Matthew J. Smith

Director @LBS_at_UCL, Professor of History @UCLHistory

[Francis Wade @Francis_Wade]

"It is the Caribbean problem at its most complete." @SenMattye on street politics and civil breakdown in Haiti, for @NoemaMag https://t.co/W7Znyl4sus

[Liesbeth Corens @onslies]

Fantastic to see the special issue Repentance & Reappraisal: Historicising the Defenders of Slavery in the Netherlands out in @BMGN_LCHR!

Insightful & urgent contributions by @FatahBlack, @LaurenLauret @dirk_alkemade Esther Baakman, Philip Post @SenMattye
https://t.co/77BObgEvAP

[Haiti Support Group @HaitiSG]

Trump’s racist lies are playing out precisely as intended. In solidarity with our Haitian brothers and sisters, we refuse to remain silent.

Joint statement for IMMEDIATE RELEASE from the Haiti Support Group @HaitiSG and Ghetto Biennale friends.

https://t.co/kNqAS9fEaL

[CSLBS @ucl_cslbs]

CSLBS is delighted to announce that the third annual event in its Elsa V. Goveia Speaker Series will be CARIBBEAN JOURNEYS AND COLONIAL LEGACIES: A READING OF OCEAN STIRRINGS by Merle Collins at 5pm, 14 October, UCL. Free tickets and details here! https://t.co/aTJCmFluPK

[Calabash Festival @calabashfest]

Prof Baugh was a "foundational" member of the Calabash family. We stand, and generations of Jamaican🇯🇲 poets stand, on his shoulders and lived in his heart. We are better for having known the incredible & generous Prof B. He will never be forgotten. #RestinPoetry #EdwardBaugh

[Matthew J. Smith @SenMattye]

@ConnyGuell @ECEHH @ExeterMed Congrats Conny! Super happy for you. Much deserved.

[CSLBS @ucl_cslbs]

This week!

Professor David Lambert: "Of Uncertain Rank: The West India Regiments in British Imperial Culture."

https://t.co/HG42IpSFZZ

[CSLBS @ucl_cslbs]

Register for a free ticket for OF UNCERTAIN RANK: The West India Regiments in British Imperial Culture. https://t.co/HG42IpSFZZ At UCL next week!

[CSLBS @ucl_cslbs]

We're delighted to announce the second instalment in our Elsa V. Goveia Speaker Series:
Professor David Lambert, "Of Uncertain Rank: The West India Regiments in British Imperial Culture."
5pm, 25th May, Lecture Theatre 115, 1-19 Torrington Place. https://t.co/HG42IpSFZZ

[Matthew J. Smith @SenMattye]

Very much looking forward to being in conversation with the legendary Tony Warner of Black History Walks London this Thursday at the BCA, Brixton. @LBS_at_UCL @blackhistwalker

[CSLBS @ucl_cslbs]

CSLBS is excited to announce our upcoming event, "Talking Black History Walks: A Conversation with Tony Warner" at the Black Cultural Archives, Brixton, at 4.30pm on Thursday 9 March. Register via Eventbrite: https://t.co/Skv3eXG9nO

[Malvern Festival of Ideas @MalvernFI]

It's a busy lunchtime with several parallel sessions exploring our theme: 'As Time Goes By'.

Speaker @SenMattye is in the Drawing Room exploring the afterlives of slavery.

[Dr Rachel Douglas @DrRachelDouglas]

The University of Glasgow is offering 5 scholarships (fees only) for International students from the Caribbean, starting a 1 year postgraduate taught Masters programme, in any discipline for academic session 2023/24.
https://t.co/2mZEPicBbd
This can be used to study any MA course

[Royal Historical Society @RoyalHistSoc]

If you'd like to attend our next panel event on Eric Williams, we've added extra capacity, so please do complete your registration - esp. if you encountered a 'sold out' notice at the weekend.

[Matthew J. Smith @SenMattye]

Excellent leadership @ishtargovia and @jamhan_ja

health researchers to study Alzheimer’s disease in Caribbean peoples https://t.co/kRkCL7VBQI via @jamaicagleaner

[Matthew J. Smith @SenMattye]

Mental health researchers to study Alzheimer’s disease in Caribbean peoples https://t.co/kRkCL7VBQI via @jamaicagleaner

[Diana Paton @diana_paton]

Prof Brenda Stevenson is coming to Edinburgh to deliver the @EdGlobalHistory annual lecture in the history of slavery on April 25. She'll be speaking on 'Slavery, Family and Resistance'. Mark your calendars! https://t.co/n3xmdFbgRm

[Jonathan Ali @JonathanAliTT]

RIP Gordon Rohlehr, the great Guyanese scholar, critic and essayist. His seminal 1973 review of Perry Henzell's The Harder They Come—a response to a negative review of the film in the Jamaica Gleaner—remains a landmark piece of Caribbean criticism.

[Walter Rodney Foundation @RodneyProject]

Mark your calendars: this year, we're talking #Reparations for Africans everywhere.

+ Catch the premiere screening of the new documentary "Walter Rodney: What They Don't Want You To Know"