My friend and colleague, Michael Collins's Windrush Cricket arrived in the post today. Christmas has come early! @uclhistory.bsky.social y.social @academic.oup.com

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There is still time to join our Race Ethnicity and Postcolonial Studies MA - Information Session today: www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of... #MARaceEthnicityandPostcolonialStudies

CfP: Women and Musical Histories, 1789–1914 Submit by 31 Jan 26 Royal Academy of Music, London; 3-4 Sept 2026 They welcome papers (20 mins) & lecture-recitals (30 mins) that address the broad theme of women in/and musical history across the period 1789–1914. www.ram.ac.uk/research/wom...

Counting across worlds (or, how to love a zero) 4 February 2026, 5pm-7pm This presentation outlines the rocky efforts of two Indigenous researchers to collaborate across incommensurability through an extremely relational form of Western knowledge: statistics. www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

Peak Pharma: Toward a New Political Economy of Health 2 Feb 6:15pm @ucl-ccs.bsky.social welcomes authors Susi Geiger (U. College Dublin) and Théo Bourgeron (U. of Edinburgh) to present their new book. Moderated by Toby Seddon @sriucl.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

On Resonance: Literature, Theory, Education 10 Dec 5:30–7:15pm Could the idea of resonance offer another slant on the “love of literature,” while also clarifying how critical theory can animate, and captivate? 60th PESGB Lecture with Rita Felski (U. Virginia) www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

Ethiopian Christianity, Islam and European Perceptions of Religious Sameness and Difference 10 December 2025, 5pm–7pm A UCL Early Modern Exchanges seminar with Eduardo Fernández Guerrero (The Warburg Institute) and Carlos Cañete Jiménez (CSIC) www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

IAS Book Launch: Out of Gaza 4 December 2025, 6pm-8pm With @uclmiddleeast.bsky.social we are delighted to host Katharina Galor for the launch of her book 'Out of Gaza. A Tale of Love, Exile, and Friendship'. www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

IAS Book Launch: Critical Games 2 Dec, 6:30-8pm Please join @timb-m.bsky.social Tim Beasley-Murray for the launch of his new book Critical games: On Play and Seriousness in Academia, Literature and Life. www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

If you are in London on 2nd December and interested in Critical Games, do come and help launch it at the UCL Institute of Advance Studies! I'll be in discussion with Abigail Wiliams (Oxford/KCL). @manchesterup.bsky.social @artshumsucl.bsky.social @ucl-ias.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

How public art shapes community and identity in Delhi’s Lodhi Art District. 📅 25 November | ⏰ 1 PM – 2 PM | Free and open to all! Find out more: tinyurl.com/ucl-lodhi #UCLGeography #PublicArt #UrbanIdentity #CityLife #CreativePlacemaking @ucl.ac.uk @ucl-ias.bsky.social

Our Next Seminar: 📢☢️ Radioactive Marxisms & Atomic Fairytales from the former East Germany, with Sarah James Friday 28th November 2025, 5.30-7.30pm @ucl-ias.bsky.social Common Ground G11, ground floor, South Wing, UCL Gower St, London WC1E 6BT www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

Theatre and Marxism(s), with Shane Boyle @shaneboyle.bsky.social Friday 5th December 2025, 5.30-7.30pm @ucl-ias.bsky.social Common Ground G11, ground floor, South Wing, UCL Gower St, London WC1E 6BT www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

Mondrian’s Firebomb: Avant-Garde and Underdevelopment in Brazil, with Thomas Waller @thomaswaller.bsky.social Friday 12th December, 2025 5.30-7.30pm @ucl-ias.bsky.social Common Ground G11, ground floor, South Wing, UCL Gower St, London WC1E 6BT www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

Head to @ucl-ias.bsky.social next week, 26 Nov at 6:00pm GMT, to hear Richard Ellis discuss his book, When Galaxies Were Born, a firsthand account of how scientists harnessed the world’s largest telescopes to decipher the history of the universe and witness cosmic dawn. Learn more: buff.ly/MoKWGpL

‘So-called Puerperal Insanity’ Diagnosing Postnatal Mental Illness (late 19th-early 20thC) 27 Nov 6:15pm With case studies from London & Liverpool asylums, Hilary Marland examines response of asylum doctors to debate about role of childbirth in prompting mental illness www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

IAS Book Launch: Galaxies 26 November 2025, 6pm-8pm Join us at the IAS for a double book launch dedicated to galaxies. We welcome authors Richard Ellis (When Galaxies were Born) and Or Graur (Galaxies). www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

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How Second Empire France Turned Against the Friends TODAY! 4pm Using serial novels, vaudeville plays & newspapers of the Second Empire, Andrea Goulet proposes fictional Quaker as a screen on which the French projected their ambivalence about liberté, égalité, fraternité www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

I’ll Make Me a World: The Past, Present & Future(s) of Black History 18 Nov 5:30pm @uclamericas.bsky.social @sprc-ucl.bsky.social Prof Givens identifies what’s at stake in “black memory work” & what can be done to preserve & expand this important intellectual tradition www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

Join us in person at UCL, or online, at 6pm on 9th December. Register at isrf.org/events/neoli...

#London! Join Alison Bashford tonight, Nov 13 at 6:15pm, with @ucl-ias.bsky.social & @uclhhcentre.bsky.social as she discusses her new book, Decoding the Hand: A History of Science, Medicine, and Magic. #HistSTM #HSTM #HistSci #BookTour #palmistry buff.ly/Bw0sA38

IAS Book Launch: Pioneering Women Archivists 1 December 2025, 6pm-8pm We are delighted to welcome Elizabeth Shepherd for the launch of her book 'Pioneering Women Archivists in Early 20th Century England' www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

Radioactive Marxisms & Atomic Fairytales from the former East Germany 28 November 2025, 5:30pm-7:30pm An Ultra-Violet Art History of Afterlives. Join this @marxisminculture.bsky.social seminar with Sara James (Manchester School of Art, MMU) www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

IAS Book Launch: Galaxies 🌌✨🚀 26 November 2025, 6pm-8pm Join us at the IAS for a double book launch dedicated to galaxies. We welcome authors Richard Ellis (When Galaxies were Born) and Or Graur (Galaxies). www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

Biometrics and Palmistry: The UCL Story 13 Nov 6:15pm-7:30pm Join Alison Bashford FBA, who will explore the central place of UCL-associated research in this unexpected strand of medical history and of somatic diagnostics. www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

New Reading Group: Evident Tongues, Evident Bodies 12 Nov 2:30pm Join IAS Fellows Rana Banna & Mary Newman for the first session, exploring how early-modern writers connected linguistic encounters with sensory encounters of seeing, hearing, touching, tasting & smelling www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

⏰Still time to register! Cricket, Imperial Culture and the Remaking of Postwar England 10 Nov, 5:30pm-7pm Dr Michael Collins @uclhistory.bsky.social will re-consider the postwar history of the ‘Windrush Generation’ and how cricket 'remade' postwar England. www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

📚 Book Launch Join us for the launch of Slavery in the British Empire and its Legacy in the Modern World by Dr. Steve Cushion. 🗓️ Date: 12 November 2025 🕠 Time: 17:30–19:00 BST 💻 Location: Online 🔗 www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...

British Academy Early Career Network: Writing Retreat 28 Nov, 9am-5pm @britishacademy.bsky.social ​​​​​​​If you are an early career researcher looking to finish (or start) that piece of writing/lecture/grant application/proposal, this event might be for you! www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

I’ll Make Me a World: The Past, Present & Future(s) of Black History 18 Nov 6-8pm @sprc-ucl.bsky.social Prof Jarvis R. Givens will discuss what’s politically at stake in “black memory work” and what can be done to preserve & expand this important intellectual tradition. www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

Biometrics and Palmistry: The UCL Story 13 Nov 6:15-7:30pm @ucl-ias.bsky.social Join our seminar with Alison Bashford FBA, who will explore the central place of UCL-associated research in this unexpected strand of medical history and of somatic diagnostics. www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

Evident Tongues, Evident Bodies: Language, Sense & Proof 12 Nov 2:30-4pm This new @ucl-ias.bsky.social reading group explores how early-modern writers connected linguistic encounters with sensory encounters in the production of evidence. www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

Environmental Exposures, Disability, and Reproductive Justice 11 November 2025, 1pm-2pm Join this 'Sexuality, Reproductive Health, and Justice' reading group session with Dr Rosamund Greiner (Institute for Global Health) www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

Shady Quakers, or How Second Empire France Turned Against the Friends 19 Nov 4pm Using novels, plays & newspaper columns, Andrea Goulet proposes the fictional Quaker as a screen onto which the French projected their own ambivalence about “liberté, égalité et fraternité" www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

Displaying Sara Baartman, the 'Hottentot Venus' 6 November 2025, 1pm-2pm Join us at Wellcome Collection for our Historical Health & The Body Reading Group for PhD, ECR & interested historical researchers. www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

Cricket, Imperial Culture and the Remaking of Postwar England 10 November 2025, 5:30pm-7pm This session with Dr Michael Collins @uclhistory.bsky.social will re-consider the postwar history of the ‘Windrush Generation’ and how cricket 'remade' postwar England. www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

Logistics & Power in Illegitimate Markets 29 Oct 5pm, UCL, London Illegal logistics reveal social & cultural consequences of two centuries of laissez-faire economics. @ucl-ccs.bsky.social welcomes Susan Zieger to give this seminar. With Prof @ariskomporozos.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

⚠️Last chance to register! Space, Mobility & Subjecthood in Early Modern History 29 Oct 5:30pm UCL & online With authors of new books on histories of the Spanish Atlantic, feat. Bethan Fisk, Chloe L. Ireton, Adolfo Polo y la Borda, Julia McClure & Santiago Muñoz Arbeláez www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

Join us for this term's Queer and Trans Pre-Modern Reading Group @ucl-ias.bsky.social ! Newcomers very welcome, just email me to sign up! For more info: tinyurl.com/y7kue3ek.

An 'experimental' piece of writing by me @ucl-ias.bsky.social on Crawford Lake, the site proposed for the Anthropocene's location c.1950. (Publication was delayed—it was written before the Subcommission for Quaternary Stratigraphy's rejection of the Anthropocene as an epoch). #Anthropocene

Cricket, Imperial Culture and the Remaking of Postwar England 10 Nov 5:30–7pm at UCL This session with Dr Michael Collins (@uclhistory.bsky.social) will re-consider the postwar history of the ‘Windrush Generation’ and how cricket 'remade' postwar England. www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

Book Launch: Recognition Politics in Settler Colonial States: Normalizing Dispossession and Elimination in Palestine 23 October 2025, 6pm-8pm Along with @ucl-ias.bsky.social, we are delighted to host Emile Badarin for the launch of his book. www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

⚡️First seminar of new academic year Rethinking Revolutionary Memory: The Production and Afterlives of Yugoslav Socialist Monuments with Sanja Horvatinčić & Beti Žerovc 31st Oct 🎃, 5.30-7.30pm @ucl-ias.bsky.social IAS Common Ground G11, South Wing, UCL,WC1E 6BT www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

HYBRID: Space, Mobility, and Subjecthood in Early Modern History 29 Oct 5:30–7:30 pm A roundtable with authors of new books on histories of the Spanish Atlantic: Bethan Fisk, @chloeireton.bsky.social, Adolfo Polo y la Borda, Julia McClure and Santiago Muñoz Arbeláez. www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

Sylvia Townsend Warner's Old Teapot: Archives, Objects and Life-Writing 22 October 2025, 5:30 pm–8:30 pm Join us for the 2025 Sylvia Townsend Warner Lecture, featuring Harriet Baker. www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

Dylan Thomas: Need We Say More? 10 October 2025, 12pm-1pm You are invited to this Friday Lunchtime Session organised by ARIEL, UCL's Centre for Creative Practice Research. Dr Dai George will be joined in conversation by Mererid Puw Davies. www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

Launching the new issue of Migration and Society - exploring migration, solidarity & the “Anti-Refugee Machine”. Featuring editors from @ucl.ac.uk Geography and @ucl-ias.bsky.social. 🗓️ 21 Oct, 4:30–6:30pm | Online #Migration #Refugees #Solidarity #UCLGeography

Join the next session of the Reading Group on Sexuality, Reproductive Health, and Justice. 📅27 Oct, 2-4pm 📍51 Gordon Square, WC1H 0PN Join us to workshop Dr Amelia Morris (University of Exeter)’s paper on Taylor Swift and reproductive labour. www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...