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will o’the wisp pooley @willpooley.bsky.social · 15d

Treat ECRs like people, prepare ECRs in our fields for other careers, only supervise students if you can really commit. It’s sad this stuff still needs saying.

2nd anon post in ECR in 2025 series on the French History Network asks “What can be done?”

🗃️#FRHistory

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ECR in 2025: Part Two- What can be done? – SSFH

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Dr Eve Hayes @evehayes123.bsky.social · 24d

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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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · Aug 27

New in 'Transactions of the Royal Historical Society'

'Pan-African Print in Interwar Britain: Ras T Makonnen and International African Opinion', by Jack Bowman bit.ly/3Hu0bCI

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Front page of the TRHS article: 'Pan-African Print in Interwar Britain: Ras T. Makonnen and International African Opinion', by Jack Bowman

Image of the print publication 'International African Opinion' in TRHS article 'Pan-African Print in Interwar Britain: Ras T. Makonnen and International African Opinion'

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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 4

One month today the book I’ve been working on for the last seven years will be published by @oneworldbooks.bsky.social You can pre-order #Heiresses now through all good bookshops! uk.bookshop.org/p/books/heir...

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Benjamin Bland @benjamin-bland.bsky.social · Aug 11

JOB ALERT: amazing 4-year post in postwar British history and refugee studies at @uniofreading.bsky.social Humanities!

A post perfectly suited for someone working on political and social histories of race and migration in late 20c. Deadline 5 September.

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Postdoctoral Research Associate (PDRA):Whiteknights Reading UK

Postdoctoral Research Associate(4 years, full time) in public history project ‘Nation of Refuge’.

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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · Aug 7

"The camp was most known for its non-violent direct action, including women ‘embracing the base’, chaining themselves to and cutting the fence, staging ‘die-ins’ and organising blockades."

Maisie Jepson (@girlinthewrongera.bsky.social) on women's protest at Greenham.

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Motherhood and Banner-making at Greenham Women’s Peace Camp

How did making banners help women to express themselves at Greenham Common Peace Camp? Why was motherhood was such a prominent theme?

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · Aug 4

‘The first legal code put in place by the New Haven colony in 1639 recognised ‘man-stealing’ as a crime punishable by death. Yet the Puritan settlers found a way to reconcile themselves with slavery.’

Vincent Brown reviews ‘Yale and Slavery’: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Vincent Brown · What Universities Owe

When challenged to justify past investment in slavery – or current investments in, say, fossil fuel extraction or arms...

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · Aug 2

Happy 101st Birthday #JamesBaldwin!

We’re celebrating by announcing the launch of our new series: Thinking with James Baldwin

The series explores new approaches to Baldwin’s work, incl his fiction, essays, poetry, short stories, interviews & activism manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/series/think...

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

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Dr Nicole Willson @nlwillson.bsky.social · Jul 31

NEWS KLAXON 📢📢📢
I’m delighted to announce that I’ve been awarded a major AHRC Catalyst award for my project “Building a Black Nation: Haitian Dynasties of the (Long) Nineteenth Century”.

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Law & History Review @lawandhistrev.bsky.social · Jul 31

Jonathan Connolly discusses his research process at the National Archives in London that led to his book, Worthy of Freedom: Indenture and Free Labor in the Era of Emancipation (University of Chicago Press, 2024)

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Jonathan Connolly: Worthy of Freedom: Indenture and Free Labor in the Era of Emancipation – Law & History Review

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Colonial Networks @colnet.bsky.social · Jul 17

"Slaves in Paris: A Digital Mapping Project" - a partnership between Miranda Spieler and Colonial Networks slavesinparis.org. Created with the support of our Kress Foundation Digital Art History Grant. Officially launched today in Paris at #GCFHSResist

Screenshot of the website header for slavesinparis.org comprising a drawing of the Place des Victoires in 18th-century Paris

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Saima Nasar @saimanasar.bsky.social · Jul 8

I am working on 'The Asian Mother and Baby Campaign' which ran from 1984-1986. I would love to interview any linkworkers who were employed by the campaign or any women who were supported by linkworkers. Please spread the word or get in touch if this is you! My email is [email protected]

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Liz Egan @lizegan.bsky.social · Jul 5

I'm very much looking forward to this, but also wondering why I thought a weekend would be sufficient time to recover from organising @soccaribbeanuk.bsky.social conference

Social History Society @socialhistsoc.bsky.social · Jul 5

We can't wait to welcome all our attendees at #SHSConf2025 (this is our official hashtag for the event, please feel free to use it when posting!)

⏰Registration starts from 12pm on Monday 7 July
🕐AGM is at 4.15pm on Tuesday 8 July
⏲️Conference ends 5pm Wednesday 9 July

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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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Liz Egan @lizegan.bsky.social · Jul 4

I'm physically exhausted but what an amazing few days with incredible papers ❤️

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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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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Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies at York @cecs-york.bsky.social · Jun 17

📢 We’re thrilled to announce that we have up to 4 student bursary awards for the MA in Eighteenth Century Studies at the University of York for 2025-26. Deadline to apply is 31 July. Please share widely! www.york.ac.uk/eighteenth-c... #18thcentury #18thC

Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies bursaries - Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies, University of York

Thanks to funding from an external donor, we offer up to four bursaries towards fees for the MA in Eighteenth Century Studies.

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Society for Caribbean Studies UK @soccaribbeanuk.bsky.social · Jun 23

📣 The Society for Caribbean Studies is excited to introduce Christian Gurdin, a PhD candidate at the University of Warwick, who will be presenting at the 48th Annual Society for Caribbean Studies Conference this July! He will be taking over our /social media accounts to talk about his research.

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Liz Egan @lizegan.bsky.social · Jun 16

We're hosting Andel Andrew on our social media channels this week! Please check out his posts here and on Instagram to get a sneak peek at his research ahead of our conference in July! #SCS2025

Society for Caribbean Studies UK @soccaribbeanuk.bsky.social · Jun 16

📢 The Society for Caribbean Studies is proud to introduce Caribbean Student Bursary recipient Andel Andrew.

📍Presentation: Public and Digital Diplomacy in Regional Organizations: The Case of CARICOM.

#CARICOM #DigitalDiplomacy #SCS2025 #PublicDiplomacy #ScholarInFocus #CaribbeanVoices

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