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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Our article prize for PGRs and ECRs opens soon! ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Siobhán Hearne@siobhanhearne.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The @conteurohistory.bsky.social article prize opens for submissions on 1 July. The prize aims to recognize and promote high-quality research among PGRs and ECRs working broadly in the field of contemporary European history. You can find the full announcement here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

It was a real pleasure to speak to the Gloucestershire branch of the Historical Association last week about post-First World War reparations and cultural heritage. The event was recorded and can be accessed here: www.youtube.com/@historicala...

Historical Association Gloucestershire Branch

We are the Gloucestershire Branch of the Historical Association. We have a monthly talk from September through to May which we are recording when possible. The talks can be found here on our YouTube c...

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Next year, again! Please, distribute, apply, consider coming as mentor, discussant, chair! @dacretu.bsky.social @giannako.bsky.social @johannamellis.bsky.social @zorapiskacova.bsky.social @rkpejsova.bsky.social www.hsozkult.de/event/id/eve...

Fully funded four year AHRC PhD project @swanseahistory.bsky.social on 'Rethinking Reparations: A Cultural and Social History of Post-First World War Compensation to Civilians in Britain and its Empire, 1918-25.' Closing date 22 May. Get in touch if you are interested!

History: AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership Studentship (Fully Funded) in History with The National Archives (RS948) - 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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Advertising 2 more positions (doc/postdoc) as part of BLOCKADE. PhD cand to examine the heroization of blockade runners in the era of the world wars; postdoc to explore the transatlantic dimension of blockades. 4 year positions in beautiful Freiburg. Please SHARE! www.hsozkult.de/opportunity/...

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_...

Postdoctoral Researcher (History of Everyday Nationalism, CoE NARS) / Tutkijatohtori

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Today is publication day for this beautiful book. Inspiration for it came from seeing @billyshortall.bsky.social talk about his brilliant PhD research at the IHSA in @tlrhub.bsky.social in 2017. One of those joyful collaborations that come along sometimes in academia. Cover is a Paul Henry painting

I'm lucky enough to be co-supervising this PhD project. Deadline 22 May 2026 "Rethinking Reparations: A Cultural and Social History of Post-First World War Compensation to Civilians in Britain and its Empire, 1918-25": www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate...

History: AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership Studentship (Fully Funded) in History with The National Archives (RS948) - 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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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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Fully funded four year AHRC PhD project @swanseahistory.bsky.social on 'Rethinking Reparations: A Cultural and Social History of Post-First World War Compensation to Civilians in Britain and its Empire, 1918-25.' Closing date 22 May. Get in touch if you are interested!

History: AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership Studentship (Fully Funded) in History with The National Archives (RS948) - 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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For the Easter weekend, a post about republicans who fought in the Rising and subsequently joined the British Army brianhanleyhistory.wordpress.com/2026/04/03/f...

From the GPO to the Western Front

In 1938 Michael McCabe applied for a Military Service Pension. His credentials were impeccable; he had fought in the Easer Rising and been imprisoned during the Civil War. He also came from a repub…

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As a part of its mission to support the “study of the First World War”, and “to give young researchers the opportunity to present and discuss their work”, we invite applications for our second annual Undergraduate Essay Prize. More information at the link below! www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/wm2sy...

Delighted to announce that I recently signed the contract with Cambridge University Press for my next book: Building Peace Through Education: Internationalism and the Origins of UNESCO, 1899-1945 should be published in mid-2028!

Delighted be part of this excellent volume. Thanks to @heatherlwellis.bsky.social and @capandgown.bsky.social for overseeing the project to completion!

Dr Heather Ellis @heatherlwellis.bsky.social · 5mo ago

So...it finally arrived 🥳 A Cultural History of Higher Learning in the Age of Industry Edited with @capandgown.bsky.social and published with @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social With contributions from @tomasirish.bsky.social, @stuartjones.bsky.social, @echomikeromeo.bsky.social and others #histed

So...it finally arrived 🥳 A Cultural History of Higher Learning in the Age of Industry Edited with @capandgown.bsky.social and published with @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social With contributions from @tomasirish.bsky.social, @stuartjones.bsky.social, @echomikeromeo.bsky.social and others #histed

I'll be talking about my new book project next Tuesday (10 February) in a webinar for the Welsh Centre for International Affairs. All welcome! More details in the link. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/building-u...

Building UNESCO / Adeiladu UNESCO -1907-1945

Building UNESCO: Public Opinion, International Law, and Peace / Adeiladu UNESCO: Barn y Cyhoedd, Cyfraith Ryngwladol, a Heddwch - 1907-1945

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I am very pleased to announce the publication of a book that I had the privilege of editing with Daniel Laqua on the history of intellectual cooperation at the League of Nations! 🖥️ More about the book: www.martingrandjean.ch/intellectual... 📙 Read online: doi.org/10.18356/978...

I’ve seen some oddities on the Belfast antique auction sites — spooky porcelain dolls, eyebrow raising WW2 memorabilia, etc — but this is by far the most inexplicable:

Are you working on literature and culture in the First World War? have you considered submitting to First World War Studies? meet our Associate Editor @afrayn.bsky.social who is keen to receive more submissions in these fields!

First World War Studies@fwwsjournal.bsky.social · 8mo ago

👥 Associate Editors introductions: Andrew Frayn Continuing our introductions of the FWWS associate editors, this week we’re pleased to highlight Dr. Andrew Frayn, Associate Editor of First World War Studies and a scholar working at the intersection of literature and history.

I m advertising a PhD position as part of our ERC project BLOCKADE. The PhD cand. should focus on myth/narratives of the hunger blockade in Germany, Austria in the era of the World Wars. 4 years of funding, wonderful team, amazing city (evidence attached)! Pls share! www.hsozkult.de/opportunity/...

📢 Ed. with @capandgown.bsky.social A Cultural History of Higher Learning in the Age of Industry was published by Bloomsbury today! Many thanks to the series eds & all contributors www.bloomsbury.com/uk/cultural-... #histed @sheffielduni.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social @ische-news.bsky.social

Really excited to see this volume published! My contribution is called 'communities' and explores 19th century universities as sites of inclusion and exclusion in real and imagined ways.

Dr Heather Ellis @heatherlwellis.bsky.social · 9mo ago

📢 Ed. with @capandgown.bsky.social A Cultural History of Higher Learning in the Age of Industry was published by Bloomsbury today! Many thanks to the series eds & all contributors www.bloomsbury.com/uk/cultural-... #histed @sheffielduni.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social @ische-news.bsky.social

We are recruiting again. Come join the Trondheim team of BLOCKADE as a 4 year, fully funded postdoc in Modern Economic History - you'll be working with Prof. Jonas Scherner and in one of the most beautiful university towns in Europe (evidence from last visit below)! www.hsozkult.de/searching/id...

Eighty years after the end of World War II and in view of the numerous conflicts worldwide, urgent questions about the nature and history of postwar times once again arise. The FRIAS project group "Post-war periods" organizes an international conference on the topic. uni-freiburg.de/frias/the-af...

Very much looking forward to this great conference about Post-War Times next week in Freiburg!

Elisabeth Piller @elisabeth-piller.bsky.social · 10mo ago

@skstein.bsky.social @drgoeschel.bsky.social @tomasirish.bsky.social @boydvandijk.bsky.social ... and many others

[SAVE THE DATE] We are organising a conference on neutrality and humanitarianism (1914–1920s), taking place April 15–17, 2026. Deadline for proposals: December 1 > www.casadevelazquez.org/news/the-com... Thanks to @casadevelazquez.bsky.social, FIES, @fwwsoc.bsky.social, @uc3m.es for your support !

The Committed Neutrality - Casa de Velázquez

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We're so looking forward to talking to everyone at the @amgueddfacymru.bsky.social History and Heritage Fair at the National Waterfront Museum later this month! Come find our stall, we'd love to meet you.

Do you have research you would like to share in the field of history of education? Consider submitting to our academic journal! Find out more about it, and check out our submission site: www.tandfonline.com/journals/the... #histed #academia #edusky

From the latest issue of 'History' (@hisjournalha.bsky.social): a roundtable on 'US Universities and the State: Perspectives from the Twentieth Century' w/ contributions from @kateballantyne.bsky.social, @tomasirish.bsky.social, @charle.bsky.social, and Christopher P. Loss. doi.org/10.1111/1468...

History Roundtable on US Universities and the State: Episodes from the Twentieth Century

This roundtable explores four historical episodes in the history of state–university relations in the United States. In doing so, it addresses issues that also figure prominently in present-day debat...

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