Director @LBS_at_UCL, Professor of History @UCLHistory
London, UK
Joined September 2016
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"It is the Caribbean problem at its most complete." @SenMattye on street politics and civil breakdown in Haiti, for @NoemaMag noemamag.com/haitis-agents-o…
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Fantastic to see the special issue Repentance & Reappraisal: Historicising the Defenders of Slavery in the Netherlands out in @BMGN_LCHR!
Insightful & urgent contributions by @FatahBlack, @LaurenLauret @dirk_alkemade Esther Baakman, Philip Post @SenMattye
bmgn-lchr.nl/issue/view/1325
ALT Cover for the BMGN Low Countries Historical Review, special issue: Repentance and Reappraisal: Historicising the Defenders of Slavery in the Netherlands
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Trump’s racist lies are playing out precisely as intended. In solidarity with our Haitian brothers and sisters, we refuse to remain silent.
Joint statement for IMMEDIATE RELEASE from the Haiti Support Group @HaitiSG and Ghetto Biennale friends.
haitisupportgroup.org/trump-…
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CSLBS is delighted to announce that the third annual event in its Elsa V. Goveia Speaker Series will be CARIBBEAN JOURNEYS AND COLONIAL LEGACIES: A READING OF OCEAN STIRRINGS by Merle Collins at 5pm, 14 October, UCL. Free tickets and details here! eventbrite.co.uk/e/caribbean…
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Prof Baugh was a "foundational" member of the Calabash family. We stand, and generations of Jamaican🇯🇲 poets stand, on his shoulders and lived in his heart. We are better for having known the incredible & generous Prof B. He will never be forgotten. #RestinPoetry #EdwardBaugh
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This week!
Professor David Lambert: "Of Uncertain Rank: The West India Regiments in British Imperial Culture."
eventbrite.co.uk/e/of-uncert…
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Register for a free ticket for OF UNCERTAIN RANK: The West India Regiments in British Imperial Culture. eventbrite.co.uk/e/of-uncert… At UCL next week!
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We're delighted to announce the second instalment in our Elsa V. Goveia Speaker Series:
Professor David Lambert, "Of Uncertain Rank: The West India Regiments in British Imperial Culture."
5pm, 25th May, Lecture Theatre 115, 1-19 Torrington Place. eventbrite.co.uk/e/of-uncert…
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CSLBS is excited to announce our upcoming event, "Talking Black History Walks: A Conversation with Tony Warner" at the Black Cultural Archives, Brixton, at 4.30pm on Thursday 9 March. Register via Eventbrite: eventbrite.co.uk/e/talking-b…
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It's a busy lunchtime with several parallel sessions exploring our theme: 'As Time Goes By'.
Speaker @SenMattye is in the Drawing Room exploring the afterlives of slavery.
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The University of Glasgow is offering 5 scholarships (fees only) for International students from the Caribbean, starting a 1 year postgraduate taught Masters programme, in any discipline for academic session 2023/24.
gla.ac.uk/.../universityofgl…
This can be used to study any MA course
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If you'd like to attend our next panel event on Eric Williams, we've added extra capacity, so please do complete your registration - esp. if you encountered a 'sold out' notice at the weekend.
Our next event is 'Eric Williams' Capitalism and Slavery: debates, legacies & new research' bit.ly/3HbKlbC
With panellists Matthew J Smith, Meleisa Ono-George,
@glasgow_sugar, Heather Cateau & Harvey Neptune. 5pm GMT Weds 15 March, online.
All welcome #twitterstorians
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Prof Brenda Stevenson is coming to Edinburgh to deliver the @EdGlobalHistory annual lecture in the history of slavery on April 25. She'll be speaking on 'Slavery, Family and Resistance'. Mark your calendars! ed.ac.uk/history-classics-ar…
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RIP Gordon Rohlehr, the great Guyanese scholar, critic and essayist. His seminal 1973 review of Perry Henzell's The Harder They Come—a response to a negative review of the film in the Jamaica Gleaner—remains a landmark piece of Caribbean criticism.
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Mark your calendars: this year, we're talking #Reparations for Africans everywhere.
+ Catch the premiere screening of the new documentary "Walter Rodney: What They Don't Want You To Know"
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We’re super excited to be participating in this amazing @No_Sweat comedy fundraising event in February! Book tickets ASAP as they’re selling like hotcakes! @HHGUK22 @haitichambergb @AyitiUK @CLSUK1974 @AICaribbean @SocCaribbean haitisupportgroup.org/no-swe…
Superb new artwork for our No Sweat Comedy night from the talented hand of Stever Larder.
Join us at @100clubLondon for a night of comedy and politics with @LouSanders, @markthomasinfo and @destructo9000, plus @HaitiSG & @drzarni.
Tickets on sale at:
wegottickets.com/100club/eve…
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World Cup final ambivalence: Lionel Messi is the world's best and deserves a World Cup. France's African players represent for the continent. @Davidsgoldblatt's brilliant @nytimes essay captures the joy and complexity of Qatar 2022.
nytimes.com/2022/12/17/opini…
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Founding member of @HaitiSG @leahgordonuk latest project: 'KANAVAL: A PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF HAITI IN SIX CHAPTERS' will be broadcast on #BBC 4 at 9pm Sun 27 Nov and thereafter on #BBCiPlayer! Don't miss it! #ayiti #haiti #arts #history #caribbean #kanaval #supporthaiti