The second round of the British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants scheme is now open. Our most popular funding opportunity supports UK-based Postdoctoral researchers – or equivalent – in the humanities and social sciences. Find out more: https://bit.ly/4iwQQtI

‘Nearly three million workers downed tools, and 162 million working days were lost. The British trade union movement was the strongest in the world. So why did the strike end with its unconditional surrender?’ Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite on the 1926 general strike. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite · An ’ell of an ’eadache: The General Strike

Between 4 and 12 May 1926, nearly three million workers – 20 per cent of the adult population – downed tools, and...

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Great to see this happening on 24 August 2026, 5:30-7 pm, on Zoom. If any #History #PhD s would like to find out more about becoming #historyteacher s & how this career can encompass a perfect combination of #teaching & #research please do DM @htenuk.bsky.social & follow our starter pack.

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Are you considering career options after a PhD in History or a related subject? Join @historylabplus.bsky.social colleagues for this session with a fantastic panel of History PhD graduates who have all taken their skills into a variety of areas beyond HE. www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

The UK will experience a partial solar eclipse on Wednesday 12 August. The extent of the Sun's coverage and the timing of maximum obscuration will differ across the country. Never look directly at the sun; use a pinhole projector or certified eclipse glasses to view it.

📢 Today we are publishing a new set of material to our online Access Portal, totalling 14690 images in 105 files across 5 collections! 📝 📓 📒 This batch contains diaries, autobiographies and letters. The full extent detailed on our new blog post: buff.ly/dxwJdSM

I’m just finishing it myself and a measure of how brilliant this book is must be that I am slowing down to drag out the pleasure, like a box of the most delicious chocolates. Even if you’re not a Beatles fan this is remarkable on so many levels - thank you @ianleslie.bsky.social

jabberwocky11.bsky.social@jabberwocky11.bsky.social · 2mo ago

What a beautiful book. Many thanks to my friend Neil for recommending it & to @ianleslie.bsky.social for writing it.

Last week, about a third of the History department were able to gather together on graduation day. Rather than lend our intellectual authority to the official procession and ceremony we invited our students to come and celebrate their achievements with us in a shady courtyard. They came. 1/

‘At the century’s end, Newham might carry the same name on a city map, but just who lived there, in what sort of conditions and why, had gone through more than one transformation.’ Susan Pedersen on the modern British city. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Susan Pedersen · Worker, Hipster, Banker: Modern British Cities

Deindustrialisation was not a long, slow process but a very quick one, erasing whole occupations and transforming one...

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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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It looks amazing and it’s definitely a great deal - better some extra reading than a day trip to Reading

Max Long@maxlong.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🔔 UNTIL SUNDAY! 🔔 You can pre-order my first book for £16.50! Less than the price of a train from London to Reading

Delighted to find this beast in the post

'This book will change the way we think about the history of modern Britain' @emilybaughan.bsky.social #Liverpool by @samwetherell.bsky.social a story of rise and decline Pre-order now: https://geni.us/LiverPBorgsoc

OK, I'm starting to get sick of the heat. Here's the River Cam frozen over in 1963 with people skating to try and feel a bit cooler. We do have air conditioning in the Cambs Collection search room if you want to cool down a bit though.

'Academics fear they are being “set up to fail” after several institutions finished the academic year by announcing fresh job cuts, casting doubt over who will return after the summer break, and what courses they will be teaching.' 1/3

Summer of ‘chaos’ predicted as mass job cuts close academic year

‘Impossible to plan’ for research and teaching, say staff, as threat of redundancy looms large over summer breaks

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We are hiring for an Associate or Full Professor (Tenure-Track) in History of Medicine: Pre-Modern! Please circulate widely - apply.interfolio.com/182469

Actually, it was a volunteer archivist at The National Archives, Kew called Michael Scurr who found it, not the "UK" that found it. (with a sharing link for 3 non-subscribers). giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

UK finds lost US Declaration of Independence copy after 250 years

Document revealed by National Archives ahead of its anniversary on Saturday

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Hey @billybragg.bsky.social have you seen this? Lots of our academic colleagues in the UK at Exeter and elsewhere at risk of redundancy, and your songs are part of the soundtrack of the resistance..

Dr Laura Sangha@lsangha.bsky.social · 2mo ago

to everyone at risk or redundancy in academia right now:

You may have seen reports of the devastating cuts that I & my colleagues in history at Exeter are facing. Thousands have already signed a petition to try & stop this attack on the humanities. But we need more help. Please consider signing the petition & share as widely as possible. c.org/wW5jZVLSJR

Sign the Petition

Stop Redundancies at the University of Exeter

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Unpopular strategic opinion of the day. You can focus on the fact that it took too long and when it happened was about a Russell group university. Or, you can seize on the fact that Exeter's supporters are addressing the wider challenges to the sector and to Humanities and Social Sciences. 1/2

Fury over Exeter University plan to scrap dozens of humanities posts

Rowan Williams and Mark Kermode join campaign against proposed cuts for arts and social sciences

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You know you want to!

Princeton University Press@princetonupress.bsky.social · 2mo ago

In The Disraeli Myth, @jonesemily.bsky.social traces the mythologising that made Benjamin Disraeli a touchstone for Conservative (and conservative) politics. Out now (28 July UK/EU pub). Read a free preview of this compelling study: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... #PoliSci #History

Applications for the Postdoctoral Fellowships are open. This fellowship is a three-year award made to an annual cohort of outstanding early-career researchers in the humanities or social sciences. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4xWduAS

🚀🚨🚀 We are hiring: 3-year postdoc in African history! 🚀🚨🚀! The University of Agder in Kristiansand, Norway is hiring a researcher with a PhD in History to conduct research on “European Languages in Post-Colonial Africa (1950-1990). The job listing can be found here: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Post-doctoral Research Fellow in European Languages in Post-Colonial Africa (303877) | University of Agder

Job title: Post-doctoral Research Fellow in European Languages in Post-Colonial Africa (303877), Employer: University of Agder, Deadline: Tuesday, September 15, 2026

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In March 2026 the University of Exeter was boasting of its top 100 QS World Rankings status for arts and humanities. Now it is devastating the same areas with drastic cuts. Something is seriously wrong. Solidarity to all the excellent colleagues affected by this. news.exeter.ac.uk/university/e...

Exeter records sweeping successes in QS World Rankings by Subject

The University of Exeter has recorded sweeping success in the latest prestigious international ranking, reflecting its strong teaching and research excellence. Exeter has recorded significant, double-...

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www.dartmoornature.org.uk/post/ponies-... - this blog from the DNA tries to explain plans for grazing on #Dartmoor and their implications for the future of our ponies. The plans remain deeply controversial but this helped me understand why the answer isn’t just to exclude ponies from the scheme.

Ponies, Dartmoor and fake news

There’s been a deluge of misinformation recently about ponies on Dartmoor. Dartmoor Nature Alliance’s Tony Whitehead looks at the origins and potential impacts of the current “pony campaigning". He st...

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Permanent lectureship in Modern British History at the University of Manchester. FT, £42-58k, closing date 30 June 26, starting Sept 26 onwards. For international people, this is equivalent to a tenure-track Assistant Lectureship. www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai... #SkyStorians

Lecturer in Modern British History (post-1800):Oxford Road

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Don' miss Prof. Lucy Delap's paper on Disabled Women, the Labour State, and Enterprise In Twentieth Century Britain this Friday 12 June at 5:30 pm in person at the IHR, London and on Zoom. #Skystorians

Disabled Women, the Labour State, and Enterprise In Twentieth Century Britain

Women's History Seminar

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Delighted that @historianhelen.bsky.social 's terrific 2025 Pimlott Memorial Lecture, 'Family stories: retirement, old age, and generational thinking in Britain since the 1970s', is now published in @mbhjournal.bsky.social. Read it here: doi.org/10.1093/tcbh...

Lovely to see this Marsh Orchid in full bloom in a boggy patch of our #Dartmoor garden close by the river Teign. There seems to have a small second plant this year and we can only hope it starts to colonise this wet and wild corner

New Associate Professor role in modern British History, just advertised here at Oxford. @lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk @kelloggoxford.bsky.social my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

The view from our kitchen window - it’s been sitting there staring at us all morning. Welcome to West Devon living