Vanda Wilcox
@vandawilcox.bsky.social
professional procrastinator, precarious historian, cat serf, romanista. Writes about the First World War, Italy, imperialism & Georgette Heyer, not usually all at once.🪡🥧🐈⬛️
ah la famosissima sanità Lombarda, eccellenza rinomata nel mondo....
quanto sono felice di vivere a milano 🙃
quanto sono felice di vivere a milano 🙃
Quando la tua politica sanitaria è solo l'eccellenza di specialità il rischio è che poi ti vengono a mancare le basi per il normale funzionamento.
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"Infermieri in appalto incapaci, situazione pericolosa e caos in Medicina al San Raffaele": leggi il rapporto shock | Inchiesta
Il personale esterno fornito da una cooperativa manda ko il reparto di "Cure avanzate alta intensità" dell'ospedale. A un paziente somministrati 200 millilitri l'ora di un farmaco per il cuore, invece...
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December 8, 2025 at 8:01 PM
ah la famosissima sanità Lombarda, eccellenza rinomata nel mondo....
quanto sono felice di vivere a milano 🙃
quanto sono felice di vivere a milano 🙃
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This is enormously exciting. A conference - Empires at War - co-hosted by the Royal Military College of Canada and @ucddublin.bsky.social in Newman House, 17 - 18 Sep 2026. Call for Papers now open.
Keynotes - @jonathanfennell.bsky.social Linn, Khan, McGaughey, Thomas.
www.ucd.ie/warstudies/c...
Keynotes - @jonathanfennell.bsky.social Linn, Khan, McGaughey, Thomas.
www.ucd.ie/warstudies/c...
Conferences - UCD Centre for War Studies
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December 8, 2025 at 4:38 PM
This is enormously exciting. A conference - Empires at War - co-hosted by the Royal Military College of Canada and @ucddublin.bsky.social in Newman House, 17 - 18 Sep 2026. Call for Papers now open.
Keynotes - @jonathanfennell.bsky.social Linn, Khan, McGaughey, Thomas.
www.ucd.ie/warstudies/c...
Keynotes - @jonathanfennell.bsky.social Linn, Khan, McGaughey, Thomas.
www.ucd.ie/warstudies/c...
The Oh bej! Oh bej! Christmas fair at the Castello Sforzesco in Milan
Drinking some mulled wine and enjoying the sunshine and the day off
Drinking some mulled wine and enjoying the sunshine and the day off
December 8, 2025 at 1:56 PM
The Oh bej! Oh bej! Christmas fair at the Castello Sforzesco in Milan
Drinking some mulled wine and enjoying the sunshine and the day off
Drinking some mulled wine and enjoying the sunshine and the day off
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We are told that, under stress, the humanities must be sacrificed. But amidst a war of aggression scholars in Ukraine have undertaken one of the most ambitious knowledge projects of our time. It's a privilege to be involved with Ukrainian History Global Initiative
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Ukrainian History Global Initiative
The Creative Humanities During a War of Destruction
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December 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
We are told that, under stress, the humanities must be sacrificed. But amidst a war of aggression scholars in Ukraine have undertaken one of the most ambitious knowledge projects of our time. It's a privilege to be involved with Ukrainian History Global Initiative
snyder.substack.com/p/ukrainian-...
snyder.substack.com/p/ukrainian-...
December 7, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Enjoying the ultimate in trash tv, Love is Blind Italia.
Some of these people are absolutely off their heads. Imagine asking sometime you've never seen yet how they'd parent your hypothetical 14 yr old kid. Ma questa è matta fracica, dice mio marito giustamente.
Some of these people are absolutely off their heads. Imagine asking sometime you've never seen yet how they'd parent your hypothetical 14 yr old kid. Ma questa è matta fracica, dice mio marito giustamente.
December 6, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Enjoying the ultimate in trash tv, Love is Blind Italia.
Some of these people are absolutely off their heads. Imagine asking sometime you've never seen yet how they'd parent your hypothetical 14 yr old kid. Ma questa è matta fracica, dice mio marito giustamente.
Some of these people are absolutely off their heads. Imagine asking sometime you've never seen yet how they'd parent your hypothetical 14 yr old kid. Ma questa è matta fracica, dice mio marito giustamente.
when you're a colonial bureaucrat in 1905 who's supposed to be collating regional censorship returns but instead you're fantasising about using some government cash to fund a camping and stargazing holiday ⛺️🔭
December 4, 2025 at 12:14 PM
when you're a colonial bureaucrat in 1905 who's supposed to be collating regional censorship returns but instead you're fantasising about using some government cash to fund a camping and stargazing holiday ⛺️🔭
As an aside: I did most of the work for this piece in the history library of the Università Statale di Milano and it was bloody freezing, so much than when I skimmed through my essay today I felt a sudden shiver of intense cold 🥶 😅
Delighted to receive my copy of Framing the First World War, a great collection edited by @draefox.bsky.social @mpmfinch.bsky.social and @dmorganowen.bsky.social who have put together a broad range of original essays
December 3, 2025 at 10:00 PM
As an aside: I did most of the work for this piece in the history library of the Università Statale di Milano and it was bloody freezing, so much than when I skimmed through my essay today I felt a sudden shiver of intense cold 🥶 😅
Christmas sewing goals!
If you don’t know how to sew, you should definitely learn, because you still have time before the holidays to make a bunch of shirts for people where the arm holes are all sewn shut.
December 3, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Christmas sewing goals!
Delighted to receive my copy of Framing the First World War, a great collection edited by @draefox.bsky.social @mpmfinch.bsky.social and @dmorganowen.bsky.social who have put together a broad range of original essays
December 3, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Delighted to receive my copy of Framing the First World War, a great collection edited by @draefox.bsky.social @mpmfinch.bsky.social and @dmorganowen.bsky.social who have put together a broad range of original essays
A successful morning in the archive, finding
- granular colonial census reports from 1905
- a case involving one of the women I'm researching & her employees
- censored letter extracts from Eritrean ascari fighting in Libya in 1915
- granular colonial census reports from 1905
- a case involving one of the women I'm researching & her employees
- censored letter extracts from Eritrean ascari fighting in Libya in 1915
December 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM
A successful morning in the archive, finding
- granular colonial census reports from 1905
- a case involving one of the women I'm researching & her employees
- censored letter extracts from Eritrean ascari fighting in Libya in 1915
- granular colonial census reports from 1905
- a case involving one of the women I'm researching & her employees
- censored letter extracts from Eritrean ascari fighting in Libya in 1915
which of us have not yearned for a 3-bed, 7-bath bungalow?
I feel like my house is missing a coat bath.
Oh shit waddup
December 2, 2025 at 7:35 AM
which of us have not yearned for a 3-bed, 7-bath bungalow?
this is why you should always push your publisher for a snazzy book cover! it encourages people to put it in their conference slides 😅
Good showing of @fwwsoc.bsky.social members at this year’s Society for the History of War conference, both in person and in references. #fww #ww1 #milhist #historyofwar
December 2, 2025 at 6:49 AM
this is why you should always push your publisher for a snazzy book cover! it encourages people to put it in their conference slides 😅
My history, memory & popular culture seminar students have just submitted their final projects & they are SO GREAT, I am really thrilled. Topics include sectarian murals in Belfast, the Gettysburg Cyclorama, Mary Q of Scots on TV, local FWW memories in the Alps, Italian (neo)facism & FWW theatre
December 1, 2025 at 8:53 PM
My history, memory & popular culture seminar students have just submitted their final projects & they are SO GREAT, I am really thrilled. Topics include sectarian murals in Belfast, the Gettysburg Cyclorama, Mary Q of Scots on TV, local FWW memories in the Alps, Italian (neo)facism & FWW theatre
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I take one tablet daily, the only reminder that I'm living with HIV. It keeps my viral load undetectable, meaning that I can't pass HIV on. I can expect a normal lifespan. One of the greatest challenges is stigma, due to a lack of knowledge. HIV has changed. #WorldAIDSDay
December 1, 2025 at 6:14 AM
I take one tablet daily, the only reminder that I'm living with HIV. It keeps my viral load undetectable, meaning that I can't pass HIV on. I can expect a normal lifespan. One of the greatest challenges is stigma, due to a lack of knowledge. HIV has changed. #WorldAIDSDay
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239 years ago, on the 30th of November 1786, the Grand Duchy of Tuscany became the first modern state to abolish the death penalty. Grand Duke Leopold I, who was influenced in the decision by the book 'On Crimes and Punishments', would later become Holy Roman Emperor Leopold II. #otd #history 🗃️
November 30, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Breakfast of champions on the first Sunday in Advent: panettone pain perdu!
November 30, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Breakfast of champions on the first Sunday in Advent: panettone pain perdu!
Marathon of baking now completed!
November 28, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Marathon of baking now completed!
Am eavesdropping on the conversation of a visiting conductor + opera singer on this tram in Milan & their chat is amazing... truly stellar gossip 🔥 one just broke into song to illustrate the interpretative iniquities perpetrated in a recent production of Tosca by a young conductor ("only 45") 😂
November 28, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Am eavesdropping on the conversation of a visiting conductor + opera singer on this tram in Milan & their chat is amazing... truly stellar gossip 🔥 one just broke into song to illustrate the interpretative iniquities perpetrated in a recent production of Tosca by a young conductor ("only 45") 😂
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To begin with today, happy 117th anniversary to this entirely reasonable cat
November 28, 2025 at 9:13 AM
To begin with today, happy 117th anniversary to this entirely reasonable cat
Wartime fascist propaganda from before July 1943:
fake British & US banknotes, with text on the back explaining that Allied airmen are getting paid bonuses to destroy Italy's people, civilization and religion
fake British & US banknotes, with text on the back explaining that Allied airmen are getting paid bonuses to destroy Italy's people, civilization and religion
November 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Wartime fascist propaganda from before July 1943:
fake British & US banknotes, with text on the back explaining that Allied airmen are getting paid bonuses to destroy Italy's people, civilization and religion
fake British & US banknotes, with text on the back explaining that Allied airmen are getting paid bonuses to destroy Italy's people, civilization and religion
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🚨We’re looking for editors to join our team at The International Journal of the History of Sport @ijhs.bsky.social - if you work on sport history in Latin America or Asia (any countries) please apply for these 2 roles by Dec 3 #sporthistory #skystorians 🗃️
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Editor needed for The International Journal of the History of Sport
Editor needed for The International Journal of the History of Sport
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November 13, 2025 at 5:47 PM
🚨We’re looking for editors to join our team at The International Journal of the History of Sport @ijhs.bsky.social - if you work on sport history in Latin America or Asia (any countries) please apply for these 2 roles by Dec 3 #sporthistory #skystorians 🗃️
think.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru...
think.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru...
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If you’re a Dennis Showalter fan, you need this book. Period.
Dad LOVED stuff like this. As an educator he also believed that connecting contemporary things like Star Wars to how history works as a field was critical for undergrads.
He would have loved this project
Dad LOVED stuff like this. As an educator he also believed that connecting contemporary things like Star Wars to how history works as a field was critical for undergrads.
He would have loved this project
For those who enjoy ebooks on Kindle, it seems that 'Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire' is *massively* discounted today down to $1.99 in the US and £7.99 in the UK. Which feels like a pretty good deal really.
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UK: www.amazon.co.uk/Star-Wars-Ri...
November 26, 2025 at 8:11 PM
If you’re a Dennis Showalter fan, you need this book. Period.
Dad LOVED stuff like this. As an educator he also believed that connecting contemporary things like Star Wars to how history works as a field was critical for undergrads.
He would have loved this project
Dad LOVED stuff like this. As an educator he also believed that connecting contemporary things like Star Wars to how history works as a field was critical for undergrads.
He would have loved this project
When I think about it in the abstract, the enormous time-sink of working on this vast edited book on Rome since 1870 feels like a pain
but when I am reading the amazing chapters by our brilliant contributors I get really excited about it, it is going to be absolute🔥
but when I am reading the amazing chapters by our brilliant contributors I get really excited about it, it is going to be absolute🔥
November 27, 2025 at 9:25 AM
When I think about it in the abstract, the enormous time-sink of working on this vast edited book on Rome since 1870 feels like a pain
but when I am reading the amazing chapters by our brilliant contributors I get really excited about it, it is going to be absolute🔥
but when I am reading the amazing chapters by our brilliant contributors I get really excited about it, it is going to be absolute🔥