Preserving Our Past

1/3 Calling #twitterstorians ! Can we start a thread on online resources in Global/ Colonial/ Postcolonial History that we can use as springboards for undergraduate research projects? Ideas so far:

A view of Paragon Railway Station from the main entrance off Anlaby Road, c.1890. Hull's first railway opened in 1840. The original station was on Railway Street near Railway Dock but a new station was opened in 1848 and named after nearby Paragon Street #FSSmith #OldHull

In EVERY criminology lecture, I remind the students of the importance of historical context. So I’m delighted by this brilliant article by ⁦@yeomans_henry⁩ from ⁦@CCJSLeeds⁩ ⁦@Law_Leeds⁩ https://t.co/evGH9tPgwx

Fascinating day at ⁦@LincolnCastle⁩ Victorian Prison Museum with ⁦@cccjhull⁩ students! #prison history

#HeritageCrime is on the rise, impacting our most cherished and irreplacable historic buildings. That's why we're launching a Campaign against #Heritage #Crime, and an appeal for £50k to start a fighting fund to protect our buildings: https://t.co/0lo14nCXiS #MondayMotivation

Chris Brown, author of King and Outlaw: The Real Robert the Bruce, spoke to @HistoryExtra about the myths surrounding #Scotland's famous king. #royals #OutlawKing https://t.co/k6icUXNM1E

REMINDER:Call for papers for our forthcoming conference with @llafur @SwanseaUni on #oralhistory and #labour #work #history in July 2019 closes on 14 Dec.Just over a month away!! https://t.co/k5Im86nO6D @LabourHistory @LHRUteam @labour_history @ScotLabHistory @StudyLabHistory

Prison Voices student Annie Taylor @talesfromgaols on 1821 execution of Ann Barber at York for murdering her husband. Sure Annie & @TraceyHughes2000 will want to compare the two different cases of "petit treason' they have researched for @Prison_Voices https://t.co/J5cwTAEtAq

ICYMI Finding Carrie and Doris Buck: behind the Eurgenics movement and 60,000 state-mandated sterilisations in the US, lies a story of girls exploited, abused, and categorised as "feeble-minded”

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