Tom Menger
@tommenger.bsky.social
Historian of colonial violence and war, transimperial history c. 1880-1914. Forthcoming book: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/colonial-way-of-war/0F3E02F14036481275F425952E91BD5C#fndtn-information
It's finally been confirmed: for the winter semester 2026-27, I will be a guest professor at the University of Graz!
September 23, 2026 at 8:24 AM
It's finally been confirmed: for the winter semester 2026-27, I will be a guest professor at the University of Graz!
Grateful to note a 2nd review of my book &to read its judgement that the book 'represents a major advance in the study of imperial violence, bridging military history and colonial history in productive ways and demonstrating the analytical power of transimperial comparison' brill.com/view/journal...
Book Reviews
"Book Reviews" published on 07 May 2026 by Brill.
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September 17, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Grateful to note a 2nd review of my book &to read its judgement that the book 'represents a major advance in the study of imperial violence, bridging military history and colonial history in productive ways and demonstrating the analytical power of transimperial comparison' brill.com/view/journal...
Last chance to submit an abstract for our conference: "Revisiting Geopolitics and Empire: A Transimperial Approach":
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September 14, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Last chance to submit an abstract for our conference: "Revisiting Geopolitics and Empire: A Transimperial Approach":
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There is still a week to submit a proposal for our conference 'Revisiting Geopolitics and Empire: A Transimperial Approach'! networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
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September 7, 2026 at 7:05 PM
There is still a week to submit a proposal for our conference 'Revisiting Geopolitics and Empire: A Transimperial Approach'! networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
There is still time to submit a proposal for our conference "Revisiting Geopolitics and Empire: A Transimperial Approach", taking place next year in Leipzig! networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
Revisiting Geopolitics and Empire: A Transimperial Approach | H-Net
Geopolitics have returned to our present—and it is only a matter of time before they will also return to the study of our past. The conference, organized by the Centre for Transimperial History at Lei...
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August 24, 2026 at 5:01 PM
There is still time to submit a proposal for our conference "Revisiting Geopolitics and Empire: A Transimperial Approach", taking place next year in Leipzig! networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
CFP for a great conference of the Centre for Transimperial History, taking place in Leipzig next year 19-21 May. Organised by Nadin Heé, Daniel Hedinger & me. Subject: Geopolitics and Empire, revisited from transimperial perspective. Please send in your abstracts!
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Revisiting Geopolitics and Empire: A Transimperial Approach | H-Net
Geopolitics have returned to our present—and it is only a matter of time before they will also return to the study of our past. The conference, organized by the Centre for Transimperial History at Lei...
networks.h-net.org
August 16, 2026 at 4:13 PM
CFP for a great conference of the Centre for Transimperial History, taking place in Leipzig next year 19-21 May. Organised by Nadin Heé, Daniel Hedinger & me. Subject: Geopolitics and Empire, revisited from transimperial perspective. Please send in your abstracts!
networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
"Maršrutas" - if I am not completely mistaken, the Lithuanian word for direction/itinerary seems to derive directly from the German military word "Marschroute"...
August 14, 2026 at 5:28 AM
"Maršrutas" - if I am not completely mistaken, the Lithuanian word for direction/itinerary seems to derive directly from the German military word "Marschroute"...
Some while ago already but still honoured to finally share that I was made a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society back in May!
August 5, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Some while ago already but still honoured to finally share that I was made a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society back in May!
The generous review of my book by Benjamin Harris has now also been published in the latest issue of the Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History!
Benjamin Harris reviews "The Colonial Way of War: Violence and Colonial Warfare in the British, German, and Dutch Empires c.1890-1914" by @tommenger.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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The Colonial Way of War: Violence and Colonial Warfare in the British, German, and Dutch Empires c.1890-1914
Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Vol. 54, No. 4, 2026)
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July 28, 2026 at 4:05 PM
The generous review of my book by Benjamin Harris has now also been published in the latest issue of the Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History!
If you are doing historical research on subjects such as (post-)colonial companies, labour, commodities or infrastructure/transport, consider applying!
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External Contributions to the Concluding Meeting DFG Network (Post-)Colonial Business History
Since 2024 the DFG Network (Post-)Colonial Business History (https://pcbh.hypotheses.org/) has worked to consolidate this field inbetween the global history of imperial entanglements and business hist...
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July 16, 2026 at 9:16 AM
If you are doing historical research on subjects such as (post-)colonial companies, labour, commodities or infrastructure/transport, consider applying!
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Very strange moment in this summary of the England vs Congo DR World Cup game (9:26). The German commentator really says 'The empire wants to strike back' (Das Empire will zurückschlagen) - there is so much a colonial historian could say about this...
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England, USA und Co.: Die Highlights vom 21. WM-Tag
England trifft im Sechzehntelfinale auf DR Kongo, Belgien spielt gegen den Senegal und die USA kämpft gegen Bosnien-Herzegowina um den Einzug ins Achtelfinale. Die Highlights der WM-Nacht vom 1. Juli ...
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July 2, 2026 at 8:28 AM
Very strange moment in this summary of the England vs Congo DR World Cup game (9:26). The German commentator really says 'The empire wants to strike back' (Das Empire will zurückschlagen) - there is so much a colonial historian could say about this...
www.sportschau.de/fussball/fif...
www.sportschau.de/fussball/fif...
It was a great pleasure talking about my book yesterday with the @transimperial.bsky.social and @recentglobe.bsky.social ! Hope to be back soon!
We are restarting our series on transimperial history. Join us tomorrow for Tom Menger's book talk.
May 21, 2026 at 8:12 AM
It was a great pleasure talking about my book yesterday with the @transimperial.bsky.social and @recentglobe.bsky.social ! Hope to be back soon!
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We are restarting our series on transimperial history. Join us tomorrow for Tom Menger's book talk.
May 19, 2026 at 7:40 AM
We are restarting our series on transimperial history. Join us tomorrow for Tom Menger's book talk.
Next week I'll be talking about my book at @recentglobe.bsky.social in Leipzig!
May 15, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Next week I'll be talking about my book at @recentglobe.bsky.social in Leipzig!
It's already more than a week since the last day of my 'Violence in East and West' fellowship at the University of Konstanz, but still wanted to say it's been a wonderful (and sunny!) time and send a special thanks to Pavel Kolář and Maria Buko at the department and Kamil Ruszała as my co-fellow!
May 7, 2026 at 12:41 PM
It's already more than a week since the last day of my 'Violence in East and West' fellowship at the University of Konstanz, but still wanted to say it's been a wonderful (and sunny!) time and send a special thanks to Pavel Kolář and Maria Buko at the department and Kamil Ruszała as my co-fellow!
This appears to be 1st review of my book! And, fortunately, quite a positive one ;) ‘An ambitious and thought-provoking study that offers a significant contribution to imperial and military history’ writes B. Harris in the Journal of Imperial&Commonwealth History
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The Colonial Way of War: Violence and Colonial Warfare in the British, German, and Dutch Empires c.1890-1914
Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Ahead of Print, 2026)
www.tandfonline.com
April 28, 2026 at 8:14 PM
This appears to be 1st review of my book! And, fortunately, quite a positive one ;) ‘An ambitious and thought-provoking study that offers a significant contribution to imperial and military history’ writes B. Harris in the Journal of Imperial&Commonwealth History
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
I still wanted to share that this month I will be in beautiful Konstanz as a Visiting Research Fellow in the 'Violence in East and West' fellowship programme!
April 7, 2026 at 7:32 PM
I still wanted to share that this month I will be in beautiful Konstanz as a Visiting Research Fellow in the 'Violence in East and West' fellowship programme!
Vacancy: Postdoctoral Researcher - Member of the REVENANT (Revivals of Empire: Nostalgia, Amnesia, Tribulation) Research Group: www.euraxess.hr/jobs/416774
Postdoctoral Researcher - Member of the REVENANT (Revivals of Empire: Nostalgia, Amnesia, Tribulation) Research Group, supported by the European Research Council consolidator grant #101002908
A full-time position on a fixed-term contract to conduct research related to the overall objectives of the REVENANT project REQUIREMENTS:
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March 29, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Vacancy: Postdoctoral Researcher - Member of the REVENANT (Revivals of Empire: Nostalgia, Amnesia, Tribulation) Research Group: www.euraxess.hr/jobs/416774
It was a pleasure being in Zürich yesterday to present at the Joint ETHZ-UZH Colloquium in Global and extra-European History. Many thanks to Harald Fischer-Tiné for the invitation and to Sarujan Theivendran for the organisation!
March 13, 2026 at 11:31 AM
It was a pleasure being in Zürich yesterday to present at the Joint ETHZ-UZH Colloquium in Global and extra-European History. Many thanks to Harald Fischer-Tiné for the invitation and to Sarujan Theivendran for the organisation!
Amazing to see this is now coming out! Congrats, @mark-condos.bsky.social
Are you interested in how revenge and honour shaped British and French colonial warfare? Then check out my new book, Empire with a Vengeance, published with @hurstpublishers.bsky.social.
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February 17, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Amazing to see this is now coming out! Congrats, @mark-condos.bsky.social
I had the honour to speak to the New Books Network about my book The Colonial Way of War. Very happy to see the podcast has now appeared! And a great thanks to Kelly McFall for kindly inviting and hosting me. newbooksnetwork.com/the-colonial...
Tom Menger, "The Colonial Way of War: Violence and Colonial Warfare in the British, German and Dutch Empires, c. 1890-1914" (Cambridge UP, 2025) - New Books Network
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February 2, 2026 at 4:16 PM
I had the honour to speak to the New Books Network about my book The Colonial Way of War. Very happy to see the podcast has now appeared! And a great thanks to Kelly McFall for kindly inviting and hosting me. newbooksnetwork.com/the-colonial...
This is a bit late, but still wanted to say I really enjoyed speaking about my book to Kelly McFall of the New Books Network last Wednesday! The podcast episode should be up soon!
January 20, 2026 at 7:31 PM
This is a bit late, but still wanted to say I really enjoyed speaking about my book to Kelly McFall of the New Books Network last Wednesday! The podcast episode should be up soon!
Passing some quiet days over Christmas I wasn't prepared to see popping up on the historic guest list of a Regensburg café the name of Belgian King Leopold II, the man who plundered the Congo & whose wars and system of forced labour killed & mutilated millions of its inhabitants between 1885-1908...
January 4, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Passing some quiet days over Christmas I wasn't prepared to see popping up on the historic guest list of a Regensburg café the name of Belgian King Leopold II, the man who plundered the Congo & whose wars and system of forced labour killed & mutilated millions of its inhabitants between 1885-1908...
Book launch! I look forward to presenting my book The Colonial Way of War on 9 December (11:30) at my old workplace in Munich. If you're around and would like to come, please send me a short message as space is limited!
🎉 Book Launch: The Colonial Way of War
📅 9 Dec, 11:30
📍 Käte Hamburger Research Centre global dis:connect, Munich
We’re excited to welcome former gd:c postdoc Tom Menger back for the launch of his new book with @universitypress.cambridge.org
👉 Publisher link: www.cambridge.org/core/books/c...
📅 9 Dec, 11:30
📍 Käte Hamburger Research Centre global dis:connect, Munich
We’re excited to welcome former gd:c postdoc Tom Menger back for the launch of his new book with @universitypress.cambridge.org
👉 Publisher link: www.cambridge.org/core/books/c...
The Colonial Way of War
Cambridge Core - Global History - The Colonial Way of War
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December 4, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Book launch! I look forward to presenting my book The Colonial Way of War on 9 December (11:30) at my old workplace in Munich. If you're around and would like to come, please send me a short message as space is limited!
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Save the Date: 9 December 2025 - Launch event of @tommenger.bsky.social's The Colonial Way of War (published with CUP) at @globaldiscnct.bsky.social
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December 2, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Save the Date: 9 December 2025 - Launch event of @tommenger.bsky.social's The Colonial Way of War (published with CUP) at @globaldiscnct.bsky.social
www.globaldisconnect.org/11/24/9-dece...
www.globaldisconnect.org/11/24/9-dece...