Heads up for academics (inc ECR/PGRs) who work in green/responsible/sustainable finance, investment, and related topics. The UN-backed PRI are offering prizes (big ones! thousands of pounds!) for the best research in this area w/opportunity to attend conference. Deadline 26 June - pdf in link

Really pleased that my co-authored article with @ruthdav.bsky.social has just been published. We review the vast historiography of motherhood in modern Britain, and argue for the importance of motherhood (broadly defined) as a category of historical analysis: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

My friend (<- they don't get to deny this) @sexhistorian.bsky.social is advertising for a PhD stipend. It's an amazing project at an amazing department with amazing supervisors, and if you know anyone suitable, let them know. www.strath.ac.uk/studywithus/...

Now online: My review of Jennifer Crane's fascinating book "'Gifted Children’ in Britain and the World: Elitism and Equality Since 1945" @jennycrane.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social #histed #histedu #histchild www.tandfonline.com/eprint/CCGEF...

‘Gifted Children’ in Britain and the World: Elitism and Equality Since 1945

Published in History of Education: Journal of the History of Education Society (Ahead of Print, 2026)

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We are offering two great initiatives for humanities and social sciences researchers interested in applying to Horizon Europe. On 1st June we are holding an ERC Reading Day where you can read previously successful ERC grant proposals from a selection of 50 www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/projects/eur...

And on 19th June we are holding a webinar on the ERC Advanced Grants Call which will open on 28 May 2026. It will be led by Academy Fellows who have ERC experience. There is an opportunity to have your B1 draft proposal reviewed by the panel www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/projects/eur...

New link for my London book launch for WE HAVE COME TO BE DESTROYED: GROWING UP IN COLD WAR BRITAIN at Waterstones Gower St on Weds 13th May at 6.30pm - because I'm now in conversation with the fantastic @nataliethomlinson.bsky.social www.waterstones.com/events/we-ha... #skystorians #histchild

We Have Come to Be Destroyed - A conversation between Dr Laura Tisdall and Dr Natalie Thomlinson | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones

Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about We Have Come to Be Destroyed - A conversation between Dr Laura Tisdall and Dr Natalie ...

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📙 My book has been longlisted for the BSHS (British Society for the History of Science) Pickstone Prize! I'd also like to thank Dr Harriet Palfreyman and Dr Beth Parkes for their kind book reviews in both: 📘 Technology and Culture: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/journa...

I'm really enjoying peer reviewing right now you can hit me up, journal editors ✨📚

Mark Williams@mrfw17thc.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Going to be utter chaos as we approach 'Need something published for REF' aligning with 'There's nobody to willing to or able to do peer review'. Prayers for the journal editors, but perhaps also a plea to review if you possibly can.

2.5 year postdoc opportunity at CoE NARS, Tampere University. The focus is on the history of everyday nationalism and we encourage applications dealing with the history of childhood and youth. Please distribute far and wide and encourage great scholars to apply. tuni.rekrytointi.com/paikat/?o=A_...

Postdoctoral Researcher (History of Everyday Nationalism, CoE NARS) / Tutkijatohtori

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Join USSP's @profellenstu.bsky.social and experts on 15 April as they reflect on four‑nations health policy, sharing insights on how the NHS in Scotland fits into wider UK health policy debates.

Academy of Social Sciences@acadsocsciences.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Are you interested in how the 4 UK nations are approaching health policy? There’s only a week to go until our webinar, in association with @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social, where our expert panel will share their reflections on just that. Don’t miss out, register now➡️ acss.civiplus.net/civicrm/even...

🎥 As we head into the Easter weekend, @jennycrane.bsky.social gives us a summary of her ‘Gifted Children’ project. 🧒 The book covers themes of childhood, elitism, equality, perceptions of national decline, innate intelligence, individualism, and more… 😁 Here’s Jenny with a 2-minute summary:

First piece out by @busedp.bsky.social, about growing up 'gifted' - well done Buse! She's still recruiting also for interviewees, link in the blog - www.history.ox.ac.uk/article/revi...

Revisiting the Gifted Child in England: Emotional Memory, Recognition, and Healing in Adult Testimonies

Buse Demirkan (PhD candidate, University of Bristol)

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Honoured to have another really interesting and engaged review of my latest book journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... And the discount code below still works - I'd love to talk more about this research if anyone wants a seminar, teaching visit, etc!

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

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Jenny Crane@jennycrane.bsky.social · 11mo ago

September, ahh! Forgot to share this promotional code for my new(ish) book before - AUFLY30 on OUP's website. Useful book for reading lists on: - fluxes in 'elitism' & 'equality' - childhood writing methodologies - 'agency' as concept - voluntary action and 'education' beyond schools

We’re thrilled to share this AHRC-funded PhD opportunity from Swansea University @swanseauni “Serious about Play: Childhood, Play and Policymaking in Wales, 1945 to present” explores how Wales developed its own distinct stance of child’s play through the examination of postwar Welsh childhoods.

My co-edited book, Posters, protests, and prescriptions: Cultural histories of the National Health Service in Britain, is £18 in the MUP January sale! manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526163462/ I would LOVE to see it used in teaching and am always happy to chat about its wonderful chapters!

Manchester University Press - Posters, protests, and prescriptions

Posters, protests, and prescriptions - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of Posters, protests, and prescriptions by Jennifer Crane

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My book is a bargain right now, especially as printed in colour! MUP sale runs to end of the month ("discount will apply automatically at checkout, unless based in North America. North American customers, please enter discount code JAN40 at checkout"): manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526168511/

If you've been thinking of buying Electric Wind, now would be a very good time - it's only £11.40 in the MUP sale!

Manchester University Press@manchesterup.bsky.social · 7mo ago

HAPPY NEW YEAR! 🎉 To celebrate the start of a new year, we are currently offering 40% OFF EVERY SINGLE BOOK on our website, until 31st January 2026. Head to our website (link in bio) to shop now. #booksky

Now available online! www.cambridge.org/core/books/h... 🌿📚💚🪲

Alice Wickenden@awickenden.bsky.social · last yr.

hello. if you work at a university please ask your library to buy my book. it is all about books and libraries and also plants, museums, the Royal Society, and the ways we learn. I think it will be interesting to lots of people, hopefully. thank you www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...

🌺New in Geo🌺 'Cultivating scientific authority: A vegetal geography of Chinese rhododendrons at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh' by @mingcan-rong.bsky.social doi.org/10.1002/geo2... #geosky

Is your child texting about Buckinghamshire Archives? Here are the signs to look out for: BRB: Buckinghamshire records, blimey LOL: Lots of ledgers SMH: Some medieval holdings WTF: Where's that folder? ROFL: Researching our former lacemaking IDC: Is Duke corrupt? BTW: Big trees, Wendover

If anyone wants to form a panel where any of the following fit, please get in touch... ~in/out classifications (intelligence testing&its impacts) ~in/out of 'trauma' (reparative archiving around birth 'trauma' v. 'experience') ~in/out of the academy (expertise/engagement) sshm.org/sshm-2026/

SSHM 2026: In/Out

Location: University of Leeds Dates: 30 June to 3 July 2026 Submission Deadline: 5.00pm (GMT) 11th January 2026 Conference Co-Convenors: Dr Alexia Moncrieff & Dr Katherine Rawling Conference Co…

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Today, 3PM!

Jenny Crane@jennycrane.bsky.social · 10mo ago

New Topic Collection for @bmj.com journal, Medical Humanities, on 'Charity and children's hospitals', is live: mh.bmj.com/pages/topic-... Join myself, authors, and editors (Francesca Vaghi and @profellenstu.bsky.social) to discuss at a launch next week. . . bmj.zoom.us/j/89920901259

On Weds 22 Oct, there's an exciting interdisciplinary conversation about 'Planetary Health' at UCL. I'll be talking (I think) about its antecedents and older traditions like social medicine. All welcome, through will be primarily aimed at postgrads and ECRs. Sign up a must: tinyurl.com/5e7s6yby

Planetary Health

Interdisciplinary presentations and discussions focusing on the effects of climate change, biodiversity loss and environmental degradation.

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New Topic Collection for @bmj.com journal, Medical Humanities, on 'Charity and children's hospitals', is live: mh.bmj.com/pages/topic-... Join myself, authors, and editors (Francesca Vaghi and @profellenstu.bsky.social) to discuss at a launch next week. . . bmj.zoom.us/j/89920901259

Hello all! You can get 25% off the already surprisingly reasonable price of WE HAVE COME TO BE DESTROYED if you pre-order at @waterstones.bsky.social between 14th and 17th October using the discount code OCTOBER25! Pls share. Link here: www.waterstones.com/book/we-have... #skystorians #histchild 🗃

📙 Bluesky is the only platform where I haven’t circulated my book, as I’d recently joined and was waiting for the physical copy. So here it is (last book post, I promise) 📙 ☀️ Sunbed in Britain: Tanning Culture from Fad to Fear is free to download via: dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781...

What a pleasure to be hosting the biannual @healthgeographyrgs.bsky.social PGR/ECR conference this year in Bristol! ✨ Wonderful papers on our first cluster "blue bodies" 🌊🌊 thank you for the funding, @rgsibg.bsky.social

Lovely to chat all things public engagement and impact this afternoon ☺️ Looking forward to a fab set of talks tomorrow 🙌 @healthgeographyrgs.bsky.social

Jenny Crane@jennycrane.bsky.social · 11mo ago

ENRGHI 2025 is open for registration, and last chance to submit an abstract is 1 September. www.rgs.org/events/upcom... 7-8 October, University of Bristol: join a 30 year tradition of connecting PGR and ECR research across geographies of health and wellbeing. @healthgeographyrgs.bsky.social

The call for papers for the @histchild.bsky.social 2026 conference at the University of Sheffield, 1-3 July, is now up on our website! Deadline 14 December www.histchild.org/pages/sheffi... #histchild #skystorians #histyouth