Historian of race, blackness, and complexion in modern Britain | Teaching & Research Fellow in Black British History at the University of Edinburgh | Convenor at @ihrblackbritish.bsky.social
https://oliviawyatt1999.wordpress.com/
Olivia Wyatt
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Discussion 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?
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Lecturer in Global Medieval History
University of Leeds
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A 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.
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Iām 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
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The 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 Womenās Movement as a key member of the Organisation of Women of African and Asian Descent.
You can read the blog here:
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My 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!
If 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
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Being 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
Olivia Wyatt
Historian 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 Womenās Movement.
Iām really pleased to see my article on āThe Asian Mother and Baby Campaignā in the @jbritishstudies.bsky.social
Many thanks to @leverhulme.ac.uk for funding this research.
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What 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/...
Olivia Wyatt
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The āAsian Mother and Baby Campaignā: Race, Healthcare, and Citizenship in late Twentieth-Century Britain - Volume 65
Discussion 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?
Being in a world where she exists is its own joy. Hoping to build a world in which she, and all life, thrives sustained my roars and refusals in Vanished and beyond all year.
Whatever 2025 held for you, may 2026 offer even better.
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š¢Online book event!
Join us next week to hear more about Windrush Cricket: Imperial Culture, Caribbean Migration, and the Remaking of Postwar England by Michael Collins.
š May 13
ā°12pm noon ET
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Join NACBS to celebrate the publication of Michael Collins' recent book Windrush Cricket: Imperial Culture, Caribbean Migration, and the Remaking of Postwar England.
