Dr Lydia Plath

Historian. Assoc. Prof. @WarwickHistory. Chair @OfficialBAAS. Views my own. She/Her. I don't check socials much - email me instead!

[Dr Lydia Plath @lydiaplath]

With colleagues from @WarwickHistory we've put together a Black Lives Matter Reading List for students and staff interested in learning more about Black history on both sides of the Atlantic. You can check it out here: https://t.co/sJ3oLbRsL9

[Dr Lydia Plath @lydiaplath]

I rarely tweet these days, but this is important: I have resigned my post as External Examiner @qmhistory at @QMUL in solidarity with colleagues in @qm_ucu. I simply won't work for a university that attempts to intimidate and bully staff who engage in lawful strike action.

[BAAS 2022 @baas_2022]

CFP: British Association for American Studies Conference
April 21st-23rd 2022
Deadline for submissions: November 22nd 2021
University of Hull, East Yorkshire, UK
@OfficialBAAS @HullAmStuds
https://t.co/JEk2D4Zm3t

[WarwickHistory @WarwickHistory]

Congratulations to all History Graduates today from Professor Rebecca Earle, the Head of Department. https://t.co/zNTiU6AERS

[Dr Tim Galsworthy @TimGalsworthy]

This #HOTCUS2021 session on inclusive pedagogies has been absolutely superb. I have been furiously scribbling down notes throughout. Thanks to @lydiaplath @KatHistory and @ADBHist for their thoughts. There’s so much I will take forward and try to apply to my own teaching @HOTCUS

[Dr Lydia Plath @lydiaplath]

My review of @AdamHDomby The False Cause now out in Slavery & Abolition. Read my full review of this wonderful book here: https://t.co/7XlPSdstR4

[Dr Lydia Plath @lydiaplath]

@AdamHDomby It's a great book! Really enjoyed reading it.

[Dr Lydia Plath @lydiaplath]

Congratulations to Serena Shah of @WarwickHistory for an honourable mention in the @OfficialBAAS Awards for a UG Essay by a Scholar of Colour! Great to see @warwickuni students getting national recognition for their brilliant work!

[David Olusoga @DavidOlusoga]

The poisonously patronising Sewell report is historically illiterate | David Olusoga https://t.co/Jx66ILnnl3

[Dr Lydia Plath @lydiaplath]

Absolutely honoured to receive this inclusive curriculum prize from @HOTCUS - though it's my wonderful students @WarwickHistory that deserve the real congratulations! They make the module what it is and so fun and engaging to be part of. Thank you.

[HOTCUS @HOTCUS]

There are two items of HOTCUS news this week:

1) Call for Abstracts: Covert Action in the Early Cold War
2) Congratulations to @lydiaplath, the first winner of the HOTCUS Inclusive Curricula Competition!

For further information please see https://t.co/Djn9ssEveM

[Dr Lydia Plath @lydiaplath]

Just went to change my name on here to Dr Plath and realised I already have it, leftover from the last time I was wearily unsurprised by a bit of misogyny. #damnrightimadoctor

[Dr Lydia Plath @lydiaplath]

Check out this useful resource for understanding "race" in the US! Very handy for @WarwickHistory undergrads, and great to see collaboration from academics across @OfficialBAAS @Branch19th @HOTCUS to help put it together.

[Rothermere American Institute @RAIOxford]

We're very pleased to launch our 'America and Race' Bibliography, a brilliant new resource directed by Dr Sonia Tycko and coordinated by Amelia Hart. Thanks to the many wonderful contributors, and Sonia and Amelia for all their work! See the resource here: https://t.co/hiTkc4nZnw

[Dr Lydia Plath @lydiaplath]

Great piece by @nicholasggrant on transatlantic anti-racism

[Black Perspectives @BlkPerspectives]

In today’s post on @BlkPerspectives, Nicholas Grant (@nicholasggrant) offers, “Crafting a Global Message of Anti-Racism” — https://t.co/PEVFmqvcTX @AAIHS

[Dr Lydia Plath @lydiaplath]

@HistorianJo @Jasminbath @DrEMathisen @emilywestfahey @smccurry3 North Caroliniana Society; Filson historical society ( I think?) But yes, agree they tend to be archive by archive was my experience.

[Jonathan Ward (he/him) @drjonward]

Calling all Americanists.....check out these prizes - especially the newly launched UG essay prize for BIPOC scholars! https://t.co/qLnsm8mHc4 @BAAS @LeadingRoutes @freeblackuni @UCL_SPRC @ScotAmStudies @CompAmStudies @decolonisekcl @EJACjournal @BlackInArtsHums @KCL_REN @HOTCUS

[Annette Gordon-Reed @agordonreed]

More Hamilton and slavery.Historians have to accept this if the documents indicate it's true. Why not?

Alexander Hamilton, Enslaver? New Research Says Yes https://t.co/4i4hlFlKSU

[Warwick Anti-Racism Society @uwarsoc]

if you're interested in the work of authors/activists of African descent, the Black Studies Reading Group has their FIRST meeting on

Monday 9th November from 4-5:30pm,

email [email protected] to sign up!

[Dr Lydia Plath @lydiaplath]

There is a lot of work to do, but this is a big deal. Today is a good day. A really good day.

[Isaac @WorldofIsaac]

Van Jones breaks down in tears on CNN:

"Telling the truth matters, being a good person matters"

[Dr Lydia Plath @lydiaplath]

I haven't posted much about the election because I haven't been able to summarise my feelings in a tweet. But now there's THIS.

Congratulations to President-Elect Biden and Vice President-Elect Harris!

[Jemele Hill @jemelehill]

I don’t know who did this, but take a bow

[Dr Lydia Plath @lydiaplath]

Trying (and failing) to embrace the uncertainty. This makes me feel a bit better. #iVoted #BidenHarris2020