John Siblon
@johnsiblon25.bsky.social
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Historian interested in legacies of empire and colonialism, especially commemoration of war dead.
My latest open access article is published in the War & Society Journal. It’s an exploration of how the names of African, Asian, Arab and Caribbean sailors and seamen who died at sea in the
#FirstWorldWar
were commemorated in Mumbai not Britain
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Physical and nominal deportation and repatriation of African, Asian, Arab and Caribbean sailors and seamen after the First World War
In 1919, African and Caribbean seamen and sailors with war service in the Royal Navy and Merchant Navy, found themselves scapegoated for post-war economic problems in Britain. In disturbances aroun...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07292473.2026.2673672
18 days ago
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Kristen Alexander
18 days ago
Hallo
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! I've shared your fine article here and elsewhere. A pleasure to read, and absolutely enlightening. Congratulations!
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Physical and nominal deportation and repatriation of African, Asian, Arab and Caribbean sailors and seamen after the First World War
In 1919, African and Caribbean seamen and sailors with war service in the Royal Navy and Merchant Navy, found themselves scapegoated for post-war economic problems in Britain. In disturbances aroun...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07292473.2026.2673672
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'Physical & nominal deportation & repatriation of African, Asian, Arab & Caribbean sailors & seamen after FWW' which argues maintenance of Empire's racial hierarchy was high on IWGC’s agenda.
@tlgrady68.bsky.social
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Michael
6 months ago
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Police arrest and assault doctors supporting Palestine Action hunger striker
Doctors demanded an ambulance for a Palestine Action-linked prisoner on hunger strike experiencing chest pain
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/police-arrest-and-assault-doctors-supporting-palestine-action-hunger-striker
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ChrisO_wiki
7 months ago
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
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Charlotte Lydia Riley
8 months ago
This year one of the great joys of my work has been contributing to the advisory board for a new exhibition at the Imperial War Museum. And last week the exhibition officially opened!
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Emergency Exits: The Fight for Independence in Malaya, Kenya and Cyprus
At the end of the Second World War, a wave of independence movements swept the British Empire. Emergency Exits focuses on three often overlooked independence movements. These were brutal conflicts bet...
https://www.iwm.org.uk/events/emergency-exits-the-fight-for-independence-in-malaya-kenya-and-cyprus
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We are 6th form teachers striking for Sixth Form Pay and conditions. Our CEO on £200,000 +bonuses wants to pay teachers FE rates not 6th form rates. She would rather employ a legal firm at £1.8 million than pay wage rise owed to us from last year. Save our 6th form!
9 months ago
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Britain and the World
9 months ago
🚨THIS IS NOT A DRILL🚨
#batw2026
is celebrating two decades over two weeks! Join us online 18-19 April 2026 or in person in Boston 24-25 April 2026! Check out and share the CFP. You won’t want to miss it!
britainandtheworld.org/2026-20-year...
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2026 - 20 Years of BATW Events Page — Britain and the World
https://britainandtheworld.org/2026-20-years-of-batw-events
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Have spent this morning reading
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's wonderful thesis: 'War memory and the construction of hierarchy: representations of African and Caribbean colonial service personnel in the aftermath of the FWW'. It's fascinating and opens for interesting comparisons with other empires.
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Very moving to hear the testimonies of 14th army veterans on the BBC VJ Day 80 programme.
#VJDay
#VJ80
I do wish there were military units from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, & East and West Africa, as well as Gurkhas and British forces, present as part of the commemoration. All should be remembered.
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In 1940, after surrender of French forces, white soldiers were made POWs but 200 Senegalese infantrymen were massacred. The local population secretly buried their bodies in a mass grave before reinterment in an African style ‘tata’ in Chasselay. It was vandalised this year but is now restored.
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@batw.bsky.social
Thanks for the opportunity to give a paper at
#batw2025
on the imperial dimension to WW1 commemoration with Louise Rodwell, Francis Van Berkel and Sarah Fissmer. Used my time in Liverpool to seek out one of Britain’s first memorials to black service personnel in Faulkner Square.
12 months ago
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History Workshop
about 1 year ago
📣 Call for participants 📣 Have you ever used any History Workshop Journal articles in your teaching practice? We’d love to hear from you for the 100th issue of HWJ! Please let us know by sending an email or feel free to DM.
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Jürgen Zimmerer
about 1 year ago
"Forgotten Sites of Memory. Swakopmund und Hamburg" Our panel discussion with Sima Luipert, Laidlaw Peringanda and Ashkan Cheheltan is now online. 🎬
lecture2go.uni-hamburg.de/l2go/-/get/v...
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Podiumsdiskussion: „Forgotten Sites of Memory. Swakopmund and Hamburg" - Prof. Dr. Jürgen Zimmerer - Universität Hamburg - Lecture2Go
Alle öffentlichen Medien ansehen und recherchieren.
https://lecture2go.uni-hamburg.de/l2go/-/get/v/71067
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Just bonkers. Pro-Israel groups taunting pro-Palestine protesters by singing Stevie Wonder to the tune of “Happy Birthday to us!”
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about 1 year ago
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“Nous rentrerons ensemble”, Suzanne et Simone, une amitié au camp de Ravensbrück via @FRANCE24
Lors de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, environ 8 000 femmes ont été déportées depuis la France vers Ravensbrück, en Allemagne, le plus grand camp de concentration nazi pour femmes du IIIe Reich. Suzanne ...
https://webdoc.france24.com/nous-rentrerons-ensemble-suzanne-simone-camp-ravensbruck/index.html
about 1 year ago
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Twenty-five years since Bernie Grant’s passing but his call for social justice and reparations lives on. Visit the Bernie Grant archive and donate to the trust if you can:
berniegrantarchive.org.uk
about 1 year ago
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Britain and the World
about 1 year ago
Did you know
#batw2025
: Did you know that the draft program was sent out today? Delegates, please check your e-mail, and take a look at our exciting panels. Can’t wait to see you in Liverpool!
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