1976-1981 Britain's Asian community stood tall against Far-Right violence & a rising tide of racist murders. #Defiance lifts the lid on Southall protests, the killing of Blair Peach, the Battle for Brick Lane, & how ‘self-defence is no offence’ became Bradford's rallying call.

Interesting news about the #Ramadan -related display at London Waterloo station. I wonder if people know about this painting of the station, from 1942 by Helen Mckie? (Copyright V&A )🧵

At least three million people died in the Bengal famine in British India during WW2. There is no memorial or even a plaque to them anywhere in the world. #ThreeMillion tells their story through extraordinary eyewitness accounts. Listen NOW @bbcsounds
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can anyone get me on a plane double quick please?

if your in Leicester, go hear my brilliant English@Bristol colleague Tara Puri talk about her current research in the archive!

breaking my Twitter break for a shoutout to Kavita Puri and Ant Adeane & team for their must listen much needed documentation of this forgotten underrepresented story of WWII. It was a man made catastrophe for which the British government of the time was responsible. #ThreeMillion

👇 Make sure to sign this petition to protect subjects under threat at the University of Kent, including Modern Languages and Comp Lit!

The University of Kent was one of the pioneers in the UK of what today we'd call 'interdisciplinary' research and teaching. Now, after decades of managerial self-harm, it's run by people who think a university doesn't need philosophy, art history, languages, music or anthropology.

Gorgeous issue of Wasafiri has arrived in time for Xmas! Thanks Emily Mercer Florian Stadtler 🦀 and Rishi Dastidar 🔱🌊 - have a wonderful festive season all! #Shorelines #WorldLit #SouthEastAsia

'History is the consequence not only of people’s actions but also their forgetfulness'

Professor Simon Potter and Drs Florian Stadtler 🦀 Leighan review their favourite books of 2023 in this end of year round-up

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Dig deep and share widely! Love to see the collegiality and solidarity here.

Thinking now of University of Bristol rhetoric of ‘reparative futures’ - material & legal support for our brilliant colleague (and those who are or will be in her position) seems like a good start, no?

UPDATE: there's now a crowdfunder to help with the costs of an appeal - please help and share, every little makes a difference gofundme.com/f/help-reunite…

Please, please share, RT, and donate if you can afford to - my wonderful colleague has been unjustly prevented from bringing her six-year-old daughter to the UK, and needs our support

The news drawing attention to brilliant Wanjirū Doseline’s fight against the Hostile Environment is horrifying. Coming only a week after University of Bristol feted ‘transformative research’ with African inst & scholars this seems particularly grim.

In a just world one wouldn’t even need to apply for this - I mean, of course a six year old should be allowed to join her mother - but to deny it and to wheel out that execrable line about ‘personal decision’ is too much. Please help us spread the word about this.

We're horrified to hear that our brilliant, dedicated colleague Dr Doseline Kiguru has been denied a UK visa for her six-year-old daughter. Doseline's a fantastic teacher - many of our followers will have benefitted from her guidance. Please spread the word 🙏

This is so cruel and horrible- my heart breaks for my brilliant colleague Wanjirū Doseline with whom I am co-teaching. I hope they will soon be reunited. amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/n…

Very excited to be part of this line up and judging the Schlegel-Tieck prize this year for the Society of Authors