Agnieszka Sobocinska
@asobocinska.bsky.social
Professor of Global History at King’s College London.
Histories of development, non-elite politics, Australia & Asia. Books: ‘Saving the World?’ (CUP, 2021) & ‘Visiting the Neighbours’ (UNSW, 2014). Next: ‘The World vs the World Bank’
Histories of development, non-elite politics, Australia & Asia. Books: ‘Saving the World?’ (CUP, 2021) & ‘Visiting the Neighbours’ (UNSW, 2014). Next: ‘The World vs the World Bank’
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AN #EARLYMODERN POST!! They still exist! And a lovely one at that, for five years and with the brilliant people at KCL who have turned that place in quite the hub of exciting early modern research.
Run, don’t walk.
Run, don’t walk.
Lecturer in the History of Early Modern Europe and the World at King's College London
Discover an exciting academic career path as a Lecturer in the History of Early Modern Europe and the World at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!
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September 23, 2025 at 7:50 AM
AN #EARLYMODERN POST!! They still exist! And a lovely one at that, for five years and with the brilliant people at KCL who have turned that place in quite the hub of exciting early modern research.
Run, don’t walk.
Run, don’t walk.
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Our historical narratives are often centred on land, but what happens if we shift our perspective to oceans? How might this shape our environmental and political imaginaries? Join us at @hass-cornwall.bsky.social as we plunge into the past to navigate new futures.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xqj...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xqj...
Oceans - Dr Emma Kluge, Lecturer in Colonial and Environmental History
YouTube video by University of Exeter
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August 14, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Our historical narratives are often centred on land, but what happens if we shift our perspective to oceans? How might this shape our environmental and political imaginaries? Join us at @hass-cornwall.bsky.social as we plunge into the past to navigate new futures.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xqj...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xqj...
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I’m recruiting a PhD student to work with me in Melbourne on the history of empire in Micronesia and the Pacific.
We are offering a full scholarship, Australian and international students can apply. More info here, please reach out if you are interested
www.acu.edu.au/research-and...
We are offering a full scholarship, Australian and international students can apply. More info here, please reach out if you are interested
www.acu.edu.au/research-and...
Pacific powers: Imperial competition and cooperation in Micronesia
www.acu.edu.au
August 13, 2025 at 2:54 AM
I’m recruiting a PhD student to work with me in Melbourne on the history of empire in Micronesia and the Pacific.
We are offering a full scholarship, Australian and international students can apply. More info here, please reach out if you are interested
www.acu.edu.au/research-and...
We are offering a full scholarship, Australian and international students can apply. More info here, please reach out if you are interested
www.acu.edu.au/research-and...
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💫 Open access from 21 August! 💫
Years in the works, 17 international authors - RETHINKING HISTORIES OF INDONESIA: EXPERIENCING, RESISTING AND NEGOTIATING COLONIALITY
press.anu.edu.au/publications...
Look forward to sharing my latest research on colonial violence & war photography soon 🇮🇩 📷
Years in the works, 17 international authors - RETHINKING HISTORIES OF INDONESIA: EXPERIENCING, RESISTING AND NEGOTIATING COLONIALITY
press.anu.edu.au/publications...
Look forward to sharing my latest research on colonial violence & war photography soon 🇮🇩 📷
August 4, 2025 at 9:54 AM
💫 Open access from 21 August! 💫
Years in the works, 17 international authors - RETHINKING HISTORIES OF INDONESIA: EXPERIENCING, RESISTING AND NEGOTIATING COLONIALITY
press.anu.edu.au/publications...
Look forward to sharing my latest research on colonial violence & war photography soon 🇮🇩 📷
Years in the works, 17 international authors - RETHINKING HISTORIES OF INDONESIA: EXPERIENCING, RESISTING AND NEGOTIATING COLONIALITY
press.anu.edu.au/publications...
Look forward to sharing my latest research on colonial violence & war photography soon 🇮🇩 📷
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(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...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/new-method...
New Methods for New Histories (Online)
Workshop 2: Rethinking Internationalisms: Histories and Pluralities
www.eventbrite.co.uk
June 23, 2025 at 3:10 PM
(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...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/new-method...
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Why book a flight—or a reading room?
I take the train, retrieve the files, and deliver bespoke scans from UK archives, so you can stay in your armchair and focus on your research.
🗂️ digitisedarchive.co.uk
#Twitterstorians #MedEd #historyofscience #MedHist #histSTM #historyofmedicine #scicomm
I take the train, retrieve the files, and deliver bespoke scans from UK archives, so you can stay in your armchair and focus on your research.
🗂️ digitisedarchive.co.uk
#Twitterstorians #MedEd #historyofscience #MedHist #histSTM #historyofmedicine #scicomm
June 4, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Why book a flight—or a reading room?
I take the train, retrieve the files, and deliver bespoke scans from UK archives, so you can stay in your armchair and focus on your research.
🗂️ digitisedarchive.co.uk
#Twitterstorians #MedEd #historyofscience #MedHist #histSTM #historyofmedicine #scicomm
I take the train, retrieve the files, and deliver bespoke scans from UK archives, so you can stay in your armchair and focus on your research.
🗂️ digitisedarchive.co.uk
#Twitterstorians #MedEd #historyofscience #MedHist #histSTM #historyofmedicine #scicomm
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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....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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...
www.tandfonline.com
May 29, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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We are recruiting for a job at KCL History! 3-year early career development fellowship in Modern Britain & the World: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DND023/e...
Early Career Development Fellowship in Modern History (Britain and the World) at King's College London
Searching for an academic job? Explore this Early Career Development Fellowship in Modern History (Britain and the World) opening on jobs.ac.uk! Click to view more details and browse other academic jo...
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May 16, 2025 at 4:07 PM
We are recruiting for a job at KCL History! 3-year early career development fellowship in Modern Britain & the World: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DND023/e...
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I’ve written a piece for @africasacountry.bsky.social about the liberal humanitarian sector’s response to the recent USAID cuts and reformist efforts to defend - what has always been - an unequal system ⬇️
As US aid falters, the crisis of liberal internationalism deepens. What comes next when even its strongest institutions can no longer hold the facade together? africasacountry.com/2025/03/libe...
Liberal internationalism after USAID
As US aid falters, the crisis of liberal internationalism deepens. What comes next when even its strongest institutions can no longer hold the facade together?
africasacountry.com
April 1, 2025 at 6:38 AM
I’ve written a piece for @africasacountry.bsky.social about the liberal humanitarian sector’s response to the recent USAID cuts and reformist efforts to defend - what has always been - an unequal system ⬇️
Hey that’s my file! But HOW do you make them look so pretty?
March 25, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Hey that’s my file! But HOW do you make them look so pretty?
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HUGE thanks to every single presenter/chair/attendee for making the past two days so inspiring and friendly. It was brilliant to catch up with old friends and to make so many new ones! More to come from our AHRC Rethinking Internationalism project so watch this space…
Our AHRC-funded conference on ‘Counter-Hegemonic Internationalisms’, hosted at @northumbriauni.bsky.social, began this morning and we’ve already had fantastic panels on race, space, religious, and Mexican internationalisms. More to come after the coffee break! It’s a gorgeous day in Newcastle ☀️☀️☀️
March 22, 2025 at 12:22 PM
HUGE thanks to every single presenter/chair/attendee for making the past two days so inspiring and friendly. It was brilliant to catch up with old friends and to make so many new ones! More to come from our AHRC Rethinking Internationalism project so watch this space…
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A brilliant start to our AHRC Rethinking Internationalisms project, with generous and thoughtful contributions. Daniel Laqua did an amazing job with our first outing, and he, @drmargottudor.bsky.social , @jessicareinisch.bsky.social and I look forward to continuing these conversations. Stay tuned!
Our AHRC-funded conference on ‘Counter-Hegemonic Internationalisms’, hosted at @northumbriauni.bsky.social, began this morning and we’ve already had fantastic panels on race, space, religious, and Mexican internationalisms. More to come after the coffee break! It’s a gorgeous day in Newcastle ☀️☀️☀️
March 22, 2025 at 2:15 PM
A brilliant start to our AHRC Rethinking Internationalisms project, with generous and thoughtful contributions. Daniel Laqua did an amazing job with our first outing, and he, @drmargottudor.bsky.social , @jessicareinisch.bsky.social and I look forward to continuing these conversations. Stay tuned!
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#Skystorians #AcademicSky #History We’re delighted to be supporting the AHRC-funded conference on ‘Counter-Hegemonic Internationalisms: Perspectives from the Past’, which is taking place at @northumbriauni.bsky.social this week. Programme here research.northumbria.ac.uk/glo/?p=1341
March 18, 2025 at 9:16 AM
#Skystorians #AcademicSky #History We’re delighted to be supporting the AHRC-funded conference on ‘Counter-Hegemonic Internationalisms: Perspectives from the Past’, which is taking place at @northumbriauni.bsky.social this week. Programme here research.northumbria.ac.uk/glo/?p=1341
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On Thursday!
Next week, Elisabeth Leake, the Lee E Dirks Chair in History at Tufts' Fletcher School of Diplomacy, will be speaking @qmul.ac.uk
She will be talking about global histories of Decolonisation.
It's free to attend, with a reception after. You can register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/decoloniza...
She will be talking about global histories of Decolonisation.
It's free to attend, with a reception after. You can register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/decoloniza...
Decolonization’s Discontents: a lecture by Elisabeth Leake (Tufts)
Decolonization’s Discontents: Unfinished Revolutions in the Age of Independence, a lecture by Elisabeth Leake
www.eventbrite.co.uk
March 4, 2025 at 7:49 PM
On Thursday!
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Excited that the first article of my ongoing research project on the history of Indian women in rural development has been published in Comparativ. If you cannot access it and are interested to read, let me know. @unierfurt.bsky.social @emleake.bsky.social
www.comparativ.net/v2/article/v...
www.comparativ.net/v2/article/v...
Gendered Development Work and Non-State Primary Healthcare Provisions: The Skippo Medical Van Scheme in Rural India, c. 1940s to mid-1970s
This article focuses on gendered rural development work in late colonial and early post-colonial
India. Next to the question of livelihood generation and education, the issue of health and
hence of wo...
www.comparativ.net
March 4, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Excited that the first article of my ongoing research project on the history of Indian women in rural development has been published in Comparativ. If you cannot access it and are interested to read, let me know. @unierfurt.bsky.social @emleake.bsky.social
www.comparativ.net/v2/article/v...
www.comparativ.net/v2/article/v...
Looking forward to this one :)
@emleake.bsky.social will be delivering a lecture 6th March titled Decolonization's Discontents, hosted jointly by @rshc.bsky.social , @qmul.ac.uk 's History and IHSS . It will be great, event (and wine reception) free, but do register here: eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
Decolonization’s Discontents: a lecture by Elisabeth Leake (Tufts)
Eventbrite - Raphael Samuel History Centre presents Decolonization’s Discontents: a lecture by Elisabeth Leake (Tufts) - Thursday, 6 March 2025 at QMUL Graduate Centre, London, England. Find event and...
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February 10, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Looking forward to this one :)
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We recently had the pleasure of @sandrinekott.bsky.social's company at Birkbeck - and now I'm thrilled that her new edited book is out in the Bloomsbury Histories of Internationalism series, open access & free to download www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?do...
@bbkhistorical.bsky.social
@bbkhistorical.bsky.social
International Organizations and the Cold War
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February 10, 2025 at 12:19 PM
We recently had the pleasure of @sandrinekott.bsky.social's company at Birkbeck - and now I'm thrilled that her new edited book is out in the Bloomsbury Histories of Internationalism series, open access & free to download www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?do...
@bbkhistorical.bsky.social
@bbkhistorical.bsky.social
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Here is the English translation of my essay on South Asian humanitarian aid under colonial rule. It provides some insights of my forthcoming book on this theme with CUP this summer.
www.voluntariness.org/giving-as-an...
www.voluntariness.org/giving-as-an...
Giving as an Act of Voluntariness? - voluntariness.org
Blog post by Maria Franke on motives, circumstances and challenges of voluntary humanitarian aid in late colonial India.
www.voluntariness.org
February 6, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Here is the English translation of my essay on South Asian humanitarian aid under colonial rule. It provides some insights of my forthcoming book on this theme with CUP this summer.
www.voluntariness.org/giving-as-an...
www.voluntariness.org/giving-as-an...
This is ridiculously good company to be in. Thanks @susieprotschky.bsky.social!
Very happy with how my seminar reading list for the course ‘International Organisations’ is shaping up @asobocinska.bsky.social @sulinlewis.bsky.social
January 20, 2025 at 12:17 PM
This is ridiculously good company to be in. Thanks @susieprotschky.bsky.social!
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CFP: @globalhistjnl.bsky.social development editing workshop (deadline 1 March 2025). Workshop open to scholars & #skystorians for whom English is not a first language who study/work outside of North American and Western European institutions. Keep an eye out for an ECR workshop later in the year! 🗃
January 16, 2025 at 2:07 PM
CFP: @globalhistjnl.bsky.social development editing workshop (deadline 1 March 2025). Workshop open to scholars & #skystorians for whom English is not a first language who study/work outside of North American and Western European institutions. Keep an eye out for an ECR workshop later in the year! 🗃
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This is a great idea: a developmental editing workshop, run by the Journal of Global History. But, it's for colleagues for whom English is not a first language - and who work in institutions outside Western Europe and North America. 🗃️
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Journal of Global History development editing workshop | H-Net
CFP: Journal of Global History development editing workshop As part of efforts to make the field of global history more truly ‘global’, the Journal of Global History is hosting an online development w...
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January 16, 2025 at 1:09 PM
This is a great idea: a developmental editing workshop, run by the Journal of Global History. But, it's for colleagues for whom English is not a first language - and who work in institutions outside Western Europe and North America. 🗃️
networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
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Call for proposals for a new Handbook of the Histories of Internationalism, deadline 1 March 2025. Looking forward to your proposals!
More info here:
csi.bbk.ac.uk/blog/call-fo...
More info here:
csi.bbk.ac.uk/blog/call-fo...
Call for Proposals: Bloomsbury Handbook of the Histories of Internationalism — Centre for the Study of Internationalism
We invite contributions to a new handbook on the Histories of Internationalism, to be published by Bloomsbury.
csi.bbk.ac.uk
January 8, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Call for proposals for a new Handbook of the Histories of Internationalism, deadline 1 March 2025. Looking forward to your proposals!
More info here:
csi.bbk.ac.uk/blog/call-fo...
More info here:
csi.bbk.ac.uk/blog/call-fo...
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I am very pleased to share the @h-diplo.bsky.social Roundtable of _Catastrophic Diplomacy_. Thanks to Jana Lipman, @kevinkosullivan.bsky.social, Davide Rodogno, Ian Seavey, @laurenfturek.bsky.social, Shoon Murray, and Megan Black for their generous reviews! networks.h-net.org/group/discus...
December 10, 2024 at 2:00 PM
I am very pleased to share the @h-diplo.bsky.social Roundtable of _Catastrophic Diplomacy_. Thanks to Jana Lipman, @kevinkosullivan.bsky.social, Davide Rodogno, Ian Seavey, @laurenfturek.bsky.social, Shoon Murray, and Megan Black for their generous reviews! networks.h-net.org/group/discus...
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It was a real privilege to deliver the Reese Memorial Lecture at Kings College London back in October. Thanks to @asobocinska.bsky.social for facilitating. The video is available here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UN7...
"Tom Mboya's Australia" - 2024 Reese Memorial Lecture by Dr Jon Piccini
YouTube video by Global Affairs, King's College London
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December 6, 2024 at 9:09 AM
It was a real privilege to deliver the Reese Memorial Lecture at Kings College London back in October. Thanks to @asobocinska.bsky.social for facilitating. The video is available here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UN7...
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The humanities and social sciences panels of the Marsden Fund DISBANDED?!?
are you absolutely fucking kidding
are you absolutely fucking kidding
"The focus of the Fund will shift to core science, with the humanities and social sciences panels disbanded and no longer supported."
The changes are bad for science, they're basically fatal for meaningful govt support of humanities and social sciences. Blatant and unashamed anti-intellectualism.
The changes are bad for science, they're basically fatal for meaningful govt support of humanities and social sciences. Blatant and unashamed anti-intellectualism.
I do not yet have a comment on this but I ask all New Zealand researchers and businesses read this and consider the full impact of this signal #nzpol www.beehive.govt.nz/release/mars...
December 4, 2024 at 1:34 AM
The humanities and social sciences panels of the Marsden Fund DISBANDED?!?
are you absolutely fucking kidding
are you absolutely fucking kidding