Kasper Braskén
@kasperbrasken.bsky.social
Academy Research Fellow, University of Helsinki. Transnational & global history, antifascism, resistance, solidarity, memory & urban history. Now: visiting researcher, Global History, FU Berlin | https://researchportal.helsinki.fi/en/persons/kasper-brasken
What an amazing book. It analyses the histories of racial segregation by looking at the role of space, place and land - and how it has shaped the practice of resistance and revolt.
November 14, 2025 at 2:10 PM
What an amazing book. It analyses the histories of racial segregation by looking at the role of space, place and land - and how it has shaped the practice of resistance and revolt.
I love discovering small radical publishers. If you don't know about Rab-Rab Press, I strongly recommend you have a look at their book catalogue: www.rabrab.net
November 6, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I love discovering small radical publishers. If you don't know about Rab-Rab Press, I strongly recommend you have a look at their book catalogue: www.rabrab.net
One of the perks of being in Berlin. A privilege to participate in the discussions of The Global History Colloquium, with today’s fascinating presentation by Romain Tiquet (Centre Marc Bloch) on "Thinking Through Cases: A Political and Social History of West Africa Through Psychiatric Records"
November 3, 2025 at 5:24 PM
One of the perks of being in Berlin. A privilege to participate in the discussions of The Global History Colloquium, with today’s fascinating presentation by Romain Tiquet (Centre Marc Bloch) on "Thinking Through Cases: A Political and Social History of West Africa Through Psychiatric Records"
Did you know that the first international antifascist news bulletin was called "Chronik des Faschismus", published in Berlin - below the cover from the very first issue, August 1923. For the full background story, see: www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/2...
October 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Did you know that the first international antifascist news bulletin was called "Chronik des Faschismus", published in Berlin - below the cover from the very first issue, August 1923. For the full background story, see: www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/2...
My reading recommendation for today: '“Scrap Iron Becomes Bullets”: When Dockers Fought Fascism with Direct Action' by Peter Cole #boycotts #antifascism #solidarity read.dukeupress.edu/labor/articl...
October 28, 2025 at 12:29 PM
My reading recommendation for today: '“Scrap Iron Becomes Bullets”: When Dockers Fought Fascism with Direct Action' by Peter Cole #boycotts #antifascism #solidarity read.dukeupress.edu/labor/articl...
This Friday I will be speaking at the Labour Movement Library in Helsinki for the exhibition “Counter Libraries”. I will be talking about the antifascist exile in Paris and Prague - and especially the role of Willi Münzenberg for interwar left-wing publishing.
October 23, 2025 at 10:18 AM
This Friday I will be speaking at the Labour Movement Library in Helsinki for the exhibition “Counter Libraries”. I will be talking about the antifascist exile in Paris and Prague - and especially the role of Willi Münzenberg for interwar left-wing publishing.
A crucial new publication on #antifascism: It centres Latin America and the Spanish Caribbean, showing that activists in the region did not simply copy European models but refashioned them and added new ingredients to make antifascism fit the local context. cambridgeblog.org/2025/08/anti...
October 3, 2025 at 2:17 PM
A crucial new publication on #antifascism: It centres Latin America and the Spanish Caribbean, showing that activists in the region did not simply copy European models but refashioned them and added new ingredients to make antifascism fit the local context. cambridgeblog.org/2025/08/anti...
Celebrating the one year anniversary of "The Helsinki Notebooks", we have launched a brand new version of the journal website with a beautiful new look! Please have a look and let us know what you think! #OpenAccess Also featuring a brand new essay by @shanealittle.bsky.social !
October 1, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Celebrating the one year anniversary of "The Helsinki Notebooks", we have launched a brand new version of the journal website with a beautiful new look! Please have a look and let us know what you think! #OpenAccess Also featuring a brand new essay by @shanealittle.bsky.social !
#CFP for Vol. 2 of "The Helsinki Notebooks" (ISSN 2984-5343): We publish essays that connect the histories of fascism and colonialism / antifascism, anti-colonialism or antiracism. Follow @helsinkinotebooks.bsky.social and check the THN-website for more information: helsinkinotebooks.com
September 26, 2025 at 12:11 PM
#CFP for Vol. 2 of "The Helsinki Notebooks" (ISSN 2984-5343): We publish essays that connect the histories of fascism and colonialism / antifascism, anti-colonialism or antiracism. Follow @helsinkinotebooks.bsky.social and check the THN-website for more information: helsinkinotebooks.com
The best part: Much more is in the pipelines: An ed. volume: on "Anti-Fascist London" (2026); A monograph "Anti-Fascism: A Global History" (co-written by Kasper Braskén & Nigel Copsey, Routledge 2026); an ed. vol on "Imagining the Anti-Fascist City" ed. by Braskén, Moshumee Dewoo & Shane Little. /7
August 12, 2025 at 12:30 PM
The best part: Much more is in the pipelines: An ed. volume: on "Anti-Fascist London" (2026); A monograph "Anti-Fascism: A Global History" (co-written by Kasper Braskén & Nigel Copsey, Routledge 2026); an ed. vol on "Imagining the Anti-Fascist City" ed. by Braskén, Moshumee Dewoo & Shane Little. /7
Farewell to beautiful Prague! The MSA’s annual conference was again an impressive and truly inspiring event! A heartfelt thank you to the Memory Studies Association and the local organisers! @memstudiesassoc.bsky.social
July 18, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Farewell to beautiful Prague! The MSA’s annual conference was again an impressive and truly inspiring event! A heartfelt thank you to the Memory Studies Association and the local organisers! @memstudiesassoc.bsky.social
A superb start of the Memory Studies Association’s annual conference in Prague. Thrilled to witness the official launch of the MSA Working Group: “Antifascist Memory” co-chaired by Zoltán Kékesi and Máté Zombory. Exciting events ahead! #MSAPrague2025 #antifascism
July 15, 2025 at 11:32 AM
A superb start of the Memory Studies Association’s annual conference in Prague. Thrilled to witness the official launch of the MSA Working Group: “Antifascist Memory” co-chaired by Zoltán Kékesi and Máté Zombory. Exciting events ahead! #MSAPrague2025 #antifascism
Om Trump och republikanernas försök att göra massdeportationer och fångläger till ett popkulturfenomen. Tillåtet att förfäras över vad som komma skall: www.abounderrattelser.fi/artikel/i-al...
July 8, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Om Trump och republikanernas försök att göra massdeportationer och fångläger till ett popkulturfenomen. Tillåtet att förfäras över vad som komma skall: www.abounderrattelser.fi/artikel/i-al...
Look what I got in the mail! Two brilliant new contributions to the history of fascism and antifascism in France and Europe! Thank you to Jérémy Guedj @guedjeremy.bsky.social for generously sharing these important studies 🙏
June 24, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Look what I got in the mail! Two brilliant new contributions to the history of fascism and antifascism in France and Europe! Thank you to Jérémy Guedj @guedjeremy.bsky.social for generously sharing these important studies 🙏
We are set for an exciting event later this week in Helsinki! You can still register to follow the livestream of professor David Featherstone's keynote on Thursday, followed by a roundtable with prof. Peter Cole and visual artist Minna Henriksson.
June 3, 2025 at 1:51 PM
We are set for an exciting event later this week in Helsinki! You can still register to follow the livestream of professor David Featherstone's keynote on Thursday, followed by a roundtable with prof. Peter Cole and visual artist Minna Henriksson.
A true honour to deliver my keynote "Anti-Fascism and the Global Turn" at the "Antifascism in Action"-conference at the University of Lausanne. A privilege to address such a preeminent group of scholars. www.unil.ch/events/en/17...
May 27, 2025 at 4:09 PM
A true honour to deliver my keynote "Anti-Fascism and the Global Turn" at the "Antifascism in Action"-conference at the University of Lausanne. A privilege to address such a preeminent group of scholars. www.unil.ch/events/en/17...
The king of the household (sceptically observing academic working from home)
December 12, 2024 at 9:24 AM
The king of the household (sceptically observing academic working from home)
”Saving America from Herself” (July 1939). Fascists and rightwing extremists attacking the US Declaration of Independence. #AntifascistArt
December 3, 2024 at 11:44 AM
”Saving America from Herself” (July 1939). Fascists and rightwing extremists attacking the US Declaration of Independence. #AntifascistArt
Not much hype about it, but NYC Municipal Archives are located in an incredibly beautiful building. Best Black Friday deals a historian could dream about.
December 1, 2024 at 1:47 AM
Not much hype about it, but NYC Municipal Archives are located in an incredibly beautiful building. Best Black Friday deals a historian could dream about.
Lovely visit to Roosevelt Island today!
November 27, 2024 at 10:05 PM
Lovely visit to Roosevelt Island today!
And the nomination for “Best Historical Pamphlet that Speaks to the Current Moment” goes to… Rajani Palme Dutt!
November 26, 2024 at 8:19 PM
And the nomination for “Best Historical Pamphlet that Speaks to the Current Moment” goes to… Rajani Palme Dutt!
Great day at the archives today! Some highlights from the 1930s/1940s in New York City. #antifascism
November 25, 2024 at 10:58 PM
Great day at the archives today! Some highlights from the 1930s/1940s in New York City. #antifascism
Out from my NYC bubble, exploring archives in Pennsylvania. Beautiful autumn leaves outside the Swarthmore College Peace Collections.
November 18, 2024 at 9:30 PM
Out from my NYC bubble, exploring archives in Pennsylvania. Beautiful autumn leaves outside the Swarthmore College Peace Collections.
”Free speech” Elon-style on Twitter / X.
November 16, 2024 at 7:05 PM
”Free speech” Elon-style on Twitter / X.