Dr Lydia Plath

With colleagues from @WarwickHistory we've put together a Black Lives Matter Reading List for students and staff interested in learning more about Black history on both sides of the Atlantic. You can check it out here: rl.talis.com/3/warwick/list…

I rarely tweet these days, but this is important: I have resigned my post as External Examiner @qmhistory at @QMUL in solidarity with colleagues in @qm_ucu. I simply won't work for a university that attempts to intimidate and bully staff who engage in lawful strike action.

CFP: British Association for American Studies Conference April 21st-23rd 2022 Deadline for submissions: November 22nd 2021 University of Hull, East Yorkshire, UK @OfficialBAAS @HullAmStuds baas2022.org/call-for-papers

Congratulations to all History Graduates today from Professor Rebecca Earle, the Head of Department. youtu.be/ZpTeZ3-4xVA

This #HOTCUS2021 session on inclusive pedagogies has been absolutely superb. I have been furiously scribbling down notes throughout. Thanks to @lydiaplath @KatHistory and @ADBHist for their thoughts. There’s so much I will take forward and try to apply to my own teaching @HOTCUS

My review of @AdamHDomby The False Cause now out in Slavery & Abolition. Read my full review of this wonderful book here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

@AdamHDomby It's a great book! Really enjoyed reading it.

Congratulations to Serena Shah of @WarwickHistory for an honourable mention in the @OfficialBAAS Awards for a UG Essay by a Scholar of Colour! Great to see @warwickuni students getting national recognition for their brilliant work!

The poisonously patronising Sewell report is historically illiterate | David Olusoga theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Absolutely honoured to receive this inclusive curriculum prize from @HOTCUS - though it's my wonderful students @WarwickHistory that deserve the real congratulations! They make the module what it is and so fun and engaging to be part of. Thank you.

Just went to change my name on here to Dr Plath and realised I already have it, leftover from the last time I was wearily unsurprised by a bit of misogyny. #damnrightimadoctor

Check out this useful resource for understanding "race" in the US! Very handy for @WarwickHistory undergrads, and great to see collaboration from academics across @OfficialBAAS @Branch19th @HOTCUS to help put it together.

Great piece by @nicholasggrant on transatlantic anti-racism

@HistorianJo @Jasminbath @DrEMathisen @emilywestfahey @smccurry3 North Caroliniana Society; Filson historical society ( I think?) But yes, agree they tend to be archive by archive was my experience.

Calling all Americanists.....check out these prizes - especially the newly launched UG essay prize for BIPOC scholars! baas.ac.uk/ug-essay-for-s… @BAAS @LeadingRoutes @freeblackuni @UCL_SPRC @ScotAmStudies @CompAmStudies @decolonisekcl @EJACjournal @BlackInArtsHums @KCL_REN @HOTCUS

More Hamilton and slavery.Historians have to accept this if the documents indicate it's true. Why not? Alexander Hamilton, Enslaver? New Research Says Yes nytimes.com/2020/11/09/art…

if you're interested in the work of authors/activists of African descent, the Black Studies Reading Group has their FIRST meeting on Monday 9th November from 4-5:30pm, email blackstudiesgroup@warwick.ac.uk to sign up!

There is a lot of work to do, but this is a big deal. Today is a good day. A really good day.

I haven't posted much about the election because I haven't been able to summarise my feelings in a tweet. But now there's THIS. Congratulations to President-Elect Biden and Vice President-Elect Harris!

Trying (and failing) to embrace the uncertainty. This makes me feel a bit better. #iVoted #BidenHarris2020