We are back for 2026-7! Join us in person at the IHR or online Wed 7 Oct 5:30pm for @milesogborn.bsky.social’s paper titled ‘Law, Violence and empire: Understanding the Jamaican Uprising Trials 1832’ Register 👎 www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Miles Ogborn, ‘Law, violence and empire: Understanding the Jamaican uprising trials of 1832’

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I've changed my email signature, so I guess it's official: I'm now Professor of History at @bbkhistorical.bsky.social. How did I celebrate? Obviously by buying myself a 1743 deposition, 1713 apprenticeship indenture, 1779 receipt and 1651 petition off ebay. Aren't they pretty?

On 26 October we will be hosting a conference in Senate House for Historians Without Borders on ‘European History in the Evolving World’. Speakers include Prof Timothy Garton Ash, Professor Caoimhe Nic Dháibhéid & Dr Larissa Kraft. Registration is free. historianswithoutborders.fi/en/tapahtuma...

European History in the Evolving World Order (London, 26 October 2026) - Historians without borders

Join Historians without Borders and the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy for a seminar on European history, international relations and history dialogue in London on 26 October 2026.

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Join us Wednesday 7 October at 5:30 pm at the Institute of Historical Research, London or on Zoom, for Miles Ogborn's "Law, Violence and Empire: Understanding the Jamaican Uprising Trials of 1832". Free and welcoming to researchers, students & the public. Please register in advance. #Skystorians

Miles Ogborn, ‘Law, violence and empire: Understanding the Jamaican uprising trials of 1832’

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Applications now invited for the Society's new 'Social History Archive Partnership' bit.ly/4iFNuF0 This offers free 6-month access to content in @socialhistarchive.bsky.social, published by DC Thomson. The scheme aims to support independent historians who lack access to such resources #Skystorians

Society launches new programme for researchers, in partnership with The Social History Archive - RHS

The Society is pleased to launch a new programme for researchers, in partnership with The Social History Archive, published by DC Thomson. The Social History Archive is a comprehensive online archive ...

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Stuart courtiers, worldly women, libertinism, and feminist archival methodologies... join us for an exciting evening conversation on the women in the court of Charles II. 22nd October @ 17:00. kingsearlymodern.co.uk/events/world...

Worldly Women at the Court of Charles II: Exile, Excess, and the Expanding World — CEMS KCL Blog

Join CEMS for a conversation on women and the Restoration, featuring Dr. Annalisa Nicholson, Dr. Kerry Apps, Dr. Hannah Dawson, and Catherine MacLeod.

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New book reviews drop! First up Mary Booth on Teaching Slavery: New Approaches to Britain's Colonial Past (@uclpress.bsky.social, 2025), by Katie Donington, Abdul Mohamud, Robin Whitburn & Nick Draper doi.org/10.1111/1468...

As they say, it's now official! The special issue of journal @hisjournalha.bsky.social with the theme Languages ​​and Concepts of European Civil Wars has been published. My introduction is available for reading several more weeks onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1468229x...

Special Issue: Languages and Concepts of European Civil Wars, 1917–39: History: Vol 111, No 397

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Konstantin Tarasov@ktarasov.bsky.social · last mo.

Attention! Huomio! Aire! Внимание! Actung! ¡Atención! The special issue on the Languages of Civil Wars in Europe guest-edited by me is out now online in @hisjournalha.bsky.social ​Cases: 🇫🇮 🇷🇺 🇮🇪 🇦🇹 🇪🇸 on how words become weapons when states collapse. ​Links👇

The Society is pleased to launch a new programme to support research bit.ly/4iFNuF0 The RHS / Social History Archive Partnership offers free access to resources in @socialhistarchive.bsky.social, published by DC Thomson. Applications for 6-month access to Archive content invited #Skystorians 1/2

Society launches new programme for researchers, in partnership with The Social History Archive - RHS

The Society is pleased to launch a new programme for researchers, in partnership with The Social History Archive, published by DC Thomson. The Social History Archive is a comprehensive online archive ...

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A reminder that the next IHS meeting will take place Tuesday, 22 September 2026, at 7:00 p.m. This will be a panel discussion on ‘New Directions in the Study of 19th Century Ireland’, featuring papers from Dr Peter Hession and Dr Sarah Roddy (Chair: Prof Peter Gray)

I wrote a bit about the early use of Wikipedia in the UK for @historytoday.com Guess who was cranky about it? Spoiler: It was the historians.

New article drop! Konstantin Tarasov's 'Languages and Concepts of European Civil Wars, 1917-39: An Introduction', intro to forthcoming special issue! doi.org/10.1111/1468...

Conference Human Rights and Social Movements in an Era of Authoritarianism anthropology.princeton.edu/events/human...

Human Rights and Social Movements in an Era of Authoritarianism

The conference aims to take stock of the attack on human rights discourses and institutions and identify ways of advocating for human rights that are relevant to the current authoritarian era. The his...

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New article klaxon! Matthew Taylor's 'Barbara's Daughters: Women's Boxing and Social Memory in Britain', OA, doi.org/10.1111/1468...

New article drop! Arslan Durdu's 'Hunting in the Ghaznavid State: Courtly Culture, Military Practices, and Political Power', OA, doi.org/10.1111/1468...

If you're starting an MA or PhD in #History this term, please consider joining @royalhistsoc.org as a PGR Member. Applications are welcome, with the next closing date 5 October bit.ly/4x3eX6S The Society provides research funding, events, publications, history news, and networking #Skystorians

Apply for Postgraduate Membership - RHS

Closing dates for next applications: Mondays 5 October and 14 December 2026   The Society's Postgraduate Membership is for those studying History, or a cognate subject, at a higher level (from Masters...

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Have a look and let us know if you have any ideas or experiences to share! Many thanks to @wellcomecollection.bsky.social, @mrcwarwick.bsky.social and @gmmedicalmuseum.bsky.social for the use of their images.

'History and Archives in Practice' 2027: calls for participation are now invited for our annual meeting of historians and archivists, co-hosted with @ihr.bsky.social and TNA. HAP27 focuses on 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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"In its ostensible place of origin, the study of sexuality has become—for many elites—not just irrelevant, but an active threat." @aiross.bsky.social reviews the last decade of writing on the history of sexuality in modern France. doi.org/10.1093/fh/c...

Review article: the history of sexuality in modern France

Sometimes, when I explain that my research expertise lies in the history of sexuality in modern France, the follow-up is some version of a question: ‘so I

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Are you an early career researcher with an interest in parliamentary history? We are inviting submissions of 10,000 words, including references, for our annual essay prize, worth £500. The deadline is 30 Nov. 2026. More details here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1750...

Parliamentary History

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Excited that my first monograph, The Politics of Reading at the British Subscription Library, has been published by @degruyterbrill.bsky.social. The book examines the political, social and intellectual culture of late 18thC Britain through books and reading habits. brill.com/display/titl...

The Politics of Reading at the British Subscription Library, 1789-1832

"The Politics of Reading at the British Subscription Library, 1789-1832" published on 08 Sep 2026 by Brill.

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📻 Listen back to Women in Revolution by @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social, Catriona Kennedy & @earner.bsky.social. Available now on YouTube! @virtualtreasury.bsky.social @adaptcentre.bsky.social @tlrhub.bsky.social

Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland@virtualtreasury.bsky.social · 4w ago

We're delighted to release the video of our Women in Revolution webinar. Hear short talks by Jane Ohlmeyer, Catriona Kennedy + Lindsey Earner-Byrne on the revolutionary lives of women from the 17th to the 20th century. Many thanks to our panelist for taking part. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIu4...

From the current issue: "Air Travel, Statelessness, and the Rights Claims of Ugandan Asians, c.1973" by @riakapoor.bsky.social (@qmul.bsky.social) #OpenAccess doi.org/10.1093/past...

Housing and the Peripheralization of Race Politics in Britain, 1948–1977*

Abstract. The idea that there was a ratio of people of colour to white people that, if exceeded, would prompt a white backlash was a tenet of folk sociolog

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Book reviews of two new books on US history! First, Sophie Joscelyne on Allan J. Lichtman's Conservative at the Core: A New History of American Conservatism (Uni of Notre Dame Press, 2025), doi.org/10.1111/1468...

*Many hands of every sort* I've got a 10-page feature in the latest @historytoday.com on the emergence of mass petitioning in late Tudor & early Stuart England. Tons of people adding their 'hands' to complaints and requests for the first time! #EarlyModern 🗃️ www.historytoday.com/archive/feat...

Chartism Day 19 Sept 2026 Warwick Chartism Day was launched in 1995 by Chartist historian Dorothy Thompson (1923–2011) This year's event is at the Friends Meeting House, Warwick Tickets £12 inc. refreshments and buffet lunch: tinyurl.com/chartismday

If anyone is interested in reviewing this new book for the Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, please get in touch! @jich.bsky.social

All set for keynote @womenshistnet.bsky.social conference today @lselibrary.bsky.social. I will reflect on my debt to #WomensLibrary, celebrating its 💯 years & talking about my new #BeyondWomensLiberation project on @womensinstitute.bsky.social environmental activism. #womensgrassrootsactivism.

#Skystorians New article drop! Jenna Byers's 'A War of Words: Framing the Austrian Civil War Through the Language of Combatants', OA, doi.org/10.1111/1468...

Join us for Chartism Day 🗺️ Friends Meeting House, Warwick 🗓️ 19 September 2026 🎟️ Tickets and info from this link… www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/chartism-d...