Caroline Williams

Historian of colonial Spanish America, currently working on the Spanish/British Atlantic and natural hazards and disasters in the Americas. All views my own.

[Caroline Williams @SongBirdPeru]

If you can, please consider donating to the Disasters Emergency Committee's Cyclone Idai Appeal: https://t.co/mQwVWjZaB1

[Channel 4 News @Channel4News]

In southern Africa, the first reports are emerging of an outbreak of cholera, as conditions worsen for those affected by Cyclone Idai.

https://t.co/ClBj2MMpxU

[Caroline Williams @SongBirdPeru]

Please donate to this appeal, if you can.

[Caroline Williams @SongBirdPeru]

@carolinepennock Many congratulations, Caroline!

[Caroline Williams @SongBirdPeru]

@mariekeriethof Congratulations, Marieke!

[Caroline Williams @SongBirdPeru]

Nicaragua: A condemnation of the violence by @jeremycorbyn is long overdue. By Hilary Francis @Hilarita_F in https://t.co/65mvDdpizJ

[Cabot Institute for the Environment🏳️‍🌈✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽 @cabotinstitute]

#NaturalHazards have led to #disasters throughout history. But with increasing populations and #risk, what can our historians and cultural scholars do to improve #resilience around the world? https://t.co/2NZiA1G8RX @BristolUni @UoBrisCEH @SongBirdPeru

[Caroline Williams @SongBirdPeru]

@michelacoletta @mateobrown @LivUniPress @WarwickSMLC @ILAS_SAS Congratulations Michela! Much look forward to reading it too. @SLASLatAm

[Dr Hilary Francis @Hilarita_F]

This letter to Jeremy Corbyn, asking him to end his silence about the crisis in #Nicaragua, is open for signatures https://t.co/lInBB3GGjo

[Caroline Williams @SongBirdPeru]

Bristol’s Durdham Down looking staggeringly beautiful this evening

[Dr Sarah Bowskill @BowskillSarah]

Excited to be meeting with my fellow Latin Americanists on the @SLASLatAm committee. Remember that there's a chance for all members to get involved when elections are held each year. Watch out for announcements early in the new year.

[Science & Religion @SciRelSpec]

We are excited to announce that our core project team is moving homes, and as of the end of October we will be based at... (drum roll please 🥁)...the wonderful University of Birmingham! (@unibirmingham) 😀🎉 More news to follow. PLS RT #histSTM #socrel #scirelspec #STS #scicomm

[Caroline Williams @SongBirdPeru]

@Green_Gambit @unibirmingham @SciRelSpec Delighted to hear this, Alex. Good luck!

[Caroline Williams @SongBirdPeru]

@harrietlcsmart Absolutely delighted to hear this news, Harriet. Many congratulations! And congratulations to @carolinepennock too. I hope you're both celebrating right now!

[Dr Robin George Andrews 🌋☄️ @SquigglyVolcano]

You might have heard that Katla is about to erupt. It's not. Here's my debunker, featuring a (brief) description of what @EIlyinskaya's work is really about. https://t.co/bP7gtc3PDZ

[Dr. Evgenia Ilyinskaya @EIlyinskaya]

Incredibly disappointing to see that @thesundaytimes have gone down the route of trashy tabloids. This article misinforms their readers and undermines me as a scientist and a specialist in my field. Shameful job. More in thread

[Canning House @Canning_House]

Registration is now open for the event #NicaraguaUpdate! We'll be hearing from Gunther Baumgarten, from @LatinNewsLondon, Mr Valdrack Jaentschke, the Nicaraguan Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Dr Francisco Dominguez, senior lecturer at @MiddlesexUni https://t.co/ZQAEPAUpR1

[AGNMéxico @AGNMex]

#UnDíaComoHoy de 1985, a las 7:19, la Ciudad de México fue sacudida por un sismo de 8.1 grados en la escala de Richter, con duración de minuto y medio.
Ese mismo día @LaJornada cumplía su primer año de vida. #AGNMex
El #AGNRecuerda el sismo de 1985: https://t.co/QhwKT4VKOQ

[PILAS - Postgraduates in Latin American Studies @PILAS_LatAm]

The LatAm and Caribbean region is one of the most vulnerable parts of the world to #ClimateChange & #NaturalDisasters. Join @CanningHouse on 2nd Oct. to find out how better policies and planning can help reduce #Inequality #Poverty and #Devastation https://t.co/OwjhyW3iz9

[Caroline Williams @SongBirdPeru]

@EarthquakeAllie @UCR_Earth_Sci Many congratulations, Allie!