Willow Berridge

Academic historian at Newcastle, with interests in Sudanese political history and transgender history. She/her.

[Willow Berridge @WBerri85]

My book Civil Uprisings in Modern Sudan on the history of the 1964 and 1985 uprisings has now been made open access by Bloomsbury at this link https://t.co/cdaOKrSXnw

[Willow Berridge @WBerri85]

Very excited that The Sudans: Africa's Search For Peace, Democracy and Two Viable States written by Alex de Waal and myself is out and is open access! Can be downloaded as an PDF or EPUB here https://t.co/7YDiKqiyZz

[Willow Berridge @WBerri85]

My recent piece looking at Sudanese media perspectives on the African Union's role in Sudan, looking at both revolutionary critiques of mediation + different regime/opposition readings of sovereignty https://t.co/XFKRjLFYEG

[Khalid Mustafa Medani @khalidmedani4]

My niece Dr Lello Aida Amjad Abasshar just received her PhD for: “One Army, One People? constitution making, alternative imaginaries, and military rule in Sudan. Our family is tempted to take credit for all of it, but it is her love for Sudan that deserves every accolade.❤️

[Willow Berridge @WBerri85]

Thanks to Peace-Rep Programme for supporting research and Critical Military Studies for publishing it

[Willow Berridge @WBerri85]

My recent piece on the Sudan Armed Forces' newspaper and its political narrative from the 70s to the present, including during coups, transitions, peace talks and wars, discussing what it reveals about conflicts within SAF/between SAF and ruling party https://t.co/pXFEwEqkKY

[Aida @aidastweetss]

My article ‘Decolonising Security, Epistemic Disobedience, and Revolutionary Change in Sudan’, is now published (open access!). It explores how Sudan’s trade unions challenged colonial security forces, w/ insights for today’s civic and security sectors. https://t.co/d9Bd0EreFd

[Dr. Matthew Sterling Benson-Strohmayer @asonofaben]

Very proud of Boy Brother Friend’s latest Dream/Sudan themed Winter 23/24 issue, which I edited & arrives at a time when #Sudan’s humanitarian situation worsens even as the country falls outside of the media spotlight. Free to read online for 30-days here: https://t.co/cnrpB0s46L

[Willow Berridge @WBerri85]

@SudanWin Thanks :-)

[Willow Berridge @WBerri85]

Hi, this is my latest publication 'Containing Gender Outlaws, Stigmatizing the Left: Transphobia and cisgenderism in the Thatcher Era Daily Mail' in Media History https://t.co/PKbsEBjZGg. This is me trying to launch myself into a new field so all retweets much appreciated :-)

[Willow Berridge @WBerri85]

@Narson Thanks Daniel :-)

[Willow Berridge @WBerri85]

@KateChedgzoy Thanks Kate :-)

[Eddie Thomas @eddiethomas88]

Latest offering - a report on the financing of Sudan's Juba Peace Agreement, written before the current crisis. https://t.co/J8Zqquqoxs
Why write about last year's fiscal arrangements? And what do they tell us about today? A thread:

[Willow Berridge @WBerri85]

Here's my open access JEAS piece on the role of Western Sudanese marginalization in Sudan's historical coup politics. It's based on research I was doing since 2018, but trying to speak to today's events https://t.co/5dhagxZrSD

[Willow Berridge @WBerri85]

Here is my African Arguments piece looking at the historical fractures of Sudan's security order https://t.co/JjijuIn5Bl

[Willow Berridge @WBerri85]

Excited to see that both volumes of Ordinary Sudan, 1504-2019 are available open access online! https://t.co/29aOkmapXI Congratulations to the editors for getting through all the hard work getting this finished at such as difficult time.

[Willow Berridge @WBerri85]

Hi, I just wanted to raise awareness of Newcastle Supports Sudan's fantastic initiative to raise funds for the Sudan Doctors Union to assist their efforts to provide relief during the current humanitarian crisis in Sudan, donations here: https://t.co/duJbpkcLhH.

[Valent @valent_projects]

We examined 12,545 tweets using a pro #Sudan army hashtag. We found large-scale manipulation promoting escalation, whilst authentic Sudanese voices called for an end to the violence. The findings show how one of the most common deceptive practices on Twitter works #thread 🧵 1/13

[Willow Berridge @WBerri85]

Join me and @just1nlynch @MakawiRaga and Alex de Waal @WorldPeaceFdtn next Tuesday for our webinar on the current conflict in Sudan, follow this link to register https://t.co/Bb99St3jok

[Arab Organisation @AohrUk]

Spread the word and join us for a webinar on the worsening conflict in #Sudan and its impact on the humanitarian crisis

More: https://t.co/myFU18iRyF

@just1nlynch @WBerri85 @ejhogendoorn @KholoodKhair @AbuMusaafarah @anette_hoffmann @WorldPeaceFdtn
@FletcherSchool

[Aida @aidastweetss]

My episode on #Sudan’s political history is out now: https://t.co/4TdEqtW71q

Thanks @afikra for the opportunity to provide some historical context to the current crisis. I’ll say it again: history can teach us a lot.