Janet Remmington
Editorial director, scholar, writer, runner. Publishing, humanities, mobilities. Research associate @HRCYork.bsky.social @AfLitAtWits. Board @PoetryTranslate @ORCID.org. Own views
- Reposted by Janet RemmingtonBlue Humanities, the subject of our first special issues, is a deeply intersectional field. Check out these inspiring projects from Oceanic Humanities for the Global South, a research institute which combines creative practice with scientific research. www.oceanichumanities.com/projects
- Reposted by Janet Remmington📢 Call for Senior Editor: #DigitalHumanities on our growing broad scope open access journal Cogent Arts & Humanities ✨ Apply by 23 November 2025 👇 think.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru... @tandfresearch.bsky.social @routledgehistory.bsky.social
- theconversation.com/how-nollywoo... Great Conversation Africa piece by Solomon Waliaula, editor of Journal of African Cultural Studies, on the role of Nollywood narratives in everyday lives
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- Just published online, my chapter on cultural and sociopolitical developments, c1900-c1950, in the Oxford Handbook of South African History. A long journey to getting this out, but voila. Published in hardback in Apr ‘26. academic.oup.com/edited-volum...
- theconversation.com/travel-as-ac... Just out in the Conversation Africa: My take on moving to be free. A study of black working women in apartheid who “travelled to gain ground for the greater cause of freedom, while discovering new versions of themselves along the way.”
- Dar es Salaam and the excellent Mashariki Literary and Cultural Studies Conference. Great to be part of the writing workshop and to reflect also on a decade (& slightly more) of the innovative journal Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies.
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- Calling historians and all interested readers: Johannesburg and Cape Town launches at @exclusivebooks.bsky.social and Book Lounge. The prominent Molteno family with multiple impacts on South African politics, social life and culture. RSVP: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
- Just out in @sajournalofscience.bsky.social: my review of Publishing from the South by Wits Press. Fascinating multi-authored read about the life and times of a distinctive university press and the broader dynamics of publishing from the global African South: sajs.co.za/article/view...
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- Great news, yes, yes, yes, @noosarowiwa.bsky.social’s Black Ghosts wins the @stanfordstravel.bsky.social award. Had the privilege and wonder of interviewing her about the book for @africa.theconversation.com. Have a read x2! theconversation.com/black-ghosts...
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- Excellent @orcid.org board meeting in Munich reaffirming the mission to connect research & researchers, providing free unique identifiers for all contributing to scholarship and innovation around the world. Such a well run, focused organization and vibrant inclusive global community.
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- Shining a light on the activist travel of black women trade unionists in and beyond apartheid South Africa. My article just out: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… Upends conventional takes on travel, foregrounding hardwon, unglamorous, costly personal and political mobilities.doi.org/10.1080/1364...97
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