I wrote a blog on Roberta Cowell and the paradox of her status as a 'trans pioneer' for the North American Conference on British Studies!
The piece talks about how the hyper-fixation on her transness has ironically obscured many aspects of her life that could be meaningful to trans people today.
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Petition to save the Humanities at University of Hertfordshire
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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 Women’s Movement as a key member of the Organisation of Women of African and Asian Descent.
You can read the blog here:
“Like Marie Antoinette, Andrew has become a symbol of aristocratic decadence, highlighting the chasm between popular and elite morality and acting as a lightning rod for criticism of the monarchy.”
Read more from Nicoletta Gullace at Broadsides
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Academic Book Publishing 101 with Palgrave Macmillan. History Lab Plus have partnered with Palgrave Macmillan to arrange an ‘Academic Book Publishing 101’ webinar for early-career researchers. All welcome! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... @historylabplus.bsky.social #PalgraveMacmillan
Cricket, migration, empire, and postwar Britain: join Guy Ortolano (NYU) and Michael Collins (UCL) for the 60-minute Zoom launch of Windrush Cricket on Wednesday 13 May 2026🏏
🕛 12pm New York
🕔 5pm London
🕤 9:30pm Delhi
👉 Free RSVP below 👈
"Ironically, the trans-centric view also obscures aspects of her life that could be meaningful for the modern trans community, like the fact that there was little, if any, controversy around her eligi...
"Like Marie Antoinette, Andrew has become a symbol of aristocratic decadence, highlighting the chasm between popular and elite morality and acting as a lightning rod for criticism of the monarchy.”
📢New article in JBS!
📗"Imperium in Imperio: The Peacetime Commander in Chief as a Linchpin of Colonial Reform," by Rachel Banke
Open access here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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🚨Due today!!!!
Be sure to submit applications for our Dissertation Fellowship or Black British Studies Fellowship before 11:59pm ET!
Imperium in Imperio: The Peacetime Commander in Chief as a Linchpin of Colonial Reform - Volume 65
📢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.
📅May 13
⏰12pm noon ET
Free and open to the public
Info and RSVP: www.nacbs.org/event-detail...
Applications are due June 5!!!!
This program provides funding up to $1000 for precariously employed early career scholars to attend our in-person annual meeting!
Join NACBS to celebrate the publication of Michael Collins' recent book Windrush Cricket: Imperial Culture, Caribbean Migration, and the Remaking of Postwar England.
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🚨Upcoming Deadline!!!
A friendly reminder that applications for our Dissertation Fellowship and Black British Studies Fellowships are due by Friday, May 15!
Be sure to submit before the deadline!
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Our application for the NACBS/ NAVSA Early Career Network Collaboration is now open!
This program will bring together precariously employed ECRs from both organizations, culminating in events at our conferences in Pasadena.
More info and application: www.nacbs.org/early-career...
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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 Women’s Movement.
Broadsides will be celebrating Pride with a series of pieces throughout the month that highlight queer and trans histories.
In this first essay, @rebeccajanemorgan.bsky.social explores the risks of making a person's transness the center of their history.
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"Ironically, the trans-centric view also obscures aspects of her life that could be meaningful for the modern trans community, like the fact that there was little, if any, controversy around her eligi...
