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Liz Egan

@lizegan.bsky.social

Historian of Britain and the Caribbean (She/Her). Teaching Fellow, University of Warwick & RA, Trinity Hall. ECR Rep History UK & Conference Coordinator Society for Caribbean Studies

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ECR in 2025: Part Two- What can be done? – SSFH

Treat ECRs like people, prepare ECRs in our fields for other careers, only supervise students if you can really commit. It’s sad this stuff still needs saying.

2nd anon post in ECR in 2025 series on the French History Network asks β€œWhat can be done?”

πŸ—ƒοΈ#FRHistory

frenchhistorysociety.co.uk/6693/

24.09.2025 07:33 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 5
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Join us on 23 September for the start of our CLACS Caribbean Studies Seminar Series 2025/26 @ilcs.bsky.social / @soccaribbeanuk.bsky.social
The Long Road from Bog Walk: Electricity and Electrification in Jamaica, 1890s–1970s w/ Andrew Williams (University of the West Indies, Mona) shorturl.at/euVXU

15.09.2025 09:49 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Festival of Black History is THIS Saturday @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social. Tickets are free but booking is essential! billetto.co.uk/e/festival-o...

04.09.2025 18:21 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Annual Meeting – Association of Caribbean Historians

The ACH Executive Committee is pleased to announce that its 57th Annual Conference will be held at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica, from May 24-28, 2026. (There will be an optional field trip on Friday, May 29.)

Call for papers! associationofcaribbeanhistorians.org/annual-meeti...

04.09.2025 15:51 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
Front page of the TRHS article: 'Pan-African Print in Interwar Britain: Ras T. Makonnen and International African Opinion', by Jack Bowman

Front page of the TRHS article: 'Pan-African Print in Interwar Britain: Ras T. Makonnen and International African Opinion', by Jack Bowman

Image of the print publication 'International African Opinion' in TRHS article 'Pan-African Print in Interwar Britain: Ras T. Makonnen and International African Opinion'

Image of the print publication 'International African Opinion' in TRHS article 'Pan-African Print in Interwar Britain: Ras T. Makonnen and International African Opinion'

New in 'Transactions of the Royal Historical Society'

'Pan-African Print in Interwar Britain: Ras T Makonnen and International African Opinion', by Jack Bowman bit.ly/3Hu0bCI

How did interwar Pan-Africanism encompass different anti-colonial groups. How was print publishing used in campaigning? 1/2

27.08.2025 10:55 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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We are thrilled to be supporting the Festival of Black History on Saturday 6th September 2025 at Goldsmiths, University of London. It is going to be an incredible event - Booking is FREE but essential

28.08.2025 16:05 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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One month today the book I’ve been working on for the last seven years will be published by @oneworldbooks.bsky.social You can pre-order #Heiresses now through all good bookshops! uk.bookshop.org/p/books/heir...

04.08.2025 11:57 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Postdoctoral Research Associate (PDRA):Whiteknights Reading UK Postdoctoral Research Associate(4 years, full time) in public history project β€˜Nation of Refuge’.

JOB ALERT: amazing 4-year post in postwar British history and refugee studies at @uniofreading.bsky.social Humanities!

A post perfectly suited for someone working on political and social histories of race and migration in late 20c. Deadline 5 September.

jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

11.08.2025 08:47 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 37    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Motherhood and Banner-making at Greenham Women’s Peace Camp How did making banners help women to express themselves at Greenham Common Peace Camp? Why was motherhood was such a prominent theme?

"The camp was most known for its non-violent direct action, including women β€˜embracing the base’, chaining themselves to and cutting the fence, staging β€˜die-ins’ and organising blockades."

Maisie Jepson (@girlinthewrongera.bsky.social) on women's protest at Greenham.

www.historyworkshop....

07.08.2025 15:03 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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Vincent Brown Β· What Universities Owe When challenged to justify past investment in slavery – or current investments in, say, fossil fuel extraction or arms...

β€˜The first legal code put in place by the New Haven colony in 1639 recognised β€˜man-stealing’ as a crime punishable by death. Yet the Puritan settlers found a way to reconcile themselves with slavery.’

Vincent Brown reviews β€˜Yale and Slavery’: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

04.08.2025 14:10 β€” πŸ‘ 49    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1
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Happy 101st Birthday #JamesBaldwin!

We’re celebrating by announcing the launch of our new series: Thinking with James Baldwin

The series explores new approaches to Baldwin’s work, incl his fiction, essays, poetry, short stories, interviews & activism manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/series/think...

02.08.2025 11:36 β€” πŸ‘ 50    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
Call for Papers:Β 11TH ANNUAL POSTGRADUATE CONFERENCE OF THE SOCIETY FOR CARIBBEAN STUDIES 2026 – Society for Caribbean Studies

We are very excited to announce that the CFP for the 11th Annual Society for Caribbean Studies Postgraduate Conference is now live!
community-languages.org.uk/scs/society-...

01.08.2025 11:35 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

NEWS KLAXON πŸ“’πŸ“’πŸ“’
I’m delighted to announce that I’ve been awarded a major AHRC Catalyst award for my project β€œBuilding a Black Nation: Haitian Dynasties of the (Long) Nineteenth Century”.

31.07.2025 11:41 β€” πŸ‘ 61    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 5
Jonathan Connolly: Worthy of Freedom: Indenture and Free Labor in the Era of Emancipation – Law & History Review

Jonathan Connolly discusses his research process at the National Archives in London that led to his book, Worthy of Freedom: Indenture and Free Labor in the Era of Emancipation (University of Chicago Press, 2024)

lawandhistoryreview.org/article/jona...

31.07.2025 11:25 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Screenshot of the website header for slavesinparis.org comprising a drawing of the Place des Victoires in 18th-century Paris

Screenshot of the website header for slavesinparis.org comprising a drawing of the Place des Victoires in 18th-century Paris

"Slaves in Paris: A Digital Mapping Project" - a partnership between Miranda Spieler and Colonial Networks slavesinparis.org. Created with the support of our Kress Foundation Digital Art History Grant. Officially launched today in Paris at #GCFHSResist

17.07.2025 16:09 β€” πŸ‘ 182    πŸ” 92    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 4

I am working on 'The Asian Mother and Baby Campaign' which ran from 1984-1986. I would love to interview any linkworkers who were employed by the campaign or any women who were supported by linkworkers. Please spread the word or get in touch if this is you! My email is saima.nasar@bristol.ac.uk

08.07.2025 10:21 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 45    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm very much looking forward to this, but also wondering why I thought a weekend would be sufficient time to recover from organising @soccaribbeanuk.bsky.social conference

05.07.2025 10:38 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
La Vaughn Belle stands at the lecturn giving her presentation

La Vaughn Belle stands at the lecturn giving her presentation

A slide displaying La Vaughn's sculpture "Sovereign" is displayed on the screen, depicting a woman emerging out of broken glass, her hands outstretched as if shooting an arrow. La Vaughn Belle stands at the lectern

A slide displaying La Vaughn's sculpture "Sovereign" is displayed on the screen, depicting a woman emerging out of broken glass, her hands outstretched as if shooting an arrow. La Vaughn Belle stands at the lectern

And we finished on a fantastic high with our Bridget Jones Award presentation from La Vaughn Belle www.lavaughnbelle.com

04.07.2025 19:29 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Prof Pat Noxolo seated next to Prof Verene Shepherd who is dedicating her biography of Lucille Mathurin Mair

Prof Pat Noxolo seated next to Prof Verene Shepherd who is dedicating her biography of Lucille Mathurin Mair

Professor Verene Shepherd at a lectern delivering her keynote lecture

Professor Verene Shepherd at a lectern delivering her keynote lecture

Professor Verene Shepherd seated smiling next to Prof Gad Heuman

Professor Verene Shepherd seated smiling next to Prof Gad Heuman

Table of delegates smiling at the camera seated ready for dinner

Table of delegates smiling at the camera seated ready for dinner

And what a dream to welcome Prof Verene Shepherd as the Pat Noxolo Keynote

04.07.2025 19:24 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm physically exhausted but what an amazing few days with incredible papers ❀️

04.07.2025 19:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Info poster for Indo-Caribbean Windrush An Oral History project. Includes a photograph of indentured labourers in Trinidad on the left and the HMT Empire Windrush on the right

Info poster for Indo-Caribbean Windrush An Oral History project. Includes a photograph of indentured labourers in Trinidad on the left and the HMT Empire Windrush on the right

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The Indo-Caribbean Windrush Oral History Project documents the stories of Indo-Caribbeans who migrated to the UK during or after the Windrush era (1948–1971), and their descendants. It highlights voices often overlooked in Windrush commemorations.

01.07.2025 08:19 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
OER in Caribbean Studies: Stipend Recipients 2025 – Digital Library of the Caribbean

Very excited to have received support from @dlocaribbean.bsky.social to build the teaching resource β€œEnslavement, Medicine, and Healing in Eighteenth-Century Saint Domingue: A History in the Press”

dloc.domains.uflib.ufl.edu/2025/news/oe...

30.06.2025 18:39 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies bursaries - Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies, University of York Thanks to funding from an external donor, we offer up to four bursaries towards fees for the MA in Eighteenth Century Studies.

πŸ“’ We’re thrilled to announce that we have up to 4 student bursary awards for the MA in Eighteenth Century Studies at the University of York for 2025-26. Deadline to apply is 31 July. Please share widely! www.york.ac.uk/eighteenth-c... #18thcentury #18thC

17.06.2025 15:50 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 38    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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πŸ“£ The Society for Caribbean Studies is excited to introduce Christian Gurdin, a PhD candidate at the University of Warwick, who will be presenting at the 48th Annual Society for Caribbean Studies Conference this July! He will be taking over our /social media accounts to talk about his research.

23.06.2025 13:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

We're hosting Andel Andrew on our social media channels this week! Please check out his posts here and on Instagram to get a sneak peek at his research ahead of our conference in July! #SCS2025

16.06.2025 14:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Our conference programme is now LIVE: community-languages.org.uk/scs/annual-s...

12.06.2025 09:53 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
Portrait of Ignatius Sancho painted by Thomas Gainsborough. Sancho look to the left. He is wearing a red waistcoat with gold trimming and a dark jacket.

Portrait of Ignatius Sancho painted by Thomas Gainsborough. Sancho look to the left. He is wearing a red waistcoat with gold trimming and a dark jacket.

Call for Papers: 'Charles Ignatius Sancho: A Black British Man of Letters and His World' conference. Deadline for submissions 14 July 2025. Conference will be held 13-14 March 2026 at Northeastern University, London: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

12.06.2025 10:37 β€” πŸ‘ 149    πŸ” 86    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3

With @soccaribbeanuk.bsky.social coming to Bristol in just a few weeks to discuss themes of repair, it's great to read this reflection on the curating of the Colston statue

06.06.2025 09:45 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I am so excited to see all of this come together - draft programme looks amazing and should be published this week!

04.06.2025 08:49 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Green and red poster with History Workshop Journal printed in the corner, black and white illustrations in the corner, and short text under the title β€˜Can you help us?’ requesting participation.

Green and red poster with History Workshop Journal printed in the corner, black and white illustrations in the corner, and short text under the title β€˜Can you help us?’ requesting participation.

πŸ“£ Call for participants πŸ“£

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.

28.05.2025 14:54 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 47    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 3

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