Reposted by João Fusco RibeiroÓscar Rodrigues @oscar-rodrigues.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Enfim, a equipa portuguesa insiste neste futebol bonito e com golos. Ingratidão. 3334
Reposted by João Fusco RibeiroAfrican Studies Centre Leiden @ascleiden.bsky.social · 30/09/2026📢 Last chance to submit your thesis for the Africa Thesis Award 2026! Did you write a master’s thesis on Africa? 🏆 €500 prize 📚 Publication by Brill 🎓 Open to theses from universities in the Netherlands or Africa 📅 Deadline: 30 September ℹ️ buff.ly/UOANokZ 012
Reposted by João Fusco RibeiroThe Great Pumpkin Papers 🎃🎃🎃 @professormusgrave.bsky.social · 29/09/2026As a professor, most of what I do is log in to things 471430196
Reposted by João Fusco RibeiroIHC @ihchistory.bsky.social · 29/09/2026📖 Num artigo publicado na revista Negócios Estrangeiros, Pedro Aires Oliveira oferece-nos "uma visão de conjunto da evolução das relações pós-coloniais de Portugal, nos últimos 50 anos". 🔓 A revista encontra-se disponível em #AcessoAberto: idi.mne.gov.pt/pt/publicaco... 012
Reposted by João Fusco RibeiroNPR @npr.org · 27/09/2026Many thousands of boys and men in Lesotho take up the vital profession of herding but have to give up their education. A small network of schools on a shoestring budget is teaching them the ABCs. n.pr/4xMQsv2n.prPhotos: This may be the most inspirational night school on EarthMany thousands of boys and men in Lesotho take up the vital profession of herding but have to give up their education. A small network of schools on a shoestring budget is teaching them the ABCs. 328950
Reposted by João Fusco RibeiroCold War Conversations Podcast @coldwarpod.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The #Gdańsk shipyard should have thundered with 10,000 workers. Instead, Bogdan heard “deafening quiet”—then saw columns of strikers marching as the movement that became #Solidarity began. Listen here 🎧🎧 coldwarconversations.com/episode475/ 071
Reposted by João Fusco RibeiroBloomsbury History @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social · 24/09/2026How did the USSR use higher education to win hearts and minds in the Global South? 🎓🤝 Explore the history of the legendary Peoples' Friendship University in Moscow and its role in Soviet public diplomacy during the Cold War. 📖: bit.ly/4glxtm8 031
Reposted by João Fusco RibeiroAviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Academic best practice of the day: If you are running late with a manuscript submission, blame it on Hormuz-related supply-chain issues. 283
Reposted by João Fusco RibeiroEric Storm @ericstorm.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Some see Russia as a good exemple to defend Western civilization... 042
Reposted by João Fusco RibeiroAfrican Studies Centre Leiden @ascleiden.bsky.social · 20/09/2026📢 Call for panels: ECAS2027 Panel and roundtable proposals are now open for ECAS2027, taking place from 30 June to 3 July 2027 in Lisbon. Theme: African Prisms 🌍 🗓️ Deadline: 27 September 2026 🔗 More info: buff.ly/wQ7zSWT 023
Reposted by João Fusco RibeiroAntonio Costa Pinto @acostapinto.bsky.social · 17/09/2026The Fascist Zeitgeist. Authoritarian Legacies and the Iberian Far Right, by Luca Manucci, is out and with free download in the next two weeks. Series "The History and Politics of Fascism". Cambridge University Press.cambridge.orgThe Fascist ZeitgeistCambridge Core - Twentieth Century Regional History - The Fascist Zeitgeist 095
Reposted by João Fusco RibeiroJustin Pearce @justinpearce.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Please sign this petition in support of my colleague Sishuwa Sishuwa and other Zambian citizens whose passports have been revoked. c.org/Msb9SWnLGvc.orgSign the PetitionOverturn the cancellation of the passports of Dr. Sishuwa Sishuwa and other Zambians 01511
Reposted by João Fusco RibeiroJournal of Democracy @jodemocracy.bsky.social · 13/09/2026How AI Threatens Democracyjournalofdemocracy.orgHow AI Threatens Democracy | Journal of DemocracyGenerative AI can flood the media, internet, and even personal correspondence, sowing confusion for voters and government officials alike. If we fail to act, mounting mistrust will polarize our… 043
Reposted by João Fusco RibeiroDr. Ian Garner @irgarner.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Could it be the most important thing I’ve ever written? Could it be a theory explaining how Russians are simultaneously in a highly individualistic and an immerse, collective society? Yes and yes. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...journals.sagepub.comAmbient war: Stalingrad memory and Russian state-aligned Telegram networks in the war against Ukraine - Ian Garner, Hugh Garner, 2026The idea of fighting World War II again has been an important feature of Russian state-aligned discourse about the ongoing war in Ukraine. This article examines... 2204
Reposted by João Fusco RibeiroKasper Braskén @kasperbrasken.bsky.social · 09/09/2026This Friday! Join us in person in Helsinki, or online! Panel discussion on fascism and colonialism: historianswithoutborders.fi/en/tapahtuma...historianswithoutborders.fiFascism as Colonialism? Colonialism as Fascism? Entanglements, Transfers, and Interpretations (1930s–1950s) - Historians without bordersJoin a public panel on fascism and colonialism on 11 September 2026 at Think Corner, Helsinki, or online. The event is open to all. 1175
Reposted by João Fusco RibeiroRajeev Kinra @rkkinra.bsky.social · 05/09/2026This is a fantastic essay 072
Reposted by João Fusco RibeiroHoward French @hofrench.bsky.social · 30/08/2026I wrote about Studwell's book here: www.google.com/goto?url=CAE...google.comCan Africa Follow Asia’s Development Model?An economics writer known for his work on Asia turns his eye toward the fastest-growing continent. 0125
Reposted by João Fusco RibeiroLe Monde Afrique @afrique.lemonde.fr · 30/08/2026Au Niger, la tentative de coup d’Etat met en lumière les faiblesses de la junte du général Tianilemonde.frAu Niger, la tentative de coup d’Etat met en lumière les faiblesses de la junte du général TianiAprès avoir été menacé durant une journée, le régime de Niamey est parvenu à mettre fin à une tentative de putsch, grâce à ses alliés russes d’Africa Corps. Mais cette mutinerie révèle sa fragilité, alors que le pays est en proie aux attaques de plusieurs groupes djihadistes. 023
Reposted by João Fusco RibeiroVenus Bivar @vbivar.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Interesting research on neo-colonialism in Africa. Turns out the Eurozone is a much worse offender (by an enormous margin) than China. @70sbachchan.bsky.social and @katemac.bsky.social might be interested. 15120
Reposted by João Fusco RibeiroJournal of Democracy @jodemocracy.bsky.social · 26/08/2026The world’s “middle powers” were once bastions of defense for a liberal rules-based international order. But no more. A new kind of authoritarian middle power has emerged, undermining democratic norms and safeguards.journalofdemocracy.orgThe Rise of Authoritarian Middle Powers | Journal of DemocracyThe world’s “middle powers” were once bastions of defense for a liberal rules-based international order. But no more. A new kind of authoritarian middle power has emerged… 033
João Fusco Ribeiro @joaofuscoribeiro.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Wondering how long Mourinho's return from Elba will last. 020
Reposted by João Fusco RibeiroIva Vukušić @vukusiciva.bsky.social · 25/08/2026If you're looking for a coffee read, here's one, on #genocide #denial #Srebrenica #archives #memory and what #courts can and cannot do. Thanks to Jurist.org for inviting me to speak about it. #Accountability #Justice www.jurist.org/features/202...jurist.org‘Genocide denial is often a state project’ — Iva Vukušić on Srebrenica and the politics of memoryFew atrocities have been documented as extensively as the Srebrenica genocide. Yet three decades later, denial remains politically entrenched, while the evidentiary record painstakingly assembled by i... 1125
João Fusco Ribeiro @joaofuscoribeiro.bsky.social · 21/08/2026A frustrated Eisenhower pouting during a 1953 NSC meeting about how impossible it was “to get some of the people on these down-trodden countries to like us instead of hating us” is the best thing I’ve read all day. 031
Reposted by João Fusco RibeiroPhilip Obaji Jr. @philipobaji.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Russia’s Deceptive War Recruitment Scheme Ensnares Thousands of Young Africans africacenter.org/spotlight/ru...africacenter.orgRussia’s Deceptive War Recruitment Scheme Ensnares Thousands of Young AfricansRussia’s conscription of Africans for its war in Ukraine exposes human trafficking, coercion, and foreign interference that is exploiting job seekers. 15625
Reposted by João Fusco RibeiroB. Safarik @bradsafarik.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Great short reference for political protest songs for Portuguese-speaking Africa pan-african-music.com/en/portugues...pan-african-music.comPortuguese-speaking Africa: 10 songs for the end of a colonial empireThe Carnation Revolution spelled the end of Portugal's colonial empire. From Cape Verde to Angola, Mozambique to Guinea-Bissau, we look back to the soundtrack of the years of liberation. 021
Reposted by João Fusco RibeiroHoward French @hofrench.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Colombians for hire. As if the war in Sudan were not already horrible enough. www.ft.com/content/3259... The mercenaries fighting in Africa’s forgotten warft.comThe mercenaries fighting in Africa’s forgotten warHundreds of Colombian fighters were brought to Sudan by a shadow network. At the end of the journey lay a city of corpses 1116
Reposted by João Fusco RibeiroThe Continent @thecontinent.org · 14/08/2026All Protocol Observed Welcome to Issue 249 of The Continent São Tomé and Príncipe was ground zero for the transatlantic slave-plantation model. How do you memorialise that? bit.ly/249_TC 02824
Reposted by João Fusco RibeiroAlda Telles @aldatelles.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Marketing de oportunidade em 1912. #eclipse 3349
Reposted by João Fusco RibeiroAntonio Costa Pinto @acostapinto.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Nice news. After the English and Portuguese edition ( in Brazil and Portugal), the Italian edition of this collective book has just been published by Mimesis Press, Milan.mimesisedizioni.itL'Estado Novo di Salazar. La diffusione di modelli autoritari nell'era del fascismoNegli anni Venti e Trenta del Novecento si diffondono in Europa – e anche in America Latina – idee favorevoli a sistemi politici autocratici, in un'epoca che è stata definita "l'era del fascismo". Non... 052
Reposted by João Fusco RibeiroJustin Pearce @justinpearce.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Really enjoyed editing this article. It answered a question that I've been thinking about ever since I was doing my own (unrelated) research and wondering why there were so many eucalyptus plantations in the Angolan highlands. 094
Reposted by João Fusco RibeiroHoover Institution @hooverinstitution.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Katharina Friedla tells the story of Jan Karski, the Polish diplomat who infiltrated the Warsaw Ghetto in 1942, witnessed the unfolding Holocaust, and tried to warn British and American officials, including President Roosevelt. Based on Karski's papers, housed in Hoover's Library & Archives. ⤵️ hoover.orgJan Karski: The Polish diplomat who bore witness to the HolocaustHoover's Katharina Friedla remembers Karski in the latest Reflections episode 032
Reposted by João Fusco RibeiroKyle Reed 🟥 @kylereed.bsky.social · 04/08/2026An age-old academic question: is this manuscript done (submission ready) or am I just done looking at it? 181
Reposted by João Fusco RibeiroHurst Publishers @hurstpublishers.bsky.social · 04/08/2026To sample 'A History of South Africa' by Thula Simpson, read here ➡️ tinyurl.com/yvz868ejtinyurl.comSample of "History of South Africa" by Thula SimpsonPeek inside this book and discover another great read. 055
Reposted by João Fusco RibeiroEmile Chabal @emile-chabal.bsky.social · 18/04/2026That's it. I've checked the very last proofs of the book and it's now off to the printers. I hope it will reach Hobsbawm fans, Hobsbawm sceptics, and anyone curious about the intellectual life of the left in the 20th century! Publication: 18 Aug (US), 4 Sept (UK) www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067... 25318
Reposted by João Fusco RibeiroLeonid Schneider @forbetterscience.bsky.social · 01/08/2026"One of the men responsible for the brutal suppression of the Warsaw Uprising was Heinz Reinefarth. Like so many Germans, he was never held responsible for his crimes, but was elected as mayor of Westerland (Sylt) and a member of the Schleswig-Holstein Landtag after the Second World War. " 14414
Reposted by João Fusco RibeiroJessica Smith @thedaybooks.bsky.social · 27/07/2026It’s nice to see everyone’s textual analysis of The Odyssey It’s almost like the humanities give you entertainment, feelings, pleasure, and fun/interesting stuff to talk about, as well as lenses into both past and current society 83115757
Reposted by João Fusco RibeiroIberian Connexions @iberianconnexions.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Welcome to Early Modern Iberian History in Global Contexts: Connexions! This account accompanies our book series and serves as a space to share new ideas and conversations on the histories of the early modern Iberian world. #EarlyModernHistory #IberianHistory #GlobalHistory #HistoryBooks 095
Reposted by João Fusco RibeiroYves Léonard @yleonard.bsky.social · 25/07/202625 juillet 2021, décès à Lisbonne d’Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho, le stratège de la Révolution des Œillets🇵🇹 « Un peuple enfin libéré de l’oppression et de la peur, émerveillé par le miracle de la liberté reconquise à l’aube lumineuse d’un matin d’avril » (Alvorada em Abril) 082
Reposted by João Fusco RibeiroH-Net @h-net-humanities.bsky.social · 23/07/2026In the last year, broad cuts to the agencies and mechanisms that fund scholarship in the U.S., have crippled the work of scholars. But in solidarity, we have collectively come together and developed ways to carry on that work. #scholarship #humanities #socialscience #highered #academia 197
Reposted by João Fusco RibeiroMatthieu Boisdron @mtthboisdron.bsky.social · 23/07/2026🎓 📖 J’ai le plaisir de signer dans ce volume collectif, dirigé par Marie-Bénédicte Vincent, à paraître le 28 juillet, le chapitre consacré à la Hongrie de Miklós Horthy. J’essaie de définir la nature de ce régime et de montrer sa spécificité dans le paysage européen des années 1920 et 1930. 1155
Reposted by João Fusco RibeiroThe British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Applications for the Postdoctoral Fellowships are open. We're inviting proposals from early-career researchers in the humanities and social sciences wishing to pursue an independent research project. Learn more: bit.ly/4xWduAS 02943
João Fusco Ribeiro @joaofuscoribeiro.bsky.social · 21/07/2026It was really fun to write this article with Jéssica and seeing it now in print :) 061
Reposted by João Fusco RibeiroAntonio Costa Pinto @acostapinto.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Now in Paperback.routledge.comBuilding Dictatorships under Axis Rule: War, Military Occupation and Political RegimesThis book offers a broad comparative perspective on regime building under Axis rule during the Second World War, exploring case studies in Europe and Asia. Military occupation represents the highest d... 042
Reposted by João Fusco RibeiroHistory Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 15/07/2026🚨We’re seeking to appoint one Editorial Fellow with specialism in pre-1800 CE history from any part of the globe. Deadline for applications: 7 August 2026. Please share in your networks!👇 11728
João Fusco Ribeiro @joaofuscoribeiro.bsky.social · 13/07/2026We are welcoming submissions on the Journal of Totalitarian and 20th Studies until the end of August! instytutpileckiego.pl/en/badania/a...instytutpileckiego.plCall for Articles – Volume 9 of the Totalitarian and 20th Century Studies yearbook - Instytut PileckiegoThe Editorial Board of the Totalitarian and 20th Century Studies yearbook announces a call for submissions for the next special issue of the publication, covering the years 2025–2026. We invite resear... 020
Reposted by João Fusco RibeiroHistory Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 13/07/2026OTD in 1930, the first FIFA World Cup began in Uruguay. In this article from the archives, Richard Mills explores how football fixtures created meaningful ties between Yugoslavia and its African and Asian allies.historyworkshop.org.ukScoring for the Non-Aligned Movement: Yugoslavia, Football and the Third WorldContinuing our History Workshop World Cup series, Richard Mills explores the role football played in establishing diplomatic ties between Tito’s […] 0168
Reposted by João Fusco RibeiroEvan Procknow @eprocknow.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Winner of the Spain-Portugal match gets to revise the Treaty of Tordesillas 031
Reposted by João Fusco RibeiroJournal of Southern African Studies @jsas-journal.bsky.social · 25/06/2026📢 New Article! How did ideas travel across liberation movements during the Cold War? Wetzel traces the journey of the Frelimo Youth League from Soviet classrooms to Mozambique’s liberation struggle, showing why some ideas took hold while others failed. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 042
Reposted by João Fusco RibeiroAntonio Costa Pinto @acostapinto.bsky.social · 22/06/2026On Saturday 20, in Lisbon, Goffredo Adinolfi and I had the pleasure of presenting our edited volume Building Dictatorships under Axis Rule: War, Military Occupation and Political Regimes at the Eighth Convention of COMFAS, discussed by Angel Alcalde from the the University of Melbourne. 021