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Maïa Pal
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historical sociology of imperialism, extraterritorial jurisdiction, early modern consuls and cosmologies, communications cables, Marxism. Senior Lecturer in International Relations Campaigns officer brookesUCU
Wendy Brown on why people are so eager or tolerant towards the new authoritarianism @histmat.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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Our third plenary, 'Resurgent Reaction and the Rise of New Authoritarianisms' with Wendy Brown, Cecilia Rikap, Jeffery Webber and Rafeef Ziadah, is now being live streamed! Join, comrades!
Resurgent Reaction and the Rise of New Authoritarianisms
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November 8, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Saturday night plenary with @ceciliarikap.bsky.social @rafeefz.bsky.social @jefferyrwebber.bsky.social and Wendy Brown on new authoritarianisms - full house. @histmat.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Now live, the Deutscher Memorial Prize Winner Lecture by Matteo Pasquinelli.
Deutscher Memorial Prize Winner Lecture: Matteo Pasquinelli
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November 7, 2025 at 6:44 PM
After some health setbacks, I’m at @histmat.bsky.social conference! Excellent panel part of imperialism stream
November 7, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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The Historical Materialism newsletter (in a much better format) is out now!

The newsletter will from be our main tool for regular communication by email. We urge everyone to subscribe to stay in touch, as the Riseup email list, painful as it is, will be gradually suspended.
Newsletter - Historical Materialism
For over 28 years Historical Materialism has been disseminating critical Marxist thinking through the Journal, the Book Series, the historicalmaterialism.org website, the international network of Hist...
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November 3, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Racism, colonialism, and tax havens: tracing the offshore world’s hidden histories, by Miguel A. Rivera-Quiñones
Racism, colonialism, and tax havens: tracing the offshore world’s hidden histories
This article advances a decolonial intervention in International Political Economy (IPE) by examining the centrality of racism in the formation of offshore zones under British and American colonial...
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October 29, 2025 at 8:07 PM
See you there! Will post specific panels soon but check out Imperialism stream curated with @psotiris.bsky.social to start with.
October 27, 2025 at 8:59 PM
New here and a bit lost! But glad to be away from the other site…
October 27, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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In their new EJIR article, @maiapal.bsky.social
and Claire Vergerio introduce the idea of “woven and warring cosmologies” through the cases of Louis XIV and revolutionary Corsica.

You can read the full publication here: t1p.de/aeh1h
October 27, 2025 at 2:03 PM