Benjamin Thomas White
@btwhite.bsky.social
Researching and teaching refugee history.
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This afternoon an incredibly important principle is being debated in the House of Lords
We know people die at our border & in our asylum system at a horrifying rate, but shockingly the govt does not record how many, who, or how.
@asylummatters.bsky.social are campaigning to #KnowTheirNames
We know people die at our border & in our asylum system at a horrifying rate, but shockingly the govt does not record how many, who, or how.
@asylummatters.bsky.social are campaigning to #KnowTheirNames
November 5, 2025 at 1:46 PM
This afternoon an incredibly important principle is being debated in the House of Lords
We know people die at our border & in our asylum system at a horrifying rate, but shockingly the govt does not record how many, who, or how.
@asylummatters.bsky.social are campaigning to #KnowTheirNames
We know people die at our border & in our asylum system at a horrifying rate, but shockingly the govt does not record how many, who, or how.
@asylummatters.bsky.social are campaigning to #KnowTheirNames
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the amount of academic research now using llms in research (synthetic data generation, to classify, annotate, or analyse large scale data, etc) is astounding. remember, just cus use of llms in research is becoming normalised does NOT erase the fact it degrades the research & undermine your results
October 29, 2025 at 5:11 PM
the amount of academic research now using llms in research (synthetic data generation, to classify, annotate, or analyse large scale data, etc) is astounding. remember, just cus use of llms in research is becoming normalised does NOT erase the fact it degrades the research & undermine your results
Rhys Machold in Jewish Currents on the myth of Israeli "security innovation":
jewishcurrents.org/the-myth-of-...
jewishcurrents.org/the-myth-of-...
October 29, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Rhys Machold in Jewish Currents on the myth of Israeli "security innovation":
jewishcurrents.org/the-myth-of-...
jewishcurrents.org/the-myth-of-...
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New post on refugeehistory.org: were there refugees in 16thC England? Answer: it's complicated - migrants and the state were in the process of negotiating a form of refugee protection, which helps us to complicate notions of Britain's "proud history of welcome": tinyurl.com/bdyevr4d
When is a refugee not a refugee? — Refugee History.
England’s ‘proud history’ of welcoming refugees is regularly invoked in contemporary debates about refugees in Britain. Public and academic histories of pre-modern migration to England support this no...
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October 23, 2025 at 8:08 AM
New post on refugeehistory.org: were there refugees in 16thC England? Answer: it's complicated - migrants and the state were in the process of negotiating a form of refugee protection, which helps us to complicate notions of Britain's "proud history of welcome": tinyurl.com/bdyevr4d
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Amazing resource just in time for dissertations this year.
New online: The Gay Liberation Front (GLF) collection is now available on LSE Digital Library! We’ve digitised and published the GLF Diaries and the GLF newspaper Come Together. Further series from the archives will be added as digitisation continues.
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October 14, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Amazing resource just in time for dissertations this year.
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This PhD on a reparatory history of the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, exploring the legacies of empire is open for applications. It features a great supervisory team (moi, Kerry Pimblott, and Sadia Habib) and fabulous public history opportunities. Please share.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
[HUMS Bicentenary PhD] A reparatory history of the Manchester Royal Exchange in collaboration with the Royal Exchange Theatre at The University of Manchester on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - [HUMS Bicentenary PhD] A reparatory history of the Manchester Royal Exchange in collaboration with the Royal Exchange Theatre at The University of Manchester, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
October 13, 2025 at 9:55 AM
This PhD on a reparatory history of the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, exploring the legacies of empire is open for applications. It features a great supervisory team (moi, Kerry Pimblott, and Sadia Habib) and fabulous public history opportunities. Please share.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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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.
academic.oup.com/past/advance...
TLDR: Actively courting deportation by air is a way to claim rights as a stateless person and even as a refugee.
academic.oup.com/past/advance...
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
academic.oup.com
October 9, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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.
academic.oup.com/past/advance...
TLDR: Actively courting deportation by air is a way to claim rights as a stateless person and even as a refugee.
academic.oup.com/past/advance...
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📣 New post on RefugeeHistory.org!
As UNHCR prepares to appoint a new High Commissioner, @jfcrisp.bsky.social looks back on how the process played out 25 years ago and asks: has anything changed?
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refugeehistory.org/blog/2025/10...
As UNHCR prepares to appoint a new High Commissioner, @jfcrisp.bsky.social looks back on how the process played out 25 years ago and asks: has anything changed?
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refugeehistory.org/blog/2025/10...
Is there a better way to choose the new UNHCR High Commissioner? — Refugee History.
The search to find a new high commissioner for UNHCR happens in a process described as "arcane and Machiavellian." Is there a better way?
refugeehistory.org
October 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
📣 New post on RefugeeHistory.org!
As UNHCR prepares to appoint a new High Commissioner, @jfcrisp.bsky.social looks back on how the process played out 25 years ago and asks: has anything changed?
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refugeehistory.org/blog/2025/10...
As UNHCR prepares to appoint a new High Commissioner, @jfcrisp.bsky.social looks back on how the process played out 25 years ago and asks: has anything changed?
⬇️
refugeehistory.org/blog/2025/10...
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Lawyers and NGO's are calling for Nicole de Moor's candidacy for the position of UN High Commissioner for Refugees to be rejected. After having significantly weakened refugee rights in Belgium during her term of office, it is inconceivable to allow her to lead
@unhcr.org
tinyurl.com/yx5jp257
@unhcr.org
tinyurl.com/yx5jp257
17 associations et 200 avocats envoient une lettre de non-recommandation à l’ONU concernant la candidature de Nicole de Moor au poste de Haut-Commissaire aux Réfugiés - Bienvenue sur le site de la Lig...
Peut-on défendre les droits des réfugié·es à l’échelle mondiale quand on les a délibérément bafoués à l’échelle nationale ? A priori, la réponse semble évidente. Et pourtant, Nicole de Moor, ancienne ...
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October 9, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Lawyers and NGO's are calling for Nicole de Moor's candidacy for the position of UN High Commissioner for Refugees to be rejected. After having significantly weakened refugee rights in Belgium during her term of office, it is inconceivable to allow her to lead
@unhcr.org
tinyurl.com/yx5jp257
@unhcr.org
tinyurl.com/yx5jp257
📣 New post on RefugeeHistory.org!
As UNHCR prepares to appoint a new High Commissioner, @jfcrisp.bsky.social looks back on how the process played out 25 years ago and asks: has anything changed?
⬇️
refugeehistory.org/blog/2025/10...
As UNHCR prepares to appoint a new High Commissioner, @jfcrisp.bsky.social looks back on how the process played out 25 years ago and asks: has anything changed?
⬇️
refugeehistory.org/blog/2025/10...
Is there a better way to choose the new UNHCR High Commissioner? — Refugee History.
The search to find a new high commissioner for UNHCR happens in a process described as "arcane and Machiavellian." Is there a better way?
refugeehistory.org
October 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
📣 New post on RefugeeHistory.org!
As UNHCR prepares to appoint a new High Commissioner, @jfcrisp.bsky.social looks back on how the process played out 25 years ago and asks: has anything changed?
⬇️
refugeehistory.org/blog/2025/10...
As UNHCR prepares to appoint a new High Commissioner, @jfcrisp.bsky.social looks back on how the process played out 25 years ago and asks: has anything changed?
⬇️
refugeehistory.org/blog/2025/10...
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'Key Isssues in Global Refugee Policy:
Analysis, Commentary and Advocacy, 2015-2025'.
A compilation of e-links to around 80 articles I've published over the past decade, most of them brief and easily readable!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Analysis, Commentary and Advocacy, 2015-2025'.
A compilation of e-links to around 80 articles I've published over the past decade, most of them brief and easily readable!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Crisp2015-25
Key issues in global refugee policy: analysis, commentary and advocacy 2015 - 2025 Jeff Crisp Refugee Studies Centre University of Oxford September 2025 jefferyfcrisp@gmail.com @jfcrisp @jfcrisp.b...
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October 8, 2025 at 6:26 PM
'Key Isssues in Global Refugee Policy:
Analysis, Commentary and Advocacy, 2015-2025'.
A compilation of e-links to around 80 articles I've published over the past decade, most of them brief and easily readable!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Analysis, Commentary and Advocacy, 2015-2025'.
A compilation of e-links to around 80 articles I've published over the past decade, most of them brief and easily readable!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
I can't be the only person to have thought of this.
October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I can't be the only person to have thought of this.
I very highly recommend this article on genocide, historicide, and the archives of UNRWA.
doi.org/10.1093/hwj/...
doi.org/10.1093/hwj/...
Rescuing the UNRWA Archive: Saving Palestinian History amidst the Gaza Genocide
Abstract. Israel’s genocide in Gaza has entailed extensive attacks on Palestinian heritage and history, including institutional archives which preserve his
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October 2, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I very highly recommend this article on genocide, historicide, and the archives of UNRWA.
doi.org/10.1093/hwj/...
doi.org/10.1093/hwj/...
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How can trans history facilitate knowledge and solidarity beyond the 'existence' of trans people?
Sam Rutherford @echomikeromeo argues for trans history as a tool of political education, through the history of access to healthcare:
Sam Rutherford @echomikeromeo argues for trans history as a tool of political education, through the history of access to healthcare:
Imagining Trans Futures
Sam Rutherford reflects on how trans histories and historians can work towards building power in the trans community.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
September 23, 2025 at 12:21 PM
How can trans history facilitate knowledge and solidarity beyond the 'existence' of trans people?
Sam Rutherford @echomikeromeo argues for trans history as a tool of political education, through the history of access to healthcare:
Sam Rutherford @echomikeromeo argues for trans history as a tool of political education, through the history of access to healthcare:
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A final repost for this:
I've written a piece about the bomber's view of the past: how aerial archaeologists of the Middle East have looked at the region's past through the eyes (and lenses) of people who bomb it in the present. In fact they're sometimes the same people.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk/empire-decol...
www.historyworkshop.org.uk/empire-decol...
The Bomber's View of the Past
Discover the influence of Antoine Poidebard on aerial archaeology and his complex role in French colonial history.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
September 12, 2025 at 10:12 AM
A final repost for this:
For the evening crowd.
I've written a piece about the bomber's view of the past: how aerial archaeologists of the Middle East have looked at the region's past through the eyes (and lenses) of people who bomb it in the present. In fact they're sometimes the same people.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk/empire-decol...
www.historyworkshop.org.uk/empire-decol...
The Bomber's View of the Past
Discover the influence of Antoine Poidebard on aerial archaeology and his complex role in French colonial history.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
September 11, 2025 at 7:27 PM
For the evening crowd.
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Archaeology’s tools were forged in war: from spy planes to satellites, the line between research and militarisation has always been thin.
Benjamin Thomas White (@btwhite.bsky.social) considers the role of Antoine Poidebard in pioneering aerial archaeology.
Benjamin Thomas White (@btwhite.bsky.social) considers the role of Antoine Poidebard in pioneering aerial archaeology.
The Bomber's View of the Past
Discover the influence of Antoine Poidebard on aerial archaeology and his complex role in French colonial history.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
September 11, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Archaeology’s tools were forged in war: from spy planes to satellites, the line between research and militarisation has always been thin.
Benjamin Thomas White (@btwhite.bsky.social) considers the role of Antoine Poidebard in pioneering aerial archaeology.
Benjamin Thomas White (@btwhite.bsky.social) considers the role of Antoine Poidebard in pioneering aerial archaeology.
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I’ve heard much about this project as it develops, and it is amazing! A preview of the bigger story here.
From spy planes to satellites, archaeology has long shared a sky with empire. What does that mean for the knowledge it produces?
Benjamin Thomas White (@btwhite.bsky.social) considers the colonial history of aerial archaeology.
Benjamin Thomas White (@btwhite.bsky.social) considers the colonial history of aerial archaeology.
The Bomber's View of the Past
Discover the influence of Antoine Poidebard on aerial archaeology and his complex role in French colonial history.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
September 11, 2025 at 11:37 AM
I’ve heard much about this project as it develops, and it is amazing! A preview of the bigger story here.
Reposted by Benjamin Thomas White
From spy planes to satellites, archaeology has long shared a sky with empire. What does that mean for the knowledge it produces?
Benjamin Thomas White (@btwhite.bsky.social) considers the colonial history of aerial archaeology.
Benjamin Thomas White (@btwhite.bsky.social) considers the colonial history of aerial archaeology.
The Bomber's View of the Past
Discover the influence of Antoine Poidebard on aerial archaeology and his complex role in French colonial history.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
September 11, 2025 at 10:59 AM
From spy planes to satellites, archaeology has long shared a sky with empire. What does that mean for the knowledge it produces?
Benjamin Thomas White (@btwhite.bsky.social) considers the colonial history of aerial archaeology.
Benjamin Thomas White (@btwhite.bsky.social) considers the colonial history of aerial archaeology.
Reposted by Benjamin Thomas White
I've written a piece about the bomber's view of the past: how aerial archaeologists of the Middle East have looked at the region's past through the eyes (and lenses) of people who bomb it in the present. In fact they're sometimes the same people.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk/empire-decol...
www.historyworkshop.org.uk/empire-decol...
The Bomber's View of the Past
Discover the influence of Antoine Poidebard on aerial archaeology and his complex role in French colonial history.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
September 11, 2025 at 7:12 AM
I've written a piece about the bomber's view of the past: how aerial archaeologists of the Middle East have looked at the region's past through the eyes (and lenses) of people who bomb it in the present. In fact they're sometimes the same people.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk/empire-decol...
www.historyworkshop.org.uk/empire-decol...
I've written a piece about the bomber's view of the past: how aerial archaeologists of the Middle East have looked at the region's past through the eyes (and lenses) of people who bomb it in the present. In fact they're sometimes the same people.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk/empire-decol...
www.historyworkshop.org.uk/empire-decol...
The Bomber's View of the Past
Discover the influence of Antoine Poidebard on aerial archaeology and his complex role in French colonial history.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
September 11, 2025 at 7:12 AM
I've written a piece about the bomber's view of the past: how aerial archaeologists of the Middle East have looked at the region's past through the eyes (and lenses) of people who bomb it in the present. In fact they're sometimes the same people.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk/empire-decol...
www.historyworkshop.org.uk/empire-decol...
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Aerial archaeology began not in neutral curiosity but in the violence of colonial Syria.
Benjamin Thomas White (@btwhite.bsky.social) traces its entanglement with empire.
Benjamin Thomas White (@btwhite.bsky.social) traces its entanglement with empire.
The Bomber's View of the Past
Discover the influence of Antoine Poidebard on aerial archaeology and his complex role in French colonial history.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
September 11, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Aerial archaeology began not in neutral curiosity but in the violence of colonial Syria.
Benjamin Thomas White (@btwhite.bsky.social) traces its entanglement with empire.
Benjamin Thomas White (@btwhite.bsky.social) traces its entanglement with empire.
I think I won't.
August 30, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I think I won't.