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Historian of economic life, emotions & the everyday. Living in Copenhagen, going swimming, being vegan.
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Have I mentioned? I co-edit (with Nick White) a rather wonderful, eclectic book series in Studies in Port and Maritime History, published by the excellent Liverpool University. Please do consider us if you think you might have a suitable proposal! www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/topic/book-s...

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My phone is on the blink and just drafted this email for me. It's rather beautiful and probably makes as much sense as anything else right now.

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Most business is "ordinary." A beautiful obituary for an entrepreneur most of us will never have heard of, Arshad Ahmed. Look at this fabulous photograph! www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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"the past is not a frozen moment but a site of competing possibilities ... History is ... about the boundaries that defined what responses to those events were thinkable." Student Yeonseo Shin is right. A good day for considering the "thinkableness" of events. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...

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Most amazing thread ever.

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Meanwhile the UK is still stuck at asking, the Empire was a good thing, right? Right?

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A beautiful day, in many ways.

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Stumbled on the remarkable Tagensbo Kirke in Nordvest København (architect Hans Christian Hansen, 1970), stumbled on the organist, tucked away in his office, who opened the church, switched on the lights, and left us alone to enjoy.

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I decided to read the 8 shortlisted articles & finished the final one last night. What fine pieces! And, in many cases, brave, taking on topics likely to raise the ire of those who see history as a fertile field for culture wars. How encouraging to have fine, brave young historians coming through.

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Mood ...

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📣 Call for participants 📣 Have you ever used any History Workshop Journal articles in your teaching practice? We’d love to hear from you for the 100th issue of HWJ! Please let us know by sending an email or feel free to DM.

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"Here, the earth's crust is buckled and distorted, displaying its many strata to dramatic effect."

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I stumbled into reading these stories back to back, or against each other, but doing so was deeply illuminating: www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/... www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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