Connecting Threads @connectthreads
A digital public humanities project exploring use of lesser-known Indian & Indian-imitation textiles by African diasporic communities in the Americas. connectingthreads.co.uk Joined June 2022-
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Review of our @connectthreads event on the @britishlibrary @UntoldLives blog
Review of our @connectthreads event on the @britishlibrary @UntoldLives blog
In a few hours, I will begin my talk at the V&A with an analysis of this silk tartan turban. This turban is a representation of the romanticization and appropriation of Scottish dress at the turn of the eighteenth into the nineteenth century. George IV's 1822 visit to Edinburgh…
So good to be back @V_and_A for the @connectthreads event on Madras Textiles in the Caribbean! A great programme promised a great day of global textiles connections!
Jonathan Square @FashioningSelf will be one of the speakers for @connectthreads launch event next month! Please join us online or in London!
Jonathan Square @FashioningSelf will be one of the speakers for @connectthreads launch event next month! Please join us online or in London!
This madras headwrap, now housed in the permanent collection of @LaStateMuseum, was worn by Mary Franklin, an enslaved woman referred to as "Pinkie" by the donor's grandmother Marion Hoey Stem. Following the Civil War, Franklin remained with the donor's grandmother, and the…
Calling all #Indian #textile enthusiasts! This fabulous event will be at the @V_and_A on Oct 11. Hope to see you there! @connectthreads
Calling all #Indian #textile enthusiasts! This fabulous event will be at the @V_and_A on Oct 11. Hope to see you there! @connectthreads
Join me at the @V_and_A in London on October 11th for a symposium on the global history of a fascinating, yet understudied textile: madras. This event marks the launch of the website for @connectthreads, a project on which I had the honor of advising. vam.ac.uk/event/YGVBDZm3…
Join us for an event on the history of Madras textiles in India and the Caribbean at the @V_and_A on October 11th! We will be launching @connectthreads project website with a great line-up of speakers. Join us in London or online: vam.ac.uk/event/YGVBDZm3… vam.ac.uk/event/8dwdoL5w…
Join us for the launch event and symposium on checked Indian textiles in India and the Caribbean on October 11 at @V_and_A. The symposium is in-person & online. Register here: vam.ac.uk/event/YGVBDZm3… Core team: @mehapri @drdeepthimurali @avfotheringham @v_de_lorenzo
Thank you @RuthEgger5 for having invited us @connectthreads to present the project to your students at the University of Tubingen
What's the role of empathy in studying & teaching history, & for research? How might we categorise empathy in historical practice? What is history without empathy? @sarahfoxhistory's article, 'Archival Intimacies', now available in 'Transactions @RoyalHistSoc' #twitterstorians
We had a great day looking at Madras kerchiefs yesterday for the @connectthreads project! In the evening @avfotheringham gave a fantastic lecture on our findings to the Indian Art Circle @SOAS organised by @mchidarazvi. #fashionhistory #globalhistory
Submit nominations by May 15 for the Roy Rosenzweig Prize for Creativity in Digital History, joint with the AHA and @chnm. This prize is awarded annually to honor and support work on a creative and freely available new media project. historians.org/awards-and-gra…
Today I visited the @MANNapoli and saw this fresco of the the baker Terentius Neo and his wife (who is not identified) that was excavated from the archaeological site at Pompeii. His wife is in the foreground, which is unusual and shows her potentially equal status in the…
Exciting new volume and the book launch is next week! @connectthreads
Exciting new volume and the book launch is next week! @connectthreads
I'd be interested in getting everyone's opinion of the recent Dior Pre-fall 2023 show in Mumbai. @mehapri you might find this madras shirt dress noteworthy @connectthreads @drdeepthimurali @avfotheringham @v_de_lorenzo
@drdeepthimurali @FashioningSelf @connectthreads @avfotheringham @v_de_lorenzo Madras was a staple in Ralph Lauren’s spring 2023 show, although he has been using it for a while and I’m not sure Indian crafts persons are getting their due when he uses it. This image is from a show in the US last year.
Cotton Connections: From India to the High Street will be at Lotherton from March 31 until October 15, 2023. A range of events and talks will also accompany the exhibition. news.leeds.gov.uk/news/cottons-c…

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