George Roberts
@george-roberts.bsky.social
Historian, mainly of Kenya, Tanzania and Comoros
Pinned
I've got a new article out in @globalhistjnl.bsky.social
It's about the 'paper famine' of the 1970s, the causes and consequences of newsprint shortages in the developing world, and how we can think about print media as material infrastructure
There's a graph, too
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
It's about the 'paper famine' of the 1970s, the causes and consequences of newsprint shortages in the developing world, and how we can think about print media as material infrastructure
There's a graph, too
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Call for Papers: Beyond the Box: Re-Thinking Global Histories of Contemporary #Shipping
I'm hosting a workshop with my colleague Betty Banks in Edinburgh, 28-29 May 2026
More details here - networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
I'm hosting a workshop with my colleague Betty Banks in Edinburgh, 28-29 May 2026
More details here - networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
September 30, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Call for Papers: Beyond the Box: Re-Thinking Global Histories of Contemporary #Shipping
I'm hosting a workshop with my colleague Betty Banks in Edinburgh, 28-29 May 2026
More details here - networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
I'm hosting a workshop with my colleague Betty Banks in Edinburgh, 28-29 May 2026
More details here - networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
Call for Papers: Beyond the Box: Re-Thinking Global Histories of Contemporary #Shipping
I'm hosting a workshop with my colleague Betty Banks in Edinburgh, 28-29 May 2026
More details here - networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
I'm hosting a workshop with my colleague Betty Banks in Edinburgh, 28-29 May 2026
More details here - networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
September 30, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Call for Papers: Beyond the Box: Re-Thinking Global Histories of Contemporary #Shipping
I'm hosting a workshop with my colleague Betty Banks in Edinburgh, 28-29 May 2026
More details here - networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
I'm hosting a workshop with my colleague Betty Banks in Edinburgh, 28-29 May 2026
More details here - networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
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“Those of us who lived through the tail end of Moi’s regime have developed a way of speaking politics in code and rumor, hiding the sharpest tips of our pens in fiction, comedy, and music.”
#Kenya
hammerandhope.org/article/keny...
#Kenya
hammerandhope.org/article/keny...
In Kenya, Gen Z Battles Corruption and Police Violence
What keeps the Ruto administration running from crisis to crisis remains a complete unwillingness to listen to people and an unswerving commitment to responding to any form of dissent with violence.
hammerandhope.org
August 14, 2025 at 8:44 AM
“Those of us who lived through the tail end of Moi’s regime have developed a way of speaking politics in code and rumor, hiding the sharpest tips of our pens in fiction, comedy, and music.”
#Kenya
hammerandhope.org/article/keny...
#Kenya
hammerandhope.org/article/keny...
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My article 'Papuan Petitions as an Archive of Decolonisation' is online and open access! It's part of an upcoming special issue on petitions. I explore West Papuan petitions written in the lead up to the Act of 'Free' Choice and the significance of this archive.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Papuan Petitions as an Archive of Decolonisation
In 1961, West Papuan leaders declared their intent to become an independent nation in opposition to both Dutch colonial control and Indonesia’s campaign to incorporate the territory into its Republ...
www.tandfonline.com
May 29, 2025 at 11:32 PM
My article 'Papuan Petitions as an Archive of Decolonisation' is online and open access! It's part of an upcoming special issue on petitions. I explore West Papuan petitions written in the lead up to the Act of 'Free' Choice and the significance of this archive.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Can anyone point me towards any literature in the Humanities that makes the case for the continued importance of print publications in the era of digital publishing and Open Access?
May 14, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Can anyone point me towards any literature in the Humanities that makes the case for the continued importance of print publications in the era of digital publishing and Open Access?
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How did Tanzanian socialist ideas shape the anti-apartheid struggle in the 1970s?
Yasmina Martin connects two traditions of African liberation through the ANC's projects of 'self-reliance' in exile.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk/empire-decol...
Yasmina Martin connects two traditions of African liberation through the ANC's projects of 'self-reliance' in exile.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk/empire-decol...
The Soweto Uprising and South African Exile in Socialist Tanzania
How did Tanzanian socialist ideas shape the anti-apartheid struggle in the 1970s? Yasmina Martin connects two traditions of African liberation through the ANC's projects of 'self-reliance' in exile.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
April 8, 2025 at 6:17 AM
How did Tanzanian socialist ideas shape the anti-apartheid struggle in the 1970s?
Yasmina Martin connects two traditions of African liberation through the ANC's projects of 'self-reliance' in exile.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk/empire-decol...
Yasmina Martin connects two traditions of African liberation through the ANC's projects of 'self-reliance' in exile.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk/empire-decol...
Ahmed Rajab and the Struggle for People’s Rights | Pambazuka News
pambazuka.org
March 24, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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Face à la situation budgétaire dramatique de nos Universités, qui met en péril nos missions de service public, nos métiers, et l’avenir de nos étudiants, l’Ecole de science politique de la Sorbonne se déclare en chômage technique et appelle ses collègues et étudiant-es à faire de même ❤️🔥
March 14, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Face à la situation budgétaire dramatique de nos Universités, qui met en péril nos missions de service public, nos métiers, et l’avenir de nos étudiants, l’Ecole de science politique de la Sorbonne se déclare en chômage technique et appelle ses collègues et étudiant-es à faire de même ❤️🔥
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My new article ‘Mission Impossible?
Humanitarian Actors and the Civilizational Logic of International Aid Delivery during the “Congo Crisis,” 1960–1964’ is now open access with Humanity. Worth checking out for the photos, if nothing else. Here is (most of) the abstract.
muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...
Humanitarian Actors and the Civilizational Logic of International Aid Delivery during the “Congo Crisis,” 1960–1964’ is now open access with Humanity. Worth checking out for the photos, if nothing else. Here is (most of) the abstract.
muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...
March 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
My new article ‘Mission Impossible?
Humanitarian Actors and the Civilizational Logic of International Aid Delivery during the “Congo Crisis,” 1960–1964’ is now open access with Humanity. Worth checking out for the photos, if nothing else. Here is (most of) the abstract.
muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...
Humanitarian Actors and the Civilizational Logic of International Aid Delivery during the “Congo Crisis,” 1960–1964’ is now open access with Humanity. Worth checking out for the photos, if nothing else. Here is (most of) the abstract.
muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...
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We're happy to announce we've posted our next blog - authored by Project Post-doc @nielsboender.bsky.social - a spotlight from our archival research on Trade Unions, Labour Rights and Tanzania: medium.com/@glosoc/docu...
Document Highlight: When Julius Nyerere broke with Western Trade Unionism
[Author: Dr Niels Boender (University of Edinburgh)]
medium.com
March 5, 2025 at 1:39 PM
We're happy to announce we've posted our next blog - authored by Project Post-doc @nielsboender.bsky.social - a spotlight from our archival research on Trade Unions, Labour Rights and Tanzania: medium.com/@glosoc/docu...
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** Lusotopie 2025 **
Superb special issue on the #Portuguese #Revolution, edited by Michel Cahen & @yleonard.bsky.social with articles on PREC, #Timor, #Angola, #memory, newspapers, etc. AfroLuso
Free online here: journals.openedition.org/lusotopie/7912
Superb special issue on the #Portuguese #Revolution, edited by Michel Cahen & @yleonard.bsky.social with articles on PREC, #Timor, #Angola, #memory, newspapers, etc. AfroLuso
Free online here: journals.openedition.org/lusotopie/7912
XXIII(1-2) | 2024 Il était une fois la révolution portugaise
Revue comparatiste consacrée aux espaces issus de l’histoire portugaise / Comparative review devoted to areas from Portuguese history
journals.openedition.org
February 27, 2025 at 2:59 PM
** Lusotopie 2025 **
Superb special issue on the #Portuguese #Revolution, edited by Michel Cahen & @yleonard.bsky.social with articles on PREC, #Timor, #Angola, #memory, newspapers, etc. AfroLuso
Free online here: journals.openedition.org/lusotopie/7912
Superb special issue on the #Portuguese #Revolution, edited by Michel Cahen & @yleonard.bsky.social with articles on PREC, #Timor, #Angola, #memory, newspapers, etc. AfroLuso
Free online here: journals.openedition.org/lusotopie/7912
Reposted by George Roberts
I've got a new article out in @globalhistjnl.bsky.social
It's about the 'paper famine' of the 1970s, the causes and consequences of newsprint shortages in the developing world, and how we can think about print media as material infrastructure
There's a graph, too
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
It's about the 'paper famine' of the 1970s, the causes and consequences of newsprint shortages in the developing world, and how we can think about print media as material infrastructure
There's a graph, too
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
February 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I've got a new article out in @globalhistjnl.bsky.social
It's about the 'paper famine' of the 1970s, the causes and consequences of newsprint shortages in the developing world, and how we can think about print media as material infrastructure
There's a graph, too
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
It's about the 'paper famine' of the 1970s, the causes and consequences of newsprint shortages in the developing world, and how we can think about print media as material infrastructure
There's a graph, too
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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We're putting on a conference! "We" being me, @odinnmelsted.bsky.social & @michielbron.bsky.social as part of the Managing Scarcity project.
Workshop on Alternative Energy Histories
Dates: October 20-21, 2025
Location: Maastricht University
Abstracts due: April 4, 2025
managingscarcity.com/waeh/
Workshop on Alternative Energy Histories
Dates: October 20-21, 2025
Location: Maastricht University
Abstracts due: April 4, 2025
managingscarcity.com/waeh/
WAEH
Call for Papers Workshop on Alternative Energy Histories (WAEH): Scenarios and Transitions Organizers: Michiel Bron, Odinn Melsted, Cyrus Mody (Maastricht University) Venue: Maastricht University D…
managingscarcity.com
February 10, 2025 at 9:50 AM
We're putting on a conference! "We" being me, @odinnmelsted.bsky.social & @michielbron.bsky.social as part of the Managing Scarcity project.
Workshop on Alternative Energy Histories
Dates: October 20-21, 2025
Location: Maastricht University
Abstracts due: April 4, 2025
managingscarcity.com/waeh/
Workshop on Alternative Energy Histories
Dates: October 20-21, 2025
Location: Maastricht University
Abstracts due: April 4, 2025
managingscarcity.com/waeh/
I've got a new article out in @globalhistjnl.bsky.social
It's about the 'paper famine' of the 1970s, the causes and consequences of newsprint shortages in the developing world, and how we can think about print media as material infrastructure
There's a graph, too
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
It's about the 'paper famine' of the 1970s, the causes and consequences of newsprint shortages in the developing world, and how we can think about print media as material infrastructure
There's a graph, too
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
February 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I've got a new article out in @globalhistjnl.bsky.social
It's about the 'paper famine' of the 1970s, the causes and consequences of newsprint shortages in the developing world, and how we can think about print media as material infrastructure
There's a graph, too
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
It's about the 'paper famine' of the 1970s, the causes and consequences of newsprint shortages in the developing world, and how we can think about print media as material infrastructure
There's a graph, too
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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The International Studies Group at the University of the Free State in South Africa is recruiting postdocs in history.
This is my old department and I spent three happy years working there.
This is my old department and I spent three happy years working there.
February 18, 2025 at 12:59 PM
The International Studies Group at the University of the Free State in South Africa is recruiting postdocs in history.
This is my old department and I spent three happy years working there.
This is my old department and I spent three happy years working there.