Panikos Panayi

@profpanayi.bsky.social

Professor of European History at De Montfort University

https://www.dmu.ac.uk/about-dmu/academic-staff/art-design-humanities/panikos-panayi/panikos-panayi.aspx

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The Lausanne Project (TLP) @lausanneproject.bsky.social · Dec 12

"It's impossible to be non-politicised in Cyprus after 1955. But once you leave and move to London, it’s television media, letters to your family back home…you know what’s going on. It’s traumatizing you." thelausanneproject.com/2025/12/12/p...

PODCAST – Episode 76: The Cypriot Diaspora

In the third of a special series hosted by Alexandria Innes and Georgios Giannakopoulos, guests Panikos Panayi and Giorgios Charalambous trace how Cypriots have made lives for themselves across the…

thelausanneproject.com

Panikos Panayi @profpanayi.bsky.social · Dec 2

Delighted to have received my De Montfort University 35 year long service award. Thank you to all staff and students who have helped me on the way.

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Refugee Council @refugeecouncil.bsky.social · Nov 26

Despite anti-refugee misinformation, we see in our frontline services every day how refugees already contribute massively to the UK.

Our CEO Enver Solomon in The Standard for the "Who's at your table?" campaign with Comic Relief ⬇️

www.standard.co.uk/comment/enve...

Enver Solomon: 'When we hear the word ‘refugee’ do we think ‘giver’?'

Despite misinformation that characterises refugees as a burden, their massive contribution to London is what makes the city the thriving metropolis it is today

www.standard.co.uk

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Refugee Council @refugeecouncil.bsky.social · Nov 14

We know why people come to the UK: because they already have family here, they speak some English, or they have long-standing ties that help them rebuild their lives in safety.

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Refugee Council @refugeecouncil.bsky.social · Nov 14

People who have been persecuted, tortured or seen family members killed in brutal wars are not "asylum shopping."

As our CEO told @thetimes.com, refugees don’t compare asylum systems before running for their lives.

www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Shabana Mahmood’s radical reforms to halt ‘asylum shoppers’

Shabana Mahmood will announce Denmark-style plans to increase deportations and reduce pull factors to the UK

www.thetimes.com

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German History Society @germanhistsoc.bsky.social · Oct 29

Episode 4 of 'Glimpses of German History' is now LIVE!

In this episode @profpanayi.bsky.social shows us a picture book depicting the work of German missionaries in nineteenth century India.

Check out the video on our YouTube channel here: youtu.be/IPHH-uPr8KA

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Kathleen Commons @kabcommons.bsky.social · Oct 23

New post on refugeehistory.org: were there refugees in 16thC England? Answer: it's complicated - migrants and the state were in the process of negotiating a form of refugee protection, which helps us to complicate notions of Britain's "proud history of welcome": tinyurl.com/bdyevr4d

When is a refugee not a refugee? — Refugee History.

England’s ‘proud history’ of welcoming refugees is regularly invoked in contemporary debates about refugees in Britain. Public and academic histories of pre-modern migration to England support this no...

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Panikos Panayi @profpanayi.bsky.social · Sep 30

This was a great first session. Looking forward to many more to follow.

Ben Gidley @bengidley.bsky.social · Sep 30

Enjoyed first seminar of @ihr.bsky.social Migration + Mobility seminar series led by the fantastic @kabcommons.bsky.social, starring legend @profpanayi.bsky.social and great presentations by @endeeekay.bsky.social (see pic for book out soon w/ @punctumbooks.bsky.social) & @marcloureiro.bsky.social

Panikos Panayi @profpanayi.bsky.social · Sep 30

Thank you Ben. I really enjoyed your paper as well which covered lots of theoretical trends and issues I missed out.

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Ben Gidley @bengidley.bsky.social · Sep 30

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Ben Gidley @bengidley.bsky.social · Sep 29

reminder we’re kicking off tomorrow
5:30- 7:30pm Hybrid/IHR

@profpanayi.bsky.social & @kabcommons.bsky.social will open, then I’ll will speak on history & social studies; @marcloureiro.bsky.social on history & law; and Natalya Din-Kariuki on history & literature.

www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

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Shockat Adam MP @shockatadam.bsky.social · Sep 17

Political dissent is a democratic right. People understandably feel disenfranchised by austerity & government mismanagement.

But violence & racism must never be tolerated.

My letter to the Home Secretary urges respect to be upheld & action against all forms of hatred.

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Kathleen Commons @kabcommons.bsky.social · Sep 5

The first term's programme for the IHR Migration and Mobility Seminar is now live! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/.... We're hybrid, so if you're interested in migration and mobility across space and time - but also in how we can write better histories of mobility - sign up from anywhere!

Migration and Mobility History

The IHR Migration and Mobility seminar provides a space for historians and scholars from other disciplines to come together to discuss migration and mobility in history.

www.history.ac.uk

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dmuhistory.bsky.social @dmuhistory.bsky.social · Aug 11

Do you want to study History but are worried about clearing? Please consider checking out our History degree courses at De Montfort University. You can find information about the clearing process and our history offerings at our website.

History BA (Hons) at De Montfort University

Uncover the past and explore historical events from a global perspective, examining how they have shaped the modern world.

www.dmu.ac.uk

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Olivia Wyatt @oliviawyatt1999.bsky.social · Feb 16

RIP to Dr. Marika Sherwood: a huge inspiration among historians and activists, and a founder of the Black and Asian Studies Association. Without her tireless contributions over the past few decades, the field of Black British History would look very different today. We owe her so much 🖤✊🏽

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Kathleen Commons @kabcommons.bsky.social · Jul 11

Really pleased and proud to announce a new @ihr.bsky.social seminar - Migration and Mobility History. We want to cover migration across time and space and speak with colleagues across disciplines. If you're interested in attending/presenting, get in touch: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Migration and Mobility History

The IHR Migration and Mobility seminar provides a space for historians and scholars from other disciplines to come together to discuss migration and mobility in history.

www.history.ac.uk

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · Jul 4

There's also one week to the close of applications for the Society's 2025-26 Funded Book Workshops bit.ly/4fYQcRC

Workshops support mid-career historians, currently writing a 2nd or 3rd monograph, to bring together scholars to discuss a manuscript in detail. closing Friday 11 July.

#Skystorians

Image of an open book with the text: Funded Book Workshops. For historians writing a second or third monograph, 2025-26. Closing date 11 July

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Faculty of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social · Jun 20

Migration minimum income rules damaging family life and causing acute distress, experts warn

news.exeter.ac.uk/fa...

Migration minimum income rules damaging family life and causing acute distress, experts warn

Rules on the minimum income needed for foreign spouses and partners of British citizens and settled residents to live in the UK are already leading to lengthy and permanent separations, damaging family life and causing

news.exeter.ac.uk

Panikos Panayi @profpanayi.bsky.social · Jun 19

Dan Stone. Fate Unknown: Tracing the Missing after World War II and the Holocaust. url:https://academic.oup.com/ahr/article-abstract/130/2/943/8158903

Here is my latest review in the 'American Historical Review', of Dan Stone's history of the International Tracing Service and those it assisted.

Panikos Panayi @profpanayi.bsky.social · Jun 5

Here is the English translation of the article: www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/a...

'Starmer has clearly adopted the rhetoric of the anti-immigration right'

OP-ED. The British prime minister's white paper, 'Restoring Control over the Immigration System,' fails to sufficiently recognize the contribution of immigrants to building the country, argues British...

www.lemonde.fr

Panikos Panayi @profpanayi.bsky.social · Jun 2

Excited to have received the paperback copy of my book on 'The Germans in India'.

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