Thank you to the History of Childhood Seminar @histchildoxford.bsky.social for inviting me to present today. It was a pleasure to share my research on Greenwich Hospital School and contribute to such thoughtful discussions about methodological approaches to researching children in care institutions.

Join us on Monday for our first session of 2026-27 - Shereece Linton-Ramsay, @carrielong.bsky.social and @claudiajsoares.bsky.social talking about Approaches and Sources for the History of Children in Institutional Care; 11am Sophia Sheppard Room Magdalen College Oxford and online

Very proud to be part of this project! I can’t wait to share the resources I’ve been researching and writing over the last year to support students and highlight the political agency of c.19th radical women. #apeopleshistory

Royal Holloway@royalholloway.bsky.social · 3w ago

Historian Dr Matthew Smith is leading a team who are addressing the gap between what pupils learn in school and their lived experience, by rethinking how British history is taught at GCSE level. More: https://ow.ly/p6yu50ZWmPl (Image: Working Class Movement Library)

A lovely recent discovery - 'Trip on the Thames' (1873) depicting an idyllic cruise along the river. ⛵️ Likely published as a souvenir book, the illustrations were painted in oil. By J. Nelson & Sons Ltd.

Very excited to share I’ll be leading the event ‘Crafting Change: a radical history tote bag workshop’ in partnership with @womenslibrary.bsky.social inspired by my research as part of @royalholloway.bsky.social’s Inclusive Histories project. 🧵🪡📚 Details here: womenslibrary.org.uk/event/women-...

Looking forward to presenting a paper based on my latest Caird Fellowship research on Greenwich Hospital School at @lancasteruni.bsky.social for the @socialhistsoc.bsky.social 50th Anniversary conference next week ⚓️

I'm looking forward to returning to King's College London tomorrow to present a paper on my research into nineteenth century naval widows. Details below: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/a-pro...

A ‘proper object’ of charity?: British naval widows’ petitions, deservingness, and survival strategies, 1819-1847 | King's College London

This paper explores naval widows’ pension petitions to the British Admiralty in the nineteenth century.

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Lovely to be back at the Queen’s House, Royal Museums Greenwich, to start my Caird Research Fellowship! I’ll be working on my project, ‘Navigating Welfare: Greenwich Hospital School and state-led childcare and welfare, 1806–1840’. #ecr #skystorians #19thcentury #royalnavy #welfarehistory

Cue blockbuster movie trailer voice-over: This Valentine’s Day… None of the greatest love stories ever told… But don’t let that deter you… www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G3Q7PR7Y

Carrie Long @carrielong.bsky.social reviews 'Naval Seamen’s Women in Nineteenth-Century Britain', by Melanie Holihead @mmr-holihead.bsky.social academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-... @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social

Naval Seamen’s Women in Nineteenth-Century Britain, by Melanie Holihead

Melanie Holihead’s innovatively researched book has succeeded in her task of ‘bringing up vanished lives’ of women ‘of lower deck seamen’ from the depths o

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Funny research find of the day - Lost property: “An Ostrich’s Egg”. What a bizarre object to bring the 1845 Free Trade Bazaar.

Today I got to present my research on c.19th reformers for the Inclusive Histories Project at one of the most historically fascinating venues, The House of Lords! It was great to be part of exciting discussions on how the project can make a practical impact to support teachers & museums.

Very excited to share that I’m starting my new job as a Research Associate on the ‘Inclusive Histories’ project. I’ll be working closely with @bishopsgateinst.bsky.social and The London Archives to uncover new and diverse sources on c.19th radical protest and reform for schools. More details here:

Royal Holloway launches £1.5 million project to chart struggle for rights and representation from Magna Carta to present day

Royal Holloway has launched a £1.5 million project to support teachers with more inclusive UK political history resources.

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More than ever, history and historians need a collaborative and co-ordinated approach

26th February 2025

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Delighted to be a RHS fellow again and this time as an Associate Fellow #ecr

Royal Historical Society@royalhistsoc.org · 2y ago

Today we welcome 215 new Fellows, Associate Fellows, Members and PGR Members who join @royalhistsoc.bsky.social: bit.ly/3EV5fhJ The Society is an international membership and our new Fellows and Members practice #history in 15 countries. Applications to join are welcome 👇 #skystorians 1/2

We are very pleased to learn that the UK Ministry of Justice has dropped a proposal, made by the previous govt, to destroy print copies of post-1858 wills following their digitisation: bit.ly/3WaXud8 This follows submissions from 100s of historians, and others, opposing the proposal. #Skystorians

I really enjoyed tonight’s @ihrwomen.bsky.social book launch for @drjenniferaston.bsky.social’s deserted wives book. Looking forward to reading it! www.bloomsbury.com/uk/deserted-...

Deserted Wives and Economic Divorce in 19th-Century England and Wales

This book considers Section 21 of the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act 1857 and its significant impact on previously invisible married women in the 19th centu…

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