Cristian Croitoru
@cristiana2.bsky.social
PhD Geography student at the @uniofnottingham.bsky.social, hist-pol geographer, public libraries, philanthropy, internationalism 📚💰🇬🇧🇺🇸
I'm very fortunate to share this small, but no less important, piece of history based on my masters research on Nottingham's libraries! Many thanks to the Nottingham City of Literature for entrusting me with bringing this story to a wider audience.
nottinghamcityofliterature.com/blog/a-histo...
nottinghamcityofliterature.com/blog/a-histo...
A Historical Geography of Libraries in Nottingham - Nottingham City of Literature
Cristian Croitoru discusses the historical geographies of Nottingham's public libraries and their inheritance today.
nottinghamcityofliterature.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:35 AM
I'm very fortunate to share this small, but no less important, piece of history based on my masters research on Nottingham's libraries! Many thanks to the Nottingham City of Literature for entrusting me with bringing this story to a wider audience.
nottinghamcityofliterature.com/blog/a-histo...
nottinghamcityofliterature.com/blog/a-histo...
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📯 The Historical Geography Research Group (HGRG - RGS) warmly invite you to take part in the Practising Historical Geography Conference in person at Newcastle University and online, on the 12th December 2025.
Register:
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🗓️12th December 2025
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Register:
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Porous Archives
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November 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
📯 The Historical Geography Research Group (HGRG - RGS) warmly invite you to take part in the Practising Historical Geography Conference in person at Newcastle University and online, on the 12th December 2025.
Register:
blogs.ncl.ac.uk/porousarchives
🗓️12th December 2025
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Register:
blogs.ncl.ac.uk/porousarchives
🗓️12th December 2025
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November 7, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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For centuries, Western powers have sought to ‘fix’ African economies. Shortlisted for the 2025 British Academy Book Prize, Bronwen Everill's Africonomics traces how these interventions have repeatedly failed to deliver, and highlights Africa’s own approaches to economic life: https://bit.ly/47aBrcJ
October 20, 2025 at 2:07 PM
For centuries, Western powers have sought to ‘fix’ African economies. Shortlisted for the 2025 British Academy Book Prize, Bronwen Everill's Africonomics traces how these interventions have repeatedly failed to deliver, and highlights Africa’s own approaches to economic life: https://bit.ly/47aBrcJ
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Reform are closing adult education centres in Derbyshire and plan to sell off the buildings.
The decision was made behind closed doors with no public allowed in the meeting and without a public consultation.
Some of the centres have as much as 60% of students from the most deprived demographics.
The decision was made behind closed doors with no public allowed in the meeting and without a public consultation.
Some of the centres have as much as 60% of students from the most deprived demographics.
Reform councillor closes five education centres at private meeting
Reform's Derbyshire County Council group was elected on a pledge to be open and transparent in its decision-making
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August 29, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Reform are closing adult education centres in Derbyshire and plan to sell off the buildings.
The decision was made behind closed doors with no public allowed in the meeting and without a public consultation.
Some of the centres have as much as 60% of students from the most deprived demographics.
The decision was made behind closed doors with no public allowed in the meeting and without a public consultation.
Some of the centres have as much as 60% of students from the most deprived demographics.
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Remember his “make federal buildings beautiful again” crap? Well here’s what that and a Trump 2.0 will mean for architecture and the city.
New blog by me
tacity.co.uk/2024/11/19/a...
New blog by me
tacity.co.uk/2024/11/19/a...
Architecture and Power: Trump 2.0 and what it means for the city
Trump Tower in Vegas (photo from: Anyone who has sat through one of my lectures on cities will be sick of hearing that the built environment is never a politically neutral plane. Architecture and u…
tacity.co.uk
November 19, 2024 at 2:45 PM
Remember his “make federal buildings beautiful again” crap? Well here’s what that and a Trump 2.0 will mean for architecture and the city.
New blog by me
tacity.co.uk/2024/11/19/a...
New blog by me
tacity.co.uk/2024/11/19/a...
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Trump administration ends Harvard's ability to enrol international students www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump administration ends Harvard's ability to enrol international students
The move escalates the administration's row with America's oldest university over hiring, admissions and teaching practices.
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May 22, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Trump administration ends Harvard's ability to enrol international students www.bbc.com/news/article...
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New article:
'Black archives, white philanthropists: Pan-African worldmaking in the interwar United States', by @jakehodder.bsky.social .
Read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.jhg.2025.03.003
'Black archives, white philanthropists: Pan-African worldmaking in the interwar United States', by @jakehodder.bsky.social .
Read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.jhg.2025.03.003
May 5, 2025 at 10:30 AM
New article:
'Black archives, white philanthropists: Pan-African worldmaking in the interwar United States', by @jakehodder.bsky.social .
Read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.jhg.2025.03.003
'Black archives, white philanthropists: Pan-African worldmaking in the interwar United States', by @jakehodder.bsky.social .
Read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.jhg.2025.03.003