Cameron Whiteside

It's set to be a gloomy day tomorrow, so how about some medieval loyalties instead! We have a very promising selection of 20-minute papers and 5-minute presentations, with a general discussion for all to join at the end. Bring a hot drink and join us online 1.30-4.30pm GMT! (zoom link at request)

23.01.2026 11:14 — 👍 8    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

At a time of crisis for the profession, a unique collection of interviews demonstrates the importance of history. - History & Policy At a time of crisis for the History departments across the UK, the Institute of Historical Research has made available a unique archive of interviews with some of the profession's leading post-war Bri...

At a time of crisis for the History departments across the UK @ihr.bsky.social has made available a unique archive of interviews with leading post-war British historians. They point to the importance of history & the urgent need to defend the profession. historyandpolicy.org/opinion-arti...

30.06.2025 15:33 — 👍 11    🔁 8    💬 0    📌 2

There will be a day when my time as a PhD candidate will consist of something besides going to very nice places and giving papers...

Fortunately, that day is not today. Thanks to the FEATHERS Project for the invite to give a paper at their Scribes and Inky Finger Prints conference in Leiden.

11.05.2025 11:59 — 👍 9    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Venice had another griffin last week. Thanks to the University of Warwick and the organisers for the Cultural Legacies of Corruption in Europe and its Empires, 1500-today, for the invite to give a paper on the 'Corruption Records of the Court of Chancery'.

31.03.2025 08:42 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

‘Playing fields not battlefields’: pacifism, non-violence and sport in inter-war Britain Whilst scholars have tended to focus on hegemonic internationalist sporting practices and their promotion of peace, this study illustrates that peace activists promoted sport as a means to create a...

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Delighted to have my paper - ‘Playing fields not battlefields’: pacifism, non-violence and sport in inter-war Britain- published in Sport in History.

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06.02.2025 19:05 — 👍 12    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0

SCEMS Spring 2025 events lineup 👇

27.02.2025 09:41 — 👍 5    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Truly enriching experience at the British School at Rome. Thanks to WRoCAH for the study week on the theme of commemoration, and showing that with Rome, as with all things, 'si discute, si ama.' Thanks also to @emily-calcraft.bsky.social for putting up with my rants on Michaelangelo.

02.02.2025 12:09 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0