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Dr Eve Hayes @evehayes123.bsky.social · 12d

Sign up for our next CLACS Caribbean Studies Seminar, 21 Oct:

Jamaica’s “Bitter Medicine”: Education and Women Teachers in Debt and Austerity w/ Shari-Lee Carter, NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, & Human Development

@ilcs.bsky.social / @soccaribbeanuk.bsky.social

shorturl.at/BLplw

Caribbean Studies Seminar

ilcs.sas.ac.uk

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Dr Eve Hayes @evehayes123.bsky.social · 25d

Join us on 23 September for the start of our CLACS Caribbean Studies Seminar Series 2025/26 @ilcs.bsky.social / @soccaribbeanuk.bsky.social
The Long Road from Bog Walk: Electricity and Electrification in Jamaica, 1890s–1970s w/ Andrew Williams (University of the West Indies, Mona) shorturl.at/euVXU

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Society for Caribbean Studies UK @soccaribbeanuk.bsky.social · Sep 4

The Festival of Black History is THIS Saturday @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social. Tickets are free but booking is essential! billetto.co.uk/e/festival-o...

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Association of Caribbean Historians @achconference.bsky.social · Sep 4

The ACH Executive Committee is pleased to announce that its 57th Annual Conference will be held at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica, from May 24-28, 2026. (There will be an optional field trip on Friday, May 29.)

Call for papers! associationofcaribbeanhistorians.org/annual-meeti...

Annual Meeting – Association of Caribbean Historians

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Dr Miranda Kaufmann @drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social · Aug 29

Looking forward to seeing you on the #Heiresses Book Tour at @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social @britishlibrary.bsky.social @nationalgalleryuk.bsky.social @bookhaus.bsky.social @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social @crer-scotland.bsky.social @n-t-s.bsky.socialThe Georgian House, Edinburgh and more!

Oneworld Publications @oneworldbooks.bsky.social · Aug 29

To celebrate the launch of her upcoming book, Heiresses,
@drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social will be taking part in various events across the UK over the next few months!

To find out how to get tickets head over to our website!

oneworld-publications.com/2025/08/29/m...

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Anne E @anita5446.bsky.social · Aug 13

Fascinating article by Nuala Zahedieh about the centrality of canoes in early colonial exploitation 🗃️https://academic.oup.com/past/advance-article/doi/10.1093/pastj/gtaf021/8231030

Canoes in the Early English Caribbean: The Role of an Indigenous Technology in Making Mercantilism Work*

Abstract. The Caribbean, with its focus on cash crop production, played a major role in the rise of England’s Atlantic trading system and the making of mod

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Society for Caribbean Studies UK @soccaribbeanuk.bsky.social · Aug 28

We are thrilled to be supporting the Festival of Black History on Saturday 6th September 2025 at Goldsmiths, University of London. It is going to be an incredible event - Booking is FREE but essential

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Dr Miranda Kaufmann @drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social · Aug 28

This is going to be great! Hope to see you at the Festival of #BlackHistory @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social on Saturday 6th September. Book your FREE ticket here: billetto.co.uk/e/festival-o...

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Anna Girling @annagirling.bsky.social · Aug 12

And... I am very happy to share that the digitised copies of the full run of The Cosmopolitan are now available on the Digital Library of the Caribbean (who made this all possible!): www.dloc.com/AA00114844/0... cc: @dlocaribbean.bsky.social @soccaribbeanuk.bsky.social

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Society for Caribbean Studies UK @soccaribbeanuk.bsky.social · Aug 28

Find out more, and book your tickets, here: billetto.co.uk/e/festival-o...

Festival of Black History

FREE entry, booking is essential. Celebrate Black history in its many and diverse forms at a brand ...

billetto.co.uk

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Society for Caribbean Studies UK @soccaribbeanuk.bsky.social · Aug 28

It will be packed with practical tips to help you record history, plus talks, film screenings, thought-provoking panel discussions and workshops. The festival culminates with a powerful theatre performance, ‘Anatomy of a Black Rebellion’ a new award-winning play.

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Society for Caribbean Studies UK @soccaribbeanuk.bsky.social · Aug 28

Marking 100 years since Malcolm X’s birth, this festival at @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social will be a moment of celebration, reflection, and joy: a chance to honour Black history while shaping its future.

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Society for Caribbean Studies UK @soccaribbeanuk.bsky.social · Aug 28

We are thrilled to be supporting the Festival of Black History on Saturday 6th September 2025 at Goldsmiths, University of London. It is going to be an incredible event - Booking is FREE but essential

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Society for Caribbean Studies UK @soccaribbeanuk.bsky.social · Aug 1

It's often a great test run if you want to present at the main conference and is a great opportunity to meet other postgrad researchers. It is also a FREE conference for members of the SCS.

Society for Caribbean Studies UK @soccaribbeanuk.bsky.social · Aug 1

This is always an amazing conference and we really encourage postgraduates in various academic disciplines and stages of their degree, whose research concerns any aspect of Caribbean Studies, to apply.

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Society for Caribbean Studies UK @soccaribbeanuk.bsky.social · Aug 1

The postgraduate conference will be held at @cardiffuni.bsky.social 16-17 April 2026.
Abstract deadline is 24 October 2025.

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Society for Caribbean Studies UK @soccaribbeanuk.bsky.social · Aug 1

We are very excited to announce that the CFP for the 11th Annual Society for Caribbean Studies Postgraduate Conference is now live!
community-languages.org.uk/scs/society-...

Call for Papers: 11TH ANNUAL POSTGRADUATE CONFERENCE OF THE SOCIETY FOR CARIBBEAN STUDIES 2026 – Society for Caribbean Studies

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Dr Eve Hayes @evehayes123.bsky.social · Jul 25

Fantastic line-up for our upcoming CLACS Caribbean Studies Seminar Series @ilcs.bsky.social, School of Advanced Study, University of London starting Sept: shorturl.at/BQfAr

Electricity & Electrification/ Education & Debt / Baseball / Afro-Asian Ecologies

Supported by @soccaribbeanuk.bsky.social

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Society for Caribbean Studies UK @soccaribbeanuk.bsky.social · Jul 4

And we finished on a fantastic high with our Bridget Jones Award presentation from La Vaughn Belle www.lavaughnbelle.com

La Vaughn Belle stands at the lecturn giving her presentation

A slide displaying La Vaughn's sculpture "Sovereign" is displayed on the screen, depicting a woman emerging out of broken glass, her hands outstretched as if shooting an arrow. La Vaughn Belle stands at the lectern

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Society for Caribbean Studies UK @soccaribbeanuk.bsky.social · Jul 4

And what a dream to welcome Prof Verene Shepherd as the Pat Noxolo Keynote

Prof Pat Noxolo seated next to Prof Verene Shepherd who is dedicating her biography of Lucille Mathurin Mair

Professor Verene Shepherd at a lectern delivering her keynote lecture

Professor Verene Shepherd seated smiling next to Prof Gad Heuman

Table of delegates smiling at the camera seated ready for dinner

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Society for Caribbean Studies UK @soccaribbeanuk.bsky.social · Jul 4

What an incredible few days at our 48th Annual Conference with such wonderful old and new friends and wonderful research #SCS2025

Presentatikn slide for Lost & Found collection with panellists seated in front

Screen showing various heritage sites in front of which are panellists for the RISE heritage roundtable.

A full conference centre room either delegates listening to a presentation

A slide with two people stood in front smiling

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Dr Eve Hayes @evehayes123.bsky.social · Jul 2

An intellectually nourishing and thoroughly enjoyable day at the Society for Caribbean Studies annual conference, University of Bristol today. Lovely to catch up with colleagues in such a friendly and welcoming setting. @soccaribbeanuk.bsky.social

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Society for Caribbean Studies UK @soccaribbeanuk.bsky.social · Jul 1

Indo-Caribbeans in or formerly in the UK are invited to participate by emailing [email protected] or via Instagram @indocaribbeanwindrushstories

Meena will be at the conference this week so do approach her with any questions!

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Society for Caribbean Studies UK @soccaribbeanuk.bsky.social · Jul 1

The Indo-Caribbean Windrush Oral History Project documents the stories of Indo-Caribbeans who migrated to the UK during or after the Windrush era (1948–1971), and their descendants. It highlights voices often overlooked in Windrush commemorations.

Info poster for Indo-Caribbean Windrush An Oral History project. Includes a photograph of indentured labourers in Trinidad on the left and the HMT Empire Windrush on the right

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Elise A. Mitchell @bydreamphd.bsky.social · Jun 30

Very excited to have received support from @dlocaribbean.bsky.social to build the teaching resource “Enslavement, Medicine, and Healing in Eighteenth-Century Saint Domingue: A History in the Press”

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OER in Caribbean Studies: Stipend Recipients 2025 – Digital Library of the Caribbean

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