Explore the long history of Black people in Britain in our free learning session National Portrait Gallery for key stage 2 students - with the last few spots remaining for summer term! ⬇️

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The sun has finally arrived, which means it can't be long until the SHP Summer Conference! Join the SHP family for a weekend of inspirational workshops, keynotes, and much more. Don't miss out on #historyteacher Glastonbury! More info: schoolshistoryproject.co.uk/conferences
#SHP24 #WeAreSHP

For those interested in slavery in #stlucia - available at the link below is a free downloadable dataset providing information on the more than 12,000 people enslaved on plantations in the island in 1815
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Will be discussing my book Our Island Stories: Country Walks Through Colonial Britain on LBC radio at approx 12.45 today.

Below, Dr. Ibrahima Seck, my walking companion through Hampshire who explored the area's banking connections to slavery with me.

We are sold out for in person tickets for V&A and National Trust Public Country House conference, but there are still spaces available online and for free! vam.ac.uk/blog/projects/…

'History is not a neutral discipline.'

Prof Hakim Adi speaks to our Hannah Francis – one of his former students – about his latest book and the campaign to save his groundbreaking MRes course exploring the history of Africa and the African diaspora. runnymedetrust.org/blog/you-have-…

CfP: 'The British Empire in the Art Gallery: Discourses, Practices, Publics'
📌National Portrait Gallery 27 Sept 2024
Deadline: 31 May

Join us to critically discuss the empire and the art gallery. Organised by Sean Cham (@seancham.bsky.social) and I with Centre for Museum Cultures at Birkbeck.

See: tinyurl.com/beagworkshop
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Great to see the pioneering art history work of Michael I. Ohajuru DUniv, FRSA celebrated by The Open University with an honorary Doctor of the University award.

To find out more about his Black history projects & research visit johnblanke.com

Project: Atlantic Stories, Colonial Legacies and the Bodleian Library, 1650-1800
Apply here: coventry.ac.uk/research/resea…
Application deadline:27 May 2024
Interview date: Will be confirmed to shortlisted candidates
Start date:September 2024
For more information and informal…

Register now for The Public Country House conference (16-17th May), part of our exciting The British Academy fellowship with V&A looking at how country houses are curated, presented and interpreted. On-site at the V&A and online options available: vam.ac.uk/event/OwMEWo7k…

SAVE the MA in Black British Writing at Goldsmiths College! - Sign the Petition! chng.it/KXHDmFWR via Change.org UK

Out now: Ashby, Halle-Mackenzie, and Jessica Marie Johnson. “Injury and Value: Black Mothering in Slavery and Its Afterlife.” History of the Present 14, no. 1 (April 1, 2024): 138–55. doi.org/10.1215/215997….

'Reproductive Racial Capitalism,' a special issue of HistoryOfThePresent is online! Read the intro by editors Jennifer Morgan & Alys Eve Weinbaum, & Weinbaum's article 'Hortense Spillers and the Ungendering of (Re)productive Racial Capitalism - both free: ow.ly/BICo50Rf6XR

I am *extremely* excited about this. Please share with anyone who might be keen: we're offering a FULLY FUNDED PhD studentship, exploring:
Colonial Natural Historical Collecting in the South Asian Indian Ocean.
There are some important stories to tell here
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WOMEN, ENVIRONMENT & NETWORKS of EMPIRE: ELIZABETH GWILLIM & MARY SYMONDS - online lecture by Anna Winterbottom McGill University & Victoria Dickenson McGill Library The Linnean Society of London April 23, 18-19.30h GMT+1 Details & booking: eventbrite.co.uk/e/women-enviro… RHUL GeoHumanities Kew Gardens Library and Archives Kew Science

How can teachers engage critically with colonial histories and navigate complex topics with their students? Jason Todd and Penelope Woods 🕊️ made a recent visit to the Entangled Pasts exhibition Royal Academy and share their thoughts on our latest blog portraitemb.co.uk/entangled-past…

We're hiring a one-year post doc here LancasterUniHistory to work on the Arts and Humanities Research Council and NEH funded project Unlocking the South Sea Company’s Archives. I'm happy to answer any queries about the position, applications for which close on April 12th: jobs.ac.uk/job/DGM931/res…

Watch Catherine Hall's 'Unsettling Accounts,' the 39th Elsa Goveia Memorial Lecture at the UWI Depts of History and Archaelogy, on Youtube here m.youtube.com/watch?v=Tu5F8X…

Delighted that my new book (& first trade book!) MULTICULTURAL BRITAIN: A PEOPLE'S HISTORY will be published by Hurst Publishers this August.

It tells the remarkable story of how Britain became multicultural.

Available for pre-order now 👇👇👇

hurstpublishers.com/book/multicult…