Assistant Professor in History at UoN - Anglo-German-Polish relations, post-war history, UNRRA, Queer histories of displacement. Views own. She/Her. 🍞 & 🌹

Newcastle/Nottingham
Joined April 2013
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"If you see German soldiers, don't panic. They're here to help," says Polish PM @donaldtusk after announcing that German troops were volunteering to help tackle the floods in Poland
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Fascinating panel 16 on hidden histories in Germany's 20thC at #GermanHistSoc2024 chaired by Christopher Dillon (@KingsCollegeLon) with papers by: Samantha K. Knapton @LgmSam (@UniofNottingham) Bodie Ashton @manwithoutatan (@zzfpotsdam) Lilú Kruspe (@unierfurt)
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Occupiers, Humanitarian Workers, and Polish Displaced Persons in British-Occupied Germany by @LgmSam is first major account of humanitarianism & Polish displaced persons in British-occupied Germany, fusing together archival material & personal collections. bit.ly/3WfXtVG
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🚨The CEH Prize 2024 is now open for submissions! The winning article by a PhD or early-career researcher will be published in the journal, and the author will receive £400 worth of @CambridgeUP books. The deadline is 6 Sept 2024. Full details here: cambridge.org/core/journals/…
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Samantha K Knapton retweeted
Research associate job at Strathclyde in my department, looking at intersectionality, children and young people in the criminal justice sector in Scotland jobs.ac.uk/job/DGX918/resear…
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Is anyone going to #ASEEES this year? @KarenLUslin, @LgmSam & I need someone to chair our panel on post-war Poland. Can anyone help? @aseeestudies #History #conference
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Samantha K Knapton retweeted
The East Centre Research Seminar welcomed our erstwhile UEA colleague, Dr Samantha K. Knapton tonight, for a fantastic paper: 'Occupiers, Humanitarian Workers, and Polish Displaced Persons in British Occupied Germany'. Thank you, @LgmSam!
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Samantha K Knapton retweeted
Now you can watch it on our YT: Samantha Knapton @LgmSam (University of Nottingham) in @PileckiInstitut on Polish Displaced Persons in British-occupied Germany 1945-51, with comments by Markus Nesselrodt (@viadrina ) youtube.com/watch?v=g5wOuDcM…
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Samantha K Knapton retweeted
The academic job market is tough and senior scholars need to do more to help their junior colleagues. Please consider tweeting more while drinking.
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Join us for an online book launch! ‘Relief and Rehabilitation for a Post-war World: Humanitarian Intervention and the UNRRA’ Edited by Samantha K Knapton and Katherine Rossy Wednesday 7 February 2024, 5-6.30pm Online via Microsoft Teams Sign up here: forms.office.com/e/GY9eGc9sp…
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Announcement: Register for the Book Launch, 7 Feb, 2024 Relief and Rehabilitation for a Postwar World? Edited by Samantha K Knapton (University of Nottingham) and Katherine Rossy (Royal Military College of Canada) @LgmSam For more details, check: nottingham.ac.uk/humanities/…
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Samantha K Knapton retweeted
If anyone working on gender needs a chair or wants to put together a panel on gender and/or sexuality I’d be happy to chat!
📢 GHS Annual Conference 2024 📢 The @GermanHistSoc is pleased to launch the Call for Papers for our 15th annual conference! 📅 5-7 September 2024 📍 Manchester Metropolitan University (@ManMetUni) 📎 Submissions due 9 April 2024 Further info: germanhistorysociety.org/con…
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Samantha K Knapton retweeted
Academics after a gruelling day* *25 emails received, 3 emails sent, 600 words typed, 400 words deleted
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Samantha K Knapton retweeted
NHS Nurse Band 4 - £27,586 Junior Doctor starting salary - £32,300 Construction Labourer average salary - £23,000 Care Worker average salary - £23,410 Farm Worker average salary - £23,400 University Lecturer average starting salary - £34,804 Just a small selection.
🚨 BREAKING: Rishi Sunak will increase the salary threshold so that EVERY migrant has to earn over £38k before coming to Britain in a major plan to slash migration He will also announce new limits on them bringing family [@JackElsom]
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📢In association with our new series 'Glimpses of German History' the GHS is launching our new 'Creative Research Contest' for students of all ages! For more details see our website: germanhistorysociety.org/202… Share widely with school and outreach networks!
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Samantha K Knapton retweeted
Call for Participants! Workshop on Marginalized Histories of the Holocaust hosted at the University of Oxford. Please circulate widely to your networks!
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We can’t recover from this as a profession
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Two more seminars to go before the New Year's break! 🎆 We're looking forward to presentations by @LgmSam (@UonHistory) this Friday 24th Nov and by @andyirwin89 (@unibirmingham) on 8th Dec. Join us online or in person, dm or comment for more details
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Samantha K Knapton retweeted
Warwick is hiring in modern European history (not sure why Europe is hidden so far down the advert): jobs.ac.uk/job/DEF747/assist…
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Samantha K Knapton retweeted
"i need one day that is just for writing" me on that day:
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