Professor Andrekos Varnava, FRHistS, FRSA, FAHA (Ανδρίκκος)

Professor Andrekos Varnava, FRHistS, FRSA, FAHA (Ανδρίκκος)

andrekosvarnava.bsky.social

Australian-Cypriot historian @flindersuniversity.bsky.social on Kaurna Yarta; expert on British empire, Cyprus, Armenia, migration; Editor-in-Chief @jich.bsky.social; poet; @YusufCatStevens fan https://www.flinders.edu.au/people/andrekos.varnava

👤 Joined on 15 November 2024

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So, here's a spectacular double-bill, kicking off with "“Smoke and At Least Die Happy”: Media Framing of the Smoking-Cancer Conundrum in Southern Rhodesia, 1950s–1960s" from Sibanengi Ncube, followed right up with ...

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Evan
19 October 2026 11:29

While rearranging my shelves (see other posts), I found I have an extra copy of my book that I co-edited with @andrekosvarnava.bsky.social and @yiannicart.bsky.social, which I am looking to give away. To be in the running, repost this before next Sunday night (ADL time)! brill.com/display/titl...

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Evan
17 October 2026 11:14

This reminds me that I always wanted to write a comparative paper on the ‘official’ histories of the British left: Klugmann’s volumes on the CPGB, Ian Birchall on the SWP and Peter Taaffe on Militant. I presented a paper on it back in 2012 in Liverpool but it never got any further…

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Evan
17 October 2026 10:58

17 October, 1986 - a speech by Enoch Powell to the Conservative Association at Bristol University is disrupted by students, at the height of media and political concern about 'no platforming' at British universities. One protestor threw a ham salad sandwich at Powell during the events.

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