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Dating back to 1830, UCL History sits in the heart of London and welcomes the best researchers and students from around the world 🌎
Join us for A Public Conversation with Dorothy Berry - archivist, writer, and author of The House Archives Built.
🗓 Dec 3 | ⏰ 5:30–7:30pm
📍 IAS Common Ground, Gower St
Explore how archives shape history, identity, and Black cultural memory.
🔗 shorturl.at/5lUOO
#UCL #DorothyBerry #BlackHistory
🗓 Dec 3 | ⏰ 5:30–7:30pm
📍 IAS Common Ground, Gower St
Explore how archives shape history, identity, and Black cultural memory.
🔗 shorturl.at/5lUOO
#UCL #DorothyBerry #BlackHistory
The House Archives Built & Other Thoughts On Black Archival Possibilities
A public conversation with archivist and writer, Dorothy Berry, hosted by the UCL Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery
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November 7, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Join us for A Public Conversation with Dorothy Berry - archivist, writer, and author of The House Archives Built.
🗓 Dec 3 | ⏰ 5:30–7:30pm
📍 IAS Common Ground, Gower St
Explore how archives shape history, identity, and Black cultural memory.
🔗 shorturl.at/5lUOO
#UCL #DorothyBerry #BlackHistory
🗓 Dec 3 | ⏰ 5:30–7:30pm
📍 IAS Common Ground, Gower St
Explore how archives shape history, identity, and Black cultural memory.
🔗 shorturl.at/5lUOO
#UCL #DorothyBerry #BlackHistory
Congratulations to Berry Pillot de Chenecey (MA Public History) for winning the Pollard Prize 2025 by the Institute of Historical Research! 🏆
Her paper on children’s play during WWII has also earned her an offer of publication with Historical Research (Oxford University Press) 📖
shorturl.at/2qw2N
Her paper on children’s play during WWII has also earned her an offer of publication with Historical Research (Oxford University Press) 📖
shorturl.at/2qw2N
Pollard Prize 2025 Awarded to Public History MA Student Berry Pillot de Chenecey
Congratulations to Berry Pillot de Chenecey on being awarded the Pollard Prize 2025 by the Institute of Historical Research in recognition of her exceptional research and presentation.
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November 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Congratulations to Berry Pillot de Chenecey (MA Public History) for winning the Pollard Prize 2025 by the Institute of Historical Research! 🏆
Her paper on children’s play during WWII has also earned her an offer of publication with Historical Research (Oxford University Press) 📖
shorturl.at/2qw2N
Her paper on children’s play during WWII has also earned her an offer of publication with Historical Research (Oxford University Press) 📖
shorturl.at/2qw2N
🌍 New from Anthropocene Vernaculars:
@jwwsabapathy.bsky.social's 'Koutarcano: An Exercise in the Historic Present' explores Wendat history, language, and the Anthropocene at Crawford Lake.
🔗 shorturl.at/6UyCn
@jwwsabapathy.bsky.social's 'Koutarcano: An Exercise in the Historic Present' explores Wendat history, language, and the Anthropocene at Crawford Lake.
🔗 shorturl.at/6UyCn
Anthropocene Vernaculars: Crawford Lake
An experimental piece of writing tracing the histories of Crawford Lake, Ontario which was nominated as a global example of the Anthropocene.
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November 5, 2025 at 1:43 PM
🌍 New from Anthropocene Vernaculars:
@jwwsabapathy.bsky.social's 'Koutarcano: An Exercise in the Historic Present' explores Wendat history, language, and the Anthropocene at Crawford Lake.
🔗 shorturl.at/6UyCn
@jwwsabapathy.bsky.social's 'Koutarcano: An Exercise in the Historic Present' explores Wendat history, language, and the Anthropocene at Crawford Lake.
🔗 shorturl.at/6UyCn
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Cricket, Imperial Culture and the Remaking of Postwar England
10 November 2025, 5:30pm-7pm
This session with Dr Michael Collins @uclhistory.bsky.social will re-consider the postwar history of the ‘Windrush Generation’ and how cricket 'remade' postwar England.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
10 November 2025, 5:30pm-7pm
This session with Dr Michael Collins @uclhistory.bsky.social will re-consider the postwar history of the ‘Windrush Generation’ and how cricket 'remade' postwar England.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Cricket, Imperial Culture and the Remaking of Postwar England
This session with Dr Michael Collins (UCL History) will re-consider the postwar history of the ‘Windrush Generation’ and how cricket 'remade' postwar England.
www.ucl.ac.uk
October 31, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Cricket, Imperial Culture and the Remaking of Postwar England
10 November 2025, 5:30pm-7pm
This session with Dr Michael Collins @uclhistory.bsky.social will re-consider the postwar history of the ‘Windrush Generation’ and how cricket 'remade' postwar England.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
10 November 2025, 5:30pm-7pm
This session with Dr Michael Collins @uclhistory.bsky.social will re-consider the postwar history of the ‘Windrush Generation’ and how cricket 'remade' postwar England.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Last night, Professor Jason Peacey delivered a truly magisterial Annual Holden Lecture at Senate House! ✨
His talk, Tickets and Trifles: Ephemeral Print and Restoration England, revealed how the most fleeting historical documents can offer the deepest insights into our past. 📜
His talk, Tickets and Trifles: Ephemeral Print and Restoration England, revealed how the most fleeting historical documents can offer the deepest insights into our past. 📜
October 31, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Last night, Professor Jason Peacey delivered a truly magisterial Annual Holden Lecture at Senate House! ✨
His talk, Tickets and Trifles: Ephemeral Print and Restoration England, revealed how the most fleeting historical documents can offer the deepest insights into our past. 📜
His talk, Tickets and Trifles: Ephemeral Print and Restoration England, revealed how the most fleeting historical documents can offer the deepest insights into our past. 📜
🌍 Black History Month 2025: Ever wondered what Port Royal, Jamaica, was like through the eyes of the enslaved?
Prof. Matthew J. Smith’s New World Royalists has the story 📜✨
👉https://shorturl.at/MEDKk👈
Prof. Matthew J. Smith’s New World Royalists has the story 📜✨
👉https://shorturl.at/MEDKk👈
Black History Month 2025 at UCL History
Black History Month 2025 at UCL History: Professor Matthew J. Smith on the story of New World Royalists from the CSLBS
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October 29, 2025 at 6:19 PM
🌍 Black History Month 2025: Ever wondered what Port Royal, Jamaica, was like through the eyes of the enslaved?
Prof. Matthew J. Smith’s New World Royalists has the story 📜✨
👉https://shorturl.at/MEDKk👈
Prof. Matthew J. Smith’s New World Royalists has the story 📜✨
👉https://shorturl.at/MEDKk👈
Many congratulations to our very own Patrick Lantschner on the publication of The Cambridge Urban History of Europe! 🎉
Patrick co-edited the medieval and early modern volume of this three-volume project which has involved more than 120 authors from across the globe 📚✨
👉https://shorturl.at/1XA6u👈
Patrick co-edited the medieval and early modern volume of this three-volume project which has involved more than 120 authors from across the globe 📚✨
👉https://shorturl.at/1XA6u👈
October 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Many congratulations to our very own Patrick Lantschner on the publication of The Cambridge Urban History of Europe! 🎉
Patrick co-edited the medieval and early modern volume of this three-volume project which has involved more than 120 authors from across the globe 📚✨
👉https://shorturl.at/1XA6u👈
Patrick co-edited the medieval and early modern volume of this three-volume project which has involved more than 120 authors from across the globe 📚✨
👉https://shorturl.at/1XA6u👈
🎓 Holden Lecture 2025
📜 Tickets and trifles: ephemeral print in Restoration England
🗓️ Thurs 30 Oct, 6pm
📍 Chancellor’s Hall, Senate House, London
Join Prof. Jason Peacey as he reveals how fleeting print shaped Restoration history.
👉 Learn more & book: shorturl.at/EEKa1
📜 Tickets and trifles: ephemeral print in Restoration England
🗓️ Thurs 30 Oct, 6pm
📍 Chancellor’s Hall, Senate House, London
Join Prof. Jason Peacey as he reveals how fleeting print shaped Restoration history.
👉 Learn more & book: shorturl.at/EEKa1
Holden Lecture: Tickets and trifles: ephemeral print and Restoration England
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October 22, 2025 at 4:21 PM
🎓 Holden Lecture 2025
📜 Tickets and trifles: ephemeral print in Restoration England
🗓️ Thurs 30 Oct, 6pm
📍 Chancellor’s Hall, Senate House, London
Join Prof. Jason Peacey as he reveals how fleeting print shaped Restoration history.
👉 Learn more & book: shorturl.at/EEKa1
📜 Tickets and trifles: ephemeral print in Restoration England
🗓️ Thurs 30 Oct, 6pm
📍 Chancellor’s Hall, Senate House, London
Join Prof. Jason Peacey as he reveals how fleeting print shaped Restoration history.
👉 Learn more & book: shorturl.at/EEKa1
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Don't miss this year's Holden Lecture by Prof Jason Peacey at Senate House Library, University of London, 30 October at 6PM. It's inspired by Senate House Library's Spineless Wonders Exhibition. 1/2 @uclhistory.bsky.social
Holden Lecture: Tickets and trifles: ephemeral print and Restoration England
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October 10, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Don't miss this year's Holden Lecture by Prof Jason Peacey at Senate House Library, University of London, 30 October at 6PM. It's inspired by Senate House Library's Spineless Wonders Exhibition. 1/2 @uclhistory.bsky.social
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A great programme on the theme of ‘Women and Enterprise’ for the annual workshop of the EHS Women’s Committee @echistsoc.bsky.social @ehswomcom.bsky.social The workshop will be held in-person @uclhistory.bsky.social see registration details 👇
The @echistsoc.bsky.social Women’s Committee is organising its annual workshop on the 12th of December @ucl.ac.uk This will be an in-person only event. Book now to attend. Details ⬇️
Registration for our EHS Women's Committee Workshop: Women & Entrepreneurship: Agency, Experience, and Enterprise is now open.
See the amazing program at the link below and find the register button at the bottom of the page!
@ehswomcom.bsky.social @echistsoc.bsky.social
See the amazing program at the link below and find the register button at the bottom of the page!
@ehswomcom.bsky.social @echistsoc.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 11:18 AM
A great programme on the theme of ‘Women and Enterprise’ for the annual workshop of the EHS Women’s Committee @echistsoc.bsky.social @ehswomcom.bsky.social The workshop will be held in-person @uclhistory.bsky.social see registration details 👇
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Still buzzing after the talk by @sushmajansari.bsky.social about her experience of community curation and the making of the exhibition ‘Ancient India, Living Traditions’ @britishmuseum.bsky.social @uclhistory.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Still buzzing after the talk by @sushmajansari.bsky.social about her experience of community curation and the making of the exhibition ‘Ancient India, Living Traditions’ @britishmuseum.bsky.social @uclhistory.bsky.social
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Cricket, Imperial Culture and the Remaking of Postwar England
10 Nov 5:30–7pm at UCL
This session with Dr Michael Collins (@uclhistory.bsky.social) will re-consider the postwar history of the ‘Windrush Generation’ and how cricket 'remade' postwar England.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
10 Nov 5:30–7pm at UCL
This session with Dr Michael Collins (@uclhistory.bsky.social) will re-consider the postwar history of the ‘Windrush Generation’ and how cricket 'remade' postwar England.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Cricket, Imperial Culture and the Remaking of Postwar England
This session with Dr Michael Collins (UCL History) will re-consider the postwar history of the ‘Windrush Generation’ and how cricket 'remade' postwar England.
www.ucl.ac.uk
October 17, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Cricket, Imperial Culture and the Remaking of Postwar England
10 Nov 5:30–7pm at UCL
This session with Dr Michael Collins (@uclhistory.bsky.social) will re-consider the postwar history of the ‘Windrush Generation’ and how cricket 'remade' postwar England.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
10 Nov 5:30–7pm at UCL
This session with Dr Michael Collins (@uclhistory.bsky.social) will re-consider the postwar history of the ‘Windrush Generation’ and how cricket 'remade' postwar England.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
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New on advance access: "Bodies, Tides, Timber, and the Global History of London’s Docks, 1860–1928"
by Simeon Koole (@uobrishistory.bsky.social) and @benmechen.bsky.social (@uclhistory.bsky.social)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
by Simeon Koole (@uobrishistory.bsky.social) and @benmechen.bsky.social (@uclhistory.bsky.social)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
Bodies, Tides, Timber, and the Global History of London’s Docks, 1860–1928*
Abstract. This article examines changes in the bodies and environment of labourers carrying timber imported into London’s docks in the 1860s to the 1920s t
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September 26, 2025 at 8:10 AM
New on advance access: "Bodies, Tides, Timber, and the Global History of London’s Docks, 1860–1928"
by Simeon Koole (@uobrishistory.bsky.social) and @benmechen.bsky.social (@uclhistory.bsky.social)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
by Simeon Koole (@uobrishistory.bsky.social) and @benmechen.bsky.social (@uclhistory.bsky.social)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
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As covered in his book, 'Windrush Cricket', Dr Michael Collins @uclhistory.bsky.social reflects on the role of cricket clubs as safe spaces for the #WindrushGeneration.
He also considers the impact of a 1982 game between the Met Police CC and Brixton West Indies CC.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
He also considers the impact of a 1982 game between the Met Police CC and Brixton West Indies CC.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Cricket's healing role after the Brixton Riots
A year after the Brixton riots, the Brixton West Indies Cricket Club and the Metropolitan Police came together.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 26, 2025 at 9:41 AM
As covered in his book, 'Windrush Cricket', Dr Michael Collins @uclhistory.bsky.social reflects on the role of cricket clubs as safe spaces for the #WindrushGeneration.
He also considers the impact of a 1982 game between the Met Police CC and Brixton West Indies CC.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
He also considers the impact of a 1982 game between the Met Police CC and Brixton West Indies CC.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Wonderfully timely: week 1 of @uclhistory.bsky.social 's core 1st-year Approaching History lecture in c. 10 days includes an interactive group research exercise using BBIH.
Individual subscriptions available & discounted for @ihr.bsky.social , @royalhistsoc.org & @histassoc.bsky.social members. 1/2
Individual subscriptions available & discounted for @ihr.bsky.social , @royalhistsoc.org & @histassoc.bsky.social members. 1/2
The Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) has published new tutorial videos focusing on searching BBIH and using BBIH to research the histories of race and ethnicity, gender, LGBTQ+, emotions, social class, and health.
September 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Wonderfully timely: week 1 of @uclhistory.bsky.social 's core 1st-year Approaching History lecture in c. 10 days includes an interactive group research exercise using BBIH.
Individual subscriptions available & discounted for @ihr.bsky.social , @royalhistsoc.org & @histassoc.bsky.social members. 1/2
Individual subscriptions available & discounted for @ihr.bsky.social , @royalhistsoc.org & @histassoc.bsky.social members. 1/2
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Join us for a roundtable on "Space, Mobility, and Subjecthood in Early Modern History” with historians working on the Spanish Atlantic, followed by a wine reception at UCL on 29th October 2025. The event is in person and with online transmission. More information: www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
September 22, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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🔊"For de Valera this is really a key part of being an independent country. He really believes this is essential for sovereignty."
Prof Heather Jones @uclhistory.bsky.social examines Irish Taoiseach Éamon de Valera's WWII neutrality policy in 'Dev: Rise and Rule' @rte.ie.
www.rte.ie/player/serie...
Prof Heather Jones @uclhistory.bsky.social examines Irish Taoiseach Éamon de Valera's WWII neutrality policy in 'Dev: Rise and Rule' @rte.ie.
www.rte.ie/player/serie...
September 18, 2025 at 8:20 AM
🔊"For de Valera this is really a key part of being an independent country. He really believes this is essential for sovereignty."
Prof Heather Jones @uclhistory.bsky.social examines Irish Taoiseach Éamon de Valera's WWII neutrality policy in 'Dev: Rise and Rule' @rte.ie.
www.rte.ie/player/serie...
Prof Heather Jones @uclhistory.bsky.social examines Irish Taoiseach Éamon de Valera's WWII neutrality policy in 'Dev: Rise and Rule' @rte.ie.
www.rte.ie/player/serie...
We’re honoured to welcome renowned journalist and SOAS President Zeinab Badawi for the launch of the new African History Seminar at the Institute of Historical Research✨
🗓️ 14 Oct 2025
🕠 5:30–7:30 pm
📍 Hybrid: Zoom & Senate House, London
All welcome and free, register here: shorturl.at/vyAMN
🗓️ 14 Oct 2025
🕠 5:30–7:30 pm
📍 Hybrid: Zoom & Senate House, London
All welcome and free, register here: shorturl.at/vyAMN
September 16, 2025 at 12:09 PM
We’re honoured to welcome renowned journalist and SOAS President Zeinab Badawi for the launch of the new African History Seminar at the Institute of Historical Research✨
🗓️ 14 Oct 2025
🕠 5:30–7:30 pm
📍 Hybrid: Zoom & Senate House, London
All welcome and free, register here: shorturl.at/vyAMN
🗓️ 14 Oct 2025
🕠 5:30–7:30 pm
📍 Hybrid: Zoom & Senate House, London
All welcome and free, register here: shorturl.at/vyAMN
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Just ordered Michael Collins's new book on the history of Caribbean cricket in Britain, out now. global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Michael's been doing fantastic work on cricket and the experience of ethnic minorities in Britain. See, for eg
politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/black-c...
Michael's been doing fantastic work on cricket and the experience of ethnic minorities in Britain. See, for eg
politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/black-c...
Black Cricket, the College at Haringey and the England and Wales Cricket Board
Analysis, insight and informed opinion on politics and public policy
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September 4, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Just ordered Michael Collins's new book on the history of Caribbean cricket in Britain, out now. global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Michael's been doing fantastic work on cricket and the experience of ethnic minorities in Britain. See, for eg
politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/black-c...
Michael's been doing fantastic work on cricket and the experience of ethnic minorities in Britain. See, for eg
politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/black-c...
🏏 Windrush Cricket by Dr Michael Collins — OUT NOW from @oxunipress.bsky.social!
Imperial culture, Caribbean migration & the remaking of postwar England.
📘 Get your copy: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
💸 Use code AUFLY30 for hardback at £21.00!
#Cricket #Caribbean #Empire #decolonisation #Britain
Imperial culture, Caribbean migration & the remaking of postwar England.
📘 Get your copy: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
💸 Use code AUFLY30 for hardback at £21.00!
#Cricket #Caribbean #Empire #decolonisation #Britain
September 4, 2025 at 3:59 PM
🏏 Windrush Cricket by Dr Michael Collins — OUT NOW from @oxunipress.bsky.social!
Imperial culture, Caribbean migration & the remaking of postwar England.
📘 Get your copy: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
💸 Use code AUFLY30 for hardback at £21.00!
#Cricket #Caribbean #Empire #decolonisation #Britain
Imperial culture, Caribbean migration & the remaking of postwar England.
📘 Get your copy: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
💸 Use code AUFLY30 for hardback at £21.00!
#Cricket #Caribbean #Empire #decolonisation #Britain
🌍 Professor Pat Hudson’s lecture was a powerful reminder: modern finance has roots in slavery and colonialism. Building on Aaron Graham’s work, she showed how 18th-century profits shaped the world we live in now.
🎥Watch the full lecture!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=poTk...
🎥Watch the full lecture!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=poTk...
Aaron Graham Memorial Lecture 2025
YouTube video by UCLHistory
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September 4, 2025 at 9:24 AM
🌍 Professor Pat Hudson’s lecture was a powerful reminder: modern finance has roots in slavery and colonialism. Building on Aaron Graham’s work, she showed how 18th-century profits shaped the world we live in now.
🎥Watch the full lecture!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=poTk...
🎥Watch the full lecture!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=poTk...
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Our Fellow Dr Jagjeet Lally, Associate Professor at UCL History Department (@uclhistory.bsky.social), recently appeared in the BBC’s ‘You’re Dead to Me’ podcast series, in an episode entitled ‘India Between Empires: The Long 18th Century’: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
You're Dead to Me - India between empires: the long 18th century - BBC Sounds
Join Greg and his guests to learn about India’s dynamic 18th century.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 26, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Our Fellow Dr Jagjeet Lally, Associate Professor at UCL History Department (@uclhistory.bsky.social), recently appeared in the BBC’s ‘You’re Dead to Me’ podcast series, in an episode entitled ‘India Between Empires: The Long 18th Century’: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Dr Jagjeet Lally, Associate Professor of the History of Early Modern and Colonial India, joins the latest episode of You’re Dead to Me - the comedy podcast that takes history seriously!
🎧Listen now: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
🎧Listen now: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
August 19, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Dr Jagjeet Lally, Associate Professor of the History of Early Modern and Colonial India, joins the latest episode of You’re Dead to Me - the comedy podcast that takes history seriously!
🎧Listen now: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
🎧Listen now: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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What is the significance of Indian textiles in global economic history? Co-organising a one-day workshop with Tirthankar Roy on the topic, to mark the launch of the new book ‘Textiles from Bengal’. Limited places available, book via link👇
www.lse.ac.uk/Economic-His...
www.lse.ac.uk/Economic-His...
August 15, 2025 at 11:45 AM
What is the significance of Indian textiles in global economic history? Co-organising a one-day workshop with Tirthankar Roy on the topic, to mark the launch of the new book ‘Textiles from Bengal’. Limited places available, book via link👇
www.lse.ac.uk/Economic-His...
www.lse.ac.uk/Economic-His...
🖼️ Could museums be more transparent?
🕵️♀️ Dr Eva Miller dives into the practices of collecting, curating, and labelling at the Ashmolean Museum.
🔍 A must-read for anyone curious about what happens behind the glass.
🕵️♀️ Dr Eva Miller dives into the practices of collecting, curating, and labelling at the Ashmolean Museum.
🔍 A must-read for anyone curious about what happens behind the glass.
Could museums be more transparent? - Dr Eva Miller
Could museums be more transparent? Exploring collecting, curating, and labelling at the Ashmolean Museum
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July 30, 2025 at 12:52 PM
🖼️ Could museums be more transparent?
🕵️♀️ Dr Eva Miller dives into the practices of collecting, curating, and labelling at the Ashmolean Museum.
🔍 A must-read for anyone curious about what happens behind the glass.
🕵️♀️ Dr Eva Miller dives into the practices of collecting, curating, and labelling at the Ashmolean Museum.
🔍 A must-read for anyone curious about what happens behind the glass.