Ruth Craggs
drruthcraggs.bsky.social
Ruth Craggs
@drruthcraggs.bsky.social
Reader in Historical and Political Geography at King’s College London.
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Absolutely astounded that the UCU and Unison branches at Kent and Greenwich were not consulted, and that staff only found out about the merger this morning via BBC news and Kent Online. Solidarity to all colleagues.
September 10, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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Vol. 88 is out!

It is our 50th anniversary issue, and includes a special issue on ‘Archives as Worldmaking’ edited by @jakehodder.bsky.social and @snehakrishnan.bsky.social

sciencedirect.com/journal/journal-of-historical-geography/vol/88/suppl/C

Take a look at the contents below 🧵

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June 16, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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How was the discipline of geography caught up with apartheid in South Africa? In this extract of "Decolonising Geography" @drruthcraggs.bsky.social and H.Neate explore the anti-apartheid activism of #geography staff and students, through powerful interviews.
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Anti-Apartheid Activism and the discipline of geography - ROAPE
How was the discipline of geography caught up with apartheid in South Africa? Applied research and urban and regional planning was central to some of the most visible and hated structures of…
roape.net
May 14, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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Our autumn seminar series—"Law and Empire"—begins on 8 October with Nathan Perl-Rosenthal on "The art of prize: privateers’ legal geographies in the long eighteenth century". One for @prizepapers.bsky.social et al. Registration details here: www.history.ac.uk/events/art-p...
September 8, 2024 at 2:16 PM