Sarah C. Dunstan
@sarahcdunstan.bsky.social
Historian of 20thC French & US Empire| Human rights, Citizenship, Race & Gender at the University of Glasgow
Author of Race, Rights and Reform: Black Activism in the French Empire and the United States from World War I to the Cold War (CUP, 2021).
Author of Race, Rights and Reform: Black Activism in the French Empire and the United States from World War I to the Cold War (CUP, 2021).
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🌍 Call for Proposals 2025–26 🌍The Scottish Council on Global Affairs (SCGA) invites Scotland-based researchers to take part in our new project: The State of the World. With the upcoming Scottish elections on the horizon, this initiative will take stock of global challenges shaping Scotland today.
October 16, 2025 at 2:40 PM
🌍 Call for Proposals 2025–26 🌍The Scottish Council on Global Affairs (SCGA) invites Scotland-based researchers to take part in our new project: The State of the World. With the upcoming Scottish elections on the horizon, this initiative will take stock of global challenges shaping Scotland today.
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6/8 Finally, the editors of the volume @whitproject.bsky.social, Katharina Rietzler, Kimberley Hutchings, & @sarahcdunstan.bsky.social - conclude the collection with a response to the aforementioned review articles & some reflections on the future of the field www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
October 20, 2025 at 7:02 AM
6/8 Finally, the editors of the volume @whitproject.bsky.social, Katharina Rietzler, Kimberley Hutchings, & @sarahcdunstan.bsky.social - conclude the collection with a response to the aforementioned review articles & some reflections on the future of the field www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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3/8 "[They] have rescued countless female voices from oblivion", says Mona L. Siegel (@calstate.bsky.social) & "will no doubt spark untold numbers of future theses [...] as students’ curiosity is roused by the sparkling intellect and unique vision of these women" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
October 20, 2025 at 6:50 AM
3/8 "[They] have rescued countless female voices from oblivion", says Mona L. Siegel (@calstate.bsky.social) & "will no doubt spark untold numbers of future theses [...] as students’ curiosity is roused by the sparkling intellect and unique vision of these women" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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1/8 An overview of a recent print issue, a forum on "Women’s International Thought: Towards a New Canon" (@universitypress.cambridge.org, 2022) eds. @whitproject.bsky.social, Katharina Rietzler, Kimberley Hutchings, & @sarahcdunstan.bsky.social - the forum was guest ed by @rosariolopez.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 6:36 AM
1/8 An overview of a recent print issue, a forum on "Women’s International Thought: Towards a New Canon" (@universitypress.cambridge.org, 2022) eds. @whitproject.bsky.social, Katharina Rietzler, Kimberley Hutchings, & @sarahcdunstan.bsky.social - the forum was guest ed by @rosariolopez.bsky.social
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Good to pair this review with Vivien Chang's penetrating essay on The Second Emancipation in the Los Angeles Review of Books. lareviewofbooks.org/article/a-hi...
September 1, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Good to pair this review with Vivien Chang's penetrating essay on The Second Emancipation in the Los Angeles Review of Books. lareviewofbooks.org/article/a-hi...
A fascinating read!
Have a read of our recent debate essay: 'Museums and the Spoils of Empire: From the Benin Bronzes to Those Marbles Again' by Catharine Titi: doi.org/10.1080/0308...
Museums and the Spoils of Empire: From the Benin Bronzes to Those Marbles Again
Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Ahead of Print, 2025)
doi.org
June 25, 2025 at 7:50 AM
A fascinating read!
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A reminder of tomorrow's hybrid workshop on 'The Colonial Veteran in the Archive' as part of the @erc.europa.eu funded COLVET project. All are welcome- registration necessary. We will discuss contexts as diverse as India, Eritrea, West, East and Southern Africa, the colonial Caribbean and beyond.
June 24, 2025 at 8:09 AM
A reminder of tomorrow's hybrid workshop on 'The Colonial Veteran in the Archive' as part of the @erc.europa.eu funded COLVET project. All are welcome- registration necessary. We will discuss contexts as diverse as India, Eritrea, West, East and Southern Africa, the colonial Caribbean and beyond.
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"“What are we wanting students to belong to?” What is the space of the university? What is the history of our discipline? What key intellectual voices and ideas do we engage with? Should we really be asking racialised students to “be at home” in these spaces, with this history and with these ideas?"
Adebisi on 'Seeking the university that is ours: understanding, unpacking and unsettling Black students’ racialised (un)belonging in UK law schools': doi.org/10.1080/0306...
Seeking the university that is ours: understanding, unpacking and unsettling Black students’ racialised (un)belonging in UK law schools
This article unpacks the nature of racialised (un)belonging experienced by law students – why for students of colour, the law school has often felt like a space to which they cannot fully belong. F...
doi.org
June 23, 2025 at 9:26 AM
"“What are we wanting students to belong to?” What is the space of the university? What is the history of our discipline? What key intellectual voices and ideas do we engage with? Should we really be asking racialised students to “be at home” in these spaces, with this history and with these ideas?"
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How do colonial-era racial theories continue to influence modern science in India?
In our latest GHIL #podcast interview we're exploring this question by examining new research which traces the transnational connections between Germany and colonial India in the field of racial science. 🎧
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In our latest GHIL #podcast interview we're exploring this question by examining new research which traces the transnational connections between Germany and colonial India in the field of racial science. 🎧
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June 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
How do colonial-era racial theories continue to influence modern science in India?
In our latest GHIL #podcast interview we're exploring this question by examining new research which traces the transnational connections between Germany and colonial India in the field of racial science. 🎧
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In our latest GHIL #podcast interview we're exploring this question by examining new research which traces the transnational connections between Germany and colonial India in the field of racial science. 🎧
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It's the official publication day for the 25th anniversary edition of Cold War Civil Rights!! New preface sets it in the context of the contemporary global Black Lives Matter movement.
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press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
Cold War Civil Rights
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the YearHow the fight for civil rights in America became an important front in the Cold War
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June 17, 2025 at 12:39 PM
It's the official publication day for the 25th anniversary edition of Cold War Civil Rights!! New preface sets it in the context of the contemporary global Black Lives Matter movement.
press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
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June 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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🌍 For #RefugeeWeek dive into our blog Excluded from the Record—a powerful look at women refugees & relief work from 1914-1929.
#HistoryMatters #WomenInHistory
#HistoryMatters #WomenInHistory
Excluded from the Record – Women, Refugees and Relief 1914-1929
The records do not necessarily provide the full stories … Miss Alma Tadema, daughter of the artist, on 30th September 1915 brought to Mrs Webbe, Mme Marie Wybo, aged 29. She had thrown vitrio…
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June 17, 2025 at 8:20 AM
🌍 For #RefugeeWeek dive into our blog Excluded from the Record—a powerful look at women refugees & relief work from 1914-1929.
#HistoryMatters #WomenInHistory
#HistoryMatters #WomenInHistory
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Book launch news! I will be in conversation with David Olusoga at Manchester Museum on 6 June, 6-8:30pm. It’s free, but limited places so register here (from Monday).
I’ve managed to schedule this for Eid so expect a very dressed-up author and entourage!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sadiah-qur...
I’ve managed to schedule this for Eid so expect a very dressed-up author and entourage!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sadiah-qur...
Sadiah Qureshi in conversation with David Olusoga about extinction
Manchester Histories presents an 'In Conversation' event marking the launch of 'Vanished: An Unnatural History of Extinction' (Penguin 2025)
www.eventbrite.co.uk
April 11, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Book launch news! I will be in conversation with David Olusoga at Manchester Museum on 6 June, 6-8:30pm. It’s free, but limited places so register here (from Monday).
I’ve managed to schedule this for Eid so expect a very dressed-up author and entourage!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sadiah-qur...
I’ve managed to schedule this for Eid so expect a very dressed-up author and entourage!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sadiah-qur...
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La presse en parle ! 👀👀👀
Luc Daireaux donne la parole à Malika Rahal dans son podcast Chemins d’histoire 🌻 Juste ici !
cheminsdhistoire.fr/emission212/
Luc Daireaux donne la parole à Malika Rahal dans son podcast Chemins d’histoire 🌻 Juste ici !
cheminsdhistoire.fr/emission212/
Emission 212 : Les chemins d’une historienne, entre Lauragais, Nebraska, Palestine et Algérie, avec Malika Rahal
Deux-cent-douzième numéro de Chemins d’histoire, dix-septième de la sixième saison Émission diffusée le dimanche 2 mars 2025 L’invitée : Malika Rahal, directrice de recherche au CNRS, directr…
cheminsdhistoire.fr
March 6, 2025 at 3:19 PM
La presse en parle ! 👀👀👀
Luc Daireaux donne la parole à Malika Rahal dans son podcast Chemins d’histoire 🌻 Juste ici !
cheminsdhistoire.fr/emission212/
Luc Daireaux donne la parole à Malika Rahal dans son podcast Chemins d’histoire 🌻 Juste ici !
cheminsdhistoire.fr/emission212/
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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.
November 21, 2024 at 11:02 AM
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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*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
A bit late to the party, but I hear all the cool people are over here now. Excited to be part of the Bluesky communities
March 7, 2025 at 2:29 PM
A bit late to the party, but I hear all the cool people are over here now. Excited to be part of the Bluesky communities