Philippa Smith

Come and work with us! We have a two-year, half-time postdoctoral research associate position working on the @storymachine-ht.bsky.social project www.jobs.london.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai.... If you’re interested in #DigitalHumanities and/or folklore, we’d love to hear from you. Closing date 27 October.

‪ANN SAUNDERS ESSAY PRIZE FOR 2026

A prize of £1,000 is offered annually for an original and unpublished 8000-word research essay on the topography, development or buildings of London in any period.

Submissions by 1 April 2026.

Details can be found at: londontopsoc.org/about-us/ann...

If you weren't able to join the #ArchivesAccreditn launch webinar, you can see the updated standard, guidance and application form online*: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec...

Magic Lantern Show and Exhibition Late View Join us at The London Archives for an evening of Victorian magic and entertainment with Jeremy and Carolyn Brooker from the Magic Lantern Society.

www.thelondonarchives.org/whats-on/mag...

Get your tickets whilst they last! Selling fast! @thelondonarchives.bsky.social #MagicLantern

Photo of a paper airplane on fire with text that reads "I am under no obligation to disclose anything and the papers belong to me. If I wanted to I could take them into the yard and have a bonfire with them" South Yorkshire Chief Constable Med Hughes. Credit for photo of on fire airplane is Aron Yigin via Unsplash

Why aren’t Police Records in England & Wales covered by the Public Records Act? We've been campaigning on this since 2012 - blog for more info:
www.campaignforrecords.org/blog/why-arent-police-records-covered-by-the-public-records-act
#publicaccountability
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Events Stay up to date with the upcoming events organised or hosted by the Institute of Historical Research

History curious? You don't need to be in London (or the UK) to attend many Institute of Historical Research seminars, although if you're in Bloomsbury you'll enjoy doing so. Most are hybrid (online/in person). They're free, usually fortnightly and open to the public.

Starting this week:

Museum of Cambridge are looking for a #Disability Heritage Research Volunteer, to work remotely, creating histories of people with disabilities in Cambridgeshire. www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/wp-content/u...

SHAPE Involve and Engage A funding programme for innovative public engagement from the British Academy.

Keen to reach new audiences? We are offering up to £8k to humanities and social sciences researchers to deliver public engagement projects working in partnership with a gallery, archive, library or museum. Deadline 15th Oct
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/shap...

Mother and baby home archives to become digitised The records will be preserved in a permanent archive - aimed at providing relatives and survivors with the opportunity to research their past in a single location.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #ancestors #ireland

This is going to be great! Hope to see you at the Festival of #BlackHistory @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social on Saturday 6th September. Book your FREE ticket here: billetto.co.uk/e/festival-o...

Our medieval murder maps reveal the surprising geography of violence in 14th-century English cities In the 14th century, Sundays were particularly deadly.

Medieval murder maps of London, Oxford and York. Guess which was the most violent?

theconversation.com/our-medieval...

After the release of #KingAndConqueror, it seems an opportune moment to remind you that the deadline for the submission of abstracts for 'The Past, Present, and Future after Conquest: 1066, 1169' is the end of next month.

#medievalsky #Normans @leverhulme.ac.uk

As soon as I saw the trailer, I thought I’m not watching this as all the inaccuracies will just annoy me!

🚨JOB KLAXON🚨

@kingsmusic.bsky.social is delighted to offer a permanent Lectureship/Senior Lectureship, starting ASAP, in the history of opera and/or music theatre (any timeframe) OR historically European music c. 1780 to1900.

SHORT DEADLINE – 31 AUGUST

APPLY HERE: tinyurl.com/2t34j665

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Dr Miranda Kaufmann | Substack Historian. Author of #BlackTudors (2017) and #Heiresses: Marriage, Inheritance and Caribbean Slavery (2025)

So I’ve started a #Substack to share stories from my new book #Heiressss plus general history thoughts now I’m free from the book, but I currently have a grand total of 4 subscribers! Please join me there if you’d like to. Any tips on dos & don’ts also welcome! substack.com/@drmirandaka...

We used to do this regularly whenever we stayed in Dorset as my younger son was mad about steam railways. A real treat which also always included taking the train to Swanage for fish and chips and ice cream as well as visiting Corfe Castle.

To Detain or To Punish Join us at The London Archives as Dr Kiran Mehta introduces her new book exploring the penal landscape of 18th century London.

🚨 To Detain or To Punish: Magistrates and the Making of the London Prison System, 1750–1840 🚨
📅 Wednesday 3 September @ 5:30pm
📣 @kiranmehta.bsky.social discusses the diverse penal landscape of 18th century London. An incredible book using many TLA documents!

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/to-detain-...

We're currently recruiting an Apprentice Archivist in my brigade at IWM. It's a great role that will work across our Documents collection, a treasure trove of stories and secrets. If you're interested in forging a career as an archivist, this could be for you:
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Senate House Library announces relaunch of Visiting Research Fellowship Senate House Library and the Friends of Senate House Library are delighted to report that the Visiting Research Fellowships programme has been relaunched.

📣Applications still open for the Senate House Library Visiting Fellowships 📣

In 2025-6 up to two awards of £1500 will be allocated to support a fellowship of up to two weeks.

Deadline: 15 September 2025

More info 👇
https://tinyurl.com/ykudv9tn

Spaces, Places and Belonging: Community Hub Launch Webinar Learn about the new AHRC funded Community Hub, which will support inclusive, community led research across the UK GLAM and heritage sectors.

There’s a webinar coming up to launch Spaces, Places & Belonging! Learn about the new AHRC funded Community Hub, which will support inclusive, community led research across the UK GLAM and heritage sectors.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/spaces-pla...

International Tracing Service (ITS) - The Wiener Holocaust Library We’re proud to be the UK copyholder of this remarkable archive of over 30 million pages of Holocaust-era documents.

Find out more about the ITS archive and how our expert team can support your research 🔗 wienerholocaustlibrary.org/what-we-do/r...

Two people sitting in the cafe of the National Library of Scotland, talking.

We’re looking for a Head of Human Resources 💼

You’ll lead the development and delivery of our people strategy, fostering a culture of inclusion and excellence at Scotland’s national library.

Talk: Mapping Relief: The Files of the Cambridge Charity Organisation Society Cambridge Charity Organisation Society (CCOS) formed in 1879 as a successor of the Cambridge Mendicity Society founded in 1818/1819. It aimed to relieve distress of the ‘really deserving poor…

Upcoming talk alert! Former Cambs Archives team member Laura Housden will be giving a talk at the Museum of Cambridge on 14 August about the files of the Cambridge Charity Organisation Society, formed in 1879 to relieve distress of the ‘deserving poor.’
www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/event/mappin...

Two University of Cambridge students are walking on the streets of central Cambridge. Copyright: University of Cambridge (June 2024)

We're looking for an Associate Professor/Professor who can
contribute to research and teaching at Cambridge Digital Humanities from January 2026 or as soon as possible thereafter.

This is a permanent role with a closing date of 21 September.

Apply now: www.cdh.cam.ac.uk/about/news/n...

We've extended the booking deadlines for our ARA2025 conference: In person - by 11th Aug and online right up to start of conference. Find out all about the conference here: openingdoors.eventsair.com/ara2025/

Records Specialist - Early Modern Parliament at The National Archives Start your UK & international job search for academic jobs, research jobs, science jobs and managerial jobs in leading universities and top...

We're recruiting for a new role in the Early Modern team at TNA to help us integrate the Parliamentary Archives. I'm looking for someone with an expertise in pre-modern Westminster Parliament so we can join the executive, legislative and judicial collections www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOD893/r...

Fantastic opportunity to work at the National Archives as a specialist on early modern parliamentary papers.
#HistParl
www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/index.cg...

Is she registered with the Priority Services Register? It seems to make a big difference with how quickly utilities will sort things out.

About the Project Liverpool John Moores University invites applications for a fulltime, funded PhD researcher to work on a collaborative doctoral project with the Bluecoat, Liverpool's contemporary arts centre. The project will explore the global and imperial history of Liverpool's Blue Coat Charity School in the nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. It will focus on the extent to which the growing globalisation of the port of Liverpool, and associated colonial connections and structures, were reflected in the people involved in the charity school - its trustees, supporters, pupils and staff - and the School's wider activities. The period covered is from the formal end of the slave trade and slave ownership in the early-nineteenth century to the purchase of the Bluecoat's city-centre buildings - significantly by Merseyside philanthropist and imperialist William Lever (later Lord Leverhulme) — in the Edwardian era. As well as the completion of a PhD thesis, the project will involve the co-production of a contemporary arts programme, reflecting upon the Bluecoat's imperial connections and legacies.

My @ljmuhistory.bsky.social colleague Nick White with the art’s organisation Bluecoat’s are recruiting a PHD student to research the global &imperial history of Liverpool’s Blue Coat Charity School. They want someone who can develop a community strand #skyhistorian www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

This is a fabulous opportunity to work with a fascinating collection and interesting organisation. Plus the subject is fascinating and valuable. Please take a look.