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Gender & History Journal @genderandhistory.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

New article out by Jennifer Nelson and Steven Wuhs on the debate in Mexico 1990-2008 on abortion. It argues that pro-life advocates appropriated human rights arguments ('strategic secularism') to assert protections for the ‘unborn’. #Skystorians 🗃️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Human Rights and the Right to Life: Strategic Secularism in Mexico's Partido Acción Nacional, 1990–2008

In the 1990s, Mexican conservative politicians robustly argued against legal abortion. A feature of their strategy was the appropriation of human rights arguments to assert protections for the ‘unbor...

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Gender & History Journal @genderandhistory.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

New article by Gil Engelstein & @irisrach.bsky.social, 'From the Fields Into the Bars', on Israel's First Transgender Novel, The Cut (1977). It analyses the circumstances enabling its publication & why Spotheim was unsuccessful in advocating for trans women. 🗃️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Michael Goebel @mgoebel.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Glad to see my article about race and censuses in 19th-c Buenos Aires published by @socscihistory.bsky.social. I see it as demographic evidence of structural racism, but it contradicts the widespread view of underenumeration doi.org/10.1017/ssh....

Gauging the Black Undercount: Race and
Censuses in Nineteenth-Century Buenos Aires
Michael Goebel, Freie Universität Berlin
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This article proposes a mixed-method approach to examine historical censuses with regard to race. It does so by exploring various kinds of demographic records from nineteenth-century Buenos Aires in order to test the conventional hypothesis of a significant census underenumeration of the city’s population of African descent. Starting from the overall progression of census results, the article is divided into three parts. The first of these deals with potential under-coverage, the second with the possibility of classificatory changes, and the third with vital statistics, largely derived from parish books. With special attention to two censuses of the 1850s, it concludes that Buenos Aires’s Afro-descendant population likely did suffer serious demographic decline between 1840 and 1890.

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Melissa Terras @melissaterras.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Job Alert! DH postdoc at Edinburgh - Post-Doctoral Research Fellow to work on the AHRC-funded project "Voices in Slavery’s Archive: Law, Place and Testimony in British Guiana", which will build a digital archive out of the recorded words of enslaved people. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPN147/p...

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Postdoctoral Research Fellow at The University of Edinburgh

Explore an exciting academic career as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow. Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.

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Brooke Newman @brookenewman.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Job alert! 🚨 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at Edinburgh Uni to work w/a team of historians on a new project, Voices in Slavery's Archive: Law, Place and Testimony in British Guiana, which will build a digital archive out of the recorded words of enslaved people. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPN147/p...

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Postdoctoral Research Fellow at The University of Edinburgh

Discover an exciting academic career path as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!

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Randy Browne @randybrowne.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

I'm so grateful our project, "Voices in Slavery's Archive: Law, Place and Testimony in British Guiana," was funded! @dianapaton.bsky.social, Linsey McMillan, @juanitacox.bsky.social, @pbhellawell.bsky.social, Estherine Adams, and Jamie McLaughlin www.ed.ac.uk/news/project...

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Project to map enslaved people’s testimony | News | The University of Edinburgh

Edinburgh historians will investigate slavery and the law in British Guiana, now Guyana, in a new three year-long project.

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#Slaveryarchive Digital Initiative @slaveryarchive.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Congratulations to historian Diana Paton (@dianapaton.bsky.social), member of our advisory board, who is leading a major Project to map enslaved people’s testimony at the University of Edinburgh. Check also the postdoc fellowship opportunity #slaveryarchive www.ed.ac.uk/news/project...

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Project to map enslaved people’s testimony | News | The University of Edinburgh

Edinburgh historians will investigate slavery and the law in British Guiana, now Guyana, in a new three year-long project.

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Julia Gaffield, PhD @juliagaffield.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Pre-order Marlene Daut's FIRST AND LAST KING OF HAITI!!! Out January 2025!! Check out the US and UK covers!! 🤩 www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/673225...

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Marek Bidwell @marekbidwell.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

If you enjoy hiking, discovery, nature and Scotland, you'll love my new book #SkyeLine Backpacking the Original Skye Trail (Five⭐!) "Brilliant Book" "Enjoyable and informative" "Brings Skye to life" "From the poetic to the practical" "Poignancy and humour" www.amazon.co.uk/Skye-Line-Ba...

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Skye Line: Backpacking the original Skye Trail: Amazon.co.uk: Bidwell, Marek: 9781917329064: Books

Buy Skye Line: Backpacking the original Skye Trail by Bidwell, Marek (ISBN: 9781917329064) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

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Diana Paton @dianapaton.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Just saw Mother, Country (el país de mi madre) @starandshadow.bsky.social alboradafilms.net/films/origin... A powerful documentary about Chilean exiles, family, friendship, and keeping on keeping on in tough times. The central interviewee, Cristina Godoy Navarrete, is extraordinary. I recommend.

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Mother, Country (El País De Mi Madre) — Alborada Films

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Frank Cogliano @frankcogliano.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

Permanent job in nineteenth-century US history at the University of Edinburgh. Closing date for applications: Nov. 29! elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

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Lecturer in Nineteenth-Century US History

We are looking for a Lecturer in Nineteenth-Century US History.

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