Priyanka Zylstra
@priyanka-zylstra.bsky.social
Historian 📚 Doctoral candidate at University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign | Studies South Asian migration, British Empire, women’s history, labor and resistance histories
Just read two recently released books in a row with secondary characters named Priya. Something is in the air in 2025!
July 6, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Just read two recently released books in a row with secondary characters named Priya. Something is in the air in 2025!
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OPEN LETTER: HISTORIANS FOR TRANS RIGHTS
Are you a historian in the UK or working on UK history fed up at seeing the history of LGBTQIA+ discrimination repeat itself? Sign this open letter to MPs demanding they stand up for trans rights now!
Letter: tinyurl.com/879vuver
Sign: tinyurl.com/4p7wktrn
Are you a historian in the UK or working on UK history fed up at seeing the history of LGBTQIA+ discrimination repeat itself? Sign this open letter to MPs demanding they stand up for trans rights now!
Letter: tinyurl.com/879vuver
Sign: tinyurl.com/4p7wktrn
Historians for Trans Rights - Open Letter to MPs
In light of the recent and incessant attacks on the trans community in the UK by the UK government and legal system, a group of UK-based historians have drafted the letter linked below. Our aim is to ...
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May 1, 2025 at 10:17 AM
OPEN LETTER: HISTORIANS FOR TRANS RIGHTS
Are you a historian in the UK or working on UK history fed up at seeing the history of LGBTQIA+ discrimination repeat itself? Sign this open letter to MPs demanding they stand up for trans rights now!
Letter: tinyurl.com/879vuver
Sign: tinyurl.com/4p7wktrn
Are you a historian in the UK or working on UK history fed up at seeing the history of LGBTQIA+ discrimination repeat itself? Sign this open letter to MPs demanding they stand up for trans rights now!
Letter: tinyurl.com/879vuver
Sign: tinyurl.com/4p7wktrn
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We're hosting a workshop on 'South Asian Women's Activism and Agency' on Thursday 8th May (draft programme below). We're delighted to have a brilliant group of speakers joining us. Our keynotes will be Amrit Wilson and Samita Sen. If you would like to join us, please get in touch to register.
March 24, 2025 at 5:28 PM
We're hosting a workshop on 'South Asian Women's Activism and Agency' on Thursday 8th May (draft programme below). We're delighted to have a brilliant group of speakers joining us. Our keynotes will be Amrit Wilson and Samita Sen. If you would like to join us, please get in touch to register.
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Yo @durbin.senate.gov, no one is picking up your Senate phone and you don’t even have a voicemail. Vote no on cloture and the spending bill or I will do whatever it takes to make sure the next Senator from Illinois has basic constituent services set up during business hours.
March 12, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Yo @durbin.senate.gov, no one is picking up your Senate phone and you don’t even have a voicemail. Vote no on cloture and the spending bill or I will do whatever it takes to make sure the next Senator from Illinois has basic constituent services set up during business hours.
Proud to announce I have been awarded a Graduate Student Fellowship through the Humanities Research Institute at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign for the upcoming academic year. I’ll join several other humanities faculty and graduate students as we delve into the theme “Story and Place.”
March 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Proud to announce I have been awarded a Graduate Student Fellowship through the Humanities Research Institute at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign for the upcoming academic year. I’ll join several other humanities faculty and graduate students as we delve into the theme “Story and Place.”
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From the creation of lectureships to the closure of postgrad programmes, the last five years represent a tumultuous period within the study of #BlackBritishHistory
Join us for a roundtable: Black British History in 2025
🗓️ 6th March
⏰ 17:30
📍 IHR Wolfson Room NB01
www.history.ac.uk/events/black...
Join us for a roundtable: Black British History in 2025
🗓️ 6th March
⏰ 17:30
📍 IHR Wolfson Room NB01
www.history.ac.uk/events/black...
March 4, 2025 at 12:25 PM
From the creation of lectureships to the closure of postgrad programmes, the last five years represent a tumultuous period within the study of #BlackBritishHistory
Join us for a roundtable: Black British History in 2025
🗓️ 6th March
⏰ 17:30
📍 IHR Wolfson Room NB01
www.history.ac.uk/events/black...
Join us for a roundtable: Black British History in 2025
🗓️ 6th March
⏰ 17:30
📍 IHR Wolfson Room NB01
www.history.ac.uk/events/black...
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Five employees at the JFK Library in Boston were laid off today in connection with a Trump administration overhaul of federal workers.
"Without them, we are unable to stay open," a source tells @gbhnews.bsky.social. "It has been chaotic and we are seeking clarity."
"Without them, we are unable to stay open," a source tells @gbhnews.bsky.social. "It has been chaotic and we are seeking clarity."
February 18, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Five employees at the JFK Library in Boston were laid off today in connection with a Trump administration overhaul of federal workers.
"Without them, we are unable to stay open," a source tells @gbhnews.bsky.social. "It has been chaotic and we are seeking clarity."
"Without them, we are unable to stay open," a source tells @gbhnews.bsky.social. "It has been chaotic and we are seeking clarity."
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If you are free in Manchester on 26 February, 1.30-3.00, please join us for this User Experience workshop for the new digital resource, we are building, 'South Asian Britain: Connecting Histories'; for further information and how to sign up, follow this link: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/south-asia...
‘South Asian Britain: Connecting Histories’ User Experience Workshop
Explore a pilot version of ‘South Asian Britain: Connecting Histories’, an educational website on the history of South Asians in Britain.
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February 17, 2025 at 2:25 PM
If you are free in Manchester on 26 February, 1.30-3.00, please join us for this User Experience workshop for the new digital resource, we are building, 'South Asian Britain: Connecting Histories'; for further information and how to sign up, follow this link: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/south-asia...
So thrilled to be part of this event. I’ll be presenting my paper “Historicizing Political Blackness in Britain’s Afro-Asian Feminisms” in the first panel.
February 16, 2025 at 6:11 PM
So thrilled to be part of this event. I’ll be presenting my paper “Historicizing Political Blackness in Britain’s Afro-Asian Feminisms” in the first panel.
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RIP to Dr. Marika Sherwood: a huge inspiration among historians and activists, and a founder of the Black and Asian Studies Association. Without her tireless contributions over the past few decades, the field of Black British History would look very different today. We owe her so much 🖤✊🏽
February 16, 2025 at 2:23 PM
RIP to Dr. Marika Sherwood: a huge inspiration among historians and activists, and a founder of the Black and Asian Studies Association. Without her tireless contributions over the past few decades, the field of Black British History would look very different today. We owe her so much 🖤✊🏽
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On Friday I was able to attend the Black Power at the Grassroots Symposium in Manchester. Was an opportunity to meet so many scholars whose work I’ve read and connect with other grad students. And I’m coming out of the experience so inspired by their work.
February 2, 2025 at 2:18 PM
On Friday I was able to attend the Black Power at the Grassroots Symposium in Manchester. Was an opportunity to meet so many scholars whose work I’ve read and connect with other grad students. And I’m coming out of the experience so inspired by their work.