Alex Ward
alexandra-ward.bsky.social
Alex Ward
@alexandra-ward.bsky.social
Postgraduate Researcher @ University of Leeds. Interested in Britain’s Abolition of the Atlantic Slave Trade, 'Liberated Africans', St Helena, Migration and Atlantic History. Currently teaching 'Global Empires'.
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Teaching Fellow in Twentieth Century Black British History
University of Leeds - Faculty of Arts, Humanities & Cultures - School of History

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Teaching Fellow in Twentieth Century Black British History at University of Leeds
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October 31, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Thank you to the Friends of St Helena for inviting me to speak at their annual meeting where I discussed my PhD research, my recent trip to the island, and the family history I undertook while there. Also delighted to have been published in FoSH's journal, the Wirebird!
October 29, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Reminder! Call for Papers for the School of History PGR Seminar closes next week (Monday 20th October). Apply here: forms.office.com/e/vgxD8Tgizd #History #PGR #CfP
October 14, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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The 2026 SSHM Conference will be @universityofleeds.bsky.social. The theme will be In/Out and we are inviting papers that consider experiences of being in and/or out of health or health care in any period or geographical location. #HistMed #HistSTM
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SSHM 2026: In/Out
Location: University of Leeds Dates: 30 June to 3 July 2026 Submission Deadline: 5.00pm (GMT) 11th January 2026 Conference Co-Convenors: Dr Alexia Moncrieff & Dr Katherine Rawling Conference Co…
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October 13, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Call for Papers! Applications to present at the University of Leeds' School of History Postgraduate Research Seminar for the 2025-26 year are now open. If you are a postgraduate with work-in-progress on any time period or aspect of historical study, please do apply: forms.office.com/e/vgxD8Tgizd
September 30, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Happy to share that my review of Mary Hicks' 'Captive Cosmopolitans; Black Mariners and the World of South
Atlantic Slavery' book has been published on H-Net, you can read here! www.h-net.org/reviews/show...
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July 29, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Looking forward to presenting a paper at the 'Voices of the Marginalised' conference in 2 weeks, based on some of my PhD research on 'liberated African' migration
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Announcing Conference on Voices of the Marginalised in History 7-8 July 2025 | UON
We’re pleased to announce the programme for the Voices of the Marginalised in History conference at the University of Northampton, Waterside campus,...
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June 23, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Home for the next month! So excited to be working with the Museum, National Trust and schools here on St Helena alongside my PhD research
May 29, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Thank you to Dulwich College History Society for inviting me to speak on my research on Friday! It was great to meet some future historians & reflect on lots of interesting questions they had.
May 19, 2025 at 2:50 PM