Beth Rebisz
@brebisz.bsky.social
Lecturer at UoBristol teaching African history. Research specialisms: Kenyan hist, gender, humanitarianism & COIN. She/Her. Proud collaborator: @museumofbc
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Beth Rebisz
@brebisz.bsky.social
· Nov 19
📢Out now on #firstview!
Bethany Rebisz (University of Bristol) on 'Mapping Women’s Memories of Britain’s Forced Resettlement Scheme in Late Colonial Kenya, c. 1953–1960'
#Colonialism #Kenya #20thc #OralHistory 🗃️ 20thc
👉Read online here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Bethany Rebisz (University of Bristol) on 'Mapping Women’s Memories of Britain’s Forced Resettlement Scheme in Late Colonial Kenya, c. 1953–1960'
#Colonialism #Kenya #20thc #OralHistory 🗃️ 20thc
👉Read online here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Thanks to all those who have engaged with my new article so far! It's great to see it out in the world.
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New article out! 📝
El Shatt: Memories of a Yugoslav Partisan refugee camp travelling from North Africa to Croatia
published #oa in Memory Studies
co-authored with Marijana Hameršak (#zagreb )
We look into the history of a #ww2 #yugoslav #refugee #camp in […]
[Original post on h-net.social]
El Shatt: Memories of a Yugoslav Partisan refugee camp travelling from North Africa to Croatia
published #oa in Memory Studies
co-authored with Marijana Hameršak (#zagreb )
We look into the history of a #ww2 #yugoslav #refugee #camp in […]
[Original post on h-net.social]
September 10, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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This year one of the great joys of my work has been contributing to the advisory board for a new exhibition at the Imperial War Museum. And last week the exhibition officially opened!
Emergency Exits: The Fight for Independence in Malaya, Kenya and Cyprus
At the end of the Second World War, a wave of independence movements swept the British Empire. Emergency Exits focuses on three often overlooked independence movements. These were brutal conflicts bet...
www.iwm.org.uk
October 22, 2025 at 11:19 AM
This year one of the great joys of my work has been contributing to the advisory board for a new exhibition at the Imperial War Museum. And last week the exhibition officially opened!
📣 Emergency Exits: The Fight for Independence in Malaya, Kenya and Cyprus.
A new exhibition running at the Imperial War Museum between Oct 2025 - March 2026.
I was approached last year to join the advisory panel and have been so delighted to see this project come to fruition.
A new exhibition running at the Imperial War Museum between Oct 2025 - March 2026.
I was approached last year to join the advisory panel and have been so delighted to see this project come to fruition.
October 16, 2025 at 9:34 AM
📣 Emergency Exits: The Fight for Independence in Malaya, Kenya and Cyprus.
A new exhibition running at the Imperial War Museum between Oct 2025 - March 2026.
I was approached last year to join the advisory panel and have been so delighted to see this project come to fruition.
A new exhibition running at the Imperial War Museum between Oct 2025 - March 2026.
I was approached last year to join the advisory panel and have been so delighted to see this project come to fruition.
Reposted by Beth Rebisz
There is a film screening of Fanon (2024) in Bristol later this weekend.
Sat 4 Oct, 8PM–10.30PM
The Cube Microplex, Bristol
www.brff.org.uk
Frantz Fanon’s story — from his early psychiatric work in Algeria to his role in anti-colonial struggle.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxaO...
Sat 4 Oct, 8PM–10.30PM
The Cube Microplex, Bristol
www.brff.org.uk
Frantz Fanon’s story — from his early psychiatric work in Algeria to his role in anti-colonial struggle.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxaO...
Fanon (2025) - Trailer (English Subs)
YouTube video by Unifrance
www.youtube.com
September 29, 2025 at 12:49 PM
There is a film screening of Fanon (2024) in Bristol later this weekend.
Sat 4 Oct, 8PM–10.30PM
The Cube Microplex, Bristol
www.brff.org.uk
Frantz Fanon’s story — from his early psychiatric work in Algeria to his role in anti-colonial struggle.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxaO...
Sat 4 Oct, 8PM–10.30PM
The Cube Microplex, Bristol
www.brff.org.uk
Frantz Fanon’s story — from his early psychiatric work in Algeria to his role in anti-colonial struggle.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxaO...
Reposted by Beth Rebisz
The chief judge of the Rwandan genocide tribunal has concluded, after studying the evidence exhaustively, that the Israeli government and military are committing genocide in Gaza: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/o...
Opinion | My U.N. Commission’s Finding: Israel Is Committing Genocide
www.nytimes.com
September 16, 2025 at 12:22 PM
The chief judge of the Rwandan genocide tribunal has concluded, after studying the evidence exhaustively, that the Israeli government and military are committing genocide in Gaza: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/o...
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Can we shift away from low-quality UUK leadership?
September 12, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Can we shift away from low-quality UUK leadership?
🔊 A wonderful first part to a three part series from a brilliant former student of mine, Esme Barrell. Glad we at @museumofbc.bsky.social could host this series and we look forward to reading the next installment!
museumofbritishcolonialism.org/planting-pow...
museumofbritishcolonialism.org/planting-pow...
Planting Power: How the British Empire grew from Indigenous Knowledge | MBC
A 1901 New York advertisement for quinine that highlighted the misappropriation of Indigenous knowledge in pharmaceuticals | Credit: AHIP Part […]
museumofbritishcolonialism.org
September 12, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🔊 A wonderful first part to a three part series from a brilliant former student of mine, Esme Barrell. Glad we at @museumofbc.bsky.social could host this series and we look forward to reading the next installment!
museumofbritishcolonialism.org/planting-pow...
museumofbritishcolonialism.org/planting-pow...
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🚨JOB Alert🚨 We are looking for another postdoctoral researcher to cover the history of veterans in the British colonies of Southern and/or East Africa in the interwar period. 24 month contract, deadline October 03. Please share widely. universityvacancies.com/maynooth-uni...
Post-Doctoral Researcher, Specified Purpose, Department of History and the Arts and Humanities Institute | University Vacancies Ireland
universityvacancies.com
September 4, 2025 at 9:29 AM
🚨JOB Alert🚨 We are looking for another postdoctoral researcher to cover the history of veterans in the British colonies of Southern and/or East Africa in the interwar period. 24 month contract, deadline October 03. Please share widely. universityvacancies.com/maynooth-uni...
A great summary of Poppy's new article: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Christians and the British empire: how a church NGO got entangled in colonial violence in Kenya
theconversation.com/christians-a...
Christians and the British empire: how a church NGO got entangled in colonial violence in Kenya
theconversation.com/christians-a...
Christians and the British empire: how a church NGO got entangled in colonial violence in Kenya
The Christian Council of Kenya got involved in a violent colonial effort to rehabilitate independence fighters. It saw this as an opportunity to evangelise.
theconversation.com
August 27, 2025 at 8:08 AM
A great summary of Poppy's new article: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Christians and the British empire: how a church NGO got entangled in colonial violence in Kenya
theconversation.com/christians-a...
Christians and the British empire: how a church NGO got entangled in colonial violence in Kenya
theconversation.com/christians-a...
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2/2 He seems to think Britain colonised countries with the intention of ‘developing’ them. Development policies were a late colonial response to anticolonial nationalists’ critiques of exploitation & had to be self-financed by colonised populations until after WWII.
August 18, 2025 at 6:16 AM
2/2 He seems to think Britain colonised countries with the intention of ‘developing’ them. Development policies were a late colonial response to anticolonial nationalists’ critiques of exploitation & had to be self-financed by colonised populations until after WWII.
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Well, a) good for them, but b) what the HELL are we doing when a bereaved family has to take a stand against government-sponsored pandering to racism?
Family of Southport stabbing victim criticise plan to reveal ethnicity of suspects
Exclusive: Michael Weston King, grandfather of Bebe King, warns government against ‘kowtowing to the likes of Farage’
www.theguardian.com
August 14, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Well, a) good for them, but b) what the HELL are we doing when a bereaved family has to take a stand against government-sponsored pandering to racism?
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it’s hard to stress just how important it is for universities to provide tailored support for students for whom english is not a first language, and how counter-productive these proposed redundancies are
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
@ucu.org.uk
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
@ucu.org.uk
University of Bristol jobs at risk amid lower student numbers
The university says the number of applicants to the languages course has fallen in recent years.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 3, 2025 at 6:23 AM
it’s hard to stress just how important it is for universities to provide tailored support for students for whom english is not a first language, and how counter-productive these proposed redundancies are
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
@ucu.org.uk
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
@ucu.org.uk
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This is a fantastic article and such an important project! It sets a high bar for how colonial heritage projects and co-creation should be conducted. MBC also rejects extractive research practices through its efforts to bring research back to the community.
Congrats on the pub @brebisz.bsky.social!
Congrats on the pub @brebisz.bsky.social!
🔊 New Article: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... @memorystudies.bsky.social
Reconstructing the legacies of colonial detention: Digital heritage, memory, and the Mau Mau Emergency, 1952–1960 - Bethany Rebisz, 2025
This article examines the legacies of colonial detention in Kenya and considers the adaptive digital heritage practices used by the Museum of British Colonialis...
journals.sagepub.com
June 25, 2025 at 11:19 AM
This is a fantastic article and such an important project! It sets a high bar for how colonial heritage projects and co-creation should be conducted. MBC also rejects extractive research practices through its efforts to bring research back to the community.
Congrats on the pub @brebisz.bsky.social!
Congrats on the pub @brebisz.bsky.social!
🔊 New Article: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... @memorystudies.bsky.social
Reconstructing the legacies of colonial detention: Digital heritage, memory, and the Mau Mau Emergency, 1952–1960 - Bethany Rebisz, 2025
This article examines the legacies of colonial detention in Kenya and considers the adaptive digital heritage practices used by the Museum of British Colonialis...
journals.sagepub.com
June 25, 2025 at 9:59 AM
🔊 New Article: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... @memorystudies.bsky.social
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On LBC @zoejardiniere.bsky.social lists 3 previous instances where military aircraft have been targeted by campaigners in order to prevent them being used in war crimes, and she describes the govt banning Palestine Action as terrorists as an abuse of state power.
Well said.
Well said.
June 24, 2025 at 5:17 AM
On LBC @zoejardiniere.bsky.social lists 3 previous instances where military aircraft have been targeted by campaigners in order to prevent them being used in war crimes, and she describes the govt banning Palestine Action as terrorists as an abuse of state power.
Well said.
Well said.
Five things you should know about Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, one of Africa’s greatest writers of all time theconversation.com/five-things-...
Five things you should know about Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, one of Africa’s greatest writers of all time
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o emerged with a new era in African history and led the charge to decolonise literature and academic thinking.
theconversation.com
May 30, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Five things you should know about Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, one of Africa’s greatest writers of all time theconversation.com/five-things-...
New publication out for @museumofbc.bsky.social. All credit to @gabemoshenska.bsky.social for spearheading this 🎉
May 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
New publication out for @museumofbc.bsky.social. All credit to @gabemoshenska.bsky.social for spearheading this 🎉
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Starting this week, MBC's website will host an online exhibition exploring the afterlives of colonial incarceration sites in Africa.
May 6, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Starting this week, MBC's website will host an online exhibition exploring the afterlives of colonial incarceration sites in Africa.
🔊New article!! Having first met during our PhDs, this has been a truly wonderful experience getting to put our (looooooooong) conversations into article form! Check out mine and Hannah West's new article in the Journal of Strategic Studies.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Hidden violence and silenced voices: Why have lessons about women in counterinsurgency not endured?
This article offers a feminist critique to unearth the forgotten but extensive involvement of women in counterinsurgency campaigns. Using the colonial case-studies of Malaya and Kenya, this article...
www.tandfonline.com
April 28, 2025 at 10:51 AM
🔊New article!! Having first met during our PhDs, this has been a truly wonderful experience getting to put our (looooooooong) conversations into article form! Check out mine and Hannah West's new article in the Journal of Strategic Studies.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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📻 Dr Gonzalo Velasco Berenguer (@uobrishistory.bsky.social) joins BBC #InOurTime to discuss Catherine of Aragon, from her royal upbringing to her open defiance against Henry VIII's attempts to annul their 23-year marriage
Listen to the full programme 👉 bit.ly/4i4r9O5
@gvb1554.bsky.social
Listen to the full programme 👉 bit.ly/4i4r9O5
@gvb1554.bsky.social
March 4, 2025 at 3:02 PM
📻 Dr Gonzalo Velasco Berenguer (@uobrishistory.bsky.social) joins BBC #InOurTime to discuss Catherine of Aragon, from her royal upbringing to her open defiance against Henry VIII's attempts to annul their 23-year marriage
Listen to the full programme 👉 bit.ly/4i4r9O5
@gvb1554.bsky.social
Listen to the full programme 👉 bit.ly/4i4r9O5
@gvb1554.bsky.social
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💥 Great to see the research of Dr Beth Rebisz (@uobrishistory.bsky.social), Dr Richard Cole (@clahbristol.bsky.social), Prof Ed King & Dr Paul Merchant (HiPLA) feature in the latest Research Frontiers newsletter
Read the issue to find out more about our research 👇
bristol.ac.uk/research/imp...
Read the issue to find out more about our research 👇
bristol.ac.uk/research/imp...
February 21, 2025 at 3:53 PM
💥 Great to see the research of Dr Beth Rebisz (@uobrishistory.bsky.social), Dr Richard Cole (@clahbristol.bsky.social), Prof Ed King & Dr Paul Merchant (HiPLA) feature in the latest Research Frontiers newsletter
Read the issue to find out more about our research 👇
bristol.ac.uk/research/imp...
Read the issue to find out more about our research 👇
bristol.ac.uk/research/imp...
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Applications for the MA Black Humanities are open @brisblackhums.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social.
You can find more information here: www.bristol.ac.uk/study/postgr...
Come join us!
Please share widely!
You can find more information here: www.bristol.ac.uk/study/postgr...
Come join us!
Please share widely!
MA Black Humanities | Study at Bristol | University of Bristol
www.bristol.ac.uk
February 13, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Applications for the MA Black Humanities are open @brisblackhums.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social.
You can find more information here: www.bristol.ac.uk/study/postgr...
Come join us!
Please share widely!
You can find more information here: www.bristol.ac.uk/study/postgr...
Come join us!
Please share widely!
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Masters scholarships for Palestinian students at Sussex. Please disseminate?
www.sussex.ac.uk/broadcast/re...
www.sussex.ac.uk/broadcast/re...
University announces new scholarships for Palestinian students
These scholarships will provide fully-funded support for two Palestinian students, with a particular focus on those impacted by the conflict in Gaza
www.sussex.ac.uk
February 13, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Masters scholarships for Palestinian students at Sussex. Please disseminate?
www.sussex.ac.uk/broadcast/re...
www.sussex.ac.uk/broadcast/re...
An ode to a delicious morning.
An academic year, full to the brim of teaching, marking, administration.
Causing me moments of pure and utter frustration.
Only to turn to the paper I'll be presenting in Manchester.
And remembering I too, am a researcher.
An academic year, full to the brim of teaching, marking, administration.
Causing me moments of pure and utter frustration.
Only to turn to the paper I'll be presenting in Manchester.
And remembering I too, am a researcher.
February 5, 2025 at 12:40 PM
An ode to a delicious morning.
An academic year, full to the brim of teaching, marking, administration.
Causing me moments of pure and utter frustration.
Only to turn to the paper I'll be presenting in Manchester.
And remembering I too, am a researcher.
An academic year, full to the brim of teaching, marking, administration.
Causing me moments of pure and utter frustration.
Only to turn to the paper I'll be presenting in Manchester.
And remembering I too, am a researcher.