The Modern British Studies Association is looking for volunteers to join its steering committee. We're keen to appoint a representative for independent scholars, for early career researchers, & co-editors for our blog. More details below; expressions of interest by 7 Sept. modbritstud.org.uk/join/

putting getting a "oh dear god" from jon stewart on my cv

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart@weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social · 2mo ago

What happens when someone starts viewing society like a computer program? @quinnslobodian.com explains how Elon Musk's worldview turns people into bugs, bots, NPCs, and code to be rewritten.

"A nuanced and bracing excavation of fascism's afterlives in the Spanish-speaking world." Kirsten Weld, Harvard Congratulations to our Koch History Centre Fellow @danielgkressel.bsky.social on the publication of his book "Hispanic Technocracy". cambridgeblog.org/2025/11/how-...

Breaking News: David Hockney, the English artist whose colorful paintings restored the human form to art, defying the abstract schools of the mid-20th century, died at 88. nyti.ms/4e6D0fc

wish i could attend this!

Lucy Delap@lucydelap.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Excited to be talking at @ihr.bsky.social Women's History seminar tonight about how disabled women's economic lives can help reframe ideas of enterprise & self employment. Feminist, social justice & environmentalist commitments could be part of visions of enterprise for those at the economic margins

Elizabeth Chatterjee has reviewed THE SOLIDARITY ECONOMY in The Journal of Modern History. You can read it here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

An excellent postdoc opportunity at the venerable @wiko-berlin.bsky.social for humanities and social science researchers: apply by 1 September. www.wiko-berlin.de/en/becoming-...

I’m really pleased to see my article on “The Asian Mother and Baby Campaign” in the @jbritishstudies.bsky.social Many thanks to @leverhulme.ac.uk for funding this research. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

We're hiring a permanent Lecturer in Modern British History at the University of Manchester: www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

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

jobs.manchester.ac.uk

We have a rare and exciting opportunity to join our team as Director of Churchill Archives Centre at Churchill College. Application deadline is 9am on 29th June 2026. Please share this with people you think would be interested.

Director of the Churchill Archives Centre | Churchill College, Cambridge

Application deadline: 09:00 am BST on Monday 29th June

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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

history.ac.uk

Delighted to see Helen McCarthy's Pimlott Lecture on retirement, old age, and generational thinking in Britain since the 1970s now published in MBH @historianhelen.bsky.social @mbhjournal.bsky.social Read it here: academic.oup.com/tcbh/article...

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...

Another new book that looks really good! #HistIR www.cambridge.org/core/books/t...

The Dum-Dum Bullet

Cambridge Core - Military History - The Dum-Dum Bullet

cambridge.org

Now in #paperback, @tsasson.bsky.social's The Solidarity Economy tells the untold story of the role of humanitarian NGOs in building the neoliberal order after empire. Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb... #History

this was a superb panel on "passing" as a historical category. it was a pleasure chairing it and learning from these scholars.

Dr Beckie Rutherford (she/her)@beckierutherford.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Being a part of this #MBS2026 panel was a real treat! Many thanks to my fellow speakers @drrochellerowe.bsky.social @oliviawyatt1999.bsky.social Aleph Ross @leilarsellers.bsky.social @benjamin-bland.bsky.social and @evemworth.bsky.social and our fantastic chair @tsasson.bsky.social

One-year teaching cover at Oxford in Modern European History. Please note the short window - deadline is June 18. history.web.ox.ac.uk/event/depart...

Departmental Lecturer in Modern European History

history.web.ox.ac.uk

Very much enjoyed this conversation and the opportunity to share some new work. Thank you!

Modern British Studies Association@modbritstud.bsky.social · 2mo ago

First up, our first panel of the day: Capital and Capitalism Featuring: Erika Rappaport (UC Santa Barbara); @tsasson.bsky.social (Tehila Sasson, Oxford); @kevinkosullivan.bsky.social (Kevin O’Sullivan, Galway); Jonathan Saha (Durham); Matthew Hilton (QMUL) #MBS2026

📢📢📢 It's US publication day!! Here is a 30% discount code for the Princeton University Press site (P329) for when copies cross the Atlantic! A bargain at less than £25 and the perfect beach read for summer.

Ahead of next week's #MBS26 conference, our website is now live! Check out our new blog series, Histories from Here, and our plans for prizes and conferences in Modern British Studies modbritstud.org.uk

I have a prize lecture about extinction this Thursday evening at the Royal Society. I’ll also receive a medal. Tickets are free and it will also be steamed on YouTube. Booking and watching details here: royalsociety.org/science-even...

Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar prize lecture: Hope in the shadow of unnatural extinctions | Royal Society

Join us for the Royal Society Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar Medal and Lecture delivered by 2025 winner Professor Sadiah Qureshi.

royalsociety.org

I have a piece in today’s Irish Examiner about a new AHRC project I’m proud to be involved in with @jcrangle.bsky.social & @tortietabby.bsky.social on a hundred years of diversity in Ireland www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

Kieran Connell: Ireland has a long multicultural history. It's time to tell that story

Refugees from Hungary and Belgium; migrant workers from Poland and Germany; doctors from Africa and Asia — over the last century, Ireland was far more diverse than many of us seem to realise

irishexaminer.com

Reminder - just 5 days left to submit a paper proposal for "Belonging to the Victorians? Community, Collections, and Care", a 1-day conference on 4 September 2026 to be held at Wilton's Music Hall. Details in attached image. 🌟

This is going to be a great one, get your tickets now. A very timely conversation about the crisis in the Labour Party, with a stellar line up of speakers: Lise Butler, Rowan McWilliams, Glen O’Hara and Emily Robinson.

I've been so busy at work I haven't had the chance to share that my book is now in paperback!!

Princeton University Press@princetonupress.bsky.social · 3mo ago

@tsasson.bsky.social's The Solidarity Economy tells the untold story of the role of humanitarian NGOs in building the neoliberal order after empire. Out now in #paperback! Find it here: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb... #History

@tsasson.bsky.social's The Solidarity Economy tells the untold story of the role of humanitarian NGOs in building the neoliberal order after empire. Out now in #paperback! Find it here: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb... #History

Thoughtful piece by @historianhelen.bsky.social on retirement as a political struggle of the twentieth century, but one that reduced the space to rethink the work/life interface - an urgent question for today www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Britain pioneered the comfortable retirement – but that golden age is coming to an end | Helen McCarthy

The once inexorable rise in retiree living standards since the second world war has broken down. Can we keep the dream alive for future generations, asks historian Helen McCarthy

theguardian.com

Really looking forward to this - especially to sharing a panel with @tsasson.bsky.social , Erika Rappaport, and Jonathan Saha. If you're about, come and check out our discussion on capital and capitalism on 3 June.

Centre for Modern British Studies@mbsbirmingham.bsky.social · 3mo ago

This time in four weeks we'll be welcoming everyone to the (hopefully sunny!) University of Birmingham campus for Modern British Studies 2026. Registration is open until May 12. Registration and programme details here: www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/moder...

If you’re an ERC or a postgraduate considering publishing your work but aren’t sure where to start, feel free to get in touch—I’d be happy to talk you through the publishing process of @mbhjournal.bsky.social

Centre for Modern British Studies@mbsbirmingham.bsky.social · 3mo ago

MBS2026 is next month! Please note that registration closes on May 12. The conference and registration link is available here: www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/moder...

MBS2026 is next month! Please note that registration closes on May 12. The conference and registration link is available here: www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/moder...

Modern British Studies Conference 2026 - University of Birmingham

Conference information

birmingham.ac.uk