Historian, writer, baker. Associate Professor at Unibo. London, Florence and Bologna. Latest book AIR AND LOVE https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/or-rosenboim/air-and-love/9781529098099https://bsky.app/profile/orrosenboim.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/orrosenboim.bsky.social/post/3mhdh2i47ls2xMy new article on Barbara Ward's global thought is out open access. It's part of a fascinating special issue on geographical imaginaries edited by Antonio Ferraz and Luke Ashworth @gsqjournal.bsky.social Global Divisions: The Spatial Imagination of Barbara Ward https://academic.oup.com/isagsq/article/6/2/ksag040/8526449?utm_source=authortollfreelink&utm_campaign=isagsq&utm_medium=email&guestAccessKey=18 Mar 2026 12:04 +0000at://did:plc:vi2fmdsuaekeb6ryoob6twrh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhdh2i47ls2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/orrosenboim.bsky.social/post/3mg5gs3xlis22Tomorrow in Bologna Prof Yoav Rinon will talk about war and memory, and the Israeli academic resistance to the destruction of Gaza. DM me for teams link to join us remotely.03 Mar 2026 09:18 +0000at://did:plc:vi2fmdsuaekeb6ryoob6twrh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg5gs3xlis22https://bsky.app/profile/orrosenboim.bsky.social/post/3mdvp6ivhek2xBack in NYC as a visiting fellow at the Remarque Institute at NYU, working on my new book and enjoying the frosty weather.02 Feb 2026 20:37 +0000at://did:plc:vi2fmdsuaekeb6ryoob6twrh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdvp6ivhek2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/orrosenboim.bsky.social/post/3md64ly7mgk2dYes! Reviewer 2 urged me today to "clear out some conceptual confusion" by engaging with the work of Or Rosenboim. It's not even the first time this happens to me....24 Jan 2026 11:33 +0000at://did:plc:vi2fmdsuaekeb6ryoob6twrh/app.bsky.feed.post/3md64ly7mgk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/orrosenboim.bsky.social/post/3m7sgqcl6ks2dCheck out the fab website of our project on histories of prediction, 'imagining tomorrow'! Its sleek design presents our conferences, exhibition and publications, including original artwork. I had a great time working with this wonderful team and I hope you enjoy the outcome! [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Dec 2025 15:47 +0000at://did:plc:vi2fmdsuaekeb6ryoob6twrh/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7sgqcl6ks2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/orrosenboim.bsky.social/post/3m7kcglzfz22lInsane state of affairs. [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Dec 2025 10:08 +0000at://did:plc:vi2fmdsuaekeb6ryoob6twrh/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7kcglzfz22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/orrosenboim.bsky.social/post/3m7hp4fkrgc23My article on Hans Kelsen and the world state is now published in open access on The Journal of Global History and you can check it out here: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1740022824000160.08 Dec 2025 09:17 +0000at://did:plc:vi2fmdsuaekeb6ryoob6twrh/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7hp4fkrgc23https://bsky.app/profile/orrosenboim.bsky.social/post/3m5hk7f4los24What is planetary politics? My short essay is now published in Global Perspectives, in a really interesting forum. @ucpress https://doi.org/10.1525/gp.2025.14644612 Nov 2025 20:59 +0000at://did:plc:vi2fmdsuaekeb6ryoob6twrh/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5hk7f4los24https://bsky.app/profile/orrosenboim.bsky.social/post/3m3rjmgrh6c2tMy article with Arie Dubnov on current federalist visions to end the conflict in Israel-Palestine and past imperial iterations of this idea is now out on Global Perspetives @ucpress.bsky.social many thanks to @liorerez.bsky.social for the title. https://doi.org/10.1525/gp.2025.14478922 Oct 2025 09:25 +0000at://did:plc:vi2fmdsuaekeb6ryoob6twrh/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3rjmgrh6c2thttps://bsky.app/profile/orrosenboim.bsky.social/post/3lzcaappfak2aOn Monday, I'll join the Italian national strike for Gaza. But retracting labour is hardly enough. I'll dedicate my next lecture in history at Unibo to discuss imperialism, Nationalism and the histories of Palestine in the 20th century. Most importantly, stop the war! Let all people live in peace.20 Sep 2025 20:37 +0000at://did:plc:vi2fmdsuaekeb6ryoob6twrh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzcaappfak2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/orrosenboim.bsky.social/post/3lxd7rylwf225This week @europeanisa.bsky.social is coming to Bologna and I'll be there too, Great to catch up with friends and colleagues in my city. Come say hello!26 Aug 2025 19:11 +0000at://did:plc:vi2fmdsuaekeb6ryoob6twrh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxd7rylwf225https://bsky.app/profile/orrosenboim.bsky.social/post/3lqau2qiqm22nToday I signed a contract with @princetonupress.bsky.social to publish my next book, "Global Nature: How Perceptions of Nature Transformed Global Political Visions"! Now I only have to write it...28 May 2025 18:39 +0000at://did:plc:vi2fmdsuaekeb6ryoob6twrh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqau2qiqm22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/orrosenboim.bsky.social/post/3lq3t6uuj722gMy new article on the international thought of Hans Kelsen is now out on @globalhistjnl.bsky.social https://doi.org/10.1017/S174002282400016026 May 2025 18:40 +0000at://did:plc:vi2fmdsuaekeb6ryoob6twrh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lq3t6uuj722ghttps://bsky.app/profile/orrosenboim.bsky.social/post/3lp75ks5hck2gI wrote on Barbara Ward for the intellectual history blog of Oxford uni, happy to share these early thoughts about this influential international thinker. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 May 2025 08:59 +0000at://did:plc:vi2fmdsuaekeb6ryoob6twrh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp75ks5hck2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/orrosenboim.bsky.social/post/3lmrjmgjsok22A morning in the archives of Unibo with my global history students, looking at documents on foreign students (inc. Jewish, Greeks, Iranians, and other refugees).14 Apr 2025 12:07 +0000at://did:plc:vi2fmdsuaekeb6ryoob6twrh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmrjmgjsok22https://bsky.app/profile/orrosenboim.bsky.social/post/3ljk5ybnq5s24Someone recalled a pretty niche book I took from the library (on spaceship earth) and now I really want to know who they are.04 Mar 2025 09:34 +0000at://did:plc:vi2fmdsuaekeb6ryoob6twrh/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljk5ybnq5s24https://bsky.app/profile/orrosenboim.bsky.social/post/3livznrtkuk2uOn my way to Oxford for the week... (if the train will actually depart!)24 Feb 2025 09:24 +0000at://did:plc:vi2fmdsuaekeb6ryoob6twrh/app.bsky.feed.post/3livznrtkuk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/orrosenboim.bsky.social/post/3liextkwoss2fI've written the first 1000 words of my new book. They may be edited away one day, but the page is not blank anymore!17 Feb 2025 14:36 +0000at://did:plc:vi2fmdsuaekeb6ryoob6twrh/app.bsky.feed.post/3liextkwoss2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/orrosenboim.bsky.social/post/3lguliiq4d22sMy keynote at the @inthiseui.bsky.social conf today will explore my new work with Arie Dubnov on the links between contemporary leftist ideas for confederation in Israel/Palestine and their imperial intellectual roots. Looking forward to the conversation!29 Jan 2025 08:47 +0000at://did:plc:vi2fmdsuaekeb6ryoob6twrh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lguliiq4d22shttps://bsky.app/profile/orrosenboim.bsky.social/post/3lgnmam5dnc27At the Silk Roads exhibition at the British Museum, so many beautiful artefacts from Samarkand, that brought to life the multi-cultural, fascinating city I've written about in my book Air and Love.26 Jan 2025 14:12 +0000at://did:plc:vi2fmdsuaekeb6ryoob6twrh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgnmam5dnc27https://bsky.app/profile/orrosenboim.bsky.social/post/3lg6ytgiprs2bOxfording this week20 Jan 2025 18:47 +0000at://did:plc:vi2fmdsuaekeb6ryoob6twrh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lg6ytgiprs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/orrosenboim.bsky.social/post/3lfoz2yv3rk24I'm happy to join the international board of @global-ih.bsky.social as the journal celebrates a decade of fascinating research! [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Jan 2025 10:09 +0000at://did:plc:vi2fmdsuaekeb6ryoob6twrh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfoz2yv3rk24