British Agricultural History Society
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Founded in 1952 for the study of agricultural and rural history. Website www.bahs.org.uk Instagram @braghistsoc
The Summer issue of Rural History Today is now online. It includes a great piece by @nicolawriting.bsky.social; Ashok Malhotra on Albert Howard's composting crusade; John Martin and Jane Rowling on oil crises and agriculture, and Robert Dees on the power of peasants. www.bahs.org.uk/rural-histor...
Rural History Today- Issue 51, Summer 2026 - British Agricultural History Society
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@bsky.app The winners of the Joan Thirsk Prize (2026) are: Mark Bailey, 'Serfdom in England: Theory and Practice 1200 to 1500' @manchesterup.bsky.social Shaun Evans, 'Coming of Age Celebrations on Welsh Landed Estates: Gentry, Culture and Society, c.1770–1920' @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social .
The programme has been announced for the Professor Nicola Verdon memorial conference, to be held at Sheffield Hallam University, Thursday 30 April and Friday 1 May 2026. Find full details here www.bahs.org.uk/professor-ni... You can book on Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1982773776....
Professor Nicola Verdon Memorial Conference - Programme and Booking - British Agricultural History Society
A conference in memory of Professor Nicola Verdon will take place at Sheffield Hallam University on Thursday 30 April and Friday 1 May 2026.
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The new edition of 'Rural History Today' is now on our website. Pieces cover Queer Rural Histories, the Smarden Martyr, 100 years of Express Dairies and Victorian agricultural exhibitions. www.bahs.org.uk/rural-histor...
Rural History Today Issue 50 - Winter 2026 - British Agricultural History Society
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Launching The Nicola Verdon Memorial Fund, in memory of acclaimed historian Professor Nicola Verdon (1970-2024). It offers financial support to help early career researchers in agricultural/rural history attend conferences and do research. Further details are here: www.bahs.org.uk/the-nicola-v...
The Nicola Verdon Memorial Fund - British Agricultural History Society
Early Career Researchers
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Announcing our New Researcher Article Prize. The prize will be offered for the best article by an early-career researcher published in the Agricultural History Review in the past two years. Check out our website for further details.
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🎉 Congratulations to John Bulaitis joint winner of this year's British Agricultural History Society Thirsk Prize for the Best Book in British or Irish Rural or Agrarian History with his book, The Tithe War in England and Wales, 1881-1936! @braghs.bsky.social buff.ly/s4AUf6P
The winners of the BAHS's Joan Thirsk Prize (2025) have been announced. They are: Charmian Mansell, 'Female Servants in Early Modern England' @oxfordunipress.bsky.social John Bulaitis, 'The Tithe War in England and Wales, 1881-1936' @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social Congratulations to them both!
The new edition of The Agricultural History Review is out now. Amongst its many and varied book reviews are these two, on women who sought to preserve the English countryside, written by our late friend, colleague and President, Professor Nicola Verdon.
Thanks to all who came to our Spring Conference. Great speakers everything from heathland in Norfolk @uealandscape.bsky.social to the lime boom in 17th-century Scotland @estaitis.bsky.social, while @robertashton.bsky.social discussed his new book 'Ask the fellows who cut the hay'. #visitsuffolk
The BAHS' Spring Conference is open for bookings! It takes place on 24th and 25th April and is being held over two locations in #Suffolk - the historic Guildhall, Bury St Edmunds on Thursday 24th, and at the Food Museum, Stowmarket on Friday 25th. More details here: www.bahs.org.uk/bahs-spring-...
The latest issue of Rural History Today is now available to read online. www.bahs.org.uk/wp-content/u...
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