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Andy Denning
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European and imperial history at University of Kansas. Books: Automotive Empire http://bit.ly/autoemp2024. Skiing into Modernity http://bit.ly/skiingmod. Interwar World http://bit.ly/iw2024
The book edited by @heiditworek.bsky.social
and me with @routledgehistory.bsky.social is two years old, and to celebrate its attainment of toddler status, is now available in paperback! Great for classes in HIST/IR with 50+ contributors in 40 globally-framed, thematic chapters!
July 17, 2025 at 4:30 PM
great opportunity for historians of games and/or the environment - check it out! niche-canada.org/2025/06/05/c...
Call for Submissions – Playing Inside: Board Games, Video Games, and the Indoors
Through Playing Inside, we hope to develop a place to discuss the many ways that playing inside impacts people’s relationships with environments outside.
niche-canada.org
June 12, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Reposted by Andy Denning
On advance access: "The Promises and Perils of Periodization in Global History: Lessons from the Inter-War Era"

by @andydenninghist.bsky.social (@kuhistorydept.bsky.social) and Heidi J S Tworek (University of British Columbia)

doi.org/10.1093/past...
The Promises and Perils of Periodization in Global History: Lessons from the Inter-War Era*
Abstract. This article considers the role of periodization in global history through the lens of the inter-war era. The global turn has shifted the ‘metage
doi.org
March 25, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Reposted by Andy Denning
The book now has a cover! (And some very kind blurbs by @ayates.bsky.social & @andydenninghist.bsky.social)

Check it out if you want to learn about how the French made the balloon into one of the quintessential artifacts of fin-de-siècle modernity.

More info at mitpress.mit.edu/978026254980...
February 25, 2025 at 5:10 PM
check it out!
February 10, 2025 at 12:20 PM
breaking the bluesky posting seal to share the exciting news that @heiditworek.bsky.social and I have a new article available from Past & Present on the perils and promises of periodization in global history. Send a chat or email @ institutional addresses for access. academic.oup.com/past/advance...
The Promises and Perils of Periodization in Global History: Lessons from the Inter-War Era*
Abstract. This article considers the role of periodization in global history through the lens of the inter-war era. The global turn has shifted the ‘metage
academic.oup.com
February 7, 2025 at 4:32 PM