We have two new 12-month postdoctoral fellowship opportunities at the British Library! Applications open soon to co-design projects in the following areas: - Colonial Deposit and our Newspaper Collection - Local Large Language Models and Personal Born-Digital Archives www.bl.uk/services/res...

Really pleased that my co-authored article with @ruthdav.bsky.social has just been published. We review the vast historiography of motherhood in modern Britain, and argue for the importance of motherhood (broadly defined) as a category of historical analysis: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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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While the world’s eyes are on fashion’s biggest night, we’re turning ours to the garment, retail, and warehouse workers who keep the industry running. From true love found on the picket line to a free tailoring school out of a Brooklyn basement — meet the New Yorkers who make it all possible.

On protecting what matters. @ihr.bsky.social @royalhistsoc.org @histassoc.bsky.social History UK www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Protecting What Matters: A joint statement by the Historical Association, History UK, Royal Historical Society and the IHR

Protecting what matters: A joint statement by the Historical Association, History UK, Royal Historical Society and the IHR

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📣New book alert! Read more about Pat Thane's new book, 'Women’s Liberation: Gender Inequality from Suffrage to Austerity' 👉Blog here: socialhistory.org.uk/shs_exchange...

Women’s Liberation: Gender Inequality from Suffrage to Austerity

Pat Thane There is serious gender inequality in contemporary Britain and much protest against it: inequality between female and male pay and employment opportunities; sexual harassment of women and…

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OTD in 1943, a pacifist settlement was founded on Frating Hill Farm. In this piece from the archives, Ken Worpole examines the lives of those who contributed to the project - including the future cabinet minister Shirley Williams.

Radical Object: Potato Planter at Frating Hall Farm

How did Russian anarchism, Teesside socialism and Jewish phenomenology find a home in rural Essex? Ken Worpole delves into the fragile archive of an influential pacifist settlement at Frating Hall farm.

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Join us on Tuesday, 24 March at 4pm UK time for our next online seminar. We will be hosting Dr Ellen Hope Durban who is going to discuss her research on 'Activism for Married Lesbian Mothers in Britain in the 1970s and 1980s'. Read more and sign up here: womenshistorynetwork.org/sign-up-for-...

Sign up for our next seminar, ‘Activism for Married Lesbian Mothers in Britain in the 1970s and 1980s’ with Dr Ellen Hope Durban

We are thrilled to welcome Dr Ellen Hope Durban on Tuesday, 24 March 2026 at 4pm UK time to talk about ‘Activism for Married Lesbian Mothers in Britain in the 1970s and 1980s’. Married …

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OTD in 1970, the first Women's Liberation Conference was held in Oxford. A watershed in the British feminist movement, attendees discussed equal pay, 24-hour childcare and free contraception. In this piece from the archive, Chandan Fraser shares her memories of the event.

Taking Photos of the First Women's Liberation Conference

What was it like to take photos at Britain's first Women's Liberation conference? Chandan Fraser shares her memories and pictures with us.

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We are thrilled to share the programme for our Spring Seminar Series. We do hope you will join us to hear from the fantastic speakers we have lined up. The sign-up links for each seminar will be shared on our website and here on BlueSky in the weeks leading up to each event.

Thank you @voicesofmotherhood.bsky.social for an amazing two days exploring the politics of motherhood! So many interesting papers and connections between them, left me with lots to think about.

Thank you so much to the wonderful organisers of @voicesofmotherhood.bsky.social for the opportunity to talk a bit about activism and mothering in modern Britain during my keynote today! Such a superb range of papers coming up too!

One week left to sign up for our conference! We will be emailing everyone who has registered early next week with all the details and the Zoom link 📩

Voices of Motherhood@voicesofmotherhood.bsky.social · 8mo ago

We are delighted to share the programme for our upcoming conference! We will be running fourteen panels across two days in early February - all online and open to everyone 😊 please see our website for more details on speakers, panels and how to book.

Not long to go now until our conference, which kicks off at 9am on Thurs 5 February. We'll send out the links to all registered a few days before - please make sure you've signed up by 12pm on Mon 2 Feb to be included in our mailing list! The form is in the link below⬇️

Voices of Motherhood@voicesofmotherhood.bsky.social · 8mo ago

We are delighted to share the programme for our upcoming conference! We will be running fourteen panels across two days in early February - all online and open to everyone 😊 please see our website for more details on speakers, panels and how to book.

Very excited this wonderful new #oralhistory book has arrived. Congratulations @dougboyd.bsky.social . This is both a great read if you’re new to oral history but also filled with thought-provoking & innovative material if you’re an advanced practitioner. Highly recommend! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

John Berger, one of Europe’s most influential post-war writers and intellectuals, was born 100 years ago on 5 November 1926 in Stoke Newington, and happily the subject of many planned commemorative events in the UK and across Europe this year.

Here, for @historyworkshop.org.uk I discuss the history of a refuge for trans women. I show women’s shared experiences of violence across the spectrum of cis and trans. I highlight histories of solidarity against male violence by feminists and trans women. academic.oup.com/hwj/advance-...

Reconsidering Violence Against Women through the History of a Refuge for Trans Women

Abstract. Both right-wing forces and gender-critical feminists currently frame cis and trans women’s needs as fundamentally different and conflicting. Viol

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Very much looking forward to attending and presenting at this exciting conference - have a look and register if you’d like to come!

Voices of Motherhood@voicesofmotherhood.bsky.social · 8mo ago

We are delighted to share the programme for our upcoming conference! We will be running fourteen panels across two days in early February - all online and open to everyone 😊 please see our website for more details on speakers, panels and how to book.

thank you to everyone finding this essay in a brand new magazine - one that is trying to do something different in this time of media consolidation...

Melissa Gira Grant@melissagiragrant.com · 8mo ago

"And what about all those books with checklists on how to spot your country sliding into fascism? Why did so many of the people who read them—and even some of the people who wrote them—falter when a genocide was unfolding on their screens..." - @naomiaklein.bsky.social h/t @annfriedman.bsky.social

Do join us in person or online this Tuesday! There’s still time to register for this free event 👇

Oral History Society@oralhistsoc.bsky.social · 9mo ago

🎙️Kavita Puri in conversation with John Gabriel BBC's Kavita Puri joins the OHS to discuss the challenges + controversies behind making her award-winning radio series Three Million on the 1943 Bengal Famine. 📆9 Dec 2025 ⏰6-7.30pm (UK) 📍London Met Uni or Zoom More info: ohs.org.uk/events/kavit...

My piece for London Historians on our latest project - Kitchen Resistance - is out now. Exploring how different waves of migrants to the capital have used food to provide a sense of safety and community during even the most challenging times. londonhistorians.wordpress.com/2025/11/28/t...

The History of Food as an Act of Resistance

A guest post by London Historians Member Esther Freeman Over the past year, with a grant from the National Heritage Lottery Fund, I’ve been researching how women have used food for social justice. …

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🚨 Call for Papers! 🚨 📣Join us @lancasteruni.bsky.social 1-3 July 2026 as we return to our original home to celebrate our 50th anniversary! We welcome proposals from historians at all career stages across 8 thematic strands. 📅 CfP deadline: 16/01/26 🔗 socialhistory.org.uk/events/confe... #CFP 🗃️

SHS Annual Conference 2026

Our 50th anniversary conference will be held at Lancaster University, the academic home of the Social History Society. A Significant Milestone The Social History Society was founded at Lancaster Un…

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📢CFP: Annual Olivette Otele Prize 2025/26! Our annual prize for Black UK-based history PhD students is now open for submissions! 📆Key dates: - Abstracts due on 28th November - Notifications on 19th December - 8000 word essay due on 27th Feb (1/3)

"Historical analysis is fundamentally different and more complex than producing a mass of visualizations and statistics that are the lifeblood of many A.I. programmes." Gordon McKelvie @gordonmckelvie.bsky.social on the problematic use of A.I. within historical research.

Artificial Intelligence: A Warning for History

Does A.I. have the potential to simplify, and ultimately impoverish, our study of the past? Gordon McKelvie considers the recent explosion in A.I. and what it means for historians facing the current H...

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October is #BlackHistoryMonth. In its honour, here are a few pieces that explore the histories of Black people and the practice of Black history, selected from HW’s archive: 🧵 👇1/5

Olive Morris's former squat and centre for the Brixton Ad-Hoc Committee against Police Repression. £1.4m themodernhouse.com/sales-list/t... www.decolonisingthearchive.com/remembering-...

📣 Call for participants 📣 Have you ever used any History Workshop Journal articles in your teaching practice? We’d love to hear from you for the 100th issue of HWJ! Please let us know by sending an email or feel free to DM.

Very excited to have my first sound installation open at @sheffieldmuseums.bsky.social as part of @sensoriafestival.bsky.social 🚆💥 www.sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/sen...

Students 👋 Save the date. Our annual student discount night returns, 21st October, 7-9pm. 🤝

Really enjoyed recording this with the @historyworkshop.org.uk podcast about the podcast we made about the Islington Nursery Strike, released on the Childcare Voices podcast

History Workshop@historyworkshop.org.uk · 10mo ago

Why did 155 nursery workers employed by London’s Islington Council go on strike in 1984 – and why has their story been forgotten? Former strikers join present-day childcare workers and activists to reflect on how the action developed and the lessons it holds for us now.