School of Historical Studies, Birkbeck

CFP: Nostalgia and Radical Politics, Past and Present (15-16 June, @uninorthampton.bsky.social) 🗃️We are interested in how nostalgia – which has often been associated with conservatism – is utilised by individuals, groups and movements that may be characterised as politically radical.

Happy Birkbeck students at The Cove in the weak Autumn sunshine.

A trapped Red Admiral butterfly with Neolithic animal bone and worked flint in the museum display.

Photograph of the excavations of Windmill Hill showing Veronica and Dorothy Liddell excavating with the workmen (what are their names?).

Students at the front door of The Manor with their best Keiller poses.

@bbkhistorical.bsky.social first year students channelling their Keiller energy and love of the Neolithic today at Avebury! Thank you @nationaltrust.org.uk!!

‘Waning Crescent: the rise and fall of global Islam’
Come along to the launch of Professor Faisal Devji's book, where he discusses his examination of the rise of Islam as a global historical actor.
1st December, London E1. WaningCrescent.eventbrite.co.uk
@bbkhistorical.bsky.social
@qmul.bsky.social

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Undercover Policing of the Left 1968-1982:
Subversives Under the Lens
Chris Brian from the Undercover Research Group talks about his chapter in their new book
6.00pm, 15 October, London WC1E 7JL
Book here UndercoverPolicingLeft.eventbrite.co.uk
@bbkhistorical.bsky.social
@qmul.bsky.social

Who was Shanawdithit, the last of an indigenous Canadian tribe?

👉 gres.hm/shanawdithit

Prof @julialaite.bsky.social explores the life of the last Beothuk woman, and the violent history of #Newfoundland, England’s first transatlantic colony...

@isrfoundation.bsky.social @bbkhistorical.bsky.social

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Intellectual nomadism: Back at work after the summer break, I am delighted to welcome Frank Trentmann @bbkhistorical.bsky.social as visiting fellow @caslmu.bsky.social www.cas.lmu.de/de/personen-...

CAS-Fellow Professor Frank Trentmann

We warmly welcome Frank Trentmann @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @helsinki.fi as #CASFellow, working together with CAS researcher in residence @sinasteglich.bsky.social.

Massive congrats to Juliet, of @bbkhistorical.bsky.social, on her first publication, documenting the important corpus of bone dolls from Dura-Europos. Juliet's PhD is exploring the archaeology of childhood from the archives of the site. 🥳

Join us in Aarhus for RAC/TRAC 2026!

Rubina Raja and I have organised a session on "Archival Fieldwork" in archaeology and welcome submissions

Details on how to apply and attend here: www.romansocietyrac.ac.uk/ractrac-2026... (Deadline October 10)

Hi John, yes, it was run by Prof. Daniel Pick, and included @sarahvmarks.bsky.social among others. More information is available here: www7.bbk.ac.uk/hiddenpersua...

Thanks to an incredibly generous former student, we have some wonderful news for archaeology at Birkbeck: a new institute.

The Carena Institute of Sustainable Archaeologies will enable research projects, support global collaborations, and fund studentships as well.

www.bbk.ac.uk/research/cen...

I have been reflecting on the university in crisis bec invited to talk at the the 109th Rectors’ Assembly of Greek Universities. My thoughts: www.joannabourke.com/post/defendi... @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @openlibhums.bsky.social @bisa-bkk.bsky.social @royalhistsoc.org @britishacademy.bsky.social

Birkbeck film brings hidden history of Victorian art-workman to light Thanks to funding from Birkbeck’s Research Innovation Fund, supported by alumni donations, the legacy of Victorian art-workman David Parr has been brought to life in The Man Who Painted His House, a s...

Delighted to announce my new short film made in partnership with Lily Ford, Richard Uttley and the David Parr House!
@bbkhistorical.bsky.social @birkbecklibrary.bsky.social @luisacale.bsky.social

www.bbk.ac.uk/news/birkbec...

So pleased that we have MA funding available this year for our MA Archaeology & Heritage Programme. Please spread the word (or get in touch if you have questions)!
www.bbk.ac.uk/student-serv...

An image of the Traces of Belsen exhibition poster in Russell Square tube station, London

📍 Traces of Belsen is free and open to the public Monday to Friday, 10am - 5pm. Open until 10 July!

Visit our Russell Square exhibition gallery to see this ground-breaking new display buff.ly/V5c6XfZ

📢 Just announced! The programme & booking is now live for our Annual Conference 2025.

🗓️ Join us online & free on 4–5 Sept for Hidden in Plain Sight: Women in Archives, Libraries, Museums & Personal Collections.

🔗 womenshistorynetwork.org/the-womens-h...
#WHN2025 #WomensHistory #Archives #Heritage

If you'd like to talk to an academic about an MA you're interested in, we'd love to hear from you! You can email the programme director, or ask on here: DMs are open.

Other funding opportunities for postgraduate programmes across Birkbeck are listed here
www.bbk.ac.uk/student-serv...

The Peltz Scholarships are open to students across the School of Historical Studies
www.bbk.ac.uk/student-serv...

The (brand new!) Carena Institute of Sustainable Archaeology Scholarships

www.bbk.ac.uk/student-serv...

The MA History of Art scholarship

www.bbk.ac.uk/student-serv...

*Master's funding claxon*

Did you know that we have a range of scholarships for our MA programmes, including funding specifically for Archaeology, Heritage, and History of Art? Links below!

Great talks: 'RESISTING THE RISE OF THE RADICAL RIGHT'. How can we understand & respond to the rise of the Far Right? Tomorrow (2 July) 17:30, Birkbeck Clore Management Centre: FREE: www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event... @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @bisa-bkk.bsky.social @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social

Website landing page of the Birkbeck Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Worlds.

Amidst the doom, I'm so excited to be welcoming people to the first annual Medieval and Early Modern Research Day at @bbkhistorical.bsky.social! More than 20 of Birkbeck's staff, students and research fellows will be giving micro-talks about a primary source. www.bbk.ac.uk/research/cen...

So pleased to have my chapter on detachment as an emotional practice in this excellent volume edited by Martina Cucchiara and Lisa Fetheringill Zwicker! @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @cushwa.bsky.social @achahistory.bsky.social @catholicrs.bsky.social

Christopher showing his title slide ‘Tarpaulin and Sail Cloth’ at Birkbeck, and standing behind all of his models of ships and dockyards on the Thames. These are laid out on a blue cloth to mark the river itself.

Special lecture for Thames through Time - Tarpaulins and Sail Cloth by MA Archaeology & Heritage student Christopher Snary @bbkhistorical.bsky.social, complete with every model he has built!

Photograph of book on Scultpures from Roman Syria with grey cover, featuring a broken marble sculpture of a female

Out today, my review of a recent two volume work on Sculptures from Roman Syria.

TL; DR -- Important, but frustrating, work.

The words that will stick with me are "current location unknown".

Herzliche Einladung zum Abschluss unserer Reihe: Nikolaus Wachsmann @bbkhistorical.bsky.social spricht am 3.7. über "Auschwitz und das Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs"
📍Uni #Hamburg, 18.30 Uhr, Philturm, Hörsaal D
mit @igdjhh.bsky.social & @uni-hamburg.de
👉 zeitgeschichte-hamburg.de/veranstaltun...

Or to read more about her work and projects: estherbreithoff.com

From Bombs to Bracelets: War Waste as Involuntary Heritage in the Anthropocene Using the troubling notion of “from bombs to bracelets” as a premise, this paper considers war waste as a complex anthropogenic inheritance that reflects deep-rooted and pervasive inequalities of p...

If you'd like to read Esther's award-winning research, her article "From Bombs to Bracelets: War Waste as Involuntary Heritage in the Anthropocene" is available open access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....