Alka Raman

Still buzzing after the talk by @sushmajansari.bsky.social about her experience of community curation and the making of the exhibition ‘Ancient India, Living Traditions’ @britishmuseum.bsky.social @uclhistory.bsky.social

Yes please, as that would make for *really* interesting reading!

A great programme on the theme of ‘Women and Enterprise’ for the annual workshop of the EHS Women’s Committee @echistsoc.bsky.social @ehswomcom.bsky.social The workshop will be held in-person @uclhistory.bsky.social see registration details 👇

Thank you to the experts for sharing their insights and to the audience for their questions that led to interesting discussions!

We’ve just finished a most useful @ehswomcom.bsky.social training session with @eicathomefinn.bsky.social, Ramon Ramon-Munoz @rhi-ihr.bsky.social and Michael Watson @universitypress.cambridge.org on early career years in academia & grants/postdocs processes & publishing academic articles/books.

Reminder: online training event for academic publishing and applying for grants, on 10th Oct, organised by the @ehswomcom.bsky.social The event will be particularly useful for ECRs, registration info👇

Many thanks to Darshan Shah and the team from Weavers’ Studio, Kolkata. ‘Textiles from Bengal’ would not be possible without them.

The highlight of the day - textile objects, demonstrating extraordinary skill and expertise in textile making and adornment in Bengal.

Mary Schoeser, Meha Priyadarshini and I also presented at the ‘Textiles from Bengal’ event. Thanks to the audience for the fantastic engagement!

Rosemary Crill, John Styles and Karolina Hutkova presenting at ‘Textiles from Bengal: A Shared Legacy’

It’s about to begin! Setting up for ‘Textiles from Bengal’

Children & Young People's Voices Research Project - UK Covid-19 Inquiry The independent public inquiry to examine the Covid-19 pandemic in the UK

Children and the Covid-19 pandemic. UK report is out, and includes a child-friendly version.

Want to know more about publishing your work and applying for research grants? The @ehswomcom.bsky.social is organising an online training session on 10th Oct. Save the date! ⬇️

It's that time of year again, annual elections for election to Council of the National Trust. Lots of candidates to choose from.

Read carefully and vote wisely if you don't want the direction of travel to be backward.

How did women participate in business and enterprise through history? CfP currently live from the @ehswomcom.bsky.social

The call for next year's @businesshistoryc.bsky.social annual meeting is up (the deadline is Oct 17th). The theme is Co-creation. Is there anyone who might be interesting in developing a panel on the Co-creation of business histories with collaborators from outside both academia & the corporation.

Fantastic day in Exeter immersed in the history of the city through the foundational materiality of the Roman walls! Thanks to Mark Stoyle for leading the brilliant tour for the @ehswomcom.bsky.social @echistsoc.bsky.social

From the tussle between the cathedral and the city, to cloth-making and economic prosperity, all built on Roman foundations. Exeter Roman walls tour of the @ehswomcom.bsky.social

Fancy a garden wall with Roman foundations?!

Wall as a patchwork of stone over time!

Beginning the EHS Women’s Committee’s Exeter Roman Walls walk with Mark Stoyle with the gunpowder tower!

Cannot recommend this highly enough for PhD students, having benefitted from the residential training course myself several years ago!

Assessing textile samples at the Whitworth and John Rylands in Manchester with @edmond-smith.bsky.social for an upcoming exhibition. Time flies you’re having fun!

As always, a fabulous time to be completing a PhD on a seventeenth-century couple, East India goods, and touching on the India women of Restoration London👇

Many congratulations Lewis, most well deserved!

What is the significance of Indian textiles in global economic history? Co-organising a one-day workshop with Tirthankar Roy on the topic, to mark the launch of the new book ‘Textiles from Bengal’. Limited places available, book via link👇
www.lse.ac.uk/Economic-His...

Fantastic few days in beautiful Lund @WEHC2025 partaking in global new research in economic history, exchanging ideas and sharing insights. So special to see colleagues and friends from all around the world, safe travels back home all!

Sorry to miss you Andrew! We must find a way to meet sometime. Happy holidays!

Very excited to join the editorial team @rhi-ihr.bsky.social thanks to the existing team for a wonderfully warm welcome at #WEHC2025 in Lund!

#WEHC2025 We're underway for "The Seams of Globalisation"! Delighted to be running this session with @alkaraman.bsky.social. Currently hearing @vendyhoppe.bsky.social giving a wonderful paper on Venetian silk through studying probate inventories