Moritz Mihatsch
@mihatsch.bsky.social
Global historian working on sovereignty, nationalism & Sudanese political parties. Formerly British University in Egypt and @camhistory.bsky.social. Now Wenzhou Kean University. Author of @shiftingsovs.bsky.social.
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Moritz Mihatsch
@mihatsch.bsky.social
· Nov 7
Many thanks to @alexspalinska.bsky.social for her generous review in @iajournal.bsky.social!
She writes: "Another notable strength is the book’s interdisciplinary and transhistorical orientation. ... The combination of analytical rigour with empirical detail strengthens the book’s relevance...
She writes: "Another notable strength is the book’s interdisciplinary and transhistorical orientation. ... The combination of analytical rigour with empirical detail strengthens the book’s relevance...
Please check out this fantastic review of @shiftingsovs.bsky.social by @alexspalinska.bsky.social in @iajournal.bsky.social 🥳
I wish people would do / understand basic source criticism.
Person X says Y happened ≠ Y actually happened.
What does person X actually know? Who are they talking to and for what purpose? How does that change the reliability of the information or our interpretation? etc.
Person X says Y happened ≠ Y actually happened.
What does person X actually know? Who are they talking to and for what purpose? How does that change the reliability of the information or our interpretation? etc.
February 3, 2026 at 9:55 AM
I wish people would do / understand basic source criticism.
Person X says Y happened ≠ Y actually happened.
What does person X actually know? Who are they talking to and for what purpose? How does that change the reliability of the information or our interpretation? etc.
Person X says Y happened ≠ Y actually happened.
What does person X actually know? Who are they talking to and for what purpose? How does that change the reliability of the information or our interpretation? etc.
Next one in the special issue is Carlotta Marchi's wonderful piece on Sanusi history in Libya:
"Building the Nation in the Monarchical Era: History, Historiography, and Historians in Libya’s Independence Process (1940s – 1950s)"
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
"Building the Nation in the Monarchical Era: History, Historiography, and Historians in Libya’s Independence Process (1940s – 1950s)"
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Building the Nation in the Monarchical Era: History, Historiography, and Historians in Libya’s Independence Process (1940s – 1950s) | Itinerario | Cambridge Core
Building the Nation in the Monarchical Era: History, Historiography, and Historians in Libya’s Independence Process (1940s – 1950s)
www.cambridge.org
January 30, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Next one in the special issue is Carlotta Marchi's wonderful piece on Sanusi history in Libya:
"Building the Nation in the Monarchical Era: History, Historiography, and Historians in Libya’s Independence Process (1940s – 1950s)"
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
"Building the Nation in the Monarchical Era: History, Historiography, and Historians in Libya’s Independence Process (1940s – 1950s)"
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Excited that my article (based on my MPhil dissertation that was supervised by @lianachua.bsky.social and @mihatsch.bsky.social ) is out!
I'm really excited to announce that the next article of our special issue. @bengohstoschool.bsky.social article titled:
“Asia, not the European in Asia, must be our theme”: A Partial Decolonisation of Malayan History at the University of Malaya in the 1950s
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
“Asia, not the European in Asia, must be our theme”: A Partial Decolonisation of Malayan History at the University of Malaya in the 1950s
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
“Asia, not the European in Asia, must be our theme”: A Partial Decolonisation of Malayan History at the University of Malaya in the 1950s | Itinerario | Cambridge Core
“Asia, not the European in Asia, must be our theme”: A Partial Decolonisation of Malayan History at the University of Malaya in the 1950s
www.cambridge.org
January 29, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Excited that my article (based on my MPhil dissertation that was supervised by @lianachua.bsky.social and @mihatsch.bsky.social ) is out!
I'm really excited to announce that the next article of our special issue. @bengohstoschool.bsky.social article titled:
“Asia, not the European in Asia, must be our theme”: A Partial Decolonisation of Malayan History at the University of Malaya in the 1950s
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
“Asia, not the European in Asia, must be our theme”: A Partial Decolonisation of Malayan History at the University of Malaya in the 1950s
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
“Asia, not the European in Asia, must be our theme”: A Partial Decolonisation of Malayan History at the University of Malaya in the 1950s | Itinerario | Cambridge Core
“Asia, not the European in Asia, must be our theme”: A Partial Decolonisation of Malayan History at the University of Malaya in the 1950s
www.cambridge.org
January 29, 2026 at 10:56 AM
I'm really excited to announce that the next article of our special issue. @bengohstoschool.bsky.social article titled:
“Asia, not the European in Asia, must be our theme”: A Partial Decolonisation of Malayan History at the University of Malaya in the 1950s
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
“Asia, not the European in Asia, must be our theme”: A Partial Decolonisation of Malayan History at the University of Malaya in the 1950s
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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New year, new instalment of the Utrecht Lectures in Political History!
On Thursday 19 February 2026, @mihatsch.bsky.social (Wenzhou-Kean University), author of @shiftingsovs.bsky.social, will deliver the fifteenth Utrecht Lecture in Political History at @humanitiesuu.bsky.social!
On Thursday 19 February 2026, @mihatsch.bsky.social (Wenzhou-Kean University), author of @shiftingsovs.bsky.social, will deliver the fifteenth Utrecht Lecture in Political History at @humanitiesuu.bsky.social!
January 27, 2026 at 9:56 AM
New year, new instalment of the Utrecht Lectures in Political History!
On Thursday 19 February 2026, @mihatsch.bsky.social (Wenzhou-Kean University), author of @shiftingsovs.bsky.social, will deliver the fifteenth Utrecht Lecture in Political History at @humanitiesuu.bsky.social!
On Thursday 19 February 2026, @mihatsch.bsky.social (Wenzhou-Kean University), author of @shiftingsovs.bsky.social, will deliver the fifteenth Utrecht Lecture in Political History at @humanitiesuu.bsky.social!
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🕯️🎉🥂 One year ago Shifting Sovereignties came out. We are very grateful for the reception the book has received from readers, at book talks in 5 countries on 3 continents, and in 2 very positive reviews. We look forward to seeing very soon what people are doing with our ideas in their own research!
Today "Shifting Sovereignties: A Global History of a Concept in Practice" is officially coming out.
@degruyterbrill.bsky.social
@degruyterbrill.bsky.social
January 27, 2026 at 8:48 AM
🕯️🎉🥂 One year ago Shifting Sovereignties came out. We are very grateful for the reception the book has received from readers, at book talks in 5 countries on 3 continents, and in 2 very positive reviews. We look forward to seeing very soon what people are doing with our ideas in their own research!
Meet me in Utrecht 🇳🇱
🇳🇱 Living in the Netherlands and interested in sovereignty? Come to the Utrecht Lectures in Political History with @mihatsch.bsky.social on 19 Feb, 5:15 PM at the University of Utrecht, organised by @ffsterkenburgh.bsky.social. 🗣️💬
January 26, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Meet me in Utrecht 🇳🇱
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24/1/26 - nocturn
January 24, 2026 at 8:16 PM
24/1/26 - nocturn
Trump: "China makes almost all of the windmills. And yet I haven't been able to find any wind farms in China."
Well, Mr President, I can be of help. 😂
Well, Mr President, I can be of help. 😂
January 21, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Trump: "China makes almost all of the windmills. And yet I haven't been able to find any wind farms in China."
Well, Mr President, I can be of help. 😂
Well, Mr President, I can be of help. 😂
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🌍🇨🇦 Carney says that he wants to "combine to create a third path with impact". The parallels to the language of the non-aligned during the Cold War is quite striking.
January 21, 2026 at 12:20 PM
🌍🇨🇦 Carney says that he wants to "combine to create a third path with impact". The parallels to the language of the non-aligned during the Cold War is quite striking.
🇩🇰🗣️💬
Next book presentation, @mihatsch.bsky.social will speak at @aiasdk.bsky.social on February 13, 9:45–11am. For details, check the post below.
January 19, 2026 at 2:27 PM
🇩🇰🗣️💬
Casper Andersen and my article on UNESCO's History of Mankind in the context of decolonisation is out now:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Eurocentrism and Decolonisation in the UNESCO History of Mankind 1944-1976 | Itinerario | Cambridge Core
Eurocentrism and Decolonisation in the UNESCO History of Mankind 1944-1976
www.cambridge.org
January 19, 2026 at 10:16 AM
Casper Andersen and my article on UNESCO's History of Mankind in the context of decolonisation is out now:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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When we started working on Shifting Sovereignties, friends suggested that sovereignty would be an irrelevant issue and out-dated concept by the time the book is being published... we truly wish they had been right. 🤷♂️
January 18, 2026 at 8:56 PM
When we started working on Shifting Sovereignties, friends suggested that sovereignty would be an irrelevant issue and out-dated concept by the time the book is being published... we truly wish they had been right. 🤷♂️
It was a great honour to give a Max Weber Lecture and Masterclass at @eui-eu.bsky.social and discuss with the PhD students and Max Weber Postdoc fellow about @shiftingsovs.bsky.social
January 15, 2026 at 2:50 PM
It was a great honour to give a Max Weber Lecture and Masterclass at @eui-eu.bsky.social and discuss with the PhD students and Max Weber Postdoc fellow about @shiftingsovs.bsky.social
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📆 Tomorrow!
Join @mihatsch.bsky.social in Florence on Jan 14, 5pm at the @eui-eu.bsky.social for the first Max Weber lecture of the year.
January 13, 2026 at 9:57 AM
📆 Tomorrow!
The introduction of our forthcoming special issue by Casper Andersen and me is now out: "Becoming Independent: Institutions and Epistemologies of History Writing in the Age of Decolonisation"
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Check the thread below for the articles as they are published.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Check the thread below for the articles as they are published.
Becoming Independent: Institutions and Epistemologies of History Writing in the Age of Decolonisation | Itinerario | Cambridge Core
Becoming Independent: Institutions and Epistemologies of History Writing in the Age of Decolonisation
www.cambridge.org
January 9, 2026 at 11:07 AM
The introduction of our forthcoming special issue by Casper Andersen and me is now out: "Becoming Independent: Institutions and Epistemologies of History Writing in the Age of Decolonisation"
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Check the thread below for the articles as they are published.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Check the thread below for the articles as they are published.
The third article of forthcoming our special issue is out now in FirstView. Check out Larissa Schulte Nordholt's "The Importance of Place and Materiality in the Decolonisation of African History through UNESCO’s General History of Africa (1962-1998)"
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
The Importance of Place and Materiality in the Decolonisation of African History through UNESCO’s General History of Africa (1962-1998) | Itinerario | Cambridge Core
The Importance of Place and Materiality in the Decolonisation of African History through UNESCO’s General History of Africa (1962-1998)
www.cambridge.org
January 9, 2026 at 11:01 AM
The third article of forthcoming our special issue is out now in FirstView. Check out Larissa Schulte Nordholt's "The Importance of Place and Materiality in the Decolonisation of African History through UNESCO’s General History of Africa (1962-1998)"
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
📢 The second article of our special issue is available in FirstView. Check out "Colonial Epistemes in Post-Liberation South Korean Thought: Historiography in the Sasanggye Magazine of the 1950s–1960s" by Ria Chae and Mincheol Park
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Colonial Epistemes in Post-Liberation South Korean Thought: Historiography in the Sasanggye Magazine of the 1950s–1960s | Itinerario | Cambridge Core
Colonial Epistemes in Post-Liberation South Korean Thought: Historiography in the Sasanggye Magazine of the 1950s–1960s
www.cambridge.org
January 8, 2026 at 5:39 PM
📢 The second article of our special issue is available in FirstView. Check out "Colonial Epistemes in Post-Liberation South Korean Thought: Historiography in the Sasanggye Magazine of the 1950s–1960s" by Ria Chae and Mincheol Park
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
It looks like our book will remain relevant for 2026.
🇻🇪🧵 What a start into the new year. It unfortunately looks like discussions around sovereignty will be with us a little longer. There is some excellent analysis on the specific case, so we leave that to our colleagues who work specifically on US and Latin American history. 1/n
January 8, 2026 at 11:17 AM
It looks like our book will remain relevant for 2026.
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Now that the US is leaving the International Cotton Advisory Committee, will the headquarters be moved to a member state?
On a more serious note, how does this organisation "no longer" serve American interests? And how much do the US save...
On a more serious note, how does this organisation "no longer" serve American interests? And how much do the US save...
January 8, 2026 at 10:33 AM
Now that the US is leaving the International Cotton Advisory Committee, will the headquarters be moved to a member state?
On a more serious note, how does this organisation "no longer" serve American interests? And how much do the US save...
On a more serious note, how does this organisation "no longer" serve American interests? And how much do the US save...
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So clever of US, UK and European universities, with ample encouragement from their governments, to have been closing down Area Studies, History, Languages and Politics & International Relations programmes, so clearly irrelevant to the world in the second half of the 21st century.
A key question is ‘whether Trump’s appetite for military adventurism will continue to spread. He has advertised designs on Canada, Panama, Greenland and the Gaza Strip. On Saturday, he implied Mexico was also in his sights’
Quick insight from @edwardluce.bsky.social
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Quick insight from @edwardluce.bsky.social
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Trump now owns Venezuela
[FREE TO READ] The US president has a growing appetite for military adventure
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January 4, 2026 at 11:52 AM
So clever of US, UK and European universities, with ample encouragement from their governments, to have been closing down Area Studies, History, Languages and Politics & International Relations programmes, so clearly irrelevant to the world in the second half of the 21st century.
Japan, which has synched its Chinese zodiac with the Western calendar has already entered the year of the fire horse 🔥🐎 which is a particularly ominous year to have daughters. Accordingly, in 1906 and 1966 birth rates were notably lower. Let's see how that develops in 2026!
January 2, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Japan, which has synched its Chinese zodiac with the Western calendar has already entered the year of the fire horse 🔥🐎 which is a particularly ominous year to have daughters. Accordingly, in 1906 and 1966 birth rates were notably lower. Let's see how that develops in 2026!
See you in Florence! 🇮🇹
Join @mihatsch.bsky.social in Florence on Jan 14, 5pm at the @eui-eu.bsky.social for the first Max Weber lecture of the year.
January 2, 2026 at 3:59 PM
See you in Florence! 🇮🇹
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British Pathé newsreels are a great teaching resource, with an easy-to-use database. Short lengths make them ideal for viewing and analysing in class, esp. for history students not used to working with film.
Fabulous shot of a Sudanese woman front and centre here, too, at :18 seconds. 🇸🇩🇸🇸🗃️🎥
Fabulous shot of a Sudanese woman front and centre here, too, at :18 seconds. 🇸🇩🇸🇸🗃️🎥
🇸🇩 70 years ago today Sudan gained its independence from Britain and Egypt. May the coming years be characterised by the hope the Sudanese originally had for their independence in 1956.
www.britishpathe.com/asset/60301
www.britishpathe.com/asset/60301
www.britishpathe.com
January 1, 2026 at 6:14 PM
British Pathé newsreels are a great teaching resource, with an easy-to-use database. Short lengths make them ideal for viewing and analysing in class, esp. for history students not used to working with film.
Fabulous shot of a Sudanese woman front and centre here, too, at :18 seconds. 🇸🇩🇸🇸🗃️🎥
Fabulous shot of a Sudanese woman front and centre here, too, at :18 seconds. 🇸🇩🇸🇸🗃️🎥
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Just making sure that 2025 is definitely over
January 1, 2026 at 4:43 AM
Just making sure that 2025 is definitely over