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We are thrilled to be supporting the Festival of Black History on Saturday 6th September 2025 at Goldsmiths, University of London. It is going to be an incredible event - Booking is FREE but essential
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Sign up for our next CLACS Caribbean Studies Seminar, 21 Oct:
Jamaica’s “Bitter Medicine”: Education and Women Teachers in Debt and Austerity w/ Shari-Lee Carter, NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, & Human Development
@ilcs.bsky.social / @soccaribbeanuk.bsky.social
shorturl.at/BLplw
Jamaica’s “Bitter Medicine”: Education and Women Teachers in Debt and Austerity w/ Shari-Lee Carter, NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, & Human Development
@ilcs.bsky.social / @soccaribbeanuk.bsky.social
shorturl.at/BLplw
Caribbean Studies Seminar
ilcs.sas.ac.uk
September 28, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Sign up for our next CLACS Caribbean Studies Seminar, 21 Oct:
Jamaica’s “Bitter Medicine”: Education and Women Teachers in Debt and Austerity w/ Shari-Lee Carter, NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, & Human Development
@ilcs.bsky.social / @soccaribbeanuk.bsky.social
shorturl.at/BLplw
Jamaica’s “Bitter Medicine”: Education and Women Teachers in Debt and Austerity w/ Shari-Lee Carter, NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, & Human Development
@ilcs.bsky.social / @soccaribbeanuk.bsky.social
shorturl.at/BLplw
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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
The Festival of Black History is THIS Saturday @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social. Tickets are free but booking is essential! billetto.co.uk/e/festival-o...
September 4, 2025 at 6:21 PM
The Festival of Black History is THIS Saturday @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social. Tickets are free but booking is essential! billetto.co.uk/e/festival-o...
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The ACH Executive Committee is pleased to announce that its 57th Annual Conference will be held at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica, from May 24-28, 2026. (There will be an optional field trip on Friday, May 29.)
Call for papers! associationofcaribbeanhistorians.org/annual-meeti...
Call for papers! associationofcaribbeanhistorians.org/annual-meeti...
Annual Meeting – Association of Caribbean Historians
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September 4, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The ACH Executive Committee is pleased to announce that its 57th Annual Conference will be held at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica, from May 24-28, 2026. (There will be an optional field trip on Friday, May 29.)
Call for papers! associationofcaribbeanhistorians.org/annual-meeti...
Call for papers! associationofcaribbeanhistorians.org/annual-meeti...
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Looking forward to seeing you on the #Heiresses Book Tour at @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social @britishlibrary.bsky.social @nationalgalleryuk.bsky.social @bookhaus.bsky.social @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social @crer-scotland.bsky.social @n-t-s.bsky.socialThe Georgian House, Edinburgh and more!
To celebrate the launch of her upcoming book, Heiresses,
@drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social will be taking part in various events across the UK over the next few months!
To find out how to get tickets head over to our website!
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@drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social will be taking part in various events across the UK over the next few months!
To find out how to get tickets head over to our website!
oneworld-publications.com/2025/08/29/m...
August 29, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Looking forward to seeing you on the #Heiresses Book Tour at @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social @britishlibrary.bsky.social @nationalgalleryuk.bsky.social @bookhaus.bsky.social @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social @crer-scotland.bsky.social @n-t-s.bsky.socialThe Georgian House, Edinburgh and more!
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Fascinating article by Nuala Zahedieh about the centrality of canoes in early colonial exploitation 🗃️https://academic.oup.com/past/advance-article/doi/10.1093/pastj/gtaf021/8231030
Canoes in the Early English Caribbean: The Role of an Indigenous Technology in Making Mercantilism Work*
Abstract. The Caribbean, with its focus on cash crop production, played a major role in the rise of England’s Atlantic trading system and the making of mod
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August 13, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Fascinating article by Nuala Zahedieh about the centrality of canoes in early colonial exploitation 🗃️https://academic.oup.com/past/advance-article/doi/10.1093/pastj/gtaf021/8231030
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We are thrilled to be supporting the Festival of Black History on Saturday 6th September 2025 at Goldsmiths, University of London. It is going to be an incredible event - Booking is FREE but essential
August 28, 2025 at 4:06 PM
We are thrilled to be supporting the Festival of Black History on Saturday 6th September 2025 at Goldsmiths, University of London. It is going to be an incredible event - Booking is FREE but essential
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This is going to be great! Hope to see you at the Festival of #BlackHistory @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social on Saturday 6th September. Book your FREE ticket here: billetto.co.uk/e/festival-o...
August 28, 2025 at 4:02 PM
This is going to be great! Hope to see you at the Festival of #BlackHistory @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social on Saturday 6th September. Book your FREE ticket here: billetto.co.uk/e/festival-o...
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And... I am very happy to share that the digitised copies of the full run of The Cosmopolitan are now available on the Digital Library of the Caribbean (who made this all possible!): www.dloc.com/AA00114844/0... cc: @dlocaribbean.bsky.social @soccaribbeanuk.bsky.social
August 12, 2025 at 2:38 PM
And... I am very happy to share that the digitised copies of the full run of The Cosmopolitan are now available on the Digital Library of the Caribbean (who made this all possible!): www.dloc.com/AA00114844/0... cc: @dlocaribbean.bsky.social @soccaribbeanuk.bsky.social
We are thrilled to be supporting the Festival of Black History on Saturday 6th September 2025 at Goldsmiths, University of London. It is going to be an incredible event - Booking is FREE but essential
August 28, 2025 at 4:06 PM
We are thrilled to be supporting the Festival of Black History on Saturday 6th September 2025 at Goldsmiths, University of London. It is going to be an incredible event - Booking is FREE but essential
We are very excited to announce that the CFP for the 11th Annual Society for Caribbean Studies Postgraduate Conference is now live!
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Call for Papers: 11TH ANNUAL POSTGRADUATE CONFERENCE OF THE SOCIETY FOR CARIBBEAN STUDIES 2026 – Society for Caribbean Studies
community-languages.org.uk
August 1, 2025 at 11:35 AM
We are very excited to announce that the CFP for the 11th Annual Society for Caribbean Studies Postgraduate Conference is now live!
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community-languages.org.uk/scs/society-...
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Fantastic line-up for our upcoming CLACS Caribbean Studies Seminar Series @ilcs.bsky.social, School of Advanced Study, University of London starting Sept: shorturl.at/BQfAr
Electricity & Electrification/ Education & Debt / Baseball / Afro-Asian Ecologies
Supported by @soccaribbeanuk.bsky.social
Electricity & Electrification/ Education & Debt / Baseball / Afro-Asian Ecologies
Supported by @soccaribbeanuk.bsky.social
July 25, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Fantastic line-up for our upcoming CLACS Caribbean Studies Seminar Series @ilcs.bsky.social, School of Advanced Study, University of London starting Sept: shorturl.at/BQfAr
Electricity & Electrification/ Education & Debt / Baseball / Afro-Asian Ecologies
Supported by @soccaribbeanuk.bsky.social
Electricity & Electrification/ Education & Debt / Baseball / Afro-Asian Ecologies
Supported by @soccaribbeanuk.bsky.social
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An intellectually nourishing and thoroughly enjoyable day at the Society for Caribbean Studies annual conference, University of Bristol today. Lovely to catch up with colleagues in such a friendly and welcoming setting. @soccaribbeanuk.bsky.social
July 2, 2025 at 6:45 PM
An intellectually nourishing and thoroughly enjoyable day at the Society for Caribbean Studies annual conference, University of Bristol today. Lovely to catch up with colleagues in such a friendly and welcoming setting. @soccaribbeanuk.bsky.social
The Indo-Caribbean Windrush Oral History Project documents the stories of Indo-Caribbeans who migrated to the UK during or after the Windrush era (1948–1971), and their descendants. It highlights voices often overlooked in Windrush commemorations.
July 1, 2025 at 8:19 AM
The Indo-Caribbean Windrush Oral History Project documents the stories of Indo-Caribbeans who migrated to the UK during or after the Windrush era (1948–1971), and their descendants. It highlights voices often overlooked in Windrush commemorations.
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Very excited to have received support from @dlocaribbean.bsky.social to build the teaching resource “Enslavement, Medicine, and Healing in Eighteenth-Century Saint Domingue: A History in the Press”
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OER in Caribbean Studies: Stipend Recipients 2025 – Digital Library of the Caribbean
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June 30, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Very excited to have received support from @dlocaribbean.bsky.social to build the teaching resource “Enslavement, Medicine, and Healing in Eighteenth-Century Saint Domingue: A History in the Press”
dloc.domains.uflib.ufl.edu/2025/news/oe...
dloc.domains.uflib.ufl.edu/2025/news/oe...
We're now days away from the Annual SCS conference and we cannot wait!
Anyone who will be joining us please do tag us in your posts
#SCS2025 #CaribbeanStudies
Anyone who will be joining us please do tag us in your posts
#SCS2025 #CaribbeanStudies
Less than a month to go 🎉
We are thrilled to announce that Professor Verene A. Shepherd will be the keynote speaker at our 48th Annual Conference, 2-4 July!
Artwork by Renée Landell
We are thrilled to announce that Professor Verene A. Shepherd will be the keynote speaker at our 48th Annual Conference, 2-4 July!
Artwork by Renée Landell
June 29, 2025 at 4:36 PM
We're now days away from the Annual SCS conference and we cannot wait!
Anyone who will be joining us please do tag us in your posts
#SCS2025 #CaribbeanStudies
Anyone who will be joining us please do tag us in your posts
#SCS2025 #CaribbeanStudies
📣 The Society for Caribbean Studies is excited to introduce Christian Gurdin, a PhD candidate at the University of Warwick, who will be presenting at the 48th Annual Society for Caribbean Studies Conference this July! He will be taking over our /social media accounts to talk about his research.
June 23, 2025 at 1:06 PM
📣 The Society for Caribbean Studies is excited to introduce Christian Gurdin, a PhD candidate at the University of Warwick, who will be presenting at the 48th Annual Society for Caribbean Studies Conference this July! He will be taking over our /social media accounts to talk about his research.
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Interested in the #Indigenous #Caribbean and how is it represented in museums and (not) in education? Join our discussions and hands-on activities on 23-24 June in Liverpool!
Register here: shorturl.at/LXKED (23rd June) & shorturl.at/m1Qvi (24th)
@liverpooluni.bsky.social @livunihss.bsky.social
Register here: shorturl.at/LXKED (23rd June) & shorturl.at/m1Qvi (24th)
@liverpooluni.bsky.social @livunihss.bsky.social
June 16, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Interested in the #Indigenous #Caribbean and how is it represented in museums and (not) in education? Join our discussions and hands-on activities on 23-24 June in Liverpool!
Register here: shorturl.at/LXKED (23rd June) & shorturl.at/m1Qvi (24th)
@liverpooluni.bsky.social @livunihss.bsky.social
Register here: shorturl.at/LXKED (23rd June) & shorturl.at/m1Qvi (24th)
@liverpooluni.bsky.social @livunihss.bsky.social
📢 The Society for Caribbean Studies is proud to introduce Caribbean Student Bursary recipient Andel Andrew.
📍Presentation: Public and Digital Diplomacy in Regional Organizations: The Case of CARICOM.
#CARICOM #DigitalDiplomacy #SCS2025 #PublicDiplomacy #ScholarInFocus #CaribbeanVoices
📍Presentation: Public and Digital Diplomacy in Regional Organizations: The Case of CARICOM.
#CARICOM #DigitalDiplomacy #SCS2025 #PublicDiplomacy #ScholarInFocus #CaribbeanVoices
June 16, 2025 at 10:53 AM
📢 The Society for Caribbean Studies is proud to introduce Caribbean Student Bursary recipient Andel Andrew.
📍Presentation: Public and Digital Diplomacy in Regional Organizations: The Case of CARICOM.
#CARICOM #DigitalDiplomacy #SCS2025 #PublicDiplomacy #ScholarInFocus #CaribbeanVoices
📍Presentation: Public and Digital Diplomacy in Regional Organizations: The Case of CARICOM.
#CARICOM #DigitalDiplomacy #SCS2025 #PublicDiplomacy #ScholarInFocus #CaribbeanVoices
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Our conference programme is now LIVE: community-languages.org.uk/scs/annual-s...
June 12, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Our conference programme is now LIVE: community-languages.org.uk/scs/annual-s...
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Call for Papers: 'Charles Ignatius Sancho: A Black British Man of Letters and His World' conference. Deadline for submissions 14 July 2025. Conference will be held 13-14 March 2026 at Northeastern University, London: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
June 12, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Call for Papers: 'Charles Ignatius Sancho: A Black British Man of Letters and His World' conference. Deadline for submissions 14 July 2025. Conference will be held 13-14 March 2026 at Northeastern University, London: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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ITSS 🌊 had a wonderful experience at the 56th Annual Conference of The Association of Caribbean Historians in Trinidad🍃
June 12, 2025 at 8:11 AM
ITSS 🌊 had a wonderful experience at the 56th Annual Conference of The Association of Caribbean Historians in Trinidad🍃
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Caribbean Connections: Seventeenth-century Barbados and Britain. A 2-day workshop 25-26 June in London at KCL. Be there. www.mmor.co.uk/events/carib...
2-day Workshop: Caribbean Connections: Seventeenth-Century Barbados and Britain — Medicine and the Making of Race, 1440-1720
Organisers: Dr Michael Bennett (University of Sheffield), Dr Misha Ewen (University of Sussex), and Dr Hannah Murphy (MMoR & CEMS, KCL) Barbados is central to the global history of slavery. The ...
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June 7, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Caribbean Connections: Seventeenth-century Barbados and Britain. A 2-day workshop 25-26 June in London at KCL. Be there. www.mmor.co.uk/events/carib...
Our conference programme is now LIVE: community-languages.org.uk/scs/annual-s...
June 12, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Our conference programme is now LIVE: community-languages.org.uk/scs/annual-s...