Rochelle Rowe
@drrochellerowe.bsky.social
Author & historian of race, gender, beauty & performance.
Lectures in Black British History at University of Edinburgh
Book: Imagining Caribbean Womanhood: race, nation and beauty competitions
agent: @WatsonLittle
Lectures in Black British History at University of Edinburgh
Book: Imagining Caribbean Womanhood: race, nation and beauty competitions
agent: @WatsonLittle
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Rochelle Rowe
@drrochellerowe.bsky.social
· Apr 16
It's Publication Day for my article tracing Black women in famous British art.
'Black Modernist Muses in Jacob Epstein's Art'
Read full article here👇🏾
doi-org.eux.idm.oclc.org/10.1080/0961...
image: 'Roma of Barbados' Fitzwilliam Museum/Jacob Epstein
@womenshistoryrev.bsky.social
'Black Modernist Muses in Jacob Epstein's Art'
Read full article here👇🏾
doi-org.eux.idm.oclc.org/10.1080/0961...
image: 'Roma of Barbados' Fitzwilliam Museum/Jacob Epstein
@womenshistoryrev.bsky.social
Loved being on the #BetwixtTheSheets podcast!
@k8lister.bsky.social and I had a great conversation about Victorian ideas of race and beauty. Do give it a listen...
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@hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social @socialhistsoc.bsky.social @blackhistoryuk.bsky.social @pbhosu.bsky.social @historyworkshop.org.uk
@k8lister.bsky.social and I had a great conversation about Victorian ideas of race and beauty. Do give it a listen...
👇
@hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social @socialhistsoc.bsky.social @blackhistoryuk.bsky.social @pbhosu.bsky.social @historyworkshop.org.uk
Today on #BetwixtTheSheets, I am talking to the super beautiful and brainy @drrochellerowe.bsky.social about Victorian beauty standards.
Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
May 23, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Loved being on the #BetwixtTheSheets podcast!
@k8lister.bsky.social and I had a great conversation about Victorian ideas of race and beauty. Do give it a listen...
👇
@hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social @socialhistsoc.bsky.social @blackhistoryuk.bsky.social @pbhosu.bsky.social @historyworkshop.org.uk
@k8lister.bsky.social and I had a great conversation about Victorian ideas of race and beauty. Do give it a listen...
👇
@hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social @socialhistsoc.bsky.social @blackhistoryuk.bsky.social @pbhosu.bsky.social @historyworkshop.org.uk
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📚 BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS 📚
Really interesting selection of books available for review. Check them out and get in touch with Sam 👇
Really interesting selection of books available for review. Check them out and get in touch with Sam 👇
Its a beautiful Friday afternoon and the books are extra fresh. I'm looking for reviewers for these wonderful titles for @urbanhistory.bsky.social. Get in touch if you want a free copy of these (in exchange for a review!). First up, Alistair Fair et. al. magnificent 'Building Modern Scotland.'
April 12, 2025 at 6:57 AM
📚 BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS 📚
Really interesting selection of books available for review. Check them out and get in touch with Sam 👇
Really interesting selection of books available for review. Check them out and get in touch with Sam 👇
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London friends! On May 13th I’m going to be in conversation with @johnmerrick.bsky.social about Liverpool, obsolescence and what it means to write history at our present moment at the amazing Pelican House in Bethnal Green. There will be a bar and everything. pelicanhouse.org/event/liverp...
April 29, 2025 at 7:16 PM
London friends! On May 13th I’m going to be in conversation with @johnmerrick.bsky.social about Liverpool, obsolescence and what it means to write history at our present moment at the amazing Pelican House in Bethnal Green. There will be a bar and everything. pelicanhouse.org/event/liverp...
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Excited to share the cover for my debut non-fiction book WE WERE THERE, which is out 17 April 2025 via The Bodley Head + is a cultural history of Black Britain in the Thatcher era.
Please pre-order it via the link if you feel inclined!
www.penguin.co.uk/books/453942...
Please pre-order it via the link if you feel inclined!
www.penguin.co.uk/books/453942...
November 23, 2024 at 7:45 AM
Excited to share the cover for my debut non-fiction book WE WERE THERE, which is out 17 April 2025 via The Bodley Head + is a cultural history of Black Britain in the Thatcher era.
Please pre-order it via the link if you feel inclined!
www.penguin.co.uk/books/453942...
Please pre-order it via the link if you feel inclined!
www.penguin.co.uk/books/453942...
Reposted by Rochelle Rowe
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...
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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.
It's Publication Day for my article tracing Black women in famous British art.
'Black Modernist Muses in Jacob Epstein's Art'
Read full article here👇🏾
doi-org.eux.idm.oclc.org/10.1080/0961...
image: 'Roma of Barbados' Fitzwilliam Museum/Jacob Epstein
@womenshistoryrev.bsky.social
'Black Modernist Muses in Jacob Epstein's Art'
Read full article here👇🏾
doi-org.eux.idm.oclc.org/10.1080/0961...
image: 'Roma of Barbados' Fitzwilliam Museum/Jacob Epstein
@womenshistoryrev.bsky.social
April 16, 2025 at 9:53 AM
It's Publication Day for my article tracing Black women in famous British art.
'Black Modernist Muses in Jacob Epstein's Art'
Read full article here👇🏾
doi-org.eux.idm.oclc.org/10.1080/0961...
image: 'Roma of Barbados' Fitzwilliam Museum/Jacob Epstein
@womenshistoryrev.bsky.social
'Black Modernist Muses in Jacob Epstein's Art'
Read full article here👇🏾
doi-org.eux.idm.oclc.org/10.1080/0961...
image: 'Roma of Barbados' Fitzwilliam Museum/Jacob Epstein
@womenshistoryrev.bsky.social
Reposted by Rochelle Rowe
Reposted by Rochelle Rowe
PhD Studentship: Exploring the Visual Record of Black Caribbean Men and Women Serving in the UK During the Second World War- University of Westminster - School of Humanities #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMH227/p...
PhD Studentship: Exploring the Visual Record of Black Caribbean Men and Women Serving in the UK During the Second World War at University of Westminster
Find a PhD Studentship: Exploring the Visual Record of Black Caribbean Men and Women Serving in the UK During the Second World War on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board in higher education. Click to view m...
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March 18, 2025 at 6:44 AM
PhD Studentship: Exploring the Visual Record of Black Caribbean Men and Women Serving in the UK During the Second World War- University of Westminster - School of Humanities #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMH227/p...
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We're hosting a workshop on 'South Asian Women's Activism and Agency' on Thursday 8th May (draft programme below). We're delighted to have a brilliant group of speakers joining us. Our keynotes will be Amrit Wilson and Samita Sen. If you would like to join us, please get in touch to register.
March 24, 2025 at 5:28 PM
We're hosting a workshop on 'South Asian Women's Activism and Agency' on Thursday 8th May (draft programme below). We're delighted to have a brilliant group of speakers joining us. Our keynotes will be Amrit Wilson and Samita Sen. If you would like to join us, please get in touch to register.
Reposted by Rochelle Rowe
Happy publication day to @hdiamond.bsky.social! JOSEPHINE BAKER'S SECRET WAR is out from Yale Books today
April 8, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Happy publication day to @hdiamond.bsky.social! JOSEPHINE BAKER'S SECRET WAR is out from Yale Books today