@mehapri.bsky.social
Historian of early modern global connections and objects
Submit nominations by May 15 for the Roy Rosenzweig Prize for Creativity in Digital History, sponsored jointly by the AHA and @rrchnm.bsky.social. This prize is awarded annually to honor and support work on a creative and freely available new media project. ποΈ
09.05.2025 13:36 β π 6 π 8 π¬ 0 π 1
This week, Israeli officials approved plans to 'capture' the entire Gaza strip and remain in the Palestinian territory indefinitely. There is another term for this: ethnic cleansing. This was always the plan - and our government cannot pretend they didn't know. They could have ended all arms sales to Israel and implemented sanctions. They granted endless impunity for Israel's atrocities instead. Today alone, Israeli air strikes have so far already killed 5 people in Gaza. Today also marks 64 days of Israel's total humanitarian blockade, which has left more than 65,000 children suffering from severe malnutrition. Israel's latest announcement is nothing new. It is the next stage in an ongoing project: the erasure of the Palestinian people. Once again, we call on our government to end all arms sales to Israel. Anything less is complicity in crimes against humanity. No amount of "deep concern" can make up for the military, economic and political support our government continues to provide. No words can negate the sale of deadly F-35 components. And no statements "urging" Israel to stop can match the impunity it has been granted to carry on. We will continue to demand a full arms embargo, economic sanctions, and the only path to a just and lasting peace: an end to the occupation of Palestine. The Independent Alliance Adnan Hussain, MP for Blackburn Ayoub Khan, MP for Birmingham Perry Barr Iqbal Mohamed, MP for Dewsbury and Batley Jeremy Corbyn, MP for Islington North Shockat Adam, MP for Leicester South
Ethnic cleansing was always the plan β and our government cannot pretend it didnβt know.
A statement from the Independent Alliance.
There are still a couple of days left to submit abstracts for this workshop in Glasgow. Please note that there is some funding for travel for scholars from the Global South.
26.03.2025 10:29 β π 7 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0What does a "collective and public effort" look like? There should be no business as usual.
18.03.2025 16:05 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I just found out about this incredible 3D reconstruction of TenochtitlΓ‘n! Could be a useful resource for teaching.
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πHigher Educationπ
The UKβs universities are beleaguered and besieged. Redundancies continue to be announced. Cardiff, Dundee, Edinburgh, Kent, Queenβs Belfast, Sheffield; the list goes on and on. Perhaps 10,000 jobs will go in this academic year, and thatβs just the beginning. #AcademicSky
Send abstracts for this workshop on textiles and empire happening in Glasgow in September! #textiles #history
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'Multiple Dutch universities have announced reorganisations that are likely to involve layoffs, in the wake of drastic government budget cuts that will amount to about β¬500 million (Β£414 million) a year across higher education and research.' 1/2
24.02.2025 06:45 β π 66 π 63 π¬ 6 π 8World History Association @thewha.bsky.social members! We're proud to open voting on our Resolution to Oppose Scholasticide in Gaza, which responds both to the dire situation in Palestine and the American Historical Association @historians.org veto last month. members.thewha.org/page/resolut...
18.02.2025 22:28 β π 4 π 2 π¬ 1 π 1
Day 2 of the CIRIMA ASIA conference in #Seville with the brilliant @laurafg.bsky.social @mehapri.bsky.social @periodeye.bsky.social Hugo Miguel Crespo & many others!
13.12.2024 10:29 β π 6 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
Slowly posting about Connecting Threads project launch/symposium at V&A Museum last month. This is a digital public history project and the website is now live at: connectingthreads.co.uk The whole day was incredible! #connectingthreads #academicsky #digitalhistory #indianhistory #caribbeanhistory
24.11.2024 15:45 β π 20 π 2 π¬ 1 π 1Two weeks til this amazing all star line up in Sevilla - so honored to be giving a keynote and looking forward to learning from everyone!! geografiaehistoria.ucm.es/file/program...
27.11.2024 14:29 β π 6 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0I'm sure it'll be great! Also @nancyum.bsky.social once told me that it's good to be nervous, it means you still care.
26.11.2024 23:07 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I'm working on my paper too, although keynote is way harder! See you in a couple weeks!
26.11.2024 22:44 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Review of our event at the V&A on 'Fashioning Madras in India and the Caribbean' on the Untold Lives blog by the British Library. Follow the project @connectingthreads.bsky.social
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Leeds has a fully funded scholarship program for undergraduate and Masters study for Gaza students.
**Tell Everyone**
www.leeds.ac.uk/masters-scho...
There are no universities left in Gaza. Historical documents, knowledge, artifacts, faculty, staff, students - all bombed. This is epistemicide as part of genocide. It's a loss to all of humanity. There is no coming back from this. This ethnic cleansing reveals the barbarism of genociders.
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