@socialhistsoc.bsky.social
Promoting the research, teaching and sharing of social and cultural history since 1976.
📣Bookings now open!
👉Celebrating 50 years of the Social History Society with our 'Festival of Social History' @ihr.bsky.social
Panels, zine-making stall, tours, lunch, a roundtable, & keynote by Naomi Tadmor
📅 24 Apr 2026
💷 from £10 for members
All welcome!
socialhistory.org.uk/events/festi...
📣New blog!
Sophia Lambert (@sophialambert100.bsky.social) on 'Crossing Borders: Expressing National Identity Through Headstones in the Bradford Reform Jewish Cemetery, 1877 to 1935'
#History #Memorial #Migration #Bradford 19thc 20thc 🗃️
👉Read online here: socialhistory.org.uk/shs_exchange...
📣Apply for Small Grants Funding!
Are you looking to conduct research into social or cultural history? Do you need support with archival visits, organising a conference, or buying specialist equipment?
⏰Our next funding deadline is 1 March
socialhistory.org.uk/funding/smal...
📣Apply for Small Grants Funding!
Are you looking to conduct research into social or cultural history? Do you need support with archival visits, organising a conference, or buying specialist equipment?
⏰Our next funding deadline is 1 March
socialhistory.org.uk/funding/smal...
📣You now have until Friday 23 January to get your proposals in - we look forward to seeing many of you in Lancaster in July!✨
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The @socialhistsoc.bsky.social have extended their CfP for their 50th anniversary conference until 23 January! 🌟Do submit your paper or panel and join us at Lancaster University, 1-3 July 2026 📄 There's 8 different strands to choose from that can be applied to 😀 socialhistory.org.uk/events/confe...
16.01.2026 21:54 — 👍 5 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 0If you've been sitting on the fence about submitting a paper to SHS, guess what?! You have a whole week more to decide and I'd strongly encourage you to submit that paper! It is such a supportive, friendly and fun conference to be part of! Come and join us!
17.01.2026 07:55 — 👍 9 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 0Deadline extended until 23 Jan! Do put in an application for this conference - it's one of the warmest, loveliest and social (fittingly!) conferences there is in History, and it's especially welcoming to ECRs and PGRs!
16.01.2026 15:33 — 👍 13 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 1You now have a whole extra week to get abstracts in!
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📣DEADLINE EXTENDED!
We are delighted to announce that we're extending the deadline for applications to our 50th anniversary conference!
At this busy time, we want as many people as possible to have the chance to apply.
Now accepting applications until 23 Jan!
socialhistory.org.uk/events/confe...
📣The deadline for applications to our 50th anniversary conference closes TOMORROW!
We really look forward to seeing many of you there!
3 days to submit those abstracts! Get them in! It's going to be a wonderful conference!
13.01.2026 08:47 — 👍 4 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0This is a great conference for ECRs, postgrads, mid career and senior - lots of lively exchange and fun too
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📣New blog!
Nicholas Collins reflects on 'The Industrial Revolution, AI, and the Past and Future of Leisure'
This blog gives insight into Collins' latest article published in @cultsochistory.bsky.social!
socialhistory.org.uk/shs_exchange...
📣3 days to go until the deadline - we can't wait to see you for our 50th anniversary in Lancaster!
13.01.2026 08:29 — 👍 17 🔁 19 💬 0 📌 2What's your favourite thing about the SHS Conference?
As our applications are currently *OPEN*, we look back at what some of 2025's attendees loved about the SHS Conference!
(No fairground this year, but lots of 50th anniversary celebrations!)
What's your favourite thing about the SHS Conference?
As our applications are currently *OPEN*, we look back at what some of 2025's attendees loved about the SHS Conference!
(No fairground this year, but lots of 50th anniversary celebrations!)
A happy fiftieth to our friends at @socialhistsoc.bsky.social
02.01.2026 15:06 — 👍 10 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 1
📣You have just under a month to send in your proposal for our 2026 Social History Society Conference - where we will be celebrating out 50th anniversary!
👉Find out more here: socialhistory.org.uk/conference/s...
📣You have just under a month to send in your proposal for our 2026 Social History Society Conference - where we will be celebrating out 50th anniversary!
👉Find out more here: socialhistory.org.uk/conference/s...
A Significant Milestone The Social History Society was founded at Lancaster University in 1976 and held a conference that year on the theme of ‘Elites in Society’. The SHS was the brainchild of Harold Perkin (the first Professor of Social History in Britain), who quietly promoted a form of social history that looked beyond class based analyses. Alongside a regular newsletter, the society’s conference was the glue that bound together its increasingly diverse membership. As the SHS’s conferences grew, they moved from a focus on a single theme to a programme that incorporated different strands of social history. The SHS conference is now one of the largest gatherings of social historians in Britain, and incorporates work that spans time, space and various historical approaches. There are few conferences that are as diverse or as open to new ideas. From the outset, the SHS has sought to offer a constructive space for postgraduate historians to present and gain feedback on their work. The society still prides itself on giving postgraduates the same platform as more established colleagues. Thankfully, however, some things have changed. The first SHS conferences were held in the depths of winter (according to late founder member Eric Evans, this was because no other conference was foolhardy enough to organise events at that time of year so they could guarantee and audience). Since 2018, the conference has adopted a summer timetable, allowing outdoor events including walking tours and an unforgettable night at the Black Country Living Museum’s 1950s fairground. We are delighted to be returning to our roots at Lancaster to celebrate our 50th anniversary.
The @socialhistsoc.bsky.social conference will be at Lancaster in July. Call for papers just released. I'll put putting together a proposal, so hope to see some of you there! #EarlyModern 🗃️
Details here: socialhistory.org.uk/events/confe...
#CfP for next year’s SHS conference! Drop me a line if you have any Q about the ‘Lifecycles, Families, and Communities’ strand 📣
01.12.2025 12:04 — 👍 4 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0It is that time of year when I ask if anyone is contemplating submitting a paper for @socialhistsoc.bsky.social conf in the Bodies and emotions strands and wants to plan a panel
02.12.2025 15:29 — 👍 1 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1Submit a proposal to speak at the Social History Society conference in 2026! 🗃️
12.12.2025 09:23 — 👍 10 🔁 11 💬 0 📌 0
Last call | There’s still time to submit proposals for the 40th anniversary issue of Continuity and Change, exploring past developments and future directions in social & economic history.
Deadline 20 Dec 2025.
More on the blog👇
@echistsoc.bsky.social @socialhistsoc.bsky.social @royalhistsoc.org
Submit a paper for SHS!!!
It's always such a great conference, there are strands for everyone, and it's the 50th anniversary which is even more of an excuse to join us and celebrate at Lancaster!
Wholeheartedly recommend any historians & especially PhD/ECRs think about submitting an abstract.
In a dark, isolating & stressful field SHS conferences have always been welcoming beacon of light. They're full of great research & actually really fun.
🚨 Call for Papers! 🚨
📣Join us @lancasteruni.bsky.social 1-3 July 2026 as we return to our original home to celebrate our 50th anniversary!
We welcome proposals from historians at all career stages across 8 thematic strands.
📅 CfP deadline: 16/01/26
🔗 socialhistory.org.uk/events/confe...
#CFP 🗃️
#SkyStorians #History @socialhistsoc.bsky.social 50th anniversary conference CFP now live! A Lancaster, historic home of SHS, 1-3 July 2026. CFP deadline 16 Jan 2026.
socialhistory.org.uk/events/confe...
📅 Save the Date!
🎉 To mark 50 years of the Social History Society, we’re hosting a Social History Festival with @ihr.bsky.social!
🗓️ Fri 24 April 2026
📍 Senate House, University of London
Panels, a keynote + hands-on activities!
💡 Want to contribute? 👉socialhistsoc@gmail.com
More info coming soon!
