Christopher Roberts
@ChristopherMRWS
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Transnational Legal History / Law and Empire
Joined July 2019
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Join us online on November 4, from 5:30-7:00 HKT, for a talk by Dr. Kiran Mehta on her fantastic new book! https://t.co/RsO2J5ha0l
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Join us online on November 4, from 5:30-7:00 HKT, for a talk by Dr. Kiran Mehta on her fantastic new book! https://t.co/RsO2J5ha0l
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Please join us for this fantastic dual book talk on 22 October at 6:30, in person and online! https://t.co/wtCzm79Bac
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@YinQingfei ‘s talk at ShanghaiTech University! Dr Yin is an associate professor of history at the London School of Economics.
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New ep of @thedigradio is sharing an incredible story from @signalhillfm: Robin D.G. Kelley listening back to old tapes of interviews w sharecroppers he conducted in the 1980s while researching Hammer and Hoe: Alabama Communists during the Great Depression
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Featuring Robin D.G. Kelley listening back and reflecting upon old tapes of the interviews with sharecroppers he conducted in the 1980s while researching Hammer and Hoe: Alabama Communists during the...
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Call for Papers - Legal History in Asia and Beyond: Lessons from the Past for the Present 17-18 March (Hong Kong) & 23 March (Oxford) 2026 (participants can join in either location) Deadline 31 October 2025 https://t.co/6LMZaeb32I
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For the past month, I’ve been working on a project to map out and document the work of one of the most prolific storefront sign painters in the US - this is Detroit’s Ron Signs
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Fantastic and very important paper & episode
It was great to sit down with @yarbatman in The Sanctions Age Podcast to discuss my recent research on sanctions and mortality, published in @LancetGH. We estimate that sanctions are associated with death tolls of the same order of magnitude as wars. https://t.co/uvoZ1VlG5v
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Thousands of workers tried a 4-day week, and their mental and physical health improved. A study tracked 2,896 workers across 141 organizations for six months. Reducing the work week by 8 hours led to better physical and mental health, with no loss of productivity.
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“There is no case since World War II of starvation that has been so minutely designed and controlled" - Alex de Waal, director of the @WorldPeaceFdtn and an expert on famine, told Al Jazeera on Monday. He described the starvation in Gaza as “entirely manmade and preventable”
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Call for Papers: Evidence Matters Organized by the amazing folks at DISSECT and the Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria, in honor of the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights Deadline 30 September 2025 https://t.co/9FFL2fH2aX
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On Friday night, we walked the length of Manhattan, from Inwood Hill to Battery Park. New Yorkers deserve a Mayor they can see, hear, even yell at. The city is in the streets.
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Constitutional Studies is thrilled to relaunch this year as an #international, #multilingual, #OpenAccess journal, published by @ccpconstitute and @iacl_aidc. First reissue out this June! Read more at https://t.co/bjVC2IWTh6, and follow us to get future issues and updates.
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From Fakhri, Sugar and the Making of International Trade Law
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