António Ferraz de Oliveira
Lecturer in Geopolitics @King's College London; interested in the history of geopolitical thought, territory and environmental politics. Erstwhile @Univesity of Groningen
- Delighted to share this EJIR paper, co-authored with my brilliant friend Maarten Meijer. We track the story of how hydroponics triggered connected geopolitical fantasies before and after 1945, from the Pacific to Israel and Bengal. Hope it's a good read! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
- Happy to share our term card for the KCL Geopolitics series (@KCLGeography). Lots to look forward to as we think through the geopolitics of Venezuela, Greenland, 'Donroe' and more, with fantastic guest speakers!
- Reposted by António Ferraz de Oliveira“Fawaz Gerges's latest book might be his lifetime masterpiece,” writes Dr Silvia Colombo. Read the full review of Professor Fawaz Gerges' new book, The Great Betrayal: The Struggle for Freedom and Democracy in the #MiddleEast. 🔗 bit.ly/3NqkmEb @lsemiddleeast.bsky.social #AcademicSky #PoliSky
- Reposted by António Ferraz de OliveiraAnytime, map fiends. Anytime.
- Happy to share this term-card for History and Theory of IR colloquium (org by G. Marques Pedro and A. Nohr, @facultyofartsug.bsky.social @cirr-ug.bsky.social). Patricia Owens on Erased, Alanna O'Malley on the invisible UN, Carmen Chas on intl law, and more - not to be missed for those in NL!
- Reposted by António Ferraz de OliveiraHappy to share the news that Catastrophic Diplomacy won the 2025 Tonous and Warda Johns Family Book Award (for the best monograph in the history of U.S. foreign relations, immigration history, or military history) from the PCB-AHA.
- Reposted by António Ferraz de OliveiraThe LSU History Department is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor in 20th Century European History (excluding Britain). Please spread the word! More details at the link below: lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/LSU/job/0224...
- Reposted by António Ferraz de OliveiraDear friends, INDIGNITY is coming out tomorrow and I will be discussing it with the brilliant Hannah Dawson. If you know anyone who wants to celebrate with us, hear the discussion & maybe a bit of reading, feel free to spread the word - still some tickets left! www.waterstones.com/events/lea-y...
- Happy to share today I started my new position as a Lecturer in Geopolitics @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social. I am thankful to colleagues for their very warm welcome and looking forward to learning the ropes and trying new challenges!
- Reposted by António Ferraz de Oliveira‘The resistance story about ourselves is really a fear story about ourselves; it suggests that self-protection is our paramount consideration, and that vulnerability is our primary preoccupation.’ Adam Phillips on why we resist: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
- Happy to see my early work on Kropotkin featured in the 10th anniversary of Global Intellectual History. GIH is a fantastic journal, with truly international reflections on so many traveling ideas across our shared history. I always read it with pleasure and recommend it to colleagues!
- 1/6 For our latest highlight for our upcoming 10th anniversary, we return to the work of @antoniofdo.bsky.social (@rug.nl), author of "Kropotkin's commune and the politics of history", published @global-ih.bsky.social in 2018. We asked him about this research today. Here is what he had to say:
- Reposted by António Ferraz de Oliveira🚨New Article🚨 “‘Aggression in Felt Slippers:’ Bahr, Kissinger, and the Geopolitics of Ostpolitik, 1962–2022” By Ian Klinke Read OPEN ACCESS here: academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic...
- Reposted by António Ferraz de OliveiraVol. 88, Special Issue: ‘Archives as Worldmaking’ ‘Black archives, white philanthropists: Pan-African worldmaking in the interwar United States’, by @jakehodder.bsky.social Read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.jhg.2025.03.003 12/31
- Reposted by António Ferraz de Oliveira🌡️ Parts of Earth could soon be too hot to live. A recent study warned that if we hit 2°C warming, the uninhabitable zone could triple in size. 🎧 Listen to the latest WORLD: we got this podcast: pod.fo/e/2c0bc6 #ClimateCrisis #Heatwaves #GlobalWarming #TooHotToLive #Sustainability #ClimateAction
- Happy to share my latest article on “Between Ford and Gandhi”: André Siegfried’s Environmental Geopolitics, c.1898–1956, with Modern Intellectual History. Grateful to all the colleagues who helped shape this along the way, and hoping it makes for an enjoyable read.
- Reposted by António Ferraz de OliveiraVol. 88 is out! It is our 50th anniversary issue, and includes a special issue on ‘Archives as Worldmaking’ edited by @jakehodder.bsky.social and @snehakrishnan.bsky.social sciencedirect.com/journal/journal-of-historical-geography/vol/88/suppl/C Take a look at the contents below 🧵 1/31
- I'm happy to share that from September, I am joining @kings-sga.bsky.social as a permanent Lecturer in Geopolitics. I am also grateful to colleagues @facultyofartsug.bsky.social for three fantastic years in beautiful Groningen. Hoping to stay in touch and hopping over the Channel! Tot ziens!
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- This article didn't make it into my self-determination book manuscript but brilliantly describes the mobilization by international business associations to counter efforts by postcolonial states to enshrine permanent sovereignty in intl law. academic.oup.com/ejil/article...
- Looking forward to welcome @siculovevo.bsky.social tomorrow at the HTIR Colloquium in Groningen. Come and learn about the fascinating history of oceanic pollution and environmentalism! @facultyofartsug.bsky.social @cirr-ug.bsky.social
- Looking forward to tomorrow's HTIR colloquium at Groningen, with Jamie Draper telling us about his book on Climate Displacement and political theory. If in Groningen or nearby, come join us for a fascinating talk! @facultyofartsug.bsky.social @cirr-ug.bsky.social
- Reposted by António Ferraz de OliveiraHeartily recommend holding your next academic workshop in Bologna. Wonderful two days discussing prediction and the environment for our @britishacademy.bsky.social ‘Place of Prediction’ workshop, with special thanks to host @orrosenboim.bsky.social
- Reposted by António Ferraz de OliveiraAlbert Einstein was honorary president of the League Against Imperialism, founded 1927 in Brussels. 'In your congress, the solidly united endeavour of the oppressed to achieve independence takes bodily shape'. From his opening speech to 174 delegates from 34 countries.
- And here is our final term of History and Theory of International History colloquia @facultyofartsug.bsky.social With the early summer arriving in Groningen, we have plenty of talks to think together and let the sunshine in... All welcome - See you there!
- Reposted by António Ferraz de OliveiraOf all the heartbreaking crap that is happening in the world, this is currently topping my list. We might optimistically think of disasters as windows of opportunity, but they can also be downward spirals of poverty, like in Myanmar. www.bbc.com/news/videos/...
- Fully funded PhD @facultyofartsug.bsky.social, working on anticolonial geopolitics and post-imperial worldmaking in the Arab World, c. 1908-77. Application portal now open: myuniversity.rug.nl/infonet/mede... Submissions deadline is April 30th.
- Job alert! Fully-funded PhD @facultyofartsug.bsky.social, with myself, @karimeltaki.bsky.social and @bherborth.bsky.social on post-imperial geopolitical imaginations in/of the Arab world. Please help spread the word among interested candidates! Full details here: karimeltaki.com/phd-position...
- Book Launch talk today - come one and all, to hear fascinating histories from below on everyday socialism in Eastern Europe. @facultyofartsug.bsky.social
- Today in Groningen! Don't miss Jill Massino's talk at the HTIR Chair Group's Colloquium if you're around 👇 @antoniofdo.bsky.social
- Reposted by António Ferraz de OliveiraOne-year IR postdoc vacancy on a project on sanctions at GIGA in beautiful Hamburg 👇 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMK608/p...
- Job alert! Fully-funded PhD @facultyofartsug.bsky.social, with myself, @karimeltaki.bsky.social and @bherborth.bsky.social on post-imperial geopolitical imaginations in/of the Arab world. Please help spread the word among interested candidates! Full details here: karimeltaki.com/phd-position...
- Reposted by António Ferraz de OliveiraExcited to announce the first Graduate Symposium on Doing International Political Sociology at Uni Groningen this summer. Join us to collaborate, workshop, share your work and engage with the Doing IPS network. Deadline 1 April. Questions? Federico Petris and I are here to help. CfP below.
- Come join us for the first Graduate Symposium on Doing IPS at the University of Groningen on 4-5 June 2025. The symposium offers PhD/ERC a space to collaborate and discuss what – in all its plurality – the doing of IPS entails for ERC today. CfP below, deadline 1 April 2025 @doingips.bsky.social
- Looking forward to welcoming Jan for our History and Theory of IR colloquium this Thursday! As usual, if in Groningen or NL, all welcome. @facultyofartsug.bsky.social @gloknos.bsky.social @agricolaschool.bsky.social
- Reposted by António Ferraz de OliveiraThe Call for Abstracts for the first ever NUPI (@nupinytt.bsky.social) Theory Conference in Oslo 22-24 September: "Constructivism in an Era of Geopolitics: Social Construction in Turbulent Times". With a keynote by the excellent Stefano Guzzini, and a roundtable tba. We hope to see you there!
- Reposted by António Ferraz de OliveiraConference: challenges of conflict transformation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories Thursday 12 June 2025 : www.liverpool.ac.uk/humanities-a...
- Can't wait to share ongoing research on geopolitical imaginations of hydroponics, w. Maarten Meijer today @facultyofartsug.bsky.social @gloknos.bsky.social Here is a snippet, with the great logo of the erstwhile IWOSC ready to take the world by storm... (move over Audrey II)
- Calling all Low Countries colleagues to apply/circulate for our workshop on 'Emerging Research in International History and Political Thought', Groningen on June 12-13! proudly co-chaired w. @arnabduttahist.bsky.social t & @jcostalopez.bsky.social CFP: politicologenetmaal.eu/call-for-papers-2025/
- Looking forward to welcome Sofia Nasstrom next week @facultyofartsug.bsky.social to hear about her forthcoming book on Democracy - all welcome!
- Looking forward to present ongoing research this week at @oxfordgeography.bsky.social - on HJ Mackinder's imperial geopolitics and dreams of renewable energy. If you're curious and local - please come by!
- And we're back! A new cycle of colloquia at IRIO Groningen - come explore democratic uncertainty, hydroponic geopolitics, technocracy and global health, American oceanic pollution and post-socialist lives with us... All welcome!
- Reposted by António Ferraz de OliveiraIt was great fun to write this essay on how I became an intellectual historian for H-Diplo. With shoutouts to @dominiquereill.bsky.social , @samuelmoyn.bsky.social , @orrosenboim.bsky.social , and many others. issforum.org/essays/h-dip...
- Great to see Laurie Parsons's book here - much deserved!
- Congrats to our Choice Outstanding Academic Title winners! 🏆 From books on the climate crisis, Jane Austen and music, and religious pilgrimage, we're delighted to see these three MUP titles recognised as some of the best in scholarly publishing from 2024. #awardwinning #nonfiction
- Reposted by António Ferraz de OliveiraWhy does James Baldwin matter so much now? A round-up of recently published books on Baldwin, including Douglas Field's 'Walking in the dark', in the latest issue of the @thespectator1828.bsky.social: www.spectator.co.uk/article/why-... #JamesBaldwin
- Reposted by António Ferraz de OliveiraThis edited collection on the "rise of the international" looks great: #HistIR global.oup.com/academic/pro...
- Reposted by António Ferraz de OliveiraOut today in paperback! ⬇️ The last publication in our flagship series 'Studies in Imperialism' of 2024 - British culture after Empire: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526182548/ "An engaging and rich conversation" @jbritishstudies.bsky.social #StudiesinImperialism
- Reposted by António Ferraz de OliveiraI can share the final programme of "Reimagining the Pacific: Towards an Oceanic Intellectual History" at the University of Tokyo, 13-14 March. I look forward to participating & learning from colleagues - huge thanks to the principal organiser, Dr Tomohito Baji www.gsi.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp/event/6110/
- Reposted by António Ferraz de OliveiraRELEASE DAY!!! It’s here at last and I am very proud of it. Immense thanks to @stanfordpress.bsky.social for supporting this project ( & check out the promotional code).
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- LSE is seeking the next Montague Burton Chair in International Relations. The MB Chair was previously held by Iver Neumann, Barry Buzan, Fred Halliday, Chris Hill, R.J. Vincent and Susan Strange. Closing date is 9 Feb 2025 - please spread widely. Further details: jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
- Reposted by António Ferraz de OliveiraTwo permanent human geography posts at Durham University ( a focus on nature, climate change and just futures) durham.taleo.net/careersectio...
- Reposted by António Ferraz de OliveiraDelighted to share our call for papers for the 2025 Women in the History of Political Thought conference. We welcome papers related to women's contributions to political thought. We look forward to receiving your submissions! womeninhpt.com
- Reposted by António Ferraz de OliveiraInteresting CfP for a workshop on business history & imperialism held at Leiden University #HistIR www.hsozkult.de/event/id/eve...
- Reposted by António Ferraz de OliveiraFive of the best science fiction books of 2024 by @adamroberts.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/books/2024/d...
- Here is a snapshot starter-pack for those interested in political geography and history of geopolitical thought! Please write if you can help me make this more complete - go.bsky.app/SLM6n8Gat://did:plc:kbgotice6osjc7vj5ffodymh/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lcks4dg4pi2x
- Reposted by António Ferraz de OliveiraPart 2 of "Intellectual History & Friends" has grown considerably & continues to grow - do check it out (with Part 1) & share! go.bsky.app/7DTVem6at://did:plc:kc5tb6khwka4smbpu4dhzrft/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lagyuofdyw2n
- Reposted by António Ferraz de OliveiraA Starter Pack for History/IR folks - just to make this space more useful more quickly. It’s super improvised & I’m sure I forgot to include many, so please lmk! 👇 go.bsky.app/CUyrrn3at://did:plc:jsn2tfpglo6dbaswijsk4x2d/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lak62oovlv2d
- Reposted by António Ferraz de OliveiraIR scholars: We've gathered the associations and groups we could find thus far. Shout out to be added. go.bsky.app/6S1gqpqat://did:plc:nih2f2zaj5rdccffupdt3tgl/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lbd7q46u222z
- Reposted by António Ferraz de Oliveira@hist-isanet.bsky.social is on here! Follow & spread the word #HistIR
