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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My recent article, "Picturing John Panzio Tockson: Afro-Swedish identity, racialization, and black self-fashioning in late nineteenth-century Sweden", has been published in the Scandinavian Journal of History. Completely open access for anyone to read!
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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)
In 2016, ”Battlefield 1” was released to some controversy amongst gamers because the game, set during the First World War, featured black soldiers ”where they were not supposed to be.” Sounds familiar? Why does similar debates arise time and time again? My attempt at an answer 👇
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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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This article is the result of years of research. It offers both a biography over Tockson as well as a study of how he was portrayed and racialized by white Swedes. Simultaneously, it also discusses Tockson's self-fashioning.
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'They went and never came back': Honouring Kenya's forgotten World War soldiers bbc.in/47KfUXf
🚨NEW PUBLICATION🚨My new article, ”Defeat into Victory: Remediating the 1879 Battle of Canchas Blancas in Bolivia, 2015–2018”, is now published in the Journal of Latin American Cultural Studies #Twitterstorians #WarMemory
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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
🚨NEW PUBLICATION🚨 My new article, ”The Great War from the Periphery: Representing and Remembering the First World War in Swedish and Chilean War Museums”, is now published in the First World War Studies journal! #MuseumStudies #WarMemory
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I’m surprised how the Battlefield 1 discourse that began in 2016 about black soldiers simply never dies.
I feel like I could have written a follow-up to ”White Mythic Space” on posts since 2022 alone.
>let’s keep it grounded
Ok.
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The soldier depicted in this image is intended to be a member of the Harlem Hellfighters (369th Infantry Regiment). Alongside the 370th, they were a majority black regiment that served in the First World War.
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On June 10 1876, the Emperor of Brazil Dom Pedro II came to Cambridge, MA, and had dinner with poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Why? Find out below! 👇
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