Chris Campbell
@chriscampbell1.bsky.social
History PhD student, St John's College, Cambridge | Researching the British Council and soft power in the twentieth century
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🚨 Job Alert!
We're recruiting a part-time freelance managing editor to join the CEH editorial team.
Applications are due by 30 November 2025.
Full details and application process here:
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We're recruiting a part-time freelance managing editor to join the CEH editorial team.
Applications are due by 30 November 2025.
Full details and application process here:
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Managing Editor – Call for Applications
Welcome to Cambridge Core
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November 3, 2025 at 12:36 PM
🚨 Job Alert!
We're recruiting a part-time freelance managing editor to join the CEH editorial team.
Applications are due by 30 November 2025.
Full details and application process here:
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We're recruiting a part-time freelance managing editor to join the CEH editorial team.
Applications are due by 30 November 2025.
Full details and application process here:
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Dream PhD opportunity! We are recruiting another doctoral researcher in our @erc.europa.eu synergy project BLOCKADE - this one is on interwar blockades and sanctions. 4 years, fully funded at @uvahumanities.bsky.social and supervised by the amazing and super kind @samuelkruizinga.bsky.social
See the full vacancy text here: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
Vacancy — PhD position - Benign Blockades? Blockades and sanctions, 1919-1939
The Amsterdam School for Historical Studies (ASH) invites applications for a fully funded PhD position (4 years, 1.0ft). This position is part of the ERC Synergy-funded research programme BLOCKADE, wh...
werkenbij.uva.nl
October 2, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Dream PhD opportunity! We are recruiting another doctoral researcher in our @erc.europa.eu synergy project BLOCKADE - this one is on interwar blockades and sanctions. 4 years, fully funded at @uvahumanities.bsky.social and supervised by the amazing and super kind @samuelkruizinga.bsky.social
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🧵 In CEH's first digest (tinyurl.com/38p3yxky), our six editors each highlighted a recent article they have particularly enjoyed working on.
This thread showcases these articles and explores why our editors made their selections. ⬇️ [1/7]
This thread showcases these articles and explores why our editors made their selections. ⬇️ [1/7]
September 29, 2025 at 11:19 AM
🧵 In CEH's first digest (tinyurl.com/38p3yxky), our six editors each highlighted a recent article they have particularly enjoyed working on.
This thread showcases these articles and explores why our editors made their selections. ⬇️ [1/7]
This thread showcases these articles and explores why our editors made their selections. ⬇️ [1/7]
Dubai seems to be to the current Right as the early Soviet Union was to the interwar Left - presentationally utopian, but highly choreographed and hiding a darker truth.
Both examples of how soft power can shape a place's image and influence political discourse.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Both examples of how soft power can shape a place's image and influence political discourse.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The populist right wants to remake the UK in the image of Dubai. We should all be careful what they wish for | Jonathan Liew
Politicians and influencers eulogise the emirate as a place of cleanliness, convenience and low crime. The truth is far darker, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew
www.theguardian.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Dubai seems to be to the current Right as the early Soviet Union was to the interwar Left - presentationally utopian, but highly choreographed and hiding a darker truth.
Both examples of how soft power can shape a place's image and influence political discourse.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Both examples of how soft power can shape a place's image and influence political discourse.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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"A Global Mission of Faith and Freedom", a new exhibition opens tomorrow at Killerton House, Devon, including some findings from my PhD research. Free entry this weekend as part of Heritage Open Days!
@researchnt.bsky.social
Find out more here: www.instagram.com/reel/DOLKZAk...
@researchnt.bsky.social
Find out more here: www.instagram.com/reel/DOLKZAk...
September 11, 2025 at 11:06 AM
"A Global Mission of Faith and Freedom", a new exhibition opens tomorrow at Killerton House, Devon, including some findings from my PhD research. Free entry this weekend as part of Heritage Open Days!
@researchnt.bsky.social
Find out more here: www.instagram.com/reel/DOLKZAk...
@researchnt.bsky.social
Find out more here: www.instagram.com/reel/DOLKZAk...
Today is the last day to sign up for this! ⬇️⬇️
Delighted to share details about registration for a conference I'm co-organising on women's work in WWII.
Papers will explore Bletchley Park, the Women's Land Army, wartime medicine, the British Council and more!
Deadline 31st July!
Papers will explore Bletchley Park, the Women's Land Army, wartime medicine, the British Council and more!
Deadline 31st July!
July 31, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Today is the last day to sign up for this! ⬇️⬇️
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📣 We're delighted to announce that CEH is now Gold Open Access!
All articles accepted to the journal will be published #OpenAccess, regardless of the author's funding situation.
More information and FAQs about this change below! ⬇️
www.cambridge.org/core/open-re...
All articles accepted to the journal will be published #OpenAccess, regardless of the author's funding situation.
More information and FAQs about this change below! ⬇️
www.cambridge.org/core/open-re...
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Welcome to Cambridge Core
www.cambridge.org
July 21, 2025 at 12:22 PM
📣 We're delighted to announce that CEH is now Gold Open Access!
All articles accepted to the journal will be published #OpenAccess, regardless of the author's funding situation.
More information and FAQs about this change below! ⬇️
www.cambridge.org/core/open-re...
All articles accepted to the journal will be published #OpenAccess, regardless of the author's funding situation.
More information and FAQs about this change below! ⬇️
www.cambridge.org/core/open-re...
🚨 Just a couple of weeks left to sign up!
Delighted to share details about registration for a conference I'm co-organising on women's work in WWII.
Papers will explore Bletchley Park, the Women's Land Army, wartime medicine, the British Council and more!
Deadline 31st July!
Papers will explore Bletchley Park, the Women's Land Army, wartime medicine, the British Council and more!
Deadline 31st July!
July 17, 2025 at 9:56 AM
🚨 Just a couple of weeks left to sign up!
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What did nineteenth-century British public school students think about Islam and the British Empire? Find out in my blog post, written as part of my doctoral internship with the excellent Schools of Empire research project: www.schoolsofempireproject.org/islam-and-em...
Islam and Empire — Schools of Empire
www.schoolsofempireproject.org
June 24, 2025 at 2:26 PM
What did nineteenth-century British public school students think about Islam and the British Empire? Find out in my blog post, written as part of my doctoral internship with the excellent Schools of Empire research project: www.schoolsofempireproject.org/islam-and-em...
Delighted to share details about registration for a conference I'm co-organising on women's work in WWII.
Papers will explore Bletchley Park, the Women's Land Army, wartime medicine, the British Council and more!
Deadline 31st July!
Papers will explore Bletchley Park, the Women's Land Army, wartime medicine, the British Council and more!
Deadline 31st July!
June 24, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Delighted to share details about registration for a conference I'm co-organising on women's work in WWII.
Papers will explore Bletchley Park, the Women's Land Army, wartime medicine, the British Council and more!
Deadline 31st July!
Papers will explore Bletchley Park, the Women's Land Army, wartime medicine, the British Council and more!
Deadline 31st July!
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@conteurohistory.bsky.social has a blog site "New Voices" for emerging scholars to publish short, public-facing articles. Want to submit a 800-word post in English on any aspect of European history (and its empires) since 1914? Contact cehnewvoices@gmail.com or see: www.cambridge.org/core/blog/ta...
May 22, 2025 at 12:09 PM
@conteurohistory.bsky.social has a blog site "New Voices" for emerging scholars to publish short, public-facing articles. Want to submit a 800-word post in English on any aspect of European history (and its empires) since 1914? Contact cehnewvoices@gmail.com or see: www.cambridge.org/core/blog/ta...
A wonderful few days last week at the Gender and Diplomacy Conference in Sweden, where I presented my research on the British Council's gendering of diplomatic accreditation. Missing the fika already! ☕🍰
May 27, 2025 at 11:48 AM
A wonderful few days last week at the Gender and Diplomacy Conference in Sweden, where I presented my research on the British Council's gendering of diplomatic accreditation. Missing the fika already! ☕🍰
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Looking forward to presenting my PhD research at the 'Britain, Conflict, and the Sea' conference this September - book tickets below!
Sign-up now open for the conference on 'Britain, Conflict & the Sea' that I am running with RMG this September: www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/nat...
Britain, Conflict, and the Sea conference
This conference seeks to explore the ways in which modern Britain has been shaped by ideas and practices of maritime war.
www.rmg.co.uk
May 15, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Looking forward to presenting my PhD research at the 'Britain, Conflict, and the Sea' conference this September - book tickets below!
What an incredible legacy to have coined two words which describe so fully and so neatly such a hugely complex, important, and frequently misunderstood part of international relations.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/u...
Joseph Nye, Political Scientist Who Extolled ‘Soft Power,’ Dies at 88
www.nytimes.com
May 9, 2025 at 10:48 AM
What an incredible legacy to have coined two words which describe so fully and so neatly such a hugely complex, important, and frequently misunderstood part of international relations.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/u...
A great programme this term - come and join us at St John’s!
We're delighted to release our programme for Easter Term! 🎉
Lots of exciting talks coming up, including two MPhil Dissertation Workshops. First session this Thursday, 1st May!
Lots of exciting talks coming up, including two MPhil Dissertation Workshops. First session this Thursday, 1st May!
April 28, 2025 at 11:08 AM
A great programme this term - come and join us at St John’s!
A bit late posting this, but last week I had my first book review published - Rodrigo Christofoletti's edited volume, Soft Power and Heritage
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Soft power and heritage
Published in International Journal of Cultural Policy (Ahead of Print, 2025)
www.tandfonline.com
April 24, 2025 at 11:01 AM
A bit late posting this, but last week I had my first book review published - Rodrigo Christofoletti's edited volume, Soft Power and Heritage
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Two days left to submit!
🚨 CALL FOR PAPERS
Our Easter Term Call for Papers is now out! Open to all PG students and ECRs working in Modern British History - deadline 18th April.
Our Easter Term Call for Papers is now out! Open to all PG students and ECRs working in Modern British History - deadline 18th April.
April 16, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Two days left to submit!
Not long to go!
Nine days left to submit an abstract for our Easter Term programme!
🚨 CALL FOR PAPERS
Our Easter Term Call for Papers is now out! Open to all PG students and ECRs working in Modern British History - deadline 18th April.
Our Easter Term Call for Papers is now out! Open to all PG students and ECRs working in Modern British History - deadline 18th April.
April 9, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Not long to go!
This might be the worst photo I’ve ever taken, but after nearly two and a half years of researching the British Council I got to visit their HQ today!
April 2, 2025 at 4:06 PM
This might be the worst photo I’ve ever taken, but after nearly two and a half years of researching the British Council I got to visit their HQ today!
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🚨 CALL FOR PAPERS
Our Easter Term Call for Papers is now out! Open to all PG students and ECRs working in Modern British History - deadline 18th April.
Our Easter Term Call for Papers is now out! Open to all PG students and ECRs working in Modern British History - deadline 18th April.
March 21, 2025 at 12:39 PM
🚨 CALL FOR PAPERS
Our Easter Term Call for Papers is now out! Open to all PG students and ECRs working in Modern British History - deadline 18th April.
Our Easter Term Call for Papers is now out! Open to all PG students and ECRs working in Modern British History - deadline 18th April.
Just four days left until the deadline for this!
CALL FOR PAPERS!
I'm co-organising a conference in September on women's work in the Second World War, with a graduate research forum in the afternoon for PGRs to present their work.
Please share with any postgrads who might be interested!
More details here ⬇️
royalhistsoc.org/calendar/cod...
I'm co-organising a conference in September on women's work in the Second World War, with a graduate research forum in the afternoon for PGRs to present their work.
Please share with any postgrads who might be interested!
More details here ⬇️
royalhistsoc.org/calendar/cod...
Codebreakers and Groundbreakers: Women’s Work in the Second World War – CALL FOR PAPERS | RHS
royalhistsoc.org
March 17, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Just four days left until the deadline for this!
CALL FOR PAPERS!
I'm co-organising a conference in September on women's work in the Second World War, with a graduate research forum in the afternoon for PGRs to present their work.
Please share with any postgrads who might be interested!
More details here ⬇️
royalhistsoc.org/calendar/cod...
I'm co-organising a conference in September on women's work in the Second World War, with a graduate research forum in the afternoon for PGRs to present their work.
Please share with any postgrads who might be interested!
More details here ⬇️
royalhistsoc.org/calendar/cod...
Codebreakers and Groundbreakers: Women’s Work in the Second World War – CALL FOR PAPERS | RHS
royalhistsoc.org
March 3, 2025 at 10:30 AM
CALL FOR PAPERS!
I'm co-organising a conference in September on women's work in the Second World War, with a graduate research forum in the afternoon for PGRs to present their work.
Please share with any postgrads who might be interested!
More details here ⬇️
royalhistsoc.org/calendar/cod...
I'm co-organising a conference in September on women's work in the Second World War, with a graduate research forum in the afternoon for PGRs to present their work.
Please share with any postgrads who might be interested!
More details here ⬇️
royalhistsoc.org/calendar/cod...
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I don't think you can really call what Frodo and co. did a 'Fellowship'. None of those hobbits had to pass a grueling application progress or talk about Early Career Research goals.
And only one of them submitted a book or paper at the end of it.
And only one of them submitted a book or paper at the end of it.
February 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I don't think you can really call what Frodo and co. did a 'Fellowship'. None of those hobbits had to pass a grueling application progress or talk about Early Career Research goals.
And only one of them submitted a book or paper at the end of it.
And only one of them submitted a book or paper at the end of it.
What does a cat called Honey have to do with diplomatic accreditation? Come along this evening and I’ll tell you!
Join us this Thursday, 6th Feb, for two excellent papers (ft. one of our convenors!). Refreshments provided.
📍Arthur Quiller Couch Room, St John's
🕔 5pm - 6.30pm
📍Arthur Quiller Couch Room, St John's
🕔 5pm - 6.30pm
February 6, 2025 at 11:58 AM
What does a cat called Honey have to do with diplomatic accreditation? Come along this evening and I’ll tell you!
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🚨 TERM CARD!
We're delighted to release our programme for Lent Term - join us either in-person at St John's or online!
We're delighted to release our programme for Lent Term - join us either in-person at St John's or online!
January 22, 2025 at 12:27 PM
🚨 TERM CARD!
We're delighted to release our programme for Lent Term - join us either in-person at St John's or online!
We're delighted to release our programme for Lent Term - join us either in-person at St John's or online!