Shahmima Akhtar

INSTITUTE OF HISTORICAL RESEARCH BLACK BRITISH HISTORY SEMINAR THE 'WEST AFRICAN VILLAGE': ROMANCING SCOTTISHNESS AT THE NATIONAL EXHIBITION OF 1911 SEMINARS SPEAKER: DR ROCHELLE ROWE (EDINBURGH) THURSDAY, 19 MARCH 2026, 5:30 PM (IN PERSON & ONLINE) HTTPS://WWW.HISTORY.AC.UK/NEWS-EVENTS/EVENTS/WEST-AFRICAN-VILLAGE-ROMANCING-SCOTTISHNESS-NATIONAL-

Join us next Thursday to hear from Dr Rochelle Rowe: “The 'West African Village': romancing Scottishness at the National Exhibition of 1911”

📍 N304, Third Floor, IHR, Senate House (and online)
📆 Thursday 19th March, 2026
⏰ 17:30
🔗 www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

🔔 Next Thursday 19 March:

Dr Rochelle Rowe (Edinburgh) will be speaking @ihrblackbritish.bsky.social seminar on ‘The ‘West African Village’: Romancing Scottishness at the National Exhibition of 1911.’

In person and online. Book now and join us if you can! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

‘The Polycrisis? Historical Roots & Critical Perspectives in Modern British Studies' programme is looking very exciting; we'll be writing to speakers next week, & launching the lineup soon.
Huge thanks to @britishacademy.bsky.social for supporting #MBS2026
www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/moder...

New exhibition to explore histories of Black and South Asian feminist pioneers "Women Strike Back!"

Thanks to everyone who came to the ‘Women Strike Back! exhibition launch. And to the team that made this possible: Abi Freeman, Sarah Howard, Sreenanti Banerjee & Siza Dube. It will be up for a few weeks at St Paul’s Learning Centre and Bristol Central Library. www.bristol247.com/news-and-fea...

My book on the history of British South Asian political activism is out this September!

Available to pre-order now from all good bookshops and online.

Please join us for the launch of our 'Women Strike Back!' exhibition on Monday 9th March. The wonderful Vanessa Kasuule will be joining us for a poetry reading.

You can book your tickets via: ticketpass.org/event/ELVTJM...

Publication day! My book Keeping Hold: A Cultural and Social History of Possession in Eighteenth-Century Britain is out now. 20% discount code KEHO2026. www.cambridge.org/core/books/k...

Calendar of IHR Research Training January to April 2026. All the details are in the web link in the body of the post.

More Research Training from the IHR . The term 2 calendar is now live.
www.history.ac.uk/study-traini...

Very pleased to share details of a new permanent academic job opportunity in Creative & Cultural Industries at University College Dublin. We are seeking candidates with a PhD whose work engages with the commercial creative industries. Deadline: 6 March 2026 universityvacancies.com/university-c....

18 month postdoc at the lovely IHR in London, $41,740. Deadline 7 March. 'The Fellow will play a key role within the IHR team responsible for hosting the 2027 North American Conference in British Studies (NACBS)' in London 2027.

Repost to spread the word. #Skystorians

FindAPhD : PhD Studentships to support doctoral research in the Arthur Scargill Archive at the University of Sheffield at University of Sheffield Apply for a PhD: PhD Studentships to support doctoral research in the Arthur Scargill Archive at the University of Sheffield at University of Sheffield

Three scholarships for PhD in Arthur Scargill Archive - quite the opportunity. Believe me when I say that I am sure that some of the stuff in here will be quite the eye-opener! (if the good stuff hasn't been already shredded or slapped with an embargo)

Documentary Series | YHP

The full episode is available to watch by clicking on the link below! Please watch and share widely!

#EachOneTeachOne✊🏿

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Hello! Does anyone have any reading on climate related migration from the Caribbean? Any recommendations would be gratefully received!

“You are not to allow yourselves to be frightened”, Norman Manley’s Visits to Britain and Transnational Care in Post-war Britain

QM's Deanna Lyncook @deannalyncook.bsky.social speaking at Black British History seminar on 22 Jan about Norman Manley's visits to Britain and transnational care www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

HAPPY NEW YEAR! 🎉

To celebrate the start of a new year, we are currently offering 40% OFF EVERY SINGLE BOOK on our website, until 31st January 2026.

Head to our website (link in bio) to shop now.
#booksky

My book is coming out in paperback in the new year for £25! manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526194930/

Ongoing decimation of British universities part 252:

Apx. 1000 academic staff at University of Essex just received formal ‘risk of redundancy’ letters via email.

Please share @ucuessex.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk

Front cover of the History UK 'Disability and History Project Report' 2025. Full text: "Disability and History Project Report. Lead author: Dr Sarah Holland. Project Research Fellows: Dr Alexandra F. Morris, Dr Sarah E. Hayward, and Tilly Guthrie. Supported by an Advisory Board. Co-funded by the Royal Historical Society." With History UK and Royal Historical Society logos

History UK has today released its 'History UK Disability and History Report' (2025): bit.ly/44PH51Z

The report aims to raise the profile of issues relating to disability and history in UK Higher Education. Its research and writing were co-funded by the Royal Historical Society. #Skystorians

Exhibiting Irishness: Empire, Race, and Nation, c.1850–1970, by Shahmima Akhtar Over the past thirty years, there has been a vast expansion in the literature on Irish imperial sensibilities and belonging, as well as numerous works reco

Michael de Nie reviews 'Exhibiting Irishness: Empire, Race, and Nation, c.1850–1970', by Shahmima Akhtar @shahmimaakhtar.bsky.social

academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-...

@manchesterup.bsky.social

Title screen for Lucy McCormick's video 'The history of social class and the Bibliography of British and Irish History'

In this On History blog, @lucy-mccormick.bsky.social and Jenny Lelkes-Rarugal discuss how the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) can be used to research and teach the histories of social class buff.ly/ZDbRcur

I didn’t realise you were here! Thank you!

Lovely to see Exhibiting Irishness at the @manchesterup.bsky.social table at #NACBS2025

PhD Studentship on Family Separation, funded by ERC - CALL FOR APPLICATIONS - RHS PhD Studentship on Family Separation, funded by European Research Council Call for Applications, deadline - 1 March 2026 This is a call for expressions of interest for a European Research Council-fund...

An excellent PhD opportunity for someone to work on family separation during WW1 or WW2. I've done some research on Italian emigrant families separated when the father was serving in the Italian Army and it's a really fascinating area of study. royalhistsoc.org/calendar/phd...

Looking forward to the first full day of conference proceedings at #NACBS2025 today, and sharing new research with @saimanasar.bsky.social @shahmimaakhtar.bsky.social & Rob Waters. So many brilliant panels to chose from, but come along if you can!

Mobility Justice and the Big Ride for Palestine With a focus on how anticolonial social movements can pose solutions to multiple contemporary problems, this essay takes up the Big Ride for Palestine. The principal argument – that the Big Ride co...

I wrote something about #StopDeKindermoord

We are delighted to announce that MBS2026 will be held at the University of Birmingham, 3-5 June 2026!

Papers may consider the opening day's theme of 'Polycrisis', but we also welcome all submissions related to modern British studies.

For any questions please contact mbs2026@contacts.bham.ac.uk

Email Olivia.Wyatt@ed.ac.uk or Meleisa.Ono-George@history.ox.ac.uk to present online or in-person

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

Photograph of the Black People’s Day of Action, March 1981

The IHR Black British History seminar series is now on BlueSky!

Follow us for updates and keep your eyes peeled for information about our upcoming seminars 👀

@ihr.bsky.social #BlackBritishHistory #historians #academia

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

A new academic year is here, and so is our autumn term programme! A thread of our speakers follows.

Sign-up links available soon but note dates in diaries now! 📆