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Rochelle Rowe

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Author & historian of race, gender, beauty & performance. Lectures in Black British History at University of Edinburgh Book: Imagining Caribbean Womanhood: race, nation and beauty competitions agent: @WatsonLittle

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Rochelle Rowe @drrochellerowe.bsky.social · Apr 16

It's Publication Day for my article tracing Black women in famous British art.

'Black Modernist Muses in Jacob Epstein's Art'

Read full article here👇🏾

doi-org.eux.idm.oclc.org/10.1080/0961...

image: 'Roma of Barbados' Fitzwilliam Museum/Jacob Epstein
@womenshistoryrev.bsky.social

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Rochelle Rowe @drrochellerowe.bsky.social · Jul 14

Thanks! I'd recommend The Business of Beauty by Jessica Clarke.

Rochelle Rowe @drrochellerowe.bsky.social · May 23

Loved being on the #BetwixtTheSheets podcast!

@k8lister.bsky.social and I had a great conversation about Victorian ideas of race and beauty. Do give it a listen...
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@hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social @socialhistsoc.bsky.social @blackhistoryuk.bsky.social @pbhosu.bsky.social @historyworkshop.org.uk

Kate Lister @k8lister.bsky.social · May 23

Today on #BetwixtTheSheets, I am talking to the super beautiful and brainy @drrochellerowe.bsky.social about Victorian beauty standards.

Listen wherever you get your podcasts.

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Urban History @urbanhistory.bsky.social · Apr 12

📚 BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS 📚

Really interesting selection of books available for review. Check them out and get in touch with Sam 👇

Sam Wetherell @samwetherell.bsky.social · Apr 11

Its a beautiful Friday afternoon and the books are extra fresh. I'm looking for reviewers for these wonderful titles for @urbanhistory.bsky.social. Get in touch if you want a free copy of these (in exchange for a review!). First up, Alistair Fair et. al. magnificent 'Building Modern Scotland.'

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Rochelle Rowe @drrochellerowe.bsky.social · May 19

Hey congrats! I have my copy!

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Sam Wetherell @samwetherell.bsky.social · Apr 29

London friends! On May 13th I’m going to be in conversation with @johnmerrick.bsky.social about Liverpool, obsolescence and what it means to write history at our present moment at the amazing Pelican House in Bethnal Green. There will be a bar and everything. pelicanhouse.org/event/liverp...

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Lanre Bakare @lanre-bakare.bsky.social · Nov 23

Excited to share the cover for my debut non-fiction book WE WERE THERE, which is out 17 April 2025 via The Bodley Head + is a cultural history of Black Britain in the Thatcher era.

Please pre-order it via the link if you feel inclined!

www.penguin.co.uk/books/453942...

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Dr Eve Hayes @evehayes123.bsky.social · Apr 8

Our latest @ilcs.bsky.social Caribbean seminar 'The changing philosophy of education in 20th Century Jamaica' w/ @deannalyncook.bsky.social & Sabrina Bowen (chair) is now available to watch online.

You can sign up for our next session on 29 April: shorturl.at/RweQd

www.youtube.com/watch?v=H19r...

The changing philosophy of education in 20th Century Jamaica

YouTube video by SchAdvStudy

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Museum of British Colonialism @museumofbc.bsky.social · May 6

Starting this week, MBC's website will host an online exhibition exploring the afterlives of colonial incarceration sites in Africa.

Poster image displaying an image of Ussher Fort with information on the exhibition below

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Rochelle Rowe @drrochellerowe.bsky.social · Apr 16

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Paulo Drinot @paulodrinot.bsky.social · Mar 3

JOB! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMC677/l...

LSE Fellow in The History of Latin America and the History of the Caribbean at London School of Economics and Political Science

An academic position as a LSE Fellow in The History of Latin America and the History of the Caribbean is being advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Click now to find more details and explore additional academic ...

www.jobs.ac.uk

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Prof. Elaine Chalus @profelainechalus.bsky.social · Mar 18

PhD Studentship: Exploring the Visual Record of Black Caribbean Men and Women Serving in the UK During the Second World War- University of Westminster - School of Humanities #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMH227/p...

PhD Studentship: Exploring the Visual Record of Black Caribbean Men and Women Serving in the UK During the Second World War at University of Westminster

Find a PhD Studentship: Exploring the Visual Record of Black Caribbean Men and Women Serving in the UK During the Second World War on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board in higher education. Click to view m...

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Saima Nasar @saimanasar.bsky.social · Mar 24

We're hosting a workshop on 'South Asian Women's Activism and Agency' on Thursday 8th May (draft programme below). We're delighted to have a brilliant group of speakers joining us. Our keynotes will be Amrit Wilson and Samita Sen. If you would like to join us, please get in touch to register.

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Watson, Little Ltd @watsonlittle.bsky.social · Apr 8

Happy publication day to @hdiamond.bsky.social! JOSEPHINE BAKER'S SECRET WAR is out from Yale Books today

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