On that note, really loved @gregjenner.bsky.social's You're Dead To Me episode on Alexandre Dumas with @historianmemory.bsky.social & Celya AB

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Yay! I'm glad you enjoyed it. We had fun recording it!

This Wednesday 22 April, join us @hatchards.bsky.social Dr Jess Venner and I will be in conversation about her new book The Last Day in Pompeii.
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Swedish exhibition explores life of 18th-century Black diarist Born into slavery, Adolf Ludvig Couschi Badin became part of Swedish royal court and left legacy of books and letters

I can't wait to see the exhibition when I go to Stockholm (soon).
St Croix is 1 of the ports I wrote about in my book (at painstaking editing stage) on 15 Ports that made Empires through Slavery (Basic Books (US) / John Murray (UK)).
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Exciting. I look forward to talking with David!

To mark 10 years of the International Booker Prize and celebrate all things translated fiction, we’re hosting a special, one-off event at London’s Southbank Centre on Friday 8 May 2026.

Find out more and book your tickets now: www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/the...

Una reivindicación de aquellas personas de origen africano que a lo largo de la historia han dejado su huella en Europa: 'Europeos africanos. Una historia jamás contada', de Olivette Otele @historianmemory.bsky.social. Coeditado con @casa-africa.bsky.social buff.ly/WGsMVlg

spiked Britain's Islamo-left is on the march With "anti-fascists' like these, who needs fascists?

This would have so much more punch if it wasn't a picture of a gay jewish fella and a blond white woman dancing.

‘These connections are overlooked’: how British companies profited from slavery in Brazil long after abolition Britons learn about the country’s involvement ‘almost as a self-congratulatory narrative’, says historian Joseph Mulhern

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Spanish king reopens debate on conquest of Mexico by acknowledging 'abuse' King Felipe appears to have helped thaw frosty relations with Mexico while reviving a fierce debate over events 500 years ago.

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I'm not saying I once published an article called "The Micro-physics of Öffentlichkeit" just because I could, but I did once publish...

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Belgian court sends ex-diplomat, 93, to trial over 1961 murder of Congo leader Étienne Davignon is charged with participation in war crimes in relation to killing of then PM Patrice Lumumba

This is huge. Finally! He wasn't alone though ...
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That’s British English for “No.”

South Sudan models dominate global catwalks but visas a problem Heels click on cracked paving stones as fantastically long-limbed men and women practice moves they hope will whisk them away from South Sudan, one of the fashion world's favourite scouting locations.

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That was incredible. Fabulous match won by France with a penalty after the clock went red. Sad for Ireland who so nearly stole the championship. 🇫🇷48🏉46🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Will try my best!

Boycott!

Conserveries mémorielles - Revue transdisciplinaire La revue Conserveries mémorielles a été fondée à l'initiative de Bogumil Jewsiewicki, alors titulaire de la Chaire de recherche du Canada en histoire comparée de la mémoire (Université Laval, Québe...

The world is burning (literally), families are hungry, ill, displaced yet that's where you chose to dedicate your resources? I stand w LGBTQ+ communities across the globe. Love is Love. Your actions have many ramifications
(In this article, ref the young Nigerian)
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African countries: Cameroon, Sénégal, Ghana, Uganda, Nigeria & many others, criminalizing homosexuality and increasing sentences. You chosen to break your fellow humans physically & mentally.

A question for legal minds ahead of our Lecture with Prof. Olufemi Amao:
African Union has produced extraordinary normative texts. But enforcement remains the main challenge.What’s the biggest obstacle to making #AUlaw enforceable in practice?
We’ll bring this into the room on 18 March.

‘The law changed around me’: top Sudanese students blocked from UK universities by visa ban High-achieving applicants’ educational plans derailed by ‘emergency visa brake’

39 Sudanese Chevening Scholarship finalists ejected this week from consideration for the scheme, for being Sudanese.

Newly Discovered Document Confirms a ‘Legendary’ African King - Medievalists.net Newly discovered Arabic document confirms the existence of a ‘legendary’ African king and reveals how rulers governed in Nubia.

Newly Discovered Document Confirms a ‘Legendary’ African King www.medievalists.net/2026/03/newl... #history #AfricanHistory #Nubia

Not in a celebratory mood today. Patriarchy is decimating the earth & ALL her inhabitants.
#InternationalWomensDay

Humanity heating planet faster than ever before, study finds Researchers identify sharp rise to about 0.35C every decade, after excluding natural fluctuations such as El Niño

It doesn’t matter whether the rate of global warming is increasing. It’ll never cease to amaze me that people don’t care that it’s happening at all. It should be the most alarming thing ever.

Cortisol level & blood pressure spiking big time. Not good. Someone in Washington/Mar o Largo & another 1 in Tel Aviv made a decision as a consequence, we are all involved in a war. 2 of my sisters can lose 2 of their babies RIGHT NOW in a conflict we didn't didn't vote for. Beyond ENRAGED.

This ...

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and

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Dydd Gŵyl Dewi hapus! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Thank you Professor Fleming. It was an honour and an absolute please. Your students'questions were deep and illuminating. 🙏🏾

Prof Otele projected onto a screen with students watching her speak

Earlier this week, Professor Olivette Otele @historianmemory.bsky.social blessed our Black Europe course at Smith College with her presence and dropped “bars on bars on bars” (as the young people say) sharing her deep knowledge, trailblazing experience and wisdom. What an absolute honor and delight!

Diolch x