The @rshc.bsky.social will be hosting @faisaldevji.bsky.social to discuss his new book, The Waning Crescent, on 1 December at 5 p.m. , in conversation with Dr. Christ Moffat at QMUL. Details below: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/launch-of-...

I have a new article out. TLDR: Actively courting deportation by air is a way to claim rights as a stateless person and even as a refugee. academic.oup.com/past/advance...

And don't miss the Rethinking Internationalism online workshop on 5-6 Nov on 'Blindspots and Buzzwords in Internationalism', with a fantastic lineup of speakers. Sign up here www.eventbrite.com/e/blind-spot...

Also worth flagging up @riakapoor.bsky.social's lunchtime seminar on 'Refugee internationalisms? The Ugandan Asian Case' on 27 Nov (12-1pm)

Lots of great things coming up this autumn in the CSI calendar - next up is @emmakluge.bsky.social's lunchtime seminar 'Oceanic internationalism: anticolonialism and environmentalism in the Pacific' (30 Oct 1-2pm, in person & online, msg for link) Full programme here csi.bbk.ac.uk/blog/autumn-...

Join us for 'Sanctuary, Now and Then: asylum, migrant rights and anti-deportation in Britain since the 1980s.' Speakers include Stuart Crosthwaite, Amy Grant, Rachel Humphris, Paul Weller 7 Nov 12.00pm, Manchester Central Library Book here sanctuarynowandthen.eventbrite.co.uk @aiucentre.bsky.social

Join us for this event with Edgar Taylor on the Ugandan Archives: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/archival-a...

We’re excited to be part of Sanctuary, Now and Then ✨ asylum, migrant rights & anti-deportation in Britain since the 1980s 📅 7 Nov 2025 | 🕛 12–3pm 📍 Manchester Central Library Speakers include Stuart Crosthwaite, Amy Grant, Rachel Humphris & Paul Weller. 🎟️ Free – register here: shorturl.at/FZ6Nd

Join us to hear a core participant in the #spycops Inquiry speak about his work. Undercover Policing of the Left 1968-1982: Subversives Under the Lens 6.00pm, 15 October, London WC1E 7JL Book here UndercoverPolicingLeft.eventbrite.co.uk @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social

Archives, memory, representation & empowerment - and the gaps in the records... We really enjoyed taking part in this event at @rshc.bsky.social, sharing stories around labour movement collections & records of resistance - from the MRC's origins to the NUM archives via the Spanish Civil War & Chile

So lovely to have a record of these exciting talks! Thanks again for hosting the conversation @rshc.bsky.social, and for such wonderful contributions, @kabcommons.bsky.social, Ansar Ahmed Ullah from the Swadhinata Trust, @sameen-mohsin.bsky.social and @worsted.bsky.social! #SkyStorians #YayArchives!

Such a privilege to be part of this amazing roundtable, organised by @onslies.bsky.social at @rshc.bsky.social. So pleased that the conversation can be shared more widely (less pleased about my wobbly voice)

Who did what in early modern England? New #OpenAccess book, 'The Experience of Work in Early Modern England' by @jwhittle.bsky.social, @markhailwood.bsky.social, @hkrobb.bsky.social & @aucointaylor.bsky.social, based on thousands of #EarlyModern court depositions 🗃️ Read it: doi.org/10.1017/9781...

Spycops Undercover Policing of the Left 1968-1982: Subversives Under the Lens Chris Brian from the Undercover Research Group talks about his chapter in their new book 6.00pm, 15 October, London WC1E 7JL Book here UndercoverPolicingLeft.eventbrite.co.uk @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social

New Seminar series (online, too) on Migration and Mobility History by @ihr.bsky.social. #MigHist: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Red and Black in Harlem and Jamaica: a book launch 19 June 6pm London WC1E Join us to discuss West Indian anti-colonialist Wilfred Adolphus Domingo Speakers: Catherine Hall, Peter Hulme, Leslie James, Kesewa John Book here RedBlackHarlemJamaica.eventbrite.co.uk @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @qmul.ac.uk

TOMORROW: Teaching Migration History in an Age of Border Restriction 5/6/25, 6pm, London WC1E An international panel of migration historians discuss the future of this rich and growing field in a highly volatile political context. teachmighist.eventbrite.co.uk @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @qmul.ac.uk

Teaching Migration History in an Age of Border Restriction 5 June, 6pm, London WC1E This roundtable brings together an international panel of migration historians to discuss the future of this rich and growing field in a highly volatile political context. TeachMigHist.eventbrite.co.uk

How should we teach migration history in an era of ever-increasing global border restrictions? Join us on 5 June at 6pm, London WC1E, followed by a wine reception Free to book here TeachMigHist.eventbrite.co.uk @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @qmul.ac.uk @qmpoliticsir.bsky

Did the British republican tradition endure through the Cold War? 'Reassessing E. P. Thompson’s Political Thought: The Case for Radical Republicanism' 6 June, 3.00pm, London WC1E EPThompson.eventbrite.co.uk @mileendinstitute.bsky.social @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @qmul.ac.uk @qmpoliticsir.bsky

Join us for Red and Black in Harlem and Jamaica: a book launch 19 June 6pm, London WC1E 7JL Book here (RedBlackHarlemJamaica.eventbrite.co.uk) Hear about the life and work of West Indian anti-colonialist Wilfred Adolphus Domingo @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @qmpoliticsir.bsky.social @qmul.ac.uk

This Monday! I'll be talking about how migrants seeking protection creatively use paperwork to make moral claims to rights - in Britain today and 16thC England. Does a lack of rights limit the impact of paperwork? And how can we use of paperwork recentre migrants in histories of protection?

Only a week to go! Changing The Record, 19 May, London Book here www.ChangingTheRecord.eventbrite.co.uk @sameen-mohsin.bsky.social @kabcommons.bsky.social @mrcwarwick.bsky.social @worsted.bsky.social @qmul.ac.uk @onslies.bsky.social @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @qmul.ac.uk

Changing the Record: how do those on the margins keep paper trails to protect their existence, then change their situation through it? 19/5/25 www.ChangingTheRecord.eventbrite.co.uk @onslies.bsky.social @sameen-mohsin.bsky.social @kabcommons.bsky.social @mrcwarwick.bsky.social @worsted.bsky.social

'Teaching migration history in an age of border restriction' Join us to discuss the future of this rich and growing field in a highly volatile political context TeachMigHist.eventbrite.co.uk Thursday 5 June, 6pm, London WC1E @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @qmpoliticsir.bsky.social @qmul.ac.uk

Come by for this Raph Sam event on archives - organised by @onslies.bsky.social and featuring an all star cast!

Our roundtable brings together scholars, activists and archivists to think about the way people navigate bureaucracies and paperwork to shape their world. 19 May, Changing the Record, London WC1 www.ChangingTheRecord.eventbrite.co.uk @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @migrationmuseum.org @sslh.bsky.social

Changing the Record. How do those on the margins keep paper trails to protect their existence, then change their situation through it? 19 May, 6pm, WC1E Book here www.ChangingTheRecord.eventbrite.co.uk @sameen-mohsin.bsky.social @kabcommons.bsky.social @mrcwarwick.bsky.social @worsted.bsky.social

Changing the Record The power of paperwork: how do those on the margins keep paper trails to protect their existence, then change their situation through it? 19 May, 6pm, London WC1E Book here www.ChangingTheRecord.eventbrite.co.uk @qmul.ac.uk @onslies.bsky.social @bbkhistorical.bsky.social

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📢 Public Lecture with Professor Sameena Mulla | 30th April, 6pm-9pm 📢 ‘Moynihan Redux: How Courts Theorize Black Families in the Prosecution of Sexual Assault’ For more information about the talk and to register, please use the link below: lnkd.in/dsSg7EXX

The end of the world? It’s nothing new for many inhabitants of the Global South. 'After the End of the World: Another Season of War in South Lebanon', Munira Khayyat, London WC1B Join us on 13 May aftertheendoftheworld.eventbrite.co.uk

Trying to find an image for an event on "Changing the record: how people use(d) paperwork to make their world" (@rshc.bsky.social), which mostly involves me scrolling through wikimedia commons thinking that absolutely every archive looks stunning and attractive. I'm... not a good judge on this...

Just signed up to hear all about 'British History Today' at @qmcbs.bsky.social and ‘British History from the Middle of Nowhere’ by @julialaite.bsky.social for the @rshc.bsky.social public lecture on May 1st. Looking forward to seeing some of you there! projects.history.qmul.ac.uk/qmcbs/britis...

When life is the intentional target of the settler-colonial war machine, life in all of its forms becomes resistance. 'After the End of the World: Another Season of War in South Lebanon', Munira Khayyat 13 May, London Book here (AftertheEndoftheWorld.eventbrite.co.uk)

Places for British History Today are filling up. Please do register - especially if you are on the programme! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/british-hi...

MAKE HASTE! And don't forget that @julialaite.bsky.social's exciting lecture on "British History from the Middle of Nowhere" on 1 May, in collaboration with @rshc.bsky.social is a separate ticket to book: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/british-hi... #SkyStorians

Book soon! ‘African Pharmakon: The Asylum as Shrine from Slavery to the Return.’ Nana Osei Quarshie 3 April, London, Birkbeck UoL, Bloomsbury Book here QuarshieLecture.eventbrite.co.uk @qmul.bsky.social @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @qmpoliticsir.bsky.social @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social

British History from the Middle of Nowhere Julia Laite (Birkbeck UoL) 1 May 2025, 6.00pm Venue: Queen Mary, University of London, E1 HistoryMiddleNowhereRSML25.eventbrite.co.uk @qmcbs.bsky.social @mileendinstitute.bsky.social @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @qmpoliticsir.bsky.social

Registration pages for Modern British History conference, 1-2 May, now at: projects.history.qmul.ac.uk/qmcbs/britis.... Thanks to support from @rshc.bsky.social @mileendinstitute.bsky.social @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social

Just putting finishing touches to British History Today programme at Queen Mary, 1-2 May. Thanks to all who submitted. And apologies to all those we couldn’t fit in. Details should appear soon at: projects.history.qmul.ac.uk/qmcbs/

Come to hear Nana Osei Quarshie’s lecture ‘African Pharmakon: The Asylum as Shrine from Slavery to the Return.’ Free, followed by a reception 3 April, London WC1 QuarshieLecture.eventbrite.co.uk @qmul.bsky.social @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @qmpoliticsir.bsky.social @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social

Julia Laite @julialaite.bsky.social will deliver the keynote on 1 May in partnership with the Raphael Samuel History Centre @rshc.bsky.social : ‘British History from the Middle of Nowhere’

Join us tomorrow! ‘Decolonization’s Discontents: Unfinished Revolutions in the Age of Independence’, Dr Elisabeth Leake London E1 DecolonizationsDiscontents.eventbrite.co.uk @qmul.bsky.social @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @qmpoliticsir.bsky.social @emleake.bsky.social @jessicareinisch.bsky.social

Join us for African Pharmakon: The Asylum as Shrine from Slavery to the Return, with Nana Osei Quarshie 3 April, Birkbeck, Bloomsbury, 6.00pm Book here QuarshieLecture.eventbrite.co.uk @qmul.bsky.social @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @qmpoliticsir.bsky.social @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social

A few places remain! Decolonization’s Discontents: Unfinished Revolutions in the Age of Independence Dr Elisabeth Leake 6/3/2025 DecolonizationsDiscontents.eventbrite.co.uk @qmul.bsky.social @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @qmpoliticsir.bsky.social @emleake.bsky.social @jessicareinisch.bsky.social

Come and hear ‘Decolonization’s Discontents: Unfinished Revolutions in the Age of Independence’, from Dr Elisabeth Leake 6 March 2025, London E1 Book here DecolonizationsDiscontents.eventbrite.co.uk @qmul.bsky.social @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @qmpoliticsir.bsky.social @emleake.bsky.social

Did you know that we're partnered with the Raphael Samuel History Centre? Follow them @rshc.bsky.social to keep an eye on their upcoming lectures and reading groups! ✊🗃

Have you read Amitav Ghosh’s 'The Great Derangement'? Or Peter Frankopan’s 'The Earth Transformed'? Discuss with us at RSHC on Tuesday 25 Feb, 6.00 pm, London WC1 Free but registration is essential. Find information here www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event... qmul.bsky.social @bbkhistorical.bsky.social