Simon Layton Book Launch – Piratical States: British Imperialism in the Indian Ocean World c.1780-1850. Royal Asiatic Society Thursday 24 September 6-8pm. Free and open to the public. #Skystorians

Simon Layton Book Launch – Piratical States: British Imperialism in the Indian Ocean World c.1780-1850

24 September (Thursday)

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Here goes: read my book if you want to know about scientific work in #c19 asylums. Each chapter focuses on a part of the body that was deemed important for understanding General Paralysis of the Insane (neurosyphilis). Also, it's open access and *free*. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Investigating the Body in the Victorian Asylum

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.This book explores how the body was investigated in the late nineteenth-century asylum in Britain. As more and more Victorian asylum doctors looked t...

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Kate Elliott@kateelliottsff.bsky.social · 2w ago

I am not first and will be far from the last to say this: I have purchased so many books because I saw them recommended or publicized here on bsky. I cannot urge you all enough to KEEP TALKING ABOUT BOOKS. I know it's easier to talk up someone else's book, but this also means you, the shy author.

Last call for Decluttering: Past and Present Perspectives - workshop at RHUL 6th Nov - do get in touch if you would like to join us!

Excited to be talking at @ihr.bsky.social Women's History seminar tonight about how disabled women's economic lives can help reframe ideas of enterprise & self employment. Feminist, social justice & environmentalist commitments could be part of visions of enterprise for those at the economic margins

Call for contributions - Decluttering: Past and Present Perspectives - please do get in touch if you would like to join us for our workshop at Royal Holloway in November …

British American 19th C Historians (@branchuk.bsky.social) is looking for new co-editors of its journal, American 19th C History (@anchistjournal.bsky.social) Applications due: 01.06.26. Pls share widely! @officialbaas.bsky.social @oah.org @royalhistsoc.org @historians.org @ihr.bsky.social

Extended CFP deadline to 15 June 2026: Please do share widely!! "Belonging to the Victorians? Community, Collections, and Care" - 1 day conference 4 September 2026, keynote @janehamlett.bsky.social to be held at Wilton's Music Hall [1/9]

📣Statement from the Social History Society about the proposed cuts at the University of Hertfordshire 👉Read here: socialhistory.org.uk/2026/05/15/h...

History at the University of Hertfordshire

The University of Hertfordshire has announced that it intends to make cuts across a range of humanities subjects, including the end of its taught history provision. The Social History Society is de…

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We're having a virtual launch event on Fri 19th June! Join us from wherever you are - timezone guide in poster, along with links to sign up and to download the book from @transcript-verlag.bsky.social

Dr Helen Glew@helenglew.bsky.social · 5mo ago

My chapter 'The end of the typing pool: New technologies, old stereotypes, and emotional reactions to workplace change in British print media' is out this week and open access. www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-7...

🌟Join the team🌟Archives West Midlands will have three trustee vacancies from September 2026. Get involved with this ambitious, friendly network and help to shape the future direction of #ArchivesWM, supporting #archive services across the West Midlands! Find out more 👇

AWM Trustee Vacancies

Archives West Midlands will have three trustee vacancies on its Board from September 2026. Would you or one of your service users/stakeholders relish the opportunity to join an ambitious, friendly net...

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Applications are now invited for the Society's 2026 Funded Book Workshops - for historians currently writing a 2nd or 3rd monograph bit.ly/4uwep8C. Grants enable authors to hold a day workshop with upto 6 specialist readers to discuss a MS in detail before submission to a publisher #Skystorians

Applications now invited for the Society's 2026 'Funded Book Workshops' for mid-career historians - RHS

The Society’s Funded Book Workshops Grants support historians, currently working on a second or third major research project, and which will lead to publication of a monograph. The Book Workshops enab...

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Come and study with us @glasgow.ac.uk and @vadundee.bsky.social! An AHRC funded doctoral project is up for grabs looking at the role textiles play in Scotland’s design story. Full details below 👇

Henriette Partzsch@hpartzsch.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Now open for applications until 12 June: PhD Scholarship for project on the legacy of Scottish textiles, with the great Sally Tuckett, University of Glasgow, and the V&A in Dundee www.gla.ac.uk/scholarships...

Amberspire it out TOMORROW on PC, Mac and steamdeck 🌆 And you can read in this post about how I applied academic historical understandings of micro and macro history to inform the writing and worldbuilding 📖

Bithell Games@bithellgames.bsky.social · 5mo ago

In Amberspire, you'll build a city on top of an enormous, abandoned mausoleum. So, naturally, we needed a historian's eye for the game's writing and worldbuilding. Here's how Holly used micro- and macro-history in Amberspire's narrative design: https://lunardivision.net/micro-and-macro-history/

Join us next Monday for a #Dulwich #LocalHistory talk on the forgotten world of East Dulwich's beer houses and beer shops. At the Crown & Greyhound, Dulwich Village, 7.30-9pm. Tickets in aid of St Christopher's Hospice & the Dulwich Festival. www.tickettailor.com/events/dulwi...

BOOK NOW – East Dulwich Beer Houses & Beer Shops Talk – Upstairs at the Crown & Greyhound, 73 Dulwich Village

East Dulwich Beer Houses & Beer Shops Talk – Upstairs at the Crown & Greyhound, 73 Dulwich Village, Mon 11 May 2026 - This lively local history talk uncovers the forgotten world of East Dulwich's beer...

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Also worth noting are the very many specialist UK history societies which support researchers of differing backgrounds and career stages. We've a new listing of 100 such organisations and scholarly communities bit.ly/4uu1yUr, with further listings of record societies & BlueSky networks #Skystorians

📢 Applications are now LIVE for the IHR Fellowship! Join our vibrant community of scholars. 🏛️✨ 🗓️ Deadline: 30th June 2026 🔗 Apply here: www.history.ac.uk/fellowships-...

IHR Fellowship

The IHR Fellowship is comprised of leading historians recognised for their research and the promotion of history.

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On 13 May we visit historians at Aberystwyth University and the National Library of Wales to discuss history in Welsh HE. Our visit ends with a guest lecture by Prof Miri Rubin (QMUL) on: 'Black/Beautiful: Meanings of Blackness in a Biblical Verse'. Join us: online or in-person bit.ly/3R4l0ZA

How to Reach a Broader Audience: An Introduction to Non-Fiction Trade Publishing in 2026. The IHR-Curtis Brown initiative aims to de-mystify the process of writing for broader audiences and navigating the publishing process. FREE online 26 March 2-4pm www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

How to Reach a Broader Audience: An Introduction to Non-Fiction Trade Publishing in 2026

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Artists: Come and help turn the museum's exhibition gallery into a whimsical, magical garden for kids! Details here: thackraymuseum.co.uk/about-us/wor...

Join the Team - Thackray Museum of Medicine

Chair of the Board of Trustees As the Thackray Museum of Medicine looks to build on a period of bold...

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Nominations for the Judith R. Walkowitz Prize are due May 15! The Walkowitz Prize is awarded annually for the best published article on issues relating to gender and sexuality in British culture. Info and nomination instructions here: www.nacbs.org/prize-databa...

With @olliedouglas.bsky.social of @themerl.bsky.social and my esteemed colleague Julie-Marie Strange @durhamhistory.bsky.social - in the recently restored Redhills, historic home of the Durham Miners’ Association and the Pitmen’s Parliament. 🗃️📜🐄

@DurhamIAS.bsky.social@durhamias.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Come along next week to the last events in the IAS Major project 'Interest in Cattle': a workshop in Cosin's Hall, and a public event in Redhills (Miners' Hall). More info at atwww.dur.ac.uk/research/institutes-and-centres/advanced-study/research-/current-projects/

Call for papers - growing up in the early modern world!

I have an edited primary source collection coming out on disability and deformity in c19th Britain. My hope is that you find it useful for teaching (apologies for the abstract, I did not write it! and the cost) #histmed #dishist www.routledge.com/Physical-Dis...

Physical Disability and Deformity in Nineteenth-Century Britain

Offering historical primary sources that outline both medical and experiential perspectives of physical disability, this book provides frequently mentioned but rarely provided material and supports re...

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We are advertising a two-year lectureship in Modern British History at University of Cambridge, please spread the word! www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...

Fellowship Opportunity! Jenny Wormald Junior Research Fellow in Women’s History University of Oxford - St Hilda’s College www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQL341/j...

Jenny Wormald Junior Research Fellow in Women’s History at University of Oxford

Discover an exciting academic career path as a Jenny Wormald Junior Research Fellow in Women’s History at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!

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Please do share this doctoral opportunity with MA/MSt students - four years of AHRC funding to work on the history of children's play in Wales, supervised by me and the lovely and brilliant Dr Jacky Tyrie. Any questions get in touch! www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate...

History: Serious about Play: Childhood, Play and Policymaking in Wales, 1945 to the present (RS936) - Swansea University

We offer a wide range of funded and fully funded research scholarships in all subject areas. Explore your options and apply now.

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For anyone interested in our 18-month post in British Studies please follow the link below. @ihr.bsky.social www.jobs.london.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Want to help preserve the county's history? We're recruiting an Archives and Local Studies Senior Officer to our team! Head to the link below for more information. jobs.buckinghamshire.gov.uk/job_detail/3...

Prof @petermandler.bsky.social will give the James Ford Lectures 2026 @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social Peter Mandler will chart the spread & use of the language of social science into everyday life in 20th-century Britain. Thursdays, 5pm Weeks 1-6 Hilary Term 🔗 www.history.ox.ac.uk/james-ford-l...

The James Ford Lectures in British History

The Language of Social Science in Everyday Life - Peter Mandler (Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge)

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My PhD student Mike Power has written a great blog for the @echistsoc.bsky.social... Which very kindly helped to fund this research. The Upper Clyde Shipbuilders Work-In of 1971/72 was a key moment in so many ways: take a look! ehs.org.uk/legacies-and...

Legacies and Lessons from the Upper Clyde Shipbuilders Work-In of 1971/72 - Economic History Society

This blog post by Mike Power (Oxford Brookes University) reflects research supported by the Economic History Society’s Research Fund for Graduate Students. The research will form part of their PhD the...

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