Reposted by Olivia WyattIHR Black British History Seminar @ihrblackbritish.bsky.social · 2hUnfortunately we have had to postpone Thursday’s seminar. We will contact sign-ups with a new date and time shortly. Please keep your eyes peeled for further information! 012
Reposted by Olivia WyattIHR Black British History Seminar @ihrblackbritish.bsky.social · 05/10/20261937 Chorus girls practicing, Press Association 031
Reposted by Olivia WyattIHR Black British History Seminar @ihrblackbritish.bsky.social · 05/10/2026We’re kicking off our semester with a fantastic paper! Join us next Thursday to hear from Annette Walker: “A History of Tap Dance Practice in the Dance Studio: Examining the Buddy Bradley Method” 📍 Online 📆 Thursday 15th October, 2026 ⏰ 17:30 🔗 www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... 356
Reposted by Olivia WyattSam Wetherell @samwetherell.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Some incredibly exciting news! My book about how Liverpool's history makes us think differently about Britain's past, present and future has been shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize! 1310821
Reposted by Olivia WyattSadiah Qureshi 🦈 @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Stunned and honoured by where my love letter to life living has reached. My profound thanks to everyone who made it possible: from beloveds who roared with me without reading a word, to the readers and judges who so kindly did, and found it worthwhile. I’m delighted to be in such company. 1613624
Reposted by Olivia WyattDr Claudia Tomlinson @claudiawrites.bsky.social · 18/08/2026goodlawproject.org/warnings-abo...goodlawproject.orgWarnings about Jason Arday’s mental health were ignored by the pressDr Arday’s death was the direct result of media harassment – we’re demanding a public inquiry to prevent this from ever happening again 021
Olivia Wyatt @oliviawyatt1999.bsky.social · 11/08/2026The pictures are here 😁🎓 I’ve been a doctor for nearly a year, but the ceremony made it feel official! 030
Reposted by Olivia WyattRuth Davidson @ruthdav.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Really looking forward to reading this. Congratulations Olivia 121
Reposted by Olivia WyattLaura C Forster @lauracforster.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Great new work from @oliviawyatt1999.bsky.social 💫 141
Reposted by Olivia WyattJodi Burkett 🇨🇦🇬🇧 @jburkett.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Excited to add this to reading lists for the autumn! 131
Olivia Wyatt @oliviawyatt1999.bsky.social · 10/08/2026My article — “Black is Beautiful”: Gender, Pigmentation, and Political Blackness in Modern Britain — is now available to read! It reinserts the politics of complexion into our narratives of the Black Power and Black Women’s movements. #BlackBritishHistory academic.oup.com/histres/adva...academic.oup.com‘Black is beautiful’: gender, pigmentation and political blackness in modern Britain*Abstract. By examining political literature, ephemera and oral histories, this article investigates the politics of pigmentation within the Black Power and 57247
Reposted by Olivia WyattLiesbeth Corens @onslies.bsky.social · 29/07/2026😆 Though, admittedly, the marvelous (and now PhD-gowned!) @oliviawyatt1999.bsky.social has an even better version of that! 031
Reposted by Olivia WyattDr Dion Georgiou 🇨🇾❤️🇬🇾 @drdiongeorgiou.bsky.social · 17/07/2026My new piece on Ravi Govindia - the former Conservative leader of Wandsworth Council - and his retrospective narratives of his experience of expulsion from Uganda and resettlement in Britain in 1972. 🧵 #skystorians🗃️academicbubble.substack.com‘The Weather Was More Unkind than the People’Having come to Britain from Uganda as a refugee, Conservative politician Ravi Govindia’s reflections on this experience emphasised aspiration and successful integration, but also a sense of loss. 2115
Reposted by Olivia WyattSaima Nasar @saimanasar.bsky.social · 10/06/2026I’m really pleased to see my article on “The Asian Mother and Baby Campaign” in the @jbritishstudies.bsky.social Many thanks to @leverhulme.ac.uk for funding this research. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...cambridge.orgThe “Asian Mother and Baby Campaign”: Race, Healthcare, and Citizenship in late Twentieth-Century Britain | Journal of British Studies | Cambridge CoreThe “Asian Mother and Baby Campaign”: Race, Healthcare, and Citizenship in late Twentieth-Century Britain - Volume 65 56936
Reposted by Olivia WyattFabian Krautwald @fkrautwald.bsky.social · 10/06/2026What role did morality play in an immoral regime? To find out, join us on June 17 at the IHR African History Seminar with Adyeeri Kembabazi (Warwick), who will present her book on the politics of sex, reproduction, and fashion in Idi Amin's Uganda. Register here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...history.ac.ukA State of Morality: Sexual, Reproductive, and Sartorial Politics in Idi Amin’s UgandaAfrican History Seminar 244
Reposted by Olivia WyattDr Beckie Rutherford (she/her) @beckierutherford.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Being a part of this #MBS2026 panel was a real treat! Many thanks to my fellow speakers @drrochellerowe.bsky.social @oliviawyatt1999.bsky.social Aleph Ross @leilarsellers.bsky.social @benjamin-bland.bsky.social and @evemworth.bsky.social and our fantastic chair @tsasson.bsky.social 1184
Reposted by Olivia WyattModern British Studies Association @modbritstud.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Discussion of passing in relation to race, class, disability, gender & ethnicity raises very pertinent final questions for #mbs26: how modern is the sense of self that underpins ideas of passing? Is the language of presenting more useful? How can we explore sonic and embodied aspects? 051
Olivia Wyatt @oliviawyatt1999.bsky.social · 08/06/2026The Mixed Museum has republished my blog about Sylvia Ome Erike for @thenacbs.bsky.social! Erike (1953-1983) was a mixed-race activist who worked within the British Black Women’s Movement as a key member of the Organisation of Women of African and Asian Descent. You can read the blog here:mixedmuseum.org.ukGUEST POST: “If I could turn back the hands of time, I would have been there to cushion her fall” – Dr Olivia Wyatt collates memories of writer and activist Sylvia Ome ErikeHistorian Olivia Wyatt shares insights from her research into the life of the Black mixed-race writer Sylvia Ome Erike and her role in the British Black Women’s Movement. 0237
Reposted by Olivia WyattSadiah Qureshi 🦈 @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · 06/06/2026A year ago I was in conversation with David Olusoga for the launch of my book Vanished. After years of growing in private, my roar reached the world with a bigger bang than I ever imagined, and carried on growing. Grateful to everyone who roared with me along the way. youtu.be/nfPFab7zyTMyoutu.beVanished: An Unnatural History of Extinction. Sadiah Qureshi in Conversation with David Olusoga.YouTube video by Manchester Histories 0132
Reposted by Olivia WyattOwen Dowling @owenjdowling.bsky.social · 05/06/2026My paper featured as part of the 'Political Movements and the Afterlife of Empire' panel, also featuring brilliant presentations from @oliviawyatt1999.bsky.social and @alfiehancox.bsky.social, plus @shahmimaakhtar.bsky.social as chair! 152
Olivia Wyatt @oliviawyatt1999.bsky.social · 01/06/2026I’m looking forward to sharing my new project at @mbsbirmingham.bsky.social this week! The paper will use a review of The Heart of the Race, alongside the tensions between Black activists in Leeds, to think about conservatism and empire in Britain #MBS2026 www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/moder... 0193
Reposted by Olivia WyattDanielle Terrazas Williams @drdanielletw.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Job Opportunity! Lecturer in Global Medieval History University of Leeds jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...jobs.leeds.ac.ukJob Opportunity at University of Leeds: Lecturer in Global Medieval HistoryAre you an academic with proven abilities to carry out research and teaching in global medieval history? Do you have an established background in interdisciplinary global medieval studies? Are you est... 13128
Reposted by Olivia WyattHannah Elias @hannahelias.bsky.social · 12/05/2026If you missed Michael Collins speaking about his new book @ihrblackbritish.bsky.social last week, then you can catch him him tomorrow with a virtual book launch with @thenacbs.bsky.social 086
Reposted by Olivia WyattMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 08/05/2026'Details found in admiralty records and other archives have unearthed information about Jersey’s identity, his military service and even hint he may eventually have found freedom.' 1/2theguardian.comStory of enslaved boy featured in 1748 Joshua Reynolds portrait emerges in new studyExclusive: Until now nothing was known about ‘Jersey’, depicted with naval officer, but research raises hopes he may have won freedom 12614
Reposted by Olivia WyattAndrew Seaton @andrewseaton.bsky.social · 05/02/2026CALL FOR PAPERS - Modern British History and the 'Environmental Turn'. A two-day workshop organised by @maxlong.bsky.social and myself at Lincoln College, Oxford, 16-17 September. Deadline for abstracts is 15 May. Details in poster below, please share. 15749
Reposted by Olivia WyattOlivia Wyatt @oliviawyatt1999.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Our final seminar of the academic year will take place next Thursday in-person and online! Join us to hear about Michael Collins’s latest book on Windrush Cricket #BlackBritishHistory 066
Reposted by Olivia WyattIHR Black British History Seminar @ihrblackbritish.bsky.social · 06/05/2026🚨 REMINDER ⏰ Join us tomorrow to attend our final seminar of the academic year! In person and online tickets available via the link below 👇🏾 042
Olivia Wyatt @oliviawyatt1999.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Our final seminar of the academic year will take place next Thursday in-person and online! Join us to hear about Michael Collins’s latest book on Windrush Cricket #BlackBritishHistory 066
Reposted by Olivia WyattIHR Black British History Seminar @ihrblackbritish.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Join us next Thursday to hear from Dr Michael Collins: “Rethinking black British history: perspectives from the (cricket) field.” 📍 N304, Third Floor, IHR, Senate House (and online) 📆 Thursday 7th May, 2026 ⏰ 17:30 🔗 www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... 084
Reposted by Olivia WyattIHR Black British History Seminar @ihrblackbritish.bsky.social · 17/03/2026🚨 REMINDER 🚨 Join us *this* Thursday to hear from Dr Rochelle Rowe: “The 'West African Village': romancing Scottishness at the National Exhibition of 1911” In-person and online tickets available! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...history.ac.ukThe 'West African Village': romancing Scottishness at the National Exhibition of 1911 054
Olivia Wyatt @oliviawyatt1999.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Really looking forward to this! Feel free to join us in person or online at the @ihrblackbritish.bsky.social seminar series #BlackBritishHistorytihrblackbritish.bsky.socialBluesky 122
Reposted by Olivia WyattIHR Black British History Seminar @ihrblackbritish.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Join us next Thursday to hear from Dr Rochelle Rowe: “The 'West African Village': romancing Scottishness at the National Exhibition of 1911” 📍 N304, Third Floor, IHR, Senate House (and online) 📆 Thursday 19th March, 2026 ⏰ 17:30 🔗 www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... 067
Reposted by Olivia WyattHannah Elias @hannahelias.bsky.social · 10/03/2026🔔 Next Thursday 19 March: Dr Rochelle Rowe (Edinburgh) will be speaking @ihrblackbritish.bsky.social seminar on ‘The ‘West African Village’: Romancing Scottishness at the National Exhibition of 1911.’ In person and online. Book now and join us if you can! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... 1149
Reposted by Olivia WyattIHR Black British History Seminar @ihrblackbritish.bsky.social · 21/01/2026🚨 REMINDER 🚨 Join us online *tomorrow* to hear from @deannalyncook.bsky.social about her research into Norman Manley’s Visits to Britain and Transnational Care in Postwar Britain! Get your tickets below: 🔗 www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... 012
Reposted by Olivia WyattAna Roda Sánchez @arodsan95.bsky.social · 21/01/2026*Reposted CFP with alt text* III Colloquium on Late Medieval and Early Modern Cities: Moving and Being Moved London, 11-12 June 2026 Deadline abstract submissions: 31 January 2026 Looking forward to meeting everyone! 🤗🤗 #medievalsky #skystorians #medieval #earlymodern #callforpapers #history 02720
Reposted by Olivia WyattDeanna Lyncook @deannalyncook.bsky.social · 19/01/2026Looking forward to speaking about Manley and his visits to post-war Britain as part of the IHR Black British Seminar series… tickets below! 023
Reposted by Olivia WyattOle Birk Laursen @olebirklaursen.bsky.social · 18/01/2026📢 : There is still time to submit your proposal for the "1725 to 2025: Historical & Contemporary Links Between Scotland and South Asia" symposium in Edinburgh. You might even get to hear me talk about Indian revolutionaries, Russian maximalists, and bomb plots in Edinburgh, Paris, and Muzaffarpur. 155
Reposted by Olivia WyattHistory Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 15/01/2026What lessons can a 2008 speech by Tony Benn offer for political organising on the British Left today? Waseem Ahmed (@waseemahmed98.bsky.social) on Benn's 2008 People Before Profit speech. www.historyworkshop.org.uk/communism-so...historyworkshop.org.ukAgainst PessimismWaseem Ahmed examines how Tony Benn's 2008 People Before Profit speech offers important lessons for political organising on the British Left today. 061
Reposted by Olivia WyattColm Murphy @colmpm.bsky.social · 15/01/2026Interested in the intersection between policymaking, especially in the UK, and academic research? Come work with us! The @mileendinstitute.bsky.social at @qmulsse.bsky.social is advertising for a new Policy Partnerships Officer. Details and application here: qmul-jobs.tal.net/vx/mobile-0/...qmul-jobs.tal.netPolicy Partnerships Officer - QMUL JobsID: 8276. Title: Policy Partnerships Officer. Application Deadline: 0723
Reposted by Olivia WyattLiesbeth Corens @onslies.bsky.social · 15/01/2026HEY! That's our absolutely fabulous Deanna Lyncook! @qmul.bsky.social @qmulhss.bsky.social! 142
Olivia Wyatt @oliviawyatt1999.bsky.social · 15/01/2026Come and see @deannalyncook.bsky.social in action — calling in all the way from Barbados! 012
Reposted by Olivia WyattIHR Black British History Seminar @ihrblackbritish.bsky.social · 15/01/2026Kicking off our 2026 schedule with a paper! Join us next Thursday for our seminar: “You are not to allow yourselves to be frightened”: Norman Manley’s Visits to Britain and Transnational Care in Post-war Britain 📍 Online only 📆 Thursday 22nd January, 2026 ⏰ 17:30 🔗 www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... 076
Reposted by Olivia WyattYoung Historians Project @younghistorians.bsky.social · 19/12/2025By donating to our GoFundMe, you are not only helping us fund our projects, but you are also us fund the development of the young Black British people who choose to volunteer their time into helping these projects come to fruition. Thank you! #EachOneTeachOne✊🏿 gofund.me/2d21c2b9agofund.meDonate to The Young Historians Project, organized by Young Historians ProjectThe Young Historians Project (YHP) is a UK–based collective which promotes the s… Young Historians Project needs your support for The Young Historians Project 0810
Reposted by Olivia WyattMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 19/12/202514 two-year postdocs for academics of any nationality who cannot continue their research due to US politics. Do share if you know of such. 1355364
Reposted by Olivia WyattMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 15/12/2025Teaching Slavery: New Approaches to Britain's Colonial Past is now available as individual (free to download) chapters from JSTOR (no subscription needed). The first set of chapters deal with historical perspectives and the second set with pedagogical perspectives. 1/2jstor.org Teaching Slavery: New approaches to Britain’s colonial past on JSTOR This groundbreaking book brings together the latest academic research on Britain's involvement in transatlantic slavery, with innovative thinking on the te... 12518
Reposted by Olivia WyattIHR Black British History Seminar @ihrblackbritish.bsky.social · 11/12/2025Today! 👇🏾 044
Reposted by Olivia WyattMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 09/12/2025If you teach histories of British slavery, don't miss this Thursday's book launch and talk: Teaching Slavery: New Approaches to Britain's Colonial Past, IHR, London 11 December & on Zoom. 5:30pm. Registration details are below and a link to the open access book in post 2/2. This post is 1/2.history.ac.ukBook talk: Teaching Slavery: New Approaches to Britain’s Colonial Past 14632
Reposted by Olivia WyattIHR Black British History Seminar @ihrblackbritish.bsky.social · 08/12/2025Join us this Thursday for a book talk Teaching Slavery: New Approaches to Britain’s Colonial Past! 📍 Hybrid: Room 349, IHR, Senate House, WC1E 7HU and Online 📆 Thursday 16th October, 2025 ⏰ 17:30 🔗 www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... 084
Olivia Wyatt @oliviawyatt1999.bsky.social · 18/11/2025It was a joy to meet with researchers from across the world. I also loved my panel’s intervention at NACBS: an ethical discussion of #BlackBritishHistory by eight Black/ mixed-race early career researchers. A visual reminder that Black people are the makers of history, and not simply its subjects. 061
Olivia Wyatt @oliviawyatt1999.bsky.social · 10/11/2025This week I’ll present at the @cuhistorydept.bsky.social workshop on Black Europe: A Field on the Move in New York 🇺🇸 and the roundtable on methodologies in #BlackBritishHistory at @thenacbs.bsky.social in Montreal 🇨🇦 I look forward to our conversations on the need for Black European histories 062