Department of International History, LSE

The Department is currently recruiting for TWO Teaching Fellow roles... LSE Fellow in the History of Latin America and the History of the Caribbean: https://lnkd.in/eR9H_S6z.. LSE Fellow in Early Modern International History: https://lnkd.in/ehG8-r5c.. #jobs #recruitment #fellow #LSE #history

Professor Kristina Spohr has been very busy! First off, Professor Spohr’s latest El pais column is out. In ‘Chancellor-elect Friedrich Merz’s historical responsibility’ she explains why it is imperative for Berlin to lead Europe alongside London and Paris, as Europe is confronted with an unreliable, bullying US NATO ally. Professor Spohr has also appeared on Deutsche Welle/PBS prime-time news, where she analysed the the state of Euro-Atlantic relations in the aftermath of Germany’s federal elections that saw Friedrich Merz (CDU) win. You can read the column and watch the news recording by visiting the below two links: https://lnkd.in/enQg-5YW https://lnkd.in/eqKrd-iv #news #usa #NATO #europe #germany #history #LSE

We are delighted to announced the publication of GLOBALIZING EUROPE: A HISTORY (Cambridge University Press), edited by David Motadel. The book explores modern Europe's entanglements with the wider world, considering the continent not only as an engine but also as a product of global transformations. https://lnkd.in/ggA-4Eu4 #books #history #globalisation #europe #LSE

Don't forget to join us 20 March for the 2025 Stevenson Chair Induction seminar! The Stevenson Chair was established at the LSE in 1932 to promote history without national bias. The Chair became the nucleus of the LSE Department of International History, and its holders championed the discipline of international relations both in Britain and overseas. In his inaugural lecture as the next holder, Professor Vladislav M. Zubok will speak on the main challenges for the discipline of international history in the years after the end of the Cold War and reflect on what might be a new focus of this history in the world of globalization and renewed power politics. See this link for full event details and registration: https://lnkd.in/giwNUCFm #history #LSE #coldwar #events

Congratulations to Prof. Kirsten Schulze who has been awarded a LSE Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre research grant. Her new project ‘When the Spice Islands were British’ examines the Moluccas during the period of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. #research #LSE #history #asia #britain

We just have started a Bluesky account... You can follow us here: https://lnkd.in/eAkGcZNN #bluesky #history #LSE

On 20 February, students from HY120 and HY330 had the opportunity to explore the LSE Library’s archival collection. Many thanks to Dr. Gillian Murphy for guiding us through primary materials on the First World War, the Second World War, and early twentieth-century China. We look forward to more visits like this in the future! #archives #students #LSE #history #WW1 #ww2 #China

Manoto Television has released a seven-part Persian-language documentary series on ‘1970s Iran: A Decade of Transformation,’ featuring Dr Roham Alvandi. The series deals with seven topics in Iran’s foreign policy under the Shah: Bahrain, Dhofar, oil, the Soviet Union, the United States, Israel, and human rights. You can view an advertisement for the series here: https://lnkd.in/ehrWYdXv #manoto #Documentary #iran #LSE #history

Last week, Prof Kirsten Schulze gave a presentation on ‘Indonesian militant Islamists and their international connections’ at the workshop on ‘Navigating Global Security Threats: Terrorism, Radicalisation, and Emerging Technologies’ held by the Center for Excellence for National Security in Singapore, 25-26 February 2025.

"The Nervous State" (film screening and talk), with Nicola Baldwin and Professor Julie Gottlieb On 27 March, the "Conflict and Identity in Europe since the 18th Century" research cluster hosts the second of it's two March events! In this lunchtime session, historian Julie Gottlieb, Professor of Modern History at the University of Sheffield, and filmmaker Nicola Baldwin, discuss how the rediscovery of a diary written during the Munich Crisis has led them to explore the connections between inner conflict and global crisis, and the resonances between the late 1930s and our own historical moment of crisis. In the Q&A, we will be discussing how their collaboration resulted in two very different forms: Julie’s academic journal article, ‘An Epidemic of Nervous Breakdowns and Crisis Suicides in Britain’s War of Nerves, 1938–1940’, in the Historical Journal (2024), and Nicola’s film. See here for full details and event registration: https://lnkd.in/d6XYKWvr #events #LSE #history #film