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It’s launch week for Billy Waters: Songs from the Shadows! Very excited to share this with the world. 3 years in the making, designed to help young historians find voices, incl their own, while connecting histories of migration, empire, performance, revolution, race & medicine 🎻

Very proud to have played a role in this fantastic educational resource about Billy Waters, by Age of Revolution Age of Revolution

Currently working on supporting materials for our new *FREE* #AgeofRevSchools resource launched this week in #BlackHistoryMonth. If you teach 11-16s topics on #migration #empire #slavery #health then order class copies & 🙏spread the word: ageofrevolution.org/home/billy-wat… Taster below 🎶

We have a series of entries 'in production' to mark Black History Month. First up: Billy Waters, by his biographer Dr Mary L. Shannon (@drmarylshannon.bsky.social) kent-maps.online/19c/19c-waters…

Although it looks a bit different nowadays, the streets outside the London’s Adelphi Theatre are where the busking “genius” Billy Waters perfected his act between c. 1814 and 1821 🎻 #AgeOfRevSchools #BillyWaters #HistoryTeachers #TeacherResources #fyp

Dr Aurélie Basha i Novosejt (Kent) is the author of I Made Mistakes: Robert McNamara’s Vietnam Policy (2019). In this talk she will reflect upon the continuing historical debate about the war and its enduring effects on the modern world.

Here's our last parody song about the #USElection2024. It's called "Bohemian Trumpsody" (based on the inimitable Queen but with only six voices & no overdubs) & we've self-trolled in it as 'libtards' already, just to save folks time who might be offended 🎶🗳️🤞

Our next event: Margot Finn (UCL and President of the RHS) will speak about women in British India, drawing upon her recent research: 'The East India Company at Home' and 'Imperial Family Formations: Domestic Strategies and Colonial Power in British India' (forthcoming).

TODAY'S RELEASE DAY for #UniversalChild! We poured all we could into #AnnieLennox's song - we have no music label/publisher, just a lot of effort & shedload of wonderful supporters. Please help the song fly for Save the Children UK by sharing this & buying it 👉orcd.co/universalchild

I’m delighted to be introducing the next Curzon Westgate/Canterbury Christ Church University Film Club Mon 13 Jan 6pm. Do pop along if you fancy 1958 QUIET AMERICAN - curzon.com/films/film-clu… Sally Minogue Jackie Eales Ben Marsh Dr Claire Bartram Michelle Crowther Gained in Translation Karen Shepherdson

Our next talk: Dr Sheila Sweetinburgh is co-director of the Centre for Kent History and Heritage. She writes a highly acclaimed blog, organises annual History Weekends and has contributed to numerous local history publications.

If anyone wishes to find our YouTube-banned video on Hitler's 'socialism' to share/use/teach with, please find new 🔗s below with original explainer. Now is not the moment or the subject matter to give up on 🤐 👉WEBSITE: marshfamilysongs.com/marshfamilyhit… 👉Vimeo: vimeo.com/user169073144/…

Very sad to learn of the passing of Marika Sherwood yesterday - a wonderful, passionate, encyclopedic force for diversifying history. Fond memories of many coffees & chats in Oare -& her last email to me: "as for me, being ‘alive’ means continuing to research, write, shop/cook"❤️

Prof Richard Cust (Birmingham) specialises in the political and cultural history of late 16th and early 17th century England. In this talk, he will examine Charles I’s responsibility for the political crises of his reign. Recommended for any students of the period.

Professor Ronald Hutton CBE is a leading authority on ancient and medieval paganism and magic. This evening’s lecture will draw upon recent publications including The Witch: A History of Fear and Queens of the Wild: Pagan Goddesses in Christian Europe. All are welcome.

Delighted to share a podcast conversation with Dr Mary L. Shannon (@drmarylshannon.bsky.social) & artist #SelenaScott about our educational historical graphic novel, BILLY WATERS: SONGS FROM THE SHADOWS Age of Revolution. Thanks to Lottie Walker of "Famous People You've Never Heard of" 👇buzzsprout.com/1272653/episod…

Excited to be on the way to Liverpool for the #HAconf25 with Age of Revolution, chatting about some new history teaching resources we’ve co-created (on empire/migration/diverse histories) & planning/scoping for new projects & new chapters in career post-Uni of Kent (leaving July!)

Great to chat & share ideas & resources with Age of Revolution & so many passionate historians & teachers at Historical Assoc #haconf25 - so pleased the new graphic novel on #BillyWaters is of interest. Drop us a line at [email protected] for any follow-ups or free class copies!

This evening's talk. Easy parking in Austen car park.

Nothing will fill Trevor's shoes, but this is going to be a very special event to mark his impact & legacy on the field - do come along if around next week (free to attend, but need to register): history.ac.uk/events/power-s…