Amitava Chowdhury 🇨🇦
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Amitava Chowdhury 🇨🇦
@amitava8.bsky.social
Chair, Department of History
Queen's University
Canada
Global History | Servile Labor | British Empire | Archaeology of Slavery | Diaspora
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2025 marks the 75th anniversary of the North American Conference on British Studies. As part of our celebration of this important milestone, we are proud to share Celebrating 75, a special collection from the Journal of British Studies.

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JBS Special Collection | NACBS
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May 1, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Good to be back!
April 3, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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The Department of History is now accepting applications for one PhD and two MA studentships in the area of the Global British Empire starting in September 2025. If interested, please contact Professor Lisa Pasolli at lisa.pasolli@queensu.ca. Applications are due by April 25, 2025.
March 31, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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The Department of History is now accepting applications for a PhD studentship with Professor Lisa Pasolli. If you are interested, please contact Professor Pasolli at lisa.pasolli@queensu.ca to discuss. Applications are due by April 25th!
March 27, 2025 at 6:19 PM
The author gave me a copy sometime back. Highly recommend.
This latest brilliant suggestion from the Amazon marketing bot inclines me to say "Well, I'm not very keen. I've already got one, you see..."
March 18, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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We are pleased to share the Call for Papers for our upcoming workshop for graduate students and early career researchers. Transforming Nations and Identities in a Global World after 1945 will take place Oct 2-3, 2025 at the University of Glasgow. www.queensu.ca/ghi/events/u...
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Call for Papers Dates: October 2-3, 2025 Location: University of Glasgow Keywords: Global history, transnational, nationalism, identity, decolonization, internationalism, 20th century, state formation...
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March 8, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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Alex Martinborough argues that settler constitutions were a tool of conscience management.

They facilitated a vision of a legal empire defined by morality that could not and never did exist.

Read it for free👇

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#Empire #History
March 6, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Have a PhD in the area of global indigeneity? Consider applying to this postdoctoral fellowship in the Queen's University History Department. www.queensu.ca/history/abou...
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Employment | Department of History, Queen's University
The Department of History is committed to fostering an inclusive and respectful work environment.
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January 29, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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2 tenure track jobs in #envhist and #histsci in lovely Stockholm:

www.kth.se/lediga-jobb/...
KTH | Assistant professor in Environmental History with a specialization in Anthropocene History
KTH jobs is where you search for jobs at www.kth.se.
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December 10, 2024 at 9:38 PM
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I also occasionally faff about in Blender, where I made this map of the solar system for @dagomardegroot.bsky.social and this wall map of a land parcel in New Mexico for a friend.

#gischat #cartography #maps #geosky
November 18, 2024 at 12:49 PM
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What kind of ethics do we need for artificial historians, and to support AI safety? My approach through mixed logic—statements, possibilities, and question-based elements—will appear in History and Theory in June 2025. Thanks to Joan Wallach Scott, Ethan Kleinberg, Hans Ruin, Jo Guldi and reviewers!
November 23, 2024 at 10:02 PM