History: The Journal of the Historical Association
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BlueSky account for History: The Journal of the Historical Association. Academic history journal published by Wiley; editorial team based at Northumbria University. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1468229X
We're delighted to announce that Somak Biswas has won the MBSA Early Career Prize for best presentation at #MBS2026, for a paper entitled ‘AIDS & the Racialisation of Mobility: Britain, 1985-1995’. The judges also highly commended Rebecca Orr & Naomi Samake-Bäckert modbritstud.org.uk/events-awards/
Events & Prizes - The Modern British Studies Association
Explore our annual conference, prizes & early career awards. Join scholars sharing research on modern Britain.
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My new book, An Injury to All: The Unmaking of the British Working Class, is coming out in October. You can preorder it from Waterstones with a 25% discount today and tomorrow! Place your order here ⬇️ www.waterstones.com/book/an-inju...
New article! Marta Costa Costa's 'Framings of Intervention in Spain: From the Civil War to the Franco Dictatorship', OA, doi.org/10.1111/1468...
Now on Early View: 'The role of structural transformation in regional convergence in Japan: 1874–2008'. By Kyoji Fukao & Saumik Paul. @manchester.ac.uk @iza.org #EHS100 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Japan's regional convergence of productivity levels throughout the twentieth century can be best described as a cumulative process of ‘catching up, forging ahead, and falling behind’. Using a novel d...
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Delighted to be speaking at this event - on the life & legacy of Eva Gore Booth, Lissadel, this comimg friday and saturday - all welcome. A suffragette, Labour actvist, poet, writer & sister of Countess Markievicz, it is fantastic that Gore Booth is remembered. www.independent.ie/county/sligo...
Eva Gore-Booth’s legacy as suffragist, trade union organiser and poet to be honoured at Lissadell House event
Conference will be held on Friday and Saturday July 24 and 25
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We are hiring a new Editorial Fellow who specialises in pre-1800 CE history from any part of the globe 🌍 👉 this 2-year fellowship runs from October 2026 - September 2028 👉 this role is paid and part-time (3 hours per week) 👉 the application deadline is Friday 7 August Please share widely!
Call for Applications: Editorial Fellowship at History Workshop, 2026
History Workshop is seeking to appoint one Editorial Fellow in 2026, with specialism in pre-1800 CE history from any part of the globe.
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With @csanaceltic.bsky.social (The Celtic Studies Association of North America) now on Bluesky, it seems like a good time to re-share the Celtic Studies starter pack I started awhile back. I’ve tried to keep it updated but if I’ve missed anyone please let me know!
Read the Foreword by @sathnam.bsky.social and the Introduction by me for free here:
Hurst Publishers@hurstpublishers.bsky.social · 2w agoPB edition of the critically acclaimed ‘The Truth About Empire’ edited by @alanlester.bsky.social w/foreword by @sathnam.bsky.social out now! ‘Book of the Year’ @historyextra.bsky.social Extracted in @theguardian.com Sample 👉 tinyurl.com/38u2ndw3 & use code TRUTH20 for a 20% off in buy link.
📢 Job vacancy - Chair in Intellectual History We welcome applications from scholars working across a broad range of fields, including: 💠 History of political theory, political economy 💠 Knowledge systems and IT 💠 Postcolonial and intersectional thought 💠 Humanist, post-human, and planetary history
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Princeton University Press@princetonupress.bsky.social · 2w agoThe Disraeli Myth by @jonesemily.bsky.social "expertly guides readers through the life and legacy of a man who reached beyond a narrow base to challenge a fragile status quo amid unfolding social change." Read the full @wsj.com review:
There are only 10 days left to apply for the Prize of the German Historical Institute London! 📆 The prize is awarded annually for an outstanding Ph.D. thesis on ▪️German history (submitted to a British or Irish university), 1/3
We're hiring! We are now accepting applications for two Research Fellow positions in modern/contemporary history in Washington, with an expected start date of January 1, 2027. Applications are due August 30th. More details: www.ghi-dc.org/news-show/tw...
Two Research Fellow Positions in Modern and Contemporary History (19th century to the present) – GHI Washington
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Following the changes made by the 'Great' Reform Act of 1832, who was able to vote? From potwalloper to scot and lot voters, Dr Philip Salmon explores each type of post-1832 voting qualification. @victoriancommons.bsky.social
Who could vote? From potwallopers to ten-pounders: post-1832 franchises explained
Philip Salmon examines who could vote following the changes made by the ‘Great’ Reform Act of 1832. This article covers the system which was in operation until the next major Reform Act in 1867.
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Happy Conference Eve and welcome to Dublin! We are thrilled to gather @tcddublin.bsky.social for #RSVP2026 tomorrow. Registration opens at 11 a.m. in the Arts Building. Panels begin promptly at 1 p.m. An annotated map can be found here: buff.ly/JbX0MDs
Welcome to Trinity College Dublin – RSVP
Céad míle fáilte (“One hundred thousand welcomes")! Trinity College Dublin is located in the center of the city. It is near many important landmarks including the River Liffey, Dublin Castle, and the…
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The Disraeli Myth by @jonesemily.bsky.social "expertly guides readers through the life and legacy of a man who reached beyond a narrow base to challenge a fragile status quo amid unfolding social change." Read the full @wsj.com review:
‘The Disraeli Myth’ Review: One Nation, Under Tories
Few British prime ministers besides Winston Churchill or Margaret Thatcher have wide public recognition in the United States. Benjamin Disraeli (1804-81) is an important exception.
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CFP: Economic and Social History https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-163675 Berlin, 21.10.2026-17.02.2027, Research Colloquium Social and Economic History, Humboldt University Berlin, Bewerbungsschluss: 15.08.2026 Social and Economic History
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Happy to see this article out in the wild. Open Access for those interested but without any institutional login. academic.oup.com/histres/adva...
The treatment of defeated opponents in England, 1455–71*
Abstract. This article considers the treatment of defeated opponents between the First Battle of St Albans (1455) and the Battle of Tewkesbury (1471). It d
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These are archives of global importance run by some fabulous archivists. How we write the history of refugees is at stake if we allow the continued destruction of this.
Boyd van Dijk@boydvandijk.bsky.social · 2w agoThe UNHCR archives in Geneva are at risk; reading room already closed - and there's a much broader 'humanitarian archive emergency' ongoing with aid budget cuts. www.aretenews.com/unhcr-refuge...
As ever the relatively tiny amount of money needed to secure these records ($8-9 million) is striking.
Boyd van Dijk@boydvandijk.bsky.social · 2w agoThe UNHCR archives in Geneva are at risk; reading room already closed - and there's a much broader 'humanitarian archive emergency' ongoing with aid budget cuts. www.aretenews.com/unhcr-refuge...
Attention historians of the Reformation, Ireland, England, religion, political thought, sovereignty and more Coming this October from OUP: The Reformation in Tudor Ireland
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The UNHCR archives in Geneva are at risk; reading room already closed - and there's a much broader 'humanitarian archive emergency' ongoing with aid budget cuts. www.aretenews.com/unhcr-refuge...
As aid funds shrink, archivists warn of risks to the humanitarian record
UNHCR's archives are a test case for humanitarians struggling to preserve institutional memory in an era of retrenchment.
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In case you missed it, behold a 19thC justice thesis that doesn’t mention Foucault once. It can be done.
Dr Sophie Michell@sophiemhistory.bsky.social · 2w agoYou can read it here: oro.open.ac.uk/110434/
'[...] intellectual history is made not only in libraries, political meetings and lecture halls, but in drawing rooms and private correspondence'. Ophélie Siméon dives into the letters exchanged between nineteenth-century radical thinkers, Anna Wheeler and Charles Fourier.
Radical Friendship and Early Feminism: Anna Doyle Wheeler and Charles Fourier
Ophélie Siméon dives into the letters exchanged between nineteenth-century radical thinkers, Anna Wheeler and Charles Fourier.
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We're pleased to announce that Archivium Hibernicum, one of Ireland's longest-running historical journals, will be published by Liverpool University Press from 2027. Read about the new partnership on the blog ⬇️ @salvadorryan.bsky.social @bairishstudies.bsky.social @irishinstitute.bsky.social
Liverpool University Press to become publisher of Archivium Hibernicum
Liverpool University Press (LUP) is pleased to announce that it will become the new publisher of Archivium Hibernicum, the refereed history journal of the Catholic Historical Society of Ireland, fr…
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New article! Bohan Zhang's 'Ho Kim Tong's Transpacific Experience: Chinese Citizen Diplomacy and Pan-Pacific Internationalism in Hawai'i, 1910s-1920s', doi.org/10.1111/1468...
Local and Family History Network at Wakefield Library, Monday 27th July. Free, all welcome, no need to book. "The Rev'd Edward Cragg Haynes - The second black vicar to be trained in the Church of England", talk by Rona Dickinson.
