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Robbie Richardson

@londonmikmaq.bsky.social
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Oinpegitjoig Mi'gmaw. Wrote The Savage and Modern Self: North American Indians in 18th-Century British Literature and Culture. Next book on Indigenous material culture in the 18thc. robbierichardson.net

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Robbie Richardson @londonmikmaq.bsky.social · 10h
I got off the plane and the airport music was Rush-- I am in Toronto and this is happening on Thursday!
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Robbie Richardson @londonmikmaq.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Registration for in-person and virtual attendance is here:
uc.utoronto.ca
2026-27 W. J. Alexander Lecture in English Literature | University College U of T
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Critical Inquiry @criticalinquiry.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Now open access!
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Robbie Richardson @londonmikmaq.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I love that Anne Carson wrote a review of a Rosalía concert and then won the Nobel Prize for Literature a few weeks later.
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Rachael King @rscar.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Cover reveal! The keywords I sent the press were “historical,” “natural,” and “multimedia” and I’d say they nailed it. Featuring my (book’s) main man Humphry Repton on the left there. Coming from Yale University Press this fall.
Image of a book cover with the title The Book of Improvement, subtitle Media Landscapes in the Global Enlightenment, and author Rachael King. The cover features a tree in the center with two men with surveying equipment to the left of the trunk and two men reclining under an umbrella to the right of the trunk. There are a river and rolling hills in the background.
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Robbie Richardson @londonmikmaq.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Calton Books, one of Glasgow’s finest radical book stores.
The store front of Calton books waving a Palestine flag with Gaelic on it
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Robbie Richardson @londonmikmaq.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Registration for in-person and virtual attendance is here:
uc.utoronto.ca
2026-27 W. J. Alexander Lecture in English Literature | University College U of T
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Robbie Richardson @londonmikmaq.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Amazing to see my pal and former colleague Liz Ellis win this- she’s awesome!
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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
September 30 is National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, also known as Orange Shirt Day. Today is a time to raise awareness of the ongoing impacts of residential schools and remember the children who never came home. How are you honouring the day?
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Robbie Richardson @londonmikmaq.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I just gave a lecture on the French and Haitian Revolutions and got to use this amazing 1948 painting by the Haitian artist Dieudonné Cedor depicting the 1791 Vodou gathering in the forest of Bois Caïman, the pivotal ceremony that ignited the revolution.
A priest dressed in bright scarlet robes stands at the center with arms outstretched upward, directing the ritual invocation.
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Robbie Richardson @londonmikmaq.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Loved seeing this c.1654 painting by Jacobus Vrel known as “The Little Nurse”; Vrel has often been confused with Vermeer, and I thought of John Berger’s words when I saw this very human scene: “What was it that he wanted to say in the stillness of his rooms which the light fills like water a tank?”
A painting of a woman sitting in a wooden chair near a fireplace in a sunlit, sparsely furnished room with plates displayed on a high shelf.
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Robbie Richardson @londonmikmaq.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A poster for my October lecture in Toronto!
Poster for “Joseph Brant’s Unwritten History” lecture, featuring a painting of Joseph Brant in regalia, event info, and speaker Dr. Robbie Richardson, University of Glasgow.
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Suzanne Conklin Akbari @sakbari.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Toronto friends, this lecture is not to be missed ⬇️🔥
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Robbie Richardson @londonmikmaq.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I'm very excited to be giving the 2026-27 W.J. Alexander Lecture in English Literature on October 15th at University College, University of Toronto! It will be called "Joseph Brant's Unwritten History: Towards an Indigenous Antiquarianism."
uc.utoronto.ca
Joseph Brant’s Unwritten History: Towards an Indigenous Antiquarianism | University College U of T
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Robbie Richardson @londonmikmaq.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
A clip of the opera in Mi'kmaq, with komqwejwi'kasikl (Mi'kmaq hieroglyphics) captions- excited to see this tonight!
youtube.com
Rafael Payare and Emma Pennell performs "You can die properly now" — with the OSM
YouTube video by medici.tv
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Robbie Richardson @londonmikmaq.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Currently looking for a portal to another dimension in this used bookshop in Glasgow.
A book shop with haphazardly stacked books
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Robbie Richardson @londonmikmaq.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
What a beautiful teepee cover, whose memory was kept alive by family and community for a century. Glad to see it’s returning home.
cbc.ca
Teepee cover stolen 100 years ago finally being repatriated to Sask. | CBC News
A teepee cover was stolen from Kawacatoose First Nation in 1926 and housed at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., for a century. It will now finally return to the original owner's descend...
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
IDF marks Palestinian detainees with numbers as it expands northern West Bank operations. “An image reminiscent of dark periods, and one that should shock everyone” MK Ahmad Tibi Jack Khoury www.haaretz.com/west-bank/20...
haaretz.com
IDF marks detained Palestinians with numbers as northern West Bank raids expand
After a West Bank raid the IDF said targeted Palestinians involved in planning attacks, several Palestinians were released with numbers written in marker on their face or bodies
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
You don't say... www.ms.now/news/frame-u...
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Whistleblower says probes into antisemitism at colleges were ploys to harass and strip millions
A former Justice Department lawyer says the Trump investigations squeezed Ivy League universities for millions before they were even concluded. A top Democrat is demanding answers.
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Mel Andrews @bayesianboy.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
If you are producing scholarship with AI and your work could plausibly be accessed in the EU, you are now legally compelled to disclose the nature and extent of your AI use. A tremendous win for scholarly integrity. www.lexacademic.com/blog/the-sta...
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The Stamp of Shame: What Claude’s New Legal Watermark Means for your Research - Lex Academic®
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 17/08/2026
“The report raised concerns about the enormous amounts of energy and water these facilities can consume, as well as their potential impacts on air quality, cultural resources, and noise and light pollution.”
gizmodo.com
Cherokee Nation Bans Hyperscale Data Center Projects on Tribal-Owned Lands
The tribe cited concerns over energy, water use, and the relatively small number of permanent jobs these massive facilities create.
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Robbie Richardson @londonmikmaq.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I just heard from the publisher that my first book will finally be coming out in a softcover edition so soon it will be much cheaper to buy!
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The Savage and Modern Self - University of Toronto Press
North American Indians in Eighteenth-Century British Literature and Culture
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Nathan K. Hensley @nathankhensley.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Reminder for those who might not remember that a scholar in my subfield was, c2013, credibly accused of plagiarism, found guilty by an independent committee, had the book revoked by the press—& was not fired or dragged in the press but (over objections from 13 of her own colleagues) made into a dean
browndailyherald.com
After plagiarism allegations, prof. was named dean
Serving the Brown University community since 1891
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
the concern with the Arday story isn’t the fact of the media coverage, it’s the volume. it’s perfectly reasonable that there would be some coverage of the story, and basically indefensible that there was as much as there was.
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Robbie Richardson @londonmikmaq.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
A tiny forest toad on Algonquin territory at Pikwàkanagàn First Nation
A small toad in a person’s palm
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Robbie Richardson @londonmikmaq.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
The Wisdom of the Universe, by Métis artist Christi Belcourt.
Artwork that looks like beadwork, featuring two mirrored trees, colorful flowers, birds, butterflies, and a stylized deer on a black background. The design is symmetrical and vibrant.
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Robbie Richardson @londonmikmaq.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Miniature geese decoys made of beautiful smelling Tamarack twigs bound together by James Bay Cree. Traditionally these were made in life-size versions for hunting but are now also an amazing handicraft (from my sister’s collection).
Three goose-shaped figures made of twigs woven together
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Deidre Lynch @drbibliomane.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
The latest, heartbreaking casualty of austerity & reorganization at my home institution: Phillips Brooks House was set up 126 years ago, in the recognition that community service could & should be central to undergraduate education. Now it's being dismantled. www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
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Nearly Half of Phillips Brooks House Staff Positions Impacted by FAS Restructuring | News | The Harvard Crimson
The Phillips Brooks House was the hardest-hit Harvard College unit by share of staff positions in a recent round of layoffs tied to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ sweeping administrative overhaul, ...
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Creative & performing arts subjects received £16.8 million SPG 2024-25; £12.9 million in 2025-26; £ O million in 2026-27. The University of Creative Arts will thus lose half of its government funding this year; Art University Bournmouth 40.7%, Norwich U of Arts 40.4% and Leeds Arts U 30.3%. 1/2
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Arts institutions hit hard as OfS details teaching grant cuts
University for the Creative Arts loses more than half of its funding after support for creative subjects reduced to zero
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
I could barely afford vibranium as it was
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victoria zeller🫛 (RISEBALL, summer ‘27) @dirtbagqueer.rocks · 30/07/2026
in more fun news: INCREDIBLE INNOVATIONS IN THE WORLD OF SCAMMING
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Italian conman jailed for building fake Roman amphitheatre
In Italy, a structure promoted for years as an "ancient Roman amphitheatre" has turned out to be a fake, constructed recently using modern materials.
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Eric Geller @ericjgeller.com · 30/07/2026
"A US government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a state department presentation at a global conference in Brazil this week, causing a stir among attenders who took screenshots and posted them online."
theguardian.com
US government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conference
State department ‘takes full responsibility’ for erroneous, widely shared chart displayed at Aids conference in Brazil
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Richard V. Hirst @richardvhirst.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Martin Prince with a speech bubble
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Robbie Richardson @londonmikmaq.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
An 1841 drawing of a Mi'kmaq family on a parchment scroll by Henry O'Halloran, a British officer adopted as an honorary chief. The people are identified as Toma Selman and Sosep Mali Itkobej and their children, from what is now known as Listuguj First Nation.
A portrait of four people drawn into a manuscript
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 28/07/2026
Canadian politician Bill Oliver has gone viral after he appeared to accidentally read AI-generated editing instructions aloud, not once, but twice, during a speech to lawmakers in early June.
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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Native Americans weren’t US citizens until 1924 and spent generations fighting for ballot access after that. Now, the SAVE Act threatens Native voters again. The act does not allow people to use their tribal IDs to register to vote. nativenewsonline.net/opinion/cong...
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Congress Must Not Make It Harder For Native Citizens To Vote
Overview: The SAVE America Act would impose new proof-of-citizenship requirements that could make it harder for many Native citizens to register and vote. Opinion This past week, House Republicans…
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Robbie Richardson @londonmikmaq.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
“Drum Dancer” (1973) by the brilliant Inuk sculptor Karoo Ashevak, who carved figures from stories he heard in his traditional childhood out of weathered old pieces of whalebone left by 19th-century whalers and Inuit ancestors.
A whalebone figurine of a comic and grostesque figure playing a hand drum A closeup face of the firing with many teeth and a gaping mouth
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Lauren Working @laurenworking.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
✨ Out today! ✨ Happy publication day to #AGoldenWorld @faberbooks.bsky.social 🎉🎉 uk.bookshop.org/p/books/a-go...
Book cover for A Golden World by Lauren Working, embossed with gold and containing a still life painting overrun with global goods.
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Hannah Murphy @hsmurphy.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Please share! A rare PhD studentship @kingshistory.bsky.social *fully* funded by @slaveryinwar.bsky.social to work with myself and Maeve Ryan, supported by a broader community of experts in Caribbean history, transatlantic slavery, and the history of war. www.kcl.ac.uk/study/fundin... 🗃️
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AHRC Studentship: Slavery and the Seven Years’ War within and across the Caribbean Archipelago | King's College London
The Leverhulme Centre for Research on Slavery in War (CRSW) is pleased to announce the availability of a fully funded AHRC doctoral studentship, to be jointly supervised across History and War Studies
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 23/07/2026
Meet the man whose groundbreaking book is being devoured by the left
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Meet the man whose groundbreaking book is being devoured by the left
Anton Jäger has been lauded for his exceptional ability to make sense of these strange political times – and he’s only 32. The writer and academic explains why we’re living in an age of hyperpolitics
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beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Three panel comic. Panel 1: a hand holding an envelope addressed to House on the Giant Turtle’s Back. Panel 2: a postal worker, holding the envelope, stands on the rocky shore of a sea before an enormous tortoise trudging through the water. It has some trees and a house on top of its shell. Panel 3: the postal worker looks back down at the envelope, looking emotionally debilitated.
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Robbie Richardson @londonmikmaq.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
My family and community are taking part in this important study
cbc.ca
Mi'kmaw group to study impact of DDT, glyphosate on N.B. moose | CBC News
The North Shore Mi’kmaq Tribal Council is embarking on a study to see if chemicals, such as DDT and glyphosate, are affecting moose, a major part of the Mi'kmaw food system.
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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 22/07/2026
Nine hundred wildfires are burning across Canada as of Wednesday, with several threatening communities and forcing residents to flee or prepare to evacuate at a moment’s notice. Here’s an overview of the current situation, in maps and charts: bit.ly/can-wildfire...
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Deidre Lynch @drbibliomane.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Wollstonecraft on forest fires & climate grief, from 1796: "The devastation must, indeed, be terrible, when this, literally speaking, wild fire, runs along the forest, flying from top to top, & crackling amongst the branches. . . the country, despoiled of beauty & riches, is left to mourn for ages."
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 16/07/2026
the community is accepting donations via etransfer to donations@whitesandfirstnation.com you are supposed to put your full name in the comments so they can issue you a reciept.
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My family hometown, Collins Ontario, is GONE. POST UPDATED
JULY 15, 1:24PM EDT: Here is the email for monetary donations to community members of Whitesand First Nation, Armstrong, Ontario:
donations@whitesandfirstnation.com
"Add your full name to the Transfer comment section, Whitesand First Nation will issue receipts for tax purposes."
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Laleh Khalili @lalehkhalili.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Every single paragraph of this peace is deeply lacerating, and incredibly insightful. An extraordinary essay by Abdaljawad Omar about the structure of feeling of Palestinianness: www.equator.org/articles/mor...
Entering the Western public square required that you suppress your own grief and fury. Palestinian suffering was admissible only when abstracted from its own content – drained of the names of villages, the mechanics of land seizure, the grammar of permit and curfew and demolition order – and repackaged in the universalist idiom of human rights, the vocabulary of the very order that had sanctioned the dispossession in the first place.

To show too much of the actual thing was to be dismissed as irrational, partisan, too emotional to be heard. Composure was the condition of entry. And composure, sustained indefinitely in the face of an ongoing catastrophe, produces its own specific damage: it slowly erodes your capacity to speak from within the Palestinian experience.

What made this condition distinctive was that there was no escaping it; there was no way to make yourself heard. An intellectual labouring over an argument already knew, before speaking, that the institutional defences were firmly in place. If your words were not met with deliberate indifference, they faced the strategic distortion that rendered historical catastrophe as “a complex, two-sided situation”.

Palestinian meaning was intercepted before it could land. Grief was required to perform continuously before an audience immunised against its claims. Cruellest of all was not the hostility – hostility can be opposed – but the expectation of gratitude. Access to the Western public square was treated as a gift, shadowing the expression of Palestinian experience with the implicit debt of being permitted to speak at all.Ultimately the problem lies entirely outside of documentation or argument. For Western institutions, the excess of evidence has produced the opposite of a crisis of conscience. Instead there is a saturation that enables the desire to put this all behind us. Bearing witness to everything, registering the horror as it passes through the digital feed, creates a comforting illusion of a debt discharged, of a crisis already dealt with. This is why more evidence fails to move the needle. The Western subject already has the facts; what they require is a disruption that prevents this sense of closure. Even when the evidence compels an admission that genocide is taking place, what follows is too often a passive resignation: an assumption that nothing can be done about this truth, or that naming it is all that is required, while Israel carries on killing and dispossessing. The structure of moral stupidity functions by converting raw evidence into the mere performance of its own absorption. Witnessing is revealed to be an insufficient means of preventing a genocide.

This stupidity is politically effective because it appears with the grammar of intelligence. It speaks fluently, cites carefully, and reasons in complete sentences. This is the stupidity of the conference paper and the op-ed – dressed in the vocabulary of critical thought and fluent in the idiom of nuance and complexity. It bypasses the raw animus of the loudmouthed bigot entirely.
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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Devastating wildfires in northern Ontario are forcing wide-spread evacuations, including from several First Nations. The fires have also destroyed homes and buildings. www.aptnnews.ca?p=291556
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Northern Ontario fires prompt evacuations, destroy homes
Forest fires in northwestern Ontario have devastated several communities, forcing widespread evacuations and destroying homes and buildings.
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Robbie Richardson @londonmikmaq.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
This is amazing-- a page of Mi'kmaq hieroglyphs or gomgwejui'gasit, with their meanings in Mi'kmaq and some in English; these were written by a Naskapi-Innu man named Gabriel in the 1790s.
A manuscript page with hieroglyphic symbols, their translation into Mi'kmaq, and their translation into english
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Go on my son.
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Advance notice of the British Academy reports published to be tomorrow (Wednesday) and their findings. It does not make happy reading if you value UK higher education and research.
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