*Conference announcement*
Modern Enquiries into the Nature & Causes of the Wealth of Nations: International Prosperity and Development 250 Years After Adam Smith. King's College, Cambridge. 5-6 MARCH 2026. Further information & to register via Eventbrite: www.econsoc.hist.cam.ac.uk/docs/Camb_WO...
Many of you will recognise this precious space, the heart of @camhistory.bsky.social at @cam.ac.uk It's a work in progress...
Great opportunity here for historians of voluntary action and child poverty to have their say, as the Education and Work and Pensions Select Committees reviews the government's plans, record and level of ambition on ending child poverty
committees.parliament.uk/work/9581/re...
"History has a fundamental role to play as essential balance against a society which has often rushed to see in everything what Richard Bourke has termed “the myths of continuity and composition.”"
A brilliant voicing of the value of universites, humanities and history. 2/2
1/2 Taoiseach Micheál Martin in Cambridge today: "the strongest democracies, and the most sustainable societies, are those which embrace the importance of diversity and complexity. Without the humanities this is impossible[...]"
www.gov.ie/en/departmen...
Great treat to have Prof Alex Walsham lecture on recycling religious materials in the English Reformation ahead of tonight's Medwards historians' dinner
Congrats to Becky Orr, for her prize winning @mbhjournal.bsky.social article, The Growth of the British Private Security Industry and the Ends of Empire, 1960-1974
www.hist.cam.ac.uk/news/rebecca...
Please do share this doctoral opportunity with MA/MSt students - four years of AHRC funding to work on the history of children's play in Wales, supervised by me and the lovely and brilliant Dr Jacky Tyrie. Any questions get in touch! www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate...
We're looking to capture experiences of what it means to be queer in the UK today! To do that we're collecting day diaries for 12th February. It doesn't matter what you get up to, or how you record it, we'd love to have it!🧵 (1/4) #LGBTplusHM #lgbthm26
When working on historical child sexual abuse, our research team often found local press to be the only archival trace of past allegations & convictions
The articles I have learnt most from and given to my students... Probably Pam Cox's Future Uses of History, & Mike Roper's Slipping Out of View
100th issue and 50th anniversary of History Workshop Journal. A democratising powerhouse.
#HWJ
NEW 🙌 'A Companion to Rome c. 400-c. 1050' edited by
Caroline Goodson and Julia Hillner.
A new urban history of late antique and early medieval Rome - the result of over seven years' scholarship by 32 contributors from across Europe and America.
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Fantastic treasure here
Great job opportunity here for researcher on HLF project ‘Global Ecology Not Global Economy: Archives of Environmental Resistance’, at the wonderul May Day Rooms
maydayrooms.org/we-are-hirin...
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Lucy Delap (@lucydelap.bsky.social) analyses the history of the Labour Party's approach to disability in the context of the government's failed welfare cuts
FREE TO READ: Paul Kirby traces the history of Labour's long-standing feminist ambitions in the international sphere, and laments their apparent death amidst swingeing aid cuts
So pleased to be part of this, reflecting on the fraught place of disability in Labour's history, distant and recent
Reminds me of endless fun with my history of everyday life special subject which included tasting, historical bar tending, dress up sessions...
Great cross Faculty session on classroom innovation today @camhistory.bsky.social
including role play, field trips, archives work, object handling. Fun to be off leash and imagining anything is possible
UK Universities cut 13,300 jobs, paid £300m+ in redundancy.
Economic contribution of the HE sector, £265bn.
Systematically destroyed by govts - foreign students not welcome, cut real-term grants, fees, students burdened with debts, low staff pay/morale.
Govt want skilled labour.
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Here, for @historyworkshop.org.uk I discuss the history of a refuge for trans women.
I show women’s shared experiences of violence across the spectrum of cis and trans.
I highlight histories of solidarity against male violence by feminists and trans women.
academic.oup.com/hwj/advance-...
Low key, but definitely Christmas at the UL @theul.bsky.social
If you’re a #Humanities #ECR & in/willing to travel to York on 17 December, join me & the @historylabplus.bsky.social team for our 2025 ‘Christmas Connections’ event, a FREE & informal opportunity to support each other, build professional connections, & sample the city’s heritage & eatables. 👇&🧵
I learnt so much about China on this visit, and met such incredible people. Hoping for more conversations between historians of our respective academies
A pleasure and an honour to be invited to talk about global feminisms at @pku1898.bsky.social History Department. I greatly appreciate the specially-designed poster, featuring Nüshu characters, a woman-created script that gave them private cultural space even when outside of formal education systems
As a review is announced into who counts as disabled, I offer some reflections on disability and UK employment policies over the twentieth century
historyandpolicy.org/policy-paper...
Eight people who took action in solidarity with Palestine have been on hunger strike since 2 November in protest at their prolonged pre-trial imprisonment, censorship of communications and alleged mistreatment in custody.
Five have now been hospitalised. David Lammy must respond.
Today’s campaigns against the BBC, from Donald Trump to The Daily Telegraph, have a surprisingly long history.
In our latest article, David Nowell Smith explores how commercial rivalries inspired the first accusations of left-wing bias at the BBC.
It's a lazy populist dogwhistle that reinforces ideas of scrounging and undeserving claimants. Many disability benefits are totally unrelated to work status, but do have the effect of making paid employment possible. They also add to human dignity & alleviate suffering - surely worth something too?
