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Steve Murdoch

@profmurdoch.bsky.social

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Professor of History, Swedish Defence University

Research & Teaching:
- The Thirty Years' War (1618-1648)
- British Civil Wars (1639-1660)
- Maritime Warfare & Law (1513-1713)
- History of Military Thought, 500BC-2000AD

#Dyslexic in several languages. .. more

Steve Murdoch is an academic and writer. He is author on the history of Scotland and the Wider World in general and of Scotland and Scandinavia in particular. His monographs include Britain, Denmark-Norway and the House of Stuart, 1603-1660 (2000/2003); Network North: Scottish Kin, Commercial and Covert Associations in Northern Europe, 1603-1746 (2006) and the book The Terror of the Seas? Scottish Maritime Warfare, 1513-1713 (2010). In 2014 he published the co-authored book Alexander Leslie and the Scottish Generals of the Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648. He has edited several volumes including Scotland and the Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648 (2000) and with Alexia Grosjean Scottish Communities Abroad in the Early Modern Period (2005). This same pairing created the Scotland, Scandinavia and Northern European Biographical Database (SSNE). .. more

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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 2h

Footage from Kyiv shows the moment a drone strikes a residential high rise in the Pozniaky district. Another direct and deliberate attack on civilian housing.

Steve Murdoch @profmurdoch.bsky.social · 23h

"Foreign religions" like Christianity started in blighty 🤔

Steve Murdoch @profmurdoch.bsky.social · 2d

Don't suppose you can definitively identify the German regiment. The Division is correct. See various takes on the regiment.

Steve Murdoch @profmurdoch.bsky.social · 2d

Altered, ta

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 3d

Belgium joins South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at ICJ https://aje.io/49ttvf

Belgium joins South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at ICJ

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 3d

The Government Media Office in the Gaza Strip reports that Israeli forces have committed 875 violations over 74 days of the ceasefire, killing 411 Palestinians and injuring 1,112 as they also arrested 45 people.

Steve Murdoch @profmurdoch.bsky.social · 4d

Nit even a choice 🍻

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 4d

Who are the Palestine Action hunger strikers and what are the health risks?

Who are the Palestine Action hunger strikers and what are the health risks?

Seven prisoners have been taken to hospital since starting their strikes, with some claiming a lack of medical attention * Families of Palestine Action hunger strikers seek urgent meeting with Lammy Eight prisoners have been on hunger strike while awaiting trial for alleged offences relating to Palestine Action before the group was banned under terrorism legislation. What do we know about the activists and their demands? Continue reading...

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Steve Murdoch @profmurdoch.bsky.social · 5d

My annual Christmas greeting to you all. The Christmas Day Truce. The text is here:

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#WWI #ChristmasDayTruce #History #Skystorians #WesternFront #GreatWar #TrenchWarfare @westernfrontww1.bsky.social @greatwarhuts.bsky.social @jich.bsky.social 📚 🗃

#christmas #christmasdaytruce #gordonhighlanders #wwi #wwii | Steve Murdoch

My annual Christmas card to you all: Christmas Day 1914. This was painted by my grandfather Charles Murdoch (age 21) while serving in France in H Company (Huntly), 6th Gordon Highlanders (7th Highlan...

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 5d

Palestinian reporters have paid a terrible price in another horrific year for journalist killings | Jane Martinson

Palestinian reporters have paid a terrible price in another horrific year for journalist killings | Jane Martinson

The Al Jazeera reporter Anas al-Sharif was the most prominent name among so many targeted for simply bearing witness to the truth, says journalist and media professor Jane Martinson

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 5d

Fighting resumes hours before regional foreign ministers meet in Malaysia to discuss steps to de-escalate hostilities.

New clashes erupt on Thai-Cambodia border as ASEAN convenes peace talks

Fighting resumes hours before regional foreign ministers meet in Malaysia to discuss steps to de-escalate hostilities.

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Olli Bäckström @ollibackstrom.bsky.social · 6d

Does maritime law still allow pirates to be hanged without a trial?

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US intercepts second merchant vessel off coast of Venezuela in international waters

Vessel does not appear to be on list of US-sanctioned vessels, which would represent escalation in blockade

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 10d

‘Source of pride for Syria’: man who disarmed Bondi shooter lauded in home town

‘Source of pride for Syria’: man who disarmed Bondi shooter lauded in home town

News of Ahmed al-Ahmed’s selfless act quickly reached al-Nayrab, where locals say it proves religion or birthplace no barrier to heroism

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 11d

Palestinian father Ahmed al-Mabhuh builds a shelter for his family in Gaza ahead of winter, using mud and materials salvaged from the rubble of his destroyed home.

📸: Eyad Baba/AFP

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 12d

Bosnia’s war, 30 years on: How did the atrocities happen? https://aje.io/wvhb33

Bosnia’s war, 30 years on: How did the atrocities happen?

Steve Murdoch @profmurdoch.bsky.social · 12d

Australia's King Charles, surely?

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Meidas Charise Lee 💙🌊🌴🥥🫘 @chariselee.bsky.social · 12d

🚨 AUSTRALIA
Video from Bondi Beach shows a man tackling one of the gunman and wrestling his shotgun away‼️

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The Ferret @theferret.scot · 12d

In the West Bank village of Umm al-Khair, 24-year-old Hanady Hathaleen is raising three children alone after her husband Awdah was shot dead in settler violence. Now the family faces demolition orders on their home
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A woman in a black dress and headscarf walks hand in hand with a young child towards the doorway of a temporary metal building in a rural setting.

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Carve Her Name @carvehername.bsky.social · 12d

The results of the UK GE1918 weren't announced until 28 Dec but #OnThisDay, 14 Dec 1918, Constance Markievicz becomes the first woman elected to the UK parliament.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #BritishHistory #VotesForWomen #IrishHistory 🗃️

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staged photo of Constance Markievicz in her Irish Citizen's Army uniform and holding a revolver. She is a white woman, wearing military uniform apart from a hat with a lot of feathers.

Steve Murdoch @profmurdoch.bsky.social · 20d

This is not news.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 20d

Israeli air raids hit Maghazi camp in central Gaza as mediators warn the ceasefire is at a 'critical moment'.

Israel targets Gaza, mediators warn ceasefire at ‘critical moment’

Israeli air raids hit Maghazi camp in central Gaza as mediators warn the ceasefire is at a 'critical moment'.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 20d

Trump wants to recreate a white America that never existed | Rebecca Solnit

Trump wants to recreate a white America that never existed | Rebecca Solnit

The persecution of brown people and mass deportations will not create the white country of far-right fantasy

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 21d

‘Bloodshed was supposed to stop’: no sign of normal life as Gaza’s killing and misery grind on

‘Bloodshed was supposed to stop’: no sign of normal life as Gaza’s killing and misery grind on

The term ceasefire ‘risks creating a dangerous illusion life is returning to normal’ for Palestinians squeezed into the remaining 42% of their land behind Israel’s ‘yellow line’

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Jaakko Björklund @jaakkob.bsky.social · 21d

Coming next spring!

”The Business of War in the Early Modern Baltic Sea Region 1530–1765”

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Emilie K. M. Murphy @emiliekmmurphy.bsky.social · 21d

Very excited for this conference next summer!
#CFP (deadline 28 Feb) Clio Reframed: Women Writing History, 1500-1750 at Oxford 18-19 June 2026. #earlymodern 🗃️ clioreframed.hcommons.org/call-for-pap...

Call for Papers

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Institute for Military History (IMH) @mhafhs.bsky.social · 22d

IMH colleagues @fredrikeriksson.bsky.social and @profmurdoch.bsky.social recently took part in a conference hosted by the Danish Defence Academy on the use of History in military officer education.

More details here:

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#internationalisation | Institute of Military History (IMH), Swedish Defence University (FHS)

This week our colleagues, Fredrik Eriksson and Steve Murdoch (both IMH) were delighted to participate in the Royal Danish Defence College conference on the theme of "Military History and Officer Comp...

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 28d

Save the Children says Palestinians are sheltering at home as Israeli raids injure dozens and lead to mass arrests.

Palestinians forced into lockdown as Israel’s West Bank assault continues

Save the Children says Palestinians are sheltering at home as Israeli raids injure dozens and lead to mass arrests.

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 28d

Israeli security forces shot and killed two Palestinian men who appeared to be unarmed and surrendering in the occupied West Bank, according to video filmed by Palestine TV that was distributed by Reuters, and video shot by the news agency itself.

Israeli forces kill two Palestinians after they appear to surrender

The shooting in Jenin, in the occupied West Bank, comes amid mounting settler violence and ramped up operations by the IDF in the area.

Steve Murdoch @profmurdoch.bsky.social · 28d

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Helmer Helmers @helmer.bsky.social · 28d

Je kunt het artikel hier lezen: www.researchgate.net/publication/...

(PDF) 'Ondergronds verleden. Ger Kersten en de Raad van Verzet in Amersfoort'. In: Jaarboek Flehite (2025), 98-127 .

PDF | On Nov 28, 2025, Helmer Helmers published 'Ondergronds verleden. Ger Kersten en de Raad van Verzet in Amersfoort'. In: Jaarboek Flehite (2025), 98-127 . | Find, read and cite all the research yo...

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