Samuel Harrison
@samharrison1812.bsky.social
Historian of political thought, Junior Fellow of the Turin Humanities Programme. Formerly Cambridge PhD. Looking at ideas about slavery and citizenship in C18 France. All views are those of my employer. he/him.
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This will be excellent — “Partisan Virtue” by Geertje Bol @whpt.bsky.social 👇 global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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January 18, 2026 at 12:35 PM
This will be excellent — “Partisan Virtue” by Geertje Bol @whpt.bsky.social 👇 global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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33 month postdoc (0.8 FTE) on a really interesting project at Essex on #EarlyModern German and English witchcraft...
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www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQC497/s...
Senior Research Officer at University of Essex
An opportunity for an academic position as a Senior Research Officer is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.
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January 14, 2026 at 9:50 AM
33 month postdoc (0.8 FTE) on a really interesting project at Essex on #EarlyModern German and English witchcraft...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQC497/s...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQC497/s...
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Some professional news: I'm now hiring two postdocs to be part of the research project I'm leading on global republicanism and the making of democratic cultures in the early 19th century. If you know someone for whom this may be relevant, don't hesitate to let them know.
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2 Postdoctoral positions in Intellectual History at the Department of History - Ledig stilling på Aarhus Universitet
Ledig stilling ved Institut for Kultur og Samfund - Historie, fag, Aarhus Universitet
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January 13, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Some professional news: I'm now hiring two postdocs to be part of the research project I'm leading on global republicanism and the making of democratic cultures in the early 19th century. If you know someone for whom this may be relevant, don't hesitate to let them know.
www.au.dk/om/stillinge...
www.au.dk/om/stillinge...
Being a historian of the French Revolution means occasionally looking up some minor political figure only to discover they've somehow been picked up as a character in an anime series castlevania.fandom.com/wiki/Vaublanc
Client Challenge
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January 10, 2026 at 9:06 AM
Being a historian of the French Revolution means occasionally looking up some minor political figure only to discover they've somehow been picked up as a character in an anime series castlevania.fandom.com/wiki/Vaublanc
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the graduation of a cohort of gaza’s new medical professionals in front of the ruins of al shifa hospital. No words, really.
December 26, 2025 at 11:45 AM
the graduation of a cohort of gaza’s new medical professionals in front of the ruins of al shifa hospital. No words, really.
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Please join Angela Davis, Robin D.G. Kelley, Ruth Wilson Gilmore and many others in signing this call for an academic and cultural boycott of the UAE, in relation to its complicity in genocide in Sudan.
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December 19, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Please join Angela Davis, Robin D.G. Kelley, Ruth Wilson Gilmore and many others in signing this call for an academic and cultural boycott of the UAE, in relation to its complicity in genocide in Sudan.
spectrejournal.com/for-a-cultur...
spectrejournal.com/for-a-cultur...
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Last week, the Committee to Protect Journalists (@pressfreedom.bsky.social), Amnesty International (@amnesty.org), & 3 U.S. lawmakers urged accountability for Israel’s Oct. 13, 2023 strike in south Lebanon that killed Issam Abdallah, critically injured Christina Assi, & wounded 5 other journalists.
December 19, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Last week, the Committee to Protect Journalists (@pressfreedom.bsky.social), Amnesty International (@amnesty.org), & 3 U.S. lawmakers urged accountability for Israel’s Oct. 13, 2023 strike in south Lebanon that killed Issam Abdallah, critically injured Christina Assi, & wounded 5 other journalists.
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Israel hunted a 70 year old lady down with a gun drone and then hoovered above to make sure she bled out next to her dying son. They both join almost 1,000 Palestinians Israel has massacred or maimed in its genocide during the "ceasefire".
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
Israeli drone chases and kills elderly woman in Gaza as attacks continue
At least seven Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks as military pushes deeper beyond truce demarcation line.
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December 8, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Israel hunted a 70 year old lady down with a gun drone and then hoovered above to make sure she bled out next to her dying son. They both join almost 1,000 Palestinians Israel has massacred or maimed in its genocide during the "ceasefire".
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
Not only did he do this, but literally three months later he refused to challenge the UAE over the RSF's genocidal massacre in Zamzam at a "peace" conference in London, and instead made a priority of meeting -- you guessed it -- the Israeli FM
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December 6, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Not only did he do this, but literally three months later he refused to challenge the UAE over the RSF's genocidal massacre in Zamzam at a "peace" conference in London, and instead made a priority of meeting -- you guessed it -- the Israeli FM
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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NEW | Israel’s settlers and army crushed Palestine’s 2025 olive harvest. Farmers were barred from their groves, hit with 167 settler attacks, and locked out of 25,000 dunams. Output collapsed to just 7–8k tonnes — the worst in decades — deepening hardship and accelerating land theft.
December 6, 2025 at 2:52 AM
NEW | Israel’s settlers and army crushed Palestine’s 2025 olive harvest. Farmers were barred from their groves, hit with 167 settler attacks, and locked out of 25,000 dunams. Output collapsed to just 7–8k tonnes — the worst in decades — deepening hardship and accelerating land theft.
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In Lebanon. Can hear the Israeli drone constantly now. I’ve only been back for a day but folks here deal with it 24/7, for months. It’s psychological torture. You can even see it, just flying around. The Israelis want to let everyone know that they can kill whoever they want whenever they want.
December 3, 2025 at 10:47 AM
In Lebanon. Can hear the Israeli drone constantly now. I’ve only been back for a day but folks here deal with it 24/7, for months. It’s psychological torture. You can even see it, just flying around. The Israelis want to let everyone know that they can kill whoever they want whenever they want.
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Au printemps 1803, Henri Grégoire séjourne à Bruxelles, où il passe un bon moment en dégustant les bières locales, la faro et celles du village d'Hoegaarden.
"Vous autres gens de Paris, vous ne connaissez pas cela, vous êtes des ignorants" écrit-il à sa gouvernante Madame Dubois.
"Vous autres gens de Paris, vous ne connaissez pas cela, vous êtes des ignorants" écrit-il à sa gouvernante Madame Dubois.
December 3, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Au printemps 1803, Henri Grégoire séjourne à Bruxelles, où il passe un bon moment en dégustant les bières locales, la faro et celles du village d'Hoegaarden.
"Vous autres gens de Paris, vous ne connaissez pas cela, vous êtes des ignorants" écrit-il à sa gouvernante Madame Dubois.
"Vous autres gens de Paris, vous ne connaissez pas cela, vous êtes des ignorants" écrit-il à sa gouvernante Madame Dubois.
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"Israel has “a de facto state policy of organised and widespread torture”, according to a UN report covering the past two years, which also raised concerns about the impunity of Israeli security forces for war crimes." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israel has ‘de facto state policy’ of organised torture, says UN report
Committee highlights allegations including dog attacks and sexual violence, raising concern about impunity for war crimes
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November 30, 2025 at 1:14 PM
"Israel has “a de facto state policy of organised and widespread torture”, according to a UN report covering the past two years, which also raised concerns about the impunity of Israeli security forces for war crimes." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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"Filiu’s accusations echo those made by some aid officials at the time. An internal United Nations memo described Israel’s “passive, if not active benevolence” towards some gangs responsible for looting in Gaza." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Convincing evidence Israel backed aid convoy looters in Gaza, historian says
Account of visit to Gaza by French professor describes Israeli military attacks on security personnel protecting convoys
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November 30, 2025 at 1:13 PM
"Filiu’s accusations echo those made by some aid officials at the time. An internal United Nations memo described Israel’s “passive, if not active benevolence” towards some gangs responsible for looting in Gaza." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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The diplomatic "achievement" of the ceasefire was to recalibrate the tempo of the genocide sufficiently to get it off the front pages and the news bulletins, thus alleviating the political pressure on Israel's western accomplices.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israel still committing genocide in Gaza, Amnesty International says
The NGO’s chief says last month’s ceasefire ‘risks creating a dangerous illusion that life in Gaza is returning to normal’
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November 27, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The diplomatic "achievement" of the ceasefire was to recalibrate the tempo of the genocide sufficiently to get it off the front pages and the news bulletins, thus alleviating the political pressure on Israel's western accomplices.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Come and take my job here in beautiful (if currently slightly chilly) Turin:
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Happy to answer any questions anyone might have about the programme
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Happy to answer any questions anyone might have about the programme
Research Project 2025
After the Enlightenment: Histories, Debates, and Reinterpretations
by Elisabeth Décultot
Few concepts occupy as central a place in contemporary intellectual, political, religious, and cultural de...
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November 28, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Come and take my job here in beautiful (if currently slightly chilly) Turin:
turinhumanitiesprogramme.fondazione1563.it/research-pro...
Happy to answer any questions anyone might have about the programme
turinhumanitiesprogramme.fondazione1563.it/research-pro...
Happy to answer any questions anyone might have about the programme
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For all postdocs and ECRs: don't miss out on this great opportunity with the Turin Humanities Programme!
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TURIN HUMANITIES PROGRAMME: 6th CALL FOR APPLICATIONS - 2025
TURIN HUMANITIES PROGRAMME 6th CALL FOR APPLICATIONS – 2025 2026-2028 RESEARCH CYCLE The full call can be found here as pdf file. Terms and Conditions (pdf) Project Description (pdf) Flyer (pdf)…
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November 26, 2025 at 11:15 AM
For all postdocs and ECRs: don't miss out on this great opportunity with the Turin Humanities Programme!
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Filed under the category "perils of typos whilst note-taking"
November 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Filed under the category "perils of typos whilst note-taking"
We use the Weimar comparison a lot but Britain increasingly feels like ancien régime France, where the monarchy desperately flogged off tax-exempt offices to fund its immediate spending in the full knowledge that it was only shrinking its own tax base
i: Reeves to unveil £600m raid on foreign student
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
November 24, 2025 at 8:39 AM
We use the Weimar comparison a lot but Britain increasingly feels like ancien régime France, where the monarchy desperately flogged off tax-exempt offices to fund its immediate spending in the full knowledge that it was only shrinking its own tax base
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Quand soudaingue, en 1790, on tombe sur un créateur d'automates appelé wak-wok-vauk-an-son Frankésteïn
November 23, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Quand soudaingue, en 1790, on tombe sur un créateur d'automates appelé wak-wok-vauk-an-son Frankésteïn
Enjoying the suggestion in this piece that Larry is now fulfilling the traditional function of the constitutional monarch www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
November 8, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Enjoying the suggestion in this piece that Larry is now fulfilling the traditional function of the constitutional monarch www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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How universalist was Enlightenment thought? In our 2025 Besterman Lecture, Antoine Lilti (Collège de France) discusses 'The three languages of universalism: thinking globally in the Enlightenment’. Thursday 13 Nov, 5pm @magdalenoxford.bsky.social:
voltaire.ox.ac.uk/event/bester...
voltaire.ox.ac.uk/event/bester...
October 8, 2025 at 9:31 AM
How universalist was Enlightenment thought? In our 2025 Besterman Lecture, Antoine Lilti (Collège de France) discusses 'The three languages of universalism: thinking globally in the Enlightenment’. Thursday 13 Nov, 5pm @magdalenoxford.bsky.social:
voltaire.ox.ac.uk/event/bester...
voltaire.ox.ac.uk/event/bester...
Other news from this trip: I wore my Wedgwood Benn for Pope! t-shirt to the Vatican and a carabiniere stopped me and asked for my ID
There are adverts on the Rome metro to remind drivers that however much pedestrians might annoy them, it is always wrong to run them over
November 3, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Other news from this trip: I wore my Wedgwood Benn for Pope! t-shirt to the Vatican and a carabiniere stopped me and asked for my ID
There are adverts on the Rome metro to remind drivers that however much pedestrians might annoy them, it is always wrong to run them over
November 2, 2025 at 4:37 PM
There are adverts on the Rome metro to remind drivers that however much pedestrians might annoy them, it is always wrong to run them over