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Take your mind off the (UK) general election with a look at the English translation of our exhibition on Vietnamese prisoners in New Caledonia figshare.le.ac.uk/articles/book/… Generously funded by Economic and Social Research Council impact fund via College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities History at Leicester #twitterstorians #NewCaledonia #Vietnam

I am absolutely delighted to announce that my book "Convicts: a global history" has won the AHA (Australia)'s Kay Daniels Award 2024. This is a career-defining honour. amazon.co.uk/Convicts-Globa… History at Leicester College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities Cambridge University Press European Research Council (ERC)

My book "Convicts: a global history" has won the SocialHistorySociety Book Prize 2024! My first ever big conference was SocialHistorySociety 1999, and here I am 25 years later receiving this massive honour. amazon.co.uk/Convicts-Globa…… History at Leicester College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities Cambridge University Press European Research Council (ERC)

Huge congratulations to Dr Ellen Smith - joint winner of the Royal Historical Society Alexander Prize 2024. She joins fellow History at Leicester PhD graduate students Jamie Banks (@milkwknives.bsky.social) & Dr Anna McKay in this huge honour 🍾🎉 University of Leicester College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities

Our graphic novella is out! It's on the history of Penang's Makam Dato Koyah shrine. A community co-creation, illustrated by Amy McKay. doi.org/10.25392/leice… Economic and Social Research Council The Leverhulme Trust Uni of Leicester Social Science Research College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities History at Leicester #Penang #Malaysia #twitterstorians

JCCH has a brand new cover design! This issue: articles on orphans & caretaking Senegal (Abbey Warchol), photography Cameroon (Jürg Schneider), Creole migration in the Pacific (Karin Speedy) inc. French version + 5 book reviews (paywall) Hopkins Press Project MUSE History at Leicester

This exhibition shows Leicester's global connections in the early 1900s, through collecting and business interests. The project is awesome and the objects gorgeous. Go! Go! Go! Leicester Museums & Galleries Cool As Leicester History at Leicester Midlands4Cities College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities University of Leicester

Our latest The Leverhulme Trust project blog presents Part 1 of our exhibition on Vietnamese prisoners and their descendants in New Caledonia. convictscc.le.ac.uk/2024/09/30/exh… History at Leicester College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities The Leverhulme Trust #twitterstorians

Our Economic and Social Research Council project Howard Journal of Crime and Justice special issue articles on prisons, drugs & mental health #Guyana are starting to appear - open access. History at Leicester Criminology at UoL College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

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Our new The Leverhulme Trust funded project blog presents Part 2 of our exhibition on exiles and prisoners from French Indochina in New Caledonia. convictscc.le.ac.uk/2024/10/24/exh… History at Leicester College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities #twitterstorians

"Colonialism and its aftermaths in prisons in Guyana" - special issue of Howard Journal of Crime and Justice is now out. Open access. Shout out to funders Economic and Social Research Council The British Academy & our colleagues across Leicester & Guyana onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/20591101/2… History at Leicester College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities

I am *so* happy for our Midlands4Cities funded PhD student Charlotte Johnson, who has published a brilliant *open access* article on Lord Curzon's Asian collection. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… Arts and Humanities Research Council National Trust History at Leicester History Department

Take a look at our latest The Leverhulme Trust blog. It presents work completed with community partners in #Penang #Malaysia. Shout out to Uni of Leicester Social Science Research IAA for generously funding this work. History at Leicester College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities convictscc.le.ac.uk/2024/12/06/a-c…

I enjoyed recording this podcast recently - do check it out if you want to learn more about my prize-winning book "Convicts: a global history". cambridge.org/core/books/con… History at Leicester College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities European Research Council (ERC)

I'm in conversation with the brilliant Sabrina Tirvengadum and Esme Cleall 11 March 6pm Attenborough Arts Centre. We'll be discussing identity, ancestry and hidden histories. attenborougharts.com/whats-on/cultu… Leicester Institute for Advanced Studies History at Leicester College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities #Mauritius pic.x.com/JxXI2Fs9Zx

As our The Leverhulme Trust project comes to a close, read this fascinating blog by Lorraine M. Paterson - reflecting on surprising discoveries in exilic life histories. *We* *can't* *wait* for Lorraine's book .... convictscc.le.ac.uk/2025/05/09/emp… History at Leicester College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities

Going forward, I'm going to be using Bluesky - same handle - Professor Clare Anderson FBA FAcSS.bsky.social