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Renaud Morieux
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Historian at University of Cambridge.
Oceanic history, migrations, social history of war, history of international law, incarceration, history of the family, statelessness.

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Renaud Morieux @renaudmorieux.bsky.social · Jun 24
My new article 'The Politics of Colonial Lists' just published in Comparative Studies in Society and History @csshjournal.bsky.social
And it is open access! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 1d
Merry Christmas, everyone!
Cardiff couple invited man in for Christmas, he stayed for 45 years
An arrangement Rob and Dianne Parsons thought would last a few days ended up changing their lives.
www.bbc.co.uk

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 4d
Not just a national asset but an international asset. Trashed, ignored, diminished.
The worst of times: Trouble at the British Library
Cyber chaos, striking staff and a crisis of leadership. Claudia Cockerell investigates a national treasure’s year of reckoning
www.standard.co.uk

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Brooke Newman @brookenewman.bsky.social · 9d
London-area friends: I’m looking forward to launching the UK edition of my book THE CROWN’S SILENCE at Waterstones @ Gower St on Jan 30th with Labour MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy @bellribeiroaddy.bsky.social Please help spread the word! www.waterstones.com/events/the-c... www.waterstones.com/events/the-c...
The Crown’s Silence: The Hidden History of Slavery and the British Monarchy - An Evening with Brooke Newman | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones
Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about The Crown’s Silence: The Hidden History of Slavery and the British Monarchy - An Eveni...
www.waterstones.com

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CSSH Journal @csshjournal.bsky.social · 10d
Our latest Behind the Scenes is here! Don't miss @renaudmorieux.bsky.social's "The Present is a Foreign Country," a reflection on categorization and #deportation in the past and present, and colonial documents as "dynamic and always in-the-making."

sites.lsa.umich.edu/cssh/2025/12...
Basset, André, Vue des Magasins de la Compagnie des Indes à Pontichery, de l'Amiraute et de la Maison du Gouverneur, [Vers 1750-1785]. Cariatide, bibliothèque numérique de l'INHA, NUM VO Ori 12.

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lucynoakes1.bsky.social @lucynoakes1.bsky.social · 14d
Ongoing decimation of British universities part 252:

Apx. 1000 academic staff at University of Essex just received formal ‘risk of redundancy’ letters via email.

Please share @ucuessex.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk

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Nicola Kelly @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social · 14d
🔴I wrote about far-right attacks against refugee charities and why some are choosing to leave the sector to protect themselves. It's awful but understandable.

open.substack.com/pub/nicolake...
When it's time to move on
It's toxic out there
open.substack.com

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Constance Bantman @constancebantman.bsky.social · 18d
Belle expo, étonnamment émouvante, qui donne des visages aux statistiques et aux grandes tendances de l’histoire sociale.

www.carnavalet.paris.fr/expositions/...
Les gens de Paris, 1926-1936
En prenant pour point de départ trois recensements de population, réalisés à Paris en 1926, 1931 et 1936, l’exposition Les gens de Paris, 1926-1936 renouvèle le
www.carnavalet.paris.fr

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 23d
Graduate of the American Studies programme that the University of Nottingham wishes to close wins 2025 Wolfson History Prize for Survivors: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the Atlantic Slave Trade.

History, it's a long game. Divest in haste, repent for the longue durée.
The Wolfson History Prize - Celebrating Outstanding History
The Wolfson History Prize is awarded annually to promote and recognise outstanding history written for a general audience.
www.wolfsonhistoryprize.org.uk

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Past and Present @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social · 28d
On advance access: "The Promises and Perils of Periodization in Global History: Lessons from the Inter-War Era"

by Andrew Denning (@kuhistorydept.bsky.social) and Heidi J S Tworek (University of British Columbia)

doi.org/10.1093/past...
The Promises and Perils of Periodization in Global History: Lessons from the Inter-War Era*
Abstract. This article considers the role of periodization in global history through the lens of the inter-war era. The global turn has shifted the ‘metage
doi.org

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Joint Center for History and Economics @historyecon.bsky.social · 28d
Please join us *today* 27 Nov for the next Core Seminar. 5:15pm in St John's Lightfoot Room. Gareth Austin (Cambridge) will speak about 'Coercion & Markets: reconciling economic & social explanations of slavery in precolonial West Africa, c1450-c1900'. Abstract: talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/2...

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UCL Press @uclpress.bsky.social · 29d
Congratulations to Katie Donington, Abdul Mohamud, Robin Whitburn, Nicholas Draper and their contributors! Their #OpenAccess book Teaching Slavery published today. Read and download free at: bit.ly/48vnDdJ #Education #Colonialism #Slavery #Racism
Teaching Slavery
Teaching Slavery offers ground-breaking research and practical guidance for teaching Britain’s role in transatlantic slavery. Combining historical analysis with classroom strategies, it equips educato...
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St John's College, Oxford @stjohnsox.bsky.social · 29d
We were honoured to welcome Secretary @hillaryclinton.bsky.social to St John's this week, in collaboration with @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social, for two days of events celebrating the Hillary Rodham Clinton Chair of Women’s History, held by Professor Sarah Knott.

www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/new...
Hillary Clinton speaking at dinner at St John's College, with President Professor Lady Sue Black Hillary Clinton, Sue Black and Sarah Knott in conversation before the inaugural lecture Panellists for 'The Politics of Care' - Emily Jones, Kirsten Swinth, Sarah Knott, Ai-jen Poo and Hillary Clinton Sarah Knott and Hillary Clinton during the panel discussion

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · Nov 25
I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities.

Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise

bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove Made Orwell Prize Judge Despite Record of Attacking Journalists and Dodging Scrutiny
Critics say "Orwell would have enjoyed the irony" of the former Conservative minister's appointment
bylinetimes.com

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Randy Browne @randybrowne.bsky.social · Nov 24
More news about our AHRC-funded project, “Voices in Slavery’s Archive: Law, Place and Testimony in British Guiana.”

www.xavier.edu/now/2025/xav...
Xavier professor receives $2M for research into Caribbean slavery
www.xavier.edu

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · Nov 22
Google defaulting all Gmail users to a setting that enables Google to harvest all your emails into chatbot training is straight-up evil and invasive.

www.huffpost.com/entry/opt-ou...
If You Use Gmail, You're Going To Want To Turn Off This 1 Automatic Setting ASAP
Plus: a quick guide to the two-step process for opting out.
www.huffpost.com

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Ben Coates @bencoates1.bsky.social · Nov 21
Incredible not just that this happened, but that it’s not even a second or third tier news story, let alone something Farage will actually be held accountable for. Doesn’t make the top 15 stories on either the BBC or the Guardian! Filed under “Wales”.

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · Nov 21
Mahmood/government should say explain *objective* of increasing time to settlement for 15 years for care workers who arrived 2022-24

Is it

A) to get them to leave? Why?
B) to save money? Then why not just restrict benefits?
C) to "encourage integration"? How? Will do opposite.
 James Bowes @jamesbowes01.bsky.social · Nov 20
15 years for people in medium skilled jobs and care workers too. I believe this goes down to 10 years if they earn over £50,270. Someone in a high skilled job earning over that qualifies in 5 years.

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Sadiah Qureshi 🦈 @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · Nov 20
This is just so grim. Students deserve to be taught by experts, not be expected to settle for AI. It is so disheartening to add this to the list of ways in which staff expertise is devalued, undermined or sidelined by institutions across the sector.

www.theguardian.com/education/20...
‘We could have asked ChatGPT’: students fight back over course taught by AI
Staffordshire students say signs material was AI-generated included suspicious file names and rogue voiceover accent
www.theguardian.com

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asmcf.bsky.social @asmcf.bsky.social · Nov 19
Professor Renaud Morieux (University of Cambridge) will give a lecture entitled Dislocated Families: Women, War, and Migrations in French India during the Age of Revolutions.

For more information and to register for the event, please visit our website:

www.asmcf.org/news/sixteen...
Douglas Johnson Memorial Lecture 2026 | ASMCF
Sixteenth Douglas Johnson Memorial Lecture in French History
www.asmcf.org

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asmcf.bsky.social @asmcf.bsky.social · Nov 19
We are delighted to share details of the 16th Douglas Johnson Memorial Lecture, organised by @frenchhistory.bsky.social & @asmcf.bsky.social to be held on Monday 12th January 2026, at the Institut Français, London.

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · Nov 12
"Another minister, who asked to be kept anonymous, told PoliticsHome it was 'pretty simple': "We either increase our birth rate, slash the state in half, or make the positive case for migration"

Perhaps they could try saying this non-anonymously? Just a thought

www.politicshome.com/news/article...
'It's About Earning Consent': Inside The Labour Government's 'Difficult Tightrope' On Immigration
Government insiders believe there is political space to set out a more positive case for legal immigration. But even Labour MPs who support a progr...
www.politicshome.com

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · Nov 12
Keen to explore maritime environments and histories without going to sea? The Royal Museums Greenwich Caird Fellowship deadline is 18 January 2026.
Fellowships at Royal Museums Greenwich
Apply for funding to support research at Royal Museums Greenwich through our Caird Research Fellowships
www.rmg.co.uk

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Tim Hitchcock @timhitchcock.bsky.social · Nov 5
Really pleased to announce the launch of the all-new, all-dancing, London Lives website - www.londonlives.org It has been thoroughly re-engineered to facilitate more types of search, and redesigned for phones and tablets. The team very much hopes peope like it. 1/
London Lives
www.londonlives.org

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Karl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · Oct 14
History faculty at Columbia & Barnard decrying the harassment of @mark-bray.bsky.social: "This is the first case in recent memory of a historian who has fled the country after receiving death threats on account of the history that they teach."

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Joey Fishkin @fishkin.bsky.social · Oct 10
@mit.edu has done an incredibly important service to the nation by being willing to be the first school to reject the administration's "compact."

President Kornbluth focuses—and she's right—on the principle that "scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone."
The document also includes principles with which we disagree, including those that would restrict freedom of expression and our independence as an institution. And fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone.

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Ria Kapoor @riakapoor.bsky.social · Oct 9
I have a new article out.

TLDR: Actively courting deportation by air is a way to claim rights as a stateless person and even as a refugee.

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Air Travel, Statelessness, and the Rights Claims of Ugandan Asians, c.1973*
Abstract. In the aftermath of Idi Amin’s expulsion of Uganda’s South Asians in 1972, some of those made technically stateless arrived in India unsupported
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · Oct 4
It appears that my employer, Dartmouth, one of the Trump 9, has said no to the compact. All the better given that our president is cited within it. But she’s saying no. Count the small victories when they come.
Office of the President Dear Dartmouth community, As many of you know, Dartmouth was one of nine universities asked by the White House to give feedback by Oct. 20 on a draft of its “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education.” I am deeply committed to Dartmouth’s academic mission and values and will always defend our fierce independence. You have often heard me say that higher education is not perfect and that we can do better. At the same time, we will never compromise our academic freedom and our ability to govern ourselves. Best, Sian Leah Beilock President

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