Fellow, Institute of Historical Research. Co-Founder, Guyana SPEAKS. Trustee, Oral History Society. Researches Black British History/Caribbean Studies. Writing critical biography of Edgar Mittelholzer. Lover of abstract photography, short stories & poetryhttps://bsky.app/profile/juanitacox.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/juanitacox.bsky.social/post/3mqoi24viak2aJoin us this Sunday at 3:30pm for a zoom about Moses Bhagwan, the leader of the youth arm of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP), and later joined the Working People’s Alliance (WPA). Our speakers include Prof. Clem Seecharan, Professor Nigel Westmaas, and longtime social activist, Vanda Radzik.15 Jul 2026 10:08 +0000at://did:plc:t63fft6en4qvsk5ikavt25pe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqoi24viak2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/juanitacox.bsky.social/post/3mhsfyawn3c22Register to join Guyana SPEAKS on Saturday 18th April from 2pm onwards at Longfield Hall, SE5 9QY to celebrate the publication of Professor Clem Seecharan's Hand in Hand: History of Guyanese Cricket (Volume 3) and John Mair's In Search of El Dorado. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/from-pitch-to-pour-guyanese-cricket-rum-tickets-1985063981806?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl24 Mar 2026 10:55 +0000at://did:plc:t63fft6en4qvsk5ikavt25pe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhsfyawn3c22https://bsky.app/profile/juanitacox.bsky.social/post/3mdocnna6n22tRegister to join Guyana SPEAKS https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/guyana-speaks-state-of-the-nation-ink-rum-and-art-tickets-1981515792075?aff=ebdsoporgprofile30 Jan 2026 22:04 +0000at://did:plc:t63fft6en4qvsk5ikavt25pe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdocnna6n22thttps://bsky.app/profile/juanitacox.bsky.social/post/3maqfgtid322uGrateful for this wonderful island of Barbados and the opportunity it provides for me to escape from England’s winter grey. Happily working through Christmas with extra sunshine and the sound of teaming wildlife along the coast of Bathsheba.24 Dec 2025 13:43 +0000at://did:plc:t63fft6en4qvsk5ikavt25pe/app.bsky.feed.post/3maqfgtid322uhttps://bsky.app/profile/juanitacox.bsky.social/post/3lninzlomq22xRegister to hear Trotman talk about recently published her memoir Dis Girl! The Enchanted Life of Aunty Joyce Trotman. This book provides wonderful insights into a colonial 'worldscape' that would long have been forgotten were it not for her extraordinary memory. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-memoir-dis-gyrl-the-enchanted-life-of-aunty-joyce-trotman-tickets-1335370833109?aff=oddtdtcreator23 Apr 2025 16:57 +0000at://did:plc:t63fft6en4qvsk5ikavt25pe/app.bsky.feed.post/3lninzlomq22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/juanitacox.bsky.social/post/3lnhy365sfk2gJoin Guyana SPEAKS for this event on Prof. John Rickford's memoir, Speaking My Soul: Race Life and Language. His inspiring memoir makes an invaluable contribution to Black Studies, Diasporic Studies and the emerging field of Critical Mixed Race Studies. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1334329568659?aff=oddtdtcreator23 Apr 2025 10:24 +0000at://did:plc:t63fft6en4qvsk5ikavt25pe/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnhy365sfk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/juanitacox.bsky.social/post/3lkq32eytjk2pLooking forward to learning about the history of the comic in the Caribbean & producing a comic book on heritage with other attendees as part of the exhibition I co-curated on the Caribbean and its British Diaspora. The exhibition has been extended due to popular demand and now closes on 12 April! [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Mar 2025 11:23 +0000at://did:plc:t63fft6en4qvsk5ikavt25pe/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkq32eytjk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/juanitacox.bsky.social/post/3lkq2u2jjn22pWonderful to hear the multi-award winning poet, Jenny Mitchell respond to the exhibition I co-curated with Argula Rublack. Grateful to her for the three wonderful poetry workshops that she facilitated as part of the exhibition's event series. [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Mar 2025 11:20 +0000at://did:plc:t63fft6en4qvsk5ikavt25pe/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkq2u2jjn22phttps://bsky.app/profile/juanitacox.bsky.social/post/3ljxr3yl2ac2vRegister to join Guyana SPEAKS via Zoom on Sunday, 30 March 2025 at 3:30 pm UK time for Berbice River Women. We will be celebrating three acclaimed women writers: Maggie Harris, Sharon Correia and Cosmata Lindie. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/berbice-river-women-tickets-127649440211909 Mar 2025 19:21 +0000at://did:plc:t63fft6en4qvsk5ikavt25pe/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljxr3yl2ac2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/juanitacox.bsky.social/post/3ljkbpzwgas2a29 Feb 1748: “RUN away last Thursday Morning from Mr. Gifford’s, in Brunswick-Row, Queen-Square, Great Ormond-Street, an indentur’d Negro Woman Servant, of a yellowish Cast, nam’d Christmas Bennett [...] Whoever harbours her [...] shall be severely prosecuted” https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/feb/26/black-londoners-who-escaped-slavery-tower-hamlets-research?fbclid=IwY2xjawIztu9leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHbaayPKJGETly4VqyL8YNKKrUxMN4S-WS8mvcYYjnjt8-BlCf5dwhBryJQ_aem_g5yi0n9oR0iIc02Sg5O1lA04 Mar 2025 10:41 +0000at://did:plc:t63fft6en4qvsk5ikavt25pe/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljkbpzwgas2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/juanitacox.bsky.social/post/3lihaqhki2s2iRegister to join us on Wed, 26 Mar (6-8pm). This event will include a discussion on ESN schools through to SENDs and present day school exclusion practices. The aim will be to foster a constructive dialogue around strategies for future success. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/education-the-black-british-experience-then-now-tickets-1239913618009?aff=oddtdtcreator18 Feb 2025 12:21 +0000at://did:plc:t63fft6en4qvsk5ikavt25pe/app.bsky.feed.post/3lihaqhki2s2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/juanitacox.bsky.social/post/3liha2n7aqc2iRegister to attend this exciting workshop, “Comic Book Your Heritage”, which takes place on Wed, 19 Mar 2025 (17:00 - 19:30). This unique workshop invites you to explore and celebrate your cultural heritage through the art of comic storytelling. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/comic-book-your-heritage-tickets-1248393531659?aff=oddtdtcreator18 Feb 2025 12:08 +0000at://did:plc:t63fft6en4qvsk5ikavt25pe/app.bsky.feed.post/3liha2n7aqc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/juanitacox.bsky.social/post/3li3qvouncc2ehttps://youtu.be/h86WvcJPO7E?si=lOvYtNvosu8jsau713 Feb 2025 22:38 +0000at://did:plc:t63fft6en4qvsk5ikavt25pe/app.bsky.feed.post/3li3qvouncc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/juanitacox.bsky.social/post/3lhlonjsygs2mFMI... https://open.spotify.com/track/6xgDPXVT05Elt1kE37pCga07 Feb 2025 13:15 +0000at://did:plc:t63fft6en4qvsk5ikavt25pe/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhlonjsygs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/juanitacox.bsky.social/post/3lhhphxp6k22kToday started off pretty rough. Long story. Ended up so riled that I left the house for work with no glasses on. But the day got better - fab poetry workshop with the award-winning Jenny Mitchell. And now this comment from Prof Gus John about the exhibition: https://www.london.ac.uk/about/services/senate-house-library/exhibitions/in-the-grip-of-change Yay!!05 Feb 2025 23:19 +0000at://did:plc:t63fft6en4qvsk5ikavt25pe/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhhphxp6k22khttps://bsky.app/profile/juanitacox.bsky.social/post/3lhcsx2dnkk2gI’m delighted to see that news about the exhibition I co-curated with Argula Rublack- In the Grip of Change: The Caribbean and its British diaspora - has received some international attention. In Guyana’s Stabroek News! https://www-stabroeknews-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.stabroeknews.com/2025/02/03/features/in-the-diaspora/from-windrush-to-now-a-caribbean-cultural-awakening-in-london/amp/04 Feb 2025 00:38 +0000at://did:plc:t63fft6en4qvsk5ikavt25pe/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhcsx2dnkk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/juanitacox.bsky.social/post/3lgan7tcwpc2gProf. Philip Murphy delivered a brilliantly insightful lecture, Time Come? Caribbean Decolonisation and the Monarchy, last night. I was delighted to discover audience member, @salinajaneart.bsky.social, had summarised the lecture in cartoon! The lecture was recorded and will be made available soon.21 Jan 2025 10:25 +0000at://did:plc:t63fft6en4qvsk5ikavt25pe/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgan7tcwpc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/juanitacox.bsky.social/post/3lfz6aa355c2rThe process of decolonisation is on-going. Looking forward to Professor Philip Murphy’s free public lecture at Senate House on Monday, 20th January on Caribbean Decolonisation and the Monarchy. https://www.voice-online.co.uk/news/world-news/2025/01/15/historic-change-trinidad-and-tobago-removes-columbus-ships-from-its-coat-of-arms/18 Jan 2025 11:08 +0000at://did:plc:t63fft6en4qvsk5ikavt25pe/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfz6aa355c2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/juanitacox.bsky.social/post/3lfu65zmofs2jCongrats to Barbara Mills KC who becomes the first black woman and the first person of colour to hold the role of the Bar Council of England and Wales, as well as leading the first all-female officer team in the Bar Council’s 130-year history! https://barristermagazine.com/4pbs-barbara-mills-kc-makes-history-as-chair-of-the-bar-council-of-england-and-wales-for-2025/16 Jan 2025 11:24 +0000at://did:plc:t63fft6en4qvsk5ikavt25pe/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfu65zmofs2j