Madelyn Walsh

Switching over to Bluesky! You can find me @ madelynwalsh.bsky.social

‘She’s a reminder of an oppressive history and yet forcibly shines through with a physically defiant celebration of resilience.’ Artist, L R Vandy on ‘Dancing in Time: Copper Bottom’, acquired for the museum with generous grant from @HenryMooreFDN ❤️ liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/news/press-rel…

In this article, I take a closer look at Revolt on the Amistad and think about what it means to display this artwork at ISM - give it a read!

Delighted to recieve the Eileen Stamper scholarship from @gladlib. For the next two weeks, I’ll be researching John Gladstone’s papers on the Demerara Uprising and thinking about different methodologies we can use to centre the stories of the enslaved people in these records.

@HistoryLabPlus @ecommemoration @FelixFuhg @CuratorClare @LeedsMuseums @BussingOut @UWI_StAugustine @AlexDold @Writer_DG @drnicholasevans @DrMichaelReeve @DFStirrup @AbenaKJohn @DrDanielleTW @SlaveryMuseum @SlaveryMuseum’s @Madelynwalsh72 turns to the painting Am Not I A Man & A Brother as not an anti/even non-racist representation of an enslaved man but a product & example of the hierarchical colonial discourses systemic to contemporary British culture #HistoryLabPlus2024

Delighted to share that my first article has been published in a special issue on the Ecogothic from Studies in American Fiction! I take a look at the relationship between ruination, slavery, and the American landscape in @AfiaAtakora’s Conjure Women doi.org/10.1353/saf.20…

@gothicbookworm @SheffieldGothic Thank you so much! It was a pleasure to share a panel with you - my mind is still blown from the Mummy Paint 🤯

@Madelynwalsh72 @SheffieldGothic An incredible paper 👏👏👏

It was an absolute pleasure to speak at @SheffieldGothic’s #ConsumingTheGothic conference today!

@somuch_kat Thank you so much! ☺️ It was great to meet you and bond over the brilliance of Hush

@Madelynwalsh72 @SheffieldGothic Pleasure to be there and see your paper! Found it absolutely fascinating and you are a wonderful presenter.

@choudhup I’m so glad you enjoyed the paper! It was amazing to hear all about your research, too ☺️

This research by @Madelynwalsh72 and the critical discussion on exaqua was such a revelation!

Next we have Madelyn Walsh (@Madelynwalsh72) with 'Resisting Consumption: Exaqua in Fred D'Aguiar's 'Feeding the Ghosts' ' CW: mass murder, slavery #ConsumingTheGothic

#jobalert 📣 I’m looking for a talented person to join my team ⁦@NML_Muse⁩ to be the Head @SlaveryMuseum leading & transforming our significant museum on Liverpool’s waterfront. Find out more - online Insight Event - 4 Sept 5pm. Details in link 👀👇🏾 liverpoolmuseums.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/32…

Slavery Remembrance is back in Liverpool this year 20-27 August, as the city and its communities recognise the history and ongoing legacy of the Transatlantic Slave Trade through a series of events, conversations and artistic responses 💙

Through a moving #spokenword, writer Lois South evokes Liverpool's historic role in the transatlantic slave trade and its legacies. She responds to the weight of the legacies on the descendants, and her personal connection to the museum. youtube.com/watch?v=jLGRAA…

Diaw reclaims these sites of history and violence by constructing a creative site of transformation that speaks to mourning, hope, and new life. A fantastic contribution to uMoya: The Sacred Return of Lost Things. Head to the Tobacco Warehouse in Stanley Dock to see Diaw’s work!

Both the Zong and the Brooks are infamous for reflecting the inhumane conditions the enslaved people endured during the Middle Passage. Diaw returns to the site of the wound in order to reinterpret it. 2/3

Binta Diaw’s Chorus of Soil couples an 18th century soil and seed map in the shape of the Brooks slave ship with a sound work of M. NourbeSe Philip’s poem Zong!. Okra and black-eyed peas were planted as seeds and now thrive within the installation. 1/3 #LB2023

Reviewer 2 is hard at work 🐾

Yesterday, @Madelynwalsh72 and I were invited onto @bbcmerseyside to talk about the themes of @Biennial and their relevance to our work @SlaveryMuseum. Listen from 1:07:40 (better still, get out and about to see some really interesting artworks!): bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…

@hannah_helm_ @UF @SalfordPGRs @EnglishSalford @_DisNet Congratulations!! 🥳✨

More exciting news: The Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature at @UF have awarded me a $2.5k scholarship to prep my book proposal and present my research to the university community⭐️🎉 can’t wait to visit Gainesville in Nov! @SalfordPGRs @EnglishSalford @_DisNet