Deanna Lyncook
@deannalyncook.bsky.social
PhD: Caribbean children in the British colonial education system, 1940-1985. @QMUL History. Podcaster: The History Hotline. Isaiah 54:17 🇯🇲
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The IHR Black British History seminar series is now on BlueSky!
Follow us for updates and keep your eyes peeled for information about our upcoming seminars 👀
@ihr.bsky.social #BlackBritishHistory #historians #academia
Follow us for updates and keep your eyes peeled for information about our upcoming seminars 👀
@ihr.bsky.social #BlackBritishHistory #historians #academia
September 25, 2025 at 10:07 AM
The IHR Black British History seminar series is now on BlueSky!
Follow us for updates and keep your eyes peeled for information about our upcoming seminars 👀
@ihr.bsky.social #BlackBritishHistory #historians #academia
Follow us for updates and keep your eyes peeled for information about our upcoming seminars 👀
@ihr.bsky.social #BlackBritishHistory #historians #academia
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Ahead of graduation, excited to hear from Virginia Davis about the history of the School of History @qmul.bsky.social. More than a century of excellence, and about 180 character sketches.
July 29, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Ahead of graduation, excited to hear from Virginia Davis about the history of the School of History @qmul.bsky.social. More than a century of excellence, and about 180 character sketches.
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Yesterday I officially became Dr Annabelle Gilmore at the University of Birmingham 🎉
Thank you to all the people who helped me along the way, especially my supervisors!
Thank you to all the people who helped me along the way, especially my supervisors!
July 10, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Yesterday I officially became Dr Annabelle Gilmore at the University of Birmingham 🎉
Thank you to all the people who helped me along the way, especially my supervisors!
Thank you to all the people who helped me along the way, especially my supervisors!
Association of Caribbean Historians you owe me nothing.
It's always an honour and a privilege to share my research with any audience but ACH was such a welcoming and affirming space. I had the best time and met some incredible scholars.
It's always an honour and a privilege to share my research with any audience but ACH was such a welcoming and affirming space. I had the best time and met some incredible scholars.
June 26, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Association of Caribbean Historians you owe me nothing.
It's always an honour and a privilege to share my research with any audience but ACH was such a welcoming and affirming space. I had the best time and met some incredible scholars.
It's always an honour and a privilege to share my research with any audience but ACH was such a welcoming and affirming space. I had the best time and met some incredible scholars.
Thank you thank you, but that drink deserves all the praise!
@deannalyncook.bsky.social you absolutely should demand a commission from Ground for your superb advertising.
June 26, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Thank you thank you, but that drink deserves all the praise!
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Do you have a fabulous MA student who is interested in the 1990s? Send this fully-funded 4 year AHRC doctoral studentship their way. They'll get to work with me (yay?) and the fabulous @jessamycarlson.bsky.social (yay!) www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate...
History: Fully Funded PhD Studentship in Early education, education, education: childcare in the policy and imagination of New Labour’s England, 1994-2003 (RS852) - Swansea UniversityMenu
We offer a wide range of funded and fully funded research scholarships in all subject areas. Explore your options and apply now.
www.swansea.ac.uk
June 23, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Do you have a fabulous MA student who is interested in the 1990s? Send this fully-funded 4 year AHRC doctoral studentship their way. They'll get to work with me (yay?) and the fabulous @jessamycarlson.bsky.social (yay!) www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate...
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If you’d like to know more about extinction and empire, some upcoming book events:
18 June, with Gary Younge, KCL
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/vanis...
26 June, Linnean Society, London
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-unnatu...
9 July, with Helen Macdonald, Cambridge
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/vanished-a...
18 June, with Gary Younge, KCL
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/vanis...
26 June, Linnean Society, London
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-unnatu...
9 July, with Helen Macdonald, Cambridge
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/vanished-a...
A huge thanks to the brilliant Maya Goodfellow who recently interviewed me for @theguardian.com about my book, and the entangled histories of extinction and empire more broadly.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘A billionaire will pay a lot of money to shoot a recreated being’: historian Sadiah Qureshi on extinction and empire
In her new book, Vanished, the history professor picks apart the political and philosophical dimensions of species loss
www.theguardian.com
June 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
If you’d like to know more about extinction and empire, some upcoming book events:
18 June, with Gary Younge, KCL
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/vanis...
26 June, Linnean Society, London
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-unnatu...
9 July, with Helen Macdonald, Cambridge
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/vanished-a...
18 June, with Gary Younge, KCL
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/vanis...
26 June, Linnean Society, London
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-unnatu...
9 July, with Helen Macdonald, Cambridge
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/vanished-a...
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I just learnt that our elder Sir Geoff Palmer has joined the ancestors. What a life he led and what a legacy.
May his passage be gentle.
www.hw.ac.uk/news/2025/de...
May his passage be gentle.
www.hw.ac.uk/news/2025/de...
Death of University Chancellor Professor Emeritus Sir Geoff Palmer KT OBE
Heriot-Watt University is saddened by the death of its esteemed Chancellor and renowned humanitarian, Professor Emeritus Sir Godfrey (Geoff) Palmer KT OBE.
www.hw.ac.uk
June 13, 2025 at 6:50 AM
I just learnt that our elder Sir Geoff Palmer has joined the ancestors. What a life he led and what a legacy.
May his passage be gentle.
www.hw.ac.uk/news/2025/de...
May his passage be gentle.
www.hw.ac.uk/news/2025/de...
Touched down in T&T for the 2025 Association of Caribbean Historians conference, I’m buzzing! 🇹🇹
May 31, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Touched down in T&T for the 2025 Association of Caribbean Historians conference, I’m buzzing! 🇹🇹
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It would be great if commentators could stop providing free PR for the far-right as the next government. The threat is serious, but so much commentary feels like it is already platforming the worst of modern politics as inevitable while doing precious little to give space to meaningful alternatives.
May 13, 2025 at 3:06 PM
It would be great if commentators could stop providing free PR for the far-right as the next government. The threat is serious, but so much commentary feels like it is already platforming the worst of modern politics as inevitable while doing precious little to give space to meaningful alternatives.
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Now that we are on the long-forseeable "day after" I feel like we can easily adopt the Sivanandan reading on events...
"What Reform says today, the Tories say tomorrow, and Labour legislates on the day after"
"What Reform says today, the Tories say tomorrow, and Labour legislates on the day after"
May 12, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Now that we are on the long-forseeable "day after" I feel like we can easily adopt the Sivanandan reading on events...
"What Reform says today, the Tories say tomorrow, and Labour legislates on the day after"
"What Reform says today, the Tories say tomorrow, and Labour legislates on the day after"
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(You also do fundamentally need to understand why students cheat, why they don’t perceive it as cheating, what they think the point of higher ed actually is, what other pressures they’re facing around and on top of their studies… to defeat AI we need a cultural shift in what education is *for*)
May 7, 2025 at 4:20 PM
(You also do fundamentally need to understand why students cheat, why they don’t perceive it as cheating, what they think the point of higher ed actually is, what other pressures they’re facing around and on top of their studies… to defeat AI we need a cultural shift in what education is *for*)
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April 28, 2025: Migrants are making SOS signs out of their bodies so drones can see them at our country's concentration camps.
April 30, 2025 at 7:08 PM
April 28, 2025: Migrants are making SOS signs out of their bodies so drones can see them at our country's concentration camps.
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OPEN LETTER: HISTORIANS FOR TRANS RIGHTS
Are you a historian in the UK or working on UK history fed up at seeing the history of LGBTQIA+ discrimination repeat itself? Sign this open letter to MPs demanding they stand up for trans rights now!
Letter: tinyurl.com/879vuver
Sign: tinyurl.com/4p7wktrn
Are you a historian in the UK or working on UK history fed up at seeing the history of LGBTQIA+ discrimination repeat itself? Sign this open letter to MPs demanding they stand up for trans rights now!
Letter: tinyurl.com/879vuver
Sign: tinyurl.com/4p7wktrn
Historians for Trans Rights - Open Letter to MPs
In light of the recent and incessant attacks on the trans community in the UK by the UK government and legal system, a group of UK-based historians have drafted the letter linked below. Our aim is to ...
tinyurl.com
May 1, 2025 at 10:17 AM
OPEN LETTER: HISTORIANS FOR TRANS RIGHTS
Are you a historian in the UK or working on UK history fed up at seeing the history of LGBTQIA+ discrimination repeat itself? Sign this open letter to MPs demanding they stand up for trans rights now!
Letter: tinyurl.com/879vuver
Sign: tinyurl.com/4p7wktrn
Are you a historian in the UK or working on UK history fed up at seeing the history of LGBTQIA+ discrimination repeat itself? Sign this open letter to MPs demanding they stand up for trans rights now!
Letter: tinyurl.com/879vuver
Sign: tinyurl.com/4p7wktrn
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History Lab is proud to announce the winner of this year's Olivette Otele Prize, Olivia Wyatt! 🏆🎉 Olivia's paper is titled "Black is Beautiful: The Politics of Pigmentation within the British Black Women's Movement".
Congratulations to Olivia who joins a long line of Olivette Otele Prize winners!✨
Congratulations to Olivia who joins a long line of Olivette Otele Prize winners!✨
April 25, 2025 at 11:14 AM
History Lab is proud to announce the winner of this year's Olivette Otele Prize, Olivia Wyatt! 🏆🎉 Olivia's paper is titled "Black is Beautiful: The Politics of Pigmentation within the British Black Women's Movement".
Congratulations to Olivia who joins a long line of Olivette Otele Prize winners!✨
Congratulations to Olivia who joins a long line of Olivette Otele Prize winners!✨
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Yesterday, I interviewed former Army Correspondent Jay Roberts, who was with photographer Ron Haeberle at My Lai on March 16, 1968. Last month, I spent 10 days with Ron in My Lai.
For someone originally trained as a 19th century historian, it's a remarkable experience to talk to key eyewitnesses.
For someone originally trained as a 19th century historian, it's a remarkable experience to talk to key eyewitnesses.
April 25, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Yesterday, I interviewed former Army Correspondent Jay Roberts, who was with photographer Ron Haeberle at My Lai on March 16, 1968. Last month, I spent 10 days with Ron in My Lai.
For someone originally trained as a 19th century historian, it's a remarkable experience to talk to key eyewitnesses.
For someone originally trained as a 19th century historian, it's a remarkable experience to talk to key eyewitnesses.
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Delighted Sabrina Bowen @chase-dtp.bsky.social & @deannalyncook.bsky.social will host our Caribbean Studies Seminar w/ Amy Cottrill, incoming Leeds Uni PhD student, presenting on resistance & women in Tortola. @mbarcia24.bsky.social @soccaribbeanuk.bsky.social @ilcs.bsky.social
shorturl.at/S4yfc
shorturl.at/S4yfc
Caribbean Studies Seminar Series
ilcs.sas.ac.uk
April 22, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Delighted Sabrina Bowen @chase-dtp.bsky.social & @deannalyncook.bsky.social will host our Caribbean Studies Seminar w/ Amy Cottrill, incoming Leeds Uni PhD student, presenting on resistance & women in Tortola. @mbarcia24.bsky.social @soccaribbeanuk.bsky.social @ilcs.bsky.social
shorturl.at/S4yfc
shorturl.at/S4yfc
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QMUL is being transformed by a 1000 cuts without a clear vision and without staff input -- management only opening 'consultations' when it is too late & the only convo is about severance.
Our university deserves a strategy, and deserves staff treated with dignity. Vote in the consultative ballot
Our university deserves a strategy, and deserves staff treated with dignity. Vote in the consultative ballot
April 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
QMUL is being transformed by a 1000 cuts without a clear vision and without staff input -- management only opening 'consultations' when it is too late & the only convo is about severance.
Our university deserves a strategy, and deserves staff treated with dignity. Vote in the consultative ballot
Our university deserves a strategy, and deserves staff treated with dignity. Vote in the consultative ballot
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It's notable that these topics always become shocking for academia when it's white academics from the Global North who are impacted. But if you work in the UK, there are people at your university who cannot travel to archives or conferences because of their immigration status! For sure!
April 14, 2025 at 10:12 AM
It's notable that these topics always become shocking for academia when it's white academics from the Global North who are impacted. But if you work in the UK, there are people at your university who cannot travel to archives or conferences because of their immigration status! For sure!
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Obviously things have got dramatically worse in the US recently, and I don't want to diminish that, but I've been at *so many* conferences in the UK on topics like empire, humanitarianism and development where multiple speakers from the Global South have been denied visas or held at the border
I just attended a conference in the US. We had one speaker detained and two others turned away at the border.
There are great conferences and science in the US, but with the way things are right now, it’s too risky to attend.
April 14, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Obviously things have got dramatically worse in the US recently, and I don't want to diminish that, but I've been at *so many* conferences in the UK on topics like empire, humanitarianism and development where multiple speakers from the Global South have been denied visas or held at the border
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Our latest @ilcs.bsky.social Caribbean seminar 'The changing philosophy of education in 20th Century Jamaica' w/ @deannalyncook.bsky.social & Sabrina Bowen (chair) is now available to watch online.
You can sign up for our next session on 29 April: shorturl.at/RweQd
www.youtube.com/watch?v=H19r...
You can sign up for our next session on 29 April: shorturl.at/RweQd
www.youtube.com/watch?v=H19r...
The changing philosophy of education in 20th Century Jamaica
YouTube video by SchAdvStudy
www.youtube.com
April 8, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Our latest @ilcs.bsky.social Caribbean seminar 'The changing philosophy of education in 20th Century Jamaica' w/ @deannalyncook.bsky.social & Sabrina Bowen (chair) is now available to watch online.
You can sign up for our next session on 29 April: shorturl.at/RweQd
www.youtube.com/watch?v=H19r...
You can sign up for our next session on 29 April: shorturl.at/RweQd
www.youtube.com/watch?v=H19r...
Spent an amazing fortnight in St Kitts conducting archival research and interviews for my PhD thesis, a huge thank you to @qmul.ac.uk PGR Doctoral College fund for funding this trip and to staff in the school of History that supported the application 🫶🏾
April 9, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Spent an amazing fortnight in St Kitts conducting archival research and interviews for my PhD thesis, a huge thank you to @qmul.ac.uk PGR Doctoral College fund for funding this trip and to staff in the school of History that supported the application 🫶🏾
Speaking tomorrow at the next @ilcs.bsky.social Caribbean Seminar.
‘Many See The Problem. Only Some Want Changes’: The Changing Philosophy of Education in 20th Century Jamaica.
🔗 ilcs.sas.ac.uk/events/carib...
@soccaribbeanuk.bsky.social
‘Many See The Problem. Only Some Want Changes’: The Changing Philosophy of Education in 20th Century Jamaica.
🔗 ilcs.sas.ac.uk/events/carib...
@soccaribbeanuk.bsky.social
March 24, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Speaking tomorrow at the next @ilcs.bsky.social Caribbean Seminar.
‘Many See The Problem. Only Some Want Changes’: The Changing Philosophy of Education in 20th Century Jamaica.
🔗 ilcs.sas.ac.uk/events/carib...
@soccaribbeanuk.bsky.social
‘Many See The Problem. Only Some Want Changes’: The Changing Philosophy of Education in 20th Century Jamaica.
🔗 ilcs.sas.ac.uk/events/carib...
@soccaribbeanuk.bsky.social
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There's still time to sign up for our next Caribbean Seminar w/ @deannalyncook.bsky.social ‘Many See The Problem. Only Some Want Changes’: The Changing Philosophy of Education in 20th Century Jamaica. Chair: Sabrina Bowen
ilcs.sas.ac.uk/events/carib... @soccaribbeanuk.bsky.social @ilcs.bsky.social
ilcs.sas.ac.uk/events/carib... @soccaribbeanuk.bsky.social @ilcs.bsky.social
Caribbean Studies Seminar Series
ilcs.sas.ac.uk
March 23, 2025 at 10:49 AM
There's still time to sign up for our next Caribbean Seminar w/ @deannalyncook.bsky.social ‘Many See The Problem. Only Some Want Changes’: The Changing Philosophy of Education in 20th Century Jamaica. Chair: Sabrina Bowen
ilcs.sas.ac.uk/events/carib... @soccaribbeanuk.bsky.social @ilcs.bsky.social
ilcs.sas.ac.uk/events/carib... @soccaribbeanuk.bsky.social @ilcs.bsky.social