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Dr Amy King @amycking.bsky.social · 1d

Very much looking forward to seeing this out in the world by the end of the year. I've got a chapter on commemoration of the Nasiriyah dead in Italy. Looks a wonderfully rich collection.

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Routledge Handbook of Dark Events: Celebrations, Heritage, and Customs of Death and the Macabre

This handbook explores and critically evaluates key debates and controversies in the emerging field of Dark Events. It brings together leading specialists from a range of disciplinary backgrounds and ...

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Dr Amy King @amycking.bsky.social · 2d

dude’s giving Foro Italico

Dr Amy King @amycking.bsky.social · 20d

Thanks! No pressure, but would love to hear about your research

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Dr Amy King @amycking.bsky.social · 20d

Will this be recorded? Sounds fascinating, but I have teaching then booo

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Dr Amy King @amycking.bsky.social · 20d

'a project replete with contradictions and counterintuitive interventions, to the advantage of all who engage with it [...] embodies a dynamism that defies traditional methods of scholastic intervention.'

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Where Monsters Are Born: Documenting a Fascist Revival in the Streets of Rome, 2018-2019

Where Monsters Are Born is an Omeka-based digital archive featuring over forty neo-fascist and anti-fascist posters, stickers, and various ephemera from the streets and alleyways of Rome, Italy.

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Dr Amy King @amycking.bsky.social · 20d

Delighted to see such a great review of Where Monsters Are Born, our educational resource that aims to improve visual literacy of neofascist propaganda, in the Journal of Comparative Fascist Studies! bit.ly/3IdDtPC

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‘Where Monsters Are Born: Documenting a Fascist Revival in the Streets of Rome, 2018–2019’ | Amsterdam University Press Journals Online

Amsterdam University Press is a leading publisher of academic books, journals and textbooks in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Our aim is to make current research available to scholars, students, ...

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Selena Daly @selenadaly.bsky.social · 20d

Please spread this far and wide! I’m on the convening team of this exciting new IHR seminar series and we are looking forward to hearing about all the cutting-edge research being done by ECRs across the country!

HistoryLab @ihrhistorylab.bsky.social · 20d

📢 New Seminar Series!

We are thrilled to be working alongside @ihr.bsky.social on a brand new seminar series titled Migration and Mobility. We are coming together for a special edition of the seminar to showcase the work of PGRs and ECRs on migration and mobility history (1/3)

Migration and Mobility History

Call for Papers: IHR History Lab and Migration and Mobility Seminar

Taking place at the IHR Senate House and online, 10th February 2026, 5.30pm-7.30pm. The IHR History Lab and Migration and Mobility are coming together for a special edition of our seminar series to showcase the work of PGRs and ECRs working on migration and mobility history.

We invite submissions of 20 minute papers from PGRs and ECRs on the topic of migration and mobility (broadly defined), focusing on any period or place.

This is an opportunity to share your research with, and recieve feedback from, established and emerging scholars working on migration and mobility studies. To apply, send abstracts of under 250 words, with a short bio, to Kathleen Commons at kabcommons@gmail.com by 5pm on 15th November.

Migration and Mobility History

About the Seminars

History Lab is the national network for postgraduate students in history and related disciplines. Based at the Institute of Historical Research, it serves as an intellectual and social forum that connects, empowers, and supports the postgraduate community.

The IHR Migration and Mobility seminar provides a space for historians and scholars from other disciplines to come together to discuss migration and mobility in history. The seminar seeks to attract papers on a diverse range of themes and periods in migration and mobility history, including the emerging field of pre-modern migration histories, and histories of migration within the Global South. We will take an interdisciplinary approach, working with sociologists, legal scholars, and geographers with an interest in historical migration and mobility.

if you have any queries about this seminar, contact Kathleen at kabcommons@gmail.com

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 21d

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site

As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.

www.miamiherald.com

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George Newth @georgenewth.bsky.social · 22d

A generous, well-written, and thorough review of 'Fathers of the Lega' by @amycking.bsky.social
'Richly researched and grounded in scholarly debates [...]
Newth’s book reminds us that ideological strands thought to be dormant may yet re-emerge in new contexts'
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Review of Newth (2024): Fathers of the Lega: Populist Regionalism and Populist Nationalism in Historical Perspective | John Benjamins

Welcome to e-content platform of John Benjamins Publishing Company. Here you can find all of our electronic books and journals, for purchase and download or subscriber access.

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Dr Amy King @amycking.bsky.social · 28d

Wow this is so so bleak

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404 Media @404media.co · 28d

The Department of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the United States.

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DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing

Following Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the Trump administration’s promise to go after the “radical left” a study showing most domestic terrosim is far-right was disappeared.

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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · Sep 14

"The Pride of Britain"

Fox - Charged under the Sexual Offence act for an upskirt photo on Twitter

Hopkins - Detained in South Africa for spreading racial hatred and deported from Australia for breaching Covid

Tommy "10 names" Robinson - Serial convict

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Niamh Cullen @niamhcullen.bsky.social · Sep 9

A really strong, thought provoking start to the @publichistoryqub.bsky.social annual conference on ‘Public History in an age of Anxiety’ with @cathfletcher.bsky.social on museums and gun heritage, and Lisa Goff on the challenges of public history in Trump’s America

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Dr Amy King @amycking.bsky.social · Sep 8

Very much looking forward to discussing antifascist pedagogies in Belfast this week!

History at Queen's University Belfast @qubhistory.bsky.social · Aug 1

'Public History in an Age of Anxiety', QUB Centre for Public History Conference, 9-11 September. Register now and join us for a packed programme over three days.

www.qub.ac.uk/research-cen...

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Dr Amy King @amycking.bsky.social · Sep 5

Feel like they’d be firm friends with Italy’s umarell

Susie Dent @susiedent.com · Sep 4

Word of the day is ‘tamalou’: a French name for an older person who no longer greets their friends with ‘how was your holiday?, but with ‘t’as mal où ?’, ‘where does it hurt?’. There follows an enthusiastic account of aches and pains and doctor’s appointments.

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Dr Amy King @amycking.bsky.social · Aug 22

Yesterday, I was reassured to see there were National Guards inside a real crime hotspot: The Natural History Museum.

Those criminal… fossils?

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Dr Amy King @amycking.bsky.social · Aug 19

Someone has immortalised the DC sandwich-thrower. This city works fast!

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Dr Amy King @amycking.bsky.social · Aug 15

My journey home via Union Station, DC. What a time to be alive, honestly.

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Dr Amy King @amycking.bsky.social · Aug 6

Chuffed to see this review of my book in La Repubblica this week, by Benedetta Tobagi!

Incidentally the same week Meloni ‘remembered’ the Bologna bombing without mentioning the word neofascism.

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Dr Amy King @amycking.bsky.social · Jul 31

Looks like I saw it just in time

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Jul 31

Exclusive: The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History removed references to President Trump’s two impeachments from an exhibit — an apparent change to its plans to update its collection of artifacts about the historic U.S. proceedings.

Smithsonian removes Trump from impeachment exhibit in American History Museum

A temporary placard, on display since 2021, described the president's historic impeachments. Officials said the exhibit was restored to an earlier version following a review of legacy content.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Dr Amy King @amycking.bsky.social · Jul 7

Big thanks to Nicola Guerra for this thorough and generous review of my book. Still surprises me to think of people spending time with my work!

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The politics of sacrifice: Remembering Italy’s Rogo di Primavalle

Published in Journal of Modern Italian Studies (Ahead of Print, 2025)

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Dr Amy King @amycking.bsky.social · Jul 6

My first 4 July weekend has been 10/10!

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Jen Evans @jennifervevans.bsky.social · Jul 5

Perhaps a good time to re up the New Fascism Syllabus, an online repository of resources on neofascism, populism, and authoritarianism, including a research repository and relevant secondary literature.

newfascismsyllabus.com

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Dr Amy King @amycking.bsky.social · Jun 14

Oh great! I hope you enjoy it (if enjoy is the right word for a subject like this!)

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Dr Amy King @amycking.bsky.social · Jun 9

Yes, I thought the same! Incredible book playing out before our eyes.

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