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Carissa Chew

@carissachew.bsky.social
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History PhD student, University of Edinburgh. Interested in mixed-race histories and empire, currently focused on Black/South Asian identities in East Africa.

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Gender & History Journal @genderandhistory.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
And another #OpenAccess article: this one by @carissachew.bsky.social on South Asian cultural attitudes towards interracial heterosexual romance and why Black/brown intimacy was treated as taboo in colonial East Africa. #Skystorians #GenderHistory onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/JGRETZ...
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Remembering Interracial Intimacies: South Asian Perspectives on Black/Brown Sex and Romance in Colonial East Africa
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Carissa Chew @carissachew.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
The truth behind the term "half-caste" medium.com/@carissatarm... #mixedrace #empire #colonialism #race #history #britishhistory #britishempire
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The truth behind the term “half-caste”
The origins of a mixed-race taxonomy created by the British Empire
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Carissa Chew @carissachew.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
medium.com/@carissatarm... #history #empire #mixedrace #etymology #oxfordenglishdictionary #britishempire #colonialism
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The term “half-caste” was not coined in 1758
Here’s why the Oxford English Dictionary is wrong about the term’s first usage.
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Carissa Chew @carissachew.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
medium.com/@carissatarm... #history #mixedrace #britishempire #colonialism
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The abduction of mixed-race children under the British Empire
Following the landmark ruling on métis kidnappings in Belgium, it is time for Britain to confront a dark chapter of its own history.
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Kai Mitsuru Wilkin @kaimitsuru.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Starter pack for researchers of multiraciality and others interested in the multiracial experience! Haven’t found very many people interested in Critical Mixed Race Studies yet and would love love love to connect. Please share and tag others! #CMRS #mixedrace #multiracial go.bsky.app/NTSoSK
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Martha S. Jones @marthasjones.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
“Belgium’s court of appeal ruled last month that the “systematic kidnapping” of mixed-race children from their African mothers in Belgian-ruled Congo, Rwanda and Burundi was a crime against humanity.” TheTroubleofColor www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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Court ruling on Belgium’s conduct in colonial Africa hailed as turning point
Verdict of crimes against humanity for kidnap of mixed-race children could pave way for wider justice, activists say
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The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History @jich.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
See the latest book review by Carissa Chew here: doi.org/10.1080/0308...
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Colonising Disability: Impairment and Otherness Across Britain and Its Empire, c. 1800–1914
Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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