Waseem Ahmed

The ‘Society, Culture and Belief, 1500-1800’ seminar at the Institute for Historical Research would like to appoint a doctoral student as a stipendiary postgraduate seminar convenor for 2025/26. You would be an active member of our lively, friendly seminar. Your main responsibilities would be to contribute to our social media presence, encourage other postgrads to attend the seminar, and occasionally assist with minor administrative tasks to help the seminar run smoothly. The expectation would be that you would come to the seminar as often as possible. We normally host nine seminar talks over the course of the academic year. In 2024/25, we hosted talks by Rachel Winchcombe (Manchester), Fara Dabhoiwala (Princeton), Will Tullet (York), Tiéphaine Thomason (Cambridge), Nikki Clarke (Birkbeck), and Juliet Atkinson (Leeds). The Institute will provide you with a stipend of £300 (£100/term) and will cover the cost of your meals if you attend post-seminar dinners. The current convenors are Holly Fletcher (UCL), Laura Gowing (KCL), Kate Hodgkin (East London), Eva Johanna Holmberg (Queen Mary), Tiéphaine Thomason (Cambridge), Emily Vine (Exeter), Brodie Waddell (Birkbeck) and Roisin Watson (Open University). To apply, please send a cover letter (max one page) indicating why this opportunity is of interest and a CV (1-2 pages) to b.waddell@bbk.ac.uk by September 1st.

#EarlyModern history PhD students around London: the 'Society, Culture and Belief, 1500-1800' seminar
@ihrscb.bsky.social at @ihr.bsky.social is looking for a postgrad convenor for 2025/26. Stipend of £300/yr and a chance to get involved in a great seminar!

Don't forget that we are recruiting for our new committee! If you have any questions, please email us as we are happy to answer.

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‘Student-led’ AHRC PhD places ‘to fall by at least 60 per cent’ Internal modelling released under Freedom of Information enquiry reveals extent of PhD scholarship cuts, with academics fearing impact could be greater still

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How the British left could learn from the patriotism of French socialists - LabourList Patriotism has always been a difficult subject for the British left. Too often, it is seen as a…

I wonder if there has been many studies in English of the French lefts success in reclaiming their national heritage?
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Would Thomas Müntzer Really Vote for the AfD? On the 500th anniversary of the execution of the radical preacher Thomas Müntzer, Andy Drummond explores how he has now become an unlikely hero to the German Far Right.

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Today, after 14 years, I’m resigning from the Labour Party.

Jeremy Corbyn and I will co-lead the founding of a new party, with other Independent MPs, campaigners and activists across the country.

Join us. The time is now.

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Bowen Ran (Rotterdam) on E. P. Thompson and the formation of The Making of the English Working Class It is one thing to read E. P. Thompson’s published, polished texts; it is quite another to handle the papers he once worked on, to see the rust left by paper clips, the gum pressed between pages, t…

We supported Bowen Ran
with a PhD research bursary. Here he reports back on E.P. Thompson’s cat and the making of The Making of the English Working Class.
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I got nominated for a teaching award for this year as seminar tutor for Early Modern Worlds at Kings! Not to pipe my own trumpet but that’s 2 in 3 years!

Very much enjoyed speaking and attending the Tony Benn Legacy conference this weekend!

📢New article out now in JBS!

📗“'Paper Oathes': Trust, Treaty, and the Road to Regicide in England, 1642–49" by William White

Open access here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

An Unsettled Religious Settlement and the Crisis of the 1620s: English Catholics, Anti-Popery, and the Spanish Match, 1622–4* Abstract. The anti-popish fervour that accompanied the collapse of the Spanish Match has been long acknowledged both by the wave of revisionists who dismis

Interested in the relationship between anti-popery in the 1624 parliament and "real" Catholic activity? Check out my new article in the English Historical Review, now available with advance access!
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Thanks for the recommendation!

Well isn’t the Bender reading room in the Green Library (Stanford University) magnificent….one of the nicest reading rooms I’ve worked with fantastic views, even if the eye of Sauron (Hoover Institute) sits next door

Teaching my last classes this academic year for my module at KCL on Early Modern Worlds and one of the students shared this with me😭

Tudor and Stuart History - Joint Session

Excited to be speaking at the @ihr.bsky.social Tudor-Stuart seminar on Monday 24th March alongside Christine Gerwin (TU-Dresden).
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Midland History Midland History publishes on the history of the English Midlands region and historical comparisons with other areas.

Is one of your new year's resolutions to get an article published? If so, we want to hear from you! We welcome article submissions on any aspect of the history of the Midlands from Roman times to the 21st century. Visit our submissions site here:

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The refurbishment of the IHR Common Room has begun. Come back and see the new look in February.

‘A Socialist Identity in Parliament’? The Campaign Group of Labour MPs, 1982-2015

I am presenting a paper on the Socialist Campaign Group of Labour MPs at the @ihr.bsky.social on 11 February, 17:30, hosted both online and in person. Do come along!

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Finally found a fantastic local place to work at, the newly refurbished Staffordshire History Centre!

Midland History Haunted Midlands. Volume 49, Issue 3 of Midland History

Our latest Special Issue is Haunted Midlands with nearly all content Open Access!

Midland History: Vol 49, No 3 (Current issue)

When tinsel was only for the rich: dressing to impress in early modern England - The History of Parliament Wondering what to wear to a Christmas or New Year party? Deciding how to look one’s best can be a dilemma – but at least our fashion choices aren’t dictated

Dressing up for a Christmas party this week?

In the latest #HistParl post Dr Paul Hunneyball looks into fashion trends during the early modern period, when Parliament had a say in what you could, and couldn't, wear!
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Delighted to have been awarded a 4 month fellowship at the Culture of Vigilance Centre at LMU Munchen where I get to continue my PhD research and collaborate with other academics at the Centre. Oh, and I get an office!

Consider submitting a proposal for this exciting conference I'm co-organising, and please share/distribute widely! You can find out more on our website here ✨
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A wonderful assortment of books to add to my growing collection from the late Justin Champions collection that Sylvia Carter has kindly passed on to me (along with an amazing red backpack)!

It’s always more real when the proof of the cover arrives! Coming next year (but you can order now!) my account of the radicals and republicans in the English Revolution and their relationship with the London crowd and extra-parliamentary mobilisation…versobooks.com/en-gb/products…

Thanks a lot!

Oh amazing thanks! I’m fairly new to this but I can’t see where you can see if you’ve been added to the list or not lol.

Hello from the Cromwell Association!

If you haven't met us before, our purpose is to advance the education of the public in both the life & legacy of Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658), & the wider history of the 17th century.

You can find out more on our website:
www.olivercromwell.org/wordpress/

Hi Graeme can I added to this please.