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LSE Department of International History
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We teach and conduct research on the international history of Britain, Europe and the world.
The Department of International History will be holding a live online event for prospective masters students and offer holders on 18 Feb!

To attend the event, you will need to register in advance: lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...

#masters #postgraduate #degree #study #history #lse
January 16, 2026 at 2:32 PM
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On 26 March, I am speaking at my second IHR seminar of the academic year - this time at @ihrbritainseminar.bsky.social.

It is only the second time I will be presenting something from one of my new projects so please do come along as I am desperate for feedback, ideas, suggestions, and thoughts!
Sensemaking and Violence in Britain’s Mesopotamia Campaign during the First World War
www.history.ac.uk
January 15, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Applications are open for our Masters programme, LSE-NUS Double Degree MA Asian and International History!

Application deadline is 13 March 2026

Read full details on the programme here: www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...

#history #asia #singapore #nationaluniversitysingapore #LSE
January 16, 2026 at 11:57 AM
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Join us on Tues 3 February as we are host Professor Xin Fan who will deliver his talk, ‘Rethinking the Concept of Sovereignty in Shanghai: From the Political to the Cultural’.

Full details and registration here: www.lse.ac.uk/internationa...

#china #history #event #colonialism #politics #lse
January 6, 2026 at 12:54 PM
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On Thurs 29 January we host Izabella Tabarovsky who will deliver her talk, ‘From the Cold War to University Campuses Today: The USSR, the Third World, and Contemporary Antizionist Discourse’.

Full details and registration: www.lse.ac.uk/internationa...

#events #history #antisemitism #lse
January 6, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Professor Spohr has been busy commenting extensively on the world’s latest geopolitical hotspot Greenland in German media interviews.

Read the articles here:

(Free) evangelische-zeitung.de/historikerin...

(Paid) www.focusplus.de/politik/trum...

#greenland #trump #geopolitics #NATO #history #LSE
January 14, 2026 at 12:23 PM
The Department of International History will be holding a live online event for prospective master's students and offer holders.

To attend the event, you will need to register in advance:
www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...

#masters #postgraduate #degree #study #history #lse
January 13, 2026 at 4:39 PM
January 13, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Call for Papers: 2026 LSE/GWU/UCSB Cold War Studies International History Graduate Student Conference.

Full details here: www.lse.ac.uk/Internationa...

Contact email: [email protected]

#conference #phd #graduate #coldwar #cws #history #politics #event #lse
January 12, 2026 at 1:53 PM
We are hosting some excellent events during the winter term (with a few more in the pipeline)!

See the below link to find out more about these public events and to register your attendance ✍️

www.lse.ac.uk/Internationa...

#events #history #lse
January 9, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Applications are open for our Masters programme, LSE-PKU Double Degree in MSc International Affairs!

Application deadline is 21 March 2026

Read full details on the programme here: www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...

#history #pekinguniversity #beijing #study #masters #LSE
January 8, 2026 at 3:34 PM
The Iranian History Initiative invites applications for the Amir Khosrow Afshar Visiting Fellowship for the 2026-27 academic year.

Applications are due 19 January!

Full details here: lse.ac.uk/Internationa...

#Iran #history #fellowship #research #scholars #khosrow #afshar #lse
January 7, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Dr Charlotte Eaton has published a new article in the 'Journal of Latin American Studies': ‘El peligro rojo’: Republican refugees and the construction of the ‘undesirable immigrant’ in Colombia, 1936–42.

Read it here: doi.org/10.1017/S002...

#latinamerica #refugees #colombia #history #lse
January 7, 2026 at 10:45 AM
On Thurs 29 January we host Izabella Tabarovsky who will deliver her talk, ‘From the Cold War to University Campuses Today: The USSR, the Third World, and Contemporary Antizionist Discourse’.

Full details and registration: www.lse.ac.uk/internationa...

#events #history #antisemitism #lse
January 6, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Join us on Tues 3 February as we are host Professor Xin Fan who will deliver his talk, ‘Rethinking the Concept of Sovereignty in Shanghai: From the Political to the Cultural’.

Full details and registration here: www.lse.ac.uk/internationa...

#china #history #event #colonialism #politics #lse
January 6, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Dr Ron Po kicks off the new year with a new article in the International Journal of Maritime History!

Read the article here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

#china #history #maritime #qingdynasty #lse
January 5, 2026 at 4:08 PM
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The Iranian History Initiative invites applications for the Amir Khosrow Afshar Visiting Fellowship for the 2026-27 academic year.

Full details here: www.lse.ac.uk/Internationa...

#Iran #history #fellowship #research #scholars #khosrow #afshar #lse
October 27, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Prof Kristina Spohr’s recent book, ‘Post Wall, Post Square: Rebuilding the World After 1989’ has been chosen as one of the top 5 Books of the Year 2025 on ‘Comment is Freed’.

Read more here: samf.substack.com/p/books-of-t...

#book #coldwar #academic #history #politics #lse
December 17, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Congratulations to all those who graduated last night! Whether completing your Bachelors, Masters or PhD, it is a massive milestone on your journey.

We hope you enjoyed the evening and were able to celebrate with your loved ones.

#graduation #graduation2025 #students #history #lse
December 17, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Dr Jake Subryan Richards appeared on Radio 4 to discuss his recently released book ‘The Bonds of Freedom: Liberated Africans and the End of the Slave Trade’.

Listen to Dr Richards speak here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

#BBC #radio #academic #book #slavery #history #lse
December 16, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Great to catch up with our staff before we break up for the holidays!

This year’s Staff Christmas Lunch was hosted down at Thai Square, and everyone left with very full tummies indeed.

#christmas #lunch #staff #history #lse
December 12, 2025 at 1:22 PM
A few snaps from our Student & Staff Christmas Party last night

We had a great time celebrating the end of the term and getting into the festive spirit!

Big thanks to the folks at the LSE Student Union for helping us run a great event.

#christmas #party #students #history #lse
December 11, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Thanks to all those who turned out for the PhD Christmas dinner - what a lovely evening!

We have a great bunch of PhD students and it’s always great fun getting everyone together.

#christmas #dinner #phd #students #history #lse
December 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Applications for our Masters programme, LSE-Columbia University Double MA Degree in International and World History are open!

Application deadline is 12 March 2026

Read full details on the programme here: www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...

#history #masters #study #student #LSE #Columbia
December 9, 2025 at 2:12 PM
The BSSI aims to shape sustainability approaches that recognise how lived experience, value systems, and identities have developed over time. Several events are being planned, so watch this space! More to come soon.

#news #sustainability #oceans #history #lse
December 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM