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Lauren Cochrane @laurencochrane.bsky.social · 5d

Love that during the Mau Mau rebellion the colonial government’s warning signs were less “war zone” and more “your picnic might be disrupted by terrorists.”

A very settler-colonial kind of danger.

Lauren Cochrane @laurencochrane.bsky.social · 12d

Participation is by application only.

To express your interest, please complete the short Google Form: forms.gle/nxRtepqJuHYY...

Expressions of interest should be submitted by 5pm on Friday 17th October!

Workshop Call for Participants: Towards Trauma-Informed Research - Archives, Ethics and Emotional Sustainability

Location: In-person, The National Archives, Kew, London. Date & Time: Tuesday 11th November, 9.30am. Contact: [email protected]

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Lauren Cochrane @laurencochrane.bsky.social · 12d

I'm thrilled to be hosting a workshop with @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy
on working with traumatic histories!

📅Tuesday 11th November
📍The National Archives

The workshop offers a space to reflect critically on how we work with traumatic histories in the archives and beyond.

Please share!

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Lauren Cochrane @laurencochrane.bsky.social · 16d

First seminar taught this week. Thought I’d combust from nerves, but instead I just talked about history for an hour - which is basically my natural habitat anyway.

Lauren Cochrane @laurencochrane.bsky.social · 26d

Inside the world of Kenya’s ‘shadow scholars’ paid to write essays for UK students www.theguardian.com/education/20...

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Inside the world of Kenya’s ‘shadow scholars’ paid to write essays for UK students

Highly educated Kenyans working for essay mills ghostwrite academic work that students pass off as their own

www.theguardian.com

Lauren Cochrane @laurencochrane.bsky.social · Sep 11

It's a very interesting day for someone who studies public representations of violence...

Lauren Cochrane @laurencochrane.bsky.social · Aug 22

www.kenyans.co.ke/news/115521-...

I struggle to imagine the archives anywhere else but the CBD!

Govt Announces Plans to Move National Archives From Nairobi CBD

For many Kenyans, the Archives is not only a national heritage but also a landmark and a meeting point.

www.kenyans.co.ke

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Riley Linebaugh @rileysline.bsky.social · Jul 18

The cover is here and the book will be soon!

www.cambridge.org/core/books/c...

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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · Jul 14

A reminder that an annual salary on minimum wage is now £25,396.80

History Lab Plus @historylabplus.bsky.social · Jul 14

💼 Job spotlight of the week:
Curator, Second World War and Mid Twentieth-Century Conflict at the Imperial War Museum, London (FT, £31-34k, Permanent)

imperialwarmuseums.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...

Curator, Second World War and Mid Twentieth-Century Conflict - IWM

Title: Curator, Second World War and Mid Twentieth-Century Conflict . Location: IWM London. Application Deadline: 11/08/2025, 09:00

imperialwarmuseums.tal.net

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Lauren Cochrane @laurencochrane.bsky.social · Jun 30

I'm very grateful to have had the opportunity to present my research and co-chair our panel on colonial counterinsurgencies at #ECAS2025.

Such an awesome experience and I can't wait for the next one! 🇨🇿

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The Society for the History of War @sochistorywar.bsky.social · Jun 29

Please repost folks! Deadline is fast approaching!

The Society for the History of War @sochistorywar.bsky.social · Jun 29

📢 FINAL CALL 📢

🚨Abstracts due tomorrow!!🚨

SHoW's heading to Potsdam!

📢 Call for Papers – SHoW 2025
🗓 27–28 November 2025
📍University of Potsdam
📝 Abstracts due: 30 June

Find the full call for papers here: www.show.org.uk

Society for the History of War

Welcome to the Society for the History of War, a new academic society for academics interested in the History of War.

www.show.org.uk

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Lauren Cochrane @laurencochrane.bsky.social · May 19

It's almost like Brexit was a terrible idea...

UK-EU deal moves on from Brexit rows, Starmer says

The deal covers defence, trade, fishing, and a possible youth scheme, in the first big reset since Brexit.

www.bbc.co.uk

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The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History @jich.bsky.social · Oct 23

@jich.bsky.social We have launched a new 'Current Debates' section, edited by Dr Jonas Fossli Gjersø @jonasgjerso.bsky.social! If you are interested in contributing, please see the CfP for more information, and please share with your networks:
networks.h-net.org/group/announ...

A New ‘Current Debates’ Section in the Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History | H-Net

We are happy to announce that from January 2025 the Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (JICH) will feature a section devoted to current debates. This will include opinion pieces and comment...

networks.h-net.org

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Lauren Cochrane @laurencochrane.bsky.social · May 9

I opened my masters dissertation on Kenya in WWII to look for some references... boy was that a humbling experience.

At least I can now 100% say the quality of my writing has dramatically improved. 👌

Lauren Cochrane @laurencochrane.bsky.social · May 4

A few days in Belgium 🇧🇪

Lauren Cochrane @laurencochrane.bsky.social · Apr 10

Today marks my first earnest use of suncream this year, and the smell has restored my will to live. 🌞

Lauren Cochrane @laurencochrane.bsky.social · Apr 7

Adding this to my email signature.

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Lauren Cochrane @laurencochrane.bsky.social · Apr 2

I'm puppysitting my cousin's 14 week old golden retriever, and I've lost count of how many times I've said 'stop putting your paws on my laptop'.

Might let him write my thesis at this rate. 🐶

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The Society for the History of War @sochistorywar.bsky.social · Mar 24

SHoW's heading to Potsdam!

📢 Call for Papers – SHoW 2025
🗓 27–28 November 2025
📍University of Potsdam
📝 Abstracts due: 30 June

How do societies understand, justify, and remember war and violence? And how do cultures resist, represent, or misrepresent it?

All details can be found below! ⬇️

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Kim A. Wagner @kimatiwagner.bsky.social · Mar 16

57 years ago, on March 16, 1968, US troops killed 504 Vietnamese civilians - mostly older people, mothers, and children. I am spending the day at the My Lai memorial with Ron Haeberle, the photographer, and got to meet the last of the survivors, of whom just a handful are still alive.

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Museum of British Colonialism @museumofbc.bsky.social · Mar 13

Time for another Paper Trails interview...

This month, we spoke to Khushboo Jain, a curator, writer and researcher about decolonising Indian miniature art.

museumofbritishcolonialism.org/paper-trails...

Paper Trails: Khushboo Jain | MBC

Andrea Potts spoke with Khushboo Jain, an independent curator, writer and researcher, about decolonising Indian miniature art. Andrea: What is […]

museumofbritishcolonialism.org

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Lauren Cochrane @laurencochrane.bsky.social · Mar 11

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William Sheehan @willsheehan.bsky.social · Mar 11

And so it continues.....

www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Dundee University faces ‘hammer blow’ amid plans to cut 635 jobs

Interim principal says drastic measures needed to tackle £35m shortfall in day-to-day spending

www.theguardian.com

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Niels Boender @nielsboender.bsky.social · Mar 5

Give this blog a read - where I explore an interesting bit of correspondence between Julius Nyerere and the pro-Western International Confederation on Free Trade Unions on the future of trade unions in Africa.

Global Socio-Economic Rights, Local Contexts @glosoc.bsky.social · Mar 5

We're happy to announce we've posted our next blog - authored by Project Post-doc @nielsboender.bsky.social - a spotlight from our archival research on Trade Unions, Labour Rights and Tanzania: medium.com/@glosoc/docu...

Document Highlight: When Julius Nyerere broke with Western Trade Unionism

[Author: Dr Niels Boender (University of Edinburgh)]

medium.com

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Lauren Cochrane @laurencochrane.bsky.social · Feb 25

Hello! 👋😊

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