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What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️ @whatthetrans.com · Apr 19

Protest in Oxford

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thesmophilist.bsky.social @thesmophilist.bsky.social · Apr 18

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Race & Resistance @raceresistance.bsky.social · Apr 21

For Week 5, we have a special book talk event with Paula Akpan @paulaakpan.bsky.social, who is releasing her debut book, When We Ruled, this May! Registration is free, but required: www.ticketsource.co.uk/race-resista...

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Race & Resistance @raceresistance.bsky.social · Apr 21

Our Trinity Term card is now complete, and we are so excited to share it with you all. You can find full details of the events on Ox Talks: talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/series...

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Race & Resistance @raceresistance.bsky.social · Mar 20

On the 7th March, we hosted our first ‘Resistance, Renewal, Reimagination’ conference! It was a nourishing, reflective & inspiring day & we want to thank everyone for their support 💓 It wasn’t easy, but we made it a reality. We hope to be back in 2026 …
@torchoxford.bsky.social

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HistoryLab @ihrhistorylab.bsky.social · Feb 20

🚨DEADLINE IS NEXT WEEK! #cfp #skystorians

The deadline for our annual conference is next Friday! Have you sent in your abstract yet? This year's conference is titled Shaping Histories: Representation and Perception through Time.

Keep on reading to find out about the themes we are looking for...

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Race & Resistance @raceresistance.bsky.social · Feb 20

Writing & Meditation - CANCELLED for Hilary.

If you are interested in getting involved to help facilitate Writing & Meditation, get in touch: [email protected]

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IHR British History in the Long C18th Seminar @long18thsem.bsky.social · Jan 31

CFP
Are you at the start of your PhD? Want to tell an eager and engaged audience about it in 5 mins? We want to hear the best PGR research about 18th Britain at our #LightningTalks event May 14 2025.

Please see the poster for further information, and please spread the word!

@ihr.bsky.social

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Paula Akpan @paulaakpan.bsky.social · Feb 12

PR👀FS! She’s definitely no longer a word doc! (uk & us pre-order below, you don’t pay until the book is published in May so did you even truly buy it? Exactly)

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#blackbooksky #booksky #skystorians

Black woman with a shaved head and wearing an orange dress holds up a blue proof of her book, WHEN WE RULED

Five copies of WHEN WE RULED on a pink armchair

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Justin Bengry @justinbengry.bsky.social · Feb 12

CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Conference | 6 – 7 June 2025 | University College London

Legacies of Section 28: a two-day event exploring the history and legacy of Section 28 of the Local Government Act, 1988.

DEADLINE EXTENDED to the end of February

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Race & Resistance @raceresistance.bsky.social · Jan 30

Less than half of the tickets are left!!

Race & Resistance @raceresistance.bsky.social · Jan 27

Tickets for our 2025 Conference are now live: www.oxforduniversitystores.co.uk/conferences-...

With this, we are excited to announce our amazing keynote speakers, who will be speaking on a panel on radical future-proofing archival praxis ✨

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Race & Resistance @raceresistance.bsky.social · Jan 27

Désirée Reynolds - a writer whose first novel, Seduce, was published in 2013 to much acclaim, and her stories have been widely published in various publications. Reynolds is a founder and the Creative Director of Dig Where You Stand, an art and archival justice movement

Race & Resistance @raceresistance.bsky.social · Jan 27

Connie Bell - one of the founding members of Decolonising the Archive (DTA) and University of Repair. She is a consultant, memory worker, and cultural producer. Currently, Connie is the creator of a course module, Museum Restitution.

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Race & Resistance @raceresistance.bsky.social · Jan 27

Dr. Aleema Gray - a Jamaican-born curator, research, and public historian based in London. Dr. Gray is the Lead Curator of the Beyond the Bassline exhibition at the @britishlibrary.bsky.social & the founder of HOUSE OF DREAD, an anti-disciplinary heritage studio.

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Race & Resistance @raceresistance.bsky.social · Jan 27

Tickets for our 2025 Conference are now live: www.oxforduniversitystores.co.uk/conferences-...

With this, we are excited to announce our amazing keynote speakers, who will be speaking on a panel on radical future-proofing archival praxis ✨

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Race & Resistance @raceresistance.bsky.social · Jan 17

Hilary Term will also see the return of our Writing & Meditation workshops! Open to the entire community, these sessions work as a focused writing space to get those words down! 🙌🏽

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Race & Resistance @raceresistance.bsky.social · Jan 17

Our Hilary Term Card is now live 🙌🏽

The first 3 weeks of term will be dedicated to conversations around the Rhodes Must Fall movement, as it enters its 3rd year ✊🏽

We also have an exciting line-up for the theme ‘Music as Method’ 🎶🎤

Finally, we will close the term with our 2025 Conference ✨

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Race & Resistance @raceresistance.bsky.social · Jan 10

Deadline for our 2025 Conference call for papers is on MONDAY at 12pm, noon. Thank you to everyone who has submitted an abstract so far! ⭐️

Colleagues, friends, comrades, please share far and wide 🙌🏽

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HistoryLab @ihrhistorylab.bsky.social · Jan 9

📢CFP Deadline! The deadline for our conference with #HistoryLab+ and History UK, 'Teaching in a Time of Crisis', is next week!

Abstracts of 200 words are due on Friday 17th January. For more information on the conference, please see the link below...

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Teaching in a Time of Crisis

CFP: Teaching in a Time of Crisis As we begin another academic year, history feels both more fragile – and more essential – than ever. In a world of global pandemics, political unrest, …

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Race & Resistance @raceresistance.bsky.social · Dec 12

We are also planning a conference in Oxford in 2025, please share widely & consider submitting a proposal ⭐️

Holly 🍓 Cooper @hollyscooper.bsky.social · Nov 14

⭐️ Exciting News ⭐️
Race & Resistance is excited to officially announce our 2025 conference, RESISTANCE, RENEWAL, REIMAGINATION: 100 Years of Race & Resistance in Britain🚨

⏳CfP deadline: 13th January 2025
📅 7th March 2025
📍University of Oxford

Huge thanks to our sponsor, Black Academic Futures⭐

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Race & Resistance @raceresistance.bsky.social · Dec 12

We are now on Bluesky! 🩵

Since 2013, Race & Resistance has provided space for a community of staff, students, and activists engaging with the rise of, and resistance to racial hierarchies in Oxford & beyond.

You can find out more via our website: torch.ox.ac.uk/race-and-res...

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