In this On History blog, Gaverne Bennett and Jenny Lelkes-Rarugal discuss how the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) can be used to research and teach the histories of race and ethnicity

Join us for a #BlackHistoryMonth roundtable discussion on Processing the Past: New Histories of Black British Culture and Identity. 🎤 Rochelle Rowe, Teleica Kirkland, Désha Osbourne, and yours truly 📅 Friday 21st October ⏰ 17:00 - 18:30 📍 Edinburgh Futures Institute - Room 2.55 🔗 bit.ly/4oyTGOP

Last week I returned to my home city to deliver a #BlackHistoryMonth lecture at Leeds Beckett University. Using oral histories, photography, and poetry alongside archival research, I explored the overlooked role of women within the Chapeltown Bonfire incident and community activism in the 1970s

What a wonderful start to the 2025/26 IHR Black British History seminar series! We heard students present on a range of topics, ranging from the 1500s to the 1980s. I’m looking forward to seeing how their research progresses. #BlackBritishHistory #BlackHistoryMonth

A fab BHM lecture from @oliviawyatt1999.bsky.social on the Chapeltown Bonfire night incident of 1975. Wyatt situates elder Black women's activism on behalf of the Black youths on trial as part of caregiving in the community. More non-London Black history!!!

Today! 👇🏿 #BlackBritishHistory

This looks an interesting talk - here's Leeds Other Paper's coverage of the Chapeltown bonfire night events from 50 years ago. #BlackHistoryMonth #LeedsHistory

The booking form should now have an online option, but please let us know if you run into any further issues!

'It's a fight we share with other minorities that are increasingly threatened by violence, abuse and intimidation....It’s critical that, like the numerous Muslim organisations that offered support in the past few days, we continue to stand together and work against hatred.'

Assata Shakur's story, Marian Jones writes in @teenvogue.com, is "also a reminder of the impact of COINTELPRO, and how it continues to impact activists today through technological surveillance, the criminalization of protest, and the targeting of dissidents." Shakur passed in Cuba on Friday.

This is an absolute tragedy. Rising hate crimes against religious groups is in complete opposition to what we stand for - diversity, equality, tolerance. We must be outspoken in those values now.

RHS funding opportunity: David Berry Fellowship in the History of Scotland and the Scottish People. The Society's Fellowship, for up to £2500, supports research by historians of Scotland at any career stage: bit.ly/4ns6LJj Closing date for the 2026 Fellowship: 6 March 2026

Nearly four years of work wrapped up with one e-mail! The thesis is officially off my desk 😌🎉

Are you an emerging scholar researching Black British history and looking for opportunities to share your research? Please get in touch with @oliviawyatt1999.bsky.social or Meleisa Ono George via contact info below to take part in this ⚡️ talks session @ihr.bsky.social (and please share widely!)

We hope to see as many of you as possible at our Lightning Talks in Black British History: the first event of our academic year! Get in touch if you are a PGR or ECR who would like to present, and please circulate among students who may be interested in sharing their work for 3-5 minutes

Kicking off our fantastic line up with a showcase of new research! Get in touch if you are a postgraduate or early career researcher who would like to introduce their work to the field. 📍 Hybrid: N304, IHR, Senate House, WC1E 7HU and Online 📅 Thursday 16th October, 2025 ⏰ 17:30 🔗 bit.ly/3INwCfO

In honour of the 50th anniversary of the Chapeltown Bonfire incident, I’ll be talking about Black women’s community activism in Leeds at Leeds Beckett University. ⏰ 18:00 - 19:00 📍 Rose Bowl, City Campus 🎟️ bit.ly/480KUUD #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackBritishHistory

Assata Shakur has "died in Havana, Cuba, as a result of health conditions and her advanced age." She was 78.

Can’t wait to show you what we have lined up! Follow the new IHR Black British History seminar series page 🥳🙌🏽

The IHR Black British History Seminar is now on Bluesky, thanks to @oliviawyatt1999.bsky.social! Give a follow for updates:

🎫Join us on Tues 14 October as @oliviawyatt1999.bsky.social marks 50 years since Chapeltown's Bonfire Twelve incident, sharing her research into women's roles in resisting racism and injustice in #Leeds. 🕕18:00 - 19:00 🏛️Rose Bowl, City Campus 🔗 bit.ly/480KUUD #BlackHistoryMonth #AcademicSky

I’ll be on Today’s Inside Science with a short feature on extinction. It will air at 16:30 and will available online afterwards. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Introducing Dr. Olivia Wyatt! I’m overjoyed to share that I successfully defended my thesis last Friday, and that I have started a new position as Teaching and Research Fellow in Black British History at the University of Edinburgh. I’m incredibly grateful to my supervisors and examiners

A huge thanks to the brilliant Maya Goodfellow who recently interviewed me for @theguardian.com about my book, and the entangled histories of extinction and empire more broadly. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The British Academy is hosting a webinar on 17 June for UK-based humanities and social sciences researchers interested in applying for the ERC Advanced Grants 2025 Call. Find out more and register your interest: buff.ly/WAQlY8R

Historical writers of colour and writers from other marginalised communities are continually excluded from school curricula, literary anthologies and TV adaptations.

🚨Applications for our Diversity and Inclusion Fellowships are due this week on May 1! Get those applications in soon! More info on eligibility and how to apply here: www.nacbs.org/grants-datab...

Congrats to NACBS Fellow @oliviawyatt1999.bsky.social who recently won the @ihrhistorylab.bsky.social Olivette Otele Prize. 👏👏👏 Congrats, Olivia!

The absolutely spectacular @oliviawyatt1999.bsky.social further confirmed as spectacular!! Very proud School of History @qmul.ac.uk colleague here! #SkyStorians

So many rising stars being recognised by this prize in your name Olivette. It’s just so wonderful! X

🙏🏾 Thank you for doing and sharing your groundbreaking work.

Wow. Woot woot! 🫰🏽🫰🏽 Congratulations 🎉 🎉

Thrilled to read this news. I saw Olivia give a paper recently, and it was brilliant!

For the AltText, please see this post!

I’m honoured to receive this award, and I’m very grateful to the judging panel for taking the time to consider my submission! 💚

Book launch tickets on sale today at 10! Absolutely delighted to be in conversation with David Olusoga at Manchester Museum on 6 June, 6-8:30pm. Join us for a launch celebration among amazing ways of being! Free, but limited places so register here. Pls share. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sadiah-qur...

Online video interview tip from a guest speaker today. Stick a picture of your friend or beloved behind/by the webcam so that, if you’re nervous, you feel like you’re talking to a friend and not the electronic cyclops.

We're hosting a workshop on 'South Asian Women's Activism and Agency' on Thursday 8th May (draft programme below). We're delighted to have a brilliant group of speakers joining us. Our keynotes will be Amrit Wilson and Samita Sen. If you would like to join us, please get in touch to register.

The official HE press release on the Melsonby hoard rather than some journos interpretation of it. Stunning.

I'm very excited to present my paper — "Black is Beautiful": The politics of pigmentation in the Black Women's Movement, 1970-1990 — at the Uni of Edinburgh's Centre for the Study of Modern & Contemporary History! 🗓️ Tuesday 25th March ⏰ 17:00-18:30 📍 LG.11, 40 George Square (Contact for Teams link)

I'm very excited to present my paper — "Black is Beautiful": The politics of pigmentation in the Black Women's Movement, 1970-1990 — at the Uni of Edinburgh's Centre for the Study of Modern & Contemporary History! 🗓️ Tuesday 25th March ⏰ 17:00-18:30 📍 LG.11, 40 George Square (Contact for Teams link)

Are you studying, researching or teaching the histories of gender? Explore the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) online reading list on women's history

Fully funded PhD studentship (for UK or international candidates): AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) studentship Imperial Intimacies: Portraiture and the East India Company, c.1757–1857, with Tate and the Courtauld courtauld.ac.uk/jobs/

I know this is going to sound naive or earnest, but I genuinely find myself shocked by how little people seem to be upset by the levels of corruption we're seeing. Is that the median voter assumes everyone is corrupt already? Or isn't actually getting stories about the corruption?

📣 Share your Sari Story with @sampadarts.bsky.social ! Sari Stories is a new exhibition opening at Midlands Arts Centre in May 2025, showcasing diverse Sari stories and memories. Callout open to anyone in the Midlands. Learn more and share your story via sampad.org.uk/news/share-your-sari-story/.

Come to learn more about research today and how this connects to the determination of those who have long studied this topic. Stay to immerse yourself in a performance by artist Anni Domingo about Mary Prince. Free but registration required. www.history.ac.uk/events/black...

Yesterday, I visited Knowledge is Power at Hackney BSix, a programme run by History Teacher Lucy Capes. This evening, I’ll be discussing this vital programme on a roundtable about the state of Black British history in 2025 with @oliviawyatt1999.bsky.social and Rob Waters at the @ihr.bsky.social

#blackpeople #blackbritish #blackhistory #blacksky #addtoblacksky

Our Lincoln colleague Kristy Warren is part of this roundtable -- sounds like a good one to attend tomorrow if you're in London, wish I could go!

From the creation of lectureships to the closure of postgrad programmes, the last five years represent a tumultuous period within the study of #BlackBritishHistory Join us for a roundtable: Black British History in 2025 🗓️ 6th March ⏰ 17:30 📍 IHR Wolfson Room NB01 www.history.ac.uk/events/black...