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Prof Kevin Linch

@kevinlinch.bsky.social

Professor of British History at the University of Leeds. Historian of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century British history, especially Napoleonic Wars. Love archives. Into photography in a part-time, amateur way.

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Leeds University Library Galleries@lulgalleries.bsky.social · 6d ago

Our MA Modern History students, Can and Jiaxi, have been organising and cataloguing files in the Major Road Theatre Company Collection, a pioneering Bradford-based theatre group known for its co-production and community focused productions. 📷️ 'Bye Bye Love'. Classmark MS 2063/1/16.

black and white photograph of three young women and a young man sitting and reading magazines.
Royal Historical Society@royalhistsoc.org · last wk.

'History and Archives in Practice' 2027: call for participation now open for our annual gathering of historians and archivists, co-hosted with @ihr.bsky.social and TNA. HAP27's theme is connecting past and future with sessions on advocacy, value and applied history bit.ly/3RGHbWy #Skystorians

'History and Archives in Practice' (HAP), 2027. Call for participation now open - RHS

History and Archives in Practice (HAP) is an annual partnership event, co-hosted by the Royal Historical Society, The National Archives, and the Institute of Historical Research. Now in its fifth year...

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Hannah Murphy@hsmurphy.bsky.social · 2w ago

Please share! A rare PhD studentship @kingshistory.bsky.social *fully* funded by @slaveryinwar.bsky.social to work with myself and Maeve Ryan, supported by a broader community of experts in Caribbean history, transatlantic slavery, and the history of war. www.kcl.ac.uk/study/fundin... 🗃️

AHRC Studentship: Slavery and the Seven Years’ War within and across the Caribbean Archipelago | King's College London

The Leverhulme Centre for Research on Slavery in War (CRSW) is pleased to announce the availability of a fully funded AHRC doctoral studentship, to be jointly supervised across History and War Studies

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Institute for Medieval Studies Leeds@leedsims.bsky.social · 4w ago

Today there were two sessions at #IMC2026 on the Wakefield Court Rolls, records of Medieval Yorkshire held by @lulgalleries.bsky.social. For a creative project I ran with young people on the rolls last year, see museumsandcastles.wakefield.gov.uk/get-involved... #medievalsky

Wakefield Manor Today project

Wakefield Museums and Castles Youth Forum worked with the University of Leeds to make creative responses to the Wakefield Manor Court Rolls. These are historic documents from the 1300s.

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Graham Moore@mooregraham.bsky.social · last mo.

we have some fun 4 July news over at The National Archives! a new copy of the US Declaration of Independence, with an amazing story behind it (privateers! printers! prisoners!) - but also, a find that shows the power and importance of our volunteering and cataloguing projects.

‘Vanishingly rare’ copy of US Declaration of Independence found by volunteer in UK archives

One of 11 surviving copies of ‘Exeter printing’ and only one known outside US was taken from American privateer ship

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History Workshop@historyworkshop.org.uk · last mo.

What can institutions do to support wellbeing in engaged research? This collaborative conversation between Lorna French, Ellie Harrison, and Kevin Lu, facilitated by Kate Dossett and Simon Popple, reflects on the role of emotions in archives.

"Should we go to the pub? Or should we go to the archive?"

This collaborative conversation, facilitated by Kate Dossett and Simon Popple, reflects on the role of emotions in archives and what institutions can do to support wellbeing in engaged research.

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Military Welfare History Network@milwelfhist.bsky.social · 4mo ago

This is what you need to keep an eye out for this Summer 🥳 #milwelfhist #military #welfare #history #socialsciences

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Military Welfare History Network@milwelfhist.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Coming this August! Military Welfare History since the Eighteenth Century: War and Welfare. This is the second publication, and the first edited volume, from the Military Welfare History Network. link.springer.com/book/9783032... #milwelfhist #military #welfare

Dr Zack White@zwhitehistory.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Booking now open for the @leverhulme.ac.uk funded Law, Race & Empire Conference, 1750-1850, at the University of Southampton and Online. 17th-18th July 2026. Includes a behind the scenes visit to @hartleyspecialc.bsky.social . Tickets limited. Don't miss out! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/law-race-e...

Law, Race & Empire Conference, 1750-1850

An academic conference examining the ways in which law, race and empire interacted in the 18th and 19th century

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Royal Historical Society@royalhistsoc.org · 2mo ago

How do we enhance the engagement of history students in their degree programmes? A new article - 'Rethinking Engagement: Insights from UK History Departments' - bit.ly/4viEKru, by Sarah Jones and Simon Peplow offers discipline-specific proposals. Latest Open Access article in 'Transactions' 1/2

Front page of Transactions of the Royal Historical Society article: 'Rethinking Engagement: Insights from UK History Departments', by Sarah Jones and Simon Peplow. Full abstract: 'This comment examines the shifting landscape of student engagement in UK history departments, drawing on research conducted at the universities of Bristol and Warwick. Moving beyond narrow definitions of engagement as attendance, the study explores the complex interplay of workload pressures, relationships and community, and the cultures and environments of learning that shape students’ everyday experiences. Student testimony highlights how financial precarity, mental‑health challenges and competing demands on their time profoundly influence how (and indeed if) they engage. At the same time, factors – ranging from staff/student interactions to seminar atmosphere and assessment design – are powerful determinants of whether students feel able and motivated to participate fully. While acknowledging the broader socio‑economic forces that constrain both staff and students, the comment proposes a set of principled, discipline‑specific approaches centred on reflection, communication, adaptability and compassion. It argues that, although no single solution can resolve the problem of engagement, history departments can meaningfully support students by cultivating inclusive, responsive and relational learning environments.'
Prof Kevin Linch@kevinlinch.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Come and join us: two full-time fixed-term posts - one in British Colonial History 1600-1900 jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx... and the other in Modern European History jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Teaching Fellow in British Colonial History 1600-1900

Are you passionate about helping to deliver an exceptional student experience in a top-ranked Russell Group University? Can you provide excellent teaching in BA History and our postgraduate degrees?Th...

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Dr James Peate@jamesepeate.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Working class academics have made up 8-14% of departments, in humanities international scholars make up over 30% When academics think the degrees they teach to working class students are up to 3 times less valuable than ones abroad - why would anyone else value them? wonkhe.com/blogs/univer...

Universities need a conversation about social class

Higher education institutions are still reluctant to discuss class, and how it plays out in academic careers. For Jamie Tully and Hazel Mycroft, it’s time to start talking Higher education institution...

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Graham Moore@mooregraham.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Here’s someone you’ve never heard of! Ann Nevil: A Loyalist during the American Revolution, Ann guided escaped British POWs back to New York after the defeat at Saratoga. Read this ‘less-told’ story from our ‘Revolution 250’ exhibition: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/explore-the-... #skystorians

Ann Nevil: 'The most Notorious Malafactor Imaginable'

Some of the most exciting stories in the American Revolution are those of the extraordinary, yet ordinary, men and women whose lives were forever changed.

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Leeds University Library Galleries@lulgalleries.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Anything you have to share connected to LGBTQ+ life on campus can help strengthen the historical record! 💛 If you would like to share material or memories, or simply ask a question, please get in touch with us at specialcollections@library.leeds.ac.uk. 📖 Read the full blog here: buff.ly/mMDYwna

Share Your Story: Help Preserve LGBTQ+ Histories at the University of Leeds

Cultural Collections & Galleries LGBTQ+ Project Intern, Leyao Ling, is working to uncover and celebrate LGBTQ+ histories within the University’s archives. Leyao’s research spans a wide range of…

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The Society for the History of War @sochistorywar.bsky.social · 3mo ago

📢 CfP: Society for the History of War Conference 2026 📍 University of Limerick 🗓 26–27 Nov 2026 Papers & panels invited on all aspects of war & violence incl. gender, memory, civil wars, cultures of conflict, and lived experience. 🗓 Deadline: 3 July 2026 📩 SHOWconferences@gmail.com

CALL FOR PAPERS ***The deadline for paper and panel submissions is 3rd July 2026*** The Society for the History of War invites proposals for its Annual Conference: The Conference is organised in collaboration with the University of Limerick and will be held at the University of Limerick, Ireland, on 26-27 November 2026. **** Keynote speaker: Prof. Robert Gerwarth, University College Dublin, ‘Europe's Age of Civil Wars, 1917- 1949’ Proposals, either individual paper or panel proposals are welcome on any topic addressing the history of war. Topics may include, but are not limited to: Society for the History of War • Government policies, domestic politics, and the conduct of war • Warfare, irregular warfare, counterinsurgency, peacekeeping • Globalising histories of war • Empires, imperialism, war and violence • Civil-military relations • Militarism, military identities • War, violence, emotions and senses • Experiences of war and violence; war and the everyday • Gender and war • Media and the military • Memory and commemoration • Military cultures, military institutions, military landscapes • Cultures of war and violence • Representations of war and violence • Civil wars We would welcome early innovative and/or interdisciplinary methodological approaches that highlight the range and complexity of challenges faced when studying violence and war, as well as contributions by scholars who, although interested in the past, would not call themselves historians. SUBMISSION PROCESS We welcome proposals for individual papers or for themed panels. Postgraduate students are encouraged to participate in panels or to submit their own panel proposals or individual papers. The conference is intended to offer a constructive environment in which to present work in progress to a specialist audience. Panels will last for 90 minutes each and should have three to four speakers, and a chair. Each paper should be no longer than 15 minutes to leave sufficient time for discussion. Individual paper proposals must include a paper title, a 300-word abstract of the paper, and a one-page CV with current contact information / email address combined into a single file. If accepted, individual papers will be assigned by the program committee to Society for the History of War an appropriate three to four person panel and assigned a chair. Speaking time per paper will be 15 minutes. Panel proposals must include a panel title and 300-word abstract summarizing the theme of the panel; a paper title and a 300-word abstract for each proposed paper proposed; and a one-page CV for each panellist, combined into a single file. Do note that every panel must be chaired. The deadline for proposals is 3rd July 2026. Please send all the relevant paperwork to SHOWconferences@gmail.com making it clear that you are responding to this particular CfP. The conference organisers will make a decision on the final programme by 31st August 2026 at the latest. We ask those organising panels to take diversity and gender balance seriously when proposing their composition. Bild
Prof Kevin Linch@kevinlinch.bsky.social · 3mo ago

2 weeks to go to the deadlines for applications for our collaborative #PhD with @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy on the early history of #TNA phd.leeds.ac.uk/project/2475...

AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) - The Making of the National Archive: The First Century of the Public Record Office

Project opportunity - AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) - The Making of the National Archive: The First Century of the Public Record Office at the University of Leeds

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Prof Kevin Linch@kevinlinch.bsky.social · 3mo ago

And you can view George Williams' military career in the 20th Foot at www.georgianarmyofficers.org/person/99-41...

Georgian Army Officers

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Victorian Commons@victoriancommons.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Our next George is the army veteran turned Radical MP George Williams, who only visited his Ashton-under-Lyne constituency after being elected as its MP in 1832. Find out more in our blog: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2018/11/28/m...

Royal Historical Society@royalhistsoc.org · 3mo ago

The day after #HAP26, the government published its 'Vision for Archives in England': bit.ly/4tzhh4S. This speaks of archives' central role in supporting social justice, community, civic identity and democracy. The projects showcased at #HAP26 are evidence of exactly this in action now. #Skystorians

The Government’s vision for archives in England - Archives sector

Archives at the Heart of Society In 2024, The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) commissioned The National Archives to create the Government’s new strategic vision for archives. We partner...

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Royal Historical Society@royalhistsoc.org · 3mo ago

Last week, we co-hosted the annual 'History and Archives in Practice' conference, with partners @ihr.bsky.social, The National Archives and @unisheffieldlib.bsky.social. This year's theme was ‘Shaping Societies, Improving Lives'. More about #HAP26 and the projects showcased here: bit.ly/48j0Dhj

Opening page of Royal Historical Society blog: 'Shaping societies, improving lives: History and Archives in Practice 2026.' Full text of abstract: "On Thursday 16 April 2026, the Royal Historical Society co-hosted the annual ‘History and Archives in Practice’ conference. This year’s conference organised around the theme: ‘Shaping Societies, Improving Lives: the Impact of Archives and Historical Research.’ A partnership of The National Archives, Royal Historical Society, and the Institute of Historical Research, ‘History and Archives in Practice’ (HAP) is where historians and archivists come together to consider shared interests in archive collections, their interpretation and use. Every other year we endeavour to partner with a UK archive or institution which similarly specialises in the bringing together of archivists and researchers. For History and Archives in Practice 2026, we were delighted to partner with the University of Sheffield Library and members of their Special Collections, Heritage and Archives team."
Hetan Shah@hetanshah.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Hardly noticed but at the end of last week the Government vision for archives in England was launched. No money attached as far as I know. Aim is for archives to be 'at the heart of society' through being accessible, inclusive and sustainable www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec...

The Government’s vision for archives in England - Archives sector

Archives at the Heart of Society In 2024, The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) commissioned The National Archives to create the Government’s new strategic vision for archives. We partner...

nationalarchives.gov.uk

Royal Historical Society@royalhistsoc.org · 4mo ago

Today we also open the call for applications to our 2026-27 Master's Scholarships programme: bit.ly/4dTHmXe Scholarships of £5000 are for students from groups currently underrepresented in academic history to study for an MA in history or a related subject. Closing date: Friday 5 June #Skystorians

Master's Scholarships programme 2026-27: supporting groups underrepresented in academic history - RHS

Each year the Society awards Scholarships to support students who will study for a Master's degree in history at a UK university. Master's Scholarships, each of £5000, seek to support students from gr...

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