Niklas Frykman

@nfrykman

Utlänning. Maritime history. University of Pittsburgh. Author of The Bloody Flag: Mutiny in the Age of Atlantic Revolution …

Pittsburgh, USA
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    19 Dec 2020

    If you have someone on your list who likes tall ships and class war, this book might be for them (30% off when ordered directly from using code 17M6662):

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  2. Mar 3

    Totally terrifying. And beautifully illustrated.

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    Mar 2

    I have been wanting to put on this conference for a few years now and finaly found a good home for it and the Corbett Centre. Register here Speakers include Lauren Benton, Stephen Neff, Martin Robson, Greg Kennedy, and me.

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    Mar 1

    Slavery contributed significantly to European economies. Our special issue &Abolition with published today: Atlantic slavery complex impacted Great Britain (11%) and province of Holland (10%), but e.g. also Prussia (15%). Read more:

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  5. Feb 26

    La commune refleurira! (This is seriously totally brilliant.)

    The *free school* that I'm running in collaboration w/ is launching in less than 3 WEEKS on Mar. 18th! Below: a thread outlining some features of this FREE virtual experience open to EVERYONE. If you're interested in more info, registration, etc. - DM me!
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    Feb 25

    Just a reminder, "The Capitol Insurrection in Global Perspective" happening tomorrow! Should be a great discussion.

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    Feb 23

    Just finished recording episode on Irish Regiments & World Revolution: 1919-21 Royal Munster Fusiliers were in Cairo, Royal Dublin Fusiliers in Turkey, Royal Irish Fusiliers fought the Red Army in Iran & Royal Irish Rifles were in Iraq. More in India. Where the blood never dries!

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    Feb 23

    Very excited for this: "Tax Avoidance at Sea: Runaway Flags, Tax Havens, and Precarious Labor, 1920s-1970s," another new talk, March 1, 5:30pm GMT, lecture in connection with Imperial&World History seminar. Zoom:

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    Feb 23

    What are corporations as “responsible citizens” doing to eliminate modern slavery? Read Bobby Banerjee's () commentary in the special issue " in Business". Free Access here:

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    Feb 23

    Excellent postdoc in Dutch and Inter-Island Caribbean History, c. 1650-1850 @ Uni of Copenhagen. Part of “In the Same Sea” . Knowledge of Dutch Atlantic hist & archival experience required. Please share/retweet.

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    Feb 22

    Ship of Virtues tapestry, c16, Netherlands; ⛵️ crew = 6 women & 4 men = personifications of virtues: Hope, Mercy, Perseverance, Divine Comfort, Loyal Heart, Faith, Charity, Patience, Good Will, & Prudence needed on life's journey, pushing away sins/demons lurking in sea

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    Feb 22

    Conference "Empire, Sovereignty, and Labor in the Age of Global Abolition" . It has been an exciting experience to organize it with , Marcela Echeverri, Roquinaldo Ferreira and Sarah Gronningsater. Looking forward to the discussion!

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  13. Feb 22

    This is just a remarkable conversation between Pat Magee, who tried to bomb Thatcher in 1984, and Jo Berry, whose father died as a result. He has just published his memoirs with , to which she contributed the foreword.

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  14. Feb 22

    Not a bad combo.

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    Feb 18

    asked Jacob Blumenfeld and me "What the Question is, to which Expropriation is the Answer". We thus had a discussion about property and the propertyless, about Marx and expropriation, about anti-gentrification in Berlin, about intellectual property and vaccines.

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  16. Feb 18

    "It was also the most genocidal form of capitalism to date." Despite all the work on slavery and settler colonialism in the last couple of decades, Atlantic historians still have to fully reckon with that reality.

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    Feb 15

    capitalism is innovating again

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  18. Feb 15

    Today the four year old told the nanny that he would like to speak to the manager. This is not good.

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  19. Feb 15

    Does anyone have a not crazily expensive external screen to recommend for a MacBook Pro? I tried one from Dell and found it rendered letters in MS Word annoyingly fuzzy.

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  20. Feb 15

    Spectacular panel of people discussing the January 6 Capitol riot next Friday, organized by !

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    Feb 15
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    Sunak wrote the plan for freeports for this particular right-wing think tank (CPS) five years ago

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