Azarja Harmanny
azarja.bsky.social
Azarja Harmanny
@azarja.bsky.social
Historian specializing in Dutch colonial history, military history, and environmental aspects of war
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❄️After a loud & exhausting 24h, Kyiv is for a moment quietly being wrapped under a beautiful blanket of white snow. Peaceful moments in time of war. Everything changes & yet nothing changes at all.

As a result of russias massive attack last night, 32 people were injured & 1 person was killed..
December 27, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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I would like to re-up this as there are 4 more weeks to hand in an application for this PhD position on the "hunger blockade" @uni-freiburg.de
I m advertising a PhD position as part of our ERC project BLOCKADE. The PhD cand. should focus on myth/narratives of the hunger blockade in Germany, Austria in the era of the World Wars. 4 years of funding, wonderful team, amazing city (evidence attached)! Pls share! www.hsozkult.de/opportunity/...
December 18, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Harrowing, 19th-century-looking photo of Odessa lit only by a bleak moon
Russia destroyed 100% of Odesa’s energy infrastructure. All substations were destroyed by missiles and drones.

The city has been completely left without electricity, hot water, and heating for over one million people, including all critical infrastructure.
December 14, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Daar denkt J.C. Bloem anders over.:
'...weer keert het najaar en belaagt
het hart, dat droef, maar steeds *gewender*,
zijn heimelijke pijnen draagt.'
December 13, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Een van de besproken personen in onderstaand stuk van @pakprang.bsky.social , de econoom Julius Boeke, schreef in 1910 zijn 'bepalende proefschrift in elf maanden zonder ooit een voet in Indonesië te zetten. „Er lag zelfs geen onderzoek aan zijn boek ten grondslag […].”

www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Die koloniale oorlogen waren erg, maar welke gedachten lagen eraan ten grondslag?
Koloniale geschiedenis: In recente boeken over Nederlands-Indië gaat het niet in de eerste plaats over militaire zaken maar over de mentaliteit die aan het geweld ten grondslag lag. Ze laten zien hoe ...
www.nrc.nl
December 11, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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CFP - please share! 'The Hidden Second World War:
Cultural Depictions of Irregular Warfare and Covert Action'.

Abstracts by 1 February 2026

soeandbritishculture.webspace.durham.ac.uk/cfp/
CFP - THE SOE, COVERT ACTION, AND THE BRITISH CULTURAL IMAGINARY
Call for papers: The Hidden Second World War: Cultural Depictions of Irregular Warfare and Covert Action British covert operations of the Second World War have provided source material for a string of...
soeandbritishculture.webspace.durham.ac.uk
November 19, 2025 at 10:49 AM
www.historici.nl
December 8, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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rip martin parr, a legend
December 7, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Imposible no amar a Martin Parr, era uno di noi. 🥲
December 7, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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RIP Martin Parr
Some of my favourite photos
December 7, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Potsdam locals putting up hate speech towards visiting historians
November 28, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Second day of the @sochistorywar.bsky.social conference in Potsdam brought some great panels with a.o. @annevanmourik.bsky.social , @tommenger.bsky.social , @pieterzhao.bsky.social, ending with a keynote address by @beatricedegraaf.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Conferencing in a freezing Cold christmassy Potsdam, great program (thanks to @samuelkruizinga.bsky.social ), including exiciting panel with NIMH colleagues Schoenmaker, Brocades en Sinke: www.show.org.uk
November 27, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Great first day of the yearly conference of the Society for the History of War @sochistorywar.bsky.social in Potsdam, at the Zentrum für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bunderwehr. Tomorrow we relocate to @unipotsdam.bsky.social !
November 27, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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please share widely!
We are running a search for an Associate Professorship (or Professorship) in Modern Middle Eastern History 1830-1970, with expertise in across key regions, including Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Palestine, Syria, Turkey, Egypt, and the Maghreb.

www.trinity.ox.ac.uk/vacancies
November 20, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Lovende woorden tijdens verdediging proefschrift Katja Paijens, live op de stream @unileiden.bsky.social, over Max Alkadrie. Volgens de opponenten een kasteelroman, een potentiele Netflixserie of een musical!
October 7, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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Het westen van Oekraïne had vannacht te maken met een hele grote, lange aanval.

Afgaand op eerste berichtgeving waren energie, kritieke infrastructuur, militaire industrie het doelwit.

Er zijn 2 doden gemeld.
Trajectory of Russian missiles and drones, mainly aimed for Lviv in Western Ukraine.
October 5, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Inspiring inaugural lecture by @susieprotschky.bsky.social today at @vuamsterdam.bsky.social with the captivating title "A monument to Westerling, and other possible futures"
October 2, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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We have published discussions from our roundtable: ’Gaza and Genocide Studies.’ The reports were written prior to the United Nation’s Independent International Commission found that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza. The majority of publications open access: tinyurl.com/3ce3cazz
September 19, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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We are happy to present the conference which will take place in Naples, 6 and 7 March 2026, on "Violence and Empire"

Here is attached the CFP including a list of themes we are interested into

Deadline for proposals November 16, authors will be notified by January 9
July 23, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Het bizarre aan de tijd waarin we leven is dat we zowel afstevenen op gevaarlijke opwarming als gevaarlijke afkoeling.
AMOC kan al stilvallen bij opwarming van 2,5 graad Celsius. Dit gebeurt vanaf 2060. Dan wordt het koud, guur, stormachtig in Nederland voor eeuwen. De landbouw opbrengst zal met 33% dalen.
August 31, 2025 at 8:21 AM