Olivia Wyatt

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'It's a fight we share with other minorities that are increasingly threatened by violence, abuse and intimidation....It’s critical that, like the numerous Muslim organisations that offered support in the past few days, we continue to stand together and work against hatred.'

Assata Shakur Was a Black Revolutionary Who Fought for Freedom Even in Exile “Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them.”

Assata Shakur's story, Marian Jones writes in @teenvogue.com, is "also a reminder of the impact of COINTELPRO, and how it continues to impact activists today through technological surveillance, the criminalization of protest, and the targeting of dissidents." Shakur passed in Cuba on Friday.

This is an absolute tragedy.

Rising hate crimes against religious groups is in complete opposition to what we stand for - diversity, equality, tolerance. We must be outspoken in those values now.

David Berry Fellowship in the History of Scotland and the Scottish People - RHS Launched in 2023, the David Berry Fellowship provides an annual award of up to £2,500 to undertake research on the history of Scotland and the Scottish people worldwide. Applications for the 2026 Fell...

RHS funding opportunity: David Berry Fellowship in the History of Scotland and the Scottish People.

The Society's Fellowship, for up to £2500, supports research by historians of Scotland at any career stage: bit.ly/4ns6LJj

Closing date for the 2026 Fellowship: 6 March 2026

Nearly four years of work wrapped up with one e-mail! The thesis is officially off my desk 😌🎉

Are you an emerging scholar researching Black British history and looking for opportunities to share your research? Please get in touch with @oliviawyatt1999.bsky.social or Meleisa Ono George via contact info below to take part in this ⚡️ talks session @ihr.bsky.social (and please share widely!)

We hope to see as many of you as possible at our Lightning Talks in Black British History: the first event of our academic year! Get in touch if you are a PGR or ECR who would like to present, and please circulate among students who may be interested in sharing their work for 3-5 minutes

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

Thank you, Laura! Hopefully we can catch up another time

50 years on: Caribbean women and the Chapeltown bonfire night incident 1975 Marking 50 years since the Bonfire Twelve, this talk explores the women's role in resisting racism and injustice in Leeds.

In honour of the 50th anniversary of the Chapeltown Bonfire incident, I’ll be talking about Black women’s community activism in Leeds at Leeds Beckett University.

⏰ 18:00 - 19:00
📍 Rose Bowl, City Campus
🎟️ bit.ly/480KUUD

#BlackHistoryMonth #BlackBritishHistory

Assata Shakur, political activist and ex-Black Liberation Army member, has died Assata Shakur “died in Havana, Cuba, as a result of health conditions and her advanced age,” according to Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Assata Shakur has "died in Havana, Cuba, as a result of health conditions and her advanced age."

She was 78.

Can’t wait to show you what we have lined up! Follow the new IHR Black British History seminar series page 🥳🙌🏽

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

Dr Olivia Wyatt alongside text reading 'Black History Month'

🎫Join us on Tues 14 October as @oliviawyatt1999.bsky.social marks 50 years since Chapeltown's Bonfire Twelve incident, sharing her research into women's roles in resisting racism and injustice in #Leeds.

🕕18:00 - 19:00
🏛️Rose Bowl, City Campus
🔗 bit.ly/480KUUD

#BlackHistoryMonth #AcademicSky

Congratulations Colin!

BBC Radio 4 - BBC Inside Science, Does warm weather mean more rats in UK towns and cities? What’s the evidence behind rat infestation warnings? And farewell to wet wipe island

I’ll be on Today’s Inside Science with a short feature on extinction. It will air at 16:30 and will available online afterwards.

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Brilliant!! Congratulations Sadiah 🤗

Thank you Ruth! 🙏🏽

From left to right: Kristy Warren, Olivia Wyatt, Bill Schwarz, Rob Waters

'If You're Brown, You Can Stick Around': Complexions in Black Britain, 1920-85 Olivia Lauren Wyatt Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy This work was supported by the Queen Mary University of London Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; the Institute of Historical Research; and the North American Conference for British Studies

Introducing Dr. Olivia Wyatt! I’m overjoyed to share that I successfully defended my thesis last Friday, and that I have started a new position as Teaching and Research Fellow in Black British History at the University of Edinburgh. I’m incredibly grateful to my supervisors and examiners

‘A billionaire will pay a lot of money to shoot a recreated being’: historian Sadiah Qureshi on extinction and empire In her new book, Vanished, the history professor picks apart the political and philosophical dimensions of species loss

A huge thanks to the brilliant Maya Goodfellow who recently interviewed me for @theguardian.com about my book, and the entangled histories of extinction and empire more broadly.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

White banner with an image of a researcher smiling while attending an online webinar at home. The words ' ERC Advanced Grants Webinar' are written on the right-hand side.

The British Academy is hosting a webinar on 17 June for UK-based humanities and social sciences researchers interested in applying for the ERC Advanced Grants 2025 Call. Find out more and register your interest: buff.ly/WAQlY8R

Historical films and TV shows are embracing diversity – but real historical voices are still overlooked Historical writers of colour and writers from other marginalised communities are continually excluded from school curricula, literary anthologies and TV adaptations.

Historical writers of colour and writers from other marginalised communities are continually excluded from school curricula, literary anthologies and TV adaptations.

🚨Applications for our Diversity and Inclusion Fellowships are due this week on May 1!

Get those applications in soon!

More info on eligibility and how to apply here: www.nacbs.org/grants-datab...

Thank you!! 😊

Congrats to NACBS Fellow @oliviawyatt1999.bsky.social who recently won the @ihrhistorylab.bsky.social Olivette Otele Prize. 👏👏👏 Congrats, Olivia!

🤣🤣 I need to get the PhD done now! Thank you Liesbeth ❤️

Thank you so much Liesbeth! 🥹🤗

The absolutely spectacular @oliviawyatt1999.bsky.social further confirmed as spectacular!!

Very proud School of History @qmul.ac.uk colleague here! #SkyStorians

So many rising stars being recognised by this prize in your name Olivette. It’s just so wonderful! X