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The name Nobel is famous for the prize—but what about the rest of the family?
This #NobelPrize week, discover the gifted family behind Alfred. From dynamite to oil empires, meet the Nobel dynasty in Bengt Jangfeldt's 'The Nobel Family'.
Read our blog:
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This #NobelPrize week, discover the gifted family behind Alfred. From dynamite to oil empires, meet the Nobel dynasty in Bengt Jangfeldt's 'The Nobel Family'.
Read our blog:
https://bit.ly/476sxMn
October 8, 2026 at 11:02 AM
The name Nobel is famous for the prize—but what about the rest of the family?
This #NobelPrize week, discover the gifted family behind Alfred. From dynamite to oil empires, meet the Nobel dynasty in Bengt Jangfeldt's 'The Nobel Family'.
Read our blog:
https://bit.ly/476sxMn
This #NobelPrize week, discover the gifted family behind Alfred. From dynamite to oil empires, meet the Nobel dynasty in Bengt Jangfeldt's 'The Nobel Family'.
Read our blog:
https://bit.ly/476sxMn
How did the British public see the end of empire in Southern Africa?
Explore how the UK's major newspapers framed the dramatic transition from colonial Rhodesia to independent Zimbabwe—shaping public consciousness.
👉 https://bit.ly/4yZiGUy
Explore how the UK's major newspapers framed the dramatic transition from colonial Rhodesia to independent Zimbabwe—shaping public consciousness.
👉 https://bit.ly/4yZiGUy
October 8, 2026 at 10:45 AM
How did the British public see the end of empire in Southern Africa?
Explore how the UK's major newspapers framed the dramatic transition from colonial Rhodesia to independent Zimbabwe—shaping public consciousness.
👉 https://bit.ly/4yZiGUy
Explore how the UK's major newspapers framed the dramatic transition from colonial Rhodesia to independent Zimbabwe—shaping public consciousness.
👉 https://bit.ly/4yZiGUy
October is #BlackHistoryMonth in the UK! ✨
We are celebrating by spotlighting the incredible Black scholars, writers, and voices shaping our academic landscape.
Explore our curated reading list of essential texts to enrich your bookshelf:
👇
https://bit.ly/4hImQsR
We are celebrating by spotlighting the incredible Black scholars, writers, and voices shaping our academic landscape.
Explore our curated reading list of essential texts to enrich your bookshelf:
👇
https://bit.ly/4hImQsR
October 7, 2026 at 8:28 PM
October is #BlackHistoryMonth in the UK! ✨
We are celebrating by spotlighting the incredible Black scholars, writers, and voices shaping our academic landscape.
Explore our curated reading list of essential texts to enrich your bookshelf:
👇
https://bit.ly/4hImQsR
We are celebrating by spotlighting the incredible Black scholars, writers, and voices shaping our academic landscape.
Explore our curated reading list of essential texts to enrich your bookshelf:
👇
https://bit.ly/4hImQsR
How did a 1930s architectural utopia on the margins of Paris become a symbol of Nazi incarceration and terror?
Trace the eight-decade transformation of a groundbreaking social housing complex into an internment camp, and the complex memory it holds.
👉 https://bit.ly/4xVMO27
Trace the eight-decade transformation of a groundbreaking social housing complex into an internment camp, and the complex memory it holds.
👉 https://bit.ly/4xVMO27
October 7, 2026 at 12:44 PM
How did a 1930s architectural utopia on the margins of Paris become a symbol of Nazi incarceration and terror?
Trace the eight-decade transformation of a groundbreaking social housing complex into an internment camp, and the complex memory it holds.
👉 https://bit.ly/4xVMO27
Trace the eight-decade transformation of a groundbreaking social housing complex into an internment camp, and the complex memory it holds.
👉 https://bit.ly/4xVMO27
Behind the corporate strategy of the global oil rush.
Explore how foreign oil giants navigated rising economic nationalism, labor unrest, and Cold War politics in the decades leading up to Venezuela's nationalization. 📚👇
👉 https://bit.ly/47sNcdC
Explore how foreign oil giants navigated rising economic nationalism, labor unrest, and Cold War politics in the decades leading up to Venezuela's nationalization. 📚👇
👉 https://bit.ly/47sNcdC
October 6, 2026 at 4:38 AM
Behind the corporate strategy of the global oil rush.
Explore how foreign oil giants navigated rising economic nationalism, labor unrest, and Cold War politics in the decades leading up to Venezuela's nationalization. 📚👇
👉 https://bit.ly/47sNcdC
Explore how foreign oil giants navigated rising economic nationalism, labor unrest, and Cold War politics in the decades leading up to Venezuela's nationalization. 📚👇
👉 https://bit.ly/47sNcdC
Huge congratulations to Sandra Araújo!
Her groundbreaking book, Spying on Muslims in Colonial Mozambique, 1964–74, has won the prestigious Intelligence History Book Prize 2026 from the IIHA! 📖🏆
Discover this award-winning imperial history:
👉 https://bit.ly/4ACOIap
Her groundbreaking book, Spying on Muslims in Colonial Mozambique, 1964–74, has won the prestigious Intelligence History Book Prize 2026 from the IIHA! 📖🏆
Discover this award-winning imperial history:
👉 https://bit.ly/4ACOIap
October 5, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Huge congratulations to Sandra Araújo!
Her groundbreaking book, Spying on Muslims in Colonial Mozambique, 1964–74, has won the prestigious Intelligence History Book Prize 2026 from the IIHA! 📖🏆
Discover this award-winning imperial history:
👉 https://bit.ly/4ACOIap
Her groundbreaking book, Spying on Muslims in Colonial Mozambique, 1964–74, has won the prestigious Intelligence History Book Prize 2026 from the IIHA! 📖🏆
Discover this award-winning imperial history:
👉 https://bit.ly/4ACOIap
A legendary figure, redefined. ⚖️✊
A massive 30-year study mapping the full life, letters, and legacy of an American icon—going far beyond the raid at Harper's Ferry. 📚👇
👉 https://bit.ly/4jgWwbV
A massive 30-year study mapping the full life, letters, and legacy of an American icon—going far beyond the raid at Harper's Ferry. 📚👇
👉 https://bit.ly/4jgWwbV
October 2, 2026 at 3:30 PM
A legendary figure, redefined. ⚖️✊
A massive 30-year study mapping the full life, letters, and legacy of an American icon—going far beyond the raid at Harper's Ferry. 📚👇
👉 https://bit.ly/4jgWwbV
A massive 30-year study mapping the full life, letters, and legacy of an American icon—going far beyond the raid at Harper's Ferry. 📚👇
👉 https://bit.ly/4jgWwbV
How did Paris bohemians in the 1830s pave the way for Hippies and modern hipsters?
Alan Bisbort joins @Larry Rifkin's America Trends podcast 🎙 to discuss his book and why these movements shape our world today.
🎧: https://bit.ly/4hjhy8h
📖: https://bit.ly/4yn87ut
Alan Bisbort joins @Larry Rifkin's America Trends podcast 🎙 to discuss his book and why these movements shape our world today.
🎧: https://bit.ly/4hjhy8h
📖: https://bit.ly/4yn87ut
October 1, 2026 at 11:38 PM
How did Paris bohemians in the 1830s pave the way for Hippies and modern hipsters?
Alan Bisbort joins @Larry Rifkin's America Trends podcast 🎙 to discuss his book and why these movements shape our world today.
🎧: https://bit.ly/4hjhy8h
📖: https://bit.ly/4yn87ut
Alan Bisbort joins @Larry Rifkin's America Trends podcast 🎙 to discuss his book and why these movements shape our world today.
🎧: https://bit.ly/4hjhy8h
📖: https://bit.ly/4yn87ut
55 years ago today, Walt Disney World opened its gates. ✨
Discover how Disney Imagineering transformed wildlife design in "Disney and the Theming of the Contemporary Zoo" by Benjamin H. George & Dave Gottwald—out today!
Order now: https://bit.ly/4irEYtb
Discover how Disney Imagineering transformed wildlife design in "Disney and the Theming of the Contemporary Zoo" by Benjamin H. George & Dave Gottwald—out today!
Order now: https://bit.ly/4irEYtb
October 1, 2026 at 2:29 PM
55 years ago today, Walt Disney World opened its gates. ✨
Discover how Disney Imagineering transformed wildlife design in "Disney and the Theming of the Contemporary Zoo" by Benjamin H. George & Dave Gottwald—out today!
Order now: https://bit.ly/4irEYtb
Discover how Disney Imagineering transformed wildlife design in "Disney and the Theming of the Contemporary Zoo" by Benjamin H. George & Dave Gottwald—out today!
Order now: https://bit.ly/4irEYtb
How did fighting for systemic change transform the everyday lives of activists themselves? ✊🗣️
Explore a powerful new history of the British Women's Liberation Movement, focusing on the deeply personal impact of taking a stand. 📚👇
👉 https://bit.ly/4z4FC4y
Explore a powerful new history of the British Women's Liberation Movement, focusing on the deeply personal impact of taking a stand. 📚👇
👉 https://bit.ly/4z4FC4y
October 1, 2026 at 10:45 AM
How did fighting for systemic change transform the everyday lives of activists themselves? ✊🗣️
Explore a powerful new history of the British Women's Liberation Movement, focusing on the deeply personal impact of taking a stand. 📚👇
👉 https://bit.ly/4z4FC4y
Explore a powerful new history of the British Women's Liberation Movement, focusing on the deeply personal impact of taking a stand. 📚👇
👉 https://bit.ly/4z4FC4y
How did ordinary people fight back against fascism?
Luke Berryman, author of #ResistingNazism, is LIVE on r/AskHistorians for a Reddit AMA! ✊
Ask him about everything from 1920s underground resistance to how we fight extremism today.
Join here: https://bit.ly/3VDLovF
Luke Berryman, author of #ResistingNazism, is LIVE on r/AskHistorians for a Reddit AMA! ✊
Ask him about everything from 1920s underground resistance to how we fight extremism today.
Join here: https://bit.ly/3VDLovF
September 30, 2026 at 2:01 PM
How did ordinary people fight back against fascism?
Luke Berryman, author of #ResistingNazism, is LIVE on r/AskHistorians for a Reddit AMA! ✊
Ask him about everything from 1920s underground resistance to how we fight extremism today.
Join here: https://bit.ly/3VDLovF
Luke Berryman, author of #ResistingNazism, is LIVE on r/AskHistorians for a Reddit AMA! ✊
Ask him about everything from 1920s underground resistance to how we fight extremism today.
Join here: https://bit.ly/3VDLovF
How did interwar fascists use "destructive creation" to build symbolic power? 🏛️💥
Aristotle Kallis discusses his new book "Iconic Fascism" on the @New Books Network podcast.
Listen to the episode now: https://bit.ly/4xNjtH3
📖: https://bit.ly/4AGwFQJ
Aristotle Kallis discusses his new book "Iconic Fascism" on the @New Books Network podcast.
Listen to the episode now: https://bit.ly/4xNjtH3
📖: https://bit.ly/4AGwFQJ
September 29, 2026 at 8:16 PM
How did interwar fascists use "destructive creation" to build symbolic power? 🏛️💥
Aristotle Kallis discusses his new book "Iconic Fascism" on the @New Books Network podcast.
Listen to the episode now: https://bit.ly/4xNjtH3
📖: https://bit.ly/4AGwFQJ
Aristotle Kallis discusses his new book "Iconic Fascism" on the @New Books Network podcast.
Listen to the episode now: https://bit.ly/4xNjtH3
📖: https://bit.ly/4AGwFQJ
📍 Looking back at a fantastic BASAS conference at SOAS! 🏛️✨
It was wonderful seeing our series editors at the Bloomsbury stand. If you missed us, you can still explore the Critical Perspectives in South Asian History series online.
Save 35% with code BLMCNF27!
It was wonderful seeing our series editors at the Bloomsbury stand. If you missed us, you can still explore the Critical Perspectives in South Asian History series online.
Save 35% with code BLMCNF27!
September 24, 2026 at 11:41 PM
📍 Looking back at a fantastic BASAS conference at SOAS! 🏛️✨
It was wonderful seeing our series editors at the Bloomsbury stand. If you missed us, you can still explore the Critical Perspectives in South Asian History series online.
Save 35% with code BLMCNF27!
It was wonderful seeing our series editors at the Bloomsbury stand. If you missed us, you can still explore the Critical Perspectives in South Asian History series online.
Save 35% with code BLMCNF27!
How did the USSR use higher education to win hearts and minds in the Global South? 🎓🤝
Explore the history of the legendary Peoples' Friendship University in Moscow and its role in Soviet public diplomacy during the Cold War. 📖: https://bit.ly/4glxtm8
Explore the history of the legendary Peoples' Friendship University in Moscow and its role in Soviet public diplomacy during the Cold War. 📖: https://bit.ly/4glxtm8
September 24, 2026 at 9:07 AM
How did the USSR use higher education to win hearts and minds in the Global South? 🎓🤝
Explore the history of the legendary Peoples' Friendship University in Moscow and its role in Soviet public diplomacy during the Cold War. 📖: https://bit.ly/4glxtm8
Explore the history of the legendary Peoples' Friendship University in Moscow and its role in Soviet public diplomacy during the Cold War. 📖: https://bit.ly/4glxtm8
Even at the height of the Cold War, how did rivals still find ways to cooperate? 🤝🔓
Discover how scientists, activists, and policymakers quietly bypassed ideological divides in 'Rethinking Cooperation in Cold War Europe'—now available Open Access! 📖: https://bit.ly/3UfN5Pn
Discover how scientists, activists, and policymakers quietly bypassed ideological divides in 'Rethinking Cooperation in Cold War Europe'—now available Open Access! 📖: https://bit.ly/3UfN5Pn
September 23, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Even at the height of the Cold War, how did rivals still find ways to cooperate? 🤝🔓
Discover how scientists, activists, and policymakers quietly bypassed ideological divides in 'Rethinking Cooperation in Cold War Europe'—now available Open Access! 📖: https://bit.ly/3UfN5Pn
Discover how scientists, activists, and policymakers quietly bypassed ideological divides in 'Rethinking Cooperation in Cold War Europe'—now available Open Access! 📖: https://bit.ly/3UfN5Pn
Did you know anti-Nazi resistance started in the 1920s—long before WWII began? "Resisting Nazism" author @lukeberryman.bsky.social will be on r/AskHistorians answering your questions about the history of anti-fascist defiance.
📆 Sept. 30, 9 AM EST: https://bit.ly/4r39WtO
📖: https://bit.ly/4A0nL04
📆 Sept. 30, 9 AM EST: https://bit.ly/4r39WtO
📖: https://bit.ly/4A0nL04
September 23, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Did you know anti-Nazi resistance started in the 1920s—long before WWII began? "Resisting Nazism" author @lukeberryman.bsky.social will be on r/AskHistorians answering your questions about the history of anti-fascist defiance.
📆 Sept. 30, 9 AM EST: https://bit.ly/4r39WtO
📖: https://bit.ly/4A0nL04
📆 Sept. 30, 9 AM EST: https://bit.ly/4r39WtO
📖: https://bit.ly/4A0nL04
How did early 20th-century migrants overcome obstacles to build lives in the metropole?
Discover their mobility, survival, and resistance in the new release, 'Colonized Migrants in Imperial Britain.'
Available now: https://bit.ly/3SWxwvw
Discover their mobility, survival, and resistance in the new release, 'Colonized Migrants in Imperial Britain.'
Available now: https://bit.ly/3SWxwvw
September 22, 2026 at 9:13 AM
How did early 20th-century migrants overcome obstacles to build lives in the metropole?
Discover their mobility, survival, and resistance in the new release, 'Colonized Migrants in Imperial Britain.'
Available now: https://bit.ly/3SWxwvw
Discover their mobility, survival, and resistance in the new release, 'Colonized Migrants in Imperial Britain.'
Available now: https://bit.ly/3SWxwvw
How did the rest of the world react to America's defining conflict? 🌍
Explore how the American Civil War reshaped international perceptions and historical memory in "Echoes of the American Civil War Abroad" by Ivan Kurilla & Victoria I. Zhuravleva. 📖: https://bit.ly/4qzz62K
Explore how the American Civil War reshaped international perceptions and historical memory in "Echoes of the American Civil War Abroad" by Ivan Kurilla & Victoria I. Zhuravleva. 📖: https://bit.ly/4qzz62K
September 21, 2026 at 9:12 PM
How did the rest of the world react to America's defining conflict? 🌍
Explore how the American Civil War reshaped international perceptions and historical memory in "Echoes of the American Civil War Abroad" by Ivan Kurilla & Victoria I. Zhuravleva. 📖: https://bit.ly/4qzz62K
Explore how the American Civil War reshaped international perceptions and historical memory in "Echoes of the American Civil War Abroad" by Ivan Kurilla & Victoria I. Zhuravleva. 📖: https://bit.ly/4qzz62K
Statues, memory, and power. 🗽🏛️
How should we handle the highly-debated future of our public monuments? Dive into "Contested Histories," a crucial look at the global controversies and political battles surrounding the monuments in our public spaces. 📖: https://bit.ly/3S7IiPq
How should we handle the highly-debated future of our public monuments? Dive into "Contested Histories," a crucial look at the global controversies and political battles surrounding the monuments in our public spaces. 📖: https://bit.ly/3S7IiPq
September 18, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Statues, memory, and power. 🗽🏛️
How should we handle the highly-debated future of our public monuments? Dive into "Contested Histories," a crucial look at the global controversies and political battles surrounding the monuments in our public spaces. 📖: https://bit.ly/3S7IiPq
How should we handle the highly-debated future of our public monuments? Dive into "Contested Histories," a crucial look at the global controversies and political battles surrounding the monuments in our public spaces. 📖: https://bit.ly/3S7IiPq
How did an "emotional revolution" transform families, politics, and relationships in modernizing Japan?❤️
Explore the intricate history of love, loyalty, and social change between 1900 and 1950 in 'Loves and Loyalties in Imperial Japan' 📖: https://bit.ly/46mMmi0
Explore the intricate history of love, loyalty, and social change between 1900 and 1950 in 'Loves and Loyalties in Imperial Japan' 📖: https://bit.ly/46mMmi0
September 17, 2026 at 7:13 PM
How did an "emotional revolution" transform families, politics, and relationships in modernizing Japan?❤️
Explore the intricate history of love, loyalty, and social change between 1900 and 1950 in 'Loves and Loyalties in Imperial Japan' 📖: https://bit.ly/46mMmi0
Explore the intricate history of love, loyalty, and social change between 1900 and 1950 in 'Loves and Loyalties in Imperial Japan' 📖: https://bit.ly/46mMmi0
How did ordinary people experience one of Europe's major religious revolutions? ⛪🏰
Explore how the Swiss Reformation reshaped daily life in Zurich through law, tavern debates, rumors, and street songs in 'Lived Reformation: Zurich, 1500-1800.' 📖: https://bit.ly/3UhPGs6
Explore how the Swiss Reformation reshaped daily life in Zurich through law, tavern debates, rumors, and street songs in 'Lived Reformation: Zurich, 1500-1800.' 📖: https://bit.ly/3UhPGs6
September 17, 2026 at 9:08 AM
How did ordinary people experience one of Europe's major religious revolutions? ⛪🏰
Explore how the Swiss Reformation reshaped daily life in Zurich through law, tavern debates, rumors, and street songs in 'Lived Reformation: Zurich, 1500-1800.' 📖: https://bit.ly/3UhPGs6
Explore how the Swiss Reformation reshaped daily life in Zurich through law, tavern debates, rumors, and street songs in 'Lived Reformation: Zurich, 1500-1800.' 📖: https://bit.ly/3UhPGs6
What does it take to truly stand up to fascism?
Join @lukeberryman.bsky.social, author of "Resisting Nazism" for an r/AskHistorians Reddit AMA! Ask him anything about the daring, untold stories of anti-Nazi resistance.
📆 Sept. 30th, 9 AM EST: https://bit.ly/4r39WtO
📖: https://bit.ly/4r3bnbG
Join @lukeberryman.bsky.social, author of "Resisting Nazism" for an r/AskHistorians Reddit AMA! Ask him anything about the daring, untold stories of anti-Nazi resistance.
📆 Sept. 30th, 9 AM EST: https://bit.ly/4r39WtO
📖: https://bit.ly/4r3bnbG
September 16, 2026 at 5:03 PM
What does it take to truly stand up to fascism?
Join @lukeberryman.bsky.social, author of "Resisting Nazism" for an r/AskHistorians Reddit AMA! Ask him anything about the daring, untold stories of anti-Nazi resistance.
📆 Sept. 30th, 9 AM EST: https://bit.ly/4r39WtO
📖: https://bit.ly/4r3bnbG
Join @lukeberryman.bsky.social, author of "Resisting Nazism" for an r/AskHistorians Reddit AMA! Ask him anything about the daring, untold stories of anti-Nazi resistance.
📆 Sept. 30th, 9 AM EST: https://bit.ly/4r39WtO
📖: https://bit.ly/4r3bnbG
What shaped America’s most famous political dynasty? 🎙️
Bloomsbury author Leigh Straw joins ABC Conversations to unpack the fateful summer of 1944 at Cape Cod and the untold tragedies behind the family myth.
Listen: https://ab.co/3UNp6Hn
Bloomsbury author Leigh Straw joins ABC Conversations to unpack the fateful summer of 1944 at Cape Cod and the untold tragedies behind the family myth.
Listen: https://ab.co/3UNp6Hn
The Kennedys—inside the infamous political dynasty and their summertime secrets - ABC listen
Who are the Kennedys, really? And what has made the legacy of America's political dynasty so famous, divisive and enduring?
The Kennedys are often described as the closest thing the United States ha...
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September 16, 2026 at 12:34 PM
What shaped America’s most famous political dynasty? 🎙️
Bloomsbury author Leigh Straw joins ABC Conversations to unpack the fateful summer of 1944 at Cape Cod and the untold tragedies behind the family myth.
Listen: https://ab.co/3UNp6Hn
Bloomsbury author Leigh Straw joins ABC Conversations to unpack the fateful summer of 1944 at Cape Cod and the untold tragedies behind the family myth.
Listen: https://ab.co/3UNp6Hn
From the Eiffel Tower to the Métro, modular iron shaped Paris.
Discover the daring design behind the City of Light with author Mary McAuliffe:
https://bit.ly/4r5D0AR
Discover the daring design behind the City of Light with author Mary McAuliffe:
https://bit.ly/4r5D0AR
Iconic iron: How Paris was built by modular construction and daring design | Mary McAuliffe on Paris
From the stark engineering of the Eiffel Tower to the plant-like flourishes of the Métro, Paris's beloved icons were forged in iron. Yet as Mary McAuliffe's final work, Paris: Secret Gardens, Hidden P...
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September 15, 2026 at 12:28 PM
From the Eiffel Tower to the Métro, modular iron shaped Paris.
Discover the daring design behind the City of Light with author Mary McAuliffe:
https://bit.ly/4r5D0AR
Discover the daring design behind the City of Light with author Mary McAuliffe:
https://bit.ly/4r5D0AR
How did a communist regime outmaneuver the Soviets by courting Washington and London?
Explore the secret summits and high-stakes trade deals that reshaped Eastern European geopolitics in 'Top Diplomacy Amidst the Cold War.' 📖: https://bit.ly/4gj0bUz
Explore the secret summits and high-stakes trade deals that reshaped Eastern European geopolitics in 'Top Diplomacy Amidst the Cold War.' 📖: https://bit.ly/4gj0bUz
September 15, 2026 at 8:51 AM
How did a communist regime outmaneuver the Soviets by courting Washington and London?
Explore the secret summits and high-stakes trade deals that reshaped Eastern European geopolitics in 'Top Diplomacy Amidst the Cold War.' 📖: https://bit.ly/4gj0bUz
Explore the secret summits and high-stakes trade deals that reshaped Eastern European geopolitics in 'Top Diplomacy Amidst the Cold War.' 📖: https://bit.ly/4gj0bUz