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Society for the Study of the Past
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The Society for the Study of the Past is a new subject organisation that believes solidarity with the oppressed, liberation of the occupied and a more just future are core concerns of the historian. 🍉 Join us! ⬇️
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Why do we need a new Society for the Study of the Past? The brilliant George Connor of @workingclassicists.bsky.social explains!
July 28, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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What is the Society for the Study of the Past? Chella Ward (@luxmea.bsky.social) explains in this clip from our recent emergency meeting, ‘Archaeology and Apartheid’. 🍉🏺

You can watch the whole event via our YouTube channel: m.youtube.com/channel/UCVI...
July 17, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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Another clip from our recent emergency meeting on ‘Archaeology and Apartheid’. Here Jen Baird explains how archaeology is used to justify occupation and colonialism.

You can watch the meeting back via our YouTube channel: m.youtube.com/@Societyfort...
July 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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At our recent emergency meeting on ‘Archaeology and Apartheid’, Rafi Greenberg explains the “depalestinification” of history.

You can watch the whole event via our YouTube channel: m.youtube.com/@Societyfort...
July 16, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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Here’s a little clip from our emergency meeting on ‘Archaeology and Apartheid’, in which Palestinian archaeologist Fadel Al Utol tells us what it is like to do archaeology under occupation. 🏺🍉

You can watch the whole event on our YouTube channel: m.youtube.com/@Societyfort...
July 15, 2025 at 8:09 AM