Steve Murdoch
Professor of History, Swedish Defence University
Research & Teaching:
- The Thirty Years' War (1618-1648)
- British Civil Wars (1639-1660)
- Maritime Warfare & Law (1513-1713)
- History of Military Thought, 500BC-2000AD
#Dyslexic in 5x languages
- Reposted by Steve MurdochWhat in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids? Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
- Reposted by Steve MurdochOn Wednesday 4th February, Dr Sebastian Graf (Visiting IMH Researcher) will give the paper “War, Memorialisation, and Digitality: Mnemonic Practices of Ukrainian Virtual Museums in the Russian War against Ukraine" 📆 4 Feb 2026 🕝 15:00 CET 📍RAAB or Zoom (dm for link)
- Reposted by Steve MurdochMinneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey: "I just saw a video of more than 6 masked agents pummeling one of our constituents and shooting him to death. How many more residents, how many more Americans need to die or get badly hurt for this operation to end?"
- Reposted by Steve Murdoch‼️Vi söker en vikarierande lektor i historia, särskilt militärhistoria Läs mer på vår webbplats. Ansök senast 28 februari www.fhs.se/om-forsvarsh...
- Reposted by Steve MurdochBrian Allen @allenanalysis.bsky.social 👍❤️🔥 · 1h WATCH: Native #Americans are protesting after #ICE detained 4 Oglala #Sioux tribal members in #Minneapolis. Three are still unaccounted for. Let that sink in. The original Americans are getting treated like “illegal aliens” by masked federal agents.
- Reposted by Steve MurdochToxic masculinity strutting its stuff. Horrifying.
- Reposted by Steve MurdochThe Trump administration's abduction of a head of state throws into question the future of international law aje.news/8k2ill
- Reposted by Steve Murdoch2024: can Europe defend itself ALONGSIDE America? 2025: can Europe defend itself WITHOUT America? 2026: can Europe defend itself AGAINST America?
- Reposted by Steve MurdochSo the administration sells $500 million in Venezuelan oil, stashes proceeds in Qatar, and tells creditors they are out of luck. Apparently the Administration has gone full Chavista. www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
- Reposted by Steve MurdochIsrael kills 8 in Gaza as US declares phase two of ceasefire deal launched aje.news/513lia
- Reposted by Steve MurdochJust another day in the modern world where we have to listen to the American president - busy building a fascist state where protestors are murdered by his militia - threaten to bomb a country for suppressing legitimate protest.
- Reposted by Steve MurdochMartin Sandbu, @FT: "Europe should embrace the idea of going it alone" Since Trump has stopped doing anything for Europe or Ukraine, Europe should just ignore hostile Trump. Europe does bnot need the US as an enemy. www.ft.com/content/1da0...
- Reposted by Steve MurdochA recent Israeli decision to bar Doctors Without Borders and other aid groups means international staff and aid can no longer enter Gaza or the West Bank. Local staff must rely on dwindling supplies and no international expertise.
- Reposted by Steve MurdochPerfection.
- Reposted by Steve MurdochYesterday Elon Musk retweeted "white solidarity is the only way to survive". In our numb overwhelmed media environment it barely made headlines that the world's richest man endorsed blood-curdling white nationalism. My brief writeup for @religiondispatches.org religiondispatches.org/elon-musk-ju...
- Reposted by Steve MurdochBig States & Big Carbon drives us to war & destruction—so we need a #Powershift, towards communities that seize the renewable energy revolution. But can we imagine it? Let’s try at @ccfest Jan 18th, 3.00pm, Green Room, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall spring.site/blog/power-s... Pls share!
- Reposted by Steve MurdochThe vanity, stupidity and venality is breathtaking. But the history teachers of the future will be grateful for the evidence.
- Reposted by Steve MurdochWhy should Trump stop at Venezuela? They’re champing at the bit for territorial expansion. Katie Miller, Stephen Miller‘s wife, posted a map of Greenland marked as a US territory with the words „SOON“.
- Reposted by Steve MurdochAnd there ya have it… Officials from top Wall Street firms will be traveling to Venezuela to investigate “investment prospects” of the country. “The trip will feature about 20 officials from the finance, energy and defense sectors.”
- Reposted by Steve MurdochNew Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
- Reposted by Steve MurdochThis book is from 1979. The accuracy with which it describes a reality still present is excruciating. (Edward Said: The Question of Palestine)
- Reposted by Steve MurdochNew research found that wolves in the Midwest and Canada not only keep deer populations in check, but they also alter deer behavior in ways that help prevent car crashes and save human lives.
- Reposted by Steve MurdochTay Bridge Disaster #OnThisDay theorkneynews.scot/2025/12/28/t...
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- Reposted by Steve MurdochDean Martin, born Dino Paul Crocetti, son of Italian immigrant Gaetano Crocetti Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
- Reposted by Steve MurdochNow the winner ot the FIFA peace prize has launched missiles at two more countries I'm sure they'll reconsider the decision. Seems almost corrupt in retrospect.
- Reposted by Steve MurdochThe Government Media Office in the Gaza Strip reports that Israeli forces have committed 875 violations over 74 days of the ceasefire, killing 411 Palestinians and injuring 1,112 as they also arrested 45 people.
- Reposted by Steve MurdochBelgium joins South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at ICJ aje.io/49ttvf
- Reposted by Steve MurdochWho are the Palestine Action hunger strikers and what are the health risks?
- My annual Christmas greeting to you all. The Christmas Day Truce. The text is here: www.linkedin.com/posts/steve-... #WWI #ChristmasDayTruce #History #Skystorians #WesternFront #GreatWar #TrenchWarfare @westernfrontww1.bsky.social @greatwarhuts.bsky.social @jich.bsky.social 📚 🗃
- Reposted by Steve MurdochFighting resumes hours before regional foreign ministers meet in Malaysia to discuss steps to de-escalate hostilities.
- Reposted by Steve MurdochPalestinian reporters have paid a terrible price in another horrific year for journalist killings | Jane Martinson
- Reposted by Steve MurdochDoes maritime law still allow pirates to be hanged without a trial? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
- Reposted by Steve Murdoch‘Source of pride for Syria’: man who disarmed Bondi shooter lauded in home town
- Reposted by Steve MurdochPalestinian father Ahmed al-Mabhuh builds a shelter for his family in Gaza ahead of winter, using mud and materials salvaged from the rubble of his destroyed home. 📸: Eyad Baba/AFP
- Reposted by Steve MurdochBosnia’s war, 30 years on: How did the atrocities happen? aje.io/wvhb33
- Reposted by Steve MurdochThe results of the UK GE1918 weren't announced until 28 Dec but #OnThisDay, 14 Dec 1918, Constance Markievicz becomes the first woman elected to the UK parliament. #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #BritishHistory #VotesForWomen #IrishHistory 🗃️ 1/3
- Reposted by Steve Murdoch🚨 AUSTRALIA Video from Bondi Beach shows a man tackling one of the gunman and wrestling his shotgun away‼️
- Reposted by Steve MurdochIn the West Bank village of Umm al-Khair, 24-year-old Hanady Hathaleen is raising three children alone after her husband Awdah was shot dead in settler violence. Now the family faces demolition orders on their home www.theferret.scot/a...
- Reposted by Steve MurdochTrump wants to recreate a white America that never existed | Rebecca Solnit
- Reposted by Steve MurdochIsraeli air raids hit Maghazi camp in central Gaza as mediators warn the ceasefire is at a 'critical moment'.
- Reposted by Steve MurdochComing next spring! ”The Business of War in the Early Modern Baltic Sea Region 1530–1765” Description in comments @profmurdoch.bsky.social @anulah.bsky.social
- Reposted by Steve Murdoch‘Bloodshed was supposed to stop’: no sign of normal life as Gaza’s killing and misery grind on
- Reposted by Steve MurdochVery excited for this conference next summer! #CFP (deadline 28 Feb) Clio Reframed: Women Writing History, 1500-1750 at Oxford 18-19 June 2026. #earlymodern 🗃️ clioreframed.hcommons.org/call-for-pap...
- Reposted by Steve MurdochIMH colleagues @fredrikeriksson.bsky.social and @profmurdoch.bsky.social recently took part in a conference hosted by the Danish Defence Academy on the use of History in military officer education. More details here: www.linkedin.com/posts/instit... @forsvarshogskolan.bsky.social
- Reposted by Steve MurdochIsraeli security forces shot and killed two Palestinian men who appeared to be unarmed and surrendering in the occupied West Bank, according to video filmed by Palestine TV that was distributed by Reuters, and video shot by the news agency itself.
- Reposted by Steve MurdochSave the Children says Palestinians are sheltering at home as Israeli raids injure dozens and lead to mass arrests.
- Reposted by Steve MurdochJe kunt het artikel hier lezen: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
- Reposted by Steve Murdoch📢 CALL FOR PAPERS: Marginal Militaries: Navigating Historical Boundaries, Differences, and Experiences at the Military Periphery Conference date: 22-23 October, 2026 Location: @forsvarshogskolan.bsky.social Stockholm, Sweden (hybrid participation tbc) Cfp Deadline: 28 February, 2026
- Reposted by Steve MurdochI've said it before and I will say it again many times, people using "AI" to design and deliver 'teaching' to students, to mark their work, and in this case to (!) generate literal voice overs are risking their jobs, and frankly they *should* be at risk if they do this sort of thing:
