Will Lyon

Historian of Africa & Postdoc at the University of Zürich

[Will Lyon @WillLyon]

I'm very happy to share the first review of my new book https://t.co/6xaZIhbR0L

[Will Lyon @WillLyon]

Hi everyone,
My book 'Forged in Genocide:
Migrant Workers Shaping Colonial Capitalism in Namibia, 1890–1925' is now out and available open access as a PDF to anyone who would like to take a read. Thank you to everyone who supported me to get here! https://t.co/Bp7DgYvvx2

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Hey everyone, just a little blip here regarding my new project on the history of rice consumption in Ghana, I am presenting today at the University of London's Food History Seminar, 4:30PM - 5:30PM (CET)
https://t.co/lNldiy4BZ7

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Someone hacked my account yesterday. Pay no attention to the recent spam. -Will

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A former student and present colleague of mine @ HU, @lui_schneider, is continuing our previous course project https://t.co/3YwSACw7O2 with her own exciting class including guest lectures from Southern Africa. Sign up (details in photo and below) @HumboldtUni

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Join in now for the book presentation. Relevant to essentially everyone!
https://t.co/5VAUbg6wZz

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“How do agents of civil society contribute to broadening the range of artistic strategies? How does politically engaged art promote a boundless concept of art?” Interesting talk on art and decolonization.
Join the livestream!
https://t.co/fj194OvUuA
#SchoolofResistance

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A phenomenal episode of one of my favorite podcasts.
The Garvey—>Marley connection blew my mind. Give it a listen. https://t.co/Zdg314zkGz

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@Udadisi I just read the abstract after hearing you on Africa Past and Present. Really engaging themes. I think my recent article on West Africans in colonial Namibia has some interesting parallels. Can’t wait to read the whole text.
https://t.co/Ka8AuZJeHY

[Journal of Southern African Studies @JSAS_Editors]

The editorial by Bernard C. Moore, Stephanie Quinn, William Blakemore Lyon & Kai F. Herzog is free to access: Balancing the Scales: Re-Centring Labour and Labourers in Namibian History ⁦@WillLyon⁩ ⁦@MSU_HistoryDept⁩ https://t.co/uJy9kX2xRb

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After so much time and effort my colleagues and I have published our SPECIAL ISSUE: NAMIBIA LABOUR HISTORY in the Journal of Southern African Studies. Really proud and thankful. My article is open access so feel free to give it a read. #Namibia
https://t.co/Ka8AuZJeHY

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@GregorDobler Fantastic! Thanks for sharing all the great photos. Keep an eye out for our special edition on Namibian labour in JSAS coming out the beginning of next year. My article is ‘From Labour Elites to Garveyites.’ I will send you an email regarding photos. Looking forward to a chat!

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Vergessene Koloniale Geschichte in Deutschland. https://t.co/4rqtPyY00t

[Will Lyon @WillLyon]

@GregorDobler Hi Gregor! Where is this Liberia album? I have an up upcoming JSAS piece on Liberian Kru in Namibia but would really like to find more photos for further research in my thesis.

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The report on our Internationalism in the (Long) 20th Century Workshop just came out. Take a look in case you missed it! Great work @clarereports and @Henrii_ for the report and fellow organizers @AnaSchveitzer, @Lea_Boergerding and @kijivujivuu.
https://t.co/aayTPIGaXM

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Can't wait to apply! Really exciting stuff.
Great work @KimTodzi and co

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Just signed my open access agreement with Taylor and Francis for my upcoming article "From Labour Elites to Garveyites: West African Migrant Labour in Namibia, 1892–1925" in the Journal of Southern Africa Studies. Very excited that everyone will be able to read it! Stay tuned

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Sounds like great and important work!

[Marcia Schenck @MarciaSchenck]

Excited to launch the global history dialogues website featuring great articles from student-researchers based at universities and in refugee camps around the world. We invite you to join the conversation:
#globalhistorydialogues #globalhistory
https://t.co/yBkmEloq3I

[Will Lyon @WillLyon]

Attending @HumboldtUni's Africa Colloquium:
Dr. Gilbert Ndi Shang @unibt: "The tropicality of being: inter-textual readings of African and Latin American literatures" with @AnaSchveitzer. Join in!

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@IamthatGuy1986 Yea I was an über history nerd. My school didn’t offer Euro or World but I took the tests and passed. I think I wanted to be a historian bf realizing how insane trying to actually be one is. Now I’m trying. Haha we will see how it works out ;)