Ming-Yen Shih
@mingyam.bsky.social
he/him | 台灣仔/Taiwanese
MA in History of Political Thought and Intellectual History, QMUL
Studying in Early Modern British History, History of Political Thought, Imperial History.
MA in History of Political Thought and Intellectual History, QMUL
Studying in Early Modern British History, History of Political Thought, Imperial History.
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For the Blog, Alexander Aerts interviews Isabel Jacobs and Jacob Saliba about their edited volume, "Authority, History, and Political Theology" (Bloomsbury, 2026), which documents the relationship between philosopher Alexandre Kojève and theologian Gaston Fessard. @jacobsaliba.bsky.social
Kojève and Fessard on Political Theology: An Interview with Isabel Jacobs and Jacob Saliba
Alexander Aerts interviews Isabel Jacobs and Jacob Saliba about their edited volume, "Authority, History, and Political Theology," which documents the relationship between philosopher Alexandre Kojève...
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September 30, 2026 at 1:55 PM
For the Blog, Alexander Aerts interviews Isabel Jacobs and Jacob Saliba about their edited volume, "Authority, History, and Political Theology" (Bloomsbury, 2026), which documents the relationship between philosopher Alexandre Kojève and theologian Gaston Fessard. @jacobsaliba.bsky.social
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Part I, a review by Susan Pedersen, is available here: www.jhiblog.org/2026/09/16/u...
Universal Rights and the Specters of Indian Feminism, Part I: A Review by Susan Pedersen
In 1927, an American's polemic sets off a storm in British India; Indian women refuse to be spoken for; their activism transforms the political history of rights....
www.jhiblog.org
September 23, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Part I, a review by Susan Pedersen, is available here: www.jhiblog.org/2026/09/16/u...
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The programme for the ISIH 2026 Annual Conference — "Order and Disorder in Global Intellectual History" — is now online!
🗓️ 18–20 Sept 2026
📍 Istanbul Policy Center, Sabancı University, Karaköy
🎤 8 sessions · 2 keynotes
Full programme & registration: isih2026.org/programme
🗓️ 18–20 Sept 2026
📍 Istanbul Policy Center, Sabancı University, Karaköy
🎤 8 sessions · 2 keynotes
Full programme & registration: isih2026.org/programme
September 15, 2026 at 9:21 AM
The programme for the ISIH 2026 Annual Conference — "Order and Disorder in Global Intellectual History" — is now online!
🗓️ 18–20 Sept 2026
📍 Istanbul Policy Center, Sabancı University, Karaköy
🎤 8 sessions · 2 keynotes
Full programme & registration: isih2026.org/programme
🗓️ 18–20 Sept 2026
📍 Istanbul Policy Center, Sabancı University, Karaköy
🎤 8 sessions · 2 keynotes
Full programme & registration: isih2026.org/programme
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Unglid Paul interviews Doyle D. Calhoun, Alioune B. Fall, and Cheikh Thiam about Léopold Sédar Senghor, Négritude, and the respective challenges of translating the man and the idea in their recent work, “The Essential Senghor: African Philosophy and Black Aesthetics.”
@dukepress.bsky.social
@dukepress.bsky.social
Reintroducing Senghor: An Interview with Doyle D. Calhoun, Alioune B. Fall, and Cheikh Thiam
by Unglid Paul
web.sas.upenn.edu
August 26, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Unglid Paul interviews Doyle D. Calhoun, Alioune B. Fall, and Cheikh Thiam about Léopold Sédar Senghor, Négritude, and the respective challenges of translating the man and the idea in their recent work, “The Essential Senghor: African Philosophy and Black Aesthetics.”
@dukepress.bsky.social
@dukepress.bsky.social
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Registration is now open for the 2026 Graduate Student Symposium, “Prophecy, Prediction, and the Politics of Futurity” to be held on Saturday, October 17, 2026, from 11:00 am – 4:00 pm Eastern on Zoom.
Registration Now Open for “Prophecy, Prediction, and the Politics of Futurity,” the JHI Blog Graduate Student Syposium
This year's symposium will be held on Saturday, October 17 (on Zoom). Register now!
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August 24, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Registration is now open for the 2026 Graduate Student Symposium, “Prophecy, Prediction, and the Politics of Futurity” to be held on Saturday, October 17, 2026, from 11:00 am – 4:00 pm Eastern on Zoom.
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For the Blog, Mrinalini Sisodia Wadhwa interviews Joanna Stalnaker about her newest book, "The Rest Is Silence: Enlightenment Philosophers Facing Death" (2025). @yalepress.bsky.social
Death and Enlightenment: An Interview with Joanna Stalnaker
by Mrinalini Sisodia Wadhwa
web.sas.upenn.edu
August 19, 2026 at 2:38 PM
For the Blog, Mrinalini Sisodia Wadhwa interviews Joanna Stalnaker about her newest book, "The Rest Is Silence: Enlightenment Philosophers Facing Death" (2025). @yalepress.bsky.social
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The new issue of the journal includes an article by Iain McDaniel, "Democracy, Caesarism, and Kulturgeschichte:
Georg Friedrich Kolb Contra Mommsen and Hellwald."
Read it here on Project MUSE, with no paywall for the next few weeks: muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...
@iainmcdaniel.bsky.social
Georg Friedrich Kolb Contra Mommsen and Hellwald."
Read it here on Project MUSE, with no paywall for the next few weeks: muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...
@iainmcdaniel.bsky.social
August 18, 2026 at 4:00 PM
The new issue of the journal includes an article by Iain McDaniel, "Democracy, Caesarism, and Kulturgeschichte:
Georg Friedrich Kolb Contra Mommsen and Hellwald."
Read it here on Project MUSE, with no paywall for the next few weeks: muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...
@iainmcdaniel.bsky.social
Georg Friedrich Kolb Contra Mommsen and Hellwald."
Read it here on Project MUSE, with no paywall for the next few weeks: muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...
@iainmcdaniel.bsky.social
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A new issue of the journal is now available, with articles by Markku Peltonen, Joshua Freed, Matteo Favaretti Camposampiero, Iain McDaniel, Piotr Kuligowski and Bartłomiej Błesznowski, Roslyn Dubler, and İlker Aytürk and Anıl Kahvecioğlu.
JHI 87.3 Now Available!
The new issue of the journal is now available to read on Project MUSE.
web.sas.upenn.edu
August 11, 2026 at 1:30 PM
A new issue of the journal is now available, with articles by Markku Peltonen, Joshua Freed, Matteo Favaretti Camposampiero, Iain McDaniel, Piotr Kuligowski and Bartłomiej Błesznowski, Roslyn Dubler, and İlker Aytürk and Anıl Kahvecioğlu.
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25 Nov. Join us for this online Open History Library Training sessions, hosted by @ihrlibrary.bsky.social team, who will introduce you to the wealth of Latin American collections and resources available at the IHR & @senatehouselib.bsky.social
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
@ilcs.bsky.social
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
@ilcs.bsky.social
Open History Library Training: Introducing Latin American History Collections and Resources
CLACS & IHR Research Training
www.history.ac.uk
July 22, 2026 at 2:34 PM
25 Nov. Join us for this online Open History Library Training sessions, hosted by @ihrlibrary.bsky.social team, who will introduce you to the wealth of Latin American collections and resources available at the IHR & @senatehouselib.bsky.social
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
@ilcs.bsky.social
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
@ilcs.bsky.social
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What were the impacts of the Haitian Revolution on the American Republic? Frances Bell argues slavery was shaped by Haitian freedom-seekers in her Spring 2024 TAH piece, “A Tale of Two Revolutions: The Haitian Revolution in the Early Republic,” now available on Process. https://tinyurl.com/2s47zvhm
July 23, 2026 at 12:00 PM
What were the impacts of the Haitian Revolution on the American Republic? Frances Bell argues slavery was shaped by Haitian freedom-seekers in her Spring 2024 TAH piece, “A Tale of Two Revolutions: The Haitian Revolution in the Early Republic,” now available on Process. https://tinyurl.com/2s47zvhm
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On the Blog, Christian Jacobs recovers a forgotten type of “Europeanization” in the early 1980s that expanded rather than stabilized European identities: the intercultural Moussem festivals organized by Moroccan workers’ organizations. @christianjacobs.bsky.social
“European and immigrant cultures”: The Moussem Festival Series in the 1980s
by Christian Jacobs
web.sas.upenn.edu
July 20, 2026 at 1:40 PM
On the Blog, Christian Jacobs recovers a forgotten type of “Europeanization” in the early 1980s that expanded rather than stabilized European identities: the intercultural Moussem festivals organized by Moroccan workers’ organizations. @christianjacobs.bsky.social
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For the blog, Anin Luo interviews Felix A. Jiménez Botta about his book, Latin America and Human Rights Politics in West Germany, 1973–1990. @felixjimenezbotta.bsky.social @universitypress.cambridge.org
Latin America’s Cold War and the Battle to Redefine Human Rights in Postwar Germany: An Interview with Felix A. Jiménez Botta
by Anin Luo
web.sas.upenn.edu
July 13, 2026 at 1:21 PM
For the blog, Anin Luo interviews Felix A. Jiménez Botta about his book, Latin America and Human Rights Politics in West Germany, 1973–1990. @felixjimenezbotta.bsky.social @universitypress.cambridge.org
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New-ish article by Federica Caso on "Settler imperial ordering: Settler colonialism and the production of hierarchical sovereignties"
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Settler imperial ordering: Settler colonialism and the production of hierarchical sovereignties | Review of International Studies | Cambridge Core
Settler imperial ordering: Settler colonialism and the production of hierarchical sovereignties - Volume 52 Issue 3
www.cambridge.org
July 10, 2026 at 3:25 PM
New-ish article by Federica Caso on "Settler imperial ordering: Settler colonialism and the production of hierarchical sovereignties"
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Our latest @jich.bsky.social Current Debates essay is now out, on the occasion of the United States Semiquincentennial. In this magisterial piece Professor Priya Satia considers the global origins of anti-monarchical traditions and how it influenced American republicanism.
doi.org/10.1080/0308...
doi.org/10.1080/0308...
The Other Republicans: Anti-Monarchical Movements in the World in the Era of America’s Independence
Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Ahead of Print, 2026)
doi.org
July 4, 2026 at 7:49 AM
Our latest @jich.bsky.social Current Debates essay is now out, on the occasion of the United States Semiquincentennial. In this magisterial piece Professor Priya Satia considers the global origins of anti-monarchical traditions and how it influenced American republicanism.
doi.org/10.1080/0308...
doi.org/10.1080/0308...
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‘Despite not securing the succession, despite being Catholic, Catherine managed to be perceived as an ideal consort. Royal wives were – and are – loved or loathed according to values that remain spectacularly unchanged.’
@alicehunt.bsky.social on Charles II’s wife.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@alicehunt.bsky.social on Charles II’s wife.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Alice Hunt · Honourable Chains: Catherine of Braganza
Despite not securing the succession, despite being Catholic, Catherine, queen of Great Britain from 1662 until Charles...
www.lrb.co.uk
July 4, 2026 at 8:15 AM
‘Despite not securing the succession, despite being Catholic, Catherine managed to be perceived as an ideal consort. Royal wives were – and are – loved or loathed according to values that remain spectacularly unchanged.’
@alicehunt.bsky.social on Charles II’s wife.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@alicehunt.bsky.social on Charles II’s wife.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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correction: @ucpress.bsky.social!
Radical Sovereignty by Tony Wood - Hardcover
Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.
www.ucpress.edu
July 2, 2026 at 2:20 PM
correction: @ucpress.bsky.social!
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Disha Karnad Jani interviews Tony Wood about his latest book, "Radical Sovereignty: Debating Race, Nation, and Empire in Interwar Latin America," and his examination of ideas about race, empire, and sovereignty among the Latin American Left in the interwar years. @princetonupress.bsky.social
Radical Sovereignty: Disha Karnad Jani Interviews Tony Wood
by Disha Karnad Jani
web.sas.upenn.edu
July 1, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Disha Karnad Jani interviews Tony Wood about his latest book, "Radical Sovereignty: Debating Race, Nation, and Empire in Interwar Latin America," and his examination of ideas about race, empire, and sovereignty among the Latin American Left in the interwar years. @princetonupress.bsky.social
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TODAY: the first day of our exhibition, ‘REVOLUTION 250’.
It tells the story of the American Revolution through the British archive.
We also look beyond the 250th anniversary of the US Declaration to encompass further stories, including Indigenous nations and Black Loyalists.
It tells the story of the American Revolution through the British archive.
We also look beyond the 250th anniversary of the US Declaration to encompass further stories, including Indigenous nations and Black Loyalists.
June 24, 2026 at 4:48 PM
TODAY: the first day of our exhibition, ‘REVOLUTION 250’.
It tells the story of the American Revolution through the British archive.
We also look beyond the 250th anniversary of the US Declaration to encompass further stories, including Indigenous nations and Black Loyalists.
It tells the story of the American Revolution through the British archive.
We also look beyond the 250th anniversary of the US Declaration to encompass further stories, including Indigenous nations and Black Loyalists.
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And for further reading, check out the companion post on the JHI Blog.
Looking for an Ethiopian Lucretius: Giusto da Urbino, the Origins of the Ḥatäta Zärʾa Yaʿɘqob Controversy, and Reflections on Archival Research
by Lea Cantor and Jonathan Egid
www.jhiblog.org
June 25, 2026 at 3:34 PM
And for further reading, check out the companion post on the JHI Blog.
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Just starting: Indigenous Books and America 250, the 2026 James Russell Wiggins Lecture @amantiquarian.bsky.social with Philip Round. #VastEarlyAmerica #BookHistory www.youtube.com/live/QRccsXQ...
Indigenous Books and America 250 with Phillip H. Round - Wiggins Lecture
YouTube video by AmericanAntiquarian
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June 24, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Just starting: Indigenous Books and America 250, the 2026 James Russell Wiggins Lecture @amantiquarian.bsky.social with Philip Round. #VastEarlyAmerica #BookHistory www.youtube.com/live/QRccsXQ...
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My latest in @thetls.bsky.social to mark the US semiquincentennial: "Separate and Equal" www.the-tls.com/politics-by-...
Separate and equal
July 12, 1776: the sun was shining and Ambrose Serle was beaming as the largest expeditionary force the world had ever seen – 450 ships and 32,000 men – assembled off New York to crush American indepe...
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June 24, 2026 at 12:26 PM
My latest in @thetls.bsky.social to mark the US semiquincentennial: "Separate and Equal" www.the-tls.com/politics-by-...
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Now out! We've heard of Pan-Asianism, but what about Pan-Farmerism? In this article, Toma-Jin Morikawa-Fouquet (University of Oxford) proposes a “transwar nonstate approach” to uncover alternative global intellectual histories. Read the open-access article here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
June 22, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Now out! We've heard of Pan-Asianism, but what about Pan-Farmerism? In this article, Toma-Jin Morikawa-Fouquet (University of Oxford) proposes a “transwar nonstate approach” to uncover alternative global intellectual histories. Read the open-access article here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Our final seminar of this academic year will be on Wednesday. Our own Becca Palmer will be giving a talk titled: "Words will lose their meaning”: Corruption, self-interest, and the politics of truth in the American Revolution.
Book via the link below:
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Book via the link below:
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Words will lose their meaning”: Corruption, self-interest, and the politics of truth in the American Revolution
History of Political Ideas/Early Career Seminars
www.history.ac.uk
June 22, 2026 at 8:12 AM
Our final seminar of this academic year will be on Wednesday. Our own Becca Palmer will be giving a talk titled: "Words will lose their meaning”: Corruption, self-interest, and the politics of truth in the American Revolution.
Book via the link below:
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Book via the link below:
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
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UCL is hosting its first Graduate Workshop on ‘Early America at 250’. The free (!) event will take place 2nd July 2026.
See the programme & book tickets here:
See the programme & book tickets here:
Graduate Conference on Early America - British Association for American Studies
On 2nd July, UCL will be hosting a Graduate Workshop on Early America. All are welcome to join, and it will be followed by the Commonwealth Fund Lecture by Eliga Gould.
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June 22, 2026 at 11:33 AM
UCL is hosting its first Graduate Workshop on ‘Early America at 250’. The free (!) event will take place 2nd July 2026.
See the programme & book tickets here:
See the programme & book tickets here:
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In an essay for the blog, Nicolás Ignacio Rojas writes that the status of semi-autonomous “vassals,” which was accorded by Spain to Chile's Indigenous Mapuche in 18th- and 19th-century treaties, challenges received dichotomies between sovereignty and subjugation.
web.sas.upenn.edu/jhiblog/2026...
web.sas.upenn.edu/jhiblog/2026...
Negotiated Vassalage on the Chilean Frontier
by Nicolás Ignacio Rojas
web.sas.upenn.edu
June 22, 2026 at 1:54 PM
In an essay for the blog, Nicolás Ignacio Rojas writes that the status of semi-autonomous “vassals,” which was accorded by Spain to Chile's Indigenous Mapuche in 18th- and 19th-century treaties, challenges received dichotomies between sovereignty and subjugation.
web.sas.upenn.edu/jhiblog/2026...
web.sas.upenn.edu/jhiblog/2026...