Mahon
@mahonmurphy.bsky.social
First World War Historian based at Kyoto University Japan. Also dabble in a bit of Popular Culture Studies on the side.
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Mahon
@mahonmurphy.bsky.social
· Apr 12
Big thanks to Imai (cover artist and current SOB bassist) and Kanda from from the legendary band GREED for sharing their knowledge and making our book happen: SOB’s Don’t Be Swindle out now on 331/3 Japan www.bloomsbury.com/ca/sobs-dont... @3313books.bsky.social
Looking forward to reading Chima Korieh's edited volume Fighting for the Empire: Colonialism and Mobilization in Africa in the World Wars and you should too as it is open access lup.be/book/fightin...
Fighting for the Empire | Leuven University Press
How African societies influenced the two major global conflicts of the 20th century. The First and Second World Wars were pivotal events in modern global history. Although colonial empires were involu...
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May 28, 2026 at 5:26 AM
Looking forward to reading Chima Korieh's edited volume Fighting for the Empire: Colonialism and Mobilization in Africa in the World Wars and you should too as it is open access lup.be/book/fightin...
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Le site histoirecoloniale.net est sans équivalent.
4000 articles, 2 éditions par mois, une information rigoureuse sur l'histoire coloniale et ses héritages.
Mais il a un coût.
Pour continuer, il a besoin de vous. Abonnez-vous pour 3 euros par mois.
histoirecoloniale.net/abonnez-vous...
4000 articles, 2 éditions par mois, une information rigoureuse sur l'histoire coloniale et ses héritages.
Mais il a un coût.
Pour continuer, il a besoin de vous. Abonnez-vous pour 3 euros par mois.
histoirecoloniale.net/abonnez-vous...
May 19, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Le site histoirecoloniale.net est sans équivalent.
4000 articles, 2 éditions par mois, une information rigoureuse sur l'histoire coloniale et ses héritages.
Mais il a un coût.
Pour continuer, il a besoin de vous. Abonnez-vous pour 3 euros par mois.
histoirecoloniale.net/abonnez-vous...
4000 articles, 2 éditions par mois, une information rigoureuse sur l'histoire coloniale et ses héritages.
Mais il a un coût.
Pour continuer, il a besoin de vous. Abonnez-vous pour 3 euros par mois.
histoirecoloniale.net/abonnez-vous...
I'll be chipping in on the study of Global History at Oxford U's Transnational and Global History Seminar on 1 June:
May 19, 2026 at 11:25 PM
I'll be chipping in on the study of Global History at Oxford U's Transnational and Global History Seminar on 1 June:
Seibu Kodo at Kyoto University knows how to throw a party
April 26, 2026 at 9:54 AM
Seibu Kodo at Kyoto University knows how to throw a party
Very pleased to recieve a copy of Christian Goeschel’s and Daniel Hedinger’s new book on Munich 1938, an excellent example of what academic collaboration born in Kyoto can produce! @drgoeschel.bsky.social @danielhedinger.bsky.social
April 17, 2026 at 6:55 AM
Very pleased to recieve a copy of Christian Goeschel’s and Daniel Hedinger’s new book on Munich 1938, an excellent example of what academic collaboration born in Kyoto can produce! @drgoeschel.bsky.social @danielhedinger.bsky.social
Timely publication on de Valera and Irish neutrality during the Second World War by Koseki Takashi who is also celebrating his retirement from Kyoto University today
March 19, 2026 at 5:02 AM
Timely publication on de Valera and Irish neutrality during the Second World War by Koseki Takashi who is also celebrating his retirement from Kyoto University today
Going to be talking about punk rock and Kyoto on 16 March as part of the Kyoto lectures series. Come join me in person or online
February 27, 2026 at 9:30 AM
Going to be talking about punk rock and Kyoto on 16 March as part of the Kyoto lectures series. Come join me in person or online
Happy birthday to me. A mug for a mug.
December 26, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Happy birthday to me. A mug for a mug.
Discussing Orientalism and Nihonjinron via the medium of Street Fighter II knockout tournament with my students this morning
December 17, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Discussing Orientalism and Nihonjinron via the medium of Street Fighter II knockout tournament with my students this morning
Ordered a copy and it arrived last week much to my delight
Delighted to receive my copy of Framing the First World War, a great collection edited by @draefox.bsky.social @mpmfinch.bsky.social and @dmorganowen.bsky.social who have put together a broad range of original essays
December 3, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Ordered a copy and it arrived last week much to my delight
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It is with great joy that I share the news of the publication of "At the Periphery of a World War?," a collective book that I coordinate with Ana Paula Pires and Jan Schmidt, under @Campusverlag
More info at www.campus.de/buecher-camp...
More info at www.campus.de/buecher-camp...
At the Periphery of a World War?, ein Buch von Maria Inés Tato, Ana Paula Pires, Jan Schmidt - Campus Verlag
Maria Inés Tato, Ana Paula Pires, Jan Schmidt: At the Periphery of a World War? - Urban Experiences of the First World War in Africa, East Asia, Latin America and South Europe
www.campus.de
November 20, 2025 at 6:49 PM
It is with great joy that I share the news of the publication of "At the Periphery of a World War?," a collective book that I coordinate with Ana Paula Pires and Jan Schmidt, under @Campusverlag
More info at www.campus.de/buecher-camp...
More info at www.campus.de/buecher-camp...
Lunch time noise at the Les Rallizes Denudes exhibit
November 13, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Lunch time noise at the Les Rallizes Denudes exhibit
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🥂Eine freudige Nachricht! Unser Sammelband zum kolonialen Erbe der Stadt Hamburg ist nun auch als Open Access erhältlich und kann unter nachfolgender Adresse kostenlos heruntergeladen werden. 🥂
Wir hoffen, dass dies zur Debatte beiträgt
www.wallstein-open-library.de/978383535018...
Wir hoffen, dass dies zur Debatte beiträgt
www.wallstein-open-library.de/978383535018...
November 6, 2025 at 9:56 AM
🥂Eine freudige Nachricht! Unser Sammelband zum kolonialen Erbe der Stadt Hamburg ist nun auch als Open Access erhältlich und kann unter nachfolgender Adresse kostenlos heruntergeladen werden. 🥂
Wir hoffen, dass dies zur Debatte beiträgt
www.wallstein-open-library.de/978383535018...
Wir hoffen, dass dies zur Debatte beiträgt
www.wallstein-open-library.de/978383535018...
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We’re proud to highlight Jiang Zizheng, an early career researcher in history at Kyoto University, who has a particular interest in Japan's racial equality proposal at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference whose work discusses how questions of race, diplomacy, shaped China’s diplomatic position.
November 1, 2025 at 1:41 PM
We’re proud to highlight Jiang Zizheng, an early career researcher in history at Kyoto University, who has a particular interest in Japan's racial equality proposal at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference whose work discusses how questions of race, diplomacy, shaped China’s diplomatic position.
Former student came to my office to ask advice about studying abroad and to inform me that he and his colleagues enjoyed my popular classes last semester, except for the bits of the class where I was talking…
October 28, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Former student came to my office to ask advice about studying abroad and to inform me that he and his colleagues enjoyed my popular classes last semester, except for the bits of the class where I was talking…
Had to get the scissors and glue to make a collage for my lecture on the history of punk in Kyoto at Club Metro last night
October 17, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Had to get the scissors and glue to make a collage for my lecture on the history of punk in Kyoto at Club Metro last night
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Some fascinating images of the involvement of Belgian colonial subjects in the East Africa campaign of the First World War. These and other images are available to consult here uurl.kbr.be/bib/16923934
October 9, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Some fascinating images of the involvement of Belgian colonial subjects in the East Africa campaign of the First World War. These and other images are available to consult here uurl.kbr.be/bib/16923934
This little guy should have been in bed but he stayed up to find out about the Heimei Maru Incident at the ISFWWS conference @fwwsoc.bsky.social
October 2, 2025 at 2:15 PM
This little guy should have been in bed but he stayed up to find out about the Heimei Maru Incident at the ISFWWS conference @fwwsoc.bsky.social
I’ll be speaking about the history of punk rock in Kyoto at this year’s Kyoto Experiment festival. Very pleased with the headshot they are using to advertise it kyoto-ex.jp/en/program/p...
September 20, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I’ll be speaking about the history of punk rock in Kyoto at this year’s Kyoto Experiment festival. Very pleased with the headshot they are using to advertise it kyoto-ex.jp/en/program/p...
Feels like my birthday, just got Ito Chuta’s 5 vol Book of Ashura (1921). 500 sketches of the FWW with slipcovers. As I’m going the ISFWWS conf soon, here is his impression of the French army arriving in Salonica. I’m planning to translate all captions if I live long enough. @fwwsoc.bsky.social
September 16, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Feels like my birthday, just got Ito Chuta’s 5 vol Book of Ashura (1921). 500 sketches of the FWW with slipcovers. As I’m going the ISFWWS conf soon, here is his impression of the French army arriving in Salonica. I’m planning to translate all captions if I live long enough. @fwwsoc.bsky.social
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🚨JOB POSTING🚨 We are currently looking for a postdoctoral researcher to cover the history of veterans among the colonized population/Indigenous population of the interwar imperial polity of the United States of America. 18 month contract, deadline October 03. universityvacancies.com/maynooth-uni...
Post-Doctoral Researcher (Specified Purpose Contract), Department of History, Maynooth University | University Vacancies Ireland
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August 28, 2025 at 8:04 AM
🚨JOB POSTING🚨 We are currently looking for a postdoctoral researcher to cover the history of veterans among the colonized population/Indigenous population of the interwar imperial polity of the United States of America. 18 month contract, deadline October 03. universityvacancies.com/maynooth-uni...
Back from a trip to Germany, picked up some good reads to tide me over till next visit
August 5, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Back from a trip to Germany, picked up some good reads to tide me over till next visit
My reading for the weekend arrived
June 20, 2025 at 2:36 AM
My reading for the weekend arrived
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If you are interested, CUP have released a 20% discount code for Making Sense of the Great War.
You can get it for £23.99 through their website using the code HIST2425.
Find more information - and purchase it - here: bit.ly/4mYM08h
#History #Military #NewBook #FirstWorldWar #MilitaryMorale
You can get it for £23.99 through their website using the code HIST2425.
Find more information - and purchase it - here: bit.ly/4mYM08h
#History #Military #NewBook #FirstWorldWar #MilitaryMorale
June 17, 2025 at 1:25 PM
If you are interested, CUP have released a 20% discount code for Making Sense of the Great War.
You can get it for £23.99 through their website using the code HIST2425.
Find more information - and purchase it - here: bit.ly/4mYM08h
#History #Military #NewBook #FirstWorldWar #MilitaryMorale
You can get it for £23.99 through their website using the code HIST2425.
Find more information - and purchase it - here: bit.ly/4mYM08h
#History #Military #NewBook #FirstWorldWar #MilitaryMorale
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My first article for the @erc.europa.eu funded COLVET
project has been published Open Access in @conteurohistory.bsky.social. It explores how the Greater War concept might facilitate better engagement with colonial experiences of conflict in the early 20th century www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
project has been published Open Access in @conteurohistory.bsky.social. It explores how the Greater War concept might facilitate better engagement with colonial experiences of conflict in the early 20th century www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Rethinking the Colonial in the Greater War | Contemporary European History | Cambridge Core
Rethinking the Colonial in the Greater War
www.cambridge.org
June 13, 2025 at 11:06 AM
My first article for the @erc.europa.eu funded COLVET
project has been published Open Access in @conteurohistory.bsky.social. It explores how the Greater War concept might facilitate better engagement with colonial experiences of conflict in the early 20th century www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
project has been published Open Access in @conteurohistory.bsky.social. It explores how the Greater War concept might facilitate better engagement with colonial experiences of conflict in the early 20th century www.cambridge.org/core/journal...