We hope everyone had a lovely Christmas and New Year break! Our seminar recommences this week 14-1 with @kategibson.bsky.social presenting her paper titled “fostering in eighteenth century Britain” Register below to join as in person at the IHR or Online www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Fostering in eighteenth-century Britain

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The British History in the Long 18th Century Seminar resumes on 14 January 2026, in person at the Institute of Historical Research and online via Zoom. (Kate Gibson, speaking on Fostering in 18th-century Britain). Access next term's programme here. All welcome: free and open to the public.

British History in the Long 18th Century

Supported by Mark Storey and Carey Karmel, in memory of Arthur Burns

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Our book is published! On how faith shaped ordinary people's experiences of family relationships, work and business, childcare, identity, time, the spaces in their town and their material possessions. A glorious mash up of economic/urban/social/religious history. And, it's open access! 🥳

Hannah Barker@historyhannahb.bsky.social · 2y ago

So excited to see ‘Faith in the Town’ (co-authored my me, @kategibson Jeremy Gregory and Carys Brown & published in Open Access form (free to read) today by @oxfordunipress.bsky.social. Want to know how religious faith was woven through urban life in northern English towns 1740-1830? Then read on …

Am looking forward to chairing Kate Gibson’s paper on ‘Illegitimacy & Unmarried Parenthood in 18thC England’ on 11th February- why not join us? Online and all welcome, more details and registration here: www.history.ac.uk/events/illeg.... @kategibson.bsky.social

Illegitimacy and Unmarried Parenthood in Eighteenth-Century England

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Start your week w/ always compelling @kawulf.bsky.social reflections on family history in the context of new fascinating books by @kategibson.bsky.social & Amy Harris - or what I would call what often seem like the margins but were in fact at the center .... karinwulf.com/trove/early-...

Early Modern England (Reading Family History 5) - Karin Wulf

This is a quick and short post, but I wanted to share a bit about these two books I’d been looking forward to reading: Kate Gibson’s Illegitimacy: Family and Stigma in England, 1660-1834, and Amy ...

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I'm speaking about my research on the amazing records of the Edinburgh Orphan Hospital tomorrow, 6.30pm, for History Scotland #HistoryofCare, #FamilyHistory, #histchild, #histed Sign up here! www.historyscotland.com/virtual-even...