Kate Dossett
@katedossett.bsky.social
Historian of theatre, culture, archives; Author of Radical Black Theatre in the New Deal; Collaborator on STAGING THE ARCHIVE: bringing to life plays by Black Theatre Makers working in early 20th Century Britain in the Lord Chamberlain’s Plays Collection.
“STATE/BANQUET
How it glitters and shines, The Grand Service,
among the rocks and the rubble,
laid out on a breezeblock horseshoe table,
six crystal glasses per setting.”
Carol Ann Duffy:
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...
How it glitters and shines, The Grand Service,
among the rocks and the rubble,
laid out on a breezeblock horseshoe table,
six crystal glasses per setting.”
Carol Ann Duffy:
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...
Carol Ann Duffy writes ‘bombsite’ poem about Trump’s UK state visit
Exclusive: Former poet laureate has reader contrasting pomp and ceremony of banquet with ruins left by war
www.theguardian.com
September 17, 2025 at 7:53 PM
“STATE/BANQUET
How it glitters and shines, The Grand Service,
among the rocks and the rubble,
laid out on a breezeblock horseshoe table,
six crystal glasses per setting.”
Carol Ann Duffy:
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...
How it glitters and shines, The Grand Service,
among the rocks and the rubble,
laid out on a breezeblock horseshoe table,
six crystal glasses per setting.”
Carol Ann Duffy:
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...
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Amy Sherald says the Smithsonian suggested removing a painting of a transgender woman as the Statue of Liberty from her upcoming show at the National Portrait Gallery “to avoid provoking President Trump.” Sherald: “I cannot in good conscience comply with a culture of censorship”
Amy Sherald Cancels Her Smithsonian Show, Citing Censorship
www.nytimes.com
July 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Amy Sherald says the Smithsonian suggested removing a painting of a transgender woman as the Statue of Liberty from her upcoming show at the National Portrait Gallery “to avoid provoking President Trump.” Sherald: “I cannot in good conscience comply with a culture of censorship”
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Heads up for next week!
Our incredible FOH staff are having a training day
Which means all three of our spaces (Brotherton Research Centre, The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery, and Treasures of the Brotherton) will be CLOSED next Thursday 24 July
So be sure to pick a different day for your visit!
Our incredible FOH staff are having a training day
Which means all three of our spaces (Brotherton Research Centre, The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery, and Treasures of the Brotherton) will be CLOSED next Thursday 24 July
So be sure to pick a different day for your visit!
July 17, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Heads up for next week!
Our incredible FOH staff are having a training day
Which means all three of our spaces (Brotherton Research Centre, The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery, and Treasures of the Brotherton) will be CLOSED next Thursday 24 July
So be sure to pick a different day for your visit!
Our incredible FOH staff are having a training day
Which means all three of our spaces (Brotherton Research Centre, The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery, and Treasures of the Brotherton) will be CLOSED next Thursday 24 July
So be sure to pick a different day for your visit!
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We’re advertising for a 12 month teaching post in 20th Century US History. Deadline 28/7 (a short turn around because we need to interview in mid-August).
We’re a great, collegial and fun US history community. Happy to answer any and all questions about the role, and the RAI Bake Off.
We’re a great, collegial and fun US history community. Happy to answer any and all questions about the role, and the RAI Bake Off.
Departmental Lecturer in 20th Century United States History at University of Oxford
Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Departmental Lecturer in 20th Century United States History on jobs.ac.uk!
www.jobs.ac.uk
July 13, 2025 at 7:11 AM
We’re advertising for a 12 month teaching post in 20th Century US History. Deadline 28/7 (a short turn around because we need to interview in mid-August).
We’re a great, collegial and fun US history community. Happy to answer any and all questions about the role, and the RAI Bake Off.
We’re a great, collegial and fun US history community. Happy to answer any and all questions about the role, and the RAI Bake Off.
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'As the country’s oldest and wealthiest university, Harvard’s history is inextricable from the history of transatlantic slavery. The enslaved labored in campus buildings, university presidents and professors owned people forced into bondage'.
Harvard hired a researcher to uncover its ties to slavery. He says the results cost him his job: ‘We found too many slaves’
When the extent of the university’s involvement with slavery was unearthed, a scholar tracking descendants of enslaved workers was suddenly fired
www.theguardian.com
June 23, 2025 at 10:40 AM
'As the country’s oldest and wealthiest university, Harvard’s history is inextricable from the history of transatlantic slavery. The enslaved labored in campus buildings, university presidents and professors owned people forced into bondage'.
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Major boost for R&D for the #creative industries - a huge win for an important #growth sector
Time now for @ukri.org to deliver the coherent strategic funding the sector needs to deliver economic benefit and scientific advance
#IndustrialStrategy
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Time now for @ukri.org to deliver the coherent strategic funding the sector needs to deliver economic benefit and scientific advance
#IndustrialStrategy
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Creative Industries Sector Plan
This Plan will ensure that the UK is the number one destination worldwide for investment in creativity and innovation and aims to significantly increase investment by 2035.
www.gov.uk
June 23, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Major boost for R&D for the #creative industries - a huge win for an important #growth sector
Time now for @ukri.org to deliver the coherent strategic funding the sector needs to deliver economic benefit and scientific advance
#IndustrialStrategy
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Time now for @ukri.org to deliver the coherent strategic funding the sector needs to deliver economic benefit and scientific advance
#IndustrialStrategy
www.gov.uk/government/p...
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Applications are open for two new editors to join our fabulous USSO team! Deadline 2 July. @officialbaas.bsky.social
usso.uk/home/usso-ca...
usso.uk/home/usso-ca...
USSO Call for Editors - U.S. Studies Online
Summer 2025: U.S. Studies Online (USSO) is seeking two passionate and dedicated researchers in the American Studies community to join its friendly and hard-working editorial team.
usso.uk
June 18, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Applications are open for two new editors to join our fabulous USSO team! Deadline 2 July. @officialbaas.bsky.social
usso.uk/home/usso-ca...
usso.uk/home/usso-ca...
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Reminder re: 12 month post in American history at Cardiff University. For, erm well publicized reasons, we don't have budget for external advertising so you need access to the link below to apply. Please do think about applying/sharing with possible candidates. Happy to take queries
Feels a bit absurd to be promoting this, but there's a 12 month 18/19th C American history post at Cardiff. Deadline 15.06.25. Feel free to msg or contact me via email - doddingtond@cardiff.ac.uk - for further information: krb-sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...
Lecturer in American History - Cardiff University - Job Details
Job Details: Lecturer in American HistorySchool of History, Archaeology and ReligionAn exciting new opportunity has arisen
krb-sjobs.brassring.com
June 5, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Reminder re: 12 month post in American history at Cardiff University. For, erm well publicized reasons, we don't have budget for external advertising so you need access to the link below to apply. Please do think about applying/sharing with possible candidates. Happy to take queries
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What can we learn from Big Flame's response to a rising right-wing politics? 🔥
MA student Nicole takes us through the magazine's radical legacy, through the archive of ‘Old Flamer’ Max Farrar.
Read more on her reflections on their relevance today: leedsunilibrary.wordpress.com/2025/05/22/b...
MA student Nicole takes us through the magazine's radical legacy, through the archive of ‘Old Flamer’ Max Farrar.
Read more on her reflections on their relevance today: leedsunilibrary.wordpress.com/2025/05/22/b...
May 23, 2025 at 10:00 AM
What can we learn from Big Flame's response to a rising right-wing politics? 🔥
MA student Nicole takes us through the magazine's radical legacy, through the archive of ‘Old Flamer’ Max Farrar.
Read more on her reflections on their relevance today: leedsunilibrary.wordpress.com/2025/05/22/b...
MA student Nicole takes us through the magazine's radical legacy, through the archive of ‘Old Flamer’ Max Farrar.
Read more on her reflections on their relevance today: leedsunilibrary.wordpress.com/2025/05/22/b...
Happy Birthday Schomburg Center!! 🥳 www.nypl.org/events/exhib...
100: A Century of Collections, Community, and Creativity
100: A Century of Collections, Community, and Creativity explores the Schomburg Center’s history through the prism of place, people, and material culture.
www.nypl.org
May 8, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Happy Birthday Schomburg Center!! 🥳 www.nypl.org/events/exhib...
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I’m honoured to receive this award, and I’m very grateful to the judging panel for taking the time to consider my submission! 💚
History Lab is proud to announce the winner of this year's Olivette Otele Prize, Olivia Wyatt! 🏆🎉 Olivia's paper is titled "Black is Beautiful: The Politics of Pigmentation within the British Black Women's Movement".
Congratulations to Olivia who joins a long line of Olivette Otele Prize winners!✨
Congratulations to Olivia who joins a long line of Olivette Otele Prize winners!✨
April 25, 2025 at 12:12 PM
I’m honoured to receive this award, and I’m very grateful to the judging panel for taking the time to consider my submission! 💚
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The pootlers pootled at #BAAS2025. After a gentle walk through the Hertfordshire campus we stopped for a short writing exercise. We even had children join us making the walk even more special (and inclusive)
Green BAAS's 'Moving Conversations' are part of the @officialbaas.bsky.social conference
Green BAAS's 'Moving Conversations' are part of the @officialbaas.bsky.social conference
April 24, 2025 at 9:36 AM
The pootlers pootled at #BAAS2025. After a gentle walk through the Hertfordshire campus we stopped for a short writing exercise. We even had children join us making the walk even more special (and inclusive)
Green BAAS's 'Moving Conversations' are part of the @officialbaas.bsky.social conference
Green BAAS's 'Moving Conversations' are part of the @officialbaas.bsky.social conference
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It’s finally here - #BAAS2025 begins today!
What can you expect from Day 1 in Hatfield?
👉 Early Career Academic Roundtable
👉 JAS Keynote Panel
👉 Workshop on Pedagogy & Promotion in American Studies
👉 Much more…
See more here: baas.ac.uk/conferences/...
What can you expect from Day 1 in Hatfield?
👉 Early Career Academic Roundtable
👉 JAS Keynote Panel
👉 Workshop on Pedagogy & Promotion in American Studies
👉 Much more…
See more here: baas.ac.uk/conferences/...
April 23, 2025 at 6:26 AM
It’s finally here - #BAAS2025 begins today!
What can you expect from Day 1 in Hatfield?
👉 Early Career Academic Roundtable
👉 JAS Keynote Panel
👉 Workshop on Pedagogy & Promotion in American Studies
👉 Much more…
See more here: baas.ac.uk/conferences/...
What can you expect from Day 1 in Hatfield?
👉 Early Career Academic Roundtable
👉 JAS Keynote Panel
👉 Workshop on Pedagogy & Promotion in American Studies
👉 Much more…
See more here: baas.ac.uk/conferences/...
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Will BAAS 2025 be your first academic conference? Or are you yet to choose a conference & unsure where to start?
Don't worry - our How To series has you covered! In this episode, Siân Round sits down with Chelsea McNutt (Cornell University) to unpack how to prepare for conferences.
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Don't worry - our How To series has you covered! In this episode, Siân Round sits down with Chelsea McNutt (Cornell University) to unpack how to prepare for conferences.
buff.ly/v6g5cnY
How to... Prepare for an Academic Conference
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April 22, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Will BAAS 2025 be your first academic conference? Or are you yet to choose a conference & unsure where to start?
Don't worry - our How To series has you covered! In this episode, Siân Round sits down with Chelsea McNutt (Cornell University) to unpack how to prepare for conferences.
buff.ly/v6g5cnY
Don't worry - our How To series has you covered! In this episode, Siân Round sits down with Chelsea McNutt (Cornell University) to unpack how to prepare for conferences.
buff.ly/v6g5cnY
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And why work by organisations such as @makespaceforgirls.bsky.social is so important.
Sad graphs on the squeezing of outdoor play and school playtimes in England. Maybe rather than showing Adolescence in schools we could improve play facilities for young people?
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April 18, 2025 at 7:54 AM
And why work by organisations such as @makespaceforgirls.bsky.social is so important.
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PhD Studentship: Exploring the Visual Record of Black Caribbean Men and Women Serving in the UK During the Second World War- University of Westminster - School of Humanities #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMH227/p...
PhD Studentship: Exploring the Visual Record of Black Caribbean Men and Women Serving in the UK During the Second World War at University of Westminster
Find a PhD Studentship: Exploring the Visual Record of Black Caribbean Men and Women Serving in the UK During the Second World War on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board in higher education. Click to view m...
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March 18, 2025 at 6:44 AM
PhD Studentship: Exploring the Visual Record of Black Caribbean Men and Women Serving in the UK During the Second World War- University of Westminster - School of Humanities #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMH227/p...
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History is under unprecedented attack from the Trump administration.
We have made free access for one month this important article on the origins & vision of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture, established in 2016.
academic.oup.com/hwj...
We have made free access for one month this important article on the origins & vision of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture, established in 2016.
academic.oup.com/hwj...
April 14, 2025 at 11:19 AM
History is under unprecedented attack from the Trump administration.
We have made free access for one month this important article on the origins & vision of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture, established in 2016.
academic.oup.com/hwj...
We have made free access for one month this important article on the origins & vision of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture, established in 2016.
academic.oup.com/hwj...
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Coretta Scott King’s story “is a reminder that many of the histories we tell, even of one of the most well-known Black families in history, are deeply inadequate.”
Jeanne Theoharis explores how America has gotten Scott King wrong:
Jeanne Theoharis explores how America has gotten Scott King wrong:
America Has Gotten Coretta Scott King Wrong
Her ghostwritten autobiography diminishes her, and I found out why.
bit.ly
April 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Coretta Scott King’s story “is a reminder that many of the histories we tell, even of one of the most well-known Black families in history, are deeply inadequate.”
Jeanne Theoharis explores how America has gotten Scott King wrong:
Jeanne Theoharis explores how America has gotten Scott King wrong:
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At #OAH25, Duke University’s Nancy MacLean called on historians to resist attacks on education led by Trump’s DOGE. “We can fight like the world depends on us.”
🔗 Read more from @chicago.suntimes.com: ow.ly/hOxR50VxGG6
🔗 Read more from @chicago.suntimes.com: ow.ly/hOxR50VxGG6
'We can fight like the world depends on us': Academics try to stave off government attacks
Duke University professor Nancy MacLean issues a call to resistance in Chicago.
ow.ly
April 9, 2025 at 5:53 PM
At #OAH25, Duke University’s Nancy MacLean called on historians to resist attacks on education led by Trump’s DOGE. “We can fight like the world depends on us.”
🔗 Read more from @chicago.suntimes.com: ow.ly/hOxR50VxGG6
🔗 Read more from @chicago.suntimes.com: ow.ly/hOxR50VxGG6
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🤔 Did you know... In additional to our fantastic regular panels & roundtables, this year's BAAS conference will host a variety of sessions including workshops, reading groups, & interactive sessions?
Registration is open now! buff.ly/TYnqFl0
BAAS 2025 | University of Hertfordshire | 23-25 April
Registration is open now! buff.ly/TYnqFl0
BAAS 2025 | University of Hertfordshire | 23-25 April
BAAS 2025 – University of Hertfordshire 23-25 April 2025 - British Association for American Studies
We look forward to welcoming the American Studies community to Hatfield between 23rd and 25th April 2025 for the 70th Anniversary BAAS conference. Alongside our usual practice of accepting work in…
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April 8, 2025 at 12:40 PM
🤔 Did you know... In additional to our fantastic regular panels & roundtables, this year's BAAS conference will host a variety of sessions including workshops, reading groups, & interactive sessions?
Registration is open now! buff.ly/TYnqFl0
BAAS 2025 | University of Hertfordshire | 23-25 April
Registration is open now! buff.ly/TYnqFl0
BAAS 2025 | University of Hertfordshire | 23-25 April
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My book may have been purged by the U.S. Naval Academy but you can read it for free through April 11th. @uncpress.bsky.social
www.book2look.com/book/SO9q2ZB...
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No Common Ground (full reading copy) : The University of North Carolina Press
www.book2look.com
April 5, 2025 at 5:12 PM
My book may have been purged by the U.S. Naval Academy but you can read it for free through April 11th. @uncpress.bsky.social
www.book2look.com/book/SO9q2ZB...
www.book2look.com/book/SO9q2ZB...