For the @jbritishstudies.bsky.social forum, "1776: Views from the British World," I wrote a short piece about the surprising significance of Church of Scotland ministers in the transatlantic American Revolution.

FORUM: 1776. Views from the British World: Ambivalent Independence: Scottish Dissent, Parliamentary Reform, and Britain's American Revolution | Journal of British Studies | Cambridge Core

FORUM: 1776. Views from the British World: Ambivalent Independence: Scottish Dissent, Parliamentary Reform, and Britain's American Revolution - Volume 65

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📢New article in JBS! 📗"'Women, Where Are Your Jobs Going?': Feminism and the Problem of Unemployment in Thatcher’s Britain," by @nataliethomlinson.bsky.social Open access here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

“Women, Where Are Your Jobs Going?”: Feminism and the Problem of Unemployment in Thatcher’s Britain | Journal of British Studies | Cambridge Core

“Women, Where Are Your Jobs Going?”: Feminism and the Problem of Unemployment in Thatcher’s Britain - Volume 65

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Chuffed to see my article on feminist responses to the unemployment crisis of the 1980s out in JBS:

“Women, Where Are Your Jobs Going?”: Feminism and the Problem of Unemployment in Thatcher’s Britain | Journal of British Studies | Cambridge Core

“Women, Where Are Your Jobs Going?”: Feminism and the Problem of Unemployment in Thatcher’s Britain - Volume 65

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📢New article in JBS! 📗"Killer Dust in the Classroom: Asbestos in Schools and the Urban-Environmental Politics of Risk in 1980s London" by Adam Page Open access here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

How did two retired British military officers make yoga a model for martial masculinity in the British Empire? Dive into "Fascist Yogis: Martial Bodies and Imperial Impotence" by Kate Imy in the Journal of British Studies from 2016. @kateimy.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Ever wondered about the history of jodhpurs? Read more about the iconic equestrian staple from Tara Mayer's 2019 "One British Thing." www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Thanks 'Journal of British Studies' for including my review of Diane Robinson Dunn's excellent, 'An Empire of Many Cultures: Bahá'ís, Muslims, Jews and the British State, 1900-20'. @jbritishstudies.bsky.social @manchesterup.bsky.social @cambridgepress.cambridge.org @ucc.ie doi.org/10.1017/jbr....

For @jbritishstudies.bsky.social, I reviewed 'England's Green: Nature and Culture since the 1960s' by David Matless: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

@thenacbs.bsky.social Great news about a @jbritishstudies.bsky.social article from January

Eamonn O’Keeffe@1812andallthat.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Pleasantly surprised to learn my January @jbritishstudies.bsky.social article was covered in a recent issue of Historie, a chain of Scandinavian history magazines! Check out doi.org/10.1017/jbr.... for my original "From Amputee to Author" article.

Delighted to see Liz Egan's "'A Lazy Mistress Makes a Lazy Servant': Domestic Labor and White Creole Womanhood in Jamaica, ca. 1865-1938" shortlisted for the RHS Early Career Article Prize. Congrats @lizegan.bsky.social ! You can read the article open access here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Royal Historical Society@royalhistsoc.org · 2mo ago

Over the next two weeks, we feature the 8 articles and 8 monographs shortlisted for the Society's 2026 Early Career Article and First Book Prizes. Today: 'Domestic labor and white Creole womanhood in Jamaica, ca.1865–1938', by Liz Egan, published in 'Journal of British Studies' #Skystorians 1/2

Pleasantly surprised to learn my January @jbritishstudies.bsky.social article was covered in a recent issue of Historie, a chain of Scandinavian history magazines! Check out doi.org/10.1017/jbr.... for my original "From Amputee to Author" article.

📢New article in JBS! 📗"'Captured at Sea': Maritime Conflict and the Circulation of Art in Early Modern Britain" by Rebecca Earle Open access here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

📢Introducing 1776: Views from the British World! Timed to coincide with the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence that launched a revolution that created the USA, this series complicates traditional narratives of this event by situating it in a larger British world context.

Check out our editor Roey Sweet's latest article in @jbritishstudies.bsky.social Focusing on case studies of Shrewsbury, Chester, York, Coventry, and Bristol, Roey's article analyzes how the concept of the “historic town” emerged in the first half of the nineteenth century doi.org/10.1017/jbr....

Journal of British Studies@jbritishstudies.bsky.social · 2mo ago

📢New article in JBS! 📗"The Invention of the English Historic Town: The Place of Vernacular Architecture, ca. 1780-1850," by Rosemary Helen Sweet Open access here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

📢New article in JBS! 📗"The 'Asian Mother and Baby Campaign': Race, Healthcare, and Citizenship in late Twentieth-Century Britain," by Saima Nasar Open access here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

📢New article in JBS! 📗"The Invention of the English Historic Town: The Place of Vernacular Architecture, ca. 1780-1850," by Rosemary Helen Sweet Open access here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Feeling very honoured that my @jbritishstudies.bsky.social article has been shortlisted alongside so many other amazing pieces of research! 😊

Royal Historical Society@royalhistsoc.org · 3mo ago

The Society is pleased to publish today the Shortlist of its 2026 Early Career Article Prize: bit.ly/4wEuVoW This year's list includes eight articles published in 2025 and follows an open call for submissions. Our two winners for this prize will be announced in July #Skystorians 1/2

I’m really pleased to see my article on “The Asian Mother and Baby Campaign” in the @jbritishstudies.bsky.social Many thanks to @leverhulme.ac.uk for funding this research. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

📢New article in JBS! 📗"Imperium in Imperio: The Peacetime Commander in Chief as a Linchpin of Colonial Reform," by Rachel Banke Open access here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Our application for the NACBS/ NAVSA Early Career Network Collaboration is now open! This program will bring together precariously employed ECRs from both organizations, culminating in events at our conferences in Pasadena. More info and application: www.nacbs.org/early-career...

"Anxieties of Belonging: Ulster Protestant Migrants and the Troubles in Late Imperial England" New #openaccess article by our Dr Barry Hazley, co-authored with @jcrangle.bsky.social, Graham Dawson, Liam Harte + Fearghus Roulston in @jbritishstudies.bsky.social: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

📢Online book event! Join us next week to hear more about Broadcasting Apartheid: British Television and the Anti-Apartheid Campaign, 1950-1990 with Tal Zalmanovich. 📅May 7 ⏰12pm noon ET Free and open to the public Info and RSVP here: www.nacbs.org/event-detail...

Broadcasting Apartheid with Tal Zalmanovich | NACBS

Join NACBS to discuss Tal Zalmanovich’s recent book, Broadcasting Apartheid: British Television and the Anti-Apartheid Campaign, 1950-1990. Rachel Sandwell will join Tal for discussion.

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📢New article in JBS! 📗"Anxieties of Belonging: Ulster Protestant Migrants and the Troubles in Late Imperial England," by Barry Hazley, Jack Crangle, Graham Dawson, Liam Harte, and Fearghus Roulston Open access here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Ah usable history... "1812. Canada's Original Elbows Up" Good to see Shadrack Byfield, the subject of my recent article in @jbritishstudies.bsky.social, featured on one of Fort York's new banners. doi.org/10.1017/jbr....

Thrilled to come back from hols to see this is out! The issue of welfare fraud is something I care deeply about and article on NI/ Nth Brit shows the application of anti-fraud policies varied regionally, impacting the most vulnerable women. Thanks to AHRC funding and to @jbritishstudies.bsky.social

Journal of British Studies@jbritishstudies.bsky.social · 4mo ago

📢New article in JBS! 📗"False Desertion and Fancy Men: Women and Welfare Fraud, 1945–70," by Charlotte Wildman Open access here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

📢New article in JBS! 📗"False Desertion and Fancy Men: Women and Welfare Fraud, 1945–70," by Charlotte Wildman Open access here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

CFP for VISAWUS 2026 online series on teaching. Please apply and share! TIME FOE TEACHING! A roundtable series to address the crisis in teaching Victorian Studies. Literary scholars, historians, art historians please join us! #VictorianStudies #19thCentury #AcademicSky

📢New article in JBS! 📗"Arguing with Catholic Women: Devotion, Polemic, and Female Agency in the Theological Crisis of the 1620s," by Kathryn Marshalek Open access here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

📢New article in JBS! 📗"Race, Blood, and Soil: Viscount Lymington and Britain's Homegrown Agrarian Fascism," by Kian Aspinall Open access here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

📢New article in JBS! 📗"Rethinking Periodization, Priorities, and Liberalism in British Queer History," by Charles Upchurch Open access here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...