Benjamin Thomas White
@btwhite.bsky.social
Researching and teaching refugee history.
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Genuinely, if you live in the UK you should so the consultation just to find out some of the unbelievable details of what's being proposed. Even with their spin and obfuscation it's shocking
the whole thing is of course completely revolting. 20 YEARS to settlement for refugees? no settlement if you’ve ever had a criminal conviction or a tax debt? 10 YEARS added if you’ve ever received benefits? partners and children on their own routes to settlement? What are you even TALKING about
February 11, 2026 at 8:51 AM
Genuinely, if you live in the UK you should so the consultation just to find out some of the unbelievable details of what's being proposed. Even with their spin and obfuscation it's shocking
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this saturday! I haven't heard it yet, but there's not only interviews with Carolyn Steedman and Miriam Stoppard, but also live audio of me attempting to get my kids out the door for school in the mornings www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Archive on 4, Landscape For A Good Infant
How has the state shaped different generations’ experience of infancy?
www.bbc.co.uk
February 3, 2026 at 11:23 AM
this saturday! I haven't heard it yet, but there's not only interviews with Carolyn Steedman and Miriam Stoppard, but also live audio of me attempting to get my kids out the door for school in the mornings www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
There's always a lot of bad news on here, but as of yesterday the sun sets after 5pm each day in Glasgow until next autumn, and as of tomorrow the sun rises before 8am.
February 7, 2026 at 4:44 PM
There's always a lot of bad news on here, but as of yesterday the sun sets after 5pm each day in Glasgow until next autumn, and as of tomorrow the sun rises before 8am.
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Lots of new radical history tours open for booking over the next few months including Queer Glasgow, radical West End and Migrants Made Glasgow. Free tickets always available if cost is a barrier, just drop us a line. See you in the streets! radicalglasgowtours.com
Radical Glasgow Tours
Walking through the radical histories and present-day struggles of the city of Glasgow
radicalglasgowtours.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Lots of new radical history tours open for booking over the next few months including Queer Glasgow, radical West End and Migrants Made Glasgow. Free tickets always available if cost is a barrier, just drop us a line. See you in the streets! radicalglasgowtours.com
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I wrote about how all our politicians and media are incompetent.
I guess that means I’m officially back in the writing game
I guess that means I’m officially back in the writing game
‘Peter Mandelson is a case study for the way the Westminster ecosystem protects its own.
Protecting the system, and the powerful men who feel entitled to benefit from it, matters more than protecting the people it harms.’
New from @judeinlondon.com:
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/fe...
Protecting the system, and the powerful men who feel entitled to benefit from it, matters more than protecting the people it harms.’
New from @judeinlondon.com:
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/fe...
Jude Wanga | The centre shrinks
Peter Mandelson is a case study for the way the Westminster ecosystem protects its own until it is forced, by leakage...
www.lrb.co.uk
February 5, 2026 at 5:59 PM
I wrote about how all our politicians and media are incompetent.
I guess that means I’m officially back in the writing game
I guess that means I’m officially back in the writing game
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Happy 50th birthday, HWJ! Being a member of the History Workshop collective has shaped the kind of historian I am (& want to be). I'm so proud to have helped edit this 100th issue of History Workshop Journal, which includes reflections on History Workshop for these turbulent times; on HW's past;...
The new issue of History Workshop Journal is out: issue 100, marking 50 years of the journal's existence. It's more necessary than ever.
academic.oup.com/hwj/issue/10...
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January 26, 2026 at 10:39 AM
Happy 50th birthday, HWJ! Being a member of the History Workshop collective has shaped the kind of historian I am (& want to be). I'm so proud to have helped edit this 100th issue of History Workshop Journal, which includes reflections on History Workshop for these turbulent times; on HW's past;...
The new issue of History Workshop Journal is out: issue 100, marking 50 years of the journal's existence. It's more necessary than ever.
academic.oup.com/hwj/issue/10...
academic.oup.com/hwj/issue/10...
January 26, 2026 at 10:27 AM
The new issue of History Workshop Journal is out: issue 100, marking 50 years of the journal's existence. It's more necessary than ever.
academic.oup.com/hwj/issue/10...
academic.oup.com/hwj/issue/10...
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"Our AI has turned your thesis about oxygen evolution electrocatalysis into rage bait preloaded with one hundred racist and transphobic comments."
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New AI-Generated Content Derived from Your Work Posted on Academia.Edu
“By making any Member Content available through the Site or Services, you hereby grant to Academia.edu a worldwide, irrevocable, royalty-free, non-...
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January 21, 2026 at 4:27 PM
"Our AI has turned your thesis about oxygen evolution electrocatalysis into rage bait preloaded with one hundred racist and transphobic comments."
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The deadline for this funded PhD is this Fri 23 Jan, for anyone interested in housing, heritage, and climate change (especially if you're an enthusiast for Scottish tenements!) ⬇️
Come and do a funded PhD with Vanicka Arora, Kim McKee & me on thermal comfort in Stirling's historic tenements! Would suit someone with experience in creative & collaborative or activist methods, &/or background in housing, heritage, planning or climate change: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
2026 AHRC Doctoral Landscape Award- Collaborative Doctoral Award (CDA) PhD Studentship at University of Stirling on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - 2026 AHRC Doctoral Landscape Award- Collaborative Doctoral Award (CDA) PhD Studentship at University of Stirling, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
January 19, 2026 at 8:52 PM
The deadline for this funded PhD is this Fri 23 Jan, for anyone interested in housing, heritage, and climate change (especially if you're an enthusiast for Scottish tenements!) ⬇️
A good thread on chaotic mismanagement at the University of Edinburgh. Solidarity to my colleagues and friends there.
Missing from the coverage of redundancies at Edinburgh: this was done in such a haphazard, uncoordinated way, there are now core teams who have gone from 5 people to 1 with no change in workload or pressure and huge loss in knowledge of institutional process. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2576321...
Hundreds of staff leave Edinburgh University amid cuts drive
According to the university, 345 of these departures were the result of a targeted voluntary severance (VS) scheme run by the institution in 2025.
www.heraldscotland.com
January 15, 2026 at 9:54 AM
A good thread on chaotic mismanagement at the University of Edinburgh. Solidarity to my colleagues and friends there.
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Perhaps you were wondering about this year's Wolfson History Prize shortlist.
- Cambridge (UG, PGT, PhD), Oxford (postdoc)
- Cambridge (UG, PGT, PhD, JRF, job, 'bye-fellow')
- Birmingham (?, PGT, PhD)
- Lancaster (UG), Nottingham (MA, PhD)
- Cambridge (at least UG)
- Cambridge (UG), Oxford (PhD)
- Cambridge (UG, PGT, PhD), Oxford (postdoc)
- Cambridge (UG, PGT, PhD, JRF, job, 'bye-fellow')
- Birmingham (?, PGT, PhD)
- Lancaster (UG), Nottingham (MA, PhD)
- Cambridge (at least UG)
- Cambridge (UG), Oxford (PhD)
December 1, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Perhaps you were wondering about this year's Wolfson History Prize shortlist.
- Cambridge (UG, PGT, PhD), Oxford (postdoc)
- Cambridge (UG, PGT, PhD, JRF, job, 'bye-fellow')
- Birmingham (?, PGT, PhD)
- Lancaster (UG), Nottingham (MA, PhD)
- Cambridge (at least UG)
- Cambridge (UG), Oxford (PhD)
- Cambridge (UG, PGT, PhD), Oxford (postdoc)
- Cambridge (UG, PGT, PhD, JRF, job, 'bye-fellow')
- Birmingham (?, PGT, PhD)
- Lancaster (UG), Nottingham (MA, PhD)
- Cambridge (at least UG)
- Cambridge (UG), Oxford (PhD)
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This is so problematic. Creating big-money grants (7m EUR!) is such a travesty. Instead of funding 1 researcher, why not fund 25 with smaller grants? It would create more ideas, secure more careers, and create so much more innovative knowledge. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...
ERC’s new €7m Plus Grants open to researchers at any career stage - Research Professional News
European Research Council president describes scheme as part attempt to lure US talent
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
This is so problematic. Creating big-money grants (7m EUR!) is such a travesty. Instead of funding 1 researcher, why not fund 25 with smaller grants? It would create more ideas, secure more careers, and create so much more innovative knowledge. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...
Perhaps you were wondering about this year's Wolfson History Prize shortlist.
- Cambridge (UG, PGT, PhD), Oxford (postdoc)
- Cambridge (UG, PGT, PhD, JRF, job, 'bye-fellow')
- Birmingham (?, PGT, PhD)
- Lancaster (UG), Nottingham (MA, PhD)
- Cambridge (at least UG)
- Cambridge (UG), Oxford (PhD)
- Cambridge (UG, PGT, PhD), Oxford (postdoc)
- Cambridge (UG, PGT, PhD, JRF, job, 'bye-fellow')
- Birmingham (?, PGT, PhD)
- Lancaster (UG), Nottingham (MA, PhD)
- Cambridge (at least UG)
- Cambridge (UG), Oxford (PhD)
December 1, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Perhaps you were wondering about this year's Wolfson History Prize shortlist.
- Cambridge (UG, PGT, PhD), Oxford (postdoc)
- Cambridge (UG, PGT, PhD, JRF, job, 'bye-fellow')
- Birmingham (?, PGT, PhD)
- Lancaster (UG), Nottingham (MA, PhD)
- Cambridge (at least UG)
- Cambridge (UG), Oxford (PhD)
- Cambridge (UG, PGT, PhD), Oxford (postdoc)
- Cambridge (UG, PGT, PhD, JRF, job, 'bye-fellow')
- Birmingham (?, PGT, PhD)
- Lancaster (UG), Nottingham (MA, PhD)
- Cambridge (at least UG)
- Cambridge (UG), Oxford (PhD)
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📢 We are thrilled to announce the #CfP for the Sixth International Seminar in Historical #Refugee Studies, which will be held at the University of Vienna, Sept 28-Oct 1, 2026! Deadline is December 20, 2026. For more information, see rhs.hypotheses.org and CfP below:
November 11, 2025 at 5:50 PM
📢 We are thrilled to announce the #CfP for the Sixth International Seminar in Historical #Refugee Studies, which will be held at the University of Vienna, Sept 28-Oct 1, 2026! Deadline is December 20, 2026. For more information, see rhs.hypotheses.org and CfP below:
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This afternoon an incredibly important principle is being debated in the House of Lords
We know people die at our border & in our asylum system at a horrifying rate, but shockingly the govt does not record how many, who, or how.
@asylummatters.bsky.social are campaigning to #KnowTheirNames
We know people die at our border & in our asylum system at a horrifying rate, but shockingly the govt does not record how many, who, or how.
@asylummatters.bsky.social are campaigning to #KnowTheirNames
November 5, 2025 at 1:46 PM
This afternoon an incredibly important principle is being debated in the House of Lords
We know people die at our border & in our asylum system at a horrifying rate, but shockingly the govt does not record how many, who, or how.
@asylummatters.bsky.social are campaigning to #KnowTheirNames
We know people die at our border & in our asylum system at a horrifying rate, but shockingly the govt does not record how many, who, or how.
@asylummatters.bsky.social are campaigning to #KnowTheirNames
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the amount of academic research now using llms in research (synthetic data generation, to classify, annotate, or analyse large scale data, etc) is astounding. remember, just cus use of llms in research is becoming normalised does NOT erase the fact it degrades the research & undermine your results
October 29, 2025 at 5:11 PM
the amount of academic research now using llms in research (synthetic data generation, to classify, annotate, or analyse large scale data, etc) is astounding. remember, just cus use of llms in research is becoming normalised does NOT erase the fact it degrades the research & undermine your results
Rhys Machold in Jewish Currents on the myth of Israeli "security innovation":
jewishcurrents.org/the-myth-of-...
jewishcurrents.org/the-myth-of-...
October 29, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Rhys Machold in Jewish Currents on the myth of Israeli "security innovation":
jewishcurrents.org/the-myth-of-...
jewishcurrents.org/the-myth-of-...
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New post on refugeehistory.org: were there refugees in 16thC England? Answer: it's complicated - migrants and the state were in the process of negotiating a form of refugee protection, which helps us to complicate notions of Britain's "proud history of welcome": tinyurl.com/bdyevr4d
When is a refugee not a refugee? — Refugee History.
England’s ‘proud history’ of welcoming refugees is regularly invoked in contemporary debates about refugees in Britain. Public and academic histories of pre-modern migration to England support this no...
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October 23, 2025 at 8:08 AM
New post on refugeehistory.org: were there refugees in 16thC England? Answer: it's complicated - migrants and the state were in the process of negotiating a form of refugee protection, which helps us to complicate notions of Britain's "proud history of welcome": tinyurl.com/bdyevr4d
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Amazing resource just in time for dissertations this year.
New online: The Gay Liberation Front (GLF) collection is now available on LSE Digital Library! We’ve digitised and published the GLF Diaries and the GLF newspaper Come Together. Further series from the archives will be added as digitisation continues.
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October 14, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Amazing resource just in time for dissertations this year.
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This PhD on a reparatory history of the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, exploring the legacies of empire is open for applications. It features a great supervisory team (moi, Kerry Pimblott, and Sadia Habib) and fabulous public history opportunities. Please share.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
[HUMS Bicentenary PhD] A reparatory history of the Manchester Royal Exchange in collaboration with the Royal Exchange Theatre at The University of Manchester on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - [HUMS Bicentenary PhD] A reparatory history of the Manchester Royal Exchange in collaboration with the Royal Exchange Theatre at The University of Manchester, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
October 13, 2025 at 9:55 AM
This PhD on a reparatory history of the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, exploring the legacies of empire is open for applications. It features a great supervisory team (moi, Kerry Pimblott, and Sadia Habib) and fabulous public history opportunities. Please share.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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I have a new article out.
TLDR: Actively courting deportation by air is a way to claim rights as a stateless person and even as a refugee.
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TLDR: Actively courting deportation by air is a way to claim rights as a stateless person and even as a refugee.
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Air Travel, Statelessness, and the Rights Claims of Ugandan Asians, c.1973*
Abstract. In the aftermath of Idi Amin’s expulsion of Uganda’s South Asians in 1972, some of those made technically stateless arrived in India unsupported
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October 9, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I have a new article out.
TLDR: Actively courting deportation by air is a way to claim rights as a stateless person and even as a refugee.
academic.oup.com/past/advance...
TLDR: Actively courting deportation by air is a way to claim rights as a stateless person and even as a refugee.
academic.oup.com/past/advance...
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📣 New post on RefugeeHistory.org!
As UNHCR prepares to appoint a new High Commissioner, @jfcrisp.bsky.social looks back on how the process played out 25 years ago and asks: has anything changed?
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refugeehistory.org/blog/2025/10...
As UNHCR prepares to appoint a new High Commissioner, @jfcrisp.bsky.social looks back on how the process played out 25 years ago and asks: has anything changed?
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refugeehistory.org/blog/2025/10...
Is there a better way to choose the new UNHCR High Commissioner? — Refugee History.
The search to find a new high commissioner for UNHCR happens in a process described as "arcane and Machiavellian." Is there a better way?
refugeehistory.org
October 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
📣 New post on RefugeeHistory.org!
As UNHCR prepares to appoint a new High Commissioner, @jfcrisp.bsky.social looks back on how the process played out 25 years ago and asks: has anything changed?
⬇️
refugeehistory.org/blog/2025/10...
As UNHCR prepares to appoint a new High Commissioner, @jfcrisp.bsky.social looks back on how the process played out 25 years ago and asks: has anything changed?
⬇️
refugeehistory.org/blog/2025/10...
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Lawyers and NGO's are calling for Nicole de Moor's candidacy for the position of UN High Commissioner for Refugees to be rejected. After having significantly weakened refugee rights in Belgium during her term of office, it is inconceivable to allow her to lead
@unhcr.org
tinyurl.com/yx5jp257
@unhcr.org
tinyurl.com/yx5jp257
17 associations et 200 avocats envoient une lettre de non-recommandation à l’ONU concernant la candidature de Nicole de Moor au poste de Haut-Commissaire aux Réfugiés - Bienvenue sur le site de la Lig...
Peut-on défendre les droits des réfugié·es à l’échelle mondiale quand on les a délibérément bafoués à l’échelle nationale ? A priori, la réponse semble évidente. Et pourtant, Nicole de Moor, ancienne ...
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October 9, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Lawyers and NGO's are calling for Nicole de Moor's candidacy for the position of UN High Commissioner for Refugees to be rejected. After having significantly weakened refugee rights in Belgium during her term of office, it is inconceivable to allow her to lead
@unhcr.org
tinyurl.com/yx5jp257
@unhcr.org
tinyurl.com/yx5jp257
📣 New post on RefugeeHistory.org!
As UNHCR prepares to appoint a new High Commissioner, @jfcrisp.bsky.social looks back on how the process played out 25 years ago and asks: has anything changed?
⬇️
refugeehistory.org/blog/2025/10...
As UNHCR prepares to appoint a new High Commissioner, @jfcrisp.bsky.social looks back on how the process played out 25 years ago and asks: has anything changed?
⬇️
refugeehistory.org/blog/2025/10...
Is there a better way to choose the new UNHCR High Commissioner? — Refugee History.
The search to find a new high commissioner for UNHCR happens in a process described as "arcane and Machiavellian." Is there a better way?
refugeehistory.org
October 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
📣 New post on RefugeeHistory.org!
As UNHCR prepares to appoint a new High Commissioner, @jfcrisp.bsky.social looks back on how the process played out 25 years ago and asks: has anything changed?
⬇️
refugeehistory.org/blog/2025/10...
As UNHCR prepares to appoint a new High Commissioner, @jfcrisp.bsky.social looks back on how the process played out 25 years ago and asks: has anything changed?
⬇️
refugeehistory.org/blog/2025/10...
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'Key Isssues in Global Refugee Policy:
Analysis, Commentary and Advocacy, 2015-2025'.
A compilation of e-links to around 80 articles I've published over the past decade, most of them brief and easily readable!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Analysis, Commentary and Advocacy, 2015-2025'.
A compilation of e-links to around 80 articles I've published over the past decade, most of them brief and easily readable!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Crisp2015-25
Key issues in global refugee policy: analysis, commentary and advocacy 2015 - 2025 Jeff Crisp Refugee Studies Centre University of Oxford September 2025 [email protected] @jfcrisp @jfcrisp.b...
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October 8, 2025 at 6:26 PM
'Key Isssues in Global Refugee Policy:
Analysis, Commentary and Advocacy, 2015-2025'.
A compilation of e-links to around 80 articles I've published over the past decade, most of them brief and easily readable!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Analysis, Commentary and Advocacy, 2015-2025'.
A compilation of e-links to around 80 articles I've published over the past decade, most of them brief and easily readable!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...