Fraser Raeburn
@fraserraeburn.bsky.social
Historian interested in foreign fighters, transnational solidarities, emotion, anti-fascism and the Spanish Civil War. Currently based at @uvahumanities.bsky.social. Author 'Scots and the Spanish Civil War' (EUP, 2020). He/him.
Sounds familiar - researching the 1930s drove this observation as much as anything else. A lot of faceless decisions made that these records didn't matter...
October 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Sounds familiar - researching the 1930s drove this observation as much as anything else. A lot of faceless decisions made that these records didn't matter...
Would that it were the last tool of Nazism that people conviinced the British government to use.
October 22, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Would that it were the last tool of Nazism that people conviinced the British government to use.
Another interesting question - when do embedded film/photogrpahy units become more about managing contemporary news/journalism, and less about the historical gaze?
October 22, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Another interesting question - when do embedded film/photogrpahy units become more about managing contemporary news/journalism, and less about the historical gaze?
Yes, this was foremost in my mind for the "among other reasons" caveat! But I don't think it's the whole picture, especially for non-state institutions.
October 22, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Yes, this was foremost in my mind for the "among other reasons" caveat! But I don't think it's the whole picture, especially for non-state institutions.
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Vacancy — PhD position - Benign Blockades? Blockades and sanctions, 1919-1939
The Amsterdam School for Historical Studies (ASH) invites applications for a fully funded PhD position (4 years, 1.0ft). This position is part of the ERC Synergy-funded research programme BLOCKADE, wh...
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October 2, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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By all means celebrate the moment and the role of Irish and other immigrants in it of course. The real story is good enough!
October 4, 2025 at 10:45 AM
By all means celebrate the moment and the role of Irish and other immigrants in it of course. The real story is good enough!
Not my field but damn that's a lot of hmmmm
September 16, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Not my field but damn that's a lot of hmmmm
It would of course be equally Death of Stalin if the best thing anyone still working at the White House could come up with was for Vance to reassure people of his competency.
August 30, 2025 at 11:28 AM
It would of course be equally Death of Stalin if the best thing anyone still working at the White House could come up with was for Vance to reassure people of his competency.