Association of Caribbean Historians
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A Message From ACH President Carla Pestana
Dear ACH members,
As you know, Jamaica was hit by Hurricane Melissa on 28 October. Preparations for hosting the conference proceed apace, and we hope that you will continue with your plans to attend.
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Dear ACH members,
As you know, Jamaica was hit by Hurricane Melissa on 28 October. Preparations for hosting the conference proceed apace, and we hope that you will continue with your plans to attend.
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November 26, 2025 at 1:59 PM
A Message From ACH President Carla Pestana
Dear ACH members,
As you know, Jamaica was hit by Hurricane Melissa on 28 October. Preparations for hosting the conference proceed apace, and we hope that you will continue with your plans to attend.
/1
Dear ACH members,
As you know, Jamaica was hit by Hurricane Melissa on 28 October. Preparations for hosting the conference proceed apace, and we hope that you will continue with your plans to attend.
/1
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NEW ARTICLE: Yemeni coins trace relations between pirates, merchants, and enslavers that traversed the North American, Arabian, & Madagascar coasts in the 1690s and shed light on colonial material exchange.
#vastearlyamerica #arthistory
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#vastearlyamerica #arthistory
journalpanorama.org/article/a-tr...
A Trail of Coins from Yemen to New York: Pirates, Plunder, and Enslavement in the World of Margrieta van Varick, ca. 1695 - Panorama
Panorama is a peer-reviewed, open-access, online publication dedicated to American art and visual culture (broadly defined). The journal is intended to provide a high-caliber international forum for d...
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November 23, 2025 at 5:12 PM
NEW ARTICLE: Yemeni coins trace relations between pirates, merchants, and enslavers that traversed the North American, Arabian, & Madagascar coasts in the 1690s and shed light on colonial material exchange.
#vastearlyamerica #arthistory
journalpanorama.org/article/a-tr...
#vastearlyamerica #arthistory
journalpanorama.org/article/a-tr...
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If You Missed It The First Time (February 2025): Toussaint Louverture: The French Revolution and the Colonial Problem - By Aimé Césaire | Polity | More information can be found here: www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
November 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
If You Missed It The First Time (February 2025): Toussaint Louverture: The French Revolution and the Colonial Problem - By Aimé Césaire | Polity | More information can be found here: www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
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Looking to after next week's holiday, we've a public talk on designing a digital archive of Caribbean speculative storytelling cal.lib.virginia.edu/event/15359711; workshop for coders on LLMs to classify texts cal.lib.virginia.edu/event/15249593; 3 textile makerspace workshops & an origami workshop:
November 20, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Looking to after next week's holiday, we've a public talk on designing a digital archive of Caribbean speculative storytelling cal.lib.virginia.edu/event/15359711; workshop for coders on LLMs to classify texts cal.lib.virginia.edu/event/15249593; 3 textile makerspace workshops & an origami workshop:
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New addition to the Iberian Colonial Repostory: A (partial) inventory of Papeles de Cuba from the AGI. Published in Cuba in 1978! Check it out!
And if you have any archival sources to share with others from old research projects, please reach out to me!
And if you have any archival sources to share with others from old research projects, please reach out to me!
November 19, 2025 at 11:00 PM
New addition to the Iberian Colonial Repostory: A (partial) inventory of Papeles de Cuba from the AGI. Published in Cuba in 1978! Check it out!
And if you have any archival sources to share with others from old research projects, please reach out to me!
And if you have any archival sources to share with others from old research projects, please reach out to me!
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“Heal a Population Still Reeling from . . . Enslavement and Violence”: The Legacy of Dr. Louis Mars | Websder Corneille + Evan Auguste | SX Salon | Read it here: rb.gy/5fl5ie
November 19, 2025 at 5:24 PM
“Heal a Population Still Reeling from . . . Enslavement and Violence”: The Legacy of Dr. Louis Mars | Websder Corneille + Evan Auguste | SX Salon | Read it here: rb.gy/5fl5ie
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Really pleased that this article, a collaboration between many of the members of CoCAH (www.cocah.net) is now available from @peercomjournal.bsky.social 🎉 We propose practical ways to improve #Caribbean #archaeology in the 21st century: peercommunityjournal.org/articles/10....
Rethinking Caribbean Archaeology: Towards an ethical position for a truly decolonial practice
peercommunityjournal.org
November 17, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Really pleased that this article, a collaboration between many of the members of CoCAH (www.cocah.net) is now available from @peercomjournal.bsky.social 🎉 We propose practical ways to improve #Caribbean #archaeology in the 21st century: peercommunityjournal.org/articles/10....
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I want to watch a six-part series on the Haitian Revolution 😕
November 17, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I want to watch a six-part series on the Haitian Revolution 😕
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Check out @deepthimurali.bsky.social's recent appearance on the Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture Digital Projects Coffeehouse where she presented "Connecting Threads: Indian Madras and Afro-Caribbean Consumers"
youtu.be/whi8KY3Vwdg?...
youtu.be/whi8KY3Vwdg?...
Connecting Threads: Indian Madras and Afro-Caribbean Consumers
YouTube video by Omohundro Institute
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November 14, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Check out @deepthimurali.bsky.social's recent appearance on the Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture Digital Projects Coffeehouse where she presented "Connecting Threads: Indian Madras and Afro-Caribbean Consumers"
youtu.be/whi8KY3Vwdg?...
youtu.be/whi8KY3Vwdg?...
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We are sorry to learn of the death of Doris L. Garraway, author of "The Libertine Colony" and a contributor to the journal Small Axe. buff.ly/ttM0p1g
November 11, 2025 at 2:51 PM
We are sorry to learn of the death of Doris L. Garraway, author of "The Libertine Colony" and a contributor to the journal Small Axe. buff.ly/ttM0p1g
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In the Small Axe 77 issue, our Keywords in Caribbean Studies section is devoted to the concept Heritage, with essays by Alyssa James, Ayana Omilade Flewellen, Khadene Harris, and Nadia Mosquera Muriel
Read @ Duke tinyurl.com/48txdj6r
Read @ Duke tinyurl.com/48txdj6r
November 11, 2025 at 10:01 PM
In the Small Axe 77 issue, our Keywords in Caribbean Studies section is devoted to the concept Heritage, with essays by Alyssa James, Ayana Omilade Flewellen, Khadene Harris, and Nadia Mosquera Muriel
Read @ Duke tinyurl.com/48txdj6r
Read @ Duke tinyurl.com/48txdj6r
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New (October 2025): The Maternal Contract: A Subaltern Response to Extreme Violence in the Americas - By Elva F. Orozco Mendoza | Oxford University Press | More information can be found here: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
November 11, 2025 at 2:44 PM
New (October 2025): The Maternal Contract: A Subaltern Response to Extreme Violence in the Americas - By Elva F. Orozco Mendoza | Oxford University Press | More information can be found here: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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“In response to escalating US military activity in the Caribbean, the Assembly of Caribbean People has called for reaffirming the region as a 'Zone of Peace.'"
The Caribbean’s Zone of Peace Under Threat: A Conversation with David Abdulah
A Trinidadian labor activist talks about his government’s submissive position to the US in the face of the imperialist buildup against Venezuela, and the correlation of forces in the region.
progressive.international
November 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
“In response to escalating US military activity in the Caribbean, the Assembly of Caribbean People has called for reaffirming the region as a 'Zone of Peace.'"
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Commemorating and critiquing the author’s nearly three-month stint living with and being possessed by the Trinidad and Tobago Memorial Quilt, this essay demonstrates a way not only to write about a Caribbean AIDS quilt, but to approach quilting as methodology.
Read it @ Duke tinyurl.com/2jmmkb64
Read it @ Duke tinyurl.com/2jmmkb64
November 9, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Commemorating and critiquing the author’s nearly three-month stint living with and being possessed by the Trinidad and Tobago Memorial Quilt, this essay demonstrates a way not only to write about a Caribbean AIDS quilt, but to approach quilting as methodology.
Read it @ Duke tinyurl.com/2jmmkb64
Read it @ Duke tinyurl.com/2jmmkb64
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Delighted that our #LASA2026 roundtable to collaboratively explore the future of Haitian and Dominican Studies, building on discussions raised w/ colleagues at the Global Dominican conference hosted by @uolondon.bsky.social in 2018. Looking forward to reconnecting w/ LASA Haiti-DR colleagues too.
November 8, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Delighted that our #LASA2026 roundtable to collaboratively explore the future of Haitian and Dominican Studies, building on discussions raised w/ colleagues at the Global Dominican conference hosted by @uolondon.bsky.social in 2018. Looking forward to reconnecting w/ LASA Haiti-DR colleagues too.
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Only 2 weeks left to see "Diasporic Collage: Puerto Rico and the Survival of a People"! Explore identity through art. Plan your visit before Nov 22! → https://centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/tools/diasporic-collage/
November 6, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Only 2 weeks left to see "Diasporic Collage: Puerto Rico and the Survival of a People"! Explore identity through art. Plan your visit before Nov 22! → https://centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/tools/diasporic-collage/
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Our next CLACS Caribbean Seminar will be hosted by the fantastic Renée Landell & @deannalyncook.bsky.social
The Youth Ambassadors of our Country: Little League Baseball & Postcolonial Nation Building on Curaçao w/Jan Bant
@ilcs.bsky.social @soccaribbeanuk.bsky.social
ilcs.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
The Youth Ambassadors of our Country: Little League Baseball & Postcolonial Nation Building on Curaçao w/Jan Bant
@ilcs.bsky.social @soccaribbeanuk.bsky.social
ilcs.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Caribbean Studies Seminar
ilcs.sas.ac.uk
November 5, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Our next CLACS Caribbean Seminar will be hosted by the fantastic Renée Landell & @deannalyncook.bsky.social
The Youth Ambassadors of our Country: Little League Baseball & Postcolonial Nation Building on Curaçao w/Jan Bant
@ilcs.bsky.social @soccaribbeanuk.bsky.social
ilcs.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
The Youth Ambassadors of our Country: Little League Baseball & Postcolonial Nation Building on Curaçao w/Jan Bant
@ilcs.bsky.social @soccaribbeanuk.bsky.social
ilcs.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
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The Weekly Read is "Archival Irruptions" by @ktgerbs.bsky.social, which traces how British colonial authorities in mid-eighteenth-century Jamaica came to criminalize Obeah, a religious practice held by enslaved Africans. Read the entire book now, for free!
buff.ly/rccy0qL
buff.ly/rccy0qL
November 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The Weekly Read is "Archival Irruptions" by @ktgerbs.bsky.social, which traces how British colonial authorities in mid-eighteenth-century Jamaica came to criminalize Obeah, a religious practice held by enslaved Africans. Read the entire book now, for free!
buff.ly/rccy0qL
buff.ly/rccy0qL
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La Cuneta Calibana PR | '''Jalowín' O la necesidad de una metafísica calibana'' | Este es un podcast caribeño donde dialogamos sobre temas relacionados a la estética, la cultura, y lo socio-político en Puerto Rico, el Caribe, y el Mundo.
'''Jalowín' O la necesidad de una metafísica calibana''
YouTube video by La Cuneta Calibana PR
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October 31, 2025 at 3:23 PM
La Cuneta Calibana PR | '''Jalowín' O la necesidad de una metafísica calibana'' | Este es un podcast caribeño donde dialogamos sobre temas relacionados a la estética, la cultura, y lo socio-político en Puerto Rico, el Caribe, y el Mundo.
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Excited to present my research about widows and #Caribbean colonialism on Thurs 6 Nov at @lnuccon.bsky.social - you can attend in person or online. Hope to see you there! 🤗 lnu.se/en/meet-linn...
The Widows of St. Eustatius: Stability and Survival in Colonial Society around 1800
Welcome to the LNUC Concurrences Seminar Series in Colonial and Postcolonial Studies!
lnu.se
October 31, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Excited to present my research about widows and #Caribbean colonialism on Thurs 6 Nov at @lnuccon.bsky.social - you can attend in person or online. Hope to see you there! 🤗 lnu.se/en/meet-linn...
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Do apply - it's a wonderful opportunity, and the team is great. Up to 3,000 pounds for three weeks of research at the British Library.
"Our themes for this round centre on maps, popular music, the age of revolutions or the novel in the Americas, but all topics will be considered."
"Our themes for this round centre on maps, popular music, the age of revolutions or the novel in the Americas, but all topics will be considered."
Eccles Institute Visiting Fellowships: applications now open
The Eccles Institute for the Americas and Oceania at the British Library is inviting applications for its 2026–2027 Visiting Fellowship programme.
www.bl.uk
October 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Do apply - it's a wonderful opportunity, and the team is great. Up to 3,000 pounds for three weeks of research at the British Library.
"Our themes for this round centre on maps, popular music, the age of revolutions or the novel in the Americas, but all topics will be considered."
"Our themes for this round centre on maps, popular music, the age of revolutions or the novel in the Americas, but all topics will be considered."
Nuestros pensamientos están con nuestros amigos y colegas de #Jamaica, #Haití y #Cuba ante la llegada del huracán #Melissa. Por favor, manténganse a salvo todos.
Onze gedachten gaan uit naar onze vrienden en collega's in #Jamaica, #Haïti en #Cuba nu orkaan #Melissa nadert. Blijf allemaal veilig.
Onze gedachten gaan uit naar onze vrienden en collega's in #Jamaica, #Haïti en #Cuba nu orkaan #Melissa nadert. Blijf allemaal veilig.
October 26, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Our thoughts are with our friend and colleagues in #Jamaica, #Haiti, and #Cuba as Hurricane #Melissa approaches. Please stay safe everyone.
Nos pensées vont à nos amis et collègues en #Jamaïque, en #Haïti et en #Cuba alors que l'ouragan #Melissa approche. Prenez soin de vous.
Nos pensées vont à nos amis et collègues en #Jamaïque, en #Haïti et en #Cuba alors que l'ouragan #Melissa approche. Prenez soin de vous.
October 26, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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This hands-on archiving workshop designed for diasporic community members, and any archive beginners will introduce them to the basics of organizing and preserving personal and collective histories. https://ow.ly/H05v50XfBc1
October 21, 2025 at 6:02 PM
This hands-on archiving workshop designed for diasporic community members, and any archive beginners will introduce them to the basics of organizing and preserving personal and collective histories. https://ow.ly/H05v50XfBc1