Ellie Kramer-Taylor

Historian | Caribbean diaspora, anti-colonial politics, post-war Britain.

[Ellie Kramer-Taylor @Ellie_KT1]

A bit delayed, but excited to say my journal article 'Forging the West Indian Nation: Federation and Caribbean Activism in Post-war Britain, 1945–60' has been published in @MBHJournal

It's also open access, so take a look if you fancy: https://t.co/r4cdkN1d9z

[Ellie Kramer-Taylor @Ellie_KT1]

If you're interested in reading about the link between Notting Hill Carnival and Caribbean nationalism, I wrote about it here for @MBHJournal https://t.co/lKPBEKAks8 #NottingHillCarnival

[Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana]

Here’s just a few examples of Daily Mail headlines that have fanned the flames of hate and normalised Islamophobic and anti-migrant rhetoric #GMB

[Goldsmiths UCU @GoldsmithsUCU]

It's not too late for management to do a u turn and support @BlackBritHistMA Over 800 signatures since the petition launched yesterday. Pls sign https://t.co/PaDr06EFEQ

[Young Historians Project @yhp_uk]

Acclaimed historian Hakim Adi up for prize weeks after being made redundant in cost-cutting measures.

Professor Adi has been "shortlisted for his subject’s most lucrative prize only weeks after being made redundant in a controversial cost-cutting measure."https://t.co/hcokt95OlK

[Ellie Kramer-Taylor @Ellie_KT1]

Just a reminder that Carnival was also a celebration of Caribbean nationhood and independence, not just a reaction to British racism.

[Ellie Kramer-Taylor @Ellie_KT1]

As it's carnival weekend, I thought I'd share one of my favourite carnival-related materials from the archives: a cartoon published in the West Indian Gazette in May 1959. As well as being organised in response to racial violence, carnival was also about Caribbean nationhood.

[Young Historians Project @yhp_uk]

Black lives matter, but Black History doesn't?

[Chichester History of Africa & African Diaspora @africahist_chi]

Breaking: University of Chichester makes Professor Hakim Adi redundant.

This is a disgraceful outcome, and leaves many African heritage postgrad students without a qualified supervisor and unsure of their future at the university

https://t.co/wFoeGHSTui

[George Padmore Institute @GPI_Archive]

Our building needs urgent repairs. We house archive collections on #BlackHistory co-founded by John La Rose. We are also home to New Beacon Books, first black bookshop in London. Please help us reach our target #Archive https://t.co/s6VepqpWM4

[Ellie Kramer-Taylor @Ellie_KT1]

'For all the inflated claims about its subversive, even revolutionary, nature...the film has very little to say about the other oppressions which intersect with the patriarchy it sends up' - a needed critique of the Barbie fanfare by Priyamvada Gopal https://t.co/Kun5Hh11Qv

[Ellie Kramer-Taylor @Ellie_KT1]

Please consider donating to help the George Padmore Institute fund some major building repairs! This archive is so unique and is essential to my own work as well as other scholars globally. https://t.co/VvEnnoaINB

[Hakim Adi @hakimadi1]

Backlash as UK university moves to axe flagship African studies course https://t.co/WNHpSvJ8Yq

[Kate Quinn @KateQuinnUCL]

Prof Hakim Adi, trailblazing scholar of African and Caribbean diasporic histories at risk of redundancy as Univ of Chichester axes MRes History of Africa and the African diaspora (images of just a few of his books below) Sign the Petition! https://t.co/TpX4GiDmRe via @UKChange

[Ellie Kramer-Taylor @Ellie_KT1]

If you're interested in the different experiences of Caribbean migrants in post-war Britain, I recently wrote a little something about the 'Windrush Generation's' anti-colonialism for @HistoryToday https://t.co/gRLjgXnpYu

[History Today @HistoryToday]

For the Windrush generation and their descendants,
the future of the Caribbean could never be separate from their own.

Our June cover story, on sale from today.

✍️ @Ellie_KT1

https://t.co/jsQVf28zvF

[Ellie Kramer-Taylor @Ellie_KT1]

Super excited to have written the cover story for the June issue of @HistoryToday on Caribbean independence & the 'Windrush generation'.

[History Today @HistoryToday]

The Windrush generation witnessed the Caribbean colonies from which they had emigrated achieve independence. Despite being an ocean away, they were not passive observers.

Our June cover story.

https://t.co/jsQVf281G7

[Ellie Kramer-Taylor @Ellie_KT1]

Super happy to say that I have my first chapter coming out this summer in an amazing edited collection by @hakimadi1 I explore the intimate connections between British & Caribbean Black Power movements. Pre-orders for the collection are here: https://t.co/l02FHnwPJB

[History Matters Journal @journal_matters]

History Matters Journal, Winter/Spring 2023, out Now! Support History Matters by sending information about your research interests. https://t.co/X16fEegAbD @hakimadi1 @amelimetre @Claudia_writes_ @yhp_uk @reybowen_rey