Emma Kluge
@emmakluge.bsky.social
Lecturer in Colonial and Environmental History, University of Exeter (Cornwall). Historian of the Pacific and decolonisation, interested in anticolonial and environmental protest. She/her. www.emmakluge.com
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Emma Kluge
@emmakluge.bsky.social
· May 29
Papuan Petitions as an Archive of Decolonisation
In 1961, West Papuan leaders declared their intent to become an independent nation in opposition to both Dutch colonial control and Indonesia’s campaign to incorporate the territory into its Republ...
www.tandfonline.com
My article 'Papuan Petitions as an Archive of Decolonisation' is online and open access! It's part of an upcoming special issue on petitions. I explore West Papuan petitions written in the lead up to the Act of 'Free' Choice and the significance of this archive.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Looking forward to presenting at Birkbeck tomorrow!
Don't miss the CSI lunchtime seminar this Thursday, 1-2pm: @emmakluge.bsky.social will look at anticolonial & environmental campaigns in Oceania. All welcome, no need to book - in person in Birkbeck Central Building room room 407 (or message me if you want to join online) @bbkhistorical.bsky.social
Lots of great things coming up this autumn in the CSI calendar - next up is @emmakluge.bsky.social's lunchtime seminar 'Oceanic internationalism: anticolonialism and environmentalism in the Pacific' (30 Oct 1-2pm, in person & online, msg for link)
Full programme here csi.bbk.ac.uk/blog/autumn-...
Full programme here csi.bbk.ac.uk/blog/autumn-...
October 28, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Looking forward to presenting at Birkbeck tomorrow!
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Lots of great things coming up this autumn in the CSI calendar - next up is @emmakluge.bsky.social's lunchtime seminar 'Oceanic internationalism: anticolonialism and environmentalism in the Pacific' (30 Oct 1-2pm, in person & online, msg for link)
Full programme here csi.bbk.ac.uk/blog/autumn-...
Full programme here csi.bbk.ac.uk/blog/autumn-...
CSI Autumn 2025 Events — Centre for the Study of Internationalism
Lunchtime seminar by Dr Emma Kluge (Exeter) on “Oceanic Internationalism: Anticolonialism and Environmentalism in the Pacific” What: The Pacific Ocean covers more than 30% of the world’s surface. Howe...
csi.bbk.ac.uk
October 17, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Lots of great things coming up this autumn in the CSI calendar - next up is @emmakluge.bsky.social's lunchtime seminar 'Oceanic internationalism: anticolonialism and environmentalism in the Pacific' (30 Oct 1-2pm, in person & online, msg for link)
Full programme here csi.bbk.ac.uk/blog/autumn-...
Full programme here csi.bbk.ac.uk/blog/autumn-...
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Interested in the transitory nature of academia and how this shapes scholarship on internationalism? Come along to our virtual conference, 'Blind Spots and Buzzwords in Internationalism' on 5th and 6th Nov 👁️. Get your tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/blind-spot...
October 6, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Interested in the transitory nature of academia and how this shapes scholarship on internationalism? Come along to our virtual conference, 'Blind Spots and Buzzwords in Internationalism' on 5th and 6th Nov 👁️. Get your tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/blind-spot...
London friends: please come along to my talk in a couple of weeks. I’ll be talking about some of the ideas from my next project. Would love to see you there (or online)!
Save the date! Delighted that @emmakluge.bsky.social will give our first Centre for Internationalism lunchtime seminar on "Oceanic Internationalism: Anticolonialism and Environmentalism in the Pacific", 30 Oct, 1-2pm, Birkbeck Central Building rm407. Message for Teams link if you want to join online
October 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
London friends: please come along to my talk in a couple of weeks. I’ll be talking about some of the ideas from my next project. Would love to see you there (or online)!
Incredible article on the problems of citizenship in the aftermath of empire and refugees’ use of air travel to carve out a space for themselves between exclusionary and conflicting immigration regimes.
I have a new article out.
TLDR: Actively courting deportation by air is a way to claim rights as a stateless person and even as a refugee.
academic.oup.com/past/advance...
TLDR: Actively courting deportation by air is a way to claim rights as a stateless person and even as a refugee.
academic.oup.com/past/advance...
Air Travel, Statelessness, and the Rights Claims of Ugandan Asians, c.1973*
Abstract. In the aftermath of Idi Amin’s expulsion of Uganda’s South Asians in 1972, some of those made technically stateless arrived in India unsupported
academic.oup.com
October 10, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Incredible article on the problems of citizenship in the aftermath of empire and refugees’ use of air travel to carve out a space for themselves between exclusionary and conflicting immigration regimes.
Reposted by Emma Kluge
I have a new article out.
TLDR: Actively courting deportation by air is a way to claim rights as a stateless person and even as a refugee.
academic.oup.com/past/advance...
TLDR: Actively courting deportation by air is a way to claim rights as a stateless person and even as a refugee.
academic.oup.com/past/advance...
Air Travel, Statelessness, and the Rights Claims of Ugandan Asians, c.1973*
Abstract. In the aftermath of Idi Amin’s expulsion of Uganda’s South Asians in 1972, some of those made technically stateless arrived in India unsupported
academic.oup.com
October 9, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I have a new article out.
TLDR: Actively courting deportation by air is a way to claim rights as a stateless person and even as a refugee.
academic.oup.com/past/advance...
TLDR: Actively courting deportation by air is a way to claim rights as a stateless person and even as a refugee.
academic.oup.com/past/advance...
Today is the anniversary of the 1962 signing of the New York agreement between Indonesia and the Netherlands, leading to the recolonisation of West Papua. In my Humanity article, I explore the events leading up to this: humanityjournal.org/issue13-1/a-... Message me if you want a copy!
A New Agenda for the Global South: West Papua, the United Nations, and the Politics of Decolonization
Emma Kluge on West Papuan attempts at self-determination.
humanityjournal.org
August 15, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Today is the anniversary of the 1962 signing of the New York agreement between Indonesia and the Netherlands, leading to the recolonisation of West Papua. In my Humanity article, I explore the events leading up to this: humanityjournal.org/issue13-1/a-... Message me if you want a copy!
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Our new series of short videos showcases the work of our interdisciplinary experts in HaSS Cornwall at @exeter.ac.uk .
The latest features Emma Kluge on how our Environmental Humanities research and teaching reorients our historical and political narratives from the perspective of the ocean.
The latest features Emma Kluge on how our Environmental Humanities research and teaching reorients our historical and political narratives from the perspective of the ocean.
Our historical narratives are often centred on land, but what happens if we shift our perspective to oceans? How might this shape our environmental and political imaginaries? Join us at @hass-cornwall.bsky.social as we plunge into the past to navigate new futures.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xqj...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xqj...
Oceans - Dr Emma Kluge, Lecturer in Colonial and Environmental History
YouTube video by University of Exeter
www.youtube.com
August 15, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Our new series of short videos showcases the work of our interdisciplinary experts in HaSS Cornwall at @exeter.ac.uk .
The latest features Emma Kluge on how our Environmental Humanities research and teaching reorients our historical and political narratives from the perspective of the ocean.
The latest features Emma Kluge on how our Environmental Humanities research and teaching reorients our historical and political narratives from the perspective of the ocean.
Our historical narratives are often centred on land, but what happens if we shift our perspective to oceans? How might this shape our environmental and political imaginaries? Join us at @hass-cornwall.bsky.social as we plunge into the past to navigate new futures.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xqj...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xqj...
Oceans - Dr Emma Kluge, Lecturer in Colonial and Environmental History
YouTube video by University of Exeter
www.youtube.com
August 14, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Our historical narratives are often centred on land, but what happens if we shift our perspective to oceans? How might this shape our environmental and political imaginaries? Join us at @hass-cornwall.bsky.social as we plunge into the past to navigate new futures.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xqj...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xqj...
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History is as much about remembering as forgetting. At @hass-cornwall.bsky.social historians explore the intentional forgetting that reveal more about society's political choices than any moment of collective remembering. Find out more via our new ‘Research Shorts’: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCjj...
Forgetting - Professor Catriona Pennell, Professor in Modern History and Memory Studies
YouTube video by University of Exeter
www.youtube.com
August 5, 2025 at 9:11 AM
History is as much about remembering as forgetting. At @hass-cornwall.bsky.social historians explore the intentional forgetting that reveal more about society's political choices than any moment of collective remembering. Find out more via our new ‘Research Shorts’: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCjj...
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'Reindustrialisation’ is now a buzzword across the political spectrum.
At @hass-cornwall.bsky.social we are surrounded by resurgent industries rooted in place and strategically pivotal to security & sustainability.
Hear more in our new 'Research Shorts' series of videos:
youtu.be/oPIDKPX7jcc?...
At @hass-cornwall.bsky.social we are surrounded by resurgent industries rooted in place and strategically pivotal to security & sustainability.
Hear more in our new 'Research Shorts' series of videos:
youtu.be/oPIDKPX7jcc?...
Reindustrialisation - Dr Frederick Harry Pitts, Senior Lecturer in Politics
YouTube video by University of Exeter
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August 5, 2025 at 1:06 PM
'Reindustrialisation’ is now a buzzword across the political spectrum.
At @hass-cornwall.bsky.social we are surrounded by resurgent industries rooted in place and strategically pivotal to security & sustainability.
Hear more in our new 'Research Shorts' series of videos:
youtu.be/oPIDKPX7jcc?...
At @hass-cornwall.bsky.social we are surrounded by resurgent industries rooted in place and strategically pivotal to security & sustainability.
Hear more in our new 'Research Shorts' series of videos:
youtu.be/oPIDKPX7jcc?...
Creating a 'spare parts' document for writing I'm not yet willing to cut is still my most effective way of killing my darlings while doing revisions. Do I ever put these things back into the text? No. Do I need to pretend that I might? Yes, every time.
July 31, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Creating a 'spare parts' document for writing I'm not yet willing to cut is still my most effective way of killing my darlings while doing revisions. Do I ever put these things back into the text? No. Do I need to pretend that I might? Yes, every time.
It was a pleasure to be part of this special issue on Petitions and Petitioning in Colonial and Post-colonial contexts. If you want to see the full SI (and check out my article on West Papuan petitions) you can find it here: www.tandfonline.com/toc/fich20/5...
July 23, 2025 at 12:42 PM
It was a pleasure to be part of this special issue on Petitions and Petitioning in Colonial and Post-colonial contexts. If you want to see the full SI (and check out my article on West Papuan petitions) you can find it here: www.tandfonline.com/toc/fich20/5...
Excited to be at #AAPS2025. The conference is to a great start with Rev Dr Cliff Bird delivering the Epeli Hau’Ofa lecture. Looking forward to listening to all the wonderful work happening in Pacific Studies across the region.
June 3, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Excited to be at #AAPS2025. The conference is to a great start with Rev Dr Cliff Bird delivering the Epeli Hau’Ofa lecture. Looking forward to listening to all the wonderful work happening in Pacific Studies across the region.
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New special issue of 'Australian Journal of Biography and History' publishing tomorrow!
‘Oceania Lives’ is the result of years of collaborative research by the Pacific-led Oceania Working Party (OWP) of the Australian Dictionary of Biography.
Register your interest: doi.org/10.22459/AJBH.09.2025
‘Oceania Lives’ is the result of years of collaborative research by the Pacific-led Oceania Working Party (OWP) of the Australian Dictionary of Biography.
Register your interest: doi.org/10.22459/AJBH.09.2025
June 3, 2025 at 1:03 AM
New special issue of 'Australian Journal of Biography and History' publishing tomorrow!
‘Oceania Lives’ is the result of years of collaborative research by the Pacific-led Oceania Working Party (OWP) of the Australian Dictionary of Biography.
Register your interest: doi.org/10.22459/AJBH.09.2025
‘Oceania Lives’ is the result of years of collaborative research by the Pacific-led Oceania Working Party (OWP) of the Australian Dictionary of Biography.
Register your interest: doi.org/10.22459/AJBH.09.2025
My article 'Papuan Petitions as an Archive of Decolonisation' is online and open access! It's part of an upcoming special issue on petitions. I explore West Papuan petitions written in the lead up to the Act of 'Free' Choice and the significance of this archive.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Papuan Petitions as an Archive of Decolonisation
In 1961, West Papuan leaders declared their intent to become an independent nation in opposition to both Dutch colonial control and Indonesia’s campaign to incorporate the territory into its Republ...
www.tandfonline.com
May 29, 2025 at 11:32 PM
My article 'Papuan Petitions as an Archive of Decolonisation' is online and open access! It's part of an upcoming special issue on petitions. I explore West Papuan petitions written in the lead up to the Act of 'Free' Choice and the significance of this archive.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Yesterday’s #esshc2025 panel was such a joy. Talking about anticolonial mobilisation with the global history gang @riakapoor.bsky.social @sulinlewis.bsky.social and @emleake.bsky.social. Thanks to Anne-Isabell Richard for chairing and the audience for great engagement. Feeling inspired!
March 29, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Yesterday’s #esshc2025 panel was such a joy. Talking about anticolonial mobilisation with the global history gang @riakapoor.bsky.social @sulinlewis.bsky.social and @emleake.bsky.social. Thanks to Anne-Isabell Richard for chairing and the audience for great engagement. Feeling inspired!
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Hot on the heels of the first AHRC Rethinking Internationalisms conference on ‘Counter-hegemonic Internationalisms’, here is the CfP (5 May deadline) for our next ONLINE workshop ‘New Methods for New Histories’, with @jessicareinisch.bsky.social , @drmargottudor.bsky.social , Daniel Laqua and me.
March 25, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Hot on the heels of the first AHRC Rethinking Internationalisms conference on ‘Counter-hegemonic Internationalisms’, here is the CfP (5 May deadline) for our next ONLINE workshop ‘New Methods for New Histories’, with @jessicareinisch.bsky.social , @drmargottudor.bsky.social , Daniel Laqua and me.
Really enjoying being part of this conference! Such an interesting range of papers.
Our AHRC-funded conference on ‘Counter-Hegemonic Internationalisms’, hosted at @northumbriauni.bsky.social, began this morning and we’ve already had fantastic panels on race, space, religious, and Mexican internationalisms. More to come after the coffee break! It’s a gorgeous day in Newcastle ☀️☀️☀️
March 20, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Really enjoying being part of this conference! Such an interesting range of papers.
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Are you in London this afternoon? Make sure to attend this event at birkbeck 2-4pm to launch this incredible new handbook on histories of socialism and development with @sulinlewis.bsky.social @nanaoseiopare.bsky.social and @jessicareinisch.bsky.social 🔥🔥🔥 online link available too, just lmk!
Another reminder - and correction - that this is tomorrow (TUESDAY not Thursday). Really looking forward to it! If anyone would like to join online, please let @jessicareinisch.bsky.social know, & thanks again to Jessica and Birkbeck's Centre for the Study of Internationalism for hosting us!
Next Thursday (2-4) we'll be launching Development, Socialism, and Internationalism in the Third World (edited with @nanaoseiopare.bsky.social) with a brilliant group of discussants (below)- many thanks @jessicareinisch.bsky.social for hosting us at Birkbeck!
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/socialism...
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/socialism...
February 11, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Are you in London this afternoon? Make sure to attend this event at birkbeck 2-4pm to launch this incredible new handbook on histories of socialism and development with @sulinlewis.bsky.social @nanaoseiopare.bsky.social and @jessicareinisch.bsky.social 🔥🔥🔥 online link available too, just lmk!
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CFP: @globalhistjnl.bsky.social development editing workshop (deadline 1 March 2025). Workshop open to scholars & #skystorians for whom English is not a first language who study/work outside of North American and Western European institutions. Keep an eye out for an ECR workshop later in the year! 🗃
January 16, 2025 at 2:07 PM
CFP: @globalhistjnl.bsky.social development editing workshop (deadline 1 March 2025). Workshop open to scholars & #skystorians for whom English is not a first language who study/work outside of North American and Western European institutions. Keep an eye out for an ECR workshop later in the year! 🗃
Fantastic initiative for those hoping to publish in the Journal of Global History!
📢 Exciting News! JGH is hosting a Development Editing Workshop. Workshop open to scholars for whom English is not a first language who study/work outside of North American and Western European institutions. Find out more here: drive.google.com/file/d/1lwRt...
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January 17, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Fantastic initiative for those hoping to publish in the Journal of Global History!
I'll be presenting on Pacific Decolonization as part of the panel 'Counternarratives of Postwar Decolonization' on Sunday afternoon with @lydiawalker.bsky.social and Nana Osei-Opare, chaired by @erezmanela.bsky.social and comments from @emleake.bsky.social #aha25 aha.confex.com/aha/2025/web...
138th Annual Meeting (January 3-6, 2025): Counternarratives of Postwar Global Decolonization
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January 3, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I'll be presenting on Pacific Decolonization as part of the panel 'Counternarratives of Postwar Decolonization' on Sunday afternoon with @lydiawalker.bsky.social and Nana Osei-Opare, chaired by @erezmanela.bsky.social and comments from @emleake.bsky.social #aha25 aha.confex.com/aha/2025/web...
Looking forward to this! Our Cornwall department might be small but it’s so cool that we teach both Pacific and Caribbean history modules and bring them into conversation with the Environmental humanities.
Today’s teaching: hope in the face of the climate crisis and getting the students prepared for our end of term Environmental Humanities showcase that @emmakluge.bsky.social and I will be running for our 1st, 2nd, & final yr students. Watch this space for more on that ❣️
November 28, 2024 at 1:39 PM
Looking forward to this! Our Cornwall department might be small but it’s so cool that we teach both Pacific and Caribbean history modules and bring them into conversation with the Environmental humanities.