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Privatization and the Moral Origins of the Modern State

By Administrator July 20, 2015 Historians' Watch, Histories of the Present 0 comments

Ann Summers writes a powerful short essay on the moral origins and functions of the modern state, and the need for historians to defend them.

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"Every moment is an archival moment. Every act is

"Every moment is an archival moment. Every act is an act of history".

Episode 3 of our "Queer Activisms" #podcast for #lgbthm21🏳️‍🌈 discusses queering the archive and archiving queerness.

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As #Trump is acquitted, what does justice look lik

As #Trump is acquitted, what does justice look like in a legal system that privileges whiteness?

To understand the roots of the spectacular #CapitolRiots, Micah Jones argues, we must turn our gaze to the quotidian violence of the Jim Crow grocery store.

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This year is the centenary of the 1921 Tulsa Race

This year is the centenary of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.

How did racial segregation & violence - as well as community enterprise & resilience - shape Black spaces in the city?

Hannibal B. Johnson argues that 'buoyed by its powerful past, Tulsa’s Historic Greenwood District still lives…In the face of fierce resistance, Tulsa’s African American citizens rebuilt their community, brick by brick.’

>>>Read the latest in History Workshop Online’s ‘Whose Streets?’ series by following the link in our bio<<<

Thanks to @utulsa McFarlin Library, Special Collections for their assistance in preparing this week's Storymap.

#AfricanAmericanhistory #BlackHistory #Greenwooddistrict #JimCrow #Oklahoma #riots #Tulsa #WhiteSupremacy

Workaday errands, bridges, beer-cellar brawls, str

📢NEW PODCAST SERIES!📢 Today we launch our n

📢NEW PODCAST SERIES!📢

Today we launch our new 4-part podcast series!
'Queer Activisms' is a celebration of queer existence & resistance, past & present.

Episode 1 (feat. @shayshayshow, @razecollective and @fionarachelanderson) explores queer joy - performance, precarity, and the importance of taking up space.

#LGBTHM21

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How do we see walking women? Using archival photog

"The massacre exposed the indifference & disdain w

"The massacre exposed the indifference & disdain with which government & the media have treated the loss of Black lives"

40 years on, remembering the New Cross Massacre - "a clarion call for political action"
#BLM

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'To be Black or Indigenous in North America & Euro

'To be Black or Indigenous in North America & Europe is to live in the built environment of white supremacy'

How do we name the histories of empire, slavery & genocide embedded in our built environment - & why does it matter?

Melanie J. Newton writes on the contested legacy of Henry Dundas, 18th-century imperialist & "Uncrowned King of Scotland"

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Image: Melville Monument, Edinburgh

“Her approach was very different to reporters wh

“Her approach was very different to reporters who came to the East End in search of scenes of depravity and squalor.” Jane McChrystal surveys Norah Smyth's engrossing photographs: a powerful record of women's Suffrage activism, campaigning and social justice in East London. **link in bio** #history #herstory #suffragette #eastlondon #heritage #romanroad #socialjustice @towerhamletsarchives @iisg_amsterdam @romanroadldn

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