And looking forward to delving into it Matt
"In 1858, Māori were officially outnumbered in their own country for the first time. And the newcomers had not travelled halfway around the world to treat people they generally regarded as inferior to themselves as their equals" - Vincent O'Malley e-tangata.co.nz/history/vinc...
“At first, some Crown officials... advocated ignoring the Kīngitanga in the hope that it would die if not given the oxygen of government attention. They had fatally underestimated the depth of Māori r...
Fab looking collection Dion
the good folks at @historywo.bsky.social asked, I wrote.... sport boycotts and other sanctions....
When and how do sports boycotts work? As this summer of Olympic and Paralympic Games draws to a close, Malcolm MacLean (@malcomaxx.bsky.social) reflects on the international history of boycotting these sporting mega-events. #radicalhistory ✊🗃️ #sportshistory 🏋️🚴♀️🏄♂️🏅⛷️🥌🤽♀️🤾♀️
How does a sports boycott work? Malcolm MacLean reflects on the place of the sports boycott in Olympic history.
thanks @yorkhillyankee.bsky.social for identifying this growing posse of sport historian types here; may there be more of us soon
And sadly she joins Kenyans Agnes Tirop (2021) and Damaris Mutua (2022) who were also killed by partners; looking forward (but not with confidence it will happen, based on actions so far) to an outpouring of men in the elite running world taking a stand & action against GBV
Call for papers! Learning about disaster: children, emotion and crises. One for the childhood scholars.
We do now have our first Higher Ed institutional closure -- Schumacher College in Devon, which offers e.g. ecology-focused MAs. 33 staff to be made redundant. www.totnes-today.co.uk/news/schumac...
Schumacher College in Dartington is to close amid mounting losses.