Calling all historical fashion students, costume makers and re-enactors! I am delighted to announce a new series of 18th Century Gown-Making Workshops in Scotland next spring. Please spread the news... and start stitching those undergarments! 😉 www.timesmith.co.uk/scotland-wor...

Book that reshaped Highland crofting history marked at 50-year gathering www.thenational.scot/news/2627650... The National app here: www.thenational.scot/subscribe/

Book that reshaped Highland crofting history marked at 50-year gathering

Dr Charlie Lynch attends a two-day conference held to mark 50 years since the publication of a book which ruffled the feathers of Scotland’s…

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Thank you to the @royalhistsoc.org for sharing @mbhjournal.bsky.social's forthcoming Pimlott memorial lecture, given this year by Prof. William Whyte on 6 October at KCL - join us! royalhistsoc.org/calendar/the...

The Ben Pimlott Memorial Lecture 2026 - William Whyte: The Future of National Biography - LECTURE - RHS

The Ben Pimlott Memorial Lecture 2026 - William Whyte: The Future of National Biography Tuesday 6 October 2026, 6pm The Ben Pimlott Lecture is hosted by the journal Modern British History, Oxford Univ...

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A fantastic organisation. Historians together strong. 🗃️

Royal Historical Society@royalhistsoc.org · 4w ago

We warmly welcome applications to join the Fellowship of the Society. Next closing dates: 27 July and 5 October. Fellowship is open to those who have made a scholarly research contribution to #history in all sectors (within & beyond higher education) in the UK/worldwide bit.ly/4iOu51g #Skystorians

A real actual RA post on the history of Scottish literature: strathvacancies.engageats.co.uk/Vacancies/W/...

📣Are you ready to get your disco on? After our conference's anniversary gala dinner (2 July), we will be having a 70s-themed disco to celebrate our 50th anniversary! Flares, long-collars and tie-dye encouraged!!🪩

📣We're so excited to welcome you to our 50th anniversary conference today!✨ Check out our fabulous programme here: socialhistory.org.uk/wp-content/u...

⚔️The conference has got off to a cracking start with some medieval re-enactment out on the lawn! We'd love to hear about your conference (panels, papers, entertainment etc.!) - please #SHS2026 ✨

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"The Univ. of Hertfordshire has decided to close all eight Humanities undergraduate programmes in English Language and Linguistics, English Literature, Creative Writing, History and Philosophy.... PLEASE sign this petition to support staff and students in Humanities" www.change.org/p/save-the-h...

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Save the Humanities at the University of Hertfordshire

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There’s a permanent modern British history post going at Manchester 🎉Come and join a great department and please share with anyone who might be interested. (Don’t let the short deadline put you off). #skystorians 🗃️

Lecturer in Modern British History (post-1800) at The University of Manchester

Apply now for the Lecturer in Modern British History (post-1800) role on jobs.ac.uk - the leading job board for higher education jobs. View details.

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‘Universities that aren’t fully committed to arts and humanities as a flourishing part of their science offering aren’t committing to the future.’ @christophersmith.bsky.social anatomiesofpower.wordpress.com/2026/06/28/w...

Why an industrial strategy needs arts and humanities (and why UKRI are funding us to deliver it)

I joined UKRI six years ago because I was deeply attracted to the ambition of unifying curiosity led research and strategic or mission led interventions with the power of science to drive a just ec…

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This is so so lovely

Charlotte Lydia Riley@lottelydia.bsky.social · last mo.

omg the GOALKEEPERS

Finally got to see the hardback of our new book. Lovely production and fully illustrated. Also available open access @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social

The story of Scottish knitting and knitwear with loads of illustrations. We loved researching it - hope you love reading it

Marina Moskowitz@profmoskowitz.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Hello Bluesky! Very pleased to say this is in the world, either in this fetching hardback or available for open access digital download! @lynncabrams.bsky.social @sallytuckett.bsky.social @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social

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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Also now available: the 2026 call for applications for the Society's annual Funded Book Workshops - for historians writing a 2nd or 3rd monograph bit.ly/4uwep8C. Grants enable authors to hold a day workshop with specialist readers to discuss a manuscript in detail before submission #Skystorians

Applications now invited for the Society's 2026 'Funded Book Workshops' for mid-career historians - RHS

The Society’s Funded Book Workshops Grants support historians, currently working on a second or third major research project, and which will lead to publication of a monograph. The Book Workshops enab...

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I am looking for someone fab to join me at Strathclyde on a funded PhD studentship on the history of unorthodox health activism. If you are that person, or know someone who is, there's a month left to apply! #HistMed www.strath.ac.uk/studywithus/...

Eduwis Preschool: We're Hiring

ALT: Eduwis Preschool: We're Hiring

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It’s a bit hot for knitwear but not for a book on knitwear. Here it is available Open Access now from bloomsburycollections.com with illustrated hardback to follow soon.

The Society's President and Council have released the following statement on the proposed closure of undergraduate degrees at the University of Hertfordshire, in #History and the wider humanities bit.ly/4dmV5oO This comes at a time of further bad news from Essex and Nottingham #Skystorians

History and the humanities at the University of Hertfordshire – a statement from the Royal Historical Society - RHS

Even for those familiar with bleak times, this has been a particularly bad few weeks in UK higher education. Confirmed job losses at the University of Essex were followed by further bad news from Hert...

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The situation for WC academics is worse now than it was 20-30 years ago. I was able to get a permanent job, buy a house etc within 2 years of my PhD - probably vanishingly rare today.

Wonkhe@wonkhe.bsky.social · 3mo ago

NEW on Wonkhe: 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 buff.ly/StXE7Vt

Reminder!

Stephanie Olsen@stephanieolsen.bsky.social · 4mo ago

2.5 year postdoc opportunity at CoE NARS, Tampere University. The focus is on the history of everyday nationalism and we encourage applications dealing with the history of childhood and youth. Please distribute far and wide and encourage great scholars to apply. tuni.rekrytointi.com/paikat/?o=A_...

📢JOB ALERT 📢 We are looking to appoint a F/T open-ended Lecturer in Late Medieval / Early Modern History (1400-1700) @lancasteruni.bsky.social. This is an amazing opportunity that we are very proud to announce, so please spread the word far and wide! www.hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

Job Opportunity at Lancaster University: Lecturer in Medieval/Early Modern History

The School of Global Affairs at Lancaster University is seeking to appoint a Lecturer in Late Medieval / Early Modern History (1400-1700). This is a 1.0 FTE indefinite appointment to start on 1 August...

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Applications are still open for the British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants. These grants help to support primary research in the humanities and social sciences. Apply now: https://bit.ly/4t0MDRl

Why would we want to learn from our pasts, or ponder the power of the written and spoken word, or explore the deep questions of humanity? According to the University of Hertfordshire, we wouldn't. They've just cut all of our undergrad Humanities programmes

The Government ten days ago released a new strategic vision for archives which makes a strong and convincing case for their central importance. Using it as a yardstick shows just how far short of best practice the BBC Written Archives Centre falls. www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/new-strategi...

New strategic vision for archives highlights how BBC Written Archives Centre falls short - Illuminations

John Wyver writes: Ten days ago, with perhaps rather too little fanfare, the Government released a new strategic vision for archives. Commissioned from The National Archives (TNA) and launched by Baro...

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My article on 1970s feminists, spycops, and if feminist historians can use materials extracted by undercover police officers is out in History Workshop Journal doi.org/10.1093/hwj/...

The Women’s Liberation Movement and the Gendering of Undercover Police Surveillance in 1970s Britain: the Public Inquiry as (Un)Ethical archive

Abstract. In the 1970s a female police officer went undercover in the feminist movement in Britain. Across two years, she shared plans, conversations, and

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Fully-funded AHRC PhD scholarship at Swansea University in conjunction with Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales, examining the imperial and colonial associations of their natural sciences collections. Please share widely, and get in touch if you want to know more. Closing date 22 May.

History and Heritage Studies: AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership Studentship (Fully Funded) in History with Museum Wales (RS951) - Swansea University

We offer a wide range of funded and fully funded research scholarships in all subject areas. Explore your options and apply now.

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This conference we are supporting in Birmingham in June has an amazing mix of 40 panels - a veritable Choose your Own Adventure through modern British studies. It’s also the inaugural event of the Association of Modern British Studies! Great stuff here www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/briti...

The Polycrisis? Historical roots and critical perspectives in modern British studies

This conference will bring together scholars to discuss the shape of modern British studies in an urgently unstable global context, termed a ‘polycrisis’ (Tooze, 2023). Featuring panels on the environ...

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Interesting-sounding PhD position in Bern: architectural history of the Swiss women's movement 1870-1930.

ArtHist@arthist-net.bsky.social · 4mo ago

JOB: Doktoratsstelle (m/w/d), Institut für Kunstgeschichte, Universität Bern https://arthist.net/archive/52151