PhD candidate in history at @goteborgsuni, researching the historical memory of the War of the Pacific in Chile. Author of "White Mythic Space."
Borås, Sweden
Joined March 2009
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Día Nacional de la Cueca 🇨🇱
En este día recordamos a las mujeres que bailan “La cueca sola”. En los primeros años de la dictadura, las organizaciones de DD.HH denunciaban los crímenes y desapariciones, pero la respuesta de las autoridades era el silencio y la negación.
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Alan Grant introduced millions of children to the world of paleontology, inspiring and encouraging their love for dinosaurs and the prehistory. This wouldn’t have happened without Sam Neill’s wonderful performance, a performance that will keep fascinating generations forever.
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This clip comes from 'Chinese In Britain', a 1944 film highlighting a moment of cultural exchange between British and Chinese children during the Blitz as they share the evacuee experience.
Film: IWM (CVN 235)
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#VinculaciónUdeC: UdeC impulsa la comunicación científica en jóvenes investigadores con workshop inaugural del Foro ACCESS Chile–Suecia 2026
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'They went and never came back': Honouring Kenya's forgotten World War soldiers bbc.in/47KfUXf
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I enjoyed working with @NAM_London to interpret this remarkable portrait of a black military bandsman. I'm glad it's now on display and making news.
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In honor of one of the greatest poster artists of our time, here’s my favorite Drew Struzan anecdote when illustrating Indiana Jones Adventure’s attraction poster:
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We have today published a landmark report revealing historical inequalities in how Second World War casualties from the former British Empire were commemorated.
The report, titled 'Remembering the dead of the British Empire', is part of our ongoing commitment to investigate and address historical injustices in its commemorative work.
Drawing on extensive archival research, the report found that while no groups were systematically excluded, the then Imperial War Graves Commission (IWGC) delivered unequal outcomes for some of the war dead. The findings highlight a number of issues that led to disparities in commemorative practices, which you can read in detail by visiting our website using the link below.
📷IWM (E 6064) Men of the King's African Rifles (KAR) collecting surrendered arms at Wolchefit Pass
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Ramsay Bader was a tank driver in the 147th (Essex Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery of the British Army. As part of the 147th, Bader landed on Gold Beach on June 6th 1944. #DDay80thAnniversary #DDay80Years #DDay #Normandy
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My latest article just out in the International History Review and it's free to download!
Between Modernization and Human Rights: The Ford Foundation’s Response to the 1973 Coup in Chile.
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ALT Article title: Between Modernization and Human Rights: The Ford Foundation’s Response to the 1973 Coup in Chile and abstract: This article examines the Ford Foundation’s response to the 1973 coup in Chile, analysing how this major philanthropic donor navigated the challenges of operating under authoritarianism in Latin America. While the Foundation’s modernization agenda aligned with US foreign policy priorities in the 1960s, its reaction to the coup represented a rupture. Drawing on the Ford Foundation Records, including internal correspondence, staff reports, and grant files, this article argues that the Foundation’s response was characterized by a fundamental ambiguity. While it presented its actions as humanitarian – particularly the refugee support programme – this response had significant political implications.
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Carlos Greykey, only black Spanish Republican in Mauthausen. Born 1913 Barcelona. Despite w/c Guinea parents managed to study medicine 1936. Then Republican army. Deported 41 to Mauthausen. Const humiliated forced wear royal Yugo uniform to amuse+serve SS meals. Died 82, France
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Wrote a longer article on Black Lives in Nazi Germany after the Nuremberg Laws:
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Some thoughts on when our angry political moment seeps into the writing of our history. Thanks to @LAReviewofBooks for the opportunity to share.
"This is less a book than a 600-page diatribe. Wawro reduces an incredibly complex political-military contest to the barest simplicity: Vietnam was a bad war run by bad American leaders." @GregoryDaddis reviews Geoffrey Wawro's "The Vietnam War." lareviewofbooks.org/article/…
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3⃣ 'War without Pain? Representing Death and Injury in the War of the Pacific (1879–1884) in Chilean Museums' by Stefan Aguirre Quiroga (@Railok).
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It was a real pleasure to publish this insightful article.
My first article, 'Phan Chot’s Choice: Agency and Motivation among the Kit Carson Scouts during the Vietnam War, 1966–1973' explored why some soldiers not only defected but volunteered to fight against the PLAF/PAVN. Published in @warsocjournal.
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🚨NEW ARTICLE🚨
'War without Pain? Representing Death and Injury in the War of the Pacific (1879–1884) in Chilean Museums' by Stefan Aguirre Quiroga (@Railok).
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#OpenAccess
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Historic memorial plaque to Lt Euan Lucie-Smith, believed to be the first black officer commissioned into a British army regiment (1st Warwicks), and killed during the Second Battle of Ypres #WW1 #BlackHistoryMonth
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Good piece on how economists pick and choose material from history but don’t engage seriously with the work of historians. Some years ago, I wrote a piece about how political scientists do the same thing. The Nobel for Econsplaining ft.com/content/1e2584d6-65ef…
