Social History Society
@socialhistsoc.bsky.social
Promoting the research, teaching and sharing of social and cultural history since 1976.
📣New SHS blog! Take a look @stephenjdunning.bsky.social's new blog on 'In the Footsteps of History: Archival Research in East Africa' 👉Read here: socialhistory.org.uk/shs_exchange...
In the Footsteps of History: Archival Research in East Africa
By Stephen Dunning, University of Exeter The air was fresh and the sunshine warm. The old Dutch fort, its red flag flying from the battlements, was covered with creepers and surrounded by luscious …
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📣The Joint BME Small Grants Scheme is open for applications! ❓A scheme to support research, events and activities undertaken by BME historians or focused on the histories of BME people ⏰Deadline: 4 December 2026 👉To find out more and apply, click here: socialhistory.org.uk/funding/bme-...
Joint BME Small Grants
The Social History Society administers a Small Grants Fund to support research, events and activities undertaken by BME historians or focused on the histories of BME people The scheme was launched …
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Nice to share some details about my book, Revolutionary Connections, with @socialhistsoc.bsky.social!
Social History Society@socialhistsoc.bsky.social · last mo.📣New books in social history! Read about SHS member Anna Lively's new book, 'Revolutionary Connections: Russia and Ireland, 1905-1923'📚 👉 socialhistory.org.uk/shs_exchange...
📣New books in social history! Read about SHS member Anna Lively's new book, 'Revolutionary Connections: Russia and Ireland, 1905-1923'📚 👉 socialhistory.org.uk/shs_exchange...
Revolutionary Connections: Russia and Ireland, 1905-1923
Revolutionary Connections: Russia and Ireland, 1905-1923 by Anna Lively International news mattered in revolutionary Russia and Ireland. These were highly news-conscious revolutionaries, deeply awa…
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📣Applications for SHS funding now open! ⏰Deadline 1 October! 👉Applicants can now apply for either a Small Research Grant or an Event and Activity Grant. Both schemes are limited to SHS members. Read more and apply here: socialhistory.org.uk/funding/
Funding
The Social History Society currently administers three funding schemes. Our Small Research Grants provide up to £1000 to support direct research costs incurred by members of the Society. Our Events…
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📣Applications for SHS funding now open! ⏰Deadline 1 October! 👉Applicants can now apply for either a Small Research Grant or an Event and Activity Grant. Both schemes are limited to SHS members. Read more and apply here: socialhistory.org.uk/funding/
Funding
The Social History Society currently administers three funding schemes. Our Small Research Grants provide up to £1000 to support direct research costs incurred by members of the Society. Our Events…
socialhistory.org.uk
📣New SHS blog!✨ @paullongmedia.bsky.social and @feldmanbarrett.bsky.social explore their new article in @cultsochistory.bsky.social, which advocates for the establishment of an Archive of Australian Youth Culture📖 👉Read all about it here: socialhistory.org.uk/shs_exchange...
Why we wrote ‘Imagining the Archive of Australian Youth Culture’ Paul Long and Christine Feldman-Barrett
Our newly published article for Cultural and Social History advocates for the establishment of an Archive of Australian Youth Culture. We argue that in the archival record, youth as a category of c…
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History Lab Plus@historylabplus.bsky.social · 2mo agoFinding a Role: Using History PhD Skills Beyond HE | Online Workshop Aug 24, 17:30-19:00 Imogen Albiston Civil Service George Higgins Private sector grant writing Andy Holroyde Teaching / policy &nd research Joe Ryan-Hume Committee specialist - House of Commons. More: historylab.plus/events-2/
IHR Women's History Seminar Lightning Talks. Please post! @dralanagharris.bsky.social @lauragowing.bsky.social @sshmedicine.bsky.social @socialhistsoc.bsky.social @camunicampop.bsky.social @royalhistsoc.org
IHR Women@ihrwomen.bsky.social · 3mo agoCall for Participants for IHR Women's History Seminar Lightning Talks to be held Friday, 20th of November 2026.
Tickets are now available for Chartism Day 2026. The £12 ticket price includes refreshments and a light buffet lunch (plus all the Chartism you can eat). All are welcome. #C19th #History #Chartism www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/chartism-d...
Chartism Day 2026
Join us to discover the latest research on Chartism and get the chance to meet fellow Chartist scholars and enthusiasts. All welcome.
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📣New blog! What does an undergraduate history project look like beyond the dissertation? 📚✨ Read about this fabulous digital exhibition on connections between style, gender and sexuality within Mod, Punk and New Romantic subcultures: socialhistory.org.uk/shs_exchange...
Producing an Undergraduate Major Project
Martha Burnett-Cooke, Leeds Beckett University LinkedIn Profile I’m a third year History student at Leeds Beckett University and am interested in public history, youth culture, and the histories of…
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Congratulations to CGH's Rebecca Williamson for winning the prize for best PGR paper at the @socialhistsoc.bsky.social conference, for her paper entitled ‘Wilfully, Wickedly, Feloniously’: Scots Law and Abortion, 1858′! This is a fantastic endorsement of Rebecca's important and timely work
Rebecca@rlwilliamson.bsky.social · 3mo agoDelighted to have been awarded the Postgraduate Paper Prize at this year’s Social History Society conference! @socialhistsoc.bsky.social Amidst cuts, redundancies, and the institutional disavowal of historical research, it was invigorating to engage with scholars who continue doing the Good Work
Many congratulations to @daviddoddington.bsky.social on receiving the Social History Society 2026 Book Prize 🥳 “Old Age and American Slavery” is a must read!
Social History Society@socialhistsoc.bsky.social · 3mo ago📣We are delighted to announce that @daviddoddington.bsky.social has won the Social History Society Book Prize 2026 for 'Old Age and American Slavery' (@universitypress.cambridge.org). 👉Read more about it here: socialhistory.org.uk/2026/07/06/d...
📣We had a brilliant conference at the beginning of this month, and were delighted to celebrate 50 years of the Social History Society! 👉Please read more about our 2026 conference here: socialhistory.org.uk/2026/07/13/a...
A Great Success! Social History Society Conference 2026
The Social History Society’s 2026 Annual Conference brought almost 200 historians to Lancaster University from 1-3 July, marking a particularly special occasion as the Society celebrated its …
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Truly honoured to have had my research recognised among so many excellent papers! Thank you SHS for fostering such a welcoming and supportive space. Communities like this are an encouraging reminder of the strength of our discipline in these difficult times, and I feel privileged to be a part of it!
Social History Society@socialhistsoc.bsky.social · 3mo ago📣We are delighted to announce the winner of the PGR Paper Prize 2026!🏆 👉Read all about it here: socialhistory.org.uk/2026/07/08/w...
Very excited that one of our Women's History Scotland Steering Committee members has been awarded with this prize - well done @rlwilliamson.bsky.social 👏👏🥳
Social History Society@socialhistsoc.bsky.social · 3mo ago📣We are delighted to announce the winner of the PGR Paper Prize 2026!🏆 👉Read all about it here: socialhistory.org.uk/2026/07/08/w...
📣We are delighted to announce the winner of the PGR Paper Prize 2026!🏆 👉Read all about it here: socialhistory.org.uk/2026/07/08/w...
Winner of 2026 PGR Paper Prize Announced
We are delighted to announce the results of our 2026 Postgraduate Paper prize. The Postgraduate Paper Prize is awarded to the best conference papers presented at the Social History Society conferen…
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Thrilled that my paper was awarded the runner-up PGR Paper Prize at this year's History Society Conference! Thank you @socialhistsoc.bsky.social. It was a pleasure to share my research with so many engaged and supportive historians and a privilege to have it recognised among so many excellent papers
I had a really great time at the @socialhistsoc.bsky.social 50th anniversary conference. So many interesting papers and many from MA and PhD students. My co-written paper on 'Feeling the street: touch and emotion in 20th century town and city centre streets' - had some interesting questions!
📣We are delighted to announce that @daviddoddington.bsky.social has won the Social History Society Book Prize 2026 for 'Old Age and American Slavery' (@universitypress.cambridge.org). 👉Read more about it here: socialhistory.org.uk/2026/07/06/d...
David Doddington Awarded Social History Society Book Prize 2026
The Social History Society Book Prize rewards the best original works of social and cultural history by established authors. The prize was launched in 2018 and has become a key part of the society’…
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Travelling back from my very first @socialhistsoc.bsky.social conference in Lancaster. Such a lovely, welcoming group of people and excellent, wide ranging papers from early career, independent, and established scholars. Amazingly varied historical work on parenthood, disability & anti-racism.
And so that concludes the end of the 50th Anniversary of the @socialhistsoc.bsky.social at Lancaster University. Thank you for the opportunity to present my research and also chair my first panel It was a great experience! Hopefully I'll be back next year!
Thank you @socialhistsoc.bsky.social for a wonderful, warm and welcoming conference for the first outing of my PhD research. So many great papers and stimulating conversations. Can’t wait for the next one!
As always, I had the best time at this year’s @socialhistsoc.bsky.social conference! There were lots of excellent papers, lots of old and new friends, and maybe a little bit too much wine at the 70s disco… 😅 #SHS2026
And I’m very excited to see what @aayushigupta.bsky.social and @jainahunt.bsky.social continue to do as your current @socialhistsoc.bsky.social PGR reps!
I might no longer be PGR rep, but I was delighted to be re-elected to the @socialhistsoc.bsky.social Committee as an Ordinary Member! Big thanks to everyone who voted for me (and to my fellow Committee members for encouraging me to stand for a new position!)
Lou Bell@louisebell.bsky.social · 3mo agoWith #SHS2026 now being done, my time as PGR rep for @socialhistsoc.bsky.social has also come to an end. It’s a role that I’ve been in for 4 years and one that I’ve genuinely loved doing, so I am a bit sad to have to leave it! But I’m very happy to be giving it over to @jainahunt.bsky.social!
I had the opportunity to give my first conference paper at the @socialhistsoc.bsky.social event this week. It was a brilliant experience!
I also want to thank the Leverhulme Trust, (@leverhulme.ac.uk) who have supported me on 2 different projects, and without whom I would not have been able to achieve any of this. And its just a massive thank you to the Social History Society! @socialhistsoc.bsky.social
Huge congratulations to Cardiff University historian and Leverhulme Research Fellow, @daviddoddington.bsky.social whose book has won the @socialhistsoc.bsky.social's Book Prize 2026.
@daviddoddington.bsky.social · 3mo ago🧵Bittersweet in the bonfire of UKHE, and some personal disappointment from my Uni, but receiving recognition from my peers is the most incredible honor, and I'm lucky in so many ways. A huge thank you to the Social History Society for awarding me the book prize. www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/30...
We had a brilliant time presenting our research at the 50th Social History Society conference last week! Thank you to everyone who attended our panel and thanks for having us @socialhistsoc.bsky.social 😊 #SHS2026
