This blog by JS Tennant is part of a special Summer Scholars blog series highlighting recent research across the British Library’s Americas collections by scholars and creatives associated with the Eccles Centre, including those supported by the Centre’s Awards.
The Paradoxes of Power: Photographic Records and Postwar Nuclear Testing
This blog by Timothy Peacock is part of a special Summer Scholars blog series highlighting the recent research scholars and creatives associated with the Eccles Centre, including those supported by the Centre’s awards, have undertaken across the Library’s Americas collections.
This blog by Timothy Peacock is part of a special Summer Scholars blog series highlighting the recent research scholars and creatives associated with the Eccles Centre, including those supported by the Centre’s awards, have undertaken across the Library’s Americas collections.
Rod Westmaas: A Hotchpotch of History and Hospitality
This is the eighth in a series of blogs coming out of the eccles centres’ caribbean foodways oral history project.
This is the eighth in a series of blogs coming out of the eccles centres’ caribbean foodways oral history project.
Marking 40 Years of Aids Activism
The impact of AIDS on minority ethnic and Indigenous groups was considerable.
The impact of AIDS on minority ethnic and Indigenous groups was considerable.
Charlie Phillips: The Story Behind Smokey Joe’s Diner
The marriage of the Jewish classic, chicken soup, with the African, Caribbean and Latin American staple, cassava, all in a humble bowl of goodness, cooked by Charlie’s grandmother, captures traditions of blending and nourishment that are central to Caribbean cooking.
The marriage of the Jewish classic, chicken soup, with the African, Caribbean and Latin American staple, cassava, all in a humble bowl of goodness, cooked by Charlie’s grandmother, captures traditions of blending and nourishment that are central to Caribbean cooking.
Ranette Prime: Food and Identity in Britain
This is the fifth in a series of blogs coming out of the eccles centres’ caribbean foodways oral history project. Identifying connections between participants’ stories and collection items, each blog explores one of the nine oral history interviews that will be deposited in the sound archive.
This is the fifth in a series of blogs coming out of the eccles centres’ caribbean foodways oral history project. Identifying connections between participants’ stories and collection items, each blog explores one of the nine oral history interviews that will be deposited in the sound archive.
Sor Juana’s Reply: A 17th Century Feminist Manifesto
Celebrate the 17th century Mexican poet, dramatist and scholar, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz.
Celebrate the 17th century Mexican poet, dramatist and scholar, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz.
Joe Williams: ‘The Need for Flavour’
This blog is about Joe Williams, the Leeds-born arts and heritage activist who researches the historic African presence in Yorkshire.
This blog is about Joe Williams, the Leeds-born arts and heritage activist who researches the historic African presence in Yorkshire.
The American Newsroom as Seen in Cartoons: 1930-1960. By Dr Will Mari
In the mid-century United States, the newsroom was at the heart of journalism’s professional world, the place where reporters and editors produced and published stories that shaped their society, and their own.
In the mid-century United States, the newsroom was at the heart of journalism’s professional world, the place where reporters and editors produced and published stories that shaped their society, and their own.
Atomic Holiday Snaps? Depictions of ‘Normality’ in the Official Photography of Postwar Atomic Bomb Tests
This post by Timothy Peacock is part of a special summer scholars blog series highlighting the recent research Eccles Centre awards have supported across the Caribbean, Canadian and US collections.
This post by Timothy Peacock is part of a special summer scholars blog series highlighting the recent research Eccles Centre awards have supported across the Caribbean, Canadian and US collections.
Views From the Shore
Changing the perspective on James Cook’s arrival in Australia: Online resources offering a view from the shore.
Changing the perspective on James Cook’s arrival in Australia: Online resources offering a view from the shore.
Poems From the Edge of Extinction (Part 2)
In part 2 we look at examples in Patwa/Jamaican Creole and Yolngu Matha. If you've never heard of these languages, read on!
In part 2 we look at examples in Patwa/Jamaican creole and Yolngu Matha. If you’ve never heard of these languages, read on!
Poems From the Edge of Extinction (Part 1)
The book celebrates linguistic diversity through poetic expression, gathering 50 poems in languages identified as endangered.
The book celebrates linguistic diversity through poetic expression, gathering 50 poems in languages identified as endangered.
All Cooped Up: Notes From the Arctic
I’ve been holed up in bed getting over what seems to have been a bout of Coronavirus.
I’ve been holed up in bed getting over what seems to have been a bout of Coronavirus.
Views From the Shore
Changing the perspective on James Cook’s arrival in Australia: Online resources offering a view from the shore
Changing the perspective on James Cook’s arrival in Australia: Online resources offering a view from the shore
The Black and Indigenous Presence in the Story of How Breadfruit Came to the Caribbean
This post by nadine chambers is part of a special summer scholars blog series highlighting the recent research eccles centre awards have supported across the caribbean, canadian and us collections.
This post by nadine chambers is part of a special summer scholars blog series highlighting the recent research eccles centre awards have supported across the caribbean, canadian and us collections.