Maartje Abbenhuis
@maartjeabb.bsky.social
Historian at large || Waipapa Taumata Rau University of Auckland
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3-year PhD position in modern economic history with the Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet (NTNU), starting 1 February 2026:
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available....
Deadline: 15 September 2025.
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available....
Deadline: 15 September 2025.
PhD Candidate in Modern Economic History (281029) | NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Job title: PhD Candidate in Modern Economic History (281029), Employer: NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Deadline: Monday, September 15, 2025
www.jobbnorge.no
September 5, 2025 at 7:16 AM
3-year PhD position in modern economic history with the Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet (NTNU), starting 1 February 2026:
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available....
Deadline: 15 September 2025.
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available....
Deadline: 15 September 2025.
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See the full vacancy text here: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
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...
werkenbij.uva.nl
October 2, 2025 at 8:01 AM
See the full vacancy text here: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
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I m advertising a PhD position as part of our ERC project BLOCKADE. The PhD cand. should focus on myth/narratives of the hunger blockade in Germany, Austria in the era of the World Wars. 4 years of funding, wonderful team, amazing city (evidence attached)! Pls share! www.hsozkult.de/opportunity/...
October 30, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I m advertising a PhD position as part of our ERC project BLOCKADE. The PhD cand. should focus on myth/narratives of the hunger blockade in Germany, Austria in the era of the World Wars. 4 years of funding, wonderful team, amazing city (evidence attached)! Pls share! www.hsozkult.de/opportunity/...
Here's the preview of the book cover... it's not out yet, but you can now pre-order The Dum-Dum Bullet: A Lethal History, 1850-1950
The Dum-Dum Bullet | Cambridge University Press & Assessment
www.cambridge.org
November 1, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Here's the preview of the book cover... it's not out yet, but you can now pre-order The Dum-Dum Bullet: A Lethal History, 1850-1950
Lectureship in the history of Aotearoa New Zealand at Waipapa Taumata Rau University of Auckland! Come join me and my wonderful colleagues! jobs.smartrecruiters.com/TheUniversit...
October 6, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Lectureship in the history of Aotearoa New Zealand at Waipapa Taumata Rau University of Auckland! Come join me and my wonderful colleagues! jobs.smartrecruiters.com/TheUniversit...
You know your society is in trouble when your government's only priority in its Tertiary Education Strategy is economic growth. Universities are so much more than skills' training schools. New Zealanders should want to fund universities that teach and research in all areas of societal relevance.
web-assets.education.govt.nz
September 3, 2025 at 8:39 PM
You know your society is in trouble when your government's only priority in its Tertiary Education Strategy is economic growth. Universities are so much more than skills' training schools. New Zealanders should want to fund universities that teach and research in all areas of societal relevance.
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It's true - Luxon & National want to sell or exchange up to 67% of NZ's conservation lands
The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment states:
“This proposal would represent a major change to New Zealand conservation law...The vast majority of this land is of high ecological value.”
#nzpol
The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment states:
“This proposal would represent a major change to New Zealand conservation law...The vast majority of this land is of high ecological value.”
#nzpol
Luxon wants to sell or exchange up to 67% of NZ's conservation lands
National say they will "unleash growth". That may be by selling / exchanging 5 million hectares of conservation land, much of it with "high ecological value" - representing 2/3 of the entire estate.
mountaintui.substack.com
August 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM
It's true - Luxon & National want to sell or exchange up to 67% of NZ's conservation lands
The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment states:
“This proposal would represent a major change to New Zealand conservation law...The vast majority of this land is of high ecological value.”
#nzpol
The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment states:
“This proposal would represent a major change to New Zealand conservation law...The vast majority of this land is of high ecological value.”
#nzpol
Why David Seymour’s latest online campaign is so very dangerous … the ever erudite Dame Anne Salmond explains
Anne Salmond: Victim of the Day
Dame Anne Salmond on a lame but personally intimidating campaign launched by Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour against academic critics of his Regulatory Standards Bill
newsroom.co.nz
June 25, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Why David Seymour’s latest online campaign is so very dangerous … the ever erudite Dame Anne Salmond explains
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Dame Anne Salmond, erudite as ever ...
Anne Salmond: She won't be right, mate
Having declared war on the environment, the Government is now declaring war on women.
newsroom.co.nz
May 9, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Dame Anne Salmond, erudite as ever ...
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Hot off the press! See the Open Access paper 'The Dum-Dum Controversy: Rifle Ammunition in British Politics at the Turn of the Twentieth Century' by Maartje Abbenhuis: doi.org/10.1080/0308...
The Dum-Dum Controversy: Rifle Ammunition in British Politics at the Turn of the Twentieth Century
When the British armed forces adopted a new generation of rifle ammunition in the 1890s, it occasioned a series of serious political crises for the British state. This article revisits the national...
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April 7, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Hot off the press! See the Open Access paper 'The Dum-Dum Controversy: Rifle Ammunition in British Politics at the Turn of the Twentieth Century' by Maartje Abbenhuis: doi.org/10.1080/0308...
If you are interested in the politics of arms supply, check out my latest article: ‘The Dum-Dum Controversy: Rifle Ammunition in British Politics at the Turn of the Twentieth Century’ published in the Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History #History @jich.bsky.social
April 3, 2025 at 9:48 PM
If you are interested in the politics of arms supply, check out my latest article: ‘The Dum-Dum Controversy: Rifle Ammunition in British Politics at the Turn of the Twentieth Century’ published in the Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History #History @jich.bsky.social
The assault on universities is ramping up in Aotearoa NZ - this will need a country-wide robust response
Tertiary institutions 'should not assume funding will be maintained'
The Tertiary Education Commission has indicated some tertiary institutions could face funding cuts next year.
www.rnz.co.nz
March 20, 2025 at 6:25 PM
The assault on universities is ramping up in Aotearoa NZ - this will need a country-wide robust response
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We’re in a timeline where I agree with Mike Pence 🤯
February 19, 2025 at 7:30 PM
We’re in a timeline where I agree with Mike Pence 🤯
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February 16, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Excuse me, Chernobyl, what??!!: It seems that Russia is getting out of hand in their war with Ukraine. Here is the latest stupidity. Last night the Russians went after Chernobyl. With a drone attack. Yes, *that*Chernobyl. The one where the sarcophagus was just completed in 2017. The one where the…
Excuse me, Chernobyl, what??!!
It seems that Russia is getting out of hand in their war with Ukraine. Here is the latest stupidity. Last night the Russians went after Chernobyl. With a drone attack. Yes, *that*Chernobyl. The one where the sarcophagus was just completed in 2017. The one…
politizoom.com
February 14, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Excuse me, Chernobyl, what??!!: It seems that Russia is getting out of hand in their war with Ukraine. Here is the latest stupidity. Last night the Russians went after Chernobyl. With a drone attack. Yes, *that*Chernobyl. The one where the sarcophagus was just completed in 2017. The one where the…
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Last week, when some of NZ’s school children were either served slop or left waiting for meals that arrived well past lunchtime – if at all – the country’s elite dined on 220 crayfish; 65 dozen oysters; 200kg of lamb, beef and pork, and 60kg of fresh fish.
#nzpol
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3605...
#nzpol
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3605...
Welcome to New Zealand, where kids get slop and politicians get oysters
OPINION: There was something deeply distasteful about last week’s scenes from Shane Jones’ Waitangi party.
www.thepress.co.nz
February 13, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Last week, when some of NZ’s school children were either served slop or left waiting for meals that arrived well past lunchtime – if at all – the country’s elite dined on 220 crayfish; 65 dozen oysters; 200kg of lamb, beef and pork, and 60kg of fresh fish.
#nzpol
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3605...
#nzpol
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3605...
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Mediaeval history PhD scholarship opportunity at Flinders. lm.facebook.com/l.php?u=http...
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February 4, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Mediaeval history PhD scholarship opportunity at Flinders. lm.facebook.com/l.php?u=http...
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if canada burns the whitehouse down *again* that's going to be really awkward.
February 2, 2025 at 5:40 AM
if canada burns the whitehouse down *again* that's going to be really awkward.
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Let’s applaud the courage to speak truth to power and defend the down trodden.
January 22, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Let’s applaud the courage to speak truth to power and defend the down trodden.
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