Aviel Roshwald
@avielroshwald.bsky.social
History Professor.
Comparative study of nationalism.
Latest book—Occupied: European and Asian Responses to Axis Conquest, 1937-1945 (Cambridge Univ. Press, 2023)
https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Occupied-by-Aviel-Roshwald/9781108790826
Comparative study of nationalism.
Latest book—Occupied: European and Asian Responses to Axis Conquest, 1937-1945 (Cambridge Univ. Press, 2023)
https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Occupied-by-Aviel-Roshwald/9781108790826
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Aviel Roshwald
@avielroshwald.bsky.social
· Oct 10
I’m a history professor focusing on 20th-century Europe, with a particular interest in the comparative history of nationalism and of responses to Nazi aggression. My most recent book is Occupied: European and Asian Responses to Axis Conquest, 1937-1945 (Camb. Univ. Press, 2023).
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Is this because they felt it should have read “the most openly and grotesquely corrupt president”?
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Is this because they felt it should have read “the most openly and grotesquely corrupt president”?
Reposted by Aviel Roshwald
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
Morally depraved Trump regime prepares to send back Burmese nationals to face torture and execution in their homeland.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/24/a...
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US ends temporary status for Myanmar nationals even as civil war still rages | CNN
The Trump administration said on Monday it is ending temporary legal status for citizens of Myanmar in the United States, arguing they can safely return to the war-torn Southeast Asian country and cit...
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November 25, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Morally depraved Trump regime prepares to send back Burmese nationals to face torture and execution in their homeland.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/24/a...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/24/a...
All the dystopian fantasy movies of the 1960s have been rolled into one sick script.
November 25, 2025 at 4:44 AM
All the dystopian fantasy movies of the 1960s have been rolled into one sick script.
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Submitted my course proposals for next year, including a seminar on what Ibsen called "life-lies," the self-deceptions that sustain one's happiness, in nineteenth-century Europe: bourgeois, aristocratic, rustic idylls and those who tried to shatter them. 🗃️
November 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Submitted my course proposals for next year, including a seminar on what Ibsen called "life-lies," the self-deceptions that sustain one's happiness, in nineteenth-century Europe: bourgeois, aristocratic, rustic idylls and those who tried to shatter them. 🗃️
Lab-leak explanation for RFK Jr continues to gain ground.
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Lab-leak explanation for RFK Jr continues to gain ground.
We live in the best of all possible dystopias.
November 25, 2025 at 4:30 AM
We live in the best of all possible dystopias.
“Non-traditional policy coordination” is a nice euphemism for Clockwork-Orange-style political sociopathy.
November 25, 2025 at 4:26 AM
“Non-traditional policy coordination” is a nice euphemism for Clockwork-Orange-style political sociopathy.
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You know, I'm not sure I ever really read the Pond Rules at our local nature preserve all that closely before
November 25, 2025 at 1:24 AM
You know, I'm not sure I ever really read the Pond Rules at our local nature preserve all that closely before
A compelling profile of Dr. Strangelove.
Over many interviews, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told Michael Scherer about how he plans to remake America’s public-health system. Can he lead the scientific establishment he’s spent much of his life crusading against?
Read more in our new cover story: theatln.tc/q9hXxlbM
Read more in our new cover story: theatln.tc/q9hXxlbM
November 25, 2025 at 4:02 AM
A compelling profile of Dr. Strangelove.
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Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
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New from me: I talked to CDC staffers about the new vaccines and autism page. They said things like:
“The best way I can put it is it feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane.”
“I think people are starting to see that we can’t fulfill our mission here.”
“The best way I can put it is it feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane.”
“I think people are starting to see that we can’t fulfill our mission here.”
“Embarrassing” and “horrifying”: CDC workers describe the new vaccines and autism page
"The best way I can put it is it feels like we're on a hijacked airplane."
www.motherjones.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
New from me: I talked to CDC staffers about the new vaccines and autism page. They said things like:
“The best way I can put it is it feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane.”
“I think people are starting to see that we can’t fulfill our mission here.”
“The best way I can put it is it feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane.”
“I think people are starting to see that we can’t fulfill our mission here.”
The only kind of ice I like is crushed ice.
November 25, 2025 at 3:55 AM
The only kind of ice I like is crushed ice.
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My colleague, Dr. Vahid Abedini, was illegally detained by ICE on Saturday. He is currently being held without a court date in sight, despite being in the country legally. Please spread the word! We must ensure his due process rights are upheld. www.oudaily.com/news/ou-prof...
OU College of International Studies professor reportedly arrested by ICE
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement reportedly arrested an OU professor at Will Rogers International Airport Saturday.
www.oudaily.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:05 PM
My colleague, Dr. Vahid Abedini, was illegally detained by ICE on Saturday. He is currently being held without a court date in sight, despite being in the country legally. Please spread the word! We must ensure his due process rights are upheld. www.oudaily.com/news/ou-prof...
We need a Ken Burns documentary on the phenomenon of Ken Burns documentaries.
November 25, 2025 at 2:07 AM
We need a Ken Burns documentary on the phenomenon of Ken Burns documentaries.
Should make preparing for Round 2 a little easier.
"80 years after the Nazis were tried for war crimes, the documents are online for all to see
The Nuremberg Trials Project is a free and searchable database from Harvard Law School" www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha...
The Nuremberg Trials Project is a free and searchable database from Harvard Law School" www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha...
80 years after the Nazis were tried for war crimes, the documents are online for all to see | CBC Radio
Eighty years after prosecutors began trying the leaders of Nazi Germany for war crimes, the documents related to those trials are available in full online, and free of charge.
www.cbc.ca
November 25, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Should make preparing for Round 2 a little easier.
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"80 years after the Nazis were tried for war crimes, the documents are online for all to see
The Nuremberg Trials Project is a free and searchable database from Harvard Law School" www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha...
The Nuremberg Trials Project is a free and searchable database from Harvard Law School" www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha...
80 years after the Nazis were tried for war crimes, the documents are online for all to see | CBC Radio
Eighty years after prosecutors began trying the leaders of Nazi Germany for war crimes, the documents related to those trials are available in full online, and free of charge.
www.cbc.ca
November 25, 2025 at 1:10 AM
"80 years after the Nazis were tried for war crimes, the documents are online for all to see
The Nuremberg Trials Project is a free and searchable database from Harvard Law School" www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha...
The Nuremberg Trials Project is a free and searchable database from Harvard Law School" www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha...
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It took a little while, but the Dept. of Homeland Security finally said the Coast Guard prohibits hate symbols, bullying and hazing without caveats www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
How the Coast Guard Revised Its Policy on Swastikas, Nooses and Bullying
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:00 AM
It took a little while, but the Dept. of Homeland Security finally said the Coast Guard prohibits hate symbols, bullying and hazing without caveats www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
The question isn’t so much when the Trump regime will come tumbling down, but how much of whatever is left of this society it will take down with it.
November 25, 2025 at 12:55 AM
The question isn’t so much when the Trump regime will come tumbling down, but how much of whatever is left of this society it will take down with it.
Time to court martial the Commander-in-Chief.
Twisting military code, the Trump administration says “all orders” from the president are “lawful orders,” and troops have no right to question him. trib.al/M0jcTz3
The comments come as Hegseth weighs court-martialing a Democratic senator for his part in a video reminding troops to follow the law.
The comments come as Hegseth weighs court-martialing a Democratic senator for his part in a video reminding troops to follow the law.
November 25, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Time to court martial the Commander-in-Chief.
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I'm so tired of people telling me to have students critique LLM outputs. I'm just going to print this on little cards and hand them out
I will add the following: our students lack the research skills required to audit an LLM essay for errors. They don’t arrive on campus with these skills; we teach it to them over four long years. So throwing freshmen in the deep end and saying “swim your way to a shore of rectitude” is folly.
November 24, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I'm so tired of people telling me to have students critique LLM outputs. I'm just going to print this on little cards and hand them out
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It's a national disgrace that Viola Fletcher didn't see more racial progress in her 111 years.
Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old.
www.whatimreading.net
November 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM
It's a national disgrace that Viola Fletcher didn't see more racial progress in her 111 years.
The showman wants show trials.
“Within the White House, Trump and his lieutenants aren’t planning on letting up…Trump has told some advisers that he wants RICO prosecutions and conspiracy charges leveled against the six Democrats, a source with direct knowledge of the matter tells Zeteo…
zeteo.com/p/how-we-gre...
zeteo.com/p/how-we-gre...
November 24, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The showman wants show trials.