Mikko Toivanen
@mtoiv.bsky.social
Historian of colonialism and modern SE Asia @UTU.fi｜🌲 Currently working on transimperial histories of forestry 🌲｜Previously: colonial cities 🏛️ and travel 🚢｜PhD from EUI｜📚 occasionally writes about books and films 🎞️
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Mikko Toivanen
@mtoiv.bsky.social
· Sep 17
Author copies have arrived! The book is demonstrably real! Official publication date in about two weeks but I've heard it will already be available at ENIUGH next week. Check out the full info over at: lup.nl/publications...
It's publication day! 🎉🥳 Very soon I won't need to post about this anymore, but in the meantime, if you're interested in the colonial roots of modern tourism, or the role of leisure travel in producing knowledge about the world, check it out. Also as e-book on JSTOR: www.jstor.org/stable/jj.31...
People are always like "could you explain this concept you use in your title" and just come on, leave me alone, please.
November 11, 2025 at 3:41 PM
People are always like "could you explain this concept you use in your title" and just come on, leave me alone, please.
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Very pleased to have been elected a Fellow of the Finnish Historical Society from today! /// Suuri kiitos Suomen Historialliselle Seuralle kutsusta tutkijajäseneksi!
November 10, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Very pleased to have been elected a Fellow of the Finnish Historical Society from today! /// Suuri kiitos Suomen Historialliselle Seuralle kutsusta tutkijajäseneksi!
Very pleased to have been elected a Fellow of the Finnish Historical Society from today! /// Suuri kiitos Suomen Historialliselle Seuralle kutsusta tutkijajäseneksi!
November 10, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Very pleased to have been elected a Fellow of the Finnish Historical Society from today! /// Suuri kiitos Suomen Historialliselle Seuralle kutsusta tutkijajäseneksi!
hashtag postdoclife
Something similar happened to me recently, I had set up old work email A to redirect to newer email B just in case; well, B just expired and I was puzzled to find out I'm still getting A post to current email C; it then turns out people at institution A have just added C to their mailing lists?
November 7, 2025 at 1:39 PM
hashtag postdoclife
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Arkisia kuulumisia Palestiinasta:
Vietin päivän nauraen ja surren ystävieni kanssa. Muistelimme elämämme hyviä hetkiä ja tuskallisia hetkiä kansanmurhan aikana. Yksi kysymys nousi esiin yhä uudelleen: Miltä tuntui, kun se vihdoin päättyi?
Lue koko juttu: voima.fi/artikkeli/20...
Vietin päivän nauraen ja surren ystävieni kanssa. Muistelimme elämämme hyviä hetkiä ja tuskallisia hetkiä kansanmurhan aikana. Yksi kysymys nousi esiin yhä uudelleen: Miltä tuntui, kun se vihdoin päättyi?
Lue koko juttu: voima.fi/artikkeli/20...
Selviytymisen kolmet kasvot
Hassan Herzallah kirjoittaa tulitauon koittamisesta Gazassa.
voima.fi
November 7, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Arkisia kuulumisia Palestiinasta:
Vietin päivän nauraen ja surren ystävieni kanssa. Muistelimme elämämme hyviä hetkiä ja tuskallisia hetkiä kansanmurhan aikana. Yksi kysymys nousi esiin yhä uudelleen: Miltä tuntui, kun se vihdoin päättyi?
Lue koko juttu: voima.fi/artikkeli/20...
Vietin päivän nauraen ja surren ystävieni kanssa. Muistelimme elämämme hyviä hetkiä ja tuskallisia hetkiä kansanmurhan aikana. Yksi kysymys nousi esiin yhä uudelleen: Miltä tuntui, kun se vihdoin päättyi?
Lue koko juttu: voima.fi/artikkeli/20...
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Vague-posting until there's ink on paper but it's starting to look like book project NEW CRITICAL HISTORY OF FINNISH FORESTRY is going to happen! (That's not the actual name, it's got a cool name but it's in Finnish.)
November 6, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Vague-posting until there's ink on paper but it's starting to look like book project NEW CRITICAL HISTORY OF FINNISH FORESTRY is going to happen! (That's not the actual name, it's got a cool name but it's in Finnish.)
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Just published my first piece in The Conversation, based on my recent SAHJ article💧
theconversation.com/access-to-wa...
theconversation.com/access-to-wa...
Access to water has a long racial history in Durban: I followed the story in the city’s archives
Colonial era records reveal the intersection of race and access to water in South Africa’s history.
theconversation.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Just published my first piece in The Conversation, based on my recent SAHJ article💧
theconversation.com/access-to-wa...
theconversation.com/access-to-wa...
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Honestly, I've been waiting that somebody will take this on.
Vague-posting until there's ink on paper but it's starting to look like book project NEW CRITICAL HISTORY OF FINNISH FORESTRY is going to happen! (That's not the actual name, it's got a cool name but it's in Finnish.)
November 6, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Honestly, I've been waiting that somebody will take this on.
I guess this means I'll have to start posting in Finnish for promotion purposes, does anyone know what Finnish Bsky is like?
Vague-posting until there's ink on paper but it's starting to look like book project NEW CRITICAL HISTORY OF FINNISH FORESTRY is going to happen! (That's not the actual name, it's got a cool name but it's in Finnish.)
November 6, 2025 at 9:22 AM
I guess this means I'll have to start posting in Finnish for promotion purposes, does anyone know what Finnish Bsky is like?
Vague-posting until there's ink on paper but it's starting to look like book project NEW CRITICAL HISTORY OF FINNISH FORESTRY is going to happen! (That's not the actual name, it's got a cool name but it's in Finnish.)
November 6, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Vague-posting until there's ink on paper but it's starting to look like book project NEW CRITICAL HISTORY OF FINNISH FORESTRY is going to happen! (That's not the actual name, it's got a cool name but it's in Finnish.)
Tactically not citing relevant work by a guy with the same surname as me since reviewers might think we're related.
November 5, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Tactically not citing relevant work by a guy with the same surname as me since reviewers might think we're related.
Nordic moral leadership in world politics in a nutshell:
Norway suspends $2.1tn oil fund’s ethics rules to avoid selling Big Tech stakes
Norway suspends $2.1tn oil fund’s ethics rules to avoid selling Big Tech stakes
Jens Stoltenberg says move will avoid forced sale of shares in Amazon, Microsoft and Alphabet over their work for Israel
www.irishtimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Nordic moral leadership in world politics in a nutshell:
Finally got a Bialetti again for the first time since moving away from Italy (which was way too long ago), life is getting better.
November 5, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Finally got a Bialetti again for the first time since moving away from Italy (which was way too long ago), life is getting better.
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Thrilled to see this introduction by me and Charlotte Ann Legg to our special issue on "Connected Histories of Empire: France, Britain & the Pacific" is now out and in open access. The rest of our special issue – with a fantastic array of articles – will be out soon! @journalpacifichist.bsky.social
Connected Histories of Empire: France, Britain, and the Pacific
This special issue explores the connected histories of France, Britain, and the Pacific in the 19th and early 20th centuries at the level of states, colonial administrations, people, practices, and...
www.tandfonline.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Thrilled to see this introduction by me and Charlotte Ann Legg to our special issue on "Connected Histories of Empire: France, Britain & the Pacific" is now out and in open access. The rest of our special issue – with a fantastic array of articles – will be out soon! @journalpacifichist.bsky.social
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Continuing to mark the spooky season, my undergrads and I turn this week to the supernatural preoccupations of early silent cinema. I hope they are as delighted as I am by the gleeful goofiness of Pathé studio's 1906 La Maison ensorcelée. To share the joy, I give you a couple of screenshots:
November 4, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Continuing to mark the spooky season, my undergrads and I turn this week to the supernatural preoccupations of early silent cinema. I hope they are as delighted as I am by the gleeful goofiness of Pathé studio's 1906 La Maison ensorcelée. To share the joy, I give you a couple of screenshots:
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We've just launched the cfp for the 10th anniversary Tartu Conference on East European and Eurasian Studies, 10–12 June 2026!
Theme: "Global Flows and Frictions in Eastern Europe and Eurasia"
Cfp: tartuconference.ut.ee
Deadline for submissions: 25 Jan 2026
We look forward to seeing you in Tartu!
Theme: "Global Flows and Frictions in Eastern Europe and Eurasia"
Cfp: tartuconference.ut.ee
Deadline for submissions: 25 Jan 2026
We look forward to seeing you in Tartu!
November 3, 2025 at 4:53 PM
We've just launched the cfp for the 10th anniversary Tartu Conference on East European and Eurasian Studies, 10–12 June 2026!
Theme: "Global Flows and Frictions in Eastern Europe and Eurasia"
Cfp: tartuconference.ut.ee
Deadline for submissions: 25 Jan 2026
We look forward to seeing you in Tartu!
Theme: "Global Flows and Frictions in Eastern Europe and Eurasia"
Cfp: tartuconference.ut.ee
Deadline for submissions: 25 Jan 2026
We look forward to seeing you in Tartu!
I don't really understand why so much of my Bluesky feed is about American sports I barely know the name of but let me tell you my hometown club just won the Finnish football championship and I'm going to take the rest of the week off to celebrate. Oh, it's Monday? Whatever.
November 3, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I don't really understand why so much of my Bluesky feed is about American sports I barely know the name of but let me tell you my hometown club just won the Finnish football championship and I'm going to take the rest of the week off to celebrate. Oh, it's Monday? Whatever.
Needing to look up some references in my book but going back to the dissertation pdf instead because I don't want to accidentally discover any typos.
October 31, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Needing to look up some references in my book but going back to the dissertation pdf instead because I don't want to accidentally discover any typos.
I'm in the relatively fortunate position of having had almost continuous research funding since my PhD but even so, I've never been able to plan any project with a secure time horizon of more than 2-3 years. It means you limit your ambitions, rush outputs, forgo collaborations. Basically it sucks.
my next steps include finishing my fifth book, preparing the next issue of the journal that I am co-editing, watch a few texts and volumes get finally published, and do my teaching load, but new plans, new projects, new topics will not happen, as temporary employment means working with a hand brake.
October 31, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I'm in the relatively fortunate position of having had almost continuous research funding since my PhD but even so, I've never been able to plan any project with a secure time horizon of more than 2-3 years. It means you limit your ambitions, rush outputs, forgo collaborations. Basically it sucks.
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Tilaa Voima kotiin!
Marraskuun Voima menee painoon ensi viikolla. Jos haluat lehden itsellesi kotiin postitettuna, tilaa Voima viimeistään maanantaina 3.11.! 8 numeroa 39 euroa.
Sitä myöhemmin tilanneet saavat Voiman joulukuun lehdestä lähtien. kauppa.voima.fi/tuote/voima-...
Marraskuun Voima menee painoon ensi viikolla. Jos haluat lehden itsellesi kotiin postitettuna, tilaa Voima viimeistään maanantaina 3.11.! 8 numeroa 39 euroa.
Sitä myöhemmin tilanneet saavat Voiman joulukuun lehdestä lähtien. kauppa.voima.fi/tuote/voima-...
Voiman vuositilaus (8 numeroa) – Voimakauppa
Tilaamalla Voiman kotiisi varmistat, että olet aina ensimmäisten lukijoiden joukossa! Samalla tuet riippumatonta journalismia ja Voiman ilmestymistä jatkossakin.
kauppa.voima.fi
October 31, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Tilaa Voima kotiin!
Marraskuun Voima menee painoon ensi viikolla. Jos haluat lehden itsellesi kotiin postitettuna, tilaa Voima viimeistään maanantaina 3.11.! 8 numeroa 39 euroa.
Sitä myöhemmin tilanneet saavat Voiman joulukuun lehdestä lähtien. kauppa.voima.fi/tuote/voima-...
Marraskuun Voima menee painoon ensi viikolla. Jos haluat lehden itsellesi kotiin postitettuna, tilaa Voima viimeistään maanantaina 3.11.! 8 numeroa 39 euroa.
Sitä myöhemmin tilanneet saavat Voiman joulukuun lehdestä lähtien. kauppa.voima.fi/tuote/voima-...
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Thanks to @reaktionbooks.bsky.social for making my history of protest in England's public spaces into a beautiful, well produced book with a fab cover.
Buy it here reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/contest...
Buy it here reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/contest...
October 25, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Thanks to @reaktionbooks.bsky.social for making my history of protest in England's public spaces into a beautiful, well produced book with a fab cover.
Buy it here reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/contest...
Buy it here reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/contest...
Another bit of Halloween reading that I was very happy to pick up for 1€ since I've been on the lookout for a while: Gustav Meyrink's The White Dominican (1921). Lots of esoteric transmigration-of-the-soul stuff cobbled up with vague early-20thC European notions of Buddhism.
October 29, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Another bit of Halloween reading that I was very happy to pick up for 1€ since I've been on the lookout for a while: Gustav Meyrink's The White Dominican (1921). Lots of esoteric transmigration-of-the-soul stuff cobbled up with vague early-20thC European notions of Buddhism.
Going through someone's copyedits on a text of mine and they've just casually replaced "nineteenth century" with "twentieth century" without comment. Those were pretty different, actually! I'm something of an expert.
October 29, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Going through someone's copyedits on a text of mine and they've just casually replaced "nineteenth century" with "twentieth century" without comment. Those were pretty different, actually! I'm something of an expert.
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Reposting this for anyone interested in the history and politics of international antifascism:
Hello new followers! Interested in the history of #antifascism and resistance? Here is a short thread about the edited volumes and special issues that I have had the privilege to co-edit. All containing contributions by stellar authors with new exciting perspectives. Share if you like! /1
October 28, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Reposting this for anyone interested in the history and politics of international antifascism:
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We’re happy to welcome @susannequitmann.bsky.social to the global dis:connect team! 💫
Susanne is a historian and postdoc focusing on temporalities. Her research explores global histories of social structures and everyday life, as well as conceptual questions in historical research and writing.
Susanne is a historian and postdoc focusing on temporalities. Her research explores global histories of social structures and everyday life, as well as conceptual questions in historical research and writing.
October 24, 2025 at 9:33 AM
We’re happy to welcome @susannequitmann.bsky.social to the global dis:connect team! 💫
Susanne is a historian and postdoc focusing on temporalities. Her research explores global histories of social structures and everyday life, as well as conceptual questions in historical research and writing.
Susanne is a historian and postdoc focusing on temporalities. Her research explores global histories of social structures and everyday life, as well as conceptual questions in historical research and writing.