Contemporary British History seminar
@cont-brit-hist.bsky.social
The account for the Contemporary British History seminar at @ihr.bsky.social Fortnightly seminars, alternating between in-person and online. Follow us for details of our programme and other related talks and events that may be of interest.
I am really looking forward to talking about my research and (so very nearly completed) book on women’s welfare activism at the CBH seminar on 24th June at IHR. If you are in London then do come along would be lovely to see you. www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Women's welfare activism: Everyday power and politics in twentieth-century Britain
Contemporary British History Seminar
history.ac.uk
📣 Come join us at @ihr.bsky.social for last @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social seminar of 2025/26. A great paper to end the term with @ruthdav.bsky.social speaking about her forthcoming book. Book via link below: Weds 24 June: 5.30pm, in-person only. See you there @womenshistnet.bsky.social #skystorians
Women's welfare activism: Everyday power and politics in twentieth-century Britain
Contemporary British History Seminar
history.ac.uk
Tomorrow at IHR @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social we welcome Lukas Herde for a paper on ageing, sexuality and gender on British television from the 1970s to 1990s. It will be on Zoom at 17.30, all welcome. Register below. www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
“They didn’t think somebody my age was still sexually active…” – Ageing, sexuality and gender on British television from the 1970s to 1990s
Contemporary British History Seminar
history.ac.uk
Our programme for this term's @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social seminars at @ihr.bsky.social is now available! Please do join us in-person or online. www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Contemporary British History
The Contemporary British History seminar seeks to explore all aspects the recent past of the British Isles from a historical point of view.
history.ac.uk
Still time to register for the final seminar of the term. Online at 5.30pm UK time tomorrow (Wed 3rd Dec). @d-j-frost.bsky.social will be joined by contributors to his & @evansmithhist.bsky.social's new edited collection about the British far left since 1956. www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Roundtable with editors and authors of In solidarity, under suspicion The British far left from 1956
(Manchester University Press, 2025
history.ac.uk
Sad to miss next Weds & last online seminar for Term 1 of @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social at @ihr.bsky.social due to hols 🙁. It's a good one with editors @evansmithhist.bsky.social & @d-j-frost.bsky.social + contributors to their new book. Register now 🎟️ & come along! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Roundtable with editors and authors of In solidarity, under suspicion The British far left from 1956
(Manchester University Press, 2025
history.ac.uk
Still time to sign up for @garylove.bsky.social's online seminar tomorrow on Researching Conservatism and Christian Democracy in Britain and North-West Europe, 1945-91: comparative and transnational perspectives www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Researching Conservatism and Christian Democracy in Britain and North-West Europe, 1945-91: comparative and transnational perspectives
Professor Gary Love will present his research on Conservatism and Christian Democracy in Britain and North-West Europe, 1945-91
history.ac.uk
Still time to sign up for our seminar tomorrow, Wed 5th Nov, with Katerina Papakonstantinou, who will be speaking on 'Greek Cypriot Migration to London in the 1960s: Women’s Voices and Experiences' 5.30pm UK time, online and at @ihr.bsky.social. www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Greek Cypriot Migration to London in the 1960s: Women’s Voices and Experiences
history.ac.uk
Looking forward to this! If you missed me at the Women's History Conference it's a welcome chance to discuss the world of activism and collecting digital #archives ✊
Contemporary British History seminar@cont-brit-hist.bsky.social · 10mo agoThank you to @katrinanavickas.bsky.social for a brilliant start to our seminar series last night! Next session is 22 Oct, 5.30pm UK time, online/in-person when @dohertyta.bsky.social will speak on The Fragility of Feminist Futures in Digital Collections. Sign up: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Thank you to @katrinanavickas.bsky.social for a brilliant start to our seminar series last night! Next session is 22 Oct, 5.30pm UK time, online/in-person when @dohertyta.bsky.social will speak on The Fragility of Feminist Futures in Digital Collections. Sign up: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
The Fragility of Feminist Futures in Digital Collections
history.ac.uk
On Weds we welcome @katrinanavickas.bsky.social to IHR @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social seminar Katrina will talk abt "Public space + popular protest in 20thC England: enclosure, resistance + commoning" In-person/hybrid. All welcome, register here! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... @ihr.bsky.social
Public space and popular protest in 20th century England: enclosure, resistance and commoning
This session draws from the book, Contested Commons: a History of Protest and Public Space in England
history.ac.uk
And sign up here for the discussion of In Solidarity and Under Suspicion: The British Far Left from 1956 with Daniel Frost, @evansmithhist.bsky.social and others: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Roundtable with editors and authors of In solidarity, under suspicion The British far left from 1956
(Manchester University Press, 2025
history.ac.uk
Contemporary British History seminar@cont-brit-hist.bsky.social · 11mo agoFinally, on 3rd December Daniel Frost and @evansmithhist.bsky.social, editors of another @manchesterup.bsky.social book - In Solidarity and Under Suspicion - will be joined by some of their contributors to discuss the book. 5.30pm UK time, online. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526179593/
You can sign up to attend @garylove.bsky.social's online paper here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Researching Conservatism and Christian Democracy in Britain and North-West Europe, 1945-91: comparative and transnational perspectives
Professor Gary Love will present his research on Conservatism and Christian Democracy in Britain and North-West Europe, 1945-91
history.ac.uk
Contemporary British History seminar@cont-brit-hist.bsky.social · 11mo agoOn 19th November at 5.30pm @garylove.bsky.social will be presenting online on Researching Conservatism and Christian Democracy in Britain and North-West Europe, 1945-91: comparative and transnational perspectives, part of his recent co-edited volume manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526176851/
New addition to the programme: Katerina Papakonstantinou will be joining us on 5th November to discuss her research on Greek Cypriot Women and migration to London in the 1960s. In-person and online: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Greek Cypriot Migration to London in the 1960s: Women’s Voices and Experiences
history.ac.uk
Sign up for @dohertyta.bsky.social 's paper here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
The Fragility of Feminist Futures in Digital Collections
history.ac.uk
Contemporary British History seminar@cont-brit-hist.bsky.social · 11mo agoOn 22nd October @dohertyta.bsky.social will join us to discuss 'The Fragility of Feminist Futures in Digital Collections'. You can attend in-person at @ihr.bsky.social or join us on zoom at 5.30pm.
You can sign up for Katrina's paper here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Public space and popular protest in 20th century England: enclosure, resistance and commoning
This session draws from the book, Contested Commons: a History of Protest and Public Space in England
history.ac.uk
Contemporary British History seminar@cont-brit-hist.bsky.social · 11mo ago.@katrinanavickas.bsky.social will be speaking on 8th October at 5.30pm on work arising from her soon-to-be-released book! Join us for “Public space and popular protest in 20th century England: enclosure, resistance and commoning”. This is a hybrid event. reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/contest...
Here's the full seminar programme for autumn 2025. Seminars are either hybrid or online only so plenty of opportunities for those not local to London to join us. Please sign up using the links for any papers you'd like to come to. www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Contemporary British History
The Contemporary British History seminar seeks to explore all aspects the recent past of the British Isles from a historical point of view.
history.ac.uk
This year’s programme for our IHR seminar in Contemporary British History is coming together This side of Xmas we’re excited to welcome @katrinanavickas.bsky.social @garylove.bsky.social @evansmithhist.bsky.social @dohertyta.bsky.social If you’d like to present next spring/summer, drop me a line!
Contemporary British History seminar@cont-brit-hist.bsky.social · 11mo agoA new academic year is here, and so is our autumn term programme! A thread of our speakers follows. Sign-up links available soon but note dates in diaries now! 📆
Woo hoo! I'm also going to be revealing some of the research I've been doing this year on the 1980s, unpublished work in progress, to get feedback from you contemporary historians out there.
Contemporary British History seminar@cont-brit-hist.bsky.social · 11mo ago.@katrinanavickas.bsky.social will be speaking on 8th October at 5.30pm on work arising from her soon-to-be-released book! Join us for “Public space and popular protest in 20th century England: enclosure, resistance and commoning”. This is a hybrid event. reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/contest...
Excited to give the @royalhistsoc.org's public lecture this December: 'Hunger, Health and Hope: A History of School Meals in Britain' @sheffielduni.bsky.social @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social #histed 📅 Tuesday 10 December, 6pm 🎟️ Free, all welcome. Register here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hunger-hea...
Hunger, Health and Hope: A History of School Meals in Britain, IN-PERSON
Royal Historical Society public lecture at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Institute of Education, UCL
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A new academic year is here, and so is our autumn term programme! A thread of our speakers follows. Sign-up links available soon but note dates in diaries now! 📆
We're very much looking forward to having @garylove.bsky.social join us for the @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social seminar on 19 November! Sign-up links for this and the rest of our programme this term coming very soon.
Gary Love@garylove.bsky.social · 11mo agoFinally got my hands on a copy. I will discuss the book & my work in this area at the Contemporary British History Seminar at the IHR on 19 November. Sadly I’ll have to do it online because I’ve used up my travel quota (have a small baby). But thanks to @helenglew.bsky.social for the invitation
On Tues 8 April at 1pm BST we have an exciting additional seminar on our programme: thanks to funding from the IHR@ Series, we are holding a hybrid event at the University of Wolverhampton and online.
Great to have this additional paper for our Term 2 programme for @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social seminar @ihr.bsky.social . Seminar is hybrid & can be booked via link below. Thanks to co-convenor @gcgosling.bsky.social for idea & planning of this 'out of London' seminar 🙂.
George Gosling@gcgosling.bsky.social · last yr.IHR-funded PG/ECR bursaries to attend a special hybrid seminar at Wolverhampton Uni on April 8th Dr Jennifer Wallis: The most offensive thing in the world? Post mortems in private houses in the 19th & 20th centuries Register: www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
📢 Wowzers 😮! What a line up we have for @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social Term 3. Fab speakers incl: @racheljcollett.bsky.social @nataliethomlinson.bsky.social @lauratisdall.bsky.social Lucy Robinson Lukas Herde + Jennifer Wallis. Join us via link below 👇 www.history.ac.uk/seminars/con...
Ethics in historical research is becoming ever more important. Hear @tomhulme.bsky.social @earner.bsky.social Kate Chatfield, Holly Smith & me tease out some of the challenges on @ihr.bsky.social @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social roundtable. @royalhistsoc.bsky.social. www.history.ac.uk/podcasts/res...
Great piece by @kconnel.bsky.social of @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social on meaning of multiculturalism & how #familyhistory can be utilised effectively to break down barriers between 'us' & 'them' by recognising 'how common it is becoming for immigration to be a central feature of our family trees'.
Kieran Connell@kieranconnell.bsky.social · 2y agoI have a piece in today’s Guardian based on my book in which I argue for an expanded, more inclusive definition of multiculturalism as a way out of the culture wars www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Term 2 of our @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social seminar series at @ihr.bsky.social kicks off on Weds 22 Jan, 5.30pm at the IHR. ECR Brett Morritt will speak about his PhD research. Click on link to find out more & register. Do come along 🙂. www.history.ac.uk/events/race-...
Race and Equal Opportunity Policies at English Clearing Banks, 1965-1990
history.ac.uk
📢 What a line-up for Term 2 @ihr.bsky.social @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social seminar series. 4 fab papers + 1 roundtable. Take a look at what is on offer & sign up for seminars via link: www.history.ac.uk/seminars/con.... We look forward to welcoming you (Cait, Helen, Pat, Dan, Kieran, George & Ben).
After a fantastic line-up of speakers in term 1, very excited to say that our programme for term 2 is already out! www.history.ac.uk/seminars/con...
Contemporary British History
The Contemporary British History seminar seeks to explore all aspects the recent past of the British Isles from a historical point of view. Image credit: Lucy Thane.
history.ac.uk