Brian Ward
@BrianWard222
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Professor in American Studies, Northumbria University; working on She Loves Y'all - a book about the Beatles & the US South; long-suffering West Ham fan ⚒
Newcastle Upon Tyne, England
Joined February 2018
Copies of A&R Pioneers literally flying onto the shelves after our book launch @taylorswift13 Education Center in @countrymusichof today. Thanks to all who attended and all who helped to organize a fun event. @VanderbiltUP #arpioneers
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In English we are writing our newspaper reports telling the story of Mary Ann Macham @Newyorkprimary
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In step with the #BLM theme 'Reclaiming the Narratives' our @ProjectNS46 Black history resource highlights how Black history is British history. Useful for schools in the NE of England seeking to embed Black history in their curriculum all year round👇
projectnorthstar.co.uk
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Hello #twitterstorians I'm looking 4 someone to do a bit of archival research for me (paid, I don't have much but can pay what would be standard) in the following places if anyone's interested/ knows someone who might please share with them - UMASS - Emory - Fisk Many thanks!
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We're thrilled to be taking the reins of the editorship of @HisJournalHA - the journal of the @histassoc - in the 112th year of its existence. We're grateful to all those who have preceded us in this role. And thanks to our colleague, Daniel Laqua, now editor-in-chief of History.
Our team @NorthumbriaHist is delighted to commence its editorship of @HisJournalHA Big thank you to the past team @UEA_History, especially outgoing editor-in-chief @jaynegifford and long-serving editorial manager @dannielleshaw
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📣 BAAS is hiring! We are recruiting TWO Academic Directors & THREE Review Panel Members to facilitate our Small Grants Programme. Applications close 23rd October 2024. See below for more & to apply. Please share! https://t.co/hYekNMRx3B
baas.ac.uk
BAAS are delighted to relaunch our small grants programme in conjunction with the US Embassy London. We are offering small grants of up to £10,000 for cultural, educational and outreach activities...
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The semester 1 programme for the Institute of Humanities seminar series at @NorthumbriaUni is now live! Please share widely: everyone is welcome to attend, and contact r.obrien@northumbria.ac.uk for weekly Teams links. @NorthEnglishes @NorthumbriaHist @NUAmStudies @NorthumbriaMus
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Out now: My new report for @humanrights1st on far right threats to immigration lawyers in Britain https://t.co/8eMvAOJ9qS
@caoilfhionnanna @SRjudgeslawyers @HarjapBhangal @SAlwadaei @ZoeBantleman @marcowenjones @StuartR92034479 @MFlaherty17 @cjhumanrights
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So excited to be giving a keynote at the wonderful Medical Education Conference which has become an amazing annual event @UOSMedicine. I'll be talking about Beyond Narrative Medicine and what else we might find in the study of literary medical humanities 🥳🥳🎉🎉
SAVE THE DATE - Medical Education Conference @sunderlanduni
#northeast #medicaleducation #MedEd Watch this space, more info to follow! @christiplady @KhamuaniMunesh @Michael80678264
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Our colleague Daniel Laqua has just done an interview with the @NewBooksNetwork @newhistorybooks podcast, discussing 'Activism Across Borders Since 1870: Causes, Campaigns and Conflicts in and Beyond Europe' (@BloomsburyHist). Listen here:
newbooksnetwork.com
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Nice to have this handsome book arrive in the post today from @routledgebooks! Delighted to have written the chapter on Irish Americans in #CivilWar and #Reconstruction. Kudos to @CianTMcMahon and Kathleen P. Costello Sullivan for conceiving the idea and pulling it all together.
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It's been a long journey but thrilled to see my new book in print. Many thanks to the team at @lsupress for the fine work to craft a beautiful book.
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Excited to announce a new postdoctoral opportunity in our dept: a two-year, full-time Research Fellow in History (£39,347-£44,262). Working on the international project ‘Global Governance, Trust & Democratic Engagement in Past & Present.’ Pls share widely!
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On this day, Aug 28 1963, civil rights history made as: Martin Luther King delivers his ‘I have a dream’ speech & 17 women in Dungannon occupy vacant prefab houses with their families in a successful act of civil disobedience @DeirdreMcWords @BrianWard222 @eamonderry
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Great job opportunity - please share widely: two-year post on the project 'Global Governance, Trust and Democratic Engagement in Past and Present'!
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What can historians do with the persistent myth of Parnell’s ‘pseudocide’? A great deal, as James McConnel shows in his splendid new article. https://t.co/rzFU4sD4gr
academic.oup.com
Abstract. This article is the first to reconstruct the contemporary legend that Charles Stewart Parnell staged his own death in 1891, pending his messianic
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Excited to soon host @HisJournalHA: we have plenty of great plans! Daniel Laqua will be editor and happily answer questions. With Dec24/Jan25 issues still put together by the brilliant @UEA_History team, we look forward to preparing our editorial and more for spring 25 & beyond!
News-Goodbye and a very sincere thank you to the people and team from @UEA_History who have managed our academic journal - History, so brilliantly for 14 years. We look forward to working with a new team at @NorthumbriaHist who will be taking over the editorial role from Oct 24
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