We're excited to be taking part in this free South Asian Heritage Month event! Held online on 14th August, more details below.
We'll be sharing material from our collections with a focus on the British military and civilian experience in India during the Raj, and South Asian students at King’s.
30.07.2025 10:58 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Exploring South Asian Collections at the University of London
Join us for a special online session exploring South Asia collections across the University of London.
Join here for a free online session exploring South Asian Collections @uolondon.bsky.social with colleagues from @senatehouselib.bsky.social @kingsarchives.bsky.social and @soaslibrary.bsky.social part of South Asian Heritage Month
30.07.2025 09:42 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
We are proud to announce that South Asian Britain: Connecting Histories, a landmark educational website on the histories of South Asians in Britain, is now live!
Visit southasianbritain.org
@qmul.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social @britishlibrary.bsky.social #AHRC @uobartsmatter.bsky.social
22.07.2025 08:00 — 👍 48 🔁 40 💬 1 📌 5
A gallery of digitised images featured in the online exhibition
📢 “In the Grip of Change: The Caribbean and its British Diaspora” is now available as an online exhibition!
Have a look and explore newly digitised Caribbean & Black British history materials featured in the recent exhibition @senatehouselib.bsky.social
👉 exhibitions.london.ac.uk/s/grip-of-ch...
24.06.2025 12:24 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Flyer for 'Unfolding Time' exhibition, with opening times 9:30-17:00 Monday to Friday and until 19:15 on Thursdays.
⌛ Final Week ⌛
Time is running out to visit our current exhibition:
'Unfolding Time: The Medieval Pocket Calendar' – closing 15 May. 🕰️
🔗Opening times + digital highlights:
www.lambethpalacelibrary.info/unfolding-time
#UnfoldingTime #MedievalSky #BookHistory 📜
06.05.2025 10:50 — 👍 40 🔁 18 💬 0 📌 4
🗣️ Listen to award-winning poet @jennymitchellgo.bsky.social's poem ‘The Caribbean Grip’.
💬 The poem was created in response to Senate House Library’s exhibition ‘In the Grip of Change: the Caribbean and its British diaspora’
👉 Learn more: www.london.ac.uk/about/servic...
09.04.2025 15:40 — 👍 9 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 1
A collection of books from Senate House Library's extensive Latin American Collections
Our current membership area display in Senate House Library showcases the academic & cultural contributions of University of the West Indies alumni who received University of London degrees🎓
These form just a part of our extensive Latin American Collections 📖
13.02.2025 12:08 — 👍 12 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
Comic Book Your Heritage!
This unique workshop invites you to explore and celebrate your cultural heritage through the art of comic storytelling.
Very pleased to announce my upcoming event: Comic Book Your Heritage part of "In the Grip of Change, Caribbean Diaspora in Britain" exhibition, at University of London Senate House Library! Many thanks to @juanitacox.bsky.social and @salinajaneart.bsky.social
Link: www.london.ac.uk/news-events/...
13.02.2025 17:47 — 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Hub Manager:London Senate House - Hybrid
Job klaxon! Come and work with us as Manager of the Digital Humanities Research Hub in the School of Advanced Study, University of London @dh-researchhub.bsky.social #DigitalHumanities
03.02.2025 14:02 — 👍 36 🔁 42 💬 1 📌 5
In the Grip of Change – Poetry Workshops at Senate House
Join award-winning poet Jenny Mitchell for creative sessions inspired by a range of vibrant materials from our Caribbean collections
'In the Grip of Change' – Poetry Workshops✍️ Join award-winning poet @jennymitchellgo.bsky.social for creative sessions inspired by a range of vibrant materials from Senate House Library's Caribbean & Black History Collections.
👉 BOOK NOW - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-the-gri...
30.01.2025 16:58 — 👍 4 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 1
Royal opening of their Senate House in Jamaica in 1953
💭Did you know University of the West Indies was once closely connected to the University of London?
Here’s the Royal opening of their Senate House in Jamaica in 1953. Find out more in a display at our Senate House Library 📖
30.01.2025 16:23 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
This #HMD we are launching a new online platform allowing readers around the world digital access to many of our most important collections.
Wiener Digital Collections’ state-of-the-art viewer will create an important tool for Holocaust research and education, and for combatting antisemitism...
22.01.2025 09:28 — 👍 85 🔁 30 💬 3 📌 6
An image which gives details of the free online training session, 'Researching migration and refugee narratives' taking place on the 20th March 2025 from 14.00-15.30 GMT - to attend one can sign up here: https://www.history.ac.uk/events/researching-migration-and-refugee-narratives
Interested in researching migration and refugee narratives? This online research training session will introduce participants to a wealth of resources and is free to attend.
🗓 20 March 2025
🕰 14:00-15:30 BST
🖥 Online
Register today via: https://buff.ly/3ZgvjdC
13.12.2024 11:00 — 👍 48 🔁 36 💬 0 📌 1
A semi-transparent purple box overlays an image of the busy History Day fair and the IHR Crush Hall stairs. In the box is text thanking everyone involved in History Day 2024
4 images of smiling people at their History Day stands. The people in all the images look directly at the camera and are either standing or seated behind their table display. There are documents and books on the tables with banners behind them displaying their organisation name.
4 images of History Day table displays. There are old books and a tapestry replica top left, diagrams and photos of animals top right, sweets, a toy trilobite and documents bottom left, and a badge-maker, images for this, zines and pens bottom right.
4 images of people interacting at History Day. Each has a combination of young and old people looking over tables and talking to, or listening to, the stall holder.
✨History Day 2024 roundup✨ Thank you to everyone who joined us this week for #HistDay24 and to all the brilliant IHR and Senate House Library staff for putting on such a successful event. Let’s take a brief look back at the day and we hope to see you again next year!
10.11.2024 16:20 — 👍 20 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
What will you Discover? Behind the Scenes at History Day 2024 - History Collections
Oct 24, 2024 | General
Not long to go! With History Day 2024 right around the corner, History Day intern Katherine reflects on planning the event and what to look forward to at #HistDay24. Read the new blog at https://buff.ly/4hhx0j7 and keep signing up at https://buff.ly/3zyvHLE .
What will you discover? #HistDay24
25.10.2024 13:00 — 👍 9 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 1
A box overflowing with photos, textual sources. A notification box overlays this. Purple banners are at the top and bottom of the image. The top with logos for UoL Senate House Library and IHR, SAS in the corners, the bottom 10th anniversary logo and qr code to the History Day 2024 booking page.
Discover the organisations taking part in #HistDay24 at https://buff.ly/2IzuuJ8. Who are you excited to talk to at History Day? Don’t forget to register for #HistDay24 at https://buff.ly/3zyvHLE (attendance is free!) See you on the 5th! What will you discover? #HistDay24
11.10.2024 11:00 — 👍 11 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 2
Testimonial from a 2023 History Day attendee. "So many fascinating collections for research in one room". Senate House and IHR logos are in the top corners, a purple banner with the 10th anniversary logo and a link/ QR code to the history day website, where more information can be found, are below.
Testimonial from a 2022 History Day attendee. "Such a lovely and well curated event". Senate House and IHR logos are in the top corners. A purple banner with the 10th anniversary logo and a link/ QR code to the history day website, where more information can be found, are below.
Testimonial from a 2021 History Day attendee. "An innovative and creative way of presenting history". Senate House and IHR logos are in the top corners. A purple banner with the 10th anniversary logo and a link/ QR code to the history day website, where more information can be found, are below.
Testimonial from a 2020 History Day attendee. "The creativity in the sector is awesome". Senate House and IHR logos are in the top corners. A purple banner with the 10th anniversary logo and a link/ QR code to the history day website, where more information can be found, are below.
One month to go! History Day is only one month away so we’re looking back at what makes the day so special! Hear what previous attendees have to say and be sure to sign up to join us this November at bit.ly/histday24 (attendance is free!). #WhatWillYouDiscover #HistDay24
05.10.2024 11:00 — 👍 14 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 1
A woman wearing a red bangle looks at documents displayed on a table. What will you discover? Date and time information for the event, the 10th anniversary logo, and a link and qr code to the history day 2024 booking page are at the bottom of the image.
History Day is back and celebrating its 10th year! Join us on 5 Nov 11:00 - 16:00 at Senate House to explore the library, museum, archive and special collections from around the UK. Sign up for #HistDay24 is now open … see you there! Discover more at: buff.ly/3zyvHLE
27.09.2024 11:00 — 👍 14 🔁 17 💬 0 📌 4
Development Officer at Archives Hub, Jisc
Head of Archive Sector Leadership at The National Archives, mixing a love of history with all things Archives. Sci Fi geek, tea drinker, ex biscuit eater. Pronouns: she/her
Digital Scriptorium (DS) is a consortium of North American institutions with collections of global premodern manuscripts, building an online national union catalog developed on Linked Open Data technologies and practices. https://digital-scriptorium.org
Standard-setting & professional membership organisation representing over 14,500 Fellows & Members
The Society for the Social History of Medicine (SSHM) has pioneered interdisciplinary approaches to the history of health, welfare, medical science and practice https://sshm.org/
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BlueSky account for History: The Journal of the Historical Association. Academic history journal published by Wiley; editorial team based at Northumbria University. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1468229X
Bringing people together through art. Based in Los Angeles, working globally.
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Digital Curator, Digital Research Team at the British Library specifically and information enthusiast generally.
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Library at the heart of SOAS University of London
UK National Research Library for Asia, Africa and the Middle East
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We’re the national library of the UK.
We post about manuscripts, mostly from UPenn. SIMS brings manuscript culture, modern technology and people together.
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Founded 102 years ago, the OBS celebrates the collection, care, and enjoyment of libraries, books, and archives of all sizes📚
Oxford, England
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Rare books and manuscripts since 1847. Visitors welcome 10-6 daily; catalogues issued regularly (https://bit.ly/Q-stayintouch).
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Laboratory for Medieval Manuscript Fragments: https://fragmentarium.ms
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Professor of Book History at UBC School of Information, Vancouver. Into medieval manuscripts. He/his. Blog: https://medievalbooks.nl. Writing a book on ads by medieval scribes.
“There is more to life than medieval books, but it's a good place to start.”
Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office. 17 year old tabby. Living with my sixth Prime Minister. Unofficial.
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The Association for Manuscripts and Archives in Research Collections - promoting the study, accessibility and preservation of manuscripts and archives
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A unique residential library; a place to read, write and rest. Book a stay through our website and discover our beautiful Reading Rooms and boutique bedrooms!
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