Drew Flanagan Ph.D
@drewflanaganphd.bsky.social
Historian of western European borderlands and European unity. Assistant Prof. at Pitt-Bradford. My book From Occupation to Integration: Recivilizing the French Zone of Post-Nazi Germany 1945-55 is forthcoming in April 2026 from LSU Press.
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This is rather special. Marc Bloch was a titan of modern historiography, and a big influence on me as a young history student. He was a brilliant French medievalist murdered by the Gestapo for both his Jewishness and his contribution to French resistance, but they couldn’t kill his work
Marc Bloch, historien et résistant juif, entrera au Panthéon le 23 juin
Marc Bloch, historien et résistant juif, entrera au Panthéon le 23 juin
La date du 16 juin avait été dans un premier temps pressentie pour son entrée au Panthéon, mais la cérémonie a dû être décalée de quelques jours en raison du G7 à Evian-les-Bains.
www.lemonde.fr
February 8, 2026 at 6:23 PM
This is rather special. Marc Bloch was a titan of modern historiography, and a big influence on me as a young history student. He was a brilliant French medievalist murdered by the Gestapo for both his Jewishness and his contribution to French resistance, but they couldn’t kill his work
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Freiburg ist schön
February 4, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Freiburg ist schön
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Job offer!!
I’m helping a PBS series look for a social media manager/content creator for an upcoming promotional campaign. The start date is ASAP, and a project timeline that currently goes to July.
This is for a series on American Muslim history, so candidates with cultural familiarity preferred!
I’m helping a PBS series look for a social media manager/content creator for an upcoming promotional campaign. The start date is ASAP, and a project timeline that currently goes to July.
This is for a series on American Muslim history, so candidates with cultural familiarity preferred!
February 7, 2026 at 2:10 AM
Job offer!!
I’m helping a PBS series look for a social media manager/content creator for an upcoming promotional campaign. The start date is ASAP, and a project timeline that currently goes to July.
This is for a series on American Muslim history, so candidates with cultural familiarity preferred!
I’m helping a PBS series look for a social media manager/content creator for an upcoming promotional campaign. The start date is ASAP, and a project timeline that currently goes to July.
This is for a series on American Muslim history, so candidates with cultural familiarity preferred!
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ICYMI: "@tgpeterson.bsky.social's 'Revolutionary Warfare: How the Algerian War Made Modern Counterinsurgency' is a deeply researched and strikingly lucid account of how one colonial war reshaped the meaning of modern warfare."
www.middleeasteye.net/discover/rev...
www.middleeasteye.net/discover/rev...
Revolutionary Warfare: How France lost Algeria but developed a new kind of social war
Terrence G Peterson's book explores how 'pacifying' Algerian society became a focus of the French campaign against independence
www.middleeasteye.net
February 4, 2026 at 8:23 PM
ICYMI: "@tgpeterson.bsky.social's 'Revolutionary Warfare: How the Algerian War Made Modern Counterinsurgency' is a deeply researched and strikingly lucid account of how one colonial war reshaped the meaning of modern warfare."
www.middleeasteye.net/discover/rev...
www.middleeasteye.net/discover/rev...
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Proofs! I’ve been working on this material for years. I’m thrilled that it’s seeing the light of day in Journal of Contemporary History. It asks what ordinary Germans made of the democratization imposed on them by the Allies, analyzing the paradox that democratization is fundamentally undemocratic.
February 3, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Proofs! I’ve been working on this material for years. I’m thrilled that it’s seeing the light of day in Journal of Contemporary History. It asks what ordinary Germans made of the democratization imposed on them by the Allies, analyzing the paradox that democratization is fundamentally undemocratic.
Never mind jobs you had, tell me five (or rather: five of the) classes you took at university.
1. HIST 164 France at War 1934-1944
2. RELI 151 Introduction to Religion
3. HIST 258 Mughal India
4. HIST 371 Fascism
5. MUSC 109 Introduction to Experimental Music (with the one and only Alvin Lucier)
1. HIST 164 France at War 1934-1944
2. RELI 151 Introduction to Religion
3. HIST 258 Mughal India
4. HIST 371 Fascism
5. MUSC 109 Introduction to Experimental Music (with the one and only Alvin Lucier)
Never mind jobs you had, tell me five (or rather: five of the) classes you took at university.
[wow, it has been a long time since i looked at my transcript!]
1. Approaches to the Enlightenment
2. Chevaliers de la table ronde
3. Dumas & Verne
4. Old Regime & Revolution
5. France & Algeria > 1830
[wow, it has been a long time since i looked at my transcript!]
1. Approaches to the Enlightenment
2. Chevaliers de la table ronde
3. Dumas & Verne
4. Old Regime & Revolution
5. France & Algeria > 1830
Never mind jobs you had, tell me five (or rather: five of the) classes you took at university.
1. Viola performance
2. Western music history
3. Western music theory
4. probably something like Orchestra
5. I seem to recall we had to go to 50 concerts a year
1. Viola performance
2. Western music history
3. Western music theory
4. probably something like Orchestra
5. I seem to recall we had to go to 50 concerts a year
January 30, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Never mind jobs you had, tell me five (or rather: five of the) classes you took at university.
1. HIST 164 France at War 1934-1944
2. RELI 151 Introduction to Religion
3. HIST 258 Mughal India
4. HIST 371 Fascism
5. MUSC 109 Introduction to Experimental Music (with the one and only Alvin Lucier)
1. HIST 164 France at War 1934-1944
2. RELI 151 Introduction to Religion
3. HIST 258 Mughal India
4. HIST 371 Fascism
5. MUSC 109 Introduction to Experimental Music (with the one and only Alvin Lucier)
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Our book is out today! 🎉
"Cultural Landscapes of Energy" adds a historical perspective to current debates on energy transition by bringing together conflicting histories around work, habitation and leisure in landscapes impacted by energy production across Europe.
"Cultural Landscapes of Energy" adds a historical perspective to current debates on energy transition by bringing together conflicting histories around work, habitation and leisure in landscapes impacted by energy production across Europe.
Cultural Landscapes of Energy: Constructing Histories of Power, Prosperity, and Decline in Europe
This volume explores the contested heritage of landscapes impacted by energy production. It offers a comparative perspective across Europe on different energy resources and reveals the hidden historie...
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January 27, 2026 at 10:41 AM
Our book is out today! 🎉
"Cultural Landscapes of Energy" adds a historical perspective to current debates on energy transition by bringing together conflicting histories around work, habitation and leisure in landscapes impacted by energy production across Europe.
"Cultural Landscapes of Energy" adds a historical perspective to current debates on energy transition by bringing together conflicting histories around work, habitation and leisure in landscapes impacted by energy production across Europe.
Memory controversy incoming: Arno Klarsfeld (son of Nazi hunters Serge and Beate) speaks favorably about "roundups" of undocumented people, risking administrative sanctions. A "rafle" (roundup) can also signify roundups of Jews in France during the Holocaust.
www.lemonde.fr/societe/arti...
www.lemonde.fr/societe/arti...
Arno Klarsfeld visé par une procédure disciplinaire du Conseil d’Etat pour ses propos sur les « grandes rafles » d’étrangers
L’ancien avocat encourt une sanction qui peut aller de l’avertissement jusqu’à la radiation, en passant par le blâme et la suspension temporaire du Conseil d’Etat, où il siège depuis 2010.
www.lemonde.fr
January 28, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Memory controversy incoming: Arno Klarsfeld (son of Nazi hunters Serge and Beate) speaks favorably about "roundups" of undocumented people, risking administrative sanctions. A "rafle" (roundup) can also signify roundups of Jews in France during the Holocaust.
www.lemonde.fr/societe/arti...
www.lemonde.fr/societe/arti...
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‘In major assessments for maths, science and reading from 2011 to 2019, greater in-school computer use for learning correlates with lower scores. In contrast, students in classes with rare or no computer use at all typically score highest’
January 24, 2026 at 2:28 PM
‘In major assessments for maths, science and reading from 2011 to 2019, greater in-school computer use for learning correlates with lower scores. In contrast, students in classes with rare or no computer use at all typically score highest’
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The term "No Go Zone" was created by Rhodesian Security Forces during the Rhodesian Bush War 1965-1979 (really, 1972-1979) for areas controlled by ZANLA, ZIPRA, and ZIPA guerrillas.
January 26, 2026 at 4:06 AM
The term "No Go Zone" was created by Rhodesian Security Forces during the Rhodesian Bush War 1965-1979 (really, 1972-1979) for areas controlled by ZANLA, ZIPRA, and ZIPA guerrillas.
1) maybe a little contrarian but I'm partial to Timothy Dalton - I'd have loved to see what he could have done with a few more movies. And very much anticipated Daniel Craig's spin on the character.
2) decaf coffee
3) vegetarian chili
#HATM
2) decaf coffee
3) vegetarian chili
#HATM
That brings us to tonight's #HATM questions:
1) Who is your favorite Bond?
2) What is your secret agent cocktail of choice?
3) And what is on the menu at your home tonight?
The show kicks off in just a few moments. See you soon!
1) Who is your favorite Bond?
2) What is your secret agent cocktail of choice?
3) And what is on the menu at your home tonight?
The show kicks off in just a few moments. See you soon!
January 26, 2026 at 1:13 AM
1) maybe a little contrarian but I'm partial to Timothy Dalton - I'd have loved to see what he could have done with a few more movies. And very much anticipated Daniel Craig's spin on the character.
2) decaf coffee
3) vegetarian chili
#HATM
2) decaf coffee
3) vegetarian chili
#HATM
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imagine if all that money had gone to teachers instead
January 25, 2026 at 2:37 PM
imagine if all that money had gone to teachers instead
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I murder hate by flood or field,
Tho’ glory’s name may screen us;
In wars at home I’ll spend my blood—
Life-giving wars of Venus.
The deities that I adore
Are social Peace and Plenty;
I’m better pleas’d to make one more,
Than be the death of twenty.
—Robert Burns, “I Murder Hate”
#BurnsNight #C18
Tho’ glory’s name may screen us;
In wars at home I’ll spend my blood—
Life-giving wars of Venus.
The deities that I adore
Are social Peace and Plenty;
I’m better pleas’d to make one more,
Than be the death of twenty.
—Robert Burns, “I Murder Hate”
#BurnsNight #C18
January 25, 2026 at 2:11 PM
I murder hate by flood or field,
Tho’ glory’s name may screen us;
In wars at home I’ll spend my blood—
Life-giving wars of Venus.
The deities that I adore
Are social Peace and Plenty;
I’m better pleas’d to make one more,
Than be the death of twenty.
—Robert Burns, “I Murder Hate”
#BurnsNight #C18
Tho’ glory’s name may screen us;
In wars at home I’ll spend my blood—
Life-giving wars of Venus.
The deities that I adore
Are social Peace and Plenty;
I’m better pleas’d to make one more,
Than be the death of twenty.
—Robert Burns, “I Murder Hate”
#BurnsNight #C18
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January 25, 2026 at 2:39 PM
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At the end of the day, the Black Lives Matter era was about whether people should be killed in the street, and lots of people decided yeah and put those little blue flags on their cars. It spread to everyone because it stopped for no one.
January 24, 2026 at 4:45 PM
At the end of the day, the Black Lives Matter era was about whether people should be killed in the street, and lots of people decided yeah and put those little blue flags on their cars. It spread to everyone because it stopped for no one.
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This week Historians At The Movies talks about the history of and behind the world’s most stylish secret agent. Join us on Netflix this Sunday, January 25 at 8pm eastern for CASINO ROYALE.
Keep #HATM growing by sharing and we’ll see you soon!
Keep #HATM growing by sharing and we’ll see you soon!
January 19, 2026 at 6:06 PM
This week Historians At The Movies talks about the history of and behind the world’s most stylish secret agent. Join us on Netflix this Sunday, January 25 at 8pm eastern for CASINO ROYALE.
Keep #HATM growing by sharing and we’ll see you soon!
Keep #HATM growing by sharing and we’ll see you soon!
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The Senegal 🇸🇳 Goal by Pape Gueye for the lead in Extra Time. BANGER
January 18, 2026 at 9:28 PM
The Senegal 🇸🇳 Goal by Pape Gueye for the lead in Extra Time. BANGER
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Poland does not want to sell its territory. But for an art student turned chancellor, the land of pierogis may be irresistible.
A remarkably large portion of American elites, even among the supposedly progressive and moderate ones, actually seems to not-so-secretly entertain fantasies of Imperial Grandeur.
January 14, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Poland does not want to sell its territory. But for an art student turned chancellor, the land of pierogis may be irresistible.
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The only thing better than having your publication date moved up? Having your publication date moved up to your birthday! Claiming Land, Claiming Water is now due out on March 17th, and the kind folks at @pennpress.bsky.social have gifted us this discount code at www.pennpress.org/978151282925...
January 13, 2026 at 3:23 PM
The only thing better than having your publication date moved up? Having your publication date moved up to your birthday! Claiming Land, Claiming Water is now due out on March 17th, and the kind folks at @pennpress.bsky.social have gifted us this discount code at www.pennpress.org/978151282925...
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If anyone needs reminding of how migration is always been part of human history, here, have just one nice example.
The English government started to tax immigrants in the 1330s as a significant source of revenue and the records are freely available online at www.englandsimmigrants.com
The English government started to tax immigrants in the 1330s as a significant source of revenue and the records are freely available online at www.englandsimmigrants.com
England's Immigrants 1330 - 1550
www.englandsimmigrants.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:46 PM
If anyone needs reminding of how migration is always been part of human history, here, have just one nice example.
The English government started to tax immigrants in the 1330s as a significant source of revenue and the records are freely available online at www.englandsimmigrants.com
The English government started to tax immigrants in the 1330s as a significant source of revenue and the records are freely available online at www.englandsimmigrants.com
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Barnabe Rich explaining that "bookes are like cheese"
January 6, 2026 at 12:56 PM
Barnabe Rich explaining that "bookes are like cheese"
Doing a major overhaul of my Fascism and Neo-Fascism upper level undergraduate course, and looking for a great SHORT (c. 10 pages) scholarly article to analyze together in class. Any leads are appreciated! #skystorians
January 5, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Doing a major overhaul of my Fascism and Neo-Fascism upper level undergraduate course, and looking for a great SHORT (c. 10 pages) scholarly article to analyze together in class. Any leads are appreciated! #skystorians
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I had the pleasure of reviewing @elisefranklin.bsky.social terrific book Disintegrating Empire: Algerian Family Migration and the Limits of the Welfare State in France for the AHR. Here's sneak preview:
December 29, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I had the pleasure of reviewing @elisefranklin.bsky.social terrific book Disintegrating Empire: Algerian Family Migration and the Limits of the Welfare State in France for the AHR. Here's sneak preview:
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"You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read."
-- James Baldwin
-- James Baldwin
December 30, 2025 at 6:00 PM
"You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read."
-- James Baldwin
-- James Baldwin
"My team of specialized historians had failed to decipher a difficult text, but an AI tool was willing to confidently pretend to know what an indecipherable word meant" What a breakthrough!
So, I read through the transcription part of the Lash paper again. Again, I am okay with using AI to assist with difficult handwriting samples.
That said. I’m really not convinced that it says “Yankees” after Irish. It looks like Irish Indian to me with missing comma. I’ll chew on that.
HOWEVER:
That said. I’m really not convinced that it says “Yankees” after Irish. It looks like Irish Indian to me with missing comma. I’ll chew on that.
HOWEVER:
December 29, 2025 at 7:02 PM
"My team of specialized historians had failed to decipher a difficult text, but an AI tool was willing to confidently pretend to know what an indecipherable word meant" What a breakthrough!