Henry Dee

@100YearsAgoNews Hi would it be possible to confirm where you found the picture from please? I'm trying to do some research on the Glasgow Indian Union

May 25, 1922: The Glasgow Indian Union protests after dance halls in the city post signs barring "all men of color" and eject a man from India who brought his white partner. Local magistrates say they won't intervene against the club owners'' discriminatory policies. 1/2

Save The People's Story! Edinburgh has an important, rich and diverse working-class history which has ben rightfully celebrated in an important museum for the last 40 years. Please share the Scottish Labour History Society statement and contact your councillors.

Recent events have reminded me of this important research by @h_p_dee on the racist murder of Axmed Abuukar Sheekh in Edinburgh in 1989 along with the protests that followed: Fighting Denial: The Lothian Black Forum and Anti-Racist Protests in Edinburgh. scottishcriticalheritage.wordpress.com/2020/07/13/fig…

Another recent work on histories of xenophobia, this one by @h_p_dee taking a more critical look at the politics of activists featured in Tom Lodge's 'Red Road to Freedom': tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Thanks to Ina Cogger, Catherine and Edward Labinjoh, Emma Orchardson, Margaret White, Jacqueline Cahif, Robin Fixter-Paterson, Estela Dukan, Louise Williams and Margaret Busby for invaluable help with this research.

The profile I’ve written on him has now been published Open Access with the Edinburgh Royal College of Physicians: journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.11…

Alfred Labinjoh was a prominent doctor in Edinburgh, 1920s to 1950s, from Lagos, Nigeria, who worked with the local Edinburgh African Association in the mid-1930s to raise money for the Red Cross mission to Ethiopia after fascist Italy’s invasion.

@nrlcadyer @SJCK_Sheff @ProfJeffery @ACMSWits Congrats Natasha!

On Friday I passed my PhD viva with minor corrections. A great convo & 7 year journey that I couldn't have done w/out my African migrant women participants, indefatigable supervisors @SJCK_Sheff @ProfJeffery, Joburg academic home @ACMSWits, collaborators, non-profits & loved ones

@mininghistory Kadalie wrote to his son in July 1943 (after staying with Yusuf Dadoo) "Johannesburg surprised me. It reminded me of London. It has grown like [a] mushroom.”

Johannesburg city centre in 1935. An island of high rises among mine dumps.

@mininghistory thanks Duncan!

@h_p_dee Almost nothing on the ICU. The chapters on politics are mostly about the Communist Party and the Jewish Workers Club.

Reading this week the autobiography of Bernard Sachs, who was born in Lithuania and grew up in Johannesburg in the 1920s. Striking cover depicting both migration from the shtetls of Eastern Europe to the gold mines of South Africa and the revolutionary ferment of the time.

@KampourakisK Hi Kostas, it's from Emory University archives. Can you DM me your contact, and I can put you in touch

@h_p_dee Hi Henry, I am looking for a photo of Hogben to use in a book; any chance you know who has the rights for this one? Are there any others available? Thanks in advance.

Edinburgh University has a long-running history of fostering eugenicists' scientific racism, and has done little-to-nothing to address this past, with current academics continuing to perpetuate these ideas

@mininghistory @LaScNo Thanks Duncan - we've just had a chapter out in a book, 'Scotland's Transnational Heritage', reflecting on the project. Happy to share

@LaScNo @h_p_dee was involved so will know more about it!

Our article about the insurrection that convulsed Johannesburg in 1922, the Rand Revolt, is now available to read for free in the latest edition of @AmandlaMedia: amandla.org.za/taking-back-th…

Come and do a #funded #phd or #postdoc at the International Studies group @UFSweb. It is an amazing group of early career scholars, working together in a collegial environment. Get in touch with questions!

@HistosaurusBex Thanks Rebecca!

@h_p_dee Congrats @h_p_dee! This looks like it will be amazing to teach with

This Thursday, David Johnson and I will launch our book - ‘I See You’: The Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union of Africa, 1919-1930 - an edited volume of primary sources documenting the dramatic rise and fall of the ICU, the first major black trade union in Southern Africa

@drjeffreymurray Yes - you should be able to message me now or I'm on email henry.dee@glasgow.ac.uk

@h_p_dee Please can you send me the link (I can’t see where to send you a direct message). Thank you.

@VariousHats Thanks Janet!

@h_p_dee Wonderful book! I have my copy. So sorry I can’t make the launch, but do hope for a recording 🙏🔥