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@caitbeaumont.bsky.social Hello! the long-awaited full biography of Mary "Slasher" Richardson has just been published. Please repost, thank you x www.hastingspress.co.uk/mrr.html
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Following the success of our Politicised Nostalgias conferences last summer, I am moving ahead with Arc Humanities Press to deliver an ongoing series titled Political Nostalgias. Our second planned volume, Political Nostalgias in the Modern and Contemporary World, has an exciting set of chapters already established, but women are underrepresented in the volume. Brief description: Nostalgia, defined most simply as a wistful or sentimental longing for a past period or set of conditions, has played a significant role in the shaping of historical and contemporary political discourses. This volume explores the role of nostalgia in modern and contemporary politics around the globe, exposing the often seamy underbelly of what can be assumed to be a positive emotional state. Nostalgia for a lost past (or a past that has really never been) may spur political actors on to build a better world – but better for whom, and on whose terms? While nostalgia can induce a positive emotional response in some, not all efforts to deploy idealized visions of the past are successful, marginalizing some and creating a more complex emotional landscape than may have been envisioned. Movements that push back against nostalgia as a means of political engagement further test assumptions about nostalgia’s perceived role in different societies. This series takes a global perspective to explore the ways in which collective nostalgia has been—and continues to be—both harnessed to justify a spectrum of political ends and contested. We welcome 200-250-word abstracts for 6000-word chapters of modern or contemporary history that engage with nostalgia. We particularly welcome contributions that focus on the Global South, but will consider all submissions from scholars who define themselves as women. Though please note, we do not currently require more chapters on British history, and we do not require North American history as there is a whole volume planned on this theme for later in the series …
CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS BY WOMEN HISTORIANS: Political Nostalgias Volume 2 - the modern and contemporary world. 🗃️ Please share with your networks. Any questions - email me!
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📣Applications to our Public History Prize are open!
The Pamela Cox Public History Prize (open to PGRs and ECRs) recognises activities that enhance public understanding of social and cultural history✨
👉More info & apply here: socialhistory.org.uk/prizes/publi...
⏰Deadline 24 March 2025 🗃️
Around 400,000 people work in universities across the UK, and more then 200,000 of them are academics.
The closures and job losses we’re seeing in the sector just now are a major industrial crises affecting the key workplaces and economic drivers of hundreds of towns and cities.
Lisa Jardine Grants are travel grants from @royalsociety.org to support archival research & career development. Open to PhD students and EC researchers in history of science, and other interdisciplinary studies combining humanities and the natural sciences.
Deadline for applications: 11 March 2025
A Blue Plaque for Smiley Culture
I want to reflect on the recent unveiling of a Blue Plaque in honour of the British rapper, Smiley Culture. The event was jointly supported by The Nubian Jak Community Trust, Sony Music UK, and the Emmanuel family. The “event mark an incredible milestone in…
I love this - such a great piece from Joe Moran.
16.01.2025 16:58 — 👍 8 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0With the permission of her family we are devastated to announce the death of our dear friend, Nicola Verdon, who was killed in an accident while riding her bike on 29th December.
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