Class and Colonialism, c. 1750–c.1945. Award-winning research project hosted by the History Department at Rugby School.
Rugby, Warwickshire, UK
Joined February 2020
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Come to a talk I'm giving on Ethiopia's lost Prince Alemayehu in London on Sun, Dec. 15.
There will be "revelations" - all the things I have learned since my book "The Prince and the Plunder" came out.
Come in person - eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-princ… or online - eventbrite.co.uk/e/108315746…
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Prince Alemayehu takes the stage!!!
New content from 'The Lost Prince' play now up on the website: schoolsofempireproject.org/l…
A play about the life of Prince Alamayu - script by Chris Browning, performed by Year 9 and 10 pupils. With thanks to @lootplunder for historical advice.
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#BlackHistoryMonth2024 #UK October is black history month.
How great to see this play on 'the lost prince' #Ethiopian prince Alemayehu
New content from 'The Lost Prince' play now up on the website: schoolsofempireproject.org/l…
A play about the life of Prince Alamayu - script by Chris Browning, performed by Year 9 and 10 pupils. With thanks to @lootplunder for historical advice.
Schools of Empire Project retweeted
New blog post on my use of the Rugby School registers as a historical source - really important in my early stage research 👇
@hiscoxhistory's outstanding blog post on the imperial networks of old boys from Rugby School in the 19th century is now live on the project website: schoolsofempireproject.org/t…
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Schools of Empire Project retweeted
Ethiopia's Prince Alemayehu/Alamayu was back in his old school, Rugby, last week at the centre of a new play 'The Lost Prince'.
I've read Chris Browning's amazing playscript. Next time I'll be in the front row. Watch this space for details of more performances.
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So, in the end this rare photo of Ethiopia's Prince Alemayehu did not go for $1,000.
It went for $2,950! And to think I contacted the seller earlier asking if they would do a deal : ) I'm sure the photo has gone to a good home.
1/ Now this is very exciting. A new (to me) photo of Ethiopia's Prince Alemayehu has emerged on eBay.
Can anyone help work out when it was taken? Is there a clue in the hat? The listing - ebay.com/itm/305619733042 - calls it a "Kofia" hat. But that doesn't seem quite right ...
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2/ Could he have brought it from India, Malaysia, Singapore ... or even Scotland? Could it be school cadet cap? Trains to Rugby (where he went to school) pass through Watford (where the photo was taken). What do you think @RugSch_Heritage @ashkale3 @CheltColArchive @alulapan?
Schools of Empire Project retweeted
1/ Now this is very exciting. A new (to me) photo of Ethiopia's Prince Alemayehu has emerged on eBay.
Can anyone help work out when it was taken? Is there a clue in the hat? The listing - ebay.com/itm/305619733042 - calls it a "Kofia" hat. But that doesn't seem quite right ...
Schools of Empire Project retweeted
An update on the Prince Alemayehu hat hunt.
Thanks to some very kind digging by @RugSch_Heritage, it doesn't look like a school cadet cap. Compare these - ourwarwickshire.org.uk/conte…
More likely a souvenir from India/Penang travels. Anyone which expertise on those who can help?
1/ Now this is very exciting. A new (to me) photo of Ethiopia's Prince Alemayehu has emerged on eBay.
Can anyone help work out when it was taken? Is there a clue in the hat? The listing - ebay.com/itm/305619733042 - calls it a "Kofia" hat. But that doesn't seem quite right ...
Schools of Empire Project retweeted
I can't quite believe it, but my book - Empire of Influence: The East India Company and the Making of Indirect Rule - has been shortlisted for @RoyalHistSoc Whitfield Book Prize. Thanks to @CUPAcademic for their support!
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Another Friday another talk! Enjoyed sharing some of the initial findings from my PhD research with other OU PGRs this afternoon @RugSch_Heritage @SchoolsofEmpire @OU_FASS
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FREE @OpenUniversity Online Workshop ‘Slavery, the Industrial Revolution, & Public History’ 28 May 2024
Talks
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@SeymourSusanne
@LegacyMakerUK
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We sold out yesterday but owing to enthusiastic demand we have released more tickets! Great to see the topic resonating with so many people. Looking forward to our discussions!
FREE @OpenUniversity Online Workshop ‘Slavery, the Industrial Revolution, & Public History’ 28 May 2024
Talks
@pathudson48 & Maxine Berg
@corinne_fowler
@SeymourSusanne
@LegacyMakerUK
@brightideasnott
@ktbellers
@ucl_cslbs
@Justice2History
Book
eventbrite.co.uk/e/workshop-…
Schools of Empire Project retweeted
Hoping the trains will be kind tomorrow evening for my journey to #HAConf24, my talk is (I think...) finally ready, and now looking forward to being in Birmingham for a few days
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Captain Speedy, the guardian of Ethiopia's Prince Alamayu who met three Ethiopian Emperors - Tewodros, Yohannes and Menelik - died after catching a chill while giving a talk about his adventures at a garden party in his home town of Church Stretton, South Shropshire in 1910.
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This is only going to mean something to a select group of people, but I have found Captain Speedy!
After a life that took him from India to New Zealand to Maqdala to Penang, Prince Alamayu's guardian ended up behind this plaque in Birmingham Crematorium, on the road to Walsall.
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It's World Book Day ... so here's a book, with details of where you can get it here, top right - theprinceandtheplunder.com
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Day at the archives @RugSch_Heritage today - looking forward to returning very soon!
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#EYABig At 3.4m long @BromsSchool #Antarctic sledge displayed in our #SchoolArchives & museum is our largest artefact. Its length indicates it was a provision sledge used on #Scott's #Discovery expedition when @OldBromsgrovian Skelton was chief engineer, possibly on #TerraNova
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Tonight: Hydra presents Dr Mishka Sinha (@MishkaSinha), who will be speaking about 'Portraiture, History, and the Now'. Macready. 19:30.
