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Ed Legon
@edlegon.bsky.social
Historian of labour/production/trade politics | Textile workers | Heritage and memory | Co-Director, MA Heritage Management, QMUL | Co-Director, CLaSP | London Journal | IHR British History in the C17th Seminar | he/him
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DEVON IS RED 🔴
October 23, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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Interested about financialisation and why states foster policies that lead to the dominance of financial capital? Come to CLaSP's seminar:
Event: Financial Capital, the State, and Politics
When: 30th October, 2025; 4-530 PM
Where: Graduate Centre, QMUL Mile End Campus
Speaker: Dr. Nicholas Bernards
October 8, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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Really pleased and proud to announce a new @ihr.bsky.social seminar - Migration and Mobility History. We want to cover migration across time and space and speak with colleagues across disciplines. If you're interested in attending/presenting, get in touch: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Migration and Mobility History
The IHR Migration and Mobility seminar provides a space for historians and scholars from other disciplines to come together to discuss migration and mobility in history.
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July 11, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Wonderful conversations in Day 2 today on the challenges of studying the #MaterialitiesOfAI and on the politics of how we transform and/or resist them. Thanks to @anavaldi.bsky.social and @jamesmuldoon.bsky.social for brilliant interventions and to everyone who participated! @clasp-qmul.bsky.social
May 29, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Some photos from Day 1 of our #MaterialitiesOfAI workshop with @anavaldi.bsky.social @jamesmuldoon.bsky.social and @katecrawford.bsky.social. Two session exploring the ecological, social and material implications of AI.

On Day 2, we move on to workshops on the methodologies of studying AI!
May 29, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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Our end of the year event is just two weeks away! Over two days and four sessions, we will be covering the social and environmental aspects of the AI industry, including the politics and methodologies for researching AI. Register here: www.tickettailor.com/events/centr...

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May 14, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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It's here. Our 50th anniversary special issue, on 'London's Past Today', edited by @aidannorrie.bsky.social and Robert Shoemaker: www.tandfonline.com/toc/yldn20/c....
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May 6, 2025 at 4:08 PM