Vitally important to remember what happened at Cable Street.
John Siblon
@johnsiblon25.bsky.social
Historian interested in legacies of empire and colonialism, especially commemoration of war dead.
• In ‘“Never Forgotten”’: memorial diplomacy, contemporary pilgrimage, and the Czechoslovak war graves in Britain’ Layla Renshaw explores the a modern day commemorative pilgrimage, honouring Czech war dead in British graves. Moving and insightful. Open Access! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
So it's farewell to the History subject area at the University of Hertfordshire, not the first nor the last to go. One of the best departments in the country, just extinguished like a snap of the fingers. Think of the waste. (1/2)
Latest War & Society article! Hsin-fang Wu’s 'The Shanghai War Memorial & its politics of remembrance 1918–1947' argues that the treaty port memorial was a mourning site & nexus where global commemorative trends collided with socio-political structure. https//www.tandfon...
Feeling a little sad. This little book, which has been 'out there' for three years, and has won a couple of awards, hasn't had any sales from me or online sellers for quite a while. If you've read it, please pass the word. If you haven't, you can easily find it at Amazon (where you can also review).
WM magazine has published my article on the Morotai Mutiny online! ' Originally published in Wartime 91 2020 the online spread stays true to the original article and looks fantastic! If you didn't read it in 2020 here's your chance! I'm very proud of this one! wm.awm.gov.au/read/morotai...
My latest open access article is published in the War & Society Journal. It’s an exploration of how the names of African, Asian, Arab and Caribbean sailors and seamen who died at sea in the #FirstWorldWar were commemorated in Mumbai not Britain www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Physical and nominal deportation and repatriation of African, Asian, Arab and Caribbean sailors and seamen after the First World War
In 1919, African and Caribbean seamen and sailors with war service in the Royal Navy and Merchant Navy, found themselves scapegoated for post-war economic problems in Britain. In disturbances aroun...
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Hallo @johnsiblon25.bsky.social! I've shared your fine article here and elsewhere. A pleasure to read, and absolutely enlightening. Congratulations! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Physical and nominal deportation and repatriation of African, Asian, Arab and Caribbean sailors and seamen after the First World War
In 1919, African and Caribbean seamen and sailors with war service in the Royal Navy and Merchant Navy, found themselves scapegoated for post-war economic problems in Britain. In disturbances aroun...
tandfonline.com
Pleased to see pub of @johnsiblon25.bsky.social 'Physical & nominal deportation & repatriation of African, Asian, Arab & Caribbean sailors & seamen after FWW' which argues maintenance of Empire's racial hierarchy was high on IWGC’s agenda. @tlgrady68.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
This year one of the great joys of my work has been contributing to the advisory board for a new exhibition at the Imperial War Museum. And last week the exhibition officially opened!
Emergency Exits: The Fight for Independence in Malaya, Kenya and Cyprus
At the end of the Second World War, a wave of independence movements swept the British Empire. Emergency Exits focuses on three often overlooked independence movements. These were brutal conflicts bet...
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We are 6th form teachers striking for Sixth Form Pay and conditions. Our CEO on £200,000 +bonuses wants to pay teachers FE rates not 6th form rates. She would rather employ a legal firm at £1.8 million than pay wage rise owed to us from last year. Save our 6th form!
🚨THIS IS NOT A DRILL🚨 #batw2026 is celebrating two decades over two weeks! Join us online 18-19 April 2026 or in person in Boston 24-25 April 2026! Check out and share the CFP. You won’t want to miss it! britainandtheworld.org/2026-20-year...
2026 - 20 Years of BATW Events Page — Britain and the World
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Have spent this morning reading @johnsiblon25.bsky.social's wonderful thesis: 'War memory and the construction of hierarchy: representations of African and Caribbean colonial service personnel in the aftermath of the FWW'. It's fascinating and opens for interesting comparisons with other empires.
In 1940, after surrender of French forces, white soldiers were made POWs but 200 Senegalese infantrymen were massacred. The local population secretly buried their bodies in a mass grave before reinterment in an African style ‘tata’ in Chasselay. It was vandalised this year but is now restored.
@batw.bsky.social Thanks for the opportunity to give a paper at #batw2025 on the imperial dimension to WW1 commemoration with Louise Rodwell, Francis Van Berkel and Sarah Fissmer. Used my time in Liverpool to seek out one of Britain’s first memorials to black service personnel in Faulkner Square.
📣 Call for participants 📣 Have you ever used any History Workshop Journal articles in your teaching practice? We’d love to hear from you for the 100th issue of HWJ! Please let us know by sending an email or feel free to DM.
"Forgotten Sites of Memory. Swakopmund und Hamburg" Our panel discussion with Sima Luipert, Laidlaw Peringanda and Ashkan Cheheltan is now online. 🎬 lecture2go.uni-hamburg.de/l2go/-/get/v...
Podiumsdiskussion: „Forgotten Sites of Memory. Swakopmund and Hamburg" - Prof. Dr. Jürgen Zimmerer - Universität Hamburg - Lecture2Go
Alle öffentlichen Medien ansehen und recherchieren.
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Just bonkers. Pro-Israel groups taunting pro-Palestine protesters by singing Stevie Wonder to the tune of “Happy Birthday to us!”
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“Nous rentrerons ensemble”, Suzanne et Simone, une amitié au camp de Ravensbrück via @FRANCE24
Lors de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, environ 8 000 femmes ont été déportées depuis la France vers Ravensbrück, en Allemagne, le plus grand camp de concentration nazi pour femmes du IIIe Reich. Suzanne ...
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Twenty-five years since Bernie Grant’s passing but his call for social justice and reparations lives on. Visit the Bernie Grant archive and donate to the trust if you can: berniegrantarchive.org.uk
Did you know #batw2025: Did you know that the draft program was sent out today? Delegates, please check your e-mail, and take a look at our exciting panels. Can’t wait to see you in Liverpool!