Tom Ashby
@tomaashby
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Historian • Visiting Fellow @EUI_History • Reviews Editor @Global_IH • Co-org @gpolthought • PhD @EUI_EU • autistic • がくしゅう 🇯🇵 • post multas difficultates
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Joined December 2018
Yesterday I passed my PhD viva with immediate & unconditional acceptance. Deep gratitude to my examiners @DrHannahDawson, @rhammersley99, & @GuilhotNicolas for their invaluable & encouraging comments, & to my advisor, Ann Thomson, who has been exceptional. What a delightful day!
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RT @AntonJaegermm: London, Oxford, UK - Skinner is presenting his new book on the 24th of February
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RT @AntonJaegermm: I'm not saying we shouldn't read Cicero to make sense of what American revolutionaries thought they were doing - I'm say…
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I had a great time talking about J.G.A. Pocock & Tokugawa Japan yesterday at Palazzo Fenzi @UNI_FIRENZE - grazie mille @emgiustt @LuisDeLaPeJ & to all who came & commented @LaurelinM @giovlista @Rosario_L0pez @BanaszewskiA & more. Brilliant feedback! (Left is an office ceiling!)
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RT @ceaubin: Sometimes I feel bad because academics on here spend a lot of time talking about how much they hate writing and research but I…
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The irony of tweeting this, of course, is not lost on me - I will discuss this passage in my lecture on Pocock & Tokugawa Japan later today
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RT @katherineveritt: Her: What you're writing process? Me: Have you heard of the Ship of Theseus?
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Tomorrow I will lecture on J.G.A. Pocock, Maruyama Masao, & Tokugawa Japan @UNI_FIRENZE. Look forward to the discussion! @emgiustt @LuisDeLaPeJ
Excited to host this brilliant talk next Tuesday at @UNI_FIRENZE with @tomaashby and @LuisDeLaPeJ! We’ll kick off with Pocock's reading of Tokugawa Japan to explore (un)global intellectual history, comparative & connected histories, and more.
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RT @Rosario_L0pez: This is taking place this week and I'm looking forward to our debates on inclusion and exclusion in democracy -arguably…
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RT @emgiustt: Excited to host this brilliant talk next Tuesday at @UNI_FIRENZE with @tomaashby and @LuisDeLaPeJ! We’ll kick off with Pocock…
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RT @BeccaPalmer99: If you’re a PhD student working on anything related to “States and Spaces” in HPT broadly conceived, please consider app…
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RT @AertsAlexander: I will present something on Alexandre Kojève and his search for "Wisdom" in the postwar French administration next Wedn…
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RT @historiansspace: 1-) Thrilled to share a gem for Ottoman & Middle East history buffs: Histories of Political Thought in the Ottoman Wo…
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RT @MattPolProf: My long piece responding to the late Roger Scruton is out with @LiberalCurrents
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RT @TheHistoryWoman: Workshop: 'Exile, Migration, Translation', @historyNCL, 26 February 2025, 3-5.30pm. Join us for an afternoon of papers…
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