Mary L. Shannon
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Mary L. Shannon
@drmarylshannon.bsky.social
Writer, speaker, teacher
@RoehamptonUni
19thC cultural historian (Regency & Victorian eras).
author: Billy Waters Is Dancing @yalebooks.bsky.social.
https://linktr.ee/marylshannon
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Mariam Muwanga's 2025 study "Modeling the African Diaspora" contributes to the field of critical race theory, combining it with #narratology & #diasporastudies to highlight 3 new concepts in novels by Black British writers #SamSelvon #BernadineEvaristo #AndreaLevy #ZadieSmith & #DiranAdebayo
October 20, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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Shawn-Naphtali Sobers's 2023 book "Black Everyday Lives, Material Culture and Narrative" walks us readers through a Black British family home, examining the lives, stuff & stories of Black Brits post-1950 through the lens of #MaterialCulture & various media in #CulturalHistory

#BlackHistoryMonth
October 20, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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Fighting American slaveowners in the Anglo-American War of 1812, the "Black Redcoats" were a regiment of enslaved Black people who escaped slavery to fight under the British flag, Matthew Taylor writes @blackredcoats.bsky.social

#MilitaryHistory #BlackHistoryMonth #AmericanHistory #BritishHistory
October 20, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Thanks so much! Don't forget everyone that CPD workshop is available online as a recording thanks to @ales-araukie.bsky.social
September 30, 2025 at 7:36 PM
So delighted for you Angeline; so well deserved. I hope you had the most marvellous time. Wish I could have been there live!
July 30, 2025 at 7:34 PM