The Open University's legal histories research cluster is hosting an international conference on 26 and 27 November. Shaping the Legal Professions explores the history of legal education and professions. Free, online. Full programme and booking: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/nwySs0yzVt #LegalHistory

Out today, open access #LegalHistory uolpress.co.uk/book/insider...

The Open University's legal histories research cluster is hosting an international conference on 26 and 27 November. Shaping the Legal Professions explores the history of legal education and professions. Free, online. Full programme and booking: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/nwySs0yzVt #LegalHistory

Call for papers open until Friday! We already have some fantastic submissions, it's going to be a lovely conference - online, 27 Nov. #LegalHistory #LegalProfessions #LegalEducation

Caroline Derry@carolinederry.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Researching the history of legal education and/or legal professions? The @openuniversity.bsky.social legal histories research cluster's call for papers for 'Shaping the legal professions' is open. Free, online conference, 27 Nov. CFP deadline: 16 October. #cfp #LegalHistory

Only a week left to have a look at the exhibition.

LSE Library@lselibrary.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Last few weeks to visit our exhibition 'The Women's Library at 100: Celebrating a Century of Collections' on the history of The Women’s Library and its rich and diverse collections from the viewpoint of researchers engaging with it. www.lse.ac.uk/library/what...

Researching the history of legal education and/or legal professions? The @openuniversity.bsky.social legal histories research cluster's call for papers for 'Shaping the legal professions' is open. Free, online conference, 27 Nov. CFP deadline: 16 October. #cfp #LegalHistory

The Open University

The 7th annual Diversity, Dilemmas and Discoveries conference, a free, online event on Friday 27th November 2026, is hosted by the Open University Law School legal histories research cluster.

law-school.open.ac.uk

One of my favourite archives!

LSE Library@lselibrary.bsky.social · 2mo ago

New on LSE Library Digital Library! 578 posters and photographs from the Association for Moral and Social Hygiene (AMSH) archive are now available to browse. More material will be added to this collection in the coming months. digital.library.lse.ac.uk/collections/... #ArchiveSky #HistorySky

Researching the history of legal education and/or legal professions? The @openuniversity.bsky.social legal histories research cluster's call for papers for 'Shaping the legal professions' is open. Free, online conference, 27 Nov. CFP deadline: 16 October. #cfp #LegalHistory

The Open University

The 7th annual Diversity, Dilemmas and Discoveries conference, a free, online event on Friday 27th November 2026, is hosted by the Open University Law School legal histories research cluster.

law-school.open.ac.uk

I had the loveliest evening at @foylesforbooks.bsky.social yesterday, talking with @tinahodgkinson.bsky.social about her book Agatha Christie's London. #AgathaChristie

Seems the difference between ‘protestors’ and ‘terrorists’ is that protestors wear balaclavas while terrorists hold placards.

Last few weeks to visit our exhibition 'The Women's Library at 100: Celebrating a Century of Collections' on the history of The Women’s Library and its rich and diverse collections from the viewpoint of researchers engaging with it. www.lse.ac.uk/library/what...

The Women’s Library at 100: celebrating a century of collections

Visit our exhibition and celebrate 100 years since the founding of The Women's Library.

lse.ac.uk

Lovely to meet up with colleagues and enjoy exhibitions on day 1 of the @womenshistnet.bsky.social at @lselibrary.bsky.social - with a keynote from @caitbeaumont.bsky.social starting shortly.

I'm going to be 'in conversation' at Hatchards on 15 September, talking to Tina Hodgkinson about her book Agatha Christie's London.

Agatha Christie's London – Tina Hodgkinson at Hatchards, Piccadilly

Tina Hodgkinson discusses her book ‘Agatha Christie's London,' in conversation with Professor Caroline Derry.

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Lots of book excitement - Legal Temporalities of Sexual Consent is now out in paperback, and there's a lovely new review of it: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Lots of book excitement - Legal Temporalities of Sexual Consent is now out in paperback, and there's a lovely new review of it: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

#academicsky let's celebrate the edited book chapter! What is an edited book chapter that you're particularly proud of, or one you think deserves more readers? Reposting with hashtag #celebratebookchapter h/t @drspacejunk.bsky.social Here’s one of mine! read.uolpress.co.uk/read/law-and...

9. The Wolfenden Report, homosexuality and women | Law and Justice in the 1950s | University of London Press

Written for historians and legal specialists alike, this book reveals the stories behind the laws of 1950s England and Wales. Drawing on a range of fascinating case studies, it examines the social, po...

read.uolpress.co.uk

Evan@evansmithhist.bsky.social · 2mo ago

#academicsky let's celebrate the edited book chapter! What is an edited book chapter that you're particularly proud of, or one you think deserves more readers? Reposting with hashtag #celebratebookchapter h/t @drspacejunk.bsky.social Here’s one of mine! www.academia.edu/30975668/_Br...

I'm looking forward to talking about the somewhat overlooked Criminal Law Amendment Act 1951, a direct attack on the sexual double standard. #LegalHistory

Women's History Network@womenshistnet.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🚨WHN Annual Conference: See the full programme! Join us for a very special conference year celebrating the centenary of the Women’s Library and 100 years of women's history. Thu 3 Sep - Fri 4 Sep 2026. For more details and to book womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-annual-c... @lselibrary.bsky.social

This is a fantastic collection!

Daniel F Gosling@thegozfather.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Available for pre-order (and Open Access on release), @gwenseabourne.bsky.social and @jhmccunn.bsky.social's edited collection "Insiders and Outsiders of the Law", featuring me wanging on about the Chevalier d'Eon's escapades in the English Law Courts. uolpress.co.uk/book/insider...

Really looking forward to reading this - now open access.

Ciara Breathnach@ciarab.bsky.social · 5mo ago

So this was a nice surprise to wake up to, thanks to all Cambridge University Press & Assessment and series editor @woolf-atthedoor.bsky.social Delighted that it is Open Access doi.org/10.1017/9781... @researchireland.ie @ucc.ie

Two years ago I wrote about the death of disability activist Engracia Figueroa in 2021 after an airline broke her wheelchair. She died after developing pressure sores from an inadequate loaner chair and her family had no way to hold the airline accountable for her death.

‘The captain told me to wear a nappy on board’ – why is air travel so humiliating for disabled passengers?

From being abused by staff and other travellers to being denied access to toilets, flying is an increasingly distressing and frustrating experience for many wheelchair users. Here, they share their st...

theguardian.com

The ebook is on sale for £9.99 this week!

Caroline Derry@carolinederry.bsky.social · 2y ago

My book Legal Temporalities of Sexual Consent is out with @edinburghup.bsky.social later this month! The law on sexual consent is notoriously problematic – but why focus on time? 🧵(1/7) 🌈🎓

Mon article avec @drcisme.bsky.social sur les scandales d'exploitation sexuelle du 19ème siècle et d'aujourd'hui

Avant Epstein, le scandale sexuel qui a forcé la Grande-Bretagne à changer sa loi

En 1885, des journalistes et des militantes dénoncent un réseau impliquant de riches notables dans l'exploitation sexuelle de jeunes filles. Leur enquête fait évoluer la législation britannique, mais ...

theconversation.com

Our latest "Document of the Week" was chosen by our Editorial Assistant, Chloe Haney. It is an article from West Africa Magazine about Annie Jiagge, née Baeta, the first female magistrate in the Gold Coast/Ghana. Read the full post here: buff.ly/iKbFAVR

This petition needs as many signatories as the Exeter one. Please sign and share — don’t let Hertfordshire managers get away with this just because a Russell Group one took the spotlight. #UKHE

Joanna Bourke@joannabourke.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Shocking news about redundancies in the Humanities at the University of Hertfordshire, despite their exceptional research activities. I have signed the petition against these actions: it would be great if you would as well: c.org/kDQynZV7J4 @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @bisa-bkk.bsky.social

I visited @leedsmuseums.bsky.social especially to meet this magnificent Roman, er, wolf. (The rest of of the City Museum is also worth a visit.)

After the amazing @sshmedicine.bsky.social conference, I'm experiencing the post-conference paradox: So tired I could sleep for a week. So excited by all I've heard that I want to get reading and writing!

A fab couple of days @sshmedicine.bsky.social. First a brillaint roundtable with @rebeccawynter.bsky.social @janetweston.bsky.social @carolinederry.bsky.social @ciarab.bsky.social @ruthhalkon.bsky.social @georgesevers.bsky.social and Louise Jackson on Putting Police back into Histories of Health.

After a lovely 2 days, including participating in the 'Putting the police into histories of health' roundtable organised by @janetweston.bsky.social and @rebeccawynter.bsky.social , I'm happy to be back for day 3!

Society for the Social History of Medicine (SSHM)@sshmedicine.bsky.social · 4mo ago

A busy day 3 #SSHM2026 panels on experiences and outcomes; care in/out of institutions, infant feeding; chronic conditions; psychiatry; health & the city; bodies; and hospitals and patients. Plus the @eahmh.bsky.social keynote, Professor Stefanie Ganger (11-12:30) and the Society's AGM #histmed

UK historians! Please could you help with this survey about AI use? Open to all doing history professionally (independent, uni-based, etc); it's the work of a lovely friend (& brilliant former colleague at @uophistory.bsky.social), @alexandraortolja.bsky.social: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Survey on AI use by historians

You are invited to participate in a research survey exploring how historians in the UK use artificial intelligence (AI) in their work. This study is being conducted by researchers at the University…

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