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Kiran Mehta

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Historian researching prison labour and citizenship in Britain & British Empire, 1750-1895. Leverhulme ECF & University of Leicester.

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Kiran Mehta @kiranmehta.bsky.social · Aug 2

I’ll be speaking about my book online with Simon Devereaux on 24 Sept (not the 25th as it says in some places - completely my fault for confusing the lovely @thenacbs.bsky.social organisers!). RSVP! #skystorians

www.nacbs.org/event-detail...

To Detain or Punish with Kiran Mehta | NACBS

Join NACBS to celebrate Kiran Mehta’s recent publication To Detain or Punish: Magistrates and the Making of the London Prison System, 1750-1840. Simon Deveraux will join Kiran Mehta in discussion.

www.nacbs.org

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The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · 8d

Read our response to the Government’s announcement that university maintenance grants will be reintroduced for certain courses, funded through a levy on international student fees
https://bit.ly/4gPz7uO

British Academy responds to government announcement on university maintenance grants

The British Academy has issued a response to the government's announcement on using a proposed levy on international students to fund maintenance grants.

www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk

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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 8d

How has paperwork served as a tool of empowerment for people who often find power elusive?

In our latest podcast, a group of historians, archivists, and activists met at the Raphael Samuel History Centre (@rshc.bsky.social) to discuss the hidden history of paperwork 🗃️🎙️

Changing The Record

How has paperwork served over time as a radical tool for empowerment and change?

www.historyworkshop.org.uk

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Kiran Mehta @kiranmehta.bsky.social · 13d

Thanks Anne!

Kiran Mehta @kiranmehta.bsky.social · 15d

Happening tomorrow! Join me and Simon Devereaux. We’ll be chatting about my new book on London prisons and more generally about the history of imprisonment.

TheNACBS @thenacbs.bsky.social · 23d

📢Book event📢

📗To Detain or Punish
📅Sep 24

Free and open to the public. RSVP below!

Join NACBS to celebrate @kiranmehta.bsky.social recent publication To Detain or Punish: Magistrates and the Making of the London Prison System, 1750-1840.

www.nacbs.org/event-detail...

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Brianna Nofil @briannanofil.bsky.social · 19d

I got to talk to @npr.org about sheriffs, jails, and all the ways people have made money from locking up migrants. (Featuring many stories from my book!)

Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 20d

LISTEN: The Migrant’s Jail author @briannanofil.bsky.social spoke with @npr.org’s Throughline podcast about the history of migrant detention in the US:

The Business of Migrant Detention : Throughline

The U.S. immigration detention system is spread out across federal facilities, private prisons, state prisons, and county jails. It’s grown under both Democratic and Republican presidents. And it’s…

www.npr.org

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Kiran Mehta @kiranmehta.bsky.social · 15d

Just back from a trip to Cambodia and I cannot over-emphasize how amazing the Angkor Wat complex is. Look at these outstanding carvings at Bayon temple! Late 12th ce!

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Tim Wade @tpwade.bsky.social · 21d

Looks like the death knell for academia .edu. Another corner of the internet that is dead. Is it worth creating an account somewhere else? Where do people gather these days?

#skystorians #academicsky

Dr. Nick Posegay @nposegay.bsky.social · 21d

I'm sorry, worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable permission to my voice and likeness? For what now? In any manner for any purpose???

This is in academia/.edu's new ToS, which you're prompted to agree to on login. Anyway I'll be jumping ship. You can find my stuff at hcommons.org.

By creating an Account with Academia.edu, you grant us a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable license, permission, and consent for Academia.edu to use your Member Content and your personal information (including, but not limited to, your name, voice, signature, photograph, likeness, city, institutional affiliations, citations, mentions, publications, and areas of interest) in any manner, including for the purpose of advertising, selling, or soliciting the use or purchase of Academia.edu's Services.

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Kiran Mehta @kiranmehta.bsky.social · 23d

Don’t forget to sign up to hear me chat about my book with Simon Devereaux online on 24 September! #skystorians

www.nacbs.org/event-detail...

To Detain or Punish with Kiran Mehta | NACBS

Join NACBS to celebrate Kiran Mehta’s recent publication To Detain or Punish: Magistrates and the Making of the London Prison System, 1750-1840. Simon Devereaux will join Kiran Mehta in discussion.

www.nacbs.org

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Kathleen Commons @kabcommons.bsky.social · Sep 5

The first term's programme for the IHR Migration and Mobility Seminar is now live! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/.... We're hybrid, so if you're interested in migration and mobility across space and time - but also in how we can write better histories of mobility - sign up from anywhere!

Migration and Mobility History

The IHR Migration and Mobility seminar provides a space for historians and scholars from other disciplines to come together to discuss migration and mobility in history.

www.history.ac.uk

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Kiran Mehta @kiranmehta.bsky.social · Sep 4

Thanks to everyone who came out last night!

Charlotte Hopkins @charlhopkins.bsky.social · Sep 3

Excellent and insightful talk @thelondonarchives.bsky.social by @kiranmehta.bsky.social this evening on the making of the London prison system 1750-1840!

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · Sep 2

Join us, at 6.30pm on Friday 12 September, for our next RHS Lecture: Professor Yasmin Khan on 'Mars and Britannia: the British Imperial Way of Warfare' bit.ly/3Hv2jK8

Booking for in-person and online attendance is now open. All are very welcome #Skystorians

‘Mars and Britannia: the British Imperial Way of Warfare’: in-person event

‘Mars and Britannia: the British Imperial Way of Warfare’, a Royal Historical Society Lecture with Professor Yasmin Khan, 12 September 2025

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The London Archives @thelondonarchives.bsky.social · Sep 1

There are only a few tickets left! 🏃‍♀️

📅Wednesday 3rd September
🕠5:30pm
📍The London Archives

Kiran Mehta @kiranmehta.bsky.social · Sep 1

This Wednesday!

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To Detain or To Punish

Join us at The London Archives as Dr Kiran Mehta introduces her new book exploring the penal landscape of 18th century London.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Kiran Mehta @kiranmehta.bsky.social · Sep 1

This Wednesday!

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/to-detain-...

To Detain or To Punish

Join us at The London Archives as Dr Kiran Mehta introduces her new book exploring the penal landscape of 18th century London.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Kiran Mehta @kiranmehta.bsky.social · Aug 31

Blackberries!

Kiran Mehta @kiranmehta.bsky.social · Aug 27

Thanks! Diving into the archives is probably my favorite part of the job.

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Lucy Delap @lucydelap.bsky.social · Aug 26

If you love women's history, sign up for the Women's History Network ‪@womenshistnet.bsky.social‬ annual conference. Running over 4-5 Sept, it's free, online, & packed with great panels on activism, archives, the arts and fashion, economic life, sexualities
womenshistorynetwork.org/the-womens-h...

The Women’s History Network Annual Conference

Women’s History Network 33rd Annual Conference Online via Zoom Thursday 4 & Friday 5 September 2025 Hidden in Plain Sight: Women in Archives, Libraries, Museums and Personal Collections Reg…

womenshistorynetwork.org

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Kiran Mehta @kiranmehta.bsky.social · Aug 25

Haven’t made time to go to an art gallery in a while but so glad I finally got to the Tate Britain’s Edward Burra exhibit. Interesting life and fun art.

Kiran Mehta @kiranmehta.bsky.social · Aug 20

If you needed another excuse to spend an evening at the lovely London Archives and enjoy the delights of Exmouth Street:

The London Archives @thelondonarchives.bsky.social · Aug 20

🚨 To Detain or To Punish: Magistrates and the Making of the London Prison System, 1750–1840 🚨
📅 Wednesday 3 September @ 5:30pm
📣 @kiranmehta.bsky.social discusses the diverse penal landscape of 18th century London. An incredible book using many TLA documents!

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/to-detain-...

To Detain or To Punish

Join us at The London Archives as Dr Kiran Mehta introduces her new book exploring the penal landscape of 18th century London.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Kiran Mehta @kiranmehta.bsky.social · Aug 2

And check out the entire book event series happening this fall which looks really excellent: www.nacbs.org/eventshome

Events | NACBS

www.nacbs.org

Kiran Mehta @kiranmehta.bsky.social · Aug 2

To Detain or Punish with Kiran Mehta | NACBS

Join NACBS to celebrate Kiran Mehta’s recent publication To Detain or Punish: Magistrates and the Making of the London Prison System, 1750-1840. Simon Deveraux will join Kiran Mehta in discussion.

www.nacbs.org

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Kiran Mehta @kiranmehta.bsky.social · Aug 2

Also check out the entire book event series which looks really excellent: www.nacbs.org/eventshome

Events | NACBS

www.nacbs.org

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Jul 31

the idea that “DEI” is to blame for racist assumptions about the ability of nonwhite people and not actual racism is such a perfect example of racecraft www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/...

Poll shows decline in belief that Blacks and Asians face racial discrimination

Meanwhile, about three in 10 people said DEI increased discrimination against white people.

www.nbcnews.com

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Kiran Mehta @kiranmehta.bsky.social · Jul 31

This looks excellent!

Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · Jul 31

If you're in Aberdeen on 17 September don't miss my colleague Professor Matt Smith's lecture on 'Twice Removed: Slavery, Big Data, and the Cultures of Caribbean Ancestral Histories'.

Digital history both opens up new vistas and obscures 'the knotted histories of empire'. #Skystorians

Slavery, Big Data, and the Cultures of Caribbean Ancestral Histories

Royal Historical Society public lecture at the University of Aberdeen

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Prison Policy Initiative @prisonpolicy.org · Jul 30

🚨NEW: Local jails & police departments are playing a key role in Trump’s mass arrest & deportation agenda

The actual scope of this collaboration – and the true scale of immigrant arrests and detentions – has not been publicly available, until now 🧵

Hiding in Plain Sight: How local jails obscure and facilitate mass deportation under Trump

www.prisonpolicy.org

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Kiran Mehta @kiranmehta.bsky.social · Jul 30

A reminder to book in to hear me talk about London’s prisons (1750-1850) on 3 September at @thelondonarchives.bsky.social
(Link below)
www.thelondonarchives.org/whats-on/to-...

#skystorians #prisonhistory #archives

To Detain or to Punish

Join us at The London Archives as Dr Kiran Mehta introduces her new book exploring the penal landscape of 18th century London.

www.thelondonarchives.org

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