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EVENT: The Centre is hosting a #PGR Writing Retreat 馃搯Wed 10 May 10-3:30 Focused periods of writing and sociable breaks. Lunch & snacks provided Book: rb.gy/3yugt @HCAGrad_Edin @HCA_PeerSupport @HCAatEdinburgh @hcahgsr @EdUniStudents @ECGHGradWrkshp #shutupandwrite
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NEW: The Lothian Lockdown Project - Investigating questions of public health, media and communication among residents of Edinburgh and the Lothians in relation to COVID-19. Read 'Covid Oral Histories' by @AnitaManisha & @dialect's new post on our blog: rb.gy/k63v9
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馃摉A quick reminder that our Postgraduate Reading Group is meeting tomorrow lunchtime. We will be reading 'Hannah Arendt's Ghosts: Reflections on the Disputable Path from Windhoek to Auschwitz.' Co-author Stephan Malinowski may also pop in to say hello!
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馃摉A quick reminder that our Postgraduate Reading Group is meeting tomorrow lunchtime. We will be reading 'Hannah Arendt's Ghosts: Reflections on the Disputable Path from Windhoek to Auschwitz.' Co-author Stephan Malinowski may also pop in to say hello!
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In today's seminar we're hearing from @Gracemc971 on the topic of: 'Decolonisation beyond Independence: Non-Sovereign States in the Caribbean (1945-1980).' Live tweets below 馃憞
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First question asks about extent of dialogue between the island groups and elsewhere. Labour movements stifled in BVI and Cayman Islands to a greater extent than other parts of the British Caribbean, leading to less interaction.
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Second question on racialised dissemination of contraception in Martinique and Guadeloupe and the position of these radical groups. This is a prominent debate in the archival sources, but GONG emphasised male leadership which obscured women's voices.
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In today's seminar we're hearing from @Gracemc971 on the topic of: 'Decolonisation beyond Independence: Non-Sovereign States in the Caribbean (1945-1980).' Live tweets below 馃憞
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