Submit nominations by May 15 for the Roy Rosenzweig Prize for Creativity in Digital History, sponsored jointly by the AHA and @rrchnm.bsky.social. This prize is awarded annually to honor and support work on a creative and freely available new media project. 🗃️
This week, Israeli officials approved plans to 'capture' the entire Gaza strip and remain in the Palestinian territory indefinitely. There is another term for this: ethnic cleansing. This was always the plan - and our government cannot pretend they didn't know. They could have ended all arms sales to Israel and implemented sanctions. They granted endless impunity for Israel's atrocities instead. Today alone, Israeli air strikes have so far already killed 5 people in Gaza. Today also marks 64 days of Israel's total humanitarian blockade, which has left more than 65,000 children suffering from severe malnutrition. Israel's latest announcement is nothing new. It is the next stage in an ongoing project: the erasure of the Palestinian people. Once again, we call on our government to end all arms sales to Israel. Anything less is complicity in crimes against humanity. No amount of "deep concern" can make up for the military, economic and political support our government continues to provide. No words can negate the sale of deadly F-35 components. And no statements "urging" Israel to stop can match the impunity it has been granted to carry on. We will continue to demand a full arms embargo, economic sanctions, and the only path to a just and lasting peace: an end to the occupation of Palestine. The Independent Alliance Adnan Hussain, MP for Blackburn Ayoub Khan, MP for Birmingham Perry Barr Iqbal Mohamed, MP for Dewsbury and Batley Jeremy Corbyn, MP for Islington North Shockat Adam, MP for Leicester South
Ethnic cleansing was always the plan — and our government cannot pretend it didn’t know.
A statement from the Independent Alliance.
There are still a couple of days left to submit abstracts for this workshop in Glasgow. Please note that there is some funding for travel for scholars from the Global South.
What does a "collective and public effort" look like? There should be no business as usual.
I just found out about this incredible 3D reconstruction of Tenochtitlán! Could be a useful resource for teaching.
🎓Higher Education🎓
The UK’s universities are beleaguered and besieged. Redundancies continue to be announced. Cardiff, Dundee, Edinburgh, Kent, Queen’s Belfast, Sheffield; the list goes on and on. Perhaps 10,000 jobs will go in this academic year, and that’s just the beginning. #AcademicSky
Send abstracts for this workshop on textiles and empire happening in Glasgow in September! #textiles #history
'Multiple Dutch universities have announced reorganisations that are likely to involve layoffs, in the wake of drastic government budget cuts that will amount to about €500 million (£414 million) a year across higher education and research.' 1/2
World History Association @thewha.bsky.social members! We're proud to open voting on our Resolution to Oppose Scholasticide in Gaza, which responds both to the dire situation in Palestine and the American Historical Association @historians.org veto last month. members.thewha.org/page/resolut...
Day 2 of the CIRIMA ASIA conference in #Seville with the brilliant @laurafg.bsky.social @mehapri.bsky.social @periodeye.bsky.social Hugo Miguel Crespo & many others!
Slowly posting about Connecting Threads project launch/symposium at V&A Museum last month. This is a digital public history project and the website is now live at: connectingthreads.co.uk The whole day was incredible! #connectingthreads #academicsky #digitalhistory #indianhistory #caribbeanhistory
Two weeks til this amazing all star line up in Sevilla - so honored to be giving a keynote and looking forward to learning from everyone!! geografiaehistoria.ucm.es/file/program...
I'm sure it'll be great! Also @nancyum.bsky.social once told me that it's good to be nervous, it means you still care.
I'm working on my paper too, although keynote is way harder! See you in a couple weeks!
