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Historian of the British Empire. Aoyama Gakuin University. The Rule of Law and Emergency in Colonial India. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-73663-7
Xenophobia in Japan. Sickened to see this time and time again on an airport bus to central Tokyo.
tokyotokyo.jp/assets/image...
Welcome to the Bluesky page for the Sport in History journal, the official journal of @bssh.bsky.social that covers all eras & contexts of sports history.
If you want to find out more about the journal or submit a piece, please check our website:
www.tandfonline.com/journals/rsi...
Coming in October! Bloomsbury's six volume set on A Cultural History of Violence. Yours truly is the editor of the medieval volume. Has your library ordered a copy yet?
www.bloomsbury.com/us/cultural-...
Excellent summary of the extra wars Britain fought to re-establish European Empires in Southeastern Asia during 1945:
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The #Peterloo massacre took place in Manchester, #OnThisDay 16 August 1819. Our free resource pack offers a guide to sources in the archives.
sslh.org.uk/2019/05/01/s...
1/3 Elon Musk is a master of what Orwell called Doublespeak. He is a racist preaching against racism by posing white people as its victims rather than its perpetrators. Emphasising the fact that many societies have practiced slavery has two purposes.
11.08.2025 06:11 โ ๐ 56 ๐ 14 ๐ฌ 6 ๐ 1A pithy introduction to gender studies by Judith Butler. A great teaching resource among other things. Likewise in the same series 'The Man Who Shot Nelson', 'Who Invented the Potato?' and 'Disrupting Misinformation', among others.
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Still photograph of Judith Butler, wearing a black jacket and shirt, and looking into the camera. On the right of the image, white text is displayed saying: "10-Minute Talks / Gender as framework / with Judith Butler FBA
โGender studies as a disciplineโฆis defined by a set of debates and problematics.โ In this 10-Minute Talk, Judith Butler FBA discusses gender as a field of study and its interdisciplinary contributions to research, social analysis and social movements.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEvH...
Four Met police officers are seen carrying the 89 year old protester away. Her face looks strained with anguish, her eyes closed as she is taken away. Others around are taking photos. Credit to Chris J Ratcliffe/AFP.
Photo of the Day: Just Following Orders.
An 89 year old woman is arrested in London for opposing the genocide in Gaza & supporting Palestine Action.
According to the UK Government, this is the face of terrorism in 2025.
Credit to the photographer, Chris Ratcliffe, for AFP.
A photo of Anas Al-Sharif and his Al Jazeera colleague Mohammad Qrere in their press bullet proof vests looking at their phones. Both are reported killed. Photo credit to Motassem A Dalloul.
BREAKING: One of the most important and prominent reporters on the ground in Gaza has been Anas Al Sharif.
He - and several other Al Jazeera journalists - have just been assassinated by Israelis forces whilst in their press tent in central Gaza.
Speechless.
Art works filled with direct mentions to Frederic Augustus Robinson, George Arthur etc.
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Enjoyed really great exhibition of Australiaโs First Nation women artists in Tokyo. Astonished to see how deeply political entanglement has given rise to such a rich body of artistic work
www.artizon.museum/exhibition_s...
Front page of '"Beastial Communications": Race, Friendship and Factionalism in the Madras Army, 1832โ1837', by Callie Wilkinson in Transactions of the Royal Historical Society
New in 'Transactions of the Royal Historical Society'
'"Beastial Communications": Race, Friendship and Factionalism in the Madras Army, 1832โ1837', by Callie Wilkinson bit.ly/46Noohy
Callie explores the contest and promotion of hierarchies of race and rank in the East India Company's armies 1/2
Granville Sharp (1735โ1813) is best known as an anti-slavery campaigner, but he was also a keen amateur musician who, wonderfully, used to sign himself โG#โ. This is the bookplate he and his brothers had for their collection of music, most of it sold at auction in 1814.
06.08.2025 10:28 โ ๐ 34 ๐ 5 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 2The IHR is saddened by the death of Peter (P.J.) Marshall, historian of the British Empire, and a long-standing member of King's College London's History department. As a long-time friend, supporter, and Fellow of the IHR, he will be greatly missed and remembered for his kindness and courtesy.
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