Dr Joanne Norcup
@drjn.bsky.social
Historical Geographer
YPCCS University of Warwick (Caribbean histories & geographies)
Also Nottingham and OU Geog Depts.
(Martial) Arts, photography, films, comedy, books, libraries, archives, trees, pottery. Always curious.
https://jonorcup.com
YPCCS University of Warwick (Caribbean histories & geographies)
Also Nottingham and OU Geog Depts.
(Martial) Arts, photography, films, comedy, books, libraries, archives, trees, pottery. Always curious.
https://jonorcup.com
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Delve deeper into your family tree by finding lost relatives who served in WWI. Ensure their service & sacrifice are never forgotten. Free access until 13th November.
@findmypast.bsky.social findmypast.co.uk.
T&Cs apply
@findmypast.bsky.social findmypast.co.uk.
T&Cs apply
November 7, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Delve deeper into your family tree by finding lost relatives who served in WWI. Ensure their service & sacrifice are never forgotten. Free access until 13th November.
@findmypast.bsky.social findmypast.co.uk.
T&Cs apply
@findmypast.bsky.social findmypast.co.uk.
T&Cs apply
recommended watch @davidolusoga.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Empire with David Olusoga
How did a small island once rule over a quarter of the world's population? This shared history still shapes us today - and billions of people are part of its story.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 12:22 AM
recommended watch @davidolusoga.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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I did my bachelor's in Human Geography at Leicester. Best choice I ever made, genuinely some of the best years of my life!
We were on the picket lines with staff then, full support to them now. A lot of my favourite people have left since I graduated due to the state of academia, now more at risk.
We were on the picket lines with staff then, full support to them now. A lot of my favourite people have left since I graduated due to the state of academia, now more at risk.
Solidarity to colleagues at Leicester Uni:
"all academic staff in the film studies and modern languages departments have been placed at risk, with "large numbers of staff" in chemistry, geography, geology & the environment (GGE) and history specialisms "uncertain if they will retain their jobs"
"all academic staff in the film studies and modern languages departments have been placed at risk, with "large numbers of staff" in chemistry, geography, geology & the environment (GGE) and history specialisms "uncertain if they will retain their jobs"
University of Leicester confirms formal redundancy consultation
The University and College Union's local branch says staff are planning strike action.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 11:23 AM
I did my bachelor's in Human Geography at Leicester. Best choice I ever made, genuinely some of the best years of my life!
We were on the picket lines with staff then, full support to them now. A lot of my favourite people have left since I graduated due to the state of academia, now more at risk.
We were on the picket lines with staff then, full support to them now. A lot of my favourite people have left since I graduated due to the state of academia, now more at risk.
Recommended reading #HowToKillAWitchAGuideForThePatriarchy
November 6, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Recommended reading #HowToKillAWitchAGuideForThePatriarchy
Some of my students touched on these themes in recent tutorials www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0m5...
Inner Transformation and Sustainability with Christine Wamsler, PhD
YouTube video by Stanford Contemplation by Design
www.youtube.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Some of my students touched on these themes in recent tutorials www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0m5...
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The history and legacy of the British Empire with @davidolusoga.bsky.social
Coming in November.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
🗃️📚📺 #history
Coming in November.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
🗃️📚📺 #history
October 24, 2025 at 12:06 PM
The history and legacy of the British Empire with @davidolusoga.bsky.social
Coming in November.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
🗃️📚📺 #history
Coming in November.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
🗃️📚📺 #history
Big thanks to @ncace.bsky.social for this fantastic session and so generative to connect with so many inspiring and talented independent scholars and creatives. Feeling seen and valued is important.
Building connections. Creating opportunities. Recognising your work.
Independent researchers shape culture, knowledge & society—too often without recognition or support. The NCACE Independent Researchers Network aims to change that.
Info and register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ncace-inde...
Independent researchers shape culture, knowledge & society—too often without recognition or support. The NCACE Independent Researchers Network aims to change that.
Info and register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ncace-inde...
NCACE Independent Researcher Network Launch
Building connections. Creating opportunities. Recognising your work.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Big thanks to @ncace.bsky.social for this fantastic session and so generative to connect with so many inspiring and talented independent scholars and creatives. Feeling seen and valued is important.
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Farage: epic grifter
October 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Farage: epic grifter
A really great documentary series / art from Adam Curtis on why and how remembering the recent past matters and where Britain is at www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Shifty
When power begins to shift in society, everything becomes unstable, exciting and frightening. Living in Britain at the end of the 20th century. From acclaimed film maker Adam Curtis.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 21, 2025 at 12:09 PM
A really great documentary series / art from Adam Curtis on why and how remembering the recent past matters and where Britain is at www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Forster (1909) The Machine Stops #recommendedreading
October 21, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Forster (1909) The Machine Stops #recommendedreading
Part of my research over the years has been taking seriously popular culture & especially popular tv comedy dramas in how they are able to inform geographical imaginations about the world. Great that this podcast series is taking the cultural history of 'reality tv' into thoughtful consideration
How did reality TV become the phenomenon we can’t stop watching? 📺
Explore our new series 'The History of Reality TV' wherever you get your podcasts 🎙️
@sarahchurchwell.bsky.social @davidolusoga.bsky.social
#celebritytraitors #thetraitors #history
Explore our new series 'The History of Reality TV' wherever you get your podcasts 🎙️
@sarahchurchwell.bsky.social @davidolusoga.bsky.social
#celebritytraitors #thetraitors #history
October 18, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Part of my research over the years has been taking seriously popular culture & especially popular tv comedy dramas in how they are able to inform geographical imaginations about the world. Great that this podcast series is taking the cultural history of 'reality tv' into thoughtful consideration
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📯Very excited to see the new HGRG Newsletter! There is a special section to the ICHG in China.
Events, publications, grants and reports all in this wonderful edition. Enjoy!!
📖 Read it here: hgrg.org.uk/wp-content/u...
@rgsibg.bsky.social @treeseeker.bsky.social @lghgseminar.bsky.social
Events, publications, grants and reports all in this wonderful edition. Enjoy!!
📖 Read it here: hgrg.org.uk/wp-content/u...
@rgsibg.bsky.social @treeseeker.bsky.social @lghgseminar.bsky.social
hgrg.org.uk
September 19, 2025 at 12:46 PM
📯Very excited to see the new HGRG Newsletter! There is a special section to the ICHG in China.
Events, publications, grants and reports all in this wonderful edition. Enjoy!!
📖 Read it here: hgrg.org.uk/wp-content/u...
@rgsibg.bsky.social @treeseeker.bsky.social @lghgseminar.bsky.social
Events, publications, grants and reports all in this wonderful edition. Enjoy!!
📖 Read it here: hgrg.org.uk/wp-content/u...
@rgsibg.bsky.social @treeseeker.bsky.social @lghgseminar.bsky.social
On next week, 7th October on BBC FOUR.
Libraries are about curiosity, freedom, inclusivity, creativity & gift numerous positive opportunities to learn, connect, support & uplift opportunities for all. There are divisive forces at work attempting to undermine them. Watch and learn. #SaveLibraries
Libraries are about curiosity, freedom, inclusivity, creativity & gift numerous positive opportunities to learn, connect, support & uplift opportunities for all. There are divisive forces at work attempting to undermine them. Watch and learn. #SaveLibraries
"You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture, just get people to stop reading" Really vital viewing
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ykll...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ykll...
THE LIBRARIANS | Official Trailer
YouTube video by The Librarians Film
www.youtube.com
October 3, 2025 at 10:30 AM
On next week, 7th October on BBC FOUR.
Libraries are about curiosity, freedom, inclusivity, creativity & gift numerous positive opportunities to learn, connect, support & uplift opportunities for all. There are divisive forces at work attempting to undermine them. Watch and learn. #SaveLibraries
Libraries are about curiosity, freedom, inclusivity, creativity & gift numerous positive opportunities to learn, connect, support & uplift opportunities for all. There are divisive forces at work attempting to undermine them. Watch and learn. #SaveLibraries
The annual Walter Rodney Lecture (hosted by the Yesu Persaud Centre for Caribbean Studies, University of Warwick) will be given this year by Professor David Scott (Columbia University) on the 25th November 2025. Please share. All welcome.
October 3, 2025 at 9:07 AM
The annual Walter Rodney Lecture (hosted by the Yesu Persaud Centre for Caribbean Studies, University of Warwick) will be given this year by Professor David Scott (Columbia University) on the 25th November 2025. Please share. All welcome.
First seminar of the academic year for the Yesu Persaud Centre for Caribbean Studies on Tuesday 28th October sees YPCCS alumni, Professor Alison Donnell taking about her internationally acclaimed 2025 publication 'Lost and Found' (Papillote Press). Please share. All welcome.
October 3, 2025 at 8:51 AM
First seminar of the academic year for the Yesu Persaud Centre for Caribbean Studies on Tuesday 28th October sees YPCCS alumni, Professor Alison Donnell taking about her internationally acclaimed 2025 publication 'Lost and Found' (Papillote Press). Please share. All welcome.
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Liverpool! Happening now!
We have an amazing panel at 4pm at @OpenEyeGallery with the brilliant & inimitable @carolvorders.bsky.social Stewart Lee & @& the entire @thenerve.news team on this our launch day!
It’s first come, first served for seats. See you there!! 👊👊👊
We have an amazing panel at 4pm at @OpenEyeGallery with the brilliant & inimitable @carolvorders.bsky.social Stewart Lee & @& the entire @thenerve.news team on this our launch day!
It’s first come, first served for seats. See you there!! 👊👊👊
September 30, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Liverpool! Happening now!
We have an amazing panel at 4pm at @OpenEyeGallery with the brilliant & inimitable @carolvorders.bsky.social Stewart Lee & @& the entire @thenerve.news team on this our launch day!
It’s first come, first served for seats. See you there!! 👊👊👊
We have an amazing panel at 4pm at @OpenEyeGallery with the brilliant & inimitable @carolvorders.bsky.social Stewart Lee & @& the entire @thenerve.news team on this our launch day!
It’s first come, first served for seats. See you there!! 👊👊👊
THIS THIS www.efdss.org/whats-on/26-...
Black British Folk Takeover
Song, Music, Storytelling & More from British Folkies of the African Diaspora.
www.efdss.org
September 27, 2025 at 9:24 AM
THIS THIS www.efdss.org/whats-on/26-...
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Eighteenth-century precedents and 21st-century threats.
Vaccination and the price of forgetting
History shows how dangerous anti-vax sentiment can prove
www.ft.com
September 26, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Eighteenth-century precedents and 21st-century threats.
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@yalebooks.bsky.social have outdone themselves with the cover of my new book. Out in January for anyone interested.
September 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
@yalebooks.bsky.social have outdone themselves with the cover of my new book. Out in January for anyone interested.
"You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture, just get people to stop reading" Really vital viewing
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ykll...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ykll...
THE LIBRARIANS | Official Trailer
YouTube video by The Librarians Film
www.youtube.com
September 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM
"You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture, just get people to stop reading" Really vital viewing
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ykll...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ykll...
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Registration for our hybrid autumn seminar programme—"Bad Habits"—is now live! Full details and registration links here: eepurl.com/jnswZs
September 16, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Registration for our hybrid autumn seminar programme—"Bad Habits"—is now live! Full details and registration links here: eepurl.com/jnswZs
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Join us on 23 September for the start of our CLACS Caribbean Studies Seminar Series 2025/26 @ilcs.bsky.social / @soccaribbeanuk.bsky.social
The Long Road from Bog Walk: Electricity and Electrification in Jamaica, 1890s–1970s w/ Andrew Williams (University of the West Indies, Mona) shorturl.at/euVXU
The Long Road from Bog Walk: Electricity and Electrification in Jamaica, 1890s–1970s w/ Andrew Williams (University of the West Indies, Mona) shorturl.at/euVXU
September 15, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Join us on 23 September for the start of our CLACS Caribbean Studies Seminar Series 2025/26 @ilcs.bsky.social / @soccaribbeanuk.bsky.social
The Long Road from Bog Walk: Electricity and Electrification in Jamaica, 1890s–1970s w/ Andrew Williams (University of the West Indies, Mona) shorturl.at/euVXU
The Long Road from Bog Walk: Electricity and Electrification in Jamaica, 1890s–1970s w/ Andrew Williams (University of the West Indies, Mona) shorturl.at/euVXU