Stuart Carroll
@civsoc.bsky.social
Historian interested in civil society, violence and emotions.
Zoran Mamdani’s a gooner
November 6, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Zoran Mamdani’s a gooner
A reminder on your next trip to #China that slavery is not a historical problem.
UK university halted human rights research after pressure from China
Exclusive: Leading professor at Sheffield Hallam was told to cease research on supply chains and forced labour in China after demands from authorities
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:47 AM
A reminder on your next trip to #China that slavery is not a historical problem.
This is astonishing. More great reporting from the #ft
Death toll rises to 119 in Rio de Janeiro drug cartel bust
More than 100 suspects arrested in police operation against Comando Vermelho narcotics gang
on.ft.com
October 29, 2025 at 11:06 PM
This is astonishing. More great reporting from the #ft
Bravo. Doubt it’s possible to get economic history back into the curriculum though.
Joel Mokyr's economy of ideas
His explanation of the origins of the Industrial Revolution makes Joel Mokyr a worthy recipient of the Nobel Prize for economics.
engelsbergideas.com
October 15, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Bravo. Doubt it’s possible to get economic history back into the curriculum though.
Dump it on Farage. Put rejoining the Customs Union in the next manifesto.
Rachel Reeves says tax rises and spending cuts on budget agenda, citing Brexit impact
Chancellor also blames austerity and ‘ongoing impact of Liz Truss mini-budget’ for growing shortfall in public finances
www.theguardian.com
October 15, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Dump it on Farage. Put rejoining the Customs Union in the next manifesto.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Rejoining the customs union is the best way to call out Farage and isolate Reform.
Rejoining the customs union is the best way to call out Farage and isolate Reform.
We all know Brexit’s to blame for the crisis facing UK steel - it’s time for politicians to be honest and reverse it | Simon Jenkins
With British industry faltering, the excuse that the public wants this is risible. Parliament must force Starmer to act, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
www.theguardian.com
October 10, 2025 at 6:33 AM
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Rejoining the customs union is the best way to call out Farage and isolate Reform.
Rejoining the customs union is the best way to call out Farage and isolate Reform.
Reposted by Stuart Carroll
New on FirstView:
Thomas Pert reviews @civsoc.bsky.social's recent book on Enmity and Violence in Early Modern Europe.
Read about Carroll's important work online now and in print in our 2026 Austrian History Yearbook!
#History #EarlyModern #AcademicSky #Germany #Austria
tinyurl.com/AHYEnmity
Thomas Pert reviews @civsoc.bsky.social's recent book on Enmity and Violence in Early Modern Europe.
Read about Carroll's important work online now and in print in our 2026 Austrian History Yearbook!
#History #EarlyModern #AcademicSky #Germany #Austria
tinyurl.com/AHYEnmity
Stuart Carroll. Enmity and Violence in Early Modern Europe. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023. Pp. 490. | Austrian History Yearbook | Cambridge Core
Stuart Carroll. Enmity and Violence in Early Modern Europe. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023. Pp. 490.
tinyurl.com
October 9, 2025 at 2:58 PM
New on FirstView:
Thomas Pert reviews @civsoc.bsky.social's recent book on Enmity and Violence in Early Modern Europe.
Read about Carroll's important work online now and in print in our 2026 Austrian History Yearbook!
#History #EarlyModern #AcademicSky #Germany #Austria
tinyurl.com/AHYEnmity
Thomas Pert reviews @civsoc.bsky.social's recent book on Enmity and Violence in Early Modern Europe.
Read about Carroll's important work online now and in print in our 2026 Austrian History Yearbook!
#History #EarlyModern #AcademicSky #Germany #Austria
tinyurl.com/AHYEnmity
Reposted by Stuart Carroll
Here's Timothy Snyder on why Trump tells so many lies.
[SOUND ON 🔊]
[SOUND ON 🔊]
October 4, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Here's Timothy Snyder on why Trump tells so many lies.
[SOUND ON 🔊]
[SOUND ON 🔊]
It’s interesting how feeble civil society has proved to be in the US.
what does it look like when capital and civil society surrender their autonomy and the public sphere crumbles?
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/b...
ABC Pulls Jimmy Kimmel Off Air for Charlie Kirk Comments
www.nytimes.com
September 18, 2025 at 6:04 AM
It’s interesting how feeble civil society has proved to be in the US.
All those flags around are just a coincidence, right?
September 5, 2025 at 1:49 PM
All those flags around are just a coincidence, right?
York now resembles the Shankill Road. It’ll barbed wire and watchtowers next.
September 1, 2025 at 11:27 AM
York now resembles the Shankill Road. It’ll barbed wire and watchtowers next.
An acute critique of cultural history, fashionable Whiggery and an article that has implications for #earlymodern history.
Electoral Violence in England and Wales, 1832–1914*
Abstract. This article analyses over 19,000 articles from newspapers and parliamentary commission reports to reveal endemic electoral violence in England a
academic.oup.com
July 28, 2025 at 8:45 AM
An acute critique of cultural history, fashionable Whiggery and an article that has implications for #earlymodern history.
My sons just released their first album #newmusic
Captain Starlet
Captain Starlet · Album · 2025 · 7 songs
open.spotify.com
July 25, 2025 at 7:48 PM
My sons just released their first album #newmusic
Thanks to David Myers for this amazing review. Relieved to have the endorsement of a Germanist. Waiting to see what the English have to say. #skystorians #earlymodern
July 25, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Thanks to David Myers for this amazing review. Relieved to have the endorsement of a Germanist. Waiting to see what the English have to say. #skystorians #earlymodern
What’s holding you up, Keir?
En direct, Gaza : Emmanuel Macron annonce que la France va reconnaître l’Etat de Palestine en septembre
Le président français, qui s’était engagé à une telle reconnaissance il y a plusieurs mois, a fait savoir qu’il en ferait « l’annonce solennelle » devant l’ONU. Selon lui, « l’urgence est aujourd’hui ...
www.lemonde.fr
July 24, 2025 at 8:17 PM
What’s holding you up, Keir?
on.ft.com/458PQUy
Unfortunately, History has a tendency to repeat itself.
Unfortunately, History has a tendency to repeat itself.
The Ukraine war will shape the world
We must not repeat the mistakes of the appeasers in the 1930s
on.ft.com
July 22, 2025 at 10:14 PM
on.ft.com/458PQUy
Unfortunately, History has a tendency to repeat itself.
Unfortunately, History has a tendency to repeat itself.
Bromley, 1652. Bet these highwaymen were from Catford.
June 30, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Bromley, 1652. Bet these highwaymen were from Catford.
Historicide. Good word.
Historicide in Gaza
Israel’s destruction of official and personal archives is changing how Palestine’s story can be told
newlinesmag.com
June 27, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Historicide. Good word.
Any #earlymodern English historians help me with information on Sir Thomas Wortley knt. shot in an affray in St Martin’s in the Field, 1656?
June 27, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Any #earlymodern English historians help me with information on Sir Thomas Wortley knt. shot in an affray in St Martin’s in the Field, 1656?
Montesquieu more cited than read. Much misunderstood. A prophet for our times.
Montesquieu. De l'esprit de la géopolitique : épisode 1/4 du podcast Géopolitique, histoire d'une science
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www.radiofrance.fr
June 21, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Montesquieu more cited than read. Much misunderstood. A prophet for our times.
Why haven’t we switched to closed papers already? Universities are complicit.
Revealed: Thousands of UK university students caught cheating using AI
Guardian investigation finds almost 7,000 proven cases of cheating – and experts says these are tip of the iceberg
www.theguardian.com
June 15, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Why haven’t we switched to closed papers already? Universities are complicit.
Really proud of Sian.
So happy to report that I passed my viva yesterday with minor corrections! Huge thanks to my examiners Simon Ditchfield and @tombhamilton.bsky.social for a thoroughly enjoyable discussion, and to my supervisor @civsoc.bsky.social for all of his help and guidance! #PhDone #earlymodern #frenchhistory
June 13, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Really proud of Sian.
Pity the poor historian. This is going to unleash a flood of dreadful MA Dissertation proposals. I know one colleague who has already banned Anne Boleyn and witchcraft as potential topics. Sensible.
SIX: The musical about Henry VIII's wives that's making history hip
The two friends who created Six certainly didn't imagine the success they would have - and, as they tell Julia Llewellyn Smith, they're still trying not to lose their heads
www.dailymail.co.uk
June 8, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Pity the poor historian. This is going to unleash a flood of dreadful MA Dissertation proposals. I know one colleague who has already banned Anne Boleyn and witchcraft as potential topics. Sensible.
Disappointing news…
Tottenham sack Ange Postecoglou and weigh up move for £10m Thomas Frank
Tottenham have sacked Ange Postecoglou and are considering whether to replace him with Brentford’s Thomas Frank, who has a £10m release clause
www.theguardian.com
June 6, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Disappointing news…