‘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...
This is a fascinating looking paper by @benjamin-bland.bsky.social, on processes of racialisation in the popular culture of late C20th Britain.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Book launch 3. Matthew Hilton’s Charity After Empire, Tues 24 March 6pm, Arts 2, @qmul.bsky.social, with @rshc.bsky.social, @riakapoor.bsky.social, David Williams, Kavita Datta and Bill Schwarz: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
Book launch 2. Andrew Smith's @smidbob.bsky.social ky.social Make Cheese not War. Transnational Resistance and the Larzac in modern France, 9pm, 5.30pm at @ihr.bsky.social in conversation with @alisoncarrol.bsky.social, @vbivar.bsky.social
& Sarah Farmer : www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Book launch 1. Leslie James' The Moving Word: How the West African and Caribbean Press Shaped Black Political Thought: this Thursday 4 March, 6pm QMUL Graduate Centre, 7th Floor in conversation with Musab Younis (Oxford)
Three book launches by QM History in March: Leslie James; Andrew Smith @smidbob.bsky.social and Matthew Hilton
History PhD students and postdocs: join us for ‘How to Publish Your Research: a workshop for Early Career Researchers’
with Profs Stephen Legg, Elisabeth Leake, Matthew Hilton & Erez Manela
18 March, Birkbeck, Bloomsbury
More info here www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...
@jessicareinisch.bsky.social
Deploying History for Change: A Public Lecture
Davarian Baldwin (Trinity College, Connecticut)
1st April, 5.30pm
Queen Mary University of London, E1 4NS
Book here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/deploying-history-for-change-a-public-lecture-tickets-1983359946992
@bbkhistorical.bsky.social
@qmul.bsky.social
We are advertising a two-year lectureship in Modern British History at University of Cambridge, please spread the word!
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...
Tomorrow (24th) at 5pm with @liamliburd.bsky.social ,
@juanitacox.bsky.social and Bobby Phe Amis: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-go-hom...
Use 20% discount code CAE2026 to purchase here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/c...
Today is the publication date for Matthew Hilton's Charity After Empire: www.qmul.ac.uk/media/news/2...
Not quite QM British Studies but @smidbob.bsky.social is a wonderful neighbour & ally. Congratulations!
Next week, I'm speaking at The Mix in Bethnal Green as part of an event on the history of the inner workings of the Home Office. I'll be speaking about the letter signed by 38 immigration officers at London Heathrow airport in support of Enoch Powell in the wake of his 1968 'Rivers of Blood' speech.
If you’re planning to be in Sheffield in April, @ihr.bsky.social @royalhistsoc.org and @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy are hosting the annual History & Archives in Practice conference, registration now open! www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/professional...
Why did charity become the outlet for global compassion?
Join us for the launch of 'Charity After Empire' by Matthew Hilton
24/3/26, QMUL, London E1
Book here eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launch-charity-after-empire-tickets-1981162909594
@qmul.bsky.social
On advance access: "Air Travel, Statelessness, and the Rights Claims of Ugandan Asians, c.1973"
by @riakapoor.bsky.social (@qmul.bsky.social)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
Thanks too for support from @rshc.bsky.social
Next QMCBS Book Launch with @qmulsse.bsky.social : Matthew Hilton's Charity After Empire on 24 March 6pm: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc.... Panel with Bill Schwarz,
@riakapoor.bsky.social Kavita Datta & David Williams
Prof Miles Ogborn, Queen Mary University of London
Who was Granville? Questions from the archive of the 1831-32 uprising in Jamaica
5-7 PM | SR24 | English Faculty Building, Cambridge University
Excellent essay from @colmpm.bsky.social on Labour's current mess, adeptly balancing strucuture and agency
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
Will be of interest to @mbsbirmingham.bsky.social @cammbhw.bsky.social and those heading to this year's Birmingham conference
@modbritstud.bsky.social
Job opportunity: 18 month fellowship in British Studies working @ihr.bsky.social to undertake own research and prep for NACBS2027 @thenacbs.bsky.social
www.jobs.london.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
And another QM @qmulsse.bsky.social book launch - Leslie James' The Moving Word: How the West African and Caribbean Press Shaped Black Political Thought: Thurs 5 March 6pm: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
We're thrilled to be welcoming legendary broadcaster Kate Adie to the @mileendinstitute.bsky.social for our 5th distinguished Hennessy Lecture.
She'll discuss her life as a reporter and explore the challenges & paths ahead for journalism today.
16 Feb 6:30.Book here!
www.qmul.ac.uk/mei/events/m...
Former Past & Present Co-Editor Matthew Hilton's (@qmcbs.bsky.social) new book "Charity After Empire: British Humanitarianism, Decolonisation and Development" is out now through @universitypress.cambridge.org CORE and formally published next month
doi.org/10.1017/9781...
There are a couple events discussing it scheduled for the spring in London:
The first at QMUL on Tuesday 24 March (5-7pm) with a panel comprising Ria Kapoor; Kavita Datta; David Williams
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
I'm really looking forward to reading Matthew Hilton's timely new @universitypress.cambridge.org book Charity after Empire: British Humanitarianism, Decolonisation, and Development.
www.cambridge.org/core/books/c...
