Christopher Lash
@chrislashhist.bsky.social
Historian of Poland and CEE in the world based in Warsaw, Poland. Might be the odd political skeet here and there. Private views
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‘Fishing for Profit?’ Socialist Bloc Inroads in Decolonised Spaces: The Case of Polish Fishing Co-Operation in Senegal, 1960–85
This article examines Socialist Poland’s fishing co-operation with Senegal between 1960 and 1985. Poland had the second largest Eastern Bloc fishing fleet with a worldwide reach. From the early 197...
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Publication time! My article about Polish fishing co-operation in Senegal, 1960-1985 is now out! (first 50 copies free download). www.tandfonline.com/eprint/8BBEK...
The only 'good' thing about Trump's Venezuela operation is it gives me for fuel for my US neoimperialism lecture on the history of Empire course I'm preparing to teach
January 4, 2026 at 9:14 AM
The only 'good' thing about Trump's Venezuela operation is it gives me for fuel for my US neoimperialism lecture on the history of Empire course I'm preparing to teach
Yeah, think I'll give it a miss, thanks
December 21, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Yeah, think I'll give it a miss, thanks
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My new open access article is out now! It continues my research into the Polish People's Republics' engagements with Francophone West Africa during the Cold War. Enjoy! resgestae.uken.krakow.pl/issue/view/802
December 10, 2025 at 1:40 PM
My new open access article is out now! It continues my research into the Polish People's Republics' engagements with Francophone West Africa during the Cold War. Enjoy! resgestae.uken.krakow.pl/issue/view/802
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The article on Polish–Angolan relations is out in the Journal of Cold War History.
It explores an asymmetrical relationship shaped by anti-imperialist solidarity and economic pragmatism, but also marked by tensions, disappointments, and corruption.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
It explores an asymmetrical relationship shaped by anti-imperialist solidarity and economic pragmatism, but also marked by tensions, disappointments, and corruption.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Unlocking Opportunities: Polish economic interactions in Angola in the aftermath of decolonisation (1975–1981)1
This article examines the economic interactions between the Polish People’s Republic and the People’s Republic of Angola in the aftermath of decolonisation (1975-1981) and explores in detail Warsaw...
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October 16, 2025 at 9:01 AM
The article on Polish–Angolan relations is out in the Journal of Cold War History.
It explores an asymmetrical relationship shaped by anti-imperialist solidarity and economic pragmatism, but also marked by tensions, disappointments, and corruption.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
It explores an asymmetrical relationship shaped by anti-imperialist solidarity and economic pragmatism, but also marked by tensions, disappointments, and corruption.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Great to see on paper mine and Helder's chapter on the Angolan Decolonization process, specially as we draw close to the country's 50 years aniversary.
November 1, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Great to see on paper mine and Helder's chapter on the Angolan Decolonization process, specially as we draw close to the country's 50 years aniversary.
My new open access article is out now! It continues my research into the Polish People's Republics' engagements with Francophone West Africa during the Cold War. Enjoy! resgestae.uken.krakow.pl/issue/view/802
December 10, 2025 at 1:40 PM
My new open access article is out now! It continues my research into the Polish People's Republics' engagements with Francophone West Africa during the Cold War. Enjoy! resgestae.uken.krakow.pl/issue/view/802
It's weird how insinuous national history teaching is. When I was at school in the UK I was basically taught that the Spaniards were the baddies and we were the goodies re: any imperial history. Only when preparing a class on Empires in World History did I realise I had imbibed the 'black legend'
December 8, 2025 at 12:45 PM
It's weird how insinuous national history teaching is. When I was at school in the UK I was basically taught that the Spaniards were the baddies and we were the goodies re: any imperial history. Only when preparing a class on Empires in World History did I realise I had imbibed the 'black legend'
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Funny how academia works: nothing for ages, then boom, 2 articles in a week. The 2nd began with @rekakrizmanics.bsky.social email. Not my usual period but those intriguing AAN files kept calling… Of course, Jewish threads are in: I wouldn’t be me otherwise 😉. doi.org/10.1177/0888...
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August 15, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Funny how academia works: nothing for ages, then boom, 2 articles in a week. The 2nd began with @rekakrizmanics.bsky.social email. Not my usual period but those intriguing AAN files kept calling… Of course, Jewish threads are in: I wouldn’t be me otherwise 😉. doi.org/10.1177/0888...
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Our new book with @benstanley.eu on illiberalism in Poland has arrived with @stanfordpress.bsky.social. We look at the successes and failures of the Law and Justice (PiS) party as a leading example of the evolving global challenges to liberal democracy. www.sup.org/books/politi...
Good Change | Stanford University Press
Few countries serve as a more useful case study for understanding the global tension between liberal and illiberal conceptions of democracy than Poland. Under the populist Law and Justice (PiS) –led g...
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September 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Our new book with @benstanley.eu on illiberalism in Poland has arrived with @stanfordpress.bsky.social. We look at the successes and failures of the Law and Justice (PiS) party as a leading example of the evolving global challenges to liberal democracy. www.sup.org/books/politi...
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My book is available for pre-order from
@nupress.bsky.social. 25% discount with code NUP2025 at nupress.northwestern.edu/978081014884... Only a few more weeks until it comes out!
@nupress.bsky.social. 25% discount with code NUP2025 at nupress.northwestern.edu/978081014884... Only a few more weeks until it comes out!
Nonaligned Imagination - Northwestern University Press
Recovering the literary and intellectual history of anticolonial collaborations Preoccupied with developing a multiethnic, postcolonial culture and seekin...
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August 29, 2025 at 7:19 PM
My book is available for pre-order from
@nupress.bsky.social. 25% discount with code NUP2025 at nupress.northwestern.edu/978081014884... Only a few more weeks until it comes out!
@nupress.bsky.social. 25% discount with code NUP2025 at nupress.northwestern.edu/978081014884... Only a few more weeks until it comes out!
Good piece but not enough about the main tensions that have led many Poles to become far more anti-Ukrainian since the early months of the war
Poland’s new president, conservative Karol Nawrocki, has vetoed a bill that would have extended support for Ukrainian refugees. Meduza looks at his decision, which could push nearly a million people in Poland into a legal gray zone.
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‘Very un-Christian’ Karol Nawrocki rode a ‘Poland first’ campaign to power. Ukrainian refugees are paying the price. — Meduza
Poland’s new president, Karol Nawrocki, has vetoed a bill that would have extended support for Ukrainian refugees. The conservative politician, who was sworn in earlier this month, argues that after…
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August 27, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Good piece but not enough about the main tensions that have led many Poles to become far more anti-Ukrainian since the early months of the war
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Tbf I was quite surprised that the anti-Ukrainian part of Polish political discourse was so successfully stifled in the aftermath of the invasion. Put it this way, Polish society is deeply sceptical towards Ukraine for historical reasons (and prejudice has always lurked beneath the surface)
Polish President has vetoed a bill to extend financial and medical aid for unemployed Ukrainian citizens, Wydarzenia reports.
Nawrocki stressed that social support should go to those working in Poland, with Poles remaining the priority in their own country.
Nawrocki stressed that social support should go to those working in Poland, with Poles remaining the priority in their own country.
August 26, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Tbf I was quite surprised that the anti-Ukrainian part of Polish political discourse was so successfully stifled in the aftermath of the invasion. Put it this way, Polish society is deeply sceptical towards Ukraine for historical reasons (and prejudice has always lurked beneath the surface)
Tbf I was quite surprised that the anti-Ukrainian part of Polish political discourse was so successfully stifled in the aftermath of the invasion. Put it this way, Polish society is deeply sceptical towards Ukraine for historical reasons (and prejudice has always lurked beneath the surface)
Polish President has vetoed a bill to extend financial and medical aid for unemployed Ukrainian citizens, Wydarzenia reports.
Nawrocki stressed that social support should go to those working in Poland, with Poles remaining the priority in their own country.
Nawrocki stressed that social support should go to those working in Poland, with Poles remaining the priority in their own country.
August 26, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Tbf I was quite surprised that the anti-Ukrainian part of Polish political discourse was so successfully stifled in the aftermath of the invasion. Put it this way, Polish society is deeply sceptical towards Ukraine for historical reasons (and prejudice has always lurked beneath the surface)
To all proof readers. Please do not be overly thorough and intrusive when looking through proofs. My current article the proof reader has gone a bit ballistic.
August 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
To all proof readers. Please do not be overly thorough and intrusive when looking through proofs. My current article the proof reader has gone a bit ballistic.
Finding Poland's boasting of the fact they recognized Palestine a bit of a self own as it happened before the fall of communism when Eastern European countries all supported the Arab side anyway
July 31, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Finding Poland's boasting of the fact they recognized Palestine a bit of a self own as it happened before the fall of communism when Eastern European countries all supported the Arab side anyway
Russia's over there (thus the obligatory black clouds 😉). At a little village called Piaski (Nowa Karczma) at the Polish Baltic Sea coast very close to the border
July 23, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Russia's over there (thus the obligatory black clouds 😉). At a little village called Piaski (Nowa Karczma) at the Polish Baltic Sea coast very close to the border
Possible highlight of my stay at the Polish coast; an 8 year girl with a t-shirt with the words 'I love saying dumb sh*t' on it. Would be interested to find out the conversation that preceded the purchase
July 18, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Possible highlight of my stay at the Polish coast; an 8 year girl with a t-shirt with the words 'I love saying dumb sh*t' on it. Would be interested to find out the conversation that preceded the purchase
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Netanyahu has spent the better part of two decades trying to strong arm the United States into an unprovoked war against Iran and finally found a president stupid enough to do it for him. Unbelievable.
June 22, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Netanyahu has spent the better part of two decades trying to strong arm the United States into an unprovoked war against Iran and finally found a president stupid enough to do it for him. Unbelievable.
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Trump's decision to attack Iran two days after saying he might do so in two weeks and now talking about regime change makes me feel that we're in some completely twisted, insanely sped up version of 2003
June 23, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Trump's decision to attack Iran two days after saying he might do so in two weeks and now talking about regime change makes me feel that we're in some completely twisted, insanely sped up version of 2003
People who've done academic research on the Iraq war watching what's going on
a group of men in tuxedos are sitting at a desk with their hands on their faces .
ALT: a group of men in tuxedos are sitting at a desk with their hands on their faces .
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June 22, 2025 at 1:49 PM
People who've done academic research on the Iraq war watching what's going on
Definitely something to read!
Finally, highlighting the uniqueness of the Czech position, Joanna Dyduch unpacks the Polish reaction to the Israeli war on Gaza and mounting breaches of IHL and notes the more critical tone of both Polish public opinion and foreign policy. 7/7
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Poland’s Attitudes and Policy Towards Israel and Palestine after October 7th: Continuity and Change
| Czech Journal of International Relations
cjir.iir.cz
June 6, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Definitely something to read!
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I have often been asked about the reasons for the Czech Republic’s uncritical support of Israeli actions.
I am happy that I can now refer to the forum published by the Czech Journal of International Relations that features a range of experts on different aspects of the Czech policy on Israel 🧵 1/7
I am happy that I can now refer to the forum published by the Czech Journal of International Relations that features a range of experts on different aspects of the Czech policy on Israel 🧵 1/7
June 6, 2025 at 5:51 AM
I have often been asked about the reasons for the Czech Republic’s uncritical support of Israeli actions.
I am happy that I can now refer to the forum published by the Czech Journal of International Relations that features a range of experts on different aspects of the Czech policy on Israel 🧵 1/7
I am happy that I can now refer to the forum published by the Czech Journal of International Relations that features a range of experts on different aspects of the Czech policy on Israel 🧵 1/7
Btw all these people saying Sikorski would have beaten Nawrocki. I'm sorry but wtf? Sikorski has the biggest negative electorate of anyone apart from Tusk in PO. Like the left liberals would have turned out to vote for him. Laughable
June 3, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Btw all these people saying Sikorski would have beaten Nawrocki. I'm sorry but wtf? Sikorski has the biggest negative electorate of anyone apart from Tusk in PO. Like the left liberals would have turned out to vote for him. Laughable