If you're involved with a society or group (not listed on the @royalhistsoc.org's list) with members who may be ECRs who've completed a PhD in a History related subject, or a GLAM org who support / connect with ECRs regularly - could you email Kerry. Love@northampton.ac.uk saying hello?

'History and Archives in Practice' 2027: call for participation now open for our annual gathering of historians and archivists, co-hosted with @ihr.bsky.social and TNA. HAP27's theme is connecting past and future with sessions on advocacy, value and applied history bit.ly/3RGHbWy #Skystorians

'History and Archives in Practice' (HAP), 2027. Call for participation now open - RHS

History and Archives in Practice (HAP) is an annual partnership event, co-hosted by the Royal Historical Society, The National Archives, and the Institute of Historical Research. Now in its fifth year...

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Are you starting a new research degree in history from Sept? If so, come along to our in-person IHR workshop & learn about our fantastic @ihrlibrary.bsky.social, our 60 IHR seminars & how you can join @ihrhistorylab.bsky.social, our national postgraduate network! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

IHR Workshop for New Research Students in History | 2026

IHR Research Training

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I was not expecting the @ihr.bsky.social to feature so prominently in the new Spider-Man movie, but happy for this cross-over of interests

Did you know that the IHR delivers high-quality training and unique learning opportunities to a wide community of historians of all career stages and historical interests? Take a look at our upcoming Term 1 training opportunities. Now with the FULL 🧵! www.history.ac.uk/study-traini...

Research Training and Short Courses

We deliver high-quality training programmes and unique learning opportunities to a wide community of historians of all career stages and historical interests.

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Call for participation: 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟳 Engaged pasts, meaningful futures: The value of archives, practice and historical inquiry. www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/professional...

Join this year's @holbergprize.bsky.social Laureate Prof Lyndal Roper & creative practitioner Dr Kat Hill at this exciting workshop where we will experiment w/ creative approaches to historical practice through physical exercises designed to stimulate our thinking! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Moving History: Creativity, Critical Thinking and Movement

IHR Research Training

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In early June, researchers from 15 universities and 6 countries came together @ihr.bsky.social for a workshop to discuss the who, what, where and why of the Little Ice Age. Thank you for all who came, presented, spoke and asked challenging questions! nehnetwork.wordpress.com/2026/07/20/f...

From Climate to Weather History: Can Taking a Short-Term, Local Perspective Help Reframe the Little Ice Age?

Committee Member Alex Hibberts writes on a recent workshop on the Little Ice Age, hosted by the Institute of Historical Research in London. In early June, researchers from fifteen universities and …

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How do you decide which digital tools will help structure your historical research data? How can you organise your notes, tables and/or spreadsheets to help with your analysis? Join @justincolson.bsky.social at his IHR short course Sources to Data to find out more! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Sources to Data: Excel and Alternatives for Historians

IHR Short Course (PAID)

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Are you a PhD student, an ECR and/or an historian looking to improve your public speaking skills? Do you find the idea of presenting your research overwhelming? If so, then come along to our new IHR masterclass, expertly led by the historian @lisapine.bsky.social www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Masterclass in Public Speaking and Presentation Skills for Historians

IHR Short Course (PAID)

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Did you know that the IHR delivers high-quality training and unique learning opportunities to a wide community of historians of all career stages and historical interests? Take a look at our upcoming Term 1 training opportunities. Now with the FULL 🧵! www.history.ac.uk/study-traini...

Research Training and Short Courses

We deliver high-quality training programmes and unique learning opportunities to a wide community of historians of all career stages and historical interests.

history.ac.uk

Are you studying, researching or teaching a history topic and not sure where to start? Try a search using the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) buff.ly/yD11954 @brepols.net

Using BBIH online: a help pack for students and lecturers

For the academic year, we've a help pack offering guides to BBIH in undergraduate and graduate teaching and research. With embeddable content for VLEs.

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Royal Historical Society open meeting (online) for historians working in universities, 4 Aug 2026 - ‘The crisis in UK higher education: the future for history’ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-crisis.... It’s a definite sign of the times that places are almost gone.

The Crisis in UK HE: the Future for History

An open meeting for historians in UK higher education on what is needed to best support and protect the profession and discipline.

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👀 I've attended several @ihr research training and development events - many free/low cost and online/hybrid - and can highly recommend them (especially for ECRs). 10+ 2026 sessions/events are listed in the thread below 👇

Institute of Historical Research@ihr.bsky.social · 2w ago

Did you know that the IHR delivers high-quality training and unique learning opportunities to a wide community of historians of all career stages and historical interests? Take a look at this thread which highlights all of our upcoming Term 1 training opportunities! www.history.ac.uk/study-traini...

Did you know that the IHR delivers high-quality training and unique learning opportunities to a wide community of historians of all career stages and historical interests? Take a look at this thread which highlights all of our upcoming Term 1 training opportunities! www.history.ac.uk/study-traini...

Research Training and Short Courses

We deliver high-quality training programmes and unique learning opportunities to a wide community of historians of all career stages and historical interests.

history.ac.uk

A thoughtful and illuminating thread from our colleague @adamchapman.bsky.social

Victoria County History@vch-home.bsky.social · 3w ago

You might be wondering how this decline in the number of people entering academic disciplines in the humanities affects something like a project devoted to researching, writing, and publishing histories of place (or local histories)? These early career researchers are essential to our work. 🗃️ 1/5

I'm delighted & proud that this article, based on my Historical Research Lecture 2025, is now published in its final form in the @ihr.bsky.social journal Historical Research. It's the 'Editor's Choice' (thanks, @saracharles.bsky.social!), so open access for 6 months. academic.oup.com/histres/arti...

Can popular history be radical? Historical research and writing for the public with a manifesto for radical popular history

Abstract. This article, a transcript of the 2025 Historical Research Lecture, re-visits the question of what makes history radical, asking what kind of rad

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Just letting readers know about our August opening hours. Throughout August we will be closed on Saturday and from Monday to Friday we will be open from 09.00 to 18.30. Our regular hours will resume from the 1st September. www.history.ac.uk/about-us/ope...

🗣️ The London Society for Medieval Studies seeks new committee members. If you are a PGR or ECR interested in joining the committee, fill in the form 👇 One of the longest running @ihr.bsky.social seminars, the LSMS is a peer-organised series showcasing latest research in the of medieval studies 1/4

London Society for Medieval Studies@londonmedieval.bsky.social · last mo.

The LSMS is recruiting new committee members for the 2026/2027 term! Apply now here: forms.gle/xnU6dtn6fSky...

Are you studying, researching or teaching histories of South Asia? Try using the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH). It contains 670,000+ resources from 55 BCE to today! Find out how to use BBIH buff.ly/yD11954 @brepols.net

Using BBIH online: a help pack for students and lecturers

For the academic year, we've a help pack offering guides to BBIH in undergraduate and graduate teaching and research. With embeddable content for VLEs.

history.ac.uk

‘This direction of travel risks irreversible damage to UK higher education and research, to scholarship, and to our capacity to shape the future…diminishing opportunities for students, widening regional inequalities, and the erosion of knowledge, evidence and expertise on which the UK depends.’

Margot Finn@eicathomefinn.bsky.social · last mo.

British Academy President's statement on the UK's higher education crisis, July 2026.

Join The National Archives, @ihr.bsky.social & @royalhistsoc.org for a drag performance-inspired online session with grassroots community archive, Margate Queer Library & Archive: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/detective-... 📆Tuesday 14 July (1pm)

ICYMI, Dr Michael Carter, an Honorary Fellow of the @ihr.bsky.social, featured on BBC Radio Sussex and on BBC News Online this week discussing recent findings about the legacy of French culture after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. Read more on the BBC: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Newly unveiled prayer book shows religious life after Battle of Hastings

The manuscript has information about monks praying for those who died in the battle in 1066.

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The Bayeux Tapestry being transported under cover of darkness to the @britishmuseum.bsky.social as part of a well orchestrated maximum-security operation right next door to @ihr.bsky.social and @sas-news.bsky.social where I currently work is very much a big deal!!! www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/a...

Bayeux Tapestry Arrives in U.K. After Maximum-Security Operation

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Book your place: ‘The Crisis in UK HE: The Future for History! 4 August 2pm online @royalhistsoc.org @ihr.bsky.social

The Crisis in UK HE: the Future for History

An open meeting for historians in UK higher education on what is needed to best support and protect the profession and discipline.

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A very special event @ihr.bsky.social this evening: ‘Britain's WW2 “Brown Babies” in conversation: Remembering Holnicote House’. Former residents Carol Edwards, Ann Evans and Deborah Prior share their stories.

Today, the National Health Service (NHS) celebrates its 78th birthday. With the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH), you can access hundreds of records on the history of the NHS and its evolution over the past eight decades.

Championing IHR Partnerships in History series showcases our Research Partners' expertise. Explore the resources, collections, support and opportunities they offer. Including @historytoday.com, @sciencemuseum.org.uk, @PostalMuseum, Historic England, @histparl.bsky.social, Survey of London & more.

Please do take a look at our upcoming @ihr.bsky.social @sas-news.bsky.social Research Training & Short Courses. Our full 2026-27 programme will be announced over the summer on this page: www.history.ac.uk/study-traini... All welcome - there really is something for everyone!