Kathleen Commons

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Researching immigration control in 17C England, and what it tells us about citizenship now and then. Co-convenor @ihr.bsky.social Migration and Mobility Seminar kabcommons [at] gmail [dot] com

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At least 139 people, including children, have died after a boat carrying 305 migrants capsized off the coast of Djibouti in east Africa, the International Organization for Migration said.

bit.ly109 migrants, including 15 children, die after boat capsizes off DjiboutiAt least 109 migrants, including 15 children, have died after a boat with 305 on board capsized off the coast of Djibouti in east Africa, the International Organization for Migration said on Sunday.
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The lives of these men intersected with wider socio-political contexts: the 1857 uprising in India, developing concepts of empire, the possibilities and limits of entering elite spaces (specifically Oxbridge) as a Muslim. How did these men utilise networks to accrue privilege in this context?

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Final paper is from Abdul Sabur Kidwai on Indian Muslims in 1860s London: Syed Abdullah, professor of Hindustani at UCL, and Masihuddin Alvi, an envoy of the deposed Nawab of Lucknow. What did processes of self-fashioning look like for these men?

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@lhaasis.bsky.social is aiming to construct a multi-perspective account of life aboard the ship: how did convicts feel about their (enforced) mobility, how did they interact with sailors employed to transport them, how did they use social capital to make their experiences bearable?

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2nd paper from Gioia Rosetti @sheffielduni.bsky.social on 'mixedness' in working class Anglo-Chinese families. Gioia uses oral history & newspapers to understand the (ordinary) lived realities against racist newspaper discourses.

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Great first paper @ihr.bsky.social Migration & Mobility x @ihrhistorylab.bsky.social seminar from Jasper Segerink @uantwerpen.be: intensive quantitative work shedding important light on the experiences of migrants lodgers in late 19thC Antwerp. What can this tell us about 'mobility' v. 'migration'

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At our first seminar, we will be hearing exciting and innovative new research about Indian Muslims in Victorian London; 19thC prison ships; lodgers in 19th/20thC Antwerp & working class Anglo-Chinese couples in early 20thC Liverpool. Join us!

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01/12/26: ECR roundtable: Historical and Theoretical Approaches to Mobility, Migration and Citizenship: an ECR roundtable 15/12/26 Anna O Law: Migration Federalism in the U.S

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03/11/26: Becky Taylor: How do you displace a Gypsy? Belvedere Marshes and the dangers of a progressive state 17/11/26: Technologies and Arts of Crossing Imperial Borders: A roundtable

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“I am conscious I have deserv’d all I suffer.” What did remorse, hope and survival mean aboard HMS Calcutta in 1803? Join me at the Migration & Mobility Seminar & @ihrhistorylab.bsky.social, Senate House London/online, 6 Oct, on convict letters & Britain’s transportation system #earlymodern #history

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