2/2. History is not static. Historical research is about finding new materials that enrich our understanding of the past. I salute the National Trust for publishing its report on colonialism and slavery. History at Leicester College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities Iain Gillespie Colonial Countryside @LBS_at_UCL
Jason Todd Lee Jerome Miss B's History Warren Valentine Ali Messer @freereed59.net Ed Podesta ⭐ Arthur Chapman @arthurjchapman.bksy.social Justice 2 History Robert Fitzgerald Historian @Sharon_Shaz @LBS_at_UCL Ciára McCombe Abdul Mohamud D. Nick Dennis Moh Bee🌴 Andrew Corsie AnotherHistoryisPossible mdemanto Stéphane Lévesque Andreas Körber (HH, pr.: SH, in Gedanken bei 🇺🇦) Colm Mac Gearailt Lindsay Gibson @lsgibson.bsky.social @tysonretz Alejandro Egea Alyson Brown Julia Huber @FJWaldron HEIRNET Caitriona Alex Ford Liz Moorse Helen Blachford Alasdair Richardson Dr. Jaime Ashworth @EllieOlmer caroline slifkin Sarah Hall Helen Snelson Will Bailey-Watson Ian Dawson This is my first port of call for teaching civil rights (and was a Jason Todd recommendation). Wonderful writing. @SDavies_History Sam McKavanagh Zaiba Patel
Corinne Fowler James O'Brien National Trust Research National Trust Dr. Miranda Kaufmann University of Leicester EIC at Home @LBS_at_UCL English PEN Raj Pal. Free Palestine Prof Deborah Sugg Ryan Kate Smithers Marian Gwyn Tom Freshwater It’s strange that the sort of people who demanded we teach British history in schools (like it always ducking was) are now getting upset about research into British history.
greater manchester based postgraduates, come and work with Science and Industry Museum and @LBS_at_UCL on Global Threads, a new, collaborative public history research project. more details here ucl.ac.uk/lbs/project/gl…
Jason Todd Lee Jerome Miss B's History Warren Valentine Ali Messer @freereed59.net Ed Podesta ⭐ Arthur Chapman @arthurjchapman.bksy.social Justice 2 History Robert Fitzgerald Historian @Sharon_Shaz @LBS_at_UCL Ciára McCombe Abdul Mohamud D. Nick Dennis Moh Bee🌴 Andrew Corsie AnotherHistoryisPossible mdemanto Stéphane Lévesque Andreas Körber (HH, pr.: SH, in Gedanken bei 🇺🇦) Colm Mac Gearailt Lindsay Gibson @lsgibson.bsky.social @tysonretz Alejandro Egea Alyson Brown Julia Huber @FJWaldron HEIRNET Caitriona Alex Ford Liz Moorse Helen Blachford Alasdair Richardson Dr. Jaime Ashworth @EllieOlmer caroline slifkin Sarah Hall David Hibbert Will Bailey-Watson Ian Dawson Jason Todd This transformed my view and teaching of WW1. Ruth Lingard Natalie Kesterton @missvichistory Hugh Richards Richard Kerridge kendra
Congratulations to Professor Catherine Hall, Chair of @LBS_at_UCL UCL History, awarded the Leverhulme Medal and Prize 2021 by the The British Academy for the wide-ranging impact of her work in the fields of class, gender, empire and postcolonial history ucl.ac.uk/news/2021/sep/…
With the publication of the Jamaica Reader (Duke University Press), Jamie Gemmell speaks to the editors Diana Paton & @senmattye.
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#History #Jamaica #Interview #Publishing #Writing HCAatEdinburgh UCL History Society @LBS_at_UCL
HELP needed to defend the National Trust report from unjust attack by Simon Jenkins & Restore Trust on Saturday on bbc Today programme just repeating the smears of the last 12 months. Transcript below @LBS_at_UCL
Royal Historical Society EIC at Home
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2. What should we do?
Acknowledge it, talk about it, incorporate this wider story into the curriculum.
Follow Runnymede Trust Runaway Slaves @LBS_at_UCL The Black Curriculum Angela Joy Allison Colonial Hangover EverydayEmpire Museum Detox Sir Geoff Palmer
“What the world has been doing to Haiti is killing Haiti. Leave us alone!”
Great and powerful words tonight from the fantastic poet and writer Patrick Sylvain.
@LBS_at_UCL Haiti Support Group #solidaritynotcharity
Happening tomorrow! Prof Matthew J. Smith Matthew J. Smith, Director of Legacies of British Slave Ownership @LBS_at_UCL will deliver the James McCune Smith Memorial Lecture 'Since 1804: Haiti and the Movement of Caribbean Freedom' at 3.30 on 29 Oct University of Glasgow: eventbrite.com/e/since-1804-h…
This Thursday, 5pm Magdalen College: 'Customs in Common: making ‘race’ in the black/white Atlantic', the annual Ewen Green Lecture by Catherine Hall of @uclhistory @LBS_at_UCL All welcome! magd.ox.ac.uk/alumni-event/e…
Astounding #blueplaque unveiling by Forgotten Women Wake with research endorsed and reviewed by Matt Stallard @LBS_at_UCL & Dr Shardia B.Palmer - keep an eye out for a piece in The Yorkshire Post Laura Reid and huge thank you to Yorkshire Bylines Catherine 💙 Empath Action CIC #herstory
Fantastic contributions tonight from speakers Mario Gousse Haiti Support Group, Patrick Sylvain & Tamlynn Torchon at our event ‘Haiti Now and Then’ with the Center for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery @LBS_at_UCL Matthew J. Smith Shodona #solidaritynotcharity
Legacies of British Slave-Ownership project supports modified version of Eric Williams’s claims about the relationship between slavery and industrialization. Read more Black Perspectives Katie Donington @LBS_at_UCL
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In our 1st episode, brilliant historians & theorists Rahul Rao Mezna Qato & Matt Smith @LBS_at_UCL UCL History talk about legacies of empire, capitalism, racism woven into statues, institutions, and the place of law in struggles about pasts & futures player.captivate.fm/episode/c5e434…
Join us today for the joint event ‘Haiti Now and Then’ between the Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery @LBS_at_UCL & Haiti Support Group Haiti Support Group The panel discussion kicks off at 18:00 BST. 🇭🇹 #ayiti #haiti Matthew J. Smith Shodona eventbrite.co.uk/e/haiti-now-an…
The video of our event 'Haiti Now and Then' is online! Listen to the fantastic Mario Gousse Haiti Support Group Patrick Sylvain (poet) and Tamlynn Torchon (political commentator). Moderated by Prof Matthew J. Smith Matthew J. Smith @LBS_at_UCL & our chair Shodona Kettle
haitisupportgroup.org/haiti-now-then…