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Dr Christian Høgsbjerg

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Affiliation: University of Leeds (LUCAS)

Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire

Contact: c.j.hogsbjerg@leeds.ac.uk

Research Description: I work on twentieth century British imperial history (particularly with relation to the Caribbean), the black presence in imperial Britain, the black experience of the British Empire, and how race and empire impacted more broadly on twentieth-century British identity, politics, society and culture.

Research Keywords: C.L.R. James; Pan-Africanism; race & class; colonial seafarers; Caribbean history.

Countries and Regions of Interest: Colonial Britain, Trinidad and Tobago, Haiti, Caribbean, West Africa.

Publications:

C.L.R. James in Imperial Britain (Duke University Press, 2014).

Chris Braithwaite: Mariner, Renegade and Castaway (Redwords, 2014).

Editor of C.L.R. James, Toussaint Louverture: The story of the only successful slave revolt in history (Duke University Press, 2013).

Co-editor of Celebrating C.L.R. James in Hackney, London (Redwords, 2015).

Links:

Personal Website: christianhogsbjerg.com

Nelson Mundell

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Affiliation: School of Humanities, University of Glasgow

Location: Glasgow, Scotland

Contact: Nelson.Mundell@gla.ac.uk

Research Description: Representations of Race, Ethnicity and Otherness in the North British Press, 1740-1800.

Research Keywords: Race; Other; Identity; 18th Century; Press; Periodicals.

Countries and Regions of Interest: Scotland, England, Wales, Ireland, North America, Caribbean.

Publications:

Links:

Twitter: @NelsonHistory

Dr Margaret Andrews

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Affiliation: Chair, Friends of the Huntley Archives at the London Metropolitan Archives

Location: London

Contact: fhalma@huntleysonline.com

Research Description: British 20th Century Colonial and Post Colonial.

Research Keywords: Caribbean; Huntley Archives; Jessica Huntley; Eric Huntley.

Countries and Regions of Interest: English-speaking Caribbean; Sub-Saharan Africa.

Publications:

Doing Nothing is Not an Option: The Radical Lives of Jessica and Eric Huntley (London: Krik Krak, 2014).

Links:

www.huntleysonline.com