Sophy Higgins

📢 Call for Papers: FASI's Air & Space Postgraduate Conference 2026

📅 8 June 2026
📌 Strand Campus
🗨️ Submissions welcome from postgraduate researchers, Masters & PhD students
🚨 Deadline: Friday 27 March

To find out more or to submit a paper, visit 👇
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/air-a...

Hear from FASI's @sophyhiggins.bsky.social at the Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy's 2026 Int. Women’s Day event.

The panel is set to examine how, as part of the Matilda Effect, women’s ideas can be sidelined or misattributed in politics & security.

🔗 www.kcl.ac.uk/events/invis...

📢 Two weeks to go!

FASI are looking forward to welcoming @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social students to the 2026 Air and Space Careers Night.

The event is sold out, but students can join the waiting list here 👇
ow.ly/s9ZQ50XKNQr

🚀Are you a @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social BA or MA student interested in a career in air and space?

This is your chance to get candid advice from industry experts and discover the diverse careers available in air and space.

📅 20 Jan 2026
🕕18.00 - 20.30

Register 👇
ow.ly/okVa50XAuAk

My third and final edition of the Journal of the @rafhistorical.bsky.social as editor is in print. It's the proceedings of the RAF culture seminar at @rafmuseum.bsky.social , organised by @sophyantrobus.bsky.social , @rafhistory.bsky.social, wonderfully guest edited by @sophyhiggins.bsky.social.

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Proof if proof were needed that Pride is still necessary #speirgorm #pride2025 jrnl.ie/6746206

Thanks Chris, that’s very much appreciated. And thanks very much for coming along!

& there was no better ending than some brilliant reflections by Dr Julia Balm @nuclearbalm.bsky.social who has been so fiercely supportive of so many next gen, myself included 🪐

What a fantastic day it was at the @fasikcl.bsky.social conference with four panels of incredible research by the next gen of air and space power thinking! 🚀🌟

📢 The Freeman Air and Space Institute is hiring!

We are looking for a PhD Studentship to support FASI’s research in the field of air power.

💡 Fully funded
🗓️ Deadline to apply: 13 June

Apply now 👇
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNH405/p...

📢 FASI PhD candidate @sophyhiggins.bsky.social wins 2025 Henry Probert Bursary

Awarded by the RAF Historical Society, the Bursary will support Sophy's research on elite women & their influence on the culture of the interwar Royal Air Force.

Congratulations Sophy!

www.kcl.ac.uk/news/fasi-ph...

Day 2 of #LDC2025 has begun!

FASI's PhD Candidate, @sophyhiggins.bsky.social is in attendance as part of the #LDC2025 PhD poster programme.

Sophy is showcasing her thesis research, which focuses on elite women and their influence on the culture of the interwar Royal Air Force.

📢 Registration is now open for FASI’s inaugural Postgraduate Air & Space Conference

📅 Wednesday 11th June
📌 K4U.12, King’s Building

Secure your place now and hear our expert panellists discuss the latest on air and space power.

Sign up 👇
kcl.ac.uk/events/postg...

Last night i spoke of the afterlives of Irish revolutionary women in the Free State-a state which defined a narrow model of what it meant to be an Irish woman. Anyone who did not live up to that model was surveilled, shamed and/or institutionalised! Narrow definitions of womanhood harm all women.

Panel discussion: Women in Diplomacy & Security Celebrate International Women’s Day with the Centre for Science & Security Studies.

💡Join FASI's @nuclearbalm.bsky.social & @sophyhiggins.bsky.social who will be celebrating Intl. Women’s Day with a panel discussion highlighting the contributions of women to diplomacy & security.

📆 6 March, 12:15
📍 Bush House(SE)2.06

Register now 👇
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/csss-...

Looking forward to moderating this brilliant panel in celebration of international women’s day 🌟

Massive congrats Matilda! So exciting 🥳

This is a great opportunity for KCL students to learn more about careers in air & space! Final few spots remaining ✈️📡

cfp for the Freeman Air and Space Institute’s (@fasikcl.bsky.social) Air and Space Postgraduate Conference on 11th June 2025 is now out 🚀✨

please send any queries & submissions to fasi@kcl.ac.uk and submissions are due by 28th Feb!