Join Ismee Tames and myself at the University of Copenhagen for this podcast on the joys and difficulties of co-authoring a global history of the First World War, kindly hosted by New Diplomatic History: https://newdiplomatichistory.org/podcasts/
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With grateful thanks to the fabulous Gemma Ware and the team at The Conversation as well as the thoughtful insight of Prof. Swaran Singh, for developing this podcast on neutrality in the war in Ukraine: https://theconversation.com/neutrality-why-countries-choose-not-to-join-a-war-and-what-responsibilities-come-with-it-podcast-182438
Here's a blog where I try to explain what "neutrality" might mean in the context of the war in the Ukraine. Kindly hosted by The Conversation: https://theconversation.com/what-does-it-mean-to-be-neutral-over-ukraine-and-what-responsibilities-come-with-it-179457
Recently, the social media trend to equate political leaders, be it Russia's Vladimir Putin or Aotearoa New Zealand's Jacinda Adern with Adolf Hitler has been rife. In this op-ed published on the BigQ in March 2022, Sara Buttsworth and I unpack some of the historical problems with this development: https://www.thebigq.org/2022/03/17/who-are-you-calling-a-nazi/
I gave my inaugural lecture as Professor in History at the University of Auckland Waipapa Taumata Rau in August 2021 on the global reach of the First World War. here it is in full:
https://www.thebigq.org/2021/08/10/how-global-was-the-first-world-war-▶/ Here's a blog I wrote for the BigQ Public Interest Media website on globalising the history of the First World War: https://www.thebigq.org/2021/10/20/what-happens-when-you-invert-the-history-of-the-first-world-war/www.thebigq.org/2021/10/20/what-happens-when-you-invert-the-history-of-the-first-world-war/
Ismee Tames and I are so proud of our new book publication Global War, Global Catastrophe: Neutrals, Belligerents and the Transformation of the First World War which Bloomsbury published late in 2021. Here's a podcast we recorded about the book's key themes and their importance for understanding global violence in the past and in our present. Enjoy!
https://soundcloud.com/niod_rewind_podcast/niod-rewind-global-war-global-catastrophe Interested in weapons, their wounds and warfare, do check out this amazing video series on the subject, hosted by the War in Context hub at Te Whare Wānanga o Tāmaki Makaurau University of Auckland, 2021: https://weaponswoundswarfare.weebly.com
If you want to know more about The Hague Peace Conferences of 1899 and 1907 and their importance to contemporary understanding, do check out this I-HILT lecture I did in 2018 at Tilburg University. With thanks to Pascal Lottaz at Waseda University in Japan for inviting me to present a masterclass on neutrality in history. You can watch it here on YouTube. |
AuthorMaartje Abbenhuis is Professor in History at the University of Auckland. Archives |