Jessica Reinisch
@jessicareinisch.bsky.social
Modern historian at Birkbeck, working on UNRRA, relief & humanitarianism, internationalism. I edit the Bloomsbury Histories of Internationalism series & direct the Centre for the Study of Internationalism.
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-...
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...
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October 27, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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
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My reaction to the Government's White Paper on Post-16 Education and Skills. As it pertains to universities, it's a total botch that somehow manages to both raise fees and hack everybody off. The worst of all worlds, a bit like the rest of Labour's offer. Do have a read if you're interested. 👇
So I've been reading the Post-16 Education and Skills White Paper. There's some good things in there. But when it comes to universities there's very little to cheer. The situation is very tough and will get worse. The last chance to preserve what we've got has passed. Let me explain why. (1/?)
October 24, 2025 at 3:41 PM
My reaction to the Government's White Paper on Post-16 Education and Skills. As it pertains to universities, it's a total botch that somehow manages to both raise fees and hack everybody off. The worst of all worlds, a bit like the rest of Labour's offer. Do have a read if you're interested. 👇
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-...
Our 3rd Rethinking Internationalism conference, online, will be on "Blindspots and buzzwords in Internationalism" on 5 & 6 Nov. Lively discussion with an amazing line-up of researchers, do come along!
All welcome, sign up via Eventbrite www.eventbrite.com/e/blind-spot... @bbkhistorical.bsky.social
All welcome, sign up via Eventbrite www.eventbrite.com/e/blind-spot... @bbkhistorical.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Our 3rd Rethinking Internationalism conference, online, will be on "Blindspots and buzzwords in Internationalism" on 5 & 6 Nov. Lively discussion with an amazing line-up of researchers, do come along!
All welcome, sign up via Eventbrite www.eventbrite.com/e/blind-spot... @bbkhistorical.bsky.social
All welcome, sign up via Eventbrite www.eventbrite.com/e/blind-spot... @bbkhistorical.bsky.social
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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
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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...
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 1:50 PM
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
September 2, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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This was such a wonderful gathering! Thanks @riakapoor.bsky.social, @drmargottudor.bsky.social, @jessicareinisch.bsky.social & Daniel Laqua!
(1/2) The second workshop in the AHRC-funded Rethinking Internationalisms series titled 'New Methods for New Histories' will take place via zoom on 9-10 July – reflective panels followed by an open discussion. Audience-participants can sign up here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/new-method...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/new-method...
New Methods for New Histories (Online)
Workshop 2: Rethinking Internationalisms: Histories and Pluralities
www.eventbrite.co.uk
July 15, 2025 at 10:15 AM
This was such a wonderful gathering! Thanks @riakapoor.bsky.social, @drmargottudor.bsky.social, @jessicareinisch.bsky.social & Daniel Laqua!
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(1/2) The second workshop in the AHRC-funded Rethinking Internationalisms series titled 'New Methods for New Histories' will take place via zoom on 9-10 July – reflective panels followed by an open discussion. Audience-participants can sign up here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/new-method...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/new-method...
New Methods for New Histories (Online)
Workshop 2: Rethinking Internationalisms: Histories and Pluralities
www.eventbrite.co.uk
June 23, 2025 at 3:10 PM
(1/2) The second workshop in the AHRC-funded Rethinking Internationalisms series titled 'New Methods for New Histories' will take place via zoom on 9-10 July – reflective panels followed by an open discussion. Audience-participants can sign up here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/new-method...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/new-method...
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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....
Talked to @nature.com last week about scientific conferences in the past, present and future
Several academic and scientific conferences in the United States have been postponed, cancelled or moved elsewhere
https://go.nature.com/437v5IW
https://go.nature.com/437v5IW
Scientific conferences are leaving the US amid border fears
Some meetings have been put on hold in response to foreign researchers’ travel concerns.
go.nature.com
May 29, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Talked to @nature.com last week about scientific conferences in the past, present and future
This is today! Looking forward to discussing this splendid book with @dacretu.bsky.social and colleagues.
The Centre for Internationalism has new dates for your diaries!
1. Tuesday, 27 May, 6-8pm (Birkbeck Central Building, G08)
Roundtable discussion of @dacretu.bsky.social's Foreign Aid & State Building in Interwar Romania - with the IHR's Rethinking Modern Europe series
www.sup.org/books/histor...
1. Tuesday, 27 May, 6-8pm (Birkbeck Central Building, G08)
Roundtable discussion of @dacretu.bsky.social's Foreign Aid & State Building in Interwar Romania - with the IHR's Rethinking Modern Europe series
www.sup.org/books/histor...
Foreign Aid and State Building in Interwar Romania | Stanford University Press
The decades following World War I were a period of political, social, and economic transformation for Central and Eastern Europe. This book considers the role of foreign aid in Romania between 1918 an...
www.sup.org
May 27, 2025 at 1:32 PM
This is today! Looking forward to discussing this splendid book with @dacretu.bsky.social and colleagues.
Reposted by Jessica Reinisch
The Centre for Internationalism has new dates for your diaries!
1. Tuesday, 27 May, 6-8pm (Birkbeck Central Building, G08)
Roundtable discussion of @dacretu.bsky.social's Foreign Aid & State Building in Interwar Romania - with the IHR's Rethinking Modern Europe series
www.sup.org/books/histor...
1. Tuesday, 27 May, 6-8pm (Birkbeck Central Building, G08)
Roundtable discussion of @dacretu.bsky.social's Foreign Aid & State Building in Interwar Romania - with the IHR's Rethinking Modern Europe series
www.sup.org/books/histor...
Foreign Aid and State Building in Interwar Romania | Stanford University Press
The decades following World War I were a period of political, social, and economic transformation for Central and Eastern Europe. This book considers the role of foreign aid in Romania between 1918 an...
www.sup.org
May 9, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The Centre for Internationalism has new dates for your diaries!
1. Tuesday, 27 May, 6-8pm (Birkbeck Central Building, G08)
Roundtable discussion of @dacretu.bsky.social's Foreign Aid & State Building in Interwar Romania - with the IHR's Rethinking Modern Europe series
www.sup.org/books/histor...
1. Tuesday, 27 May, 6-8pm (Birkbeck Central Building, G08)
Roundtable discussion of @dacretu.bsky.social's Foreign Aid & State Building in Interwar Romania - with the IHR's Rethinking Modern Europe series
www.sup.org/books/histor...
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Intriguing report of the thinking of the Universities Minister
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/05...
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/05...
Universities have ‘lost sight of responsibility over public money’
Baroness Smith says institutions failing to rein in spending despite demanding financial support from government
www.telegraph.co.uk
May 10, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Intriguing report of the thinking of the Universities Minister
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/05...
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/05...
The Centre for Internationalism has new dates for your diaries!
1. Tuesday, 27 May, 6-8pm (Birkbeck Central Building, G08)
Roundtable discussion of @dacretu.bsky.social's Foreign Aid & State Building in Interwar Romania - with the IHR's Rethinking Modern Europe series
www.sup.org/books/histor...
1. Tuesday, 27 May, 6-8pm (Birkbeck Central Building, G08)
Roundtable discussion of @dacretu.bsky.social's Foreign Aid & State Building in Interwar Romania - with the IHR's Rethinking Modern Europe series
www.sup.org/books/histor...
Foreign Aid and State Building in Interwar Romania | Stanford University Press
The decades following World War I were a period of political, social, and economic transformation for Central and Eastern Europe. This book considers the role of foreign aid in Romania between 1918 an...
www.sup.org
May 9, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The Centre for Internationalism has new dates for your diaries!
1. Tuesday, 27 May, 6-8pm (Birkbeck Central Building, G08)
Roundtable discussion of @dacretu.bsky.social's Foreign Aid & State Building in Interwar Romania - with the IHR's Rethinking Modern Europe series
www.sup.org/books/histor...
1. Tuesday, 27 May, 6-8pm (Birkbeck Central Building, G08)
Roundtable discussion of @dacretu.bsky.social's Foreign Aid & State Building in Interwar Romania - with the IHR's Rethinking Modern Europe series
www.sup.org/books/histor...
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The third article in the special issue Are Social Sciences Special? which @martinkusch.bsky.social and I co-edit is by @federicobrandmayr.bsky.social. It presents results of a large survey of British academics on how they see their own disciplinary identity wrt social sciences #philsci #sts #histsci
May 5, 2025 at 11:21 AM
The third article in the special issue Are Social Sciences Special? which @martinkusch.bsky.social and I co-edit is by @federicobrandmayr.bsky.social. It presents results of a large survey of British academics on how they see their own disciplinary identity wrt social sciences #philsci #sts #histsci
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Take History Seriously!
A recent article by our Sarah Marks and colleagues, has mapped aversion therapy practices used to ‘treat’ LGBTQ+ people in the past, and called on universities to take this history seriously in effort to address past and ongoing harms
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
A recent article by our Sarah Marks and colleagues, has mapped aversion therapy practices used to ‘treat’ LGBTQ+ people in the past, and called on universities to take this history seriously in effort to address past and ongoing harms
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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May 1, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Take History Seriously!
A recent article by our Sarah Marks and colleagues, has mapped aversion therapy practices used to ‘treat’ LGBTQ+ people in the past, and called on universities to take this history seriously in effort to address past and ongoing harms
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
A recent article by our Sarah Marks and colleagues, has mapped aversion therapy practices used to ‘treat’ LGBTQ+ people in the past, and called on universities to take this history seriously in effort to address past and ongoing harms
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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OPEN LETTER: HISTORIANS FOR TRANS RIGHTS
Are you a historian in the UK or working on UK history fed up at seeing the history of LGBTQIA+ discrimination repeat itself? Sign this open letter to MPs demanding they stand up for trans rights now!
Letter: tinyurl.com/879vuver
Sign: tinyurl.com/4p7wktrn
Are you a historian in the UK or working on UK history fed up at seeing the history of LGBTQIA+ discrimination repeat itself? Sign this open letter to MPs demanding they stand up for trans rights now!
Letter: tinyurl.com/879vuver
Sign: tinyurl.com/4p7wktrn
Historians for Trans Rights - Open Letter to MPs
In light of the recent and incessant attacks on the trans community in the UK by the UK government and legal system, a group of UK-based historians have drafted the letter linked below. Our aim is to ...
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May 1, 2025 at 10:17 AM
OPEN LETTER: HISTORIANS FOR TRANS RIGHTS
Are you a historian in the UK or working on UK history fed up at seeing the history of LGBTQIA+ discrimination repeat itself? Sign this open letter to MPs demanding they stand up for trans rights now!
Letter: tinyurl.com/879vuver
Sign: tinyurl.com/4p7wktrn
Are you a historian in the UK or working on UK history fed up at seeing the history of LGBTQIA+ discrimination repeat itself? Sign this open letter to MPs demanding they stand up for trans rights now!
Letter: tinyurl.com/879vuver
Sign: tinyurl.com/4p7wktrn
Still time to send in your proposals! @bbkhistorical.bsky.social
An exciting date for your diaries: the first Birkbeck-QMUL Historical Studies Graduate Symposium will take place on 18 June, on the theme of "methodologies in historical research". BBK PhD students @bbkhistorical.bsky.social & @qmul.ac.uk do send your proposals for 5 or 15 minute papers by 30 April!
April 30, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Still time to send in your proposals! @bbkhistorical.bsky.social
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I am so excited that @alexanderboyd.bsky.social is coming to @bbkhistorical.bsky.social on the 12th May! He will give the talk 'A Hidden History of Violence', Keynes Library, 43 Gordon Square - 1pm to 2:30pm.
April 14, 2025 at 10:53 AM
I am so excited that @alexanderboyd.bsky.social is coming to @bbkhistorical.bsky.social on the 12th May! He will give the talk 'A Hidden History of Violence', Keynes Library, 43 Gordon Square - 1pm to 2:30pm.
An exciting date for your diaries: the first Birkbeck-QMUL Historical Studies Graduate Symposium will take place on 18 June, on the theme of "methodologies in historical research". BBK PhD students @bbkhistorical.bsky.social & @qmul.ac.uk do send your proposals for 5 or 15 minute papers by 30 April!
March 28, 2025 at 12:25 PM
An exciting date for your diaries: the first Birkbeck-QMUL Historical Studies Graduate Symposium will take place on 18 June, on the theme of "methodologies in historical research". BBK PhD students @bbkhistorical.bsky.social & @qmul.ac.uk do send your proposals for 5 or 15 minute papers by 30 April!
The last CSI seminar of the term will take place tomorrow (27 March), 1-2pm: come hear Prof Alex Colas talk about “Maritime Internationalism”. Everyone welcome, no need to book,
4. 27 March, 1-2pm: Lunchtime seminar by Prof Alex Colas (School of Social Sciences) on "Maritime Internationalism" (28 Russell Square, Dreyfus room)
March 26, 2025 at 11:50 AM
The last CSI seminar of the term will take place tomorrow (27 March), 1-2pm: come hear Prof Alex Colas talk about “Maritime Internationalism”. Everyone welcome, no need to book,
Reposted by Jessica Reinisch
If you were getting major FOMO last week while we were conferencing in Newcastle, please be sure to submit an abstract for our upcoming VIRTUAL conference on ‘New Methods for New Histories’ of internationalism. Pls send to all your friends who want a captive audience for their weird archive story 😅
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 7:00 PM
If you were getting major FOMO last week while we were conferencing in Newcastle, please be sure to submit an abstract for our upcoming VIRTUAL conference on ‘New Methods for New Histories’ of internationalism. Pls send to all your friends who want a captive audience for their weird archive story 😅
After last week’s Newcastle extravaganza we’re keen to think about *how* to write about internationalism(s) (& how not to), about the forgotten voices & sources & archives & readers. If you have been thinking about these questions do send us a short abstract by 5 May @bbkhistorical.bsky.social
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 6:28 PM
After last week’s Newcastle extravaganza we’re keen to think about *how* to write about internationalism(s) (& how not to), about the forgotten voices & sources & archives & readers. If you have been thinking about these questions do send us a short abstract by 5 May @bbkhistorical.bsky.social
For my last MA seminar in my history of migration course I've asked the students to bring in examples of uses & abuses of history in contemporary news coverage of migration. Does anyone have any particularly egregious examples we could look at?
March 25, 2025 at 8:25 AM
For my last MA seminar in my history of migration course I've asked the students to bring in examples of uses & abuses of history in contemporary news coverage of migration. Does anyone have any particularly egregious examples we could look at?