James West
@ejwestuk.bsky.social
I like fixed gear bikes and being outside. Teach history/interdisciplinary studies at UCL. Author of four books of varying quality.
Send us your Black Press manuscripts! https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/series/new-directions-black-press-studies
Send us your Black Press manuscripts! https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/series/new-directions-black-press-studies
Would be pretty funny if this series was just Olusoga relitigating the reasons why he accepted an OBE.
November 7, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Would be pretty funny if this series was just Olusoga relitigating the reasons why he accepted an OBE.
As I continue to almost get mown down at pedestrian crossings, I like to think about how my first car was a Toyota Aygo and how popular the Cadillac Escalade is in this utterly cursed country.
November 7, 2025 at 12:34 AM
As I continue to almost get mown down at pedestrian crossings, I like to think about how my first car was a Toyota Aygo and how popular the Cadillac Escalade is in this utterly cursed country.
Event later today - chairing Martha Patterson's BMRC talk about her work on influential Black journalist Era Bell Thompson. Join us! (bit late for the UK crowd though, sorry).
bit.ly/47aB0xO
bit.ly/47aB0xO
November 5, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Event later today - chairing Martha Patterson's BMRC talk about her work on influential Black journalist Era Bell Thompson. Join us! (bit late for the UK crowd though, sorry).
bit.ly/47aB0xO
bit.ly/47aB0xO
Also no they shouldn't be on the patio they keep Jackie Chan-ing their way over the fence. Zero input from the worlds worst guard dog.
October 27, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Also no they shouldn't be on the patio they keep Jackie Chan-ing their way over the fence. Zero input from the worlds worst guard dog.
Real "warriors come out to play" vibe from my children today.
October 27, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Real "warriors come out to play" vibe from my children today.
Now that I'm deep into my moustache era, sometimes I like to work out at home in my underwear because it makes me feel like an old timey Victorian strongman.
October 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Now that I'm deep into my moustache era, sometimes I like to work out at home in my underwear because it makes me feel like an old timey Victorian strongman.
snark aside there are some wonderful contributions from an eclectic mix of writers. It leans North America and Western Europe, but there's some great discussion of newsrooms/media spaces/infrastructure in Nepal, Martinique, Indonesia, and elsewhere. Fun all the way down!
October 14, 2025 at 6:12 PM
snark aside there are some wonderful contributions from an eclectic mix of writers. It leans North America and Western Europe, but there's some great discussion of newsrooms/media spaces/infrastructure in Nepal, Martinique, Indonesia, and elsewhere. Fun all the way down!
Field trip with the girls
October 6, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Field trip with the girls
Don't worry! I know this looks bad! But all other aspects of HJ's finances are beyond reproa.....oh
August 16, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Don't worry! I know this looks bad! But all other aspects of HJ's finances are beyond reproa.....oh
Soon come with the Mari and O'Reilly squad, "Media Building: Architecture, Design, and the Spatial Politics of Mass Communication"...will post the ToC once we have proofs, but some great contributions! Cover image is of the NYT building under construction in 1903.
July 31, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Soon come with the Mari and O'Reilly squad, "Media Building: Architecture, Design, and the Spatial Politics of Mass Communication"...will post the ToC once we have proofs, but some great contributions! Cover image is of the NYT building under construction in 1903.
Available to pre-order now - "Between Loving and Leaving: Essays on the New Midwestern History" featuring some great chapters and also one by yours truly on the Black Press in the Midwest
www.oupress.com/978080619602...
www.oupress.com/978080619602...
July 30, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Available to pre-order now - "Between Loving and Leaving: Essays on the New Midwestern History" featuring some great chapters and also one by yours truly on the Black Press in the Midwest
www.oupress.com/978080619602...
www.oupress.com/978080619602...
New article! "The Race Racket: Black Rights, Confidence Men, and the Lives and Crimes of Z. W. Mitchell" now out with JAAH. This was so much fun to work on, and is hopefully fun to read!
Link below, abstract image attached
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....
Link below, abstract image attached
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....
June 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
New article! "The Race Racket: Black Rights, Confidence Men, and the Lives and Crimes of Z. W. Mitchell" now out with JAAH. This was so much fun to work on, and is hopefully fun to read!
Link below, abstract image attached
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....
Link below, abstract image attached
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....
The first entry in our Black Press book series with @hopkinspress.bsky.social is now available to pre-order! Teresa's wonderful book "Great Thinkers and Doers: Networking Black Feminism in the Black Press, 1827-1927"
www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
#BlackPress #BlackFeminism #BlackHistory
www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
#BlackPress #BlackFeminism #BlackHistory
June 4, 2025 at 8:56 PM
The first entry in our Black Press book series with @hopkinspress.bsky.social is now available to pre-order! Teresa's wonderful book "Great Thinkers and Doers: Networking Black Feminism in the Black Press, 1827-1927"
www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
#BlackPress #BlackFeminism #BlackHistory
www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
#BlackPress #BlackFeminism #BlackHistory
New piece for Middle West Review, "Race, Photography, and the Fight for Fountain Square in Cincinnati," using Tom Hubbard's Documerica assignment to think through urban redevelopment, race, and public space.
muse.jhu.edu/pub/17/artic...
muse.jhu.edu/pub/17/artic...
May 29, 2025 at 2:10 PM
New piece for Middle West Review, "Race, Photography, and the Fight for Fountain Square in Cincinnati," using Tom Hubbard's Documerica assignment to think through urban redevelopment, race, and public space.
muse.jhu.edu/pub/17/artic...
muse.jhu.edu/pub/17/artic...
Distracting myself from *waves hands* by proofing article on civil rights conmen, soon come with JAAH.
April 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Distracting myself from *waves hands* by proofing article on civil rights conmen, soon come with JAAH.
These are very enjoyable @halseyberryman.bsky.social
February 25, 2025 at 2:01 PM
These are very enjoyable @halseyberryman.bsky.social
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First post on bsky! Recent piece for @beltmagazine.bsky.social about a small building on Chicago's South Side with a big history. No photos in the piece unfortunately, so including some here.
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November 14, 2024 at 9:03 PM
First post on bsky! Recent piece for @beltmagazine.bsky.social about a small building on Chicago's South Side with a big history. No photos in the piece unfortunately, so including some here.
beltmag.com/ebony-magazi...
beltmag.com/ebony-magazi...