Liam J. Liburd
@liamliburd.bsky.social
Historian who works on Black British history and the history of whiteness and the white supremacist movement in 20th century Britain. Views those of someone living through interesting times.
Settings on the dryer in our Canadian Airbnb imply that it can make your clothes wetter.
November 22, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Settings on the dryer in our Canadian Airbnb imply that it can make your clothes wetter.
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Home Office: How dare people say we are acting like the far-right?
Also the Home Office: These far-right graphics look great, let's copy them.
Also the Home Office: These far-right graphics look great, let's copy them.
November 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Home Office: How dare people say we are acting like the far-right?
Also the Home Office: These far-right graphics look great, let's copy them.
Also the Home Office: These far-right graphics look great, let's copy them.
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📢Call For Papers📢
Sociability & Political life
Marc Jaffré & I are organising a conference! We're asking: can there be politics without sociability? How have friendship, intimacy, socialising & informal attachments been central to political projects & movements?
Get your abstracts in by Feb 14th!
Sociability & Political life
Marc Jaffré & I are organising a conference! We're asking: can there be politics without sociability? How have friendship, intimacy, socialising & informal attachments been central to political projects & movements?
Get your abstracts in by Feb 14th!
November 21, 2025 at 2:53 PM
📢Call For Papers📢
Sociability & Political life
Marc Jaffré & I are organising a conference! We're asking: can there be politics without sociability? How have friendship, intimacy, socialising & informal attachments been central to political projects & movements?
Get your abstracts in by Feb 14th!
Sociability & Political life
Marc Jaffré & I are organising a conference! We're asking: can there be politics without sociability? How have friendship, intimacy, socialising & informal attachments been central to political projects & movements?
Get your abstracts in by Feb 14th!
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Here at Exeter we are offering three fully funded AHRC PhD places in humanities subjects. Please get in touch if you are keen to come and do research with us! Closing date 23 February 2026: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
PhD: AHRC Studentship | University of Exeter
Project descriptionThe University of Exeter is offering up to three fully funded AHRC doctoral studentships and training and development opportunities across a range of the AHRC’s disciplines for cand...
www.exeter.ac.uk
November 18, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Here at Exeter we are offering three fully funded AHRC PhD places in humanities subjects. Please get in touch if you are keen to come and do research with us! Closing date 23 February 2026: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
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JOB
College Lectureship and Fellowship in Modern History and Politics (c20), Trinity College, Cambridge
[This includes a teaching requirement for International Relations]
www.trin.cam.ac.uk/vacancies/co...
College Lectureship and Fellowship in Modern History and Politics (c20), Trinity College, Cambridge
[This includes a teaching requirement for International Relations]
www.trin.cam.ac.uk/vacancies/co...
College Lectureship and Fellowship in Modern History and Politics
Applications are invited for appointment to a College Lectureship in Modern History and Politics, together with a Fellowship, tenable for five years in the first instance, with the possibility of…
www.trin.cam.ac.uk
November 11, 2025 at 9:50 PM
JOB
College Lectureship and Fellowship in Modern History and Politics (c20), Trinity College, Cambridge
[This includes a teaching requirement for International Relations]
www.trin.cam.ac.uk/vacancies/co...
College Lectureship and Fellowship in Modern History and Politics (c20), Trinity College, Cambridge
[This includes a teaching requirement for International Relations]
www.trin.cam.ac.uk/vacancies/co...
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The Department of Politics at the @liverpooluni.bsky.social 💼📚🎓invites applications to the Politics Pathway of the North West Social Science Doctoral Training Partnership (NWSSDTP):
The deadline for the NWSSDTP funding application is 2nd February 2026 for the October 2026 programme start.
The deadline for the NWSSDTP funding application is 2nd February 2026 for the October 2026 programme start.
November 12, 2025 at 6:19 AM
The Department of Politics at the @liverpooluni.bsky.social 💼📚🎓invites applications to the Politics Pathway of the North West Social Science Doctoral Training Partnership (NWSSDTP):
The deadline for the NWSSDTP funding application is 2nd February 2026 for the October 2026 programme start.
The deadline for the NWSSDTP funding application is 2nd February 2026 for the October 2026 programme start.
Of course, because this is precisely why they were put up and what they’re for.
NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’
NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’
Black and Asian staff left feeling ‘deliberately intimidated’, according to chief executive of one NHS trust
NHS staff who care for patients in their own homes fear some areas have become “no-go zones” for them because of the presence of St George’s flags, health leaders have said.
Black and Asian staff have been left feeling “deliberately intimidated” as a result of the flags that were put up in many parts of England during the summer, according to the chief executive of one NHS trust in England, who asked to remain anonymous. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Of course, because this is precisely why they were put up and what they’re for.
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We will not have a seminar this month because many of our convenors will be at @thenacbs.bsky.social conference! Check out their papers on race and #BlackBritishHistory if you’ll be joining us in Montreal 🇨🇦
www.nacbs.org/conference
www.nacbs.org/conference
November 10, 2025 at 2:21 PM
We will not have a seminar this month because many of our convenors will be at @thenacbs.bsky.social conference! Check out their papers on race and #BlackBritishHistory if you’ll be joining us in Montreal 🇨🇦
www.nacbs.org/conference
www.nacbs.org/conference
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Someone at a Russell Group university was moved to almost-poetry by their Faculty Meeting… Can anyone do better?
November 7, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Someone at a Russell Group university was moved to almost-poetry by their Faculty Meeting… Can anyone do better?
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Met police’s culture makes racial harm ‘inevitable’, internal review finds
Met police’s culture makes racial harm ‘inevitable’, internal review finds
The revew, the first to focus on the racism of the institution as a whole, found a culture and leadership determined to prevent real change
The “racial harm” the Metropolitan police inflicts on black people is “institutionally defended”, with its leadership and culture protecting the force from real change, an internal review has found.
The report by Dr Shereen Daniels, published on Friday, draws on internal documents and evidence, with the Met responding by accepting long-standing evidence of racism and discrimination within Britain’s biggest force. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Met police’s culture makes racial harm ‘inevitable’, internal review finds
Paul Gilroy’s ’postcolonial melancholia’ relevant here too, surely? For the “I remember the corned beef of my childhood“ crowd, the two wartime Britains are great, safe, and ethnically homogenous fantasy refuges from actually-existing Britain.
3/ 2014 started phase three. The centenary of the First World War was entangled with nationalist pressures - first IndyRef and then Brexit. The far right has wanted to own Remembrance since the 1970s and recent politics - including the BLM memorials panic in 2020 have been seized as opportunity.
November 6, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Paul Gilroy’s ’postcolonial melancholia’ relevant here too, surely? For the “I remember the corned beef of my childhood“ crowd, the two wartime Britains are great, safe, and ethnically homogenous fantasy refuges from actually-existing Britain.
Adding a note to a great thread: British fascists have laid claim to Remembrance memorial culture even earlier than this; Britain‘s first self-styled fascist organisation, the British Fascisti, held marches to the cenotaph for Remembrance Day in the 1920s.
3/ 2014 started phase three. The centenary of the First World War was entangled with nationalist pressures - first IndyRef and then Brexit. The far right has wanted to own Remembrance since the 1970s and recent politics - including the BLM memorials panic in 2020 have been seized as opportunity.
November 6, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Adding a note to a great thread: British fascists have laid claim to Remembrance memorial culture even earlier than this; Britain‘s first self-styled fascist organisation, the British Fascisti, held marches to the cenotaph for Remembrance Day in the 1920s.
Found this incredible clip of A. Sivanandan on 'racial awareness training'.
A. Sivanandan on Racism Awareness Training
YouTube video by Pitchfork Cosmonaut
www.youtube.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Found this incredible clip of A. Sivanandan on 'racial awareness training'.
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Join us tmrw 5.30pm-7pm at the IHR (room N304) or online (link below) for what promises to be a wonderful event! Dr Leslie James will be discussing her research on 'The Atlantic Charter Revisited: West African & Caribbean newspapers & the seeds of decolonisation'.
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
The Atlantic Charter Revised: West African and Caribbean newspapers and the seeds of decolonisation
This session examines how the Atlantic Charter and wartime “rights talk” fueled anti-colonial claims, showing how West African and Caribbean presses shaped decolonisation.
www.history.ac.uk
November 5, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Join us tmrw 5.30pm-7pm at the IHR (room N304) or online (link below) for what promises to be a wonderful event! Dr Leslie James will be discussing her research on 'The Atlantic Charter Revisited: West African & Caribbean newspapers & the seeds of decolonisation'.
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
I used the Wiener Library quite a bit for doctoral research and never knew they had Unity Mitford's diary!
"I thought the Leader absolutely charming - very cheerful and unfrightening and easy to get on with…"
This was the impression of British fascist and socialite, Unity Mitford, on first meeting Oswald Mosley in November 1933, as described in her diary which we hold in our collection...
This was the impression of British fascist and socialite, Unity Mitford, on first meeting Oswald Mosley in November 1933, as described in her diary which we hold in our collection...
November 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I used the Wiener Library quite a bit for doctoral research and never knew they had Unity Mitford's diary!
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FUNDED PhDs! We are advertising for three ESRC-funded PhD scholarships! Any specialism permitted, depending on departmental supervision available. Spread the word! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPH631/e...
ESRC Funded Studentships in Politics at University of Liverpool
Apply for a ESRC Funded Studentships in Politics. Discover a wide range of PhD opportunities at jobs.ac.uk.
www.jobs.ac.uk
November 3, 2025 at 6:06 PM
FUNDED PhDs! We are advertising for three ESRC-funded PhD scholarships! Any specialism permitted, depending on departmental supervision available. Spread the word! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPH631/e...
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We are looking to hire a part-time freelance managing editor at @conteurohistory.bsky.social. Applications are due 30 November and you can find the full details here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Happy to answer any questions via DM or email
Happy to answer any questions via DM or email
November 3, 2025 at 11:44 AM
We are looking to hire a part-time freelance managing editor at @conteurohistory.bsky.social. Applications are due 30 November and you can find the full details here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Happy to answer any questions via DM or email
Happy to answer any questions via DM or email
Great to see Mukti added: digital.library.lse.ac.uk/documents?fi...
November 2, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Great to see Mukti added: digital.library.lse.ac.uk/documents?fi...
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Lost grave of daughter of Black abolitionist Olaudah Equiano found by A-level student
Lost grave of daughter of Black abolitionist Olaudah Equiano found by A-level student
Fitzwilliam Museum has uncovered student’s work from 1977 that revealed Cambridgeshire location of child’s burial place
An A-level pupil found the lost grave of the Black abolitionist Olaudah Equiano’s daughter, revealing a story of love and solidarity in 18th-century rural England.
Olaudah Equiano (1745-1797), also known as Gustavus Vassa, escaped enslavement to become a celebrated author and campaigner in Georgian England. His memoir, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African, was a bestseller. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Lost grave of daughter of Black abolitionist Olaudah Equiano found by A-level student
Really detailed and thorough reporting but dismayed by the “bothsideism” about the flags. *Very few* people - even people without criminal records or neo-Nazi affiliations - who put up flags this summer did so innocently regardless of their stated motivations.
The men who raised the flags
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found
www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Really detailed and thorough reporting but dismayed by the “bothsideism” about the flags. *Very few* people - even people without criminal records or neo-Nazi affiliations - who put up flags this summer did so innocently regardless of their stated motivations.
This looks incredible and is *long* overdue.
Delighted to be at the proofs stage with this. Out in April with CUP!
October 31, 2025 at 9:01 AM
This looks incredible and is *long* overdue.
Welcome to The Children of Men timeline.
BBC news this morning setting the tone for our coming century. Stories about apocalyptic climate-change led disaster and mass displacement in the post colonial global south evenly spaced with hysterical meltdowns about the onshore temporary housing of refugees.
October 29, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Welcome to The Children of Men timeline.
"I want to revitalise my local high street through a campaign of state and street racist violence" is a line I have no patience or sympathy for; and neither should you.
Buxton: Why one small town with very little immigration turned to Reform UK
How national concerns affected a local election in the heart of the Peak District.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 9:27 AM
"I want to revitalise my local high street through a campaign of state and street racist violence" is a line I have no patience or sympathy for; and neither should you.
Speaking at the University of Manchester's History Department in early December about my work on prisons and racism if you're in town and interested.
Dr Liam Liburd (Durham University), An Accidental History of Prisons and Race in Late Twentieth Century Britain | Events at The University of Manchester
Department of History Guest Seminar
events.manchester.ac.uk
October 28, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Speaking at the University of Manchester's History Department in early December about my work on prisons and racism if you're in town and interested.
If someone had told me that Wuthering Heights was about a moody mixed race boy, I’d have read it when I was 15 and not waited until my thirties.
October 27, 2025 at 10:18 AM
If someone had told me that Wuthering Heights was about a moody mixed race boy, I’d have read it when I was 15 and not waited until my thirties.