Just published in @jich.bsky.social, alongside my colleague Jim Phillips Black Essential Workers, Racialised Citizenship and Community ‘Friendliness’: The British Honduran Forestry Unit in Scotland, 1941–1943 doi.org/10.1080/0308...

📢 New out! Theo Williams @theo-williams.bsky.social argues for Black activism in Britain to be viewed through a more global lens. #activism #anti-colonialism #anti-racism #BlackLiberationFront #BlackPower #decolonization #neocolonialism #Pan-Africanism Read here: doi.org/10.1017/S174...

Just published open access in @globalhistjnl.bsky.social ‘Inside the belly of the monster’: The politics of race in Britain, transnational anti-colonialism, and the Black Liberation Front doi.org/10.1017/S174...

This looks quite a lot like an assertion by the Home Office that it knew it was breaking the law, didn't care, and doesn't regret it.

My new book, An Injury to All: The Unmaking of the British Working Class, is now listed in Verso's trade catalogue for 2026. You can find it here: versobooks.com/en-gb/pages/...

Just published open access in @globalhistjnl.bsky.social ‘Inside the belly of the monster’: The politics of race in Britain, transnational anti-colonialism, and the Black Liberation Front doi.org/10.1017/S174...

JOB ALERT: amazing 4-year post in postwar British history and refugee studies at @uniofreading.bsky.social Humanities! A post perfectly suited for someone working on political and social histories of race and migration in late 20c. Deadline 5 September. jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

It's Publication Day for my article tracing Black women in famous British art. 'Black Modernist Muses in Jacob Epstein's Art' Read full article here👇🏾 doi-org.eux.idm.oclc.org/10.1080/0961... image: 'Roma of Barbados' Fitzwilliam Museum/Jacob Epstein @womenshistoryrev.bsky.social

Welcome, friends! Come learn about our book and sign up for some exerpts, interviews and fun extras in the run up to its release: friendsincommon.substack.com/p/welcome-fr...

Transforming Nations and Identities in a Global World After 1945: CfP for the Global History Initiative's fall conference in Glasgow: rb.gy/f33c4p Deadline for proposals March 28

Looks like a great event coming up at Glasgow this October

#OtD 8 Mar 1917 defying union leaderships, women workers and housewives took the streets of St Petersburg against high prices and hunger. They were joined the next day by 200,000 workers, sparking the February Revolution stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1...

In the 1950s-60s, the African Association in Cairo became a hub for anticolonial activists from across the world. @alexjwhite.bsky.social examines the role of transnational activists who shaped the anticolonial movement. www.historyworkshop....

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...

NEW PUBLICATION My article 'Willing Conscripts' has just been published Open Access in @global-ih.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... The article examines how Black radical thinkers from 18th-20th centuries attempted to reconcile modernity and the African past. 1/4

NEW PUBLICATION My article 'Willing Conscripts' has just been published Open Access in @global-ih.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... The article examines how Black radical thinkers from 18th-20th centuries attempted to reconcile modernity and the African past. 1/4

Marika was instrumental to the development of Black histories in Britain and elsewhere. She was also an important mentor to so many scholars. Her presence will be missed but her legacies will endure.

On 27 Feb my book comes out. It’s about how Liverpool’s recent history should change the way we think about modern Britain. On this thread every few days till then, I will tweet an extraordinary fact about Liverpool’s twentieth-century. Pre-order here: www.waterstones.com/book/liverpo...

Posting my ballot #UCU. Our HE branches are fighting for our lives. Alone we crumble, united we’re strong. Please vote for me & for left/independent candidates. We need leadership prepared to uphold democracy, to organise, & who believe in collectivity as strength. rhiannonforucuvp.wordpress.com

The online version of my new co-edited book *Anti-racism in Britain: Traditions, Histories and Trajectories* can be found here: www.manchesterhive.com/display/9781... Institutional access required, I'm afraid. 1/

Our book is out! Get your library requests in for Anti-racism in Britain: Traditions, histories and trajectories, c.1880-present & thank you to all who contributed to the volume, it was a pleasure working with everyone.

A reminder that next Friday 29 Nov I’ll be launching my book MULTICULTURAL BRITAIN in Birmingham, one of the book’s key case studies. Details of where and when 👇 Join us if you can! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/multicultu...

Starter Pack on Colonialism, Decolonisation & Race 👇. Interdisciplinary and not limited to academics. Set it up last week so I may have missed people who joined recently - pls let me know if you'd like to be added (or removed). ..Overlapping starter packs v.welcome! go.bsky.app/NypyY8Q

I put together a new starter pack of people who do work on the history of socialism. Encompasses different aspects, tendencies, and eras, including recent years. Let me know if you have suggestions or would like to be added yourself.

Hi all, I'm new to Bluesky. Thought I'd make a thread of some of the things I've done over the past few years... (cont.)

I'm excited to have a chapter in this new collection published by @manchesterup.bsky.social yesterday, edited by @theo-williams.bsky.social, Grace Redhead and @saffroneast.bsky.social. My chapter is 'Jews and the Race Relations Acts'. The whole book is excellent. www.google.co.uk/books/editio...