Dr Amy King
@amycking.bsky.social
Historian. Into the history and memory of Italy’s far right - how it’s remembered, how it remembers. Antifascist. University of Bristol. She/her.
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On 5 December, I'm organising a workshop entitled 'Exploring the health and wellbeing of Italian migrants in Britain today' feat. contributions from academics, psychologists & community groups. See full programme here. Free but booking required! www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Exploring the health and wellbeing of Italian migrants in Britain today
A one-day workshop supported by UCL Health Humanities Seed Funding. Organised by Dr Selena Daly, Associate Professor in Italian Studies, UCL
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October 29, 2025 at 10:30 AM
On 5 December, I'm organising a workshop entitled 'Exploring the health and wellbeing of Italian migrants in Britain today' feat. contributions from academics, psychologists & community groups. See full programme here. Free but booking required! www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
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This week, I had the pleasure of being interviewed by @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social about my recent book Emigrant Soldiers: Mobilising Italians Abroad in the First World War. If anyone has a commute they'd like to liven up with tales of war, take a listen! newbooksnetwork.com/emigrant-sol...
Selena Daly, "Emigrant Soldiers: Mobilising Italians Abroad in the First World War" (Cambridge UP, 2025) - New Books Network
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October 24, 2025 at 1:09 PM
This week, I had the pleasure of being interviewed by @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social about my recent book Emigrant Soldiers: Mobilising Italians Abroad in the First World War. If anyone has a commute they'd like to liven up with tales of war, take a listen! newbooksnetwork.com/emigrant-sol...
10/10 delighted to see a podcast from @ilpost.it today about my book! Interesting discussion of right-wing martyr stories like Charlie Kirk today, too.
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Ep. 376 - Martiri di destra
Podcast Episode · Timbuctu · 24/10/2025 · 14m
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October 24, 2025 at 5:18 PM
10/10 delighted to see a podcast from @ilpost.it today about my book! Interesting discussion of right-wing martyr stories like Charlie Kirk today, too.
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Very much looking forward to seeing this out in the world by the end of the year. I've got a chapter on commemoration of the Nasiriyah dead in Italy. Looks a wonderfully rich collection.
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Routledge Handbook of Dark Events: Celebrations, Heritage, and Customs of Death and the Macabre
This handbook explores and critically evaluates key debates and controversies in the emerging field of Dark Events. It brings together leading specialists from a range of disciplinary backgrounds and ...
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October 14, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Very much looking forward to seeing this out in the world by the end of the year. I've got a chapter on commemoration of the Nasiriyah dead in Italy. Looks a wonderfully rich collection.
www.routledge.com/Routledge-Ha...
www.routledge.com/Routledge-Ha...
dude’s giving Foro Italico
October 13, 2025 at 7:03 AM
dude’s giving Foro Italico
Delighted to see such a great review of Where Monsters Are Born, our educational resource that aims to improve visual literacy of neofascist propaganda, in the Journal of Comparative Fascist Studies! bit.ly/3IdDtPC
@brianjgriffith.bsky.social
@brianjgriffith.bsky.social
‘Where Monsters Are Born: Documenting a Fascist Revival in the Streets of Rome, 2018–2019’ | Amsterdam University Press Journals Online
Amsterdam University Press is a leading publisher of academic books, journals and textbooks in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Our aim is to make current research available to scholars, students, ...
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September 25, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Delighted to see such a great review of Where Monsters Are Born, our educational resource that aims to improve visual literacy of neofascist propaganda, in the Journal of Comparative Fascist Studies! bit.ly/3IdDtPC
@brianjgriffith.bsky.social
@brianjgriffith.bsky.social
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Please spread this far and wide! I’m on the convening team of this exciting new IHR seminar series and we are looking forward to hearing about all the cutting-edge research being done by ECRs across the country!
📢 New Seminar Series!
We are thrilled to be working alongside @ihr.bsky.social on a brand new seminar series titled Migration and Mobility. We are coming together for a special edition of the seminar to showcase the work of PGRs and ECRs on migration and mobility history (1/3)
We are thrilled to be working alongside @ihr.bsky.social on a brand new seminar series titled Migration and Mobility. We are coming together for a special edition of the seminar to showcase the work of PGRs and ECRs on migration and mobility history (1/3)
September 24, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Please spread this far and wide! I’m on the convening team of this exciting new IHR seminar series and we are looking forward to hearing about all the cutting-edge research being done by ECRs across the country!
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More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
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September 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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A generous, well-written, and thorough review of 'Fathers of the Lega' by @amycking.bsky.social
'Richly researched and grounded in scholarly debates [...]
Newth’s book reminds us that ideological strands thought to be dormant may yet re-emerge in new contexts'
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'Richly researched and grounded in scholarly debates [...]
Newth’s book reminds us that ideological strands thought to be dormant may yet re-emerge in new contexts'
www.jbe-platform.com/content/jour...
Review of Newth (2024): Fathers of the Lega: Populist Regionalism and Populist Nationalism in Historical Perspective | John Benjamins
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September 22, 2025 at 12:47 PM
A generous, well-written, and thorough review of 'Fathers of the Lega' by @amycking.bsky.social
'Richly researched and grounded in scholarly debates [...]
Newth’s book reminds us that ideological strands thought to be dormant may yet re-emerge in new contexts'
www.jbe-platform.com/content/jour...
'Richly researched and grounded in scholarly debates [...]
Newth’s book reminds us that ideological strands thought to be dormant may yet re-emerge in new contexts'
www.jbe-platform.com/content/jour...
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The Department of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the United States.
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DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing
Following Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the Trump administration’s promise to go after the “radical left” a study showing most domestic terrosim is far-right was disappeared.
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September 16, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The Department of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the United States.
🔗 www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...
🔗 www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...
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"The Pride of Britain"
Fox - Charged under the Sexual Offence act for an upskirt photo on Twitter
Hopkins - Detained in South Africa for spreading racial hatred and deported from Australia for breaching Covid
Tommy "10 names" Robinson - Serial convict
Fox - Charged under the Sexual Offence act for an upskirt photo on Twitter
Hopkins - Detained in South Africa for spreading racial hatred and deported from Australia for breaching Covid
Tommy "10 names" Robinson - Serial convict
September 14, 2025 at 10:00 AM
"The Pride of Britain"
Fox - Charged under the Sexual Offence act for an upskirt photo on Twitter
Hopkins - Detained in South Africa for spreading racial hatred and deported from Australia for breaching Covid
Tommy "10 names" Robinson - Serial convict
Fox - Charged under the Sexual Offence act for an upskirt photo on Twitter
Hopkins - Detained in South Africa for spreading racial hatred and deported from Australia for breaching Covid
Tommy "10 names" Robinson - Serial convict
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A really strong, thought provoking start to the @publichistoryqub.bsky.social annual conference on ‘Public History in an age of Anxiety’ with @cathfletcher.bsky.social on museums and gun heritage, and Lisa Goff on the challenges of public history in Trump’s America
September 9, 2025 at 9:45 AM
A really strong, thought provoking start to the @publichistoryqub.bsky.social annual conference on ‘Public History in an age of Anxiety’ with @cathfletcher.bsky.social on museums and gun heritage, and Lisa Goff on the challenges of public history in Trump’s America
Very much looking forward to discussing antifascist pedagogies in Belfast this week!
'Public History in an Age of Anxiety', QUB Centre for Public History Conference, 9-11 September. Register now and join us for a packed programme over three days.
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September 8, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Very much looking forward to discussing antifascist pedagogies in Belfast this week!
Feel like they’d be firm friends with Italy’s umarell
Word of the day is ‘tamalou’: a French name for an older person who no longer greets their friends with ‘how was your holiday?, but with ‘t’as mal où ?’, ‘where does it hurt?’. There follows an enthusiastic account of aches and pains and doctor’s appointments.
September 5, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Feel like they’d be firm friends with Italy’s umarell
Yesterday, I was reassured to see there were National Guards inside a real crime hotspot: The Natural History Museum.
Those criminal… fossils?
Those criminal… fossils?
August 22, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Yesterday, I was reassured to see there were National Guards inside a real crime hotspot: The Natural History Museum.
Those criminal… fossils?
Those criminal… fossils?
Someone has immortalised the DC sandwich-thrower. This city works fast!
August 19, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Someone has immortalised the DC sandwich-thrower. This city works fast!
My journey home via Union Station, DC. What a time to be alive, honestly.
August 15, 2025 at 10:03 PM
My journey home via Union Station, DC. What a time to be alive, honestly.
Chuffed to see this review of my book in La Repubblica this week, by Benedetta Tobagi!
Incidentally the same week Meloni ‘remembered’ the Bologna bombing without mentioning the word neofascism.
Incidentally the same week Meloni ‘remembered’ the Bologna bombing without mentioning the word neofascism.
August 6, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Chuffed to see this review of my book in La Repubblica this week, by Benedetta Tobagi!
Incidentally the same week Meloni ‘remembered’ the Bologna bombing without mentioning the word neofascism.
Incidentally the same week Meloni ‘remembered’ the Bologna bombing without mentioning the word neofascism.
Looks like I saw it just in time
Exclusive: The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History removed references to President Trump’s two impeachments from an exhibit — an apparent change to its plans to update its collection of artifacts about the historic U.S. proceedings.
Smithsonian removes Trump from impeachment exhibit in American History Museum
A temporary placard, on display since 2021, described the president's historic impeachments. Officials said the exhibit was restored to an earlier version following a review of legacy content.
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July 31, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Looks like I saw it just in time
Big thanks to Nicola Guerra for this thorough and generous review of my book. Still surprises me to think of people spending time with my work!
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The politics of sacrifice: Remembering Italy’s Rogo di Primavalle
Published in Journal of Modern Italian Studies (Ahead of Print, 2025)
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July 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Big thanks to Nicola Guerra for this thorough and generous review of my book. Still surprises me to think of people spending time with my work!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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My first 4 July weekend has been 10/10!
July 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
My first 4 July weekend has been 10/10!
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Perhaps a good time to re up the New Fascism Syllabus, an online repository of resources on neofascism, populism, and authoritarianism, including a research repository and relevant secondary literature.
newfascismsyllabus.com
newfascismsyllabus.com
July 5, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Perhaps a good time to re up the New Fascism Syllabus, an online repository of resources on neofascism, populism, and authoritarianism, including a research repository and relevant secondary literature.
newfascismsyllabus.com
newfascismsyllabus.com
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Senior Research Associate: Plants, Enslavement, and Public History: 3 year postdoc at Bristol
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Senior Research Associate: Plants, Enslavement, and Public History at University of Bristol
Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Senior Research Associate: Plants, Enslavement, and Public History on jobs.ac.uk!
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June 6, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Senior Research Associate: Plants, Enslavement, and Public History: 3 year postdoc at Bristol
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Super excited to see my book in La Repubblica today!
June 6, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Super excited to see my book in La Repubblica today!
This looks a really great scheme!
Career Development Fellow in Modern World History-Durham University - Department of History #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNJ236/c...
Career Development Fellow in Modern World History at Durham University
Recruiting now: Career Development Fellow in Modern World History on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job opportunities on the top job board
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June 5, 2025 at 8:03 AM
This looks a really great scheme!