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Liam J. Liburd @liamliburd.bsky.social · 7h

York people, I'm giving a paper at the Uni History Department's research seminar on Wednesday 15 October. Particularly keen for feedback from historians of crime, historical criminologists, and criminologists.

An Accidental History of Prisons and Race in Late Twentieth Century Britain

Join us for research seminars hosted by the Department of History with a selection of visiting academics, alongside University of York researchers. All students and staff are very welcome.

www.york.ac.uk

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Christina Riggs @christinajriggs.bsky.social · 20h

All my knowledge of the British political system comes from that and has not failed me.

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Angela Marques Filipe @angelaofthenorth.bsky.social · 1d

Want to do a PhD in social science at Durham? Are you interested in health and mental well-being? Or in environmental and planetary health? Our ESRC NINE DTP scholarships come w/ a range of pathways and perks: call now open for 2026-27! Get in touch.
www.ninedtp.ac.uk/the-application-process/

Prospective Students - NINE DTP

The competition for 2026-27 is open Tuition FeesHome fees (£5,006 in 2025-26) covered for all students. Additional support for international students facilitated through university agreements.StipendT...

www.ninedtp.ac.uk

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Liam J. Liburd @liamliburd.bsky.social · 1d

I'm in episode one and if you're interested in the research behind my contribution, you can read about it here: academic.oup.com/tcbh/article...

Sadiah Qureshi @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · 1d

Now would be a great time to check out this BBC radio 4 series on the far right and racism in Britain by the amazing Camilla Schofield.

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - Britain's Fascist Thread

Camilla Schofield explores the unbroken thread of fascism in Britain.

www.bbc.co.uk

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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 1d

'English statesmen were embroiled in debates about land and plant cultivation, but we are less likely to remember the Indigenous expertise that lay behind this rapid escalation.'

Lauren Working and Stephanie Pratt on the global history of a country house in Kent:

Indigenous Plant Stories in an English Treasure House

Delve into the links between Knole and Indigenous American histories as we investigate its colonial connections.

www.historyworkshop.org.uk

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Christina Riggs @christinajriggs.bsky.social · 3d

Foot warmer! My newly adopted girl wants to drape her furry self over my feet while I work - and I say YES! But to myself so I won’t disturb her…

Black cat squeezed in to lie next to (and over) sock-clad feet under a pale painted desk. Pale carpet.

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Christina Riggs @christinajriggs.bsky.social · 4d

Storm Amy is still blowing outside, but Mitzi is safe under the early 20th-cent Liberty side table. The girl has style. 🐈‍⬛ #caturday

Black and white long-haired cat seated upright on lower shelf of wooden side table. Pale carpeting, and a desk in background.

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Christina Riggs @christinajriggs.bsky.social · 6d

Helen Strudwick is a 🌟

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Christina Riggs @christinajriggs.bsky.social · 6d

Great film! Makers of Lord Carnarvon’s camera (he of Tutankhamun fame), though the story of why I never made it to Downton Abbey/Highclere Castle to see it and other photo material can’t be conveyed in public. Aristocratic archive access is … quite something. 📸📷🏺🗃️

SOURCE Photographic Review @sourcephoto.bsky.social · 6d

Charming BBC archive film about Gandolfi Cameras from 1974.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4nf...

1974: Gandolfi Brothers Handmade Cameras | Industrial Grand Tour | Making of... | BBC Archive

YouTube video by BBC Archive

www.youtube.com

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Fatema Ahmed @hekale.bsky.social · 6d

Where do objects come from? No, where do they *really* come from? I spoke to Hew Locke for the October issue of @apollo-magazine.com about small boats, decorating statues and why Empire needs new clothes. apollo-magazine.com/hew-locke-pa...

Hew Locke and the Empire’s new clothes

On the eve of a major US survey, the artist talks to Fatema Ahmed about decorating statues and the ornamental side of the British Empire

apollo-magazine.com

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Side @sidegallery.bsky.social · 7d

To celebrate UK Black History Month we’re sharing portraits from a lost North Shields studio (1940s–60s), revealing the town’s often forgotten diversity.

👉 See more from this local collection: sidegallery.co.uk/collectio...
✉️ Recognise a face? Email [email protected]

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Art UK @artukdotorg.bsky.social · 7d

It's the start of #BlackHistoryMonth 🎨

This page gives you a useful starting point to begin exploring the work of Black artists on Art UK 👉 artuk.org/discover/art...

🧑‍🎨 Lynette Yiadom-Boakye (b.1977) © Courtesy of the artist, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York and Corvi-Mora, London. 📷the artist.

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Christina Riggs @christinajriggs.bsky.social · 7d

Not on that site, and never have been.

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Jane Winters @jfwinters.bsky.social · 8d

Join us on 20 November for the Annual Digital Lecture, a partnership between The National Archives, UK and the School of Advanced Study. The wonderful @nannathylstrup.bsky.social will be speaking about ‘When saving becomes loss: archival memory in the digital age’. Free to register!

When saving becomes loss: Archival memory in the digital age

Explore archival memory, data loss, and attempts to preserve the past in the digital age at this year’s Annual Digital Lecture.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Christina Riggs @christinajriggs.bsky.social · 8d

It’s been … educational to realize how few of my works - even if published with US publishers - were US copyright registered.

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James McConnachie @jamesmcconnachie.bsky.social · 8d

...anyone who has published a book – as long as it was downloaded from LibGen and/or PiLiMi, *and* was registered with the US Copyright Office within 3 months of publication or before it was downloaded by Anthropic and within 5 years of publication. (Thank you @alcs.co.uk for the detail.)

Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 8d

For anyone who's published a book. (Source: www.alcs.co.uk/news/the-lat...)

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Christina Riggs @christinajriggs.bsky.social · 8d

It strikes me how coordinated the effort was in each place I’ve seen: erected at same height (ladders? cherrypickers?), evenly spaced, well secured, on public property (lamp posts or Openreach telegraph poles), and presumably caught on CCTV. Who will take them down and when…?

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Christina Riggs @christinajriggs.bsky.social · 11d

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ʙᴜᴅɪ ɴ. ᴅ. ᴅʜᴀʀᴍᴀᴡᴀɴ @budinddharmawan.bsky.social · 11d

Shifting the Frame – Women’s Photographic Practices (1840–1960)

Call for papers (in English) for international conference at Biblioteca Municipal Almeida Garrett, Porto, Portugal, 5–7 March 2026. No registration fee. Deadline for abstracts 4 Oct 2025.

More info: womenphot.fba.up.pt/call-for-pap...

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Christina Riggs @christinajriggs.bsky.social · 12d

Well-deserved recognition for the wonderful Nayanika Mookherjee.🏅🌟🔥

Durham University Anthropology @durhamanthropology.bsky.social · 12d

The Royal Anthropological Institute has awarded our Prof Nayanika Mookherjee with the Rivers Memorial Medal, one of the highest accolades in #anthropology!

This recognises her outstanding contributions to anthropology, with an emphasis on fieldwork and a significant body of theoretical literature.

Photo collage. Top left photo is of the Rivers Memorial Medal. Bottom photo is a group of smiling people, with Nayanika in the centre holding her medal. Top right is text saying "24 Sep 2025: Professor Nayanika Mookherjee awarded Rivers Memorial Medal!"

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Christina Riggs @christinajriggs.bsky.social · 12d

I know … the number of people who cite you alongside ‘history of Egyptology‘ bilge is frustrating. I think I get the better deal by not being cited by the bilge-writers at all. 😉

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Tom Hamilton @tombhamilton.bsky.social · 13d

New in French History: Jennifer Sessions' powerful decolonial critique of the re-opened Musée Carnavalet in Paris doi.org/10.1093/fh/c...

@frenchhistory.bsky.social

An unworldly world museum: the new Musée Carnavalet– Histoire de Paris

When the Musée Carnavalet, the history museum of the city of Paris, closed for renovations in 2016, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo declared that the twin goals o

doi.org

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Christina Riggs @christinajriggs.bsky.social · 13d

Cutting short a coastal walk near Seaton Delaval bc the flag-shaggers have been out at Seaton Sluice (and North Shields and Sacriston en route). Furious at manipulative, moneyed rightwing media - and failure of Labour to speak up for migrants like me and my friends, colleagues, and neighbours.

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Dr Miranda Kaufmann @drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social · 13d

Looking forward to chatting about #Heiresses and “Searching for my Slave Roots” with @malikalnasir.bsky.social in #Glasgow next Tuesday. See you there? Tickets: www.waterstones.com/events/miran...

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Christina Riggs @christinajriggs.bsky.social · 14d

Thank you! Rose plant placed on very high shelf now.

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Christina Riggs @christinajriggs.bsky.social · 15d

And she wants more! 🤦‍♀️

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