Laura King (she/her)

Tomorrow, @writersmosaic joins @OffTheShelfFest for 'Diverse Islands' - a vital conversation on race, identity & multiculturalism across the UK & Ireland. 🌍📚

With Kieran Connell, Emer O’Neill, Charlotte Rea-Patel & host John Siddique. In partnership with @SpeakVolumes.

Looking forward to co-convening this with Kat Rawling and an awesome bunch of colleagues.

That would be brilliant!

This sounds brilliant, Olivia - very gutted I can't make it because of a clash! Hope it's a great evening - sure it will be

Applications now open for 4 short-term postdoctoral fellowships working with materials in Cultural Collections and Galleries @universityofleeds.bsky.social. Deadline 29 September 2025. Find out more about the Brotherton and Bedford Fellowships and how to apply here: lahri.leeds.ac.uk/opportunities/

Call for Applications: Editorial Fellowships at History Workshop, 2025 History Workshop is advertising two part-time, paid Editorial Fellowships in 2025, open to early career historians.

Are you an early-career historian interested in radical, public and digital history?

We are currently looking for two part-time, paid Editorial Fellows to join History Workshop.

Deadline is at midnight on 15th August. See below for more details!

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🚨 Are you a first-time author in women or gender history?

The WHN Annual Book Prize offers £500 for the best debut monograph in this field published in the UK (2023–2024).

Deadline: 15 August 2025
Open to WHN members.

Details: womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-annual-b...

#WHNBookPrize #GenderHist

In a new policy paper John Stewart argues that debates around blood supply to the NHS have been proxies for fundamental disagreements about the nature of British society. Read it here: historyandpolicy.org/policy-paper...

Call for Applications: Editorial Fellowships at History Workshop, 2025 History Workshop is advertising two part-time, paid Editorial Fellowships in 2025, open to early career historians.

📣 call for applications 📣
Two part-time, paid Editorial Fellowships at History Workshop.

Our fellowships support early career historians to develop expertise in public, radical and digital history & to gain experience of working in an editorial team.

Please share widely!

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Thank you!

Thank you! Absolutely, I'm always for a very expansive definition of what a historian is. That sounds great - thanks for the recommendation

NEW DATASET - OUT NOW!

A massive 69,000 records added to the Railway Work, Life & Death project, covering English & Welsh railways, 1855-1929.

Download our free database from our website - & please spread the word!

#Railway200

Ah, thanks so much Nimisha! That's really kind!

Thanks Charlotte, this is a new one on me - great to add to the list! Hope you're well

Thank you for the fantastic piece! I used it to teach on this area on our MA in Social and Cultural History this year, and the students really enjoyed it

Yes! Great plan - thank you

Oh this looks great! Really looking forward to reading this - thank you

Always a good thing, bab!

Yes! I do have this on my list. It's such a great book, isn't it

Of course it does! Thanks a lot for the reminder - good shout

Thanks Vic!

Thanks Sarah! I didn't know about this - looks great

Lovers and Strangers, of course! And thanks for the Chatterji and Mazower suggestions

Ooh thanks Matt! Perfect

It's a huge topic! All examples welcome - I'd love to know about more great writing in this area.

I'm thinking academic historians who write about migration and have lived experience, a family history, or just write from a personal angle on the topic. I've got @nimishabarton.bsky.social's fantastic Gender & History piece, Saidiya Hartman's writings, Gaiutra Bahadur's Coolie Woman...

Okay #skystorians... I have a great MA student writing an essay on historians and subjectivity. Can you think of any good examples of migration histories by academic historians which write from some kind of personal perspective?

What does family history mean to you? Why not take a look at @lauracking.bsky.social 'Loose Ends' project? It might inspire you to start a family history project of your own.
lahri.leeds.ac.uk/news/a-new-t...

Such wonderful news! Congratulations Dr Turbutt - it's a fantastic piece of work.

Heartened to see that close to 900 fellow academics and educators have already signed our letter in support of trans rights, trans wellbeing & trans inclusion, and against essentialist, anti-scientific, racialised & regressive views of womanhood. Please do read, share & sign! tinyurl.com/mud7va29