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Chris Kempshall
@ChrisKempshall
Historian of #FWW Entente allies (https://t.co/bXATp3nOvg), #FWW computer games (https://t.co/3MAIxIxWwv) & #StarWars (https://t.co/wdO8k2PRXD). Penguin fan. He/him
Jan 24, 2023 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
I can imagine, and understand, that these strike dates will be greeted with a fair amount of shock, surprise, and concern from students and their parents. £9k a year on university fees is a lot. So I want to explain just how much these institutions value students. 1/ If you are a student (or parent of a student) you will almost certainly be taught at some point by a someone on a temporary or hourly contract. The institution won't tell you this of course. And they'll disguise their temporary staff among the permanent lecturers to hide it 2/
May 30, 2022 • 23 tweets • 18 min read
So I head to the airport in a few hours. I’m sure the 10 hour flight & 8 hour time swing will be a delight. But for now here’s a thread of #StarWarsCelebration reflections. 1/ I’d never been to #StarWarsCelebration before but I’ve done comic con London before so thought I knew what to expect. I was wrong. I don’t think you can be prepared for just how much there is. So many people and costumes and things. All the time. It’s astonishing. 2/
Jun 2, 2020 • 33 tweets • 7 min read
Things that should not need saying: #BlackLivesMatter . Watching events in America recently as a historian I've been greatly reminded of similar moments in the past. This is a thread on black American experience during and after the #FWW /1 The audience for this thread is not really black Americans. They don't need somebody like me to tell them ts they already know about their own history. Rather it is to the white audience who wonders why those protesting cannot do so in some undefinably 'better' way /2
Apr 22, 2019 • 28 tweets • 8 min read
Today is the 6th anniversary of my #PhD viva. I note it in some way every year. This year is a little different. Over recent months I've been facing up to the fact that I may not be able to stay in academia for the 7th anniversary. This is a thread on why. Before starting on this though, a few thoughts first. As a white middle-class man I have never had to deal with any number of issues or obstacles that many of my friends, colleagues, or peers have. I can only imagine how hard it must be to deal with systemic obstructions too /2