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Or Rosenboim

@orrosenboim.bsky.social
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Historian, writer, baker. Associate Professor at Unibo. London, Florence and Bologna. Latest book AIR AND LOVE www.panmacmillan.com/authors/or-ros…

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Or Rosenboim @orrosenboim.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
My new article on Barbara Ward's global thought is out open access. It's part of a fascinating special issue on geographical imaginaries edited by Antonio Ferraz and Luke Ashworth @gsqjournal.bsky.social Global Divisions: The Spatial Imagination of Barbara Ward academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic...
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Global Divisions: The Spatial Imagination of Barbara Ward
Abstract. The article examines the international thought of the British economist Barbara Ward (1914–1981) through her spatial imagination. It argues that
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Or Rosenboim @orrosenboim.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Tomorrow in Bologna Prof Yoav Rinon will talk about war and memory, and the Israeli academic resistance to the destruction of Gaza. DM me for teams link to join us remotely.
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Or Rosenboim @orrosenboim.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Back in NYC as a visiting fellow at the Remarque Institute at NYU, working on my new book and enjoying the frosty weather.
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Or Rosenboim @orrosenboim.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Yes! Reviewer 2 urged me today to "clear out some conceptual confusion" by engaging with the work of Or Rosenboim. It's not even the first time this happens to me....
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Liam Shields @liamshields.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Exciting times at UoM: we are hiring up to 15 postdocs. See below www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
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Bicentenary Research Fellowships in Humanities:Oxford Road
The University of Manchester has been celebrating 200 years of achievement in research-driven learning, development and innovation: this has included investing in our prestigious Bicentenary PhD Studentships and Fellowships. The scheme represents a major University investment of £28 million to recruit and fund more than 200 early-career researchers between 2025/26 and 2026/27.
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Or Rosenboim @orrosenboim.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Check out the fab website of our project on histories of prediction, 'imagining tomorrow'! Its sleek design presents our conferences, exhibition and publications, including original artwork. I had a great time working with this wonderful team and I hope you enjoy the outcome!
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Or Rosenboim @orrosenboim.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Insane state of affairs.
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Or Rosenboim @orrosenboim.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
My article on Hans Kelsen and the world state is now published in open access on The Journal of Global History and you can check it out here: doi.org/10.1017/S174....
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Law, peace, and world order: Hans Kelsen’s global thought in the 1940s | Journal of Global History | Cambridge Core
Law, peace, and world order: Hans Kelsen’s global thought in the 1940s - Volume 20 Issue 3
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Or Rosenboim @orrosenboim.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
What is planetary politics? My short essay is now published in Global Perspectives, in a really interesting forum. @ucpress doi.org/10.1525/gp.2...
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What Is “Planetary” Politics?
Is “planetary” a useful concept for political thought? What is the historical trajectory of this idea? The essay reflects on recent literature on planetary and global thinking to consider the challeng...
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Or Rosenboim @orrosenboim.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
My article with Arie Dubnov on current federalist visions to end the conflict in Israel-Palestine and past imperial iterations of this idea is now out on Global Perspetives @ucpress.bsky.social many thanks to @liorerez.bsky.social for the title. doi.org/10.1525/gp.2...
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Speaking Cantonese: The Pasts and Futures of the Federalist Idea in Israel/Palestine
Since 2012, proposals for cantonization, federalism, and confederalism have gained renewed attention as potential frameworks for addressing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The resurgence of federal ...
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Or Rosenboim @orrosenboim.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
On Monday, I'll join the Italian national strike for Gaza. But retracting labour is hardly enough. I'll dedicate my next lecture in history at Unibo to discuss imperialism, Nationalism and the histories of Palestine in the 20th century. Most importantly, stop the war! Let all people live in peace.
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Or Rosenboim @orrosenboim.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
This week @europeanisa.bsky.social is coming to Bologna and I'll be there too, Great to catch up with friends and colleagues in my city. Come say hello!
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Historical IR Section (ISA) @hist-isanet.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
👉 Take a look at this CfP for the LSE-Tufts Seminar in Contemporary International History, for those working on "any aspect of 20th or 21st century international history and historical IR, broadly defined" 👇 Organised by @lizingleson.bsky.social,‬ @mjbayly.bsky.social, @emleake.bsky.social #HistIR
LSE-Tufts Seminar in Contemporary International History - Call for Papers - The seminar welcomes scholars who have completed their PhD to share work-in-progress on any aspect of 20th or 21st century international history and historical IR, broadly defined. We encourage a wide range of different approaches including research exploring transnational networks, non-state actors, and geographies beyond the Global North. The seminar is open to post-PhD scholars at all stages of their career. - Applicants should submit a provisional title, a brief 250-word abstract, and a CV to e.ingleson@lse.ac.uk by August 22, 2025.
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Or Rosenboim @orrosenboim.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Today I signed a contract with @princetonupress.bsky.social to publish my next book, "Global Nature: How Perceptions of Nature Transformed Global Political Visions"! Now I only have to write it...
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Journal of Global History (JGH) @globalhistjnl.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
📢 New on First View! Or Rosenboim (@orrosenboim.bsky.social‬) shows that jurist Hans Kelsen’s global thinking is characterised by a multi-scalar logic and an emphasis on positive law as the foundation of political and legal order. Read more here: doi.org/10.1017/S174...
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Law, peace, and world order: Hans Kelsen’s global thought in the 1940s | Journal of Global History | Cambridge Core
Law, peace, and world order: Hans Kelsen’s global thought in the 1940s
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Or Rosenboim @orrosenboim.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
My new article on the international thought of Hans Kelsen is now out on @globalhistjnl.bsky.social doi.org/10.1017/S174...
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Law, peace, and world order: Hans Kelsen’s global thought in the 1940s | Journal of Global History | Cambridge Core
Law, peace, and world order: Hans Kelsen’s global thought in the 1940s
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Or Rosenboim @orrosenboim.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
I wrote on Barbara Ward for the intellectual history blog of Oxford uni, happy to share these early thoughts about this influential international thinker.
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Lise Butler @lisebutler.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Heartily recommend holding your next academic workshop in Bologna. Wonderful two days discussing prediction and the environment for our @britishacademy.bsky.social ‘Place of Prediction’ workshop, with special thanks to host @orrosenboim.bsky.social
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Digressionsimpressions @nescio13.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Maybe of interest to @duncanbell.bsky.social, @thecambridgeschool.bsky.social, @lastpositivist.bsky.social Shout out to @orrosenboim.bsky.social
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Or Rosenboim @orrosenboim.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
A morning in the archives of Unibo with my global history students, looking at documents on foreign students (inc. Jewish, Greeks, Iranians, and other refugees).
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Or Rosenboim @orrosenboim.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Someone recalled a pretty niche book I took from the library (on spaceship earth) and now I really want to know who they are.
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Or Rosenboim @orrosenboim.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
On my way to Oxford for the week... (if the train will actually depart!)
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Or Rosenboim @orrosenboim.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
I've written the first 1000 words of my new book. They may be edited away one day, but the page is not blank anymore!
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Or Rosenboim @orrosenboim.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
My keynote at the @inthiseui.bsky.social conf today will explore my new work with Arie Dubnov on the links between contemporary leftist ideas for confederation in Israel/Palestine and their imperial intellectual roots. Looking forward to the conversation!
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Or Rosenboim @orrosenboim.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
At the Silk Roads exhibition at the British Museum, so many beautiful artefacts from Samarkand, that brought to life the multi-cultural, fascinating city I've written about in my book Air and Love.
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Or Rosenboim @orrosenboim.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Oxfording this week
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Global Intellectual History @global-ih.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
News! We would like to welcome four new members to our International Board! @xinfan.bsky.social (University of Cambridge), Ployjai Pintobtang พลอยใจ ปิ่นตบแต่ง (Chiang Mai University; มหาวิทยาลัยเชียงใหม่), @orrosenboim.bsky.social (Università di Bologna), and Tomohito Baji 馬路智仁 (University of Tokyo; 東京大学)
A world map from 1602 with annotations in Chinese characters
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Global Intellectual History @global-ih.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
As we approach our tenth anniversary we thought it was a good moment to update our "Aims and Scope" to better reflect how conversations in the field have developed over the last decade. The new version is now live, read it here: www.tandfonline.com/journals/rgi...
Alt Text: A Chinese literati, a Japanese gentleman, and a European scholar sit together at a table. The two men at either end have a form of a book in front of them: one a handscroll, the other a bound text. The Japanese man has no book and instead holds a fan while a white snake encircles his wrist.
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Or Rosenboim @orrosenboim.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
I'm happy to join the international board of @global-ih.bsky.social as the journal celebrates a decade of fascinating research!
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Or Rosenboim @orrosenboim.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
The urge to cross the barriers, sit down, open a book and read is real.
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Or Rosenboim @orrosenboim.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Off to London for a conference on (dis)order at the @britishacademy.bsky.social looking forward to talk about global constitutionalism as a way to order the world..
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Or Rosenboim @orrosenboim.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
I asked chatgpt to design my ideal room according to my online profile and I love the library-kitchen-cakes combination!
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Or Rosenboim @orrosenboim.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
I love the silence of the library on a winter morning (especially after 3 weeks of family holidays!)
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Or Rosenboim @orrosenboim.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Out of office.
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Or Rosenboim @orrosenboim.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
An MA student wrote to me that our course this term was 'inspiring and challenging' and that really made my day.
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Or Rosenboim @orrosenboim.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
20 oral exams in 4 hours later, I feel fully inserted into the italian higher ed system!
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Or Rosenboim @orrosenboim.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Off to teach the last lecture of the semester, on the anthropocene and global history!
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Very British Problems @soverybritish.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Some five-word horror stories for Friday the 13th: Running out of tea bags Someone talking in a lift Unexpected knock on the door Biscuit falling into your brew Stuck on rail replacement bus Forgetting to take an umbrella Missing bin day before Christmas Say a bit about yourself
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Or Rosenboim @orrosenboim.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Happy to see that @petermandler.bsky.social chose Air and Love as one of his top books of 2024 on History Today. Check out the other recs too, it's a wonderful list. www.historytoday.com/archive/revi...
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Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
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Or Rosenboim @orrosenboim.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Next term I'll be an academic visitor at the Politics and IR department in Oxford, looking forward to fun times at the Bod! Let me know if you are around for lunch/drinks..
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Or Rosenboim @orrosenboim.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
EUI intellectual historians of all creeds and approaches are welcome to apply to this workshop, I will give the keynote and look forward to exciting conversations! Deadline 8 Jan.
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Or Rosenboim @orrosenboim.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Really enjoyed teaching a session on global capitalism for my MA course reading works by @tsasson.bsky.social @zeithistoriker.bsky.social and Jamie Martin, which generated a lively discussion on sovereignty, moral economy and neoliberalism.
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Or Rosenboim @orrosenboim.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
I wrote 4 lectures,revised an article and even bought groceries. I deserve a French 75.
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Duncan Bell @duncanbell.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
‘It has been a year since I felt joy’: Paul Sagar on coming to terms with the climbing accident that paralysed him www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
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‘It has been a year since I felt joy’: Paul Sagar on coming to terms with the climbing accident that paralysed him
A 20-metre fall while mountaineering left the academic and philosopher with life-changing injuries. In this extract from his diary, his clear-eyed willingness to confront his situation leads to some b...
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Or Rosenboim @orrosenboim.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
My new MA class on 'global networks and political visions' is more popular than I anticipated, with over 40 students instead of 20. It was challenging/fun to find 20 more readings to assign for their individual presentations!
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Or Rosenboim @orrosenboim.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
On my way to Pisa where I'll be giving the keynote lecture at the meeting of the Italian society for contemporary history (sisco), on nationalism and global challenges.
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Or Rosenboim @orrosenboim.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Things I see in italian bookstores (I thought it was ironic but no, the book demands we thank the West for all the good it has done for the Chinese, Africans, etc..). An impressive blend of ignorance and hyperbolic prose, captures the spirit of the moment.
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Or Rosenboim @orrosenboim.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
My great satisfaction at book talks is when readers actually get it that my first and second books are essentially about the same topic.
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Or Rosenboim @orrosenboim.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
I start teaching a brand new MA course today on global political visions at Unibo, exciting!
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