Colonial Ports and Global History

We are a @TORCHOxford interdisciplinary research network fostering collaborative thinking about colonial ports and global history.

[Stuart M. McManus @StuartMcmanus]

Please circulate. Very, very generous PhD scholarships available to non-local students to study global and imperial history @CUHKofficial @cuhkmacph, including guaranteed stipend, tuition waiver, housing allowance and travel allowance!

[Colonial Ports and Global History @cpagh_TORCH]

'As Gaeilge Time and Space': Thank you @lokeeffe75 for such an evocative sound work / commission for the @cpagh_TORCH Myriad Materialities conference! Link below to hear this new work👇Abstract here: https://t.co/G02WYYkhnL

[linda o keeffe @lokeeffe75]

Presentation keynote #campingstyle for @cpagh_TORCH . Amazing conversation had while listening to birds. This is how I holiday 🤪. To now hear my work responding to the theme Myriad Materialities please visit here https://t.co/Ilg7Ea2ReM

[Colonial Ports and Global History @cpagh_TORCH]

@lokeeffe75 @lokeeffe75 What an honour it is to have you at the @cpagh_TORCH Myriad Materialities conference. Thank you for accepting our commission and for such an evocative piece. Such an inspiring session for us all! 🌟

[Colonial Ports and Global History @cpagh_TORCH]

'As Gaeilge Time and Space': an enthralling sound work, and a thought-provoking discussion about sound, language, identity, and postcolonial politics with sound artist @lokeeffe75 & @cpagh_TORCH co-lead @erh_min #myriadmaterialities

[Colonial Ports and Global History @cpagh_TORCH]

🎼But also the world premiere of @lokeeffe75's commissioned sound work:

"As Gaeilge Time and Space"

​with an artist talkback from 2:30PM BST.

Read more here about the sound work: https://t.co/G02WYYBSfj

[Colonial Ports and Global History @cpagh_TORCH]

DAY 3 (and final day) of our #MyriadMaterialities Conference!🌏🌍🌎 Two more exciting panels:

(Un)Gendering Colonial Ports and Port Cities

&

(Re)Writing and (Re)Translating the Materialities of Colonial Ports and Port Cities

With thanks to our funders @dfg_public @TORCHOxford

[Colonial Ports and Global History @cpagh_TORCH]

'Myriad Materialities' day 2: Thanks for your rich stimulating contributions, exploring topics of class and race across colonial ports and port cities. We look forward to seeing you again tomorrow for our panels & the commissioned sound work!🎙️@lokeeffe75 https://t.co/tx7RzZBLJv

[Colonial Ports and Global History @cpagh_TORCH]

And don't forget to tune in at 5PM BST for our keynote, Prof. Kristin Mann from @EmoryUniversity, who will speak about ‘Subaltern Perspectives on Circulation, Encounter, and the Mutable Materialities of Gender, Race, and Class in a 19th-Century Atlantic Port: A View from Lagos’

[Colonial Ports and Global History @cpagh_TORCH]

And we're back again today!

Join us this afternoon for Day 2 of our #MyriadMaterialities conference, with two exciting panels, "Reframing Class" and "Deconstructing Race" in Colonial Ports and Port Cities! ✨🗣️

https://t.co/2rLKgCjcRK

@cpagh_TORCH @oxfordglobhist @OxfordTGHS

[Colonial Ports and Global History @cpagh_TORCH]

'Subaltern Perspectives on Circulation and Encounter, a view from Lagos': How did this Atlantic port and the meanings of race, gender, and class change during the 19C? Join us for Kristin Mann’s keynote on 8 July, 5pm BST. Register👉https://t.co/9TTEohmlZ3

[Colonial Ports and Global History @cpagh_TORCH]

'Myriad Materialities': Thanks for your contributions to the World Café; and for the stimulating opening discussions! We'll look forward to seeing you again on 8 and 9 July for our panels, keynote and artist talkback. Registration still open👉https://t.co/tx7RzZBLJv @TORCHOxford

[Dr Olivia Durand 🇺🇦🍉🕊️ @OliviaDurandIRL]

At long last, @cpagh_TORCH's 2̶0̶2̶0̶ 2021 conference has started!

[Colonial Ports and Global History @cpagh_TORCH]

@cpagh_TORCH world café general discussion (and to ask again): what is a 'port city'? What is a 'colonial port city'? What does 'circulation' mean, not least in/for interior urban landscapes?

[Colonial Ports and Global History @cpagh_TORCH]

Day 1 of our interdisciplinary (online) conference #MyriadMaterialities!
Were delighted to welcome our participants for the kick off session, questioning how we understand materiality through the lens of commodities, place, & provenance.
Join us on 8 & 9 July for the papers!

[Colonial Ports and Global History @cpagh_TORCH]

materialities and commodities/consumption: World Café host Ayse Polat (Cambridge) on guns and global connections, with a focus on Beirut c.1908

[Colonial Ports and Global History @cpagh_TORCH]

materialities and place: what's the role of 'public history'? Possibilities? Pushbacks?

[Colonial Ports and Global History @cpagh_TORCH]

materialities and place: @cpagh_TORCH co-lead @OliviaDurandIRL on cities that are not (coastal) ports, that which have been influenced by the troubling effects of imperial expansionism and the slave trade, with a focus on the city and university of Oxford

[Colonial Ports and Global History @cpagh_TORCH]

materialities and provenance: @cpagh_TORCH co-lead @kath_oke facilitating the interactive whiteboard discussion, on port cities and (their) material traces in the museum

[Colonial Ports and Global History @cpagh_TORCH]

'Myriad Materialities', interactive breakout: @cpagh_TORCH co-lead Julia Binter on materialities and provenance, shifts in power and hierarchies, with reference to the tange, a boat beak materialising African-European relations

[Colonial Ports and Global History @cpagh_TORCH]

@cpagh_TORCH 'Myriad Materialities' conference: starting today with the interactive World Café! Registration still open, see you soon🙂@TORCHOxford

[linda o keeffe @lokeeffe75]

An amazing event with an online cafe event starting tomorrow. Still time to register. https://t.co/A3ET2LjGuH