Andrew Seaton (@andrewseaton) — Bluesky Profile

3 days ago

There is a prince across the water

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5 days ago

Andrew Seaton - Blowing in the Wind Andrew Seaton: Blowing in the Wind - Electric Wind: An Energy History of Modern Britain by Marianna Dudley

A review in the new @litreview.bsky.social of Marianna Dudley's excellent book on wind power:

literaryreview.co.uk/blowing-in-t...

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6 days ago

Lovely cover!

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1 week ago

We'll have a great discussion Wed 4 March 1500 GMT with @mohamedamermeziane.bsky.social & Melissa Leach + James Fairhead on other worlds' & the nonhuman re their books @versobooks.bsky.social & @princetonupress.bsky.social.

All @anthropoceneucl.bsky.social + @uclhistory.bsky.social

#Anthropocene

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1 month ago

Thanks, Ben! - that's great news

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1 month ago

LGBTQ+ History Month: 'Scottish trans pasts, useable and otherwise?' | School of History, Classics & Archaeology | History Classics and Archaeology Celebrate LGBTQ+ History Month with Dr Sam Rutherford and learn more about the last 150 years of trans history in Scotland.

I am giving the Edinburgh Uni LGBTQ+ History Month lecture on the evening of 27 February, with the title 'Scottish Trans Pasts, Useable and Otherwise'. Details and link to register are here: hca.ed.ac.uk/updates-even... Do come along if you're in Edinburgh!

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1 month ago

This two-day workshop will explore several questions. How can environmental history complement or offer alternatives to existing historiographical narratives and periodisations in British history? What new actors, events, or phenomena might come to the fore? How should it foster engagements with places beyond its national borders or with other disciplines? Is environmental history different from longstanding traditions of ‘landscape’ or ‘urban’ histories of Britain? What contributions can historians make to environmental advocacy and policymaking? And how might a focus on the environment reshape teaching in British history?

To take part, participants should submit a 300 word proposal for a short ‘position paper’ (approx. 2500 words) that will be pre-circulated at the workshop. These position papers will address the place of environmental approaches and themes within modern British history (1800 to the present) from the perspective of the participant’s own research. Participants will orally summarise their papers at the workshop. The event is free to attend and includes lunch and refreshments.

Submissions are welcomed across a range of perspectives and topics, including but not limited to: energy, extraction, non-human actors, pollution, toxicity, rural and urban landscapes, everyday environmental histories (including how they are shaped by class, gender, and race), imperialism and decolonisation, ‘green’ policy, activism, and the political economy of the natural world.

Please send proposals and a one-paragraph biography in a single PDF to andrew.seaton@manchester.ac.uk by 15 May 2026. Please also direct enquiries to this address.

This event is organised by Dr. Max Long (Oxford) and Dr. Andrew Seaton (Manchester).

CALL FOR PAPERS - Modern British History and the 'Environmental Turn'.

A two-day workshop organised by @maxlong.bsky.social and myself at Lincoln College, Oxford, 16-17 September. Deadline for abstracts is 15 May.

Details in poster below, please share.

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1 month ago

Photograph of an American bison standing beside a fence at the London Zoo in 1906.

The research guide on Environmental History that I wrote for The National Archives, UK is now live! Includes research advice and resources on colonial environments, pollution, agriculture, and animal histories.

Available here: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-yo...

#envhist #envhum

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1 month ago

Looking at Britain through health and healthcare: changes and challenges A Centre for Modern and Contemporary Britain round table discussion on the state of health and healthcare in Britain.

On 12 Feb, I'll be speaking at UCL's new Centre for Modern and Contemporary Britain on 'Looking at Britain through Health and Health Care: Changes and Challenges'. We'll be covering history, policy, and discrimination in medical education.

Sign-up here:

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/looking-at...

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1 month ago

Expressionist wartime artwork by Graham Sutherland depicting two bulky coal miners working underground in a Welsh coalmine during World War II, shown crouched and straining around mining machinery beneath a heavy overhanging rock. The figures are rendered in thick, sculptural forms reminiscent of Henry Moore, set against a threatening red and black background created with red wax crayon and black ink wash. The textured rock ceiling looms above the miners, emphasising danger, confinement, and industrial labour, with dramatic colours and rough surfaces characteristic of Sutherland’s wartime style.

Today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange theme is Light & Dark. We have chosen Two Miners Drilling by Graham Sutherland, sketched in a Welsh coalmine (1942) as a War Artist. Ink & red crayon heighten the miners’ monumental forms and the rock’s looming threat.

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1 month ago

The great graduate job drought Economic uncertainty and the arrival of AI have brought a reduction in entry-level roles, with potentially disastrous consequences for young people

Insightful analysis of the challenges facing recent graduates told from the perspective of one my former students when I was at UCL (who was brilliant).

Link free to read for first three people:

giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

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1 month ago

CFP: USIH-IU Community Scholars Program | Society for US Intellectual History In partnership with the Institute for American Thought at Indiana University, the Society for U.S. Intellectual History is pleased to announce the continuation of a new opportunity to support continge...

Was it this one?: s-usih.org/2025/12/cfp-...

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1 month ago

The image is text reading 'Centre for the Social History of Health & Healthcare Seminar' with University of Strathclyde, Glasgow Caledonian University and Wellcome Trust Logos on the right of the image.

Very excited for the @cshhh.bsky.social upcoming seminar series. #HistMed & #HistSex folks should come along if they can! Keep an eye on the page as we've to come! www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/d...

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2 months ago

Great opportunities for fully-funded PhDs in history of science and/or technology in London, for candidates from anywhere in the world.

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3 months ago

Workshop: Critical Mineral Histories | KTH

I am organizing a workshop on “critical mineral histories” in March 2026. If you or someone you know might be interested in participating, please see the following CfP for more information on the concept and how to submit a proposal (by 10 January, if possible). Thanks! www.kth.se/anthropocene...

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3 months ago

Congrats, Charlotte!

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3 months ago

FUNDING | KingsCHoSTM Funding Opportunities within King's CHoSTM

At @kingschostm.bsky.social we are now accepting applications for the Hans Rausing Studentship in the History of Science & Technology, available in 2 forms:

- 3 year doctoral award
- 1 year Masters funding, followed by a 3 year doctoral award

Full details here: www.kingschostm.com/funding-oppo...

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3 months ago

I've had a couple successful MA into PhD students. I tried to be specific about the contributions of their proposed research to wider scholarship and to highlight experiences/skills/personal qualities that made them suitable for a self-motivated large research project

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4 months ago

Roads to Economization: Valuing Life, Limb, and Leisure in the Social Democratic State Abstract. This article reinterprets contemporary forms of economization in UK government by recovering their emergence in the early nationalized transport

🚨 New MBH article alert! This piece was the wonderfully deserving winner of the Tanner Prize last year.

“Roads to Economization: Valuing Life, Limb, and Leisure in the Social Democratic State” by Charles Troup is out now in Modern British History.

👉 doi.org/10.1093/tcbh...
#ModernBritishHistory

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3 months ago

The Wolfson History Prize - Celebrating Outstanding History The Wolfson History Prize is awarded annually to promote and recognise outstanding history written for a general audience.

Graduate of the American Studies programme that the University of Nottingham wishes to close wins 2025 Wolfson History Prize for Survivors: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the Atlantic Slave Trade.

History, it's a long game. Divest in haste, repent for the longue durée.

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3 months ago

This evening, the winner of the #WolfsonHistoryPrize 2025 will be announced live!

Join us in celebrating outstanding history. We will be posting live from the winner ceremony, so make sure you're following @wolfsonhistory.bsky.social and #WolfsonHistoryPrize for live updates throughout the night.

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3 months ago

The Marvellous Miniature Workshop review – like all your Christmasses come at once In the BBC’s latest reality show, model-makers recreate people’s most poignant places … only teeny weeny. Despite sounding like a total reach, it is endlessly charming and incredibly emotional. Let th...

I've had friends' mums message me, so to confirm, it was me on the telly yesterday.

I was the historian for two episodes of this fun new show on the BBC which tells a social history of Britain through buildings that no longer exist. All episodes on iPlayer:

www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

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3 months ago

I'll be in Oxford this Thursday to give a talk from my recent research (and to check out the new Schwarzman Centre)

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4 months ago

Thanks to @melinabuns.bsky.social for putting together such a stimulating workshop on extraction last week at Bristol @uobrisceh.bsky.social

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4 months ago

Home - Yale University Press London Welcome to the Yale University Press London home page: explore our books, meet our authors, find out about our publishing mission.

Yale University Press London (@yalebooks.bsky.social) are having a 50% off sale for the month of November, which is ideal for early Christmas shopping (and enables you to purchase OUR NHS for £5.99 - or 1.61 pence per page):

yalebooks.co.uk

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4 months ago

We have Adrián Lerner and Pollyanna Rhee talking to us about cities and the Anthropocene in 30mins (3pm UK time). Feel free to join us using the sign-up link below!

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4 months ago

I wrote a paragraph about it in chap 6 of 'Our NHS' as part of a discussion about pay beds. Weird film!

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4 months ago

They did a great job with the cover!

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4 months ago

😍😍😍

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5 months ago

Anthropocenes Histories: Cities This seminar will discuss the topic of 'Cities and the Anthropocene' through research on Latin America and the U.S.

For the first Anthropocene Histories seminar of 2025-2026, we're talking about 'Cities' with Adrián Lerner (@adrianler.bsky.social) and Pollyanna Rhee (@parhee.bsky.social).

It'll be online on 29th October between 3-5pm GMT.

Open to all, sign up here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/anthropoce...

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