Maurice J. Casey
@mauricejcasey.com
Historian of intimacy and revolution in 1920s-40s Europe. New project: anti-Nazi vegetarians.
Author of Irish Book Awards shortlisted HOTEL LUX — about a hotel in 1920s Moscow — and radical history newsletter Archive Rats:
archiverats.substack.com
Author of Irish Book Awards shortlisted HOTEL LUX — about a hotel in 1920s Moscow — and radical history newsletter Archive Rats:
archiverats.substack.com
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A GDR-era plaque for the Kochmanns, executed for membership in the German-Jewish Herbert Baum resistance group that fought Nazis with (among other things) arson, in Berlin Mitte. There’s an obvious tension between how Germany remembers past antifascists and how it speaks of those at present.
November 29, 2025 at 7:56 AM
A GDR-era plaque for the Kochmanns, executed for membership in the German-Jewish Herbert Baum resistance group that fought Nazis with (among other things) arson, in Berlin Mitte. There’s an obvious tension between how Germany remembers past antifascists and how it speaks of those at present.
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I wonder if any Irish historians on here can help me identify any of the people in this picture? Early 1900s probably in Dublin, it's Tom Clarke in the middle and I think I know who it is on the left of the image. Any of the others though?
November 25, 2025 at 12:18 PM
I wonder if any Irish historians on here can help me identify any of the people in this picture? Early 1900s probably in Dublin, it's Tom Clarke in the middle and I think I know who it is on the left of the image. Any of the others though?
Just learned my module “Living the Revolution: Intimate Histories of International Communism” will be offered to QUB History students in the 2026/27 academic year 🎉
November 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Just learned my module “Living the Revolution: Intimate Histories of International Communism” will be offered to QUB History students in the 2026/27 academic year 🎉
Congrats to Mitchell Abidor on publishing this fascinating and revealing biography of Victor Serge. An honour to have my words featured on the cover!
November 24, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Congrats to Mitchell Abidor on publishing this fascinating and revealing biography of Victor Serge. An honour to have my words featured on the cover!
Visited an important address from Hotel Lux: Edo Fimmen’s Amsterdam office - reception point for reports from the German underground, coded telegrams from the Spanish Republic and fortnightly issues of the Alpenpost.
November 20, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Visited an important address from Hotel Lux: Edo Fimmen’s Amsterdam office - reception point for reports from the German underground, coded telegrams from the Spanish Republic and fortnightly issues of the Alpenpost.
A really thrilling day working on an upcoming documentary for BBC Radio 4: the story of a family history of anti-Nazi resistance.
Thanks to the IISH Amsterdam for hosting and sharing some of its vast riches!
Thanks to the IISH Amsterdam for hosting and sharing some of its vast riches!
November 19, 2025 at 4:39 PM
A really thrilling day working on an upcoming documentary for BBC Radio 4: the story of a family history of anti-Nazi resistance.
Thanks to the IISH Amsterdam for hosting and sharing some of its vast riches!
Thanks to the IISH Amsterdam for hosting and sharing some of its vast riches!
1937: Show your solidarity! Send international brigade volunteers a solidarity postcard in Esperanto. Three pence per card.
November 19, 2025 at 1:08 PM
1937: Show your solidarity! Send international brigade volunteers a solidarity postcard in Esperanto. Three pence per card.
I’m in an archive where the rooms are named after Mensheviks and a “Toilet Gazette” updates patrons on collection highlights.
The International Institute of Social History is quickly becoming an all time favourite.
The International Institute of Social History is quickly becoming an all time favourite.
November 19, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I’m in an archive where the rooms are named after Mensheviks and a “Toilet Gazette” updates patrons on collection highlights.
The International Institute of Social History is quickly becoming an all time favourite.
The International Institute of Social History is quickly becoming an all time favourite.
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Decided to comment on this - a former Trinity SU president proposing unity between the left and far right- because I've found people curiously quite about it
brianhanleyhistory.wordpress.com/blog/
brianhanleyhistory.wordpress.com/blog/
Brian Hanley, Historian
Modern Irish Historian, historical consultant
brianhanleyhistory.wordpress.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Decided to comment on this - a former Trinity SU president proposing unity between the left and far right- because I've found people curiously quite about it
brianhanleyhistory.wordpress.com/blog/
brianhanleyhistory.wordpress.com/blog/
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Really looking forward to this tomorrow. Maurice's work is always so fascinating and engaging- marrying the great social and political transformations of the 20th century with the intimate lives of those who have often been marginalised in the Grand Narratives of the past. Please do join us!
Maynooth! Join me for the story of a training school for revolutionaries, a bestselling recipe book and a vegetarian cook who parachuted from a Lancaster bomber into Nazi Germany in 1944.
November 12, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Really looking forward to this tomorrow. Maurice's work is always so fascinating and engaging- marrying the great social and political transformations of the 20th century with the intimate lives of those who have often been marginalised in the Grand Narratives of the past. Please do join us!
Maynooth! Join me for the story of a training school for revolutionaries, a bestselling recipe book and a vegetarian cook who parachuted from a Lancaster bomber into Nazi Germany in 1944.
November 11, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Maynooth! Join me for the story of a training school for revolutionaries, a bestselling recipe book and a vegetarian cook who parachuted from a Lancaster bomber into Nazi Germany in 1944.
When I talk about how the history of progressive/radical movements is tied to a history of intimacy this is what I mean.
Socialism is always both a theory of economic redistribution and a chance to hang out!!
Socialism is always both a theory of economic redistribution and a chance to hang out!!
November 6, 2025 at 9:37 AM
When I talk about how the history of progressive/radical movements is tied to a history of intimacy this is what I mean.
Socialism is always both a theory of economic redistribution and a chance to hang out!!
Socialism is always both a theory of economic redistribution and a chance to hang out!!
In 1917 a foreign-born socialist ran for Mayor of New York City.
Morris Hillquit, born in Latvia, stood on a platform that included opposition to war, economic redistribution and support for a burning global issue: Irish freedom.
Morris Hillquit, born in Latvia, stood on a platform that included opposition to war, economic redistribution and support for a burning global issue: Irish freedom.
November 5, 2025 at 7:57 PM
In 1917 a foreign-born socialist ran for Mayor of New York City.
Morris Hillquit, born in Latvia, stood on a platform that included opposition to war, economic redistribution and support for a burning global issue: Irish freedom.
Morris Hillquit, born in Latvia, stood on a platform that included opposition to war, economic redistribution and support for a burning global issue: Irish freedom.
ngl when Zohran mentioned Eugene Debs in his victory speech the crowd cheered and I cheered too.
November 5, 2025 at 3:56 PM
ngl when Zohran mentioned Eugene Debs in his victory speech the crowd cheered and I cheered too.
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Exciting news! Filming will soon start on a Bad Bridgets film, inspired by Elaine Farrell & Leanne McCormick's great book. We're delighted to have both Elaine & Leanne on our USIHS Committee (for many reasons, this is just today's extra one) @badbridgetbook.bsky.social
deadline.com/2025/10/dais...
deadline.com/2025/10/dais...
Daisy Edgar-Jones And Emilia Jones To Star In ‘Bad Bridgets’ From LuckyChap
Daisy Edgar Jones and Emilia Jones are set to star in 'Bad Bridgets', from 'Kneecap' director Rich Peppiatt.
deadline.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Exciting news! Filming will soon start on a Bad Bridgets film, inspired by Elaine Farrell & Leanne McCormick's great book. We're delighted to have both Elaine & Leanne on our USIHS Committee (for many reasons, this is just today's extra one) @badbridgetbook.bsky.social
deadline.com/2025/10/dais...
deadline.com/2025/10/dais...
I'm doing a side project linked to the cultural history of video games in 1980s Ireland and I'm finding exactly what I expected to find
October 30, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I'm doing a side project linked to the cultural history of video games in 1980s Ireland and I'm finding exactly what I expected to find
Irish-American organiser Elizabeth Gurley Flynn speaks on "The Fascisti and the Klan" - June 1924
October 28, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Irish-American organiser Elizabeth Gurley Flynn speaks on "The Fascisti and the Klan" - June 1924
October 21, 2025 at 9:34 AM
I really enjoyed speaking with Georgetown University MA students who were assigned my book as reading earlier this week. A shout out to to Gregory Afinogenov for the invitation to Zoom in to DC from Belfast!
October 17, 2025 at 12:06 PM
I really enjoyed speaking with Georgetown University MA students who were assigned my book as reading earlier this week. A shout out to to Gregory Afinogenov for the invitation to Zoom in to DC from Belfast!
Today was my first official day working on my AHRC catalyst project — the story of a vegetarian, Esperanto-speaking, anti-fascist organisation.
Grateful for the opportunity to spend three years down these historical rabbit holes
Grateful for the opportunity to spend three years down these historical rabbit holes
October 1, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Today was my first official day working on my AHRC catalyst project — the story of a vegetarian, Esperanto-speaking, anti-fascist organisation.
Grateful for the opportunity to spend three years down these historical rabbit holes
Grateful for the opportunity to spend three years down these historical rabbit holes
I reviewed the riveting Three Revolutions by @simonhallwriter.bsky.social in the latest issue of the TLS - and took the opportunity to talk about my favourite historical film Reds.
www.the-tls.com/history/twen...
www.the-tls.com/history/twen...
Fellow travellers
Warren Beatty’s film Reds (1981), a biopic about the muckraking American journalist John Reed, did something revolutionary. In a daring narrative experiment for a Hollywood romance, snippets from oral...
www.the-tls.com
October 1, 2025 at 12:04 PM
I reviewed the riveting Three Revolutions by @simonhallwriter.bsky.social in the latest issue of the TLS - and took the opportunity to talk about my favourite historical film Reds.
www.the-tls.com/history/twen...
www.the-tls.com/history/twen...
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I’m honoured that my book, MULTICULTURAL BRITAIN: A PEOPLE’S HISTORY has been shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize. Hugely grateful to the judges and the many people who have supported this work along the way
@wolfsonhistory.bsky.social
www.wolfsonhistoryprize.org.uk/2025-wolfson...
@wolfsonhistory.bsky.social
www.wolfsonhistoryprize.org.uk/2025-wolfson...
2025 Wolfson History Prize shortlist announced
The Wolfson History Prize has revealed its 2025 shortlist, with six books in contention for the UK's most prestigious history writing prize.
www.wolfsonhistoryprize.org.uk
September 30, 2025 at 8:14 AM
I’m honoured that my book, MULTICULTURAL BRITAIN: A PEOPLE’S HISTORY has been shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize. Hugely grateful to the judges and the many people who have supported this work along the way
@wolfsonhistory.bsky.social
www.wolfsonhistoryprize.org.uk/2025-wolfson...
@wolfsonhistory.bsky.social
www.wolfsonhistoryprize.org.uk/2025-wolfson...
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Happy to be featured in @apollo-magazine.com in brief this month! “Faraday’s revelations – that tapestries were seen as the highest art form in Tudor society, for instance – breathe new life into the familiar stories of Holbein, Hilliard et al.”
September 25, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Happy to be featured in @apollo-magazine.com in brief this month! “Faraday’s revelations – that tapestries were seen as the highest art form in Tudor society, for instance – breathe new life into the familiar stories of Holbein, Hilliard et al.”
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Nice surprise to see my article on Capenhurst Women’s Peace Camp is out today - have a read if interested in space, the weirdness of the Wirral, local feminisms and anti-nuclear activism in Merseyside, and global solidarity movements in the 1980s academic.oup.com/tcbh/article...
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September 23, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Nice surprise to see my article on Capenhurst Women’s Peace Camp is out today - have a read if interested in space, the weirdness of the Wirral, local feminisms and anti-nuclear activism in Merseyside, and global solidarity movements in the 1980s academic.oup.com/tcbh/article...