A bed of tulips in bloom, spelling Dr Max. On Malieban in Utrecht
A history plaque in Dutch and English with a photo and description of Dr Max.
Saturday's #PastProtestForPresentStrength Dr Max! She sheltered, saved children during Nazi occupation of Utrecht. A tulip tribute to her bursting into bloom on street where she lived. Walked by and felt inspired.
agree that a broader treatment would be great.
Te Puea, Aotearoa NZ. I wrote about her and this refusal in a chapter for Santanu Das, and a useful overview of broader movement here: nzhistory.govt.nz/war/first-wo...
Poster, mood, promise, hope...
[Seen on revolving door to shopping center]
A quote from a website about not killing, and the clarity of how to treat people as beloved humans not blemishes.
Today's Past protest 4 present strength. On necessity of hope in face of global effed-up-ery. Originally written by Jim Forest re Vietnam War, revisited for climate change, COVID and racism 2021. Thanks @smidbob.bsky.social for source.
#Past4Present #Protest #Hope
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For more info, basic, see wikipedia (NOT cheatG*T) Dolle Mina. Inspiring. Protests from the past inspiring actions to address present issues. Wikipedia share.google/gRQug0oQHvrk...
Chalked slogan "je bent niet Alleen xxx" on pavement outside women's health clinic, with bikes riding past
Cyclists biking along bike path with chalked hearts, and "your body, your choice", with old Dutch sunlit building in background.
Past protests 4 present strength: spotted each day cycling to/fro school drop off. I am not alone, am boss of my own body, loved and smart. Chalkee outside women's health clinic in response to shaming event last year. Inspired by 1969 #DolleMina #PlayIsProtest #Past4Present for more see
Snapshot of our moment from my desk: Historians routinely prefacing emails and publication updates with "I know the world is falling apart/we are in a time of crisis but"
= 'Interesting Times' (Terry Pratchett RIP) and it sucks. Rather teach it than live it. Vote, donate, witness, rinse, repeat...
We LOVED reading this out loud with our kids, and taking turns. Much joking over which partner did it more justice (mum has better voices, dad doesn't mess with the text.) Kids were exmpt from critique.
Everything is terrifying, but am writing with former student on how folk have been terrified and held on and fought back before - anti-racist French rap and its genealogy in French poetry and resistance - goes back centuries. An opening to courage #RendreACésaire #Blackout #Toussaint
Listening tip: Is rap always a counter-culture? Questions raised in Gilroy's Black Atlantic, cultural studies theories, always being updated, explored, and v often in French rap context:
www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
Yes, very true. Well, they have one fan in the Netherlands!
Although the Crimson has been doing better than a lot of mainstream papers on reporting this topic.
Vital questions and interventions here - moving from American or French/UK frameworks to locally specific Dutch analysis:
www.akademievankunsten.nl/bijeenkomste...
This a helpful further dig into his complexity:
@tijmenelias.bsky.social ... for you?
Excited to read this - teach Fela Kuti most years - always a rich discussion of his complexity - and connection to pan-African circuits of knowledge - move through music, as well as political, activist and writerly networks. Fela part of creating and preserving braided knowledges, knowledge-making.
wow, what an image...
Amplifying!
They look so pasty (of course I mean the burgers...)
Too many non-academic posts. I'm forgetting what this account is for!
To atone: Le Corbusier had 2 complaints about his brand new fancy building in Marseille: the 2nd was the poisonous smoke making everyone ill (ch 1 of my book), but the FIRST was that tourists were banging al fresco on the roof.
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One of the first archives I used in my research and it opened a world. Amazing gift.
Curious as to whether folk have tried this with students, or themselves? Experiences? www.theguardian.com/games/2026/f...
Looking forward to my book launch at @ihrlibrary.bsky.social Modern French History seminar on 9 March. I'm honoured to have @alisoncarrol.bsky.social, @vbivar.bsky.social & Sarah Farmer speaking. You can attend in person or online, sign up below:
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🗃️ #skystorians
Our family caught up in this. Fought back just in time, not realising bigger picture, thinking we'd erred (immigrants, new system)
Shock of receiving govt bill, 20,000 for pre-approved childcare benefit = extreme. Stress huge - even with education, privilege of whiteness, resources to demand info
Ongoing and deeply damaging legacies of colonialism in real lives, taken-away children, families bankrupted and devastated: doi.org/10.1177/0261...
and... personal gloss...
Fort Nassau in Ghana (left), by Hans Propheet in 1629. Established following a treaty with the Asebu in 1612, the fort came under control of the Dutch West India Company in 1624. This WIC map of 1650 (right) emphasised Dutch occupation of Brazil, for which slaves from Fort Nassau were trafficked.
