Jessica Reinisch @jessicareinisch.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
4. Thursday, 19 June, 1-2pm (Birkbeck Central Building, 402) Lunchtime seminar - Frank Trentmann on "The Moral Geography of Internationalism"
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Jessica Reinisch @jessicareinisch.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
3. Thursday, 29 May, 6-8pm (room tbc) Screening of "Adventures in the Empire: a mistold story" (2024), and Rui Lopes in conversation with Julia Lovell
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Jessica Reinisch @jessicareinisch.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
2. Thursday, 29 May, 4-6pm (28 Russell Square) Book launch & discussion of Rui Lopes & @nataliatelepneva.bsky.social's Globalizing Independence Struggles of Lusophone Africa www.bloomsbury.com/uk/globalizi...
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Globalizing Independence Struggles of Lusophone Africa
Lusophone Africa has been neglected in Anglophone historiography. With the exceptions of a narrow set of episodes, figures, and interpretations, all of which ap…
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Jessica Reinisch @jessicareinisch.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
The Centre for Internationalism has new dates for your diaries! 1. Tuesday, 27 May, 6-8pm (Birkbeck Central Building, G08) Roundtable discussion of @dacretu.bsky.social's Foreign Aid & State Building in Interwar Romania - with the IHR's Rethinking Modern Europe series www.sup.org/books/histor...
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Foreign Aid and State Building in Interwar Romania | Stanford University Press
The decades following World War I were a period of political, social, and economic transformation for Central and Eastern Europe. This book considers the role of foreign aid in Romania between 1918 an...
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Anna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
The third article in the special issue Are Social Sciences Special? which @martinkusch.bsky.social and I co-edit is by @federicobrandmayr.bsky.social. It presents results of a large survey of British academics on how they see their own disciplinary identity wrt social sciences #philsci #sts #histsci
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Disciplinary identity and the idea of a unified social science: A survey of British academics
There is substantial philosophical disagreement over whether the social sciences are united by a set of fundamental epistemic and methodological princ…
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School of Historical Studies, Birkbeck @bbkhistorical.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Take History Seriously! A recent article by our Sarah Marks and colleagues, has mapped aversion therapy practices used to ‘treat’ LGBTQ+ people in the past, and called on universities to take this history seriously in effort to address past and ongoing harms journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Christyn Parkes @parkesland.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
OPEN LETTER: HISTORIANS FOR TRANS RIGHTS Are you a historian in the UK or working on UK history fed up at seeing the history of LGBTQIA+ discrimination repeat itself? Sign this open letter to MPs demanding they stand up for trans rights now! Letter: tinyurl.com/879vuver Sign: tinyurl.com/4p7wktrn
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Historians for Trans Rights - Open Letter to MPs
In light of the recent and incessant attacks on the trans community in the UK by the UK government and legal system, a group of UK-based historians have drafted the letter linked below. Our aim is to ...
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Jessica Reinisch @jessicareinisch.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Thanks Brodie and Finn, will do the same
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Jessica Reinisch @jessicareinisch.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Still time to send in your proposals! @bbkhistorical.bsky.social
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Lesley McFadyen @lesleymcf.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
I am so excited that @alexanderboyd.bsky.social is coming to @bbkhistorical.bsky.social on the 12th May! He will give the talk 'A Hidden History of Violence', Keynes Library, 43 Gordon Square - 1pm to 2:30pm.
Drone shot of the affects of bomb practice at Cape Wrath in the North West of Scotland, photograph by Alex Boyd
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Jessica Reinisch @jessicareinisch.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
An exciting date for your diaries: the first Birkbeck-QMUL Historical Studies Graduate Symposium will take place on 18 June, on the theme of "methodologies in historical research". BBK PhD students @bbkhistorical.bsky.social & @qmul.ac.uk do send your proposals for 5 or 15 minute papers by 30 April!
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Jessica Reinisch @jessicareinisch.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
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Jessica Reinisch @jessicareinisch.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
The last CSI seminar of the term will take place tomorrow (27 March), 1-2pm: come hear Prof Alex Colas talk about “Maritime Internationalism”. Everyone welcome, no need to book,
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Margot Tudor @drmargottudor.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
If you were getting major FOMO last week while we were conferencing in Newcastle, please be sure to submit an abstract for our upcoming VIRTUAL conference on ‘New Methods for New Histories’ of internationalism. Pls send to all your friends who want a captive audience for their weird archive story 😅
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