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David Rawlings

@davidrawlings.bsky.social

Bristolian | PGCE History Subject Lead - University of Bristol | Researcher in social justice, coloniality and history education

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Sex, symbols, gods, devils: teaching Russian and Soviet cultures, gender, and sexualities

Teachers of Russian and Soviet history!

Join us in Manchester this November for unique @histassoc.bsky.social event with 3 world-leading scholars to discuss pedagogical approaches to teaching Russian and Soviet cultures, gender and sexualities

www.history.org.uk/secondary/ca...

15.07.2025 19:16 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Call for Applications: Editorial Fellowships at History Workshop, 2025 History Workshop is advertising two part-time, paid Editorial Fellowships in 2025, open to early career historians.

Join us! We are advertising two part-time, paid Editorial Fellowships at History Workshop in 2025-27.

Our fellowships support early career historians to develop expertise in public, radical and digital history & to gain experience of working in an editorial team.
www.historyworkshop....

11.07.2025 07:00 β€” πŸ‘ 92    πŸ” 91    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 7
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Last chance to win Β£25 from Rayburn Tours if you book a ticket for #SHP25 today! If you can't make the whole weekend come along on Saturday, we have a really packed, exciting programme lined up. Tickets here store.leedstrinity.ac.uk/product-cata... and you can get all of this for just over Β£100

13.06.2025 09:09 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tickets still available for the launch of our wonderful SHP SW Forum with a superb programme of speakers including Michael Riley, @paulalobo.bsky.social and @tomallenhistory.bsky.social. Tickets available for as little as a fiver from store.leedstrinity.ac.uk/product-cata... so grab 'em now!

12.06.2025 10:40 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

#primaryteacher s and #historyteacher s, if you would like to join us in calling for the reintroduction of a minimum bursary for ALL #ITT students, then you can find more information on writing to your MP here:
www.history.org.uk/ha-news/news...

@histassoc.bsky.social #HistoryEducation

08.06.2025 13:53 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#SHP25 Competition πŸ’·Win Β£25 from Rayburn Tours, one of our many awesome exhibitors at this year's summer conference! Just grab a ticket here (1 day, 2 day and weekend options available) store.leedstrinity.ac.uk/product-cata.... We also have 40 wonderful workshops, 3 kicking keynotes and a fab fringe

07.06.2025 06:48 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3

β€ͺI can highly recommend Michael's talk - it's a captivating, wonderful and important discussion - with Bristolian adaptations to the original Liverpudlian focus @histassoc.bsky.social conference, I suspect! You will thoroughly enjoy it.

04.06.2025 14:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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If any teachers out there have a set or even just a couple of these textbooks at the back of a cupboard and would be willing to sell, please let me know. We need a few more for September and have no budget so can't really afford new. Thanks!
#historyteacher

03.06.2025 10:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
BAICE Presidential Workshop Series Anti-Racism and Reparations: perspectives from Comparative and International Education

I'm hosting a free online workshop series on Anti-Racism and Reparations in Education.

Please join us!
10am UK time: June 11, June 18 and July 2.

Details and registration: baice.ac.uk/baice-presid...

Please help spread the word to academic/education folx! πŸ™ŒπŸΎ

27.05.2025 21:43 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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UK Black with Ngunan Adamu - 23/05/2025 - BBC Sounds Music, good vibes and stories from our African and Caribbean communities.

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Transatlantic slavery. 4 teachers on the Radio talking about our book. Start 1 hour 11 mins in. @richkhistory.bsky.social @historyrichk.bsky.social @carmelbones.bsky.social @oblaize.bsky.social @drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social

23.05.2025 22:33 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

Come do a PhD with us at @wminhumanities.bsky.social on Black Caribbean men and women in 2WW UK - a project which combines archives, photographs and community engagement. @saradominici.bsky.social, Pippa Catterall and myself as supervisors. Click on link below deadline late May!

23.05.2025 06:43 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is going to be ace!!

21.05.2025 18:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Our competition to win 3 copies of the superb Practical Guide to Teaching History in the Secondary School closes at midnight tonight. Anyone who buys a ticket for the SHP Summer Conference gets entered in the draw store.leedstrinity.ac.uk/product-cata...

19.05.2025 05:55 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Carousel History research PLEASE READ THE BELOW BEFORE ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS: We know that retrieval practice is critical for helping students grow and develop their knowledge, and we want to support history teachers with hi...

Hey History teachers! I've been working with @carousel-learning.bsky.social at expanding their offer of official question banks. If you teach GCSE History please take a minute to answer a few questions for us πŸ™ forms.gle/NVLVHEdPbHCT...

07.05.2025 15:36 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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We are excited to announce that DG Head of History, Zara Daswani, has written chapters on the #OttomanEmpire for #OxfordUniversityPress's new book on #AsianEmpires and the #SilkRoads. ..continued in comments

09.12.2024 10:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Image of old merperson with Bristol logo and details of event (in post)

Delighted to be giving the Gender & History lecture at Uni of Bristol on 15th May (and on Zoom). Join us for a discussion of trans history, colonial history, & non-human animal history. There will, of course, be merfolk.

Link here: ticketpass.org/event/ELMPHJ...

24.04.2025 11:26 β€” πŸ‘ 111    πŸ” 63    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 7
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Want a free copy of our book? Retweet or like and we'll pick the winner on Friday

13.05.2025 17:07 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 5
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Great to finally get my hands on a copy of this at #haconf25 - brilliant book (I think), fascinating stories, amazing illustrations. Find out more at this webinar, 4pm 3rd June: tinyurl.com/5bk5dyhp

13.05.2025 13:03 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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If you've been following @apf102.bsky.social's insightful reviews of A Practical Guide to Teaching History, then you'll know what a fantastic book it is. So win yourself a copy by getting your ticket for the @1972shp.bsky.social's summer conference from store.leedstrinity.ac.uk/product-cata...

12.05.2025 10:59 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Buy Now! @richkhistory.bsky.social the "sister book" to his one. One for schools and people interested in Empire/slavery. Email enquiries@cpmmmedia.com with the subject line "Book Order" or alternatively, order on Amazon. @sathnam.bsky.social @corinnefowler.bsky.social @alanlester.bsky.social

06.05.2025 11:55 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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SHP Curriculum PATHS - ITE Planning Lab On this page you can create and browse ethical history plans created by beginning teachers. We hope this is an opportunity for professional experimentation. Instructions on submitting your experimenta...

Are you a beginning / trainee #historyteacher? Think history can help young people reflect on issues of truth and justice in a complex world? Want to share your ideas with others?

Why not contribute to the @1972shp.bsky.social Curriculum PATHS Planning Lab. padlet.com/cpaths/shp-c...

06.05.2025 16:00 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2
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Super that @sashasmith.bsky.social and @scl1979.bsky.social 's amazing unit: "How can material objects help us to understand Britain's role in the world?" is now live on @1972shp.bsky.social Curriculum PATHS. Look in the Y8/9 section on our Sharing Hub padlet.com/cpaths/hub #historyteacher

06.05.2025 15:39 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3
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πŸŽ‰Win a Copy of A Practical Guide to Teaching History in the Secondary School! πŸ“š Want to get your hands on this essential history teaching guide? πŸ—“ Buy a ticket for the SHP Summer Conference between 5–20 May 2025 and you’ll be entered into our prize draw! store.leedstrinity.ac.uk/product-cata...

05.05.2025 10:12 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Introducing Inclusive Histories β€” Black Cultural Archives Last month the Inclusive Histories project truly got off the starting block with two new members of the team starting their roles. Jess Brown joins us as our Project Officer, a key role in helping t...

You can find more details of the 3 yr project here blackculturalarchives.org/news/introdu... it is going to be a superb resource for history teachers who want to amplify historically marginalised groups, in their classrooms. It would be great to see the IH team at #SHP26!

01.05.2025 20:52 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Historians for Trans Rights - Open Letter to MPs In light of the recent and incessant attacks on the trans community in the UK by the UK government and legal system, a group of UK-based historians have drafted the letter linked below. Our aim is to ...

OPEN LETTER: HISTORIANS FOR TRANS RIGHTS

Are you a historian in the UK or working on UK history fed up at seeing the history of LGBTQIA+ discrimination repeat itself? Sign this open letter to MPs demanding they stand up for trans rights now!

Letter: tinyurl.com/879vuver
Sign: tinyurl.com/4p7wktrn

01.05.2025 10:17 β€” πŸ‘ 796    πŸ” 541    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 63
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Last chance to get your @1972shp.bsky.social summer conference bargain! Grab your tickets from store.leedstrinity.ac.uk/product-cata... before it's too late!

30.04.2025 09:10 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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a blue speech bubble says wanna talk ALT: a blue speech bubble says wanna talk

@htenuk.bsky.social members, we will be holding our first 'Time to Talk' drop in on Tuesday 6th May from 2-3pm. Bring a cuppa & meet other #historyteacher #TeacherEducator s. Whether you have a specific quandary you'd like to run past people, want to network or just hang out, we'd love to see you.

23.04.2025 18:26 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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News: Introducing the SHP #CurriculumPATHS Ethical History Teaching Awards

We are seeking to recognise the amazing work of #historyteacher s all over the UK, who put ethics at the heart of their classrooms.

Enter today: curriculumpaths.schoolshistoryproject.co.uk/2025/03/22/e...

Please share

21.04.2025 17:35 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

πŸŽ™οΈ Calling Humanities Teachers!

@ttradioofficial.bsky.social is hosting a special eventβ€”celebrating the amazing work happening in History, RE, and Geography classrooms! πŸŒπŸ“œπŸ§­
πŸ“’ We're looking for speakers to share ideas and spark discussions!
Apply now to speak! forms.gle/Qp5FPDKsG4TY...
#ukedu

15.04.2025 18:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

I'm on the lookout for someone to write an A level history textbook on the Haitian Revolution. Any takers?

15.04.2025 10:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

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