Philippa Hellawell

Very happy that my article on the ackee tree in Jamaica is out! Thanks to @treeseeker.bsky.social and @planthums-uk.bsky.social for editing this excellent special issue.

www.whp-journals.co.uk/PP/article/v...

Email Olivia.Wyatt@ed.ac.uk or Meleisa.Ono-George@history.ox.ac.uk to present online or in-person

Kicking off our fantastic line up with a showcase of new research! Get in touch if you are a postgraduate or early career researcher who would like to introduce their work to the field.

📍 Hybrid: N304, IHR, Senate House, WC1E 7HU and Online
📅 Thursday 16th October, 2025
⏰ 17:30
🔗 bit.ly/3INwCfO

Extinction and hope: Navigating animal encounters in the archive What hope can be found in encounters with animals in archival documents?

I'll be hosting an online event on encountering extinction in the archives with @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social as part of The National Archives' Research Routes series.

Come along to hear about researching animal histories in the archive!

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/extinction...

When someone claims that AI can just read all digitized history and discover new things, they should be required to catalog one of the many boxes full of random 17th century papers left over from a chancery case.

Thanks, Malik. I'd love to hear more about the archive. Please feel free to get in touch!

Not quite sure how I only just heard about this @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy project led by @pbhellawell.bsky.social but I AM VERY EXCITED about it!

Thank you. I'm sure there'll be lots of interesting connections - would be great to chat some time. Can't wait to read the book! Might be a good one for the TNA shop...

In memory of the thousands of enslaved Africans who lost their lives, this 1751 list from Cape Coast Castle is a stark reminder to look beyond the numbers of the trade and emphasise the personhood of each individual enslaved for European gain. Today, we centre them.

We were honoured to be guided through the castle by the Director of Ghana Museums and Monuments Board, who we presented with a 1756 plan from The National Archives - a powerful reminder that records must be paired with material heritage and local knowledge to better understand our shared history.

Meeting with the Public Records and Archives Administration Department in Accra, Ghana

This was part of a week-long visit to Ghana for my research project, PASSAGE, funded by Lloyd’s Register Foundation @lrfheritage.bsky.social. We met with archivists, researchers, and government officials to discuss how PASSAGE can support research in Ghana on the history of transatlantic slavery.

On the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade, I am reflecting on my recent trip to Ghana, where I had the privilege to visit Cape Coast Castle, a place I had encountered countless times, but only through records at The National Archives.

Congrats Emily!

Current programmes, for which applications are invited, include the Society's Martin Lynn Scholarship in African History.

The Scholarship (£1500) is for a PhD student to undertake research on the history of Africa. Further details: bit.ly/3ssb3c0. Closing date 5 September 2025 #Skystorians

God, this is dreamy. Three months in Italy to do pre- or postdoctoral archival work!

Congrats Randy, that's great news! Well done!

Conference Panel Bursary | The London Journal The London Journal is eager to support early career scholars present their work on London at conferences and publish articles based on this work. To that end, the Journal is pleased to annouce a conference panel bursary.

REMINDER: We offer bursaries of up to £500 per head to support UK-based postgraduate and early career researchers to arrange panels on London-related topics for academic conferences. See here for further details on how to apply (please repost to help spread the word!)

That's great - thanks so much for coming! Good to meet you. I'll try find some time in the diary for a more 'formal' introduction.

Ruthless - Yale University Press London A revelatory new history of Britain’s industrial revolution and the exploitation that enabled it Was Britain’s industrial revolution the result o...

The *big thing* I've been finishing is my next book Ruthless, which is coming out in October. It connects the exploitation of land and people across Britain and its empire with scientific and technological innovation to offer a new history of capitalist development.

yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...

Hello, we are expected to work approx. 60% of the week in the office at Kew and this would apply to the researcher role. For the cataloguer job, however, we would likely expect more time on site as most of this work cannot be done from home. Hope that helps!

Thank you so much for tweeting about the project, Margot. Very grateful!

Collections Researcher (Transatlantic Slavery) 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...

PASSAGE is recruiting for two fixed-term posts to join me working on 18thC records of enslavement
1) Collections Researcher (Transatlantic Slavery) shorturl.at/aZwqn
2) Project Cataloguer (Transatlantic Slavery) shorturl.at/6aSpz
If you have questions, please let me know & please circulate widely!

We are hiring at St John's! We have an opening for an Early Career Librarian post, 3 year fixed term, salary £27,786, and as part of the role the College will pay the successful candidate's fees and give them day release to undertake a Masters' degree in Librarianship. www.joh.cam.ac.uk/vacancies

Course poster. The background is cream with illustrated flowers. In the centre is a light text box, which says: MEET THE TON: THE REAL HISTORY OF FASHIONABLE SOCIETY IN GEORGIAN LONDON An online course with Hannah Greig Starts: Thurs 29 May www.histfest.org/courses There is a Georgian-style silhouette of a woman in an oval circle in the centre of the text box. To the left of the poster is a picture of Hannah Greig.

📣 NEW COURSE

MEET THE TON: THE REAL HISTORY OF FASHIONABLE SOCIETY IN GEORGIAN LONDON

A new four-week course with academic, author and historical advisor Professor Hannah Greig

Starts: Thurs 29 May
Course Fee: £40 (+booking fee)
Sign up: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/meet-the-t...

It's a very good question!

A group of us at TNA submitted an 18th century panel, which also wasn't selected because of "lack of space", raising the everpresent question whether the 18th century is "early modern" (mostly yes, if based on the structure of British state records) @elizabethbiggs.bsky.social

Aww, thank you, Hannah. I was planning to reach out soon to draw on your pearls of wisdom!

Thank you, much appreciated. Jacqueline emailed me yesterday, and I was going to share details of the project!

📣 Calling early modernists 📣 3 x 4-year jobs at Durham in French, History, & Italian!! Also 3 x PhDs. All working under the banner of 'Inventing Futures' in a wonderful department. Apply / spread the word....

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Thanks Joe!

Thank you!