@HistoryWatch

Historian, author, academic, dougla, immigrant, francophile / Historienne, auture, universitaire, Dougla, étrangère, francophile.

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Why history? Because it shapes perceptions of the present and imagination about the future. Isn't that enough?
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After several delays, this volume will be out soon. Chapters by @HistoryWatch @PatrciaMMarcos @Marcosrrs211 @KeilaGrinberg, Assan Sarr, Luciana Brito, Marta Scaglioni, among others. @BloomsburyBooks @AmericanAcademy @EmoryHistory
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I had lots of fun on the BBC podcast "HistoryExtra". I was responding to questions sent in by listeners about the history of Jamaica. #caribbeanhistory
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Guys! Big Announcement! I am STOKED to debut the cover of my upcoming book, "We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance." Out in 2024, I'm hype! @BasicBooks @Wellesley @thisdaypod You can pre-order here: hachettebookgroup.com/titles…
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Great turn out for Susana Vargas Cervantes in discussion with Sonya Lipsett-Rivera on Bad Bunny, Reggaeton and Resistance: Changing the Narrative on Women, Sexuality, and Victimhood @Carleton_U
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My recent blog "Caribbean People and the British Propaganda Machine" for my book project "Chained in Paradise". medium.com/@audradiptee/cari… #caribbean #history #chainedinparadise #archives #memory #colonialism
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New issue almost out! It has been an honor to support this important project, please subscribe. ✨✨
NACLA Report
@NACLA19 May 2023
🚨Sneak peek!🚨 Our Summer 2023 issue of the NACLA Report, "AMAZONIA ON THE BRINK," guest edited by Carlos Andrés Baquero Díaz, is coming soon. SUBSCRIBE by May 24 to receive your copy. nacla.org/subscribe
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This quote is so relevant to my project “Chained in Paradise”. Britain destroyed documents so that “the lie would become the truth" with policy Operation Legacy. Sign up to learn more. chainedinparadise.com/ #Caribbean #Archives #history
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From my current project "Chained in Paradise" "Mystery Solved? British Guiana and the Case Missing Colonial Documents. #guyana #caribbeanhistory #chainedinparadise #archives #caribbean link.medium.com/NnJWNSuZLzb
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TED ED: I learnt alot while working on the script for this video. Let me know what you think. "Why did the British Empire burn, sink, and hide these documents? - Audra A. Diptée... youtu.be/oPGVGckn7kQ via #OperationLegacy #Kenya #Colonialism #Reparations

The records the British Empire didn't want you to see - Audra A. Diptée

Explore the British policy called Operation Legacy, where the gover...

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I miss seeing you at conferences. It was such a pleasure to work with you in putting together African Women in the Atlantic world!World!
Jaqueline Mitchell@JaquelineMitch31 Mar 2023
Well, my last day working for #James#Currey and @Boydell_Africa. I have been prepping my last manuscript for handover to Pre Press, and doing some final notes for my successor, @megans_morsels. Thank you, #African #Studies for the interest and enjoyment! I will miss you all.
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Get up to speed with the cultural history of race using free chapters and video content. All available on Bloomsbury Cultural History, a digital research hub. Keep in touch! Sign up to our monthly newsletter: bit.ly/3Yfl4E3

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Join us on Friday 25 February for the launch of Krystal Nandini Ghisyawan's Erotic Cartographies: Decolonization and the Queer Caribbean Imagination. Angelique Nixon and Nikoli Attai will converse with the author and moderate a discussion with the audience. Register in advance.
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📢 "Pensées décoloniales" tout juste sorti des presses 🥳🎉🎊 📆 Sortie officielle : 9 mars – at Paris, France
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Lucky me! Reviewing *colonial documents that were kept secret until 2011* under British policy Operation Legacy (1950s-1970s). Will be publishing some online. Also sharing project updates. ***Want to know when documents are online? Sign up at link.*** audradiptee.com/chained-in-p…
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Long time Ottawa resident #EwartWalters is a pioneer in Canadian journalism. In the mid 1960s the Jamaican-born Walters became Editor-in-Chief of The Carleton, the campus newspaper @Carleton_U. He was one of the first, if not, the 1st Black editor of a university paper in Canada
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Stuart Hall, born on this day in 1932, is widely regarded as the founding father of cultural studies. He was a fierce advocate of a Marxism “without guarantees” and one of the first to identify and critically interrogate the rise of neoliberal capitalism.
Stuart Hall speaks at a demonstration against nuclear armament in London in 1958 | Credits: Flickr / The Open University; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

ALT Stuart Hall speaks at a demonstration against nuclear armament in London in 1958 | Credits: Flickr / The Open University; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

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Audra Diptée retweeted
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@CarAdrianH3 Feb 2023
Ontario says ‘colonization’ costs mean it does not owe First Nations billions theguardian.com/world/2023/f…

Ontario says ‘colonization’ costs mean it does not owe First Nations billions

Canadian province argues in court it is not responsible for compensating Indigenous people over broken treaty obligations

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JOB POSTING: Carleton University invites applications from Black scholars for a tenure-track position in Anti-Black Racism, at the rank of Assistant Professor. carleton.ca/deputyprovost/20…
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