Saffron East
@saffroneast.bsky.social
Historian of identities, education and social movements in modern Britain. Interested in antiracism and pedagogy. Lecturer in Interdisciplinary Humanities at Kings College London.
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Saffron East
@saffroneast.bsky.social
· Nov 21
Our book is out! Get your library requests in for Anti-racism in Britain: Traditions, histories and trajectories, c.1880-present
& thank you to all who contributed to the volume, it was a pleasure working with everyone.
& thank you to all who contributed to the volume, it was a pleasure working with everyone.
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🚀We’re #hiring a postdoc (3-years) for our research project – “Talking Empire – Prime Ministerial Rhetoric and the Search for a Usable Past in Post-Imperial Britain (1960-2025)”🇬🇧 – funded by the Carlsberg Foundation!
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📅4 Sep 2025
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📅4 Sep 2025
July 2, 2025 at 8:59 AM
🚀We’re #hiring a postdoc (3-years) for our research project – “Talking Empire – Prime Ministerial Rhetoric and the Search for a Usable Past in Post-Imperial Britain (1960-2025)”🇬🇧 – funded by the Carlsberg Foundation!
👉 fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
📅4 Sep 2025
👉 fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
📅4 Sep 2025
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Job researching plants and enslavement
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNK213/s...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNK213/s...
Senior Research Associate: Plants, Enslavement, and Public History at University of Bristol
Recruiting now: Senior Research Associate: Plants, Enslavement, and Public History on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job opportunities on the top job board
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June 9, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Job researching plants and enslavement
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNK213/s...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNK213/s...
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Funded PhD studentship of €25,000/year for 4 years plus fees available @tcddublin.bsky.social to work with me on Irish women's life writing from the long 18th century! Please spread the word! @ecfjournal.bsky.social @cecs-york.bsky.social @clhlwr.bsky.social @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social
June 4, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Funded PhD studentship of €25,000/year for 4 years plus fees available @tcddublin.bsky.social to work with me on Irish women's life writing from the long 18th century! Please spread the word! @ecfjournal.bsky.social @cecs-york.bsky.social @clhlwr.bsky.social @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social
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📣 Call for participants 📣
Have you ever used any History Workshop Journal articles in your teaching practice?
We’d love to hear from you for the 100th issue of HWJ!
Please let us know by sending an email or feel free to DM.
Have you ever used any History Workshop Journal articles in your teaching practice?
We’d love to hear from you for the 100th issue of HWJ!
Please let us know by sending an email or feel free to DM.
May 28, 2025 at 2:54 PM
📣 Call for participants 📣
Have you ever used any History Workshop Journal articles in your teaching practice?
We’d love to hear from you for the 100th issue of HWJ!
Please let us know by sending an email or feel free to DM.
Have you ever used any History Workshop Journal articles in your teaching practice?
We’d love to hear from you for the 100th issue of HWJ!
Please let us know by sending an email or feel free to DM.
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How can we better approach the histories of Indigenous peoples?
Mary Katherine Newman introduces a new History Workshop series which will introduce a range of scholars, educators, and activists and the ways in which they examine Indigenous histories.
www.historyworkshop....
Mary Katherine Newman introduces a new History Workshop series which will introduce a range of scholars, educators, and activists and the ways in which they examine Indigenous histories.
www.historyworkshop....
Indigenous Historical Practices
Delve into Indigenous history with our History Workshop series, highlighting complex systems of historical knowledge and their significance.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
May 20, 2025 at 6:19 AM
How can we better approach the histories of Indigenous peoples?
Mary Katherine Newman introduces a new History Workshop series which will introduce a range of scholars, educators, and activists and the ways in which they examine Indigenous histories.
www.historyworkshop....
Mary Katherine Newman introduces a new History Workshop series which will introduce a range of scholars, educators, and activists and the ways in which they examine Indigenous histories.
www.historyworkshop....
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Submitting this for publication shortly, and we're now at 2920 signatures. It would be amazing to get it over three thousand before I turn it in...
There are now over 2000 UK academic signatories to our open letter in support of trans rights & inclusion, along with hundreds of other UK educators & international supporters. It's heartening to see such support from colleagues for our trans siblings. #NotInOurName docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Not In Our Name - Feminist Academics and Educators Speak Out - with signatures
To co-sign the statement, fill in this form: https://forms.gle/oDYgnobrMiScaMEt5 (Please do not ‘request share’, rather, fill in the form ^ ^.) Not In Our Name: Feminist Academics and Educators Sp...
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May 7, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Submitting this for publication shortly, and we're now at 2920 signatures. It would be amazing to get it over three thousand before I turn it in...
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Excited to share the cover for my debut non-fiction book WE WERE THERE, which is out 17 April 2025 via The Bodley Head + is a cultural history of Black Britain in the Thatcher era.
Please pre-order it via the link if you feel inclined!
www.penguin.co.uk/books/453942...
Please pre-order it via the link if you feel inclined!
www.penguin.co.uk/books/453942...
November 23, 2024 at 7:45 AM
Excited to share the cover for my debut non-fiction book WE WERE THERE, which is out 17 April 2025 via The Bodley Head + is a cultural history of Black Britain in the Thatcher era.
Please pre-order it via the link if you feel inclined!
www.penguin.co.uk/books/453942...
Please pre-order it via the link if you feel inclined!
www.penguin.co.uk/books/453942...
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'Understanding the specific history of South Asian Black politics highlights both tensions and possibilities for antiracist solidarity today.'
Saffron East (@saffroneast.bsky.social) on lessons learned from the history of the feminist collective Southall Black Sisters 🗃️
Saffron East (@saffroneast.bsky.social) on lessons learned from the history of the feminist collective Southall Black Sisters 🗃️
South Asian Political Blackness in 1970s Britain
In April 1979, activists and locals stood up to British fascists targeting Southall’s South Asian community. Saffron East explores the politics of the Southall Black Sisters, a feminist collective tha...
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
April 27, 2025 at 8:45 AM
'Understanding the specific history of South Asian Black politics highlights both tensions and possibilities for antiracist solidarity today.'
Saffron East (@saffroneast.bsky.social) on lessons learned from the history of the feminist collective Southall Black Sisters 🗃️
Saffron East (@saffroneast.bsky.social) on lessons learned from the history of the feminist collective Southall Black Sisters 🗃️
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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 11:14 AM
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!✨
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In April 1979, activists and locals stood up to British fascists targeting Southall’s South Asian community.
Saffron East (@saffroneast.bsky.social) explores the politics of the Southall Black Sisters, a feminist collective that arose in its aftermath.
Saffron East (@saffroneast.bsky.social) explores the politics of the Southall Black Sisters, a feminist collective that arose in its aftermath.
South Asian Political Blackness in 1970s Britain
In April 1979, activists and locals stood up to British fascists targeting Southall’s South Asian community. Saffron East explores the politics of the Southall Black Sisters, a feminist collective tha...
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
April 24, 2025 at 6:56 AM
In April 1979, activists and locals stood up to British fascists targeting Southall’s South Asian community.
Saffron East (@saffroneast.bsky.social) explores the politics of the Southall Black Sisters, a feminist collective that arose in its aftermath.
Saffron East (@saffroneast.bsky.social) explores the politics of the Southall Black Sisters, a feminist collective that arose in its aftermath.
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We are pleased to share the Call for Papers for our upcoming workshop for graduate students and early career researchers. Transforming Nations and Identities in a Global World after 1945 will take place Oct 2-3, 2025 at the University of Glasgow. www.queensu.ca/ghi/events/u...
Workshop: Transforming Nations and Identities in a Global World after 1945 | Global History InitiativeDown arrowDown arrowDown arrow
Call for Papers Dates: October 2-3, 2025 Location: University of Glasgow Keywords: Global history, transnational, nationalism, identity, decolonization, internationalism, 20th century, state formation...
www.queensu.ca
March 8, 2025 at 11:08 PM
We are pleased to share the Call for Papers for our upcoming workshop for graduate students and early career researchers. Transforming Nations and Identities in a Global World after 1945 will take place Oct 2-3, 2025 at the University of Glasgow. www.queensu.ca/ghi/events/u...
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If anyone is about 18th March I'll be giving a public seminar for the Manchester Uni history department. The talk will be exploring photographs of industrial struggle, race and resistance and discussing 'Bolton's Grunwick', a mill strike in 1978. All welcome! events.manchester.ac.uk/event/event:...
History Research Seminar - 'Bolton's Grunwick': Bulmer and Lumb and Asian Working Class Resistance | Events at The University of Manchester
events.manchester.ac.uk
March 5, 2025 at 12:00 PM
If anyone is about 18th March I'll be giving a public seminar for the Manchester Uni history department. The talk will be exploring photographs of industrial struggle, race and resistance and discussing 'Bolton's Grunwick', a mill strike in 1978. All welcome! events.manchester.ac.uk/event/event:...
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Two UK (home status) bursaries available for V&A's fab MA in the History of Design for 2025-26. Bursaries cover the full £17,000 fee. Under-represented groups supported by the scheme include for example African, Caribbean, Asian backgrounds, refugee status, care-leavers, disability, & low-income.
V&A Foundation Awards - MA History of Design Programme at Victoria and Albert Museum
Start your UK & international job search for academic jobs, research jobs, science jobs and managerial jobs in leading universities and top...
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March 7, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Two UK (home status) bursaries available for V&A's fab MA in the History of Design for 2025-26. Bursaries cover the full £17,000 fee. Under-represented groups supported by the scheme include for example African, Caribbean, Asian backgrounds, refugee status, care-leavers, disability, & low-income.
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*Job Claxon*: we're hiring a Postdoc to research the Colonial History of the Botanic Gardens at Universiteit Utrecht.
www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
#skystorians #jobs #histofscience #colonialhistory #botanicalgardens
www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
#skystorians #jobs #histofscience #colonialhistory #botanicalgardens
Postdoctoral Researcher: Colonial History of Botanic Gardens
Interested in colonial history, botanical gardens and decolonisation? Join our international team of scholars!
www.uu.nl
March 4, 2025 at 8:23 AM
*Job Claxon*: we're hiring a Postdoc to research the Colonial History of the Botanic Gardens at Universiteit Utrecht.
www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
#skystorians #jobs #histofscience #colonialhistory #botanicalgardens
www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
#skystorians #jobs #histofscience #colonialhistory #botanicalgardens
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📌Exploring carceral intersections of race, class & disability - Margarita Aragon
📆12pm 20 March 2025 (hybrid)
@uomsoss.bsky.social @manchesterup.bsky.social @racerootsresist.bsky.social @ersjournal.com @identitiesjournal.bsky.social @britsoci.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/exploring-...
📆12pm 20 March 2025 (hybrid)
@uomsoss.bsky.social @manchesterup.bsky.social @racerootsresist.bsky.social @ersjournal.com @identitiesjournal.bsky.social @britsoci.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/exploring-...
Exploring carceral intersections of race, class and disability
Margarita Aragon on processes of race- & class-making in the incarceration of people perceived as mentally deficient in early 20thC Britain.
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February 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
📌Exploring carceral intersections of race, class & disability - Margarita Aragon
📆12pm 20 March 2025 (hybrid)
@uomsoss.bsky.social @manchesterup.bsky.social @racerootsresist.bsky.social @ersjournal.com @identitiesjournal.bsky.social @britsoci.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/exploring-...
📆12pm 20 March 2025 (hybrid)
@uomsoss.bsky.social @manchesterup.bsky.social @racerootsresist.bsky.social @ersjournal.com @identitiesjournal.bsky.social @britsoci.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/exploring-...
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📣We are delighted to announce the 2025 recipients of the Joint BME Small Grants!
This scheme is supported by @histedsocuk.bsky.social, EHS; History UK; @historywo.bsky.social, @royalhistsoc.bsky.social; @sslh.bsky.social and @womenshistnet.bsky.social!✨
socialhistory.org.uk/2025/02/10/b...
This scheme is supported by @histedsocuk.bsky.social, EHS; History UK; @historywo.bsky.social, @royalhistsoc.bsky.social; @sslh.bsky.social and @womenshistnet.bsky.social!✨
socialhistory.org.uk/2025/02/10/b...
BME Small Grants: 2025 Recipients
We are delighted to announce the results of the latest round of the BME small grants funding scheme. This scheme is administered by SHS in partnership with the Economic History Society, History UK,…
socialhistory.org.uk
February 11, 2025 at 2:26 PM
📣We are delighted to announce the 2025 recipients of the Joint BME Small Grants!
This scheme is supported by @histedsocuk.bsky.social, EHS; History UK; @historywo.bsky.social, @royalhistsoc.bsky.social; @sslh.bsky.social and @womenshistnet.bsky.social!✨
socialhistory.org.uk/2025/02/10/b...
This scheme is supported by @histedsocuk.bsky.social, EHS; History UK; @historywo.bsky.social, @royalhistsoc.bsky.social; @sslh.bsky.social and @womenshistnet.bsky.social!✨
socialhistory.org.uk/2025/02/10/b...
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New book series, UNIVERSITY REIMAGINED, edited by @sadiahabib.bsky.social and me, with thanks to @manchesterup.bsky.social, & esp. commissioning editor @lauramswift.bsky.social. BOOK PROPOSALS NOW WELCOME - please get in touch if you have an idea. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/series/unive...
University Reimagined - Manchester University Press
The University Reimagined series offers a home for fresh ideas about higher education and innovative solutions to the challenges it faces, both within the UK and internationally.
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk
January 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
New book series, UNIVERSITY REIMAGINED, edited by @sadiahabib.bsky.social and me, with thanks to @manchesterup.bsky.social, & esp. commissioning editor @lauramswift.bsky.social. BOOK PROPOSALS NOW WELCOME - please get in touch if you have an idea. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/series/unive...
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THIS THURSDAY (23 JAN): we're excited to host Olivia Wyatt speaking on Caribbean migrants and the negotiation of pigmentocracy in Britain, 1948-78. Hybrid session, please sign up online in advance or come along on Thursday!
www.history.ac.uk/events/carib...
www.history.ac.uk/events/carib...
Caribbean migrants and the negotiation of pigmentocracy in Britain, 1948-78
www.history.ac.uk
January 21, 2025 at 4:53 PM
THIS THURSDAY (23 JAN): we're excited to host Olivia Wyatt speaking on Caribbean migrants and the negotiation of pigmentocracy in Britain, 1948-78. Hybrid session, please sign up online in advance or come along on Thursday!
www.history.ac.uk/events/carib...
www.history.ac.uk/events/carib...
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'We look forward to welcoming two fellows in the academic year 2025- 2026: both in the first semester (Sept 2025 - Jan 2026)'. Two 5-month fellowships available. Deadline 17 March 2025, 12:00 noon CET.
NIAS – NIOD – KITLV Fellowship: Moving objects, Mobilising Culture in the Context of (De)colonisation | NIAS
This fellowship is intended for researchers from formerly colonised countries – including heritage practitioners, historians, archaeologists, social scientists, artists, journalists, and/or cultural a...
nias.knaw.nl
January 15, 2025 at 11:31 AM
'We look forward to welcoming two fellows in the academic year 2025- 2026: both in the first semester (Sept 2025 - Jan 2026)'. Two 5-month fellowships available. Deadline 17 March 2025, 12:00 noon CET.
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We are deeply concerned to hear about proposed cuts and programme closures at the University of Northampton and the University of Sheffield.
In solidarity with our colleagues, please join us and sign and share the two petitions below requesting URGENT action. 🚨 1/3
In solidarity with our colleagues, please join us and sign and share the two petitions below requesting URGENT action. 🚨 1/3
January 13, 2025 at 3:07 PM
We are deeply concerned to hear about proposed cuts and programme closures at the University of Northampton and the University of Sheffield.
In solidarity with our colleagues, please join us and sign and share the two petitions below requesting URGENT action. 🚨 1/3
In solidarity with our colleagues, please join us and sign and share the two petitions below requesting URGENT action. 🚨 1/3
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📢VACANCY: Research Associate - ELSA longitudinal study. Post focuses on the social science elements of the study espec ethnic inequalities in later life. Full time, 10.5 months. Closing date 31/01/25
@uomsociology.bsky.social @britsoci.bsky.social
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
@uomsociology.bsky.social @britsoci.bsky.social
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Research Associate – English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA):Oxford Road
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk
January 8, 2025 at 11:33 AM
📢VACANCY: Research Associate - ELSA longitudinal study. Post focuses on the social science elements of the study espec ethnic inequalities in later life. Full time, 10.5 months. Closing date 31/01/25
@uomsociology.bsky.social @britsoci.bsky.social
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
@uomsociology.bsky.social @britsoci.bsky.social
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
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Another reminder that the deadline for panel and paper proposals for our conference, British History Today, 1-2 May 2025 is 24 Jan. Send to qmcbs@qmul.ac.uk
December 17, 2024 at 3:43 PM
Another reminder that the deadline for panel and paper proposals for our conference, British History Today, 1-2 May 2025 is 24 Jan. Send to qmcbs@qmul.ac.uk
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**Black UK PhD students**
Fully funded PhD study - fees and stipend
-Faculty of Arts, Law and Social Sciences
-Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
**Tell everyone**
www.bristol.ac.uk/study/postgr...
Fully funded PhD study - fees and stipend
-Faculty of Arts, Law and Social Sciences
-Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
**Tell everyone**
www.bristol.ac.uk/study/postgr...
Black heritage PhD scholarships | Study at Bristol | University of Bristol
We welcome applications for full scholarships to postgraduate research programmes starting in 2025.
www.bristol.ac.uk
December 8, 2024 at 5:55 PM
**Black UK PhD students**
Fully funded PhD study - fees and stipend
-Faculty of Arts, Law and Social Sciences
-Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
**Tell everyone**
www.bristol.ac.uk/study/postgr...
Fully funded PhD study - fees and stipend
-Faculty of Arts, Law and Social Sciences
-Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
**Tell everyone**
www.bristol.ac.uk/study/postgr...
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Are you a young Black British woman who is keen to develop skills in recording and creating the stories and histories of your community? Apply for this ground-breaking programme of training and support. speaking-volumes.org.uk/apply-women-...
Women Speak Volumes Between Generations – APPLY
Call for participants Young Black women aged 18-30 invited to join an exciting new hybrid programme for budding archivists and curators Booker Prize winning author and literary activist Professor B…
speaking-volumes.org.uk
December 4, 2024 at 6:31 PM
Are you a young Black British woman who is keen to develop skills in recording and creating the stories and histories of your community? Apply for this ground-breaking programme of training and support. speaking-volumes.org.uk/apply-women-...