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Liam J. Liburd
@liamliburd.bsky.social
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Historian who works on Black British history and the history of whiteness and the white supremacist movement in 20th century Britain. Views those of someone living through interesting times.
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royalhistsoc.org
The Society invites applications for the following three funding programmes, with deadlines 23 to 31 January 2026 bit.ly/3LbxDQb

> RHS Workshop Grants
> Applied History Fellowships, in association with @ihr.bsky.social
> Fellowships, for completion of a History PhD, also with the IHR

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Calls for research funding from the Royal Historical Society: current programmes - RHS
The Society currently invites applications for the following six schemes — open to historians across a range of career stages and backgrounds — with closing dates from 23 January to 6 March 2026. For ...
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January 5, 2026 at 9:47 AM
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The state analogue of flag-happy street fascism: "The asylum seekers, who come from a variety of conflict zones... accuse the Home Office of subjecting them to arbitrary detention, denial of legal representation, inadequate medical care, degrading treatment and severe psychological harm."
theguardian.com The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d
Eighty ‘one in, one out’ asylum seekers accuse UK of degrading treatment
Eighty ‘one in, one out’ asylum seekers accuse UK of degrading treatment
Detainees being held under controversial scheme say Home Office has caused them ‘severe psychological harm’ * UK politics live – latest updates Eighty asylum seekers detained in preparation for being returned to France under the UK government’s controversial “one in, one out” scheme have called on UN bodies to investigate their treatment. claiming they have suffered “fear, humiliation, and psychological distress” at the hands of the Home Office since arriving in the UK in small boats. The detainees have compiled a document, “Report on conditions and treatment at Harmondsworth immigration removal centre”, which claims they have been treated unjustly by the Home Office since arriving in the UK on small boats. Harmondsworth is one of two detention centres close to Heathrow airport in London. Continue reading...
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January 5, 2026 at 11:00 AM
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sebfalk.com
JOB ALERT!

3-year postdoc at @girtoncollege.bsky.social - research anything you like in History, Archaeology or Anthropology in a wonderful, welcoming scholarly community.

PLEASE SHARE! Closes 12 January

www.girton.cam.ac.uk/job-vacancie...
Here's what it looked like on my return to work this morning - beautiful red brick gabled building of Girton's Hall, with a dusting of snow on the grass in front.
January 5, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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workingclasshistory.com
#OtD 4 Jan 1901 CLR James, anti-colonial activist, socialist historian, theorist, journalist and cricket aficionado, was born in Trinidad. We have made available a number of his lesser-known works here: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...
January 4, 2026 at 8:40 PM
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drdanielletw.bsky.social
PhD Funding!

University of Leeds

The School of History invites applicants from Black, Asian and other minoritised ethnic groups who wish to study for a PhD commencing in the academic year 2026/27 to apply for the School of History Access to Research Scholarship.

phd.leeds.ac.uk/funding/387-...
School of History Access to Research Scholarship 2026/27
Project opportunity - School of History Access to Research Scholarship 2026/27 at the University of Leeds
phd.leeds.ac.uk
December 22, 2025 at 7:56 PM
liamliburd.bsky.social
The police are using the Jewish community’s very real insecurities and anxieties in light of increasing antisemitic violence as pretext for an already ongoing, and basically unrelated, authoritarian crackdown on certain kinds of protests (anything left wing, antiracist, antiwar or anti-imperialist).
December 19, 2025 at 7:30 AM
liamliburd.bsky.social
For months, in my home city, people have been throwing up Nazi salutes on their demos outside asylum hotels. The police look on and do nothing, in some cases reportedly allowing them through the line to get at anti-fascists. So their crackdown down on pro-Palestine “antisemitism“ is deeply cynical.
Two arrested on suspicion of shouting slogans calling for ‘intifada’ at protest
Total of five arrests made at pro-Palestine demonstration in London – hours after chiefs of two police forces announced change in approach
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December 19, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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robinince.bsky.social
This is deeply troubling.
The silence of so much of the mainstream.
That this should be happening when a former human rights lawyer is Prime Minister…
Peace is a greater threat to the powerful than war.
"Let the Ambulance In Or She Will Die!" • BREAKING Qesser Zuhrah, 20, on day 46 of a hunger strike at HMP Bronzefield, is being denied emergency medical care despite doctors' warnings. Palestine 9 DeepDivenir
December 17, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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claireturner.bsky.social
-- historians of death and dying -- I'm looking for any studies of men dying from illness/old age as opposed to '''exceptional''' circs i.e., war, execution
December 17, 2025 at 10:59 AM
liamliburd.bsky.social
I read this like Morrisey was singing it.
December 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
liamliburd.bsky.social
My favourite thing about the photo of Strangeways I got is that the street that runs alongside it has been beflagged by fascists; appropriate given that the upcoming article is about prison officers with NF connections...
December 11, 2025 at 1:48 PM
liamliburd.bsky.social
On the way back from the giving a paper at Manchester Uni - thanks to the fantastic audience. Also saw some historical sites and got a photo of Strangeways Prison for my upcoming article on prisons and racism.
December 11, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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patrickwreed.bsky.social
If only there were a cautionary tale about being too eager to accept the apparent time-saving capabilities of new technology.
December 8, 2025 at 1:05 PM
liamliburd.bsky.social
What became St Kitts, right?
December 8, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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badsocialism.bsky.social
I'm sorry but a country where the legislature sells jerk seasoning as gift shop tat is not one where the engines of multiculturalism can be rolled back to 1948
December 8, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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ihrblackbritish.bsky.social
Join us this Thursday for a book talk Teaching Slavery: New Approaches to Britain’s Colonial Past!

📍 Hybrid: Room 349, IHR, Senate House, WC1E 7HU and Online
📆 Thursday 16th October, 2025 ⏰ 17:30
🔗 www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
INSTITUTE OF HISTORICAL RESEARCH BLACK BRITISH HISTORY SEMINAR TEACHING SLAVERY: NEW APPROACHES TO BRITAIN'S COLONIAL PAST SPEAKERS: KATIE DONINGTON (OPEN UNIVERSITY) ABDUL MOHAMUD (UCL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION), ROBIN WHITBURN (UCL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION), NICHOLAS DRAPER (UCL) THURSDAY, 11 DECEMBER 2025, 5:30 PM ROOM 349, THIRD FLOOR, INSTITUTE OF HISTORICAL RESEARCH, SENATE HOUSE (& ONLINE) WWW.HISTORY.AC.UK/NEWS-EVENTS/EVENTS/BOOK-TALK - TEACHING-SLAVERY-NEW-APPROACHES-BRITAINS-COLONIAL-PAST
December 8, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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ihrhistorylab.bsky.social
🌟 Exciting news! The deadline for the Olivette Otele Prize has been extended to Friday 12th December! Don't miss out on this fantastic opportunity for a fast-tracked publication, apply now! 📝
Olivette Otele Prize 2025/26 Open for Submissions! DEADLINE EXTENSION! We have extended the call for abstracts to Friday 12th December 2025 for our annual Olivette Otele Prize! The prize offers the chance for fast-tracked publication of an article and a cash prize of £250 and is open to Black UK-based PhD students working in history or related disciplines, exploring any place or period. We invite you to submit an abstract of no more than 400 words for a 40 minute paper by Friday 12th December 2025 to ihrhistorylab@gmail.com. Timeline: Abstract deadline of no more than 400 words due by Friday 12th DECEMBER 2025 Shortlisted scholars will be notified by Friday 19th December 2025 and asked to submit a full paper of no more than 8000 words by Friday 27th February The winner will be announced by the end of March 2026 Prize and Recognition The winner will receive a £250 cash prize, will be invited to speak at History Lab’s annual conference in summer 2026, and to submit their paper to Historical Research, the leading generalist historical journal and flagship publication of the Institute of Historical Research. Shortlisted scholars will receive a £30 book voucher and the opportunity to present their research at a History Lab seminar. About the Prize The Olivette Otele Prize was created in 2020 in response to the Royal Historical Society’s ‘Race, Ethnicity and Equality Report’ which highlighted racial inequality in the field of history. The prize was named after the UK’s first Black woman history professor and was designed to both raise participants’ profiles as well as financially reward labour involved in academic research. We look forward to reading your applications!
November 27, 2025 at 12:39 PM
liamliburd.bsky.social
For anyone in Manchester next week, I'm speaking at the Department of History's research seminar about my research on racism in prisons in England during the 1970s to mid-1980s.
December 3, 2025 at 11:11 AM
liamliburd.bsky.social
I'm giving a paper in Manchester on 10 December if you're about!
Dr Liam Liburd (Durham University), An Accidental History of Prisons and Race in Late Twentieth Century Britain | Events at The University of Manchester
Department of History Guest Seminar
events.manchester.ac.uk
December 1, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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durhamhistory.bsky.social
In conversation with Rupert Whitaker: a special event to mark World AIDS Day – 6pm 1 December 2025, Durham University Waterside Building

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November 24, 2025 at 4:53 PM
liamliburd.bsky.social
No idea but got a strong feeling that I know who asked the question.
November 27, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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kasperbrasken.bsky.social
When Fascist Italy's occupation of Ethiopia was eventually accepted by the League of Nations in 1936, Alfred Nemours (Haiti) reprimanded the world: “great or small, strong or weak, near or far, white or coloured, let us never forget that one day we may be somebody’s Ethiopia.” #UkrainePeaceTalks
November 27, 2025 at 11:10 AM
liamliburd.bsky.social
That movement took clear inspiration from anti-immigration restrictions then being implemented in several of Britain’s ‘white‘ dominions (Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and in southern Africa).
November 27, 2025 at 11:16 AM
liamliburd.bsky.social
Teaching part of a modern British history course on ethnicity and immigration a few years ago, I noticed that some of the earliest articulations of the idea of Britain as a ‘white man’s country’ come from the late 19th century movement against the admission of Eastern European Jewish refugees.
katrinanavickas.bsky.social Katrina Navickas @katrinanavickas.bsky.social · Nov 27
I was teaching the history of racial discrimination in housing in Britain 1958-1981 to my wonderful cohort of 3rd year undergraduates.
I showed them an example of the "no Irish, no Blacks, no Dogs" sign, and got the genuine question of why anti- Irish sentiment existed in 20thC Britain.
dankaszeta.bsky.social Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · Nov 27
Lots of British racists don’t really consider Eastern Europeans to be white. If you go back a ways in UK history you get people considering Irish as not quite white
November 27, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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soren-lorenson.bsky.social
Just a reminder that the people who run AI companies talk like this when amongst themselves and when you ask me if I'm anti-AI, well, I'm anti whatever the fuck this is
From Empire of AI by Karen Hao "Sutskever now spoke in increasingly messianic overtones, leaving even his longtime friends scratching their heads and other employees ap-prehensive. During one meeting with a new group of researchers, Suts-kever laid out his plans for how to prepare for AGI. "Once we all get into the bunker-" he began. "I'm sorry," a researcher interrupted, "the bunker?" "We're definitely going to build a bunker before we release AGI," Suts-kever replied matter-of-factly. Such a powerful technology would surely become an object of intense desire for governments globally. It could es-calate geopolitical tensions; the core scientists working on the technol-ogy would need to be protected. "Of course," he added, "it's going to be optional whether you want to get into the bunker."
November 27, 2025 at 1:22 AM