Meha Priyadarshini
@mehapri.bsky.social
Historian of early modern global connections and objects
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Submit nominations by May 15 for the Roy Rosenzweig Prize for Creativity in Digital History, sponsored jointly by the AHA and @rrchnm.bsky.social. This prize is awarded annually to honor and support work on a creative and freely available new media project. 🗃️
Roy Rosenzweig Prize for Creativity in Digital History – AHA
This prize is awarded annually to honor and support work on a creative and freely available new media project, and in particular for work that reflects thoughtful, critical, and rigorous engagement wi...
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May 9, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Submit nominations by May 15 for the Roy Rosenzweig Prize for Creativity in Digital History, sponsored jointly by the AHA and @rrchnm.bsky.social. This prize is awarded annually to honor and support work on a creative and freely available new media project. 🗃️
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Ethnic cleansing was always the plan — and our government cannot pretend it didn’t know.
A statement from the Independent Alliance.
A statement from the Independent Alliance.
May 7, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Ethnic cleansing was always the plan — and our government cannot pretend it didn’t know.
A statement from the Independent Alliance.
A statement from the Independent Alliance.
There are still a couple of days left to submit abstracts for this workshop in Glasgow. Please note that there is some funding for travel for scholars from the Global South.
CFP: THREADS OF EMPIRE: MODES, MATERIALS AND THE MAKING OF TEXTILES
Commodities of Empire Workshop, University of Glasgow, 8-9 Sep. 2025. Deadline: Mar 28 #MaterialCulture commoditiesofempire.org.uk/events/
Commodities of Empire Workshop, University of Glasgow, 8-9 Sep. 2025. Deadline: Mar 28 #MaterialCulture commoditiesofempire.org.uk/events/
Events - Commodities of Empire
For details of our past events, click here. THREADS OF EMPIRE: MODES, MATERIALS AND THE MAKING OF TEXTILES Call for Papers Download Call for Papers as PDF Commodities of Empire Workshop, University o...
commoditiesofempire.org.uk
March 26, 2025 at 10:29 AM
There are still a couple of days left to submit abstracts for this workshop in Glasgow. Please note that there is some funding for travel for scholars from the Global South.
I just found out about this incredible 3D reconstruction of Tenochtitlán! Could be a useful resource for teaching.
Hermosa esta reconstrucción 3D de Tenochtitlán hecha por Thomas Kole: tenochtitlan.thomaskole.nl/es.html
Retrato de Tenochtitlan
Reconstrucción 3D de la capital mexica
tenochtitlan.thomaskole.nl
March 14, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I just found out about this incredible 3D reconstruction of Tenochtitlán! Could be a useful resource for teaching.
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🎓Higher Education🎓
The UK’s universities are beleaguered and besieged. Redundancies continue to be announced. Cardiff, Dundee, Edinburgh, Kent, Queen’s Belfast, Sheffield; the list goes on and on. Perhaps 10,000 jobs will go in this academic year, and that’s just the beginning. #AcademicSky
The UK’s universities are beleaguered and besieged. Redundancies continue to be announced. Cardiff, Dundee, Edinburgh, Kent, Queen’s Belfast, Sheffield; the list goes on and on. Perhaps 10,000 jobs will go in this academic year, and that’s just the beginning. #AcademicSky
The UK’s academic recession is in full swing
This university crisis is a grim scrabble for numbers
www.ft.com
March 11, 2025 at 8:08 AM
🎓Higher Education🎓
The UK’s universities are beleaguered and besieged. Redundancies continue to be announced. Cardiff, Dundee, Edinburgh, Kent, Queen’s Belfast, Sheffield; the list goes on and on. Perhaps 10,000 jobs will go in this academic year, and that’s just the beginning. #AcademicSky
The UK’s universities are beleaguered and besieged. Redundancies continue to be announced. Cardiff, Dundee, Edinburgh, Kent, Queen’s Belfast, Sheffield; the list goes on and on. Perhaps 10,000 jobs will go in this academic year, and that’s just the beginning. #AcademicSky
Send abstracts for this workshop on textiles and empire happening in Glasgow in September! #textiles #history
CFP: THREADS OF EMPIRE: MODES, MATERIALS AND THE MAKING OF TEXTILES
Commodities of Empire Workshop, University of Glasgow, 8-9 Sep. 2025. Deadline: Mar 28 #MaterialCulture commoditiesofempire.org.uk/events/
Commodities of Empire Workshop, University of Glasgow, 8-9 Sep. 2025. Deadline: Mar 28 #MaterialCulture commoditiesofempire.org.uk/events/
Events - Commodities of Empire
For details of our past events, click here. THREADS OF EMPIRE: MODES, MATERIALS AND THE MAKING OF TEXTILES Call for Papers Download Call for Papers as PDF Commodities of Empire Workshop, University o...
commoditiesofempire.org.uk
February 26, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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'Multiple Dutch universities have announced reorganisations that are likely to involve layoffs, in the wake of drastic government budget cuts that will amount to about €500 million (£414 million) a year across higher education and research.' 1/2
Layoffs begin at Dutch universities as deep budget cuts bite
Institutions caught in a ‘perfect storm’ owing to reductions in government spending and international student restrictions
www.timeshighereducation.com
February 24, 2025 at 6:45 AM
'Multiple Dutch universities have announced reorganisations that are likely to involve layoffs, in the wake of drastic government budget cuts that will amount to about €500 million (£414 million) a year across higher education and research.' 1/2
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World History Association @thewha.bsky.social members! We're proud to open voting on our Resolution to Oppose Scholasticide in Gaza, which responds both to the dire situation in Palestine and the American Historical Association @historians.org veto last month. members.thewha.org/page/resolut...
February 18, 2025 at 10:28 PM
World History Association @thewha.bsky.social members! We're proud to open voting on our Resolution to Oppose Scholasticide in Gaza, which responds both to the dire situation in Palestine and the American Historical Association @historians.org veto last month. members.thewha.org/page/resolut...
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Day 2 of the CIRIMA ASIA conference in #Seville with the brilliant @laurafg.bsky.social @mehapri.bsky.social @periodeye.bsky.social Hugo Miguel Crespo & many others!
December 13, 2024 at 10:29 AM
Day 2 of the CIRIMA ASIA conference in #Seville with the brilliant @laurafg.bsky.social @mehapri.bsky.social @periodeye.bsky.social Hugo Miguel Crespo & many others!
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Slowly posting about Connecting Threads project launch/symposium at V&A Museum last month. This is a digital public history project and the website is now live at: connectingthreads.co.uk The whole day was incredible! #connectingthreads #academicsky #digitalhistory #indianhistory #caribbeanhistory
November 24, 2024 at 3:45 PM
Slowly posting about Connecting Threads project launch/symposium at V&A Museum last month. This is a digital public history project and the website is now live at: connectingthreads.co.uk The whole day was incredible! #connectingthreads #academicsky #digitalhistory #indianhistory #caribbeanhistory
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Two weeks til this amazing all star line up in Sevilla - so honored to be giving a keynote and looking forward to learning from everyone!! geografiaehistoria.ucm.es/file/program...
geografiaehistoria.ucm.es
November 27, 2024 at 2:29 PM
Two weeks til this amazing all star line up in Sevilla - so honored to be giving a keynote and looking forward to learning from everyone!! geografiaehistoria.ucm.es/file/program...
Review of our event at the V&A on 'Fashioning Madras in India and the Caribbean' on the Untold Lives blog by the British Library. Follow the project @connectingthreads.bsky.social
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Attending the V&A Connecting Threads Conference
In October I had the pleasure of attending the Connecting Threads: Fashioning Madras in India and the Caribbean Symposium at the V&A Museum. This event focused on exploring the cultural and textile hi...
blogs.bl.uk
November 22, 2024 at 10:34 AM
Review of our event at the V&A on 'Fashioning Madras in India and the Caribbean' on the Untold Lives blog by the British Library. Follow the project @connectingthreads.bsky.social
blogs.bl.uk/untoldlives/...
blogs.bl.uk/untoldlives/...
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Leeds has a fully funded scholarship program for undergraduate and Masters study for Gaza students.
**Tell Everyone**
www.leeds.ac.uk/masters-scho...
**Tell Everyone**
www.leeds.ac.uk/masters-scho...
Gazan Humanitarian Scholarship
We offer scholarships for citizens of Gaza who have been displaced as a result of the ongoing conflict in the region and are living in a different country (outside of the UK).
www.leeds.ac.uk
November 21, 2024 at 10:42 PM
Leeds has a fully funded scholarship program for undergraduate and Masters study for Gaza students.
**Tell Everyone**
www.leeds.ac.uk/masters-scho...
**Tell Everyone**
www.leeds.ac.uk/masters-scho...