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)
Uttara
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Historian. https://www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/people/uttara-shahani#:~:text=Uttara%20Shahani%20is%20a%20historian,Empire%2C%20migration%2C%20and%20refugees.
It has been brought to my attention that the forest fires around Bordeaux are burning up the pine plantations set up on drained wetlands there in the 19thC, a project widely admired and imitated around the world. In case someone wants to fund my global history of pine project.
Hindu supremacists have been going on about 'Soros-funded' for a long time now. The BJP IT cell were pioneers of online nazi-mongering trolling, & there's a lot of diffusion between online nazi trolls worldwide. Also worth noting, the CJP was a trigger--the protests are a confluence of groups now.
Joel S.@joelhs.bsky.social · 2w agoAt a moment of rising anti-government CJP protests in Delhi, the Hindutva right is denying that the protests are organic by blaming them on George Soros. Even in a place with no particular history of the rootless cosmopolitan Jew as the Other, they’re imbibing the same online right-wing tropes.
Protests over the alleged irregularities in competitive examinations, as well as the subsequent police action against demonstrators in Delhi, spread to several cities on Wednesday, including Patna, Mumbai, Varanasi, Lucknow and Raipur. More updates here: scroll.in/latest/10944...
These are archives of global importance run by some fabulous archivists. How we write the history of refugees is at stake if we allow the continued destruction of this.
Boyd van Dijk@boydvandijk.bsky.social · 2w agoThe UNHCR archives in Geneva are at risk; reading room already closed - and there's a much broader 'humanitarian archive emergency' ongoing with aid budget cuts. www.aretenews.com/unhcr-refuge...
My assistant said he’s guarding the primary sources but I found some chewed Congress Committee papers so I’m not so sure.
Thousands of forgotten Punjabi WW1 soldiers recognised for first time
Forgotten Punjabi WW1 soldiers recognised for first time
Nearly 10,000 soldiers' names are being added to the official database of war dead, a cherished step for many of their descendants.
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Relieved he only sniffs my flowers and doesn’t attempt to dig them out.
Shocking news about redundancies in the Humanities at the University of Hertfordshire, despite their exceptional research activities. I have signed the petition against these actions: it would be great if you would as well: c.org/kDQynZV7J4 @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @bisa-bkk.bsky.social
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Thanks to all sending messages of support as me and my colleagues in Humanities and Social Sciences at Exeter face being made redundant in September. I'll be back here once it's less hot & I can think. Please consider signing & sharing this petition: www.change.org/p/stop-redun... #EarlyModern 🗃️
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The Cambridge Centre is now inviting applications for a number of Prize Research Grants for the 2026-2027 academic year. Please click below for eligibility, further details and deadlines.
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I’m really pleased to see my article on “The Asian Mother and Baby Campaign” in the @jbritishstudies.bsky.social Many thanks to @leverhulme.ac.uk for funding this research. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
The “Asian Mother and Baby Campaign”: Race, Healthcare, and Citizenship in late Twentieth-Century Britain | Journal of British Studies | Cambridge Core
The “Asian Mother and Baby Campaign”: Race, Healthcare, and Citizenship in late Twentieth-Century Britain - Volume 65
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Refugee Voices in Modern Global History: Reckoning with Refugeedom – join us this Wednesday for a book talk by Emeritus Professor Peter Gatrell 📍Oxford Department for International Development 📅5pm, 10 June 2026 Registration is not required More info: https://www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/events
Looking forward to this: Join us this Wednesday, 10 June 2026, for @pwgatrell.bsky.social's lecture. He discusses the approach he and co-authors adopted in their book, Refugee Voices in Modern Global History: Reckoning with Refugeedom. More details here: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/events/refug...
Presenting on maritime sovereignty and coastal livelihoods for the Indian Ocean in the Age of Empire seminar at the Oxford Center for Global History on 8 June at 2 PM BST / 9 AM ET. Please email capitalismsoftheindianocean-subscribe@maillist.ox.ac.uk for Zoom link.
Sanaa Alimia reflects on fifteen years of research on refugee displacement in urban contexts. Using Afghan refugees in Pakistan as a case study, she shows how long-term residents who helped build cities can nonetheless be violently expelled from them. Do join us online on Wednesday.
Refugee Studies Centre@refugeestudies.bsky.social · 2mo agoFrom making the 'Refugee City' to being ethnically cleansed from it? Join us online this Wednesday for a webinar with Associate Professor Sanaa Alimia (Aga Khan University). 📅5pm-6pm, 3 June 2026 Register here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8zra8rvfThibXSbW84P45w#/
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Stephanie Olsen@stephanieolsen.bsky.social · 4mo ago2.5 year postdoc opportunity at CoE NARS, Tampere University. The focus is on the history of everyday nationalism and we encourage applications dealing with the history of childhood and youth. Please distribute far and wide and encourage great scholars to apply. tuni.rekrytointi.com/paikat/?o=A_...
We are excited about the discussion of Associate Professor Catherine Briddick's book – Violence against Women and Regimes of Exception 📍Oxford Department for International Development 📅 5pm-6pm, 20 May Registration not required More info: https://bit.ly/4nATOhb @catbriddick.bsky.social
Getting really tired of reminding people that not all of us can turn up in Europe at the drop of a hat. FYI: weeks to secure paperwork for visa, another few weeks at least before appointment to submit that paperwork, and another few weeks before a decision is made. Yes this is an equity issue too
If you published a book on legal history in *2025,* please nominate it for a 2026 ASLH prize! For US work: Cromwell Prize for early career authors & Reid Prize for mid- and senior career authors. For non-US work: Stein Award. Due June 1: aslh.net/award_type/b... #legalhistory
Applications are now invited for the Society's 2026 Funded Book Workshops - for historians currently writing a 2nd or 3rd monograph bit.ly/4uwep8C. Grants enable authors to hold a day workshop with upto 6 specialist readers to discuss a MS in detail before submission to a publisher #Skystorians
Applications now invited for the Society's 2026 'Funded Book Workshops' for mid-career historians - RHS
The Society’s Funded Book Workshops Grants support historians, currently working on a second or third major research project, and which will lead to publication of a monograph. The Book Workshops enab...
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A thread about new bks that I used in my teaching about the Indian Ocean World this past semester: