Theo Williams
@theo-williams.bsky.social
Researching histories of anti-imperialism and Black radicalism.
Author of: *Making the Revolution Global: Black Radicalism and the British Socialist Movement before Decolonisation*: https://www.versobooks.com/books/4073-making-the-revolution-global
Author of: *Making the Revolution Global: Black Radicalism and the British Socialist Movement before Decolonisation*: https://www.versobooks.com/books/4073-making-the-revolution-global
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Theo Williams
@theo-williams.bsky.social
· Feb 28
Willing Conscripts: Black Radical Thought, Modernity, and the (Im)possibility of Return
This article examines from a global perspective how Black radical thinkers have attempted to reconcile modernity and the African past. Black radical thinkers have developed diverging ideas about wh...
www.tandfonline.com
NEW PUBLICATION
My article 'Willing Conscripts' has just been published Open Access in @global-ih.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The article examines how Black radical thinkers from 18th-20th centuries attempted to reconcile modernity and the African past.
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My article 'Willing Conscripts' has just been published Open Access in @global-ih.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The article examines how Black radical thinkers from 18th-20th centuries attempted to reconcile modernity and the African past.
1/4
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JOB ALERT: amazing 4-year post in postwar British history and refugee studies at @uniofreading.bsky.social Humanities!
A post perfectly suited for someone working on political and social histories of race and migration in late 20c. Deadline 5 September.
jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
A post perfectly suited for someone working on political and social histories of race and migration in late 20c. Deadline 5 September.
jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Postdoctoral Research Associate (PDRA):Whiteknights Reading UK
Postdoctoral Research Associate(4 years, full time) in public history project ‘Nation of Refuge’.
jobs.reading.ac.uk
August 11, 2025 at 8:47 AM
JOB ALERT: amazing 4-year post in postwar British history and refugee studies at @uniofreading.bsky.social Humanities!
A post perfectly suited for someone working on political and social histories of race and migration in late 20c. Deadline 5 September.
jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
A post perfectly suited for someone working on political and social histories of race and migration in late 20c. Deadline 5 September.
jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
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It's Publication Day for my article tracing Black women in famous British art.
'Black Modernist Muses in Jacob Epstein's Art'
Read full article here👇🏾
doi-org.eux.idm.oclc.org/10.1080/0961...
image: 'Roma of Barbados' Fitzwilliam Museum/Jacob Epstein
@womenshistoryrev.bsky.social
'Black Modernist Muses in Jacob Epstein's Art'
Read full article here👇🏾
doi-org.eux.idm.oclc.org/10.1080/0961...
image: 'Roma of Barbados' Fitzwilliam Museum/Jacob Epstein
@womenshistoryrev.bsky.social
April 16, 2025 at 9:53 AM
It's Publication Day for my article tracing Black women in famous British art.
'Black Modernist Muses in Jacob Epstein's Art'
Read full article here👇🏾
doi-org.eux.idm.oclc.org/10.1080/0961...
image: 'Roma of Barbados' Fitzwilliam Museum/Jacob Epstein
@womenshistoryrev.bsky.social
'Black Modernist Muses in Jacob Epstein's Art'
Read full article here👇🏾
doi-org.eux.idm.oclc.org/10.1080/0961...
image: 'Roma of Barbados' Fitzwilliam Museum/Jacob Epstein
@womenshistoryrev.bsky.social
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Welcome, friends! Come learn about our book and sign up for some exerpts, interviews and fun extras in the run up to its release: friendsincommon.substack.com/p/welcome-fr...
Welcome, friends!
An introduction to our new friends in common blog.
friendsincommon.substack.com
April 14, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Welcome, friends! Come learn about our book and sign up for some exerpts, interviews and fun extras in the run up to its release: friendsincommon.substack.com/p/welcome-fr...
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Transforming Nations and Identities in a Global World After 1945: CfP for the Global History Initiative's fall conference in Glasgow: rb.gy/f33c4p Deadline for proposals March 28
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...
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March 10, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Transforming Nations and Identities in a Global World After 1945: CfP for the Global History Initiative's fall conference in Glasgow: rb.gy/f33c4p Deadline for proposals March 28
Looks like a great event coming up at Glasgow this October
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 11, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Looks like a great event coming up at Glasgow this October
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#OtD 8 Mar 1917 defying union leaderships, women workers and housewives took the streets of St Petersburg against high prices and hunger. They were joined the next day by 200,000 workers, sparking the February Revolution stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1...
March 8, 2025 at 9:10 AM
#OtD 8 Mar 1917 defying union leaderships, women workers and housewives took the streets of St Petersburg against high prices and hunger. They were joined the next day by 200,000 workers, sparking the February Revolution stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1...
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In the 1950s-60s, the African Association in Cairo became a hub for anticolonial activists from across the world.
@alexjwhite.bsky.social examines the role of transnational activists who shaped the anticolonial movement.
www.historyworkshop....
@alexjwhite.bsky.social examines the role of transnational activists who shaped the anticolonial movement.
www.historyworkshop....
African Activism in Anticolonial Cairo
In the 1950s-60s, the African Association in Cairo became a hub for anticolonial activists from across the world. Alex White examines the role of transnational activists who shaped the anticolonial movement.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
March 8, 2025 at 9:15 AM
In the 1950s-60s, the African Association in Cairo became a hub for anticolonial activists from across the world.
@alexjwhite.bsky.social examines the role of transnational activists who shaped the anticolonial movement.
www.historyworkshop....
@alexjwhite.bsky.social examines the role of transnational activists who shaped the anticolonial movement.
www.historyworkshop....
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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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NEW PUBLICATION
My article 'Willing Conscripts' has just been published Open Access in @global-ih.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The article examines how Black radical thinkers from 18th-20th centuries attempted to reconcile modernity and the African past.
1/4
My article 'Willing Conscripts' has just been published Open Access in @global-ih.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The article examines how Black radical thinkers from 18th-20th centuries attempted to reconcile modernity and the African past.
1/4
Willing Conscripts: Black Radical Thought, Modernity, and the (Im)possibility of Return
This article examines from a global perspective how Black radical thinkers have attempted to reconcile modernity and the African past. Black radical thinkers have developed diverging ideas about wh...
www.tandfonline.com
February 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM
NEW PUBLICATION
My article 'Willing Conscripts' has just been published Open Access in @global-ih.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The article examines how Black radical thinkers from 18th-20th centuries attempted to reconcile modernity and the African past.
1/4
My article 'Willing Conscripts' has just been published Open Access in @global-ih.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The article examines how Black radical thinkers from 18th-20th centuries attempted to reconcile modernity and the African past.
1/4
NEW PUBLICATION
My article 'Willing Conscripts' has just been published Open Access in @global-ih.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The article examines how Black radical thinkers from 18th-20th centuries attempted to reconcile modernity and the African past.
1/4
My article 'Willing Conscripts' has just been published Open Access in @global-ih.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The article examines how Black radical thinkers from 18th-20th centuries attempted to reconcile modernity and the African past.
1/4
Willing Conscripts: Black Radical Thought, Modernity, and the (Im)possibility of Return
This article examines from a global perspective how Black radical thinkers have attempted to reconcile modernity and the African past. Black radical thinkers have developed diverging ideas about wh...
www.tandfonline.com
February 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM
NEW PUBLICATION
My article 'Willing Conscripts' has just been published Open Access in @global-ih.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The article examines how Black radical thinkers from 18th-20th centuries attempted to reconcile modernity and the African past.
1/4
My article 'Willing Conscripts' has just been published Open Access in @global-ih.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The article examines how Black radical thinkers from 18th-20th centuries attempted to reconcile modernity and the African past.
1/4
Marika was instrumental to the development of Black histories in Britain and elsewhere. She was also an important mentor to so many scholars. Her presence will be missed but her legacies will endure.
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 17, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Marika was instrumental to the development of Black histories in Britain and elsewhere. She was also an important mentor to so many scholars. Her presence will be missed but her legacies will endure.
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On 27 Feb my book comes out. It’s about how Liverpool’s recent history should change the way we think about modern Britain. On this thread every few days till then, I will tweet an extraordinary fact about Liverpool’s twentieth-century. Pre-order here: www.waterstones.com/book/liverpo...
Liverpool and the Unmaking of Britain by Sam Wetherell | Waterstones
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January 28, 2025 at 1:20 PM
On 27 Feb my book comes out. It’s about how Liverpool’s recent history should change the way we think about modern Britain. On this thread every few days till then, I will tweet an extraordinary fact about Liverpool’s twentieth-century. Pre-order here: www.waterstones.com/book/liverpo...
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Posting my ballot #UCU. Our HE branches are fighting for our lives. Alone we crumble, united we’re strong.
Please vote for me & for left/independent candidates. We need leadership prepared to uphold democracy, to organise, & who believe in collectivity as strength.
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Please vote for me & for left/independent candidates. We need leadership prepared to uphold democracy, to organise, & who believe in collectivity as strength.
rhiannonforucuvp.wordpress.com
February 4, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Posting my ballot #UCU. Our HE branches are fighting for our lives. Alone we crumble, united we’re strong.
Please vote for me & for left/independent candidates. We need leadership prepared to uphold democracy, to organise, & who believe in collectivity as strength.
rhiannonforucuvp.wordpress.com
Please vote for me & for left/independent candidates. We need leadership prepared to uphold democracy, to organise, & who believe in collectivity as strength.
rhiannonforucuvp.wordpress.com
The online version of my new co-edited book *Anti-racism in Britain: Traditions, Histories and Trajectories* can be found here: www.manchesterhive.com/display/9781...
Institutional access required, I'm afraid.
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Institutional access required, I'm afraid.
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November 28, 2024 at 8:25 PM
The online version of my new co-edited book *Anti-racism in Britain: Traditions, Histories and Trajectories* can be found here: www.manchesterhive.com/display/9781...
Institutional access required, I'm afraid.
1/
Institutional access required, I'm afraid.
1/
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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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A reminder that next Friday 29 Nov I’ll be launching my book MULTICULTURAL BRITAIN in Birmingham, one of the book’s key case studies. Details of where and when 👇 Join us if you can!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/multicultu...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/multicultu...
Multicultural Britain by Kieran Connell at Brig Café at the Warehouse
Multicultural Britain by Kieran Connell at Brig Café at the Warehouse in association with the Birmingham Race Impact Group and more.
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November 21, 2024 at 9:37 AM
A reminder that next Friday 29 Nov I’ll be launching my book MULTICULTURAL BRITAIN in Birmingham, one of the book’s key case studies. Details of where and when 👇 Join us if you can!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/multicultu...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/multicultu...
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Starter Pack on Colonialism, Decolonisation & Race 👇. Interdisciplinary and not limited to academics. Set it up last week so I may have missed people who joined recently - pls let me know if you'd like to be added (or removed). ..Overlapping starter packs v.welcome!
go.bsky.app/NypyY8Q
go.bsky.app/NypyY8Q
November 15, 2024 at 12:59 PM
Starter Pack on Colonialism, Decolonisation & Race 👇. Interdisciplinary and not limited to academics. Set it up last week so I may have missed people who joined recently - pls let me know if you'd like to be added (or removed). ..Overlapping starter packs v.welcome!
go.bsky.app/NypyY8Q
go.bsky.app/NypyY8Q
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I put together a new starter pack of people who do work on the history of socialism. Encompasses different aspects, tendencies, and eras, including recent years. Let me know if you have suggestions or would like to be added yourself.
November 19, 2024 at 1:47 PM
I put together a new starter pack of people who do work on the history of socialism. Encompasses different aspects, tendencies, and eras, including recent years. Let me know if you have suggestions or would like to be added yourself.
Hi all, I'm new to Bluesky. Thought I'd make a thread of some of the things I've done over the past few years... (cont.)
November 15, 2024 at 9:38 AM
Hi all, I'm new to Bluesky. Thought I'd make a thread of some of the things I've done over the past few years... (cont.)
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I'm excited to have a chapter in this new collection published by @manchesterup.bsky.social yesterday, edited by @theo-williams.bsky.social, Grace Redhead and @saffroneast.bsky.social. My chapter is 'Jews and the Race Relations Acts'. The whole book is excellent. www.google.co.uk/books/editio...
Anti-Racism in Britain
This volume explores the shifting nature of anti-racism in Britain through 11 illuminating case studies. Together, they highlight the tensions between solidarity and paternalism, demonstrate the inter...
www.google.co.uk
November 13, 2024 at 1:01 PM
I'm excited to have a chapter in this new collection published by @manchesterup.bsky.social yesterday, edited by @theo-williams.bsky.social, Grace Redhead and @saffroneast.bsky.social. My chapter is 'Jews and the Race Relations Acts'. The whole book is excellent. www.google.co.uk/books/editio...