Natalia Telepneva
@nataliatelepneva.bsky.social
History Lecturer at UniStrathclyde. USSR in Africa, Cold War, secret intelligence, Empire and decolonisation. Author ‘Cold War Liberation’ (UNC Press, 2022).
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An amazing evening presenting the Portuguese translation of my book. See podcast:Natalia Telepneva, Giulia Strippoli e Rui Lopes | apresentação Libertação e guerra fria. A União Soviética e o colapso do Império português em África (17 Jul 2025) www.podbean.com/ep/pb-9a3sd-...
Thanks to Rui Lopes and Giulia Strippoli for discussing my book - in Portuguese!
www.rtp.pt/play/p9753/e...
www.rtp.pt/play/p9753/e...
Dossier África
Dossier África - Apresentação do livro 'Libertação e Guerra Fria - a União Soviética e o colapso do Império Português em África (1961-1975)
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October 17, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Thanks to Rui Lopes and Giulia Strippoli for discussing my book - in Portuguese!
www.rtp.pt/play/p9753/e...
www.rtp.pt/play/p9753/e...
Happy to have contributed to this edited volume - the decade which was supposed to bring us to the ‘end of history’. Alas it did not happen www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
@strathclydehass.bsky.social Thanks to Jonathan Davis for his work !
@strathclydehass.bsky.social Thanks to Jonathan Davis for his work !
September 12, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Happy to have contributed to this edited volume - the decade which was supposed to bring us to the ‘end of history’. Alas it did not happen www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
@strathclydehass.bsky.social Thanks to Jonathan Davis for his work !
@strathclydehass.bsky.social Thanks to Jonathan Davis for his work !
An amazing evening presenting the Portuguese translation of my book. See podcast:Natalia Telepneva, Giulia Strippoli e Rui Lopes | apresentação Libertação e guerra fria. A União Soviética e o colapso do Império português em África (17 Jul 2025) www.podbean.com/ep/pb-9a3sd-...
July 30, 2025 at 1:24 PM
An amazing evening presenting the Portuguese translation of my book. See podcast:Natalia Telepneva, Giulia Strippoli e Rui Lopes | apresentação Libertação e guerra fria. A União Soviética e o colapso do Império português em África (17 Jul 2025) www.podbean.com/ep/pb-9a3sd-...
Please submit entries for the Amilcar Cabral article prize. Deadline 30 september. Details below: ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/en/amilcar-c...
Amílcar Cabral Prize – 4th Edition | Opportunities | IHC
Fourth edition of the Amílcar Cabral Prize, awarded by the IHC and the Padrão dos Descobrimentos to a scientific article on anti-colonial resistance.
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July 21, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Please submit entries for the Amilcar Cabral article prize. Deadline 30 september. Details below: ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/en/amilcar-c...
Excited about the book launch of the Portuguese translation of ‘Cold War Liberation’ on 17th July at 6.30pm at Livraria Tigre de Papel, Lisbon. Please join if in Lisbon! Many thanks to @victorpereira.bsky.social for organising @strathclydehass.bsky.social @uncpress.bsky.social
Convite de editor feliz !
17 de Julho, 18h30, na livraria Tigre de papel em Lisboa
17 de Julho, 18h30, na livraria Tigre de papel em Lisboa
July 8, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Excited about the book launch of the Portuguese translation of ‘Cold War Liberation’ on 17th July at 6.30pm at Livraria Tigre de Papel, Lisbon. Please join if in Lisbon! Many thanks to @victorpereira.bsky.social for organising @strathclydehass.bsky.social @uncpress.bsky.social
Look forward to receiving translations of my book ‘Cold War Liberation’ in Portuguese! #openaccess many thanks to @uncpress.bsky.social and especially to @victorpereira.bsky.social for taking on the project more info on book launch later
Prazer de editor ! Abrir caixas com a última novidade e cheirar o livro vindo da gráfica.
June 28, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Look forward to receiving translations of my book ‘Cold War Liberation’ in Portuguese! #openaccess many thanks to @uncpress.bsky.social and especially to @victorpereira.bsky.social for taking on the project more info on book launch later
Join tomorrow - Birkbeck at 4pm
May 28, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Join tomorrow - Birkbeck at 4pm
Join if you are in London!
2. Thursday, 29 May, 4-6pm (28 Russell Square)
Book launch & discussion of Rui Lopes & @nataliatelepneva.bsky.social's Globalizing Independence Struggles of Lusophone Africa
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/globalizi...
Book launch & discussion of Rui Lopes & @nataliatelepneva.bsky.social's Globalizing Independence Struggles of Lusophone Africa
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/globalizi...
Globalizing Independence Struggles of Lusophone Africa
Lusophone Africa has been neglected in Anglophone historiography. With the exceptions of a narrow set of episodes, figures, and interpretations, all of which ap…
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May 9, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Join if you are in London!
Brave
Mr Nobody Against Putin review – a teacher fights back in a powerful documentary
Mr Nobody Against Putin review – a teacher fights back in a powerful documentary
Sundance film festival: A primary school teacher in Russia pushes back on cruel nationalist propaganda in a fascinating and daring look at everyday encroachment
Pavel Talankin is, by his own admission early in the extraordinary documentary Mr Nobody…
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February 1, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Brave
Reposted by Natalia Telepneva
The forts and castles of Africa: a brief architectural history.
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The forts and castles of Africa: a brief architectural history.
For most of African history, the construction of fortresses and fortified structures was a mostly urban phenomenon associated with large states.
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January 19, 2025 at 12:47 PM
The forts and castles of Africa: a brief architectural history.
www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/the-forts-...
www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/the-forts-...
Reposted by Natalia Telepneva
Anyone interested in knowing more about what's happening in eastern Congo would be well-served to read this really excellent book by Jason Stearns. press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
The War That Doesn't Say Its Name
Why violence in the Congo has continued despite decades of international intervention
press.princeton.edu
January 26, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Anyone interested in knowing more about what's happening in eastern Congo would be well-served to read this really excellent book by Jason Stearns. press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...