‘It began with an email of simple praise. A senior scholar reached out to me about my academic writing. Her words were hospitable and soft; and, I responded. Now, almost a year later, we continue to write…’ Celeste Henery on the radical importance of friendship for Black women writers and scholars.
Tag: academia
“Power in the Telling”: Community-Engaged Histories of Black Britain
Meleisa Ono-George introduces her new feature for HWO on community-engaged histories of Black Britain – “Power in the Telling” – which explores how history is not just about what is known, but also about the process and politics of its production.
Misnaming the Medieval: Rejecting “Anglo-Saxon” Studies
‘Anglo-Saxons’ has long been associated with the early English people, but this label suffers from a long history of misuse. Mary Rambaran-Olm explores the racist legacy of this term.
The RHS Race, Ethnicity & Equality Report: A Response to Critics
Following the ground-breaking Royal Historical Society report on Race, Ethnicity & Equality, one of the Report’s co-authors, Jonathan Saha, responds to criticism and calls for change.
Job Opportunity – Administrative Editor History Workshop Journal
Administrative Editor for History Workshop Journal The editorial collective of History Workshop Journal are looking for a part-time administrator to manage the administrative and financial functions of the journal’s editorial process. The job will require an average of eight hours a week, with the possibility of overtime. Pay will be […]
Education Activism Ethics: histories, strategies, economies
Education Activism Ethics explores ways of doing history which move beyond the confines of the academy and engage wider public audiences, and the challenges such approaches entail both in practical and theoretical terms.
Reinventing the Academic Journal: The ‘Digital Turn’, Open Access, & Peer Review
Tim Hitchcock and Jason M. Kelly discuss the transformations of the ‘digital turn’ to academic publishing practises and ways of defining an academic community