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Charlotte Johnson
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Writing my PhD ‘Imperial Connections: Re-examining Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire’, AHRC M4C CDA, National Trust and University of Birmingham
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carolinemccaff.bsky.social
Delighted to be giving a lecture on my new book at the V&A Museum on 23rd October- it’s free and open to all www.vam.ac.uk/event/E7WLeV...
Lunchtime Lectures: The Extraordinary Art Collection of Lady Charlotte Schreiber - V&A Academy Talk at V&A South Kensington · V&A
This talk is part of the free lunchtime lecture series. No booking is required.
www.vam.ac.uk
September 25, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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sadiahqureshi.bsky.social
Video now available of the Manchester book launch for my new book Vanished. A huge thanks to @mcrhistories.bsky.social for hosting the event, and @davidolusoga.bsky.social for being such a generous interlocutor.

#skystorians #extinction #HPS #STS #HistSci
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Vanished: An Unnatural History of Extinction. Sadiah Qureshi in Conversation with David Olusoga.
YouTube video by Manchester Histories
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July 21, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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kateteltscher.bsky.social
So I guess today's the day to remind anyone interested in the history of Kew's Palm House to take a look at my book, Palace of Palms!
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Kew Garden: Palm House set for major renovation
The 175-year-old glass house will begin a £50m renovation in 2027.
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July 16, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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carolinemccaff.bsky.social
My first few author copies have arrived 📚 ✨ 📖 feeling completely overwhelmed. You can pre-order your copy here: www.lundhumphries.com/products/lad...
July 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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long18thsem.bsky.social
Join us next Wednesday 28 May, in person at the IHR and online (17:30-19:30) to hear Annabelle Gilmore’s (Birmingham) paper “‘I shall describe no more’: Reconnecting Black Histories to the Beckford Collection at Charlecote Park”

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‘I shall describe no more’: Reconnecting Black Histories to the Beckford Collection at Charlecote Park
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May 22, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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sadiahqureshi.bsky.social
That the placards held by these presumably cis-women protesters seeking to deny trans women rights read ‘adult human female’, ‘large gametes’, and ‘biological fact’ encapsulates the biological essentialism, reductionism, and determinism at the heart of their definition of who counts as a woman.
April 16, 2025 at 5:29 AM
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sadiahqureshi.bsky.social
This thread, and this point in particular, is important. I refused to travel to the USA when the ‘Muslim ban’ was in place and missed out on doing lots of events. Only one person acknowledged that’s they would make a note of saying I was unable to contribute for this reason when publishing.
lottelydia.bsky.social Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · Apr 14
It's notable that these topics always become shocking for academia when it's white academics from the Global North who are impacted. But if you work in the UK, there are people at your university who cannot travel to archives or conferences because of their immigration status! For sure!
April 14, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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corinnefowler.bsky.social
My paperback out 1 May. Heartfelt & compassionate walks through rural Britain and its hidden history of empire.
April 14, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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carolinemccaff.bsky.social
Come do a fully-funded PhD with me! The 4-year scholarship is open to all UK, EU and international students. Very happy to answer any questions, do share with your students and colleagues.
edincollegeofart.bsky.social Edinburgh College of Art @edincollegeofart.bsky.social · Apr 7
Applications are now open for a new fully-funded AHRC collaborative PhD with ECA Lecturer in History of Art Dr @carolinemccaff.bsky.social on Dr J. W. L. Glaisher’s ceramics collection at @fitzmuseum.bsky.social.

Deadline: 9 May 2025 - find out more: www.eca.ed.ac.uk/scholarship/...
Pineapple Teapot, c. 1755–66, made in Staffordshire. Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest, C.707 & A-1928 Figure of Nobody, 1675, made by Brislington Pottery. Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest, C.1433-1928 Owl (vessel and cover), 1903, made by the Martin Brothers. Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest, C.41 & A-1928 Charger with mermaid, c. 1670–90, made by Ralph Toft. Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest, C.211-1928
April 9, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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ellencssmith.bsky.social
Wonderful images of the letters to accompany the article! Thanks @salvarmyarchive.bsky.social ⬇️
salvarmyarchive.bsky.social Salvation Army International Heritage Centre @salvarmyarchive.bsky.social · Apr 2
Brilliant to see this article by @ellencssmith.bsky.social in print. Ellen used some of the letters we hold from Wilhelmina Murray written during the 1857 Indian Rebellion. One of our lesser-known collections!
April 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Oxford! an event on colonial statues and contested heritage, April 9 - couldn't have picked a more suitable town for it - www.stx.ox.ac.uk/event/contes...
Contested Heritage: A Discussion
This discussion brings together experts from a variety of heritage-related sectors, to discuss how these developments have shaped their own work and vision.
www.stx.ox.ac.uk
March 17, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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alanlester.bsky.social
This is a brilliant book. Highly recommended for anyone interested in the relationships between colonial history and the history of science.
sadiahqureshi.bsky.social Sadiah Qureshi @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · Mar 17
T-80 days, but roaring and ready to land!

A huge thanks to some truly roarsome peeps for reading and sharing their kind words:
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@historianmemory.bsky.social
@alanlester.bsky.social

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Info & preorder links @ www.penguin.co.uk/books/309254...
Meme of Academic Coach Taylor with the advice: ‘You know what a first book is? Practice for a better one’. Coach Taylor appears to be pleading with the player to put everything into perspective, as all authors need to do. Front cover of Vanished. Features an ornate frame inside which there is a nineteenth-century print. In the foreground are a turbaned Indian man astride an Asian elephant, and Native and settler, and pine tree. In mid frame, a mastodon skeleton towers over all the other subjects. In the background is a mountainous landscape, with a river flowing through it. In the sky, there is a lonely passenger pigeon. At the top, the sky, author name, and book title are are framed by leaves intruding into the frame. Contents page of the book. Prologue: Extinction’s Pasts Part One: Peopling Extinction 1. Exit, Pursued by a Mastodon 2. The Last of her People 3. The Dispossessor’s Lament 4. Humans before Humans 5. Daisy’s Dying Legacy Part Two: Empire’s Endlings 6. Red Alert! 7. Catastrophe Strikes 8. Pinosaur Redux 9. Martha’s Resurrection 10. Hope for Leviathan Epilogue: Extinction’s Futures Four advance reviews for Vanished as follows: Illuminating and disturbing in equal measure. A poignant and powerfully written account of the intellectual revolution that birthed the concept of extinction; a concept deployed to both justify and animate colonialism and even extermination. A vital and important book -- David Olusoga A marvellous, troubling, moving and important book lit with hope, Vanished is an intellectually acute history of both the idea and the reality of extinction. In a series of fascinating examples ranging from the fates of entire peoples to the remains of a single bird in a museum, Qureshi illumines how our ideas of extinction have been forged and shaped by myriad things, from the intellectual debates of eighteenth-century naturalists to the brutal history of colonialism and the political context of the Cold War. I learned so much from Vanished and am so grateful for it -- Helen Macdonald A compelling homage to living and extinct beings, Qureshi’s masterpiece is a superbly written, urgent and heart racing volume. Unweaving the threads of centuries of teleological explanations, imperial scientific approaches and offering a new path to understanding mass extinction is a stroke of genius. Vanished is enthralling, devastating and yet empowering -- Olivette Otele One of our most innovative historians guides us with grace, humility and conviction through the daunting, tangled thickets of species extinction and human extermination. Qureshi warns us that scientific advancement and enlightenment are not necessarily compatible but encourages us that they can be -- Alan Lester
March 17, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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ndkane.bsky.social
I am so bad at social media these days unless it’s being extremely mad at our government on a certain image based platform, but for some reason I’ve had loads of new followers here. I’ve been really occupied working towards our show, Design and Disability, tickets were released earlier this month.
Design and Disability - Exhibition at V&A South Kensington · V&A
Showcasing the radical contributors of disabled, Deaf, and neurodiverse people and communities to design history and contemporary culture, from the 1940s to now
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March 17, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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jwbaker.bsky.social
These data essays were an output of the AHRC @ukri.org funded project 'Beyond Notability: Re-evaluating Women's Work in Archaeology, History and Heritage, 1870 – 1950'. We did archival research. We did public engagement. We made linked data. We wrote things. See beyondnotability.org for more info.
March 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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drzara.bsky.social
No better time than International Women’s Day to announce my new book THE PAINTER’S FIRE, a transatlantic revolutionary history written for a popular audience (July release)!

It features some amazing historical women, like poet Phillis Wheatley (who inspired the title).
March 8, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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Our collections aren't just about Derbyshire. Take a look at our new guide to records of #BritishEmpire and #Colonialism - it took us a long time to compile because we hold so much material: recordoffice.wordpress.com/2025/02/21/a...

#ExploreYourArchive #History
A guide to records of British Empire and colonialism at Derbyshire Record Office
This guide explores the records in our collections that tell the story of the British Empire and its colonies. The beginning of the British Empire is often dated to 1583, when the first attempt was…
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March 5, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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Big business are becoming smaller business in Sheffield as visa restrictions and hostile environments bite, and international student numbers drop (25% over 3 years at University of Sheffield and 36% at Sheffield Hallam). 1/2
Sheffield international students fall a 'worrying trend', say firms
Sheffield Hallam sees a 36% drop in international student numbers over three years.
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March 4, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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Finally topped 150,000 downloads from open access East India Company at Home volume, 7 years after publication. Esp. pleased to see Indian downloads at the top of the table. A collaborative co-edited, co-produced book: a dialogue of academic & non-academic researchers. 1/[email protected]
Map showing density of downloads of open access text The East India Company at home, showing India and Britain as sites of highest downloading and US as heavily represented.
March 4, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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alanlester.bsky.social
I’m hosting a day of lectures, discussion & support for people in the educational, heritage or cultural sectors involved in educating about slavery, colonialism & Empire, or anyone else who wants hear about the scholarship. Sat 21 June, Sussex. Book here:

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Educating People About British Colonial History and Confronting the Backlash: Info and Support | University of Sussex Online Shop
For teachers and heritage and cultural workers. This day-long event consists of a series of lectures from Alan Lester, Professor of Historical Geography an
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March 3, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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schuhmacher.bsky.social
I’m delighted to share that the Art Institute of Chicago has today returned a sacred sculpture - Buddha Sheltered by the Serpent King Muchalinda - to the Government of Nepal:

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March 3, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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4 days to go! 📢

If you have something to say about imperial collecting, frontier warfare, statesmanship or any of the other themes listed on our CFP, we want to hear from you! We're looking for 20-30 minute research papers and 10 minute context talks. Send us an abstract by Friday to be considered!
March 3, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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📣 Final call for abstracts for this exciting workshop! 📣 We want to hear from people with a wide range of expertise so please share widely.

See the CFP for further details - closing this Friday. Feel free to contact me or @charjoyjohnson.bsky.social or send us an email if you have any questions!
curzonworkshop2025.bsky.social Curzon, Contacts & Contexts @curzonworkshop2025.bsky.social · Mar 3
4 days to go! 📢

If you have something to say about imperial collecting, frontier warfare, statesmanship or any of the other themes listed on our CFP, we want to hear from you! We're looking for 20-30 minute research papers and 10 minute context talks. Send us an abstract by Friday to be considered!
March 3, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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If you are a PhD Student at an LAHP university, Kings College London, LSE, Queen Mary, SOAS, UCL, RCM, RCA, RCSd.. you can apply to come and work with me!

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February 25, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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jebarr.bsky.social
#provenance job at Nottingham in support of the project "Mapping the Indigenous North American Collection of Nottingham City Museums and Galleries."
musethnogroup.bsky.social Museum Ethnographers Group @musethnogroup.bsky.social · Feb 24
They will work closely with project researchers and on-site with the museum curator to support the identification and provenance of collection materials and create an updated digital archive of the Indigenous North American collection.
February 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM