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Wolfson History Prize @wolfsonhistory.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

We're thrilled to announce the 2026 #WolfsonHistoryPrize shortlist, showcasing six exceptional books that explore how societies navigate periods of seismic change. Congratulations to all the authors! 👏📚 bit.ly/4yCLe5T

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Andrew Seaton @andrewseaton.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Excited for discussing some brilliant papers at 'Modern British History and the "Environmental Turn"' over the next two days. Thanks so much to @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social, @bshsnews.bsky.social, Lincoln College, and University of Manchester's Hallsworth Fund for making it possible

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Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

All set now for workshop organised by @andrewseaton.bsky.social & @maxlong.bsky.social in Oxford over next two days. Reading shared position papers now & looking forward to no doubt stimulating discussions with fellow participants. #environmentalhistory #womensgrassrootsactivsm

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Andrew Seaton @andrewseaton.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

If you're after some morning listening, I joined 'AntiSocial' on BBC Radio 4 to discuss the history of overseas workers in the NHS: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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BBC Radio 4 - AntiSocial, Foreign workers in the NHS

Do we need more British-born doctors and nurses?

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Andrew Seaton @andrewseaton.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

If you're after some morning listening, I joined 'AntiSocial' on BBC Radio 4 to discuss the history of overseas workers in the NHS: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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BBC Radio 4 - AntiSocial, Foreign workers in the NHS

Do we need more British-born doctors and nurses?

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Joshua Rushton @joshuarushton8.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

We are really looking forward to bringing together those working on environment and the global reformations - send in your abstracts!! 🌿✝️🍃🌍

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Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick @mrcwarwick.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Making the final preparations for our one day conference on coal communities, health and welfare! ⛏️ 75 delegates booked in but we could take a couple more! Contact us if you fancy joining this great line up of speakers from academia, heritage organisations, community and campaign groups on 18 June

Blood is the Price of Coal: Coal Communities, Health & Welfare in Britain & Beyond from the 19th Century to the Present

This free one day conference aims to bring together researchers from higher education, libraries, archives, museums and community and campaign groups to explore the history of health and welfare in Britain’s coal mining industry.

Conference programme:

Panel 1: Disasters, safety and commemoration

Oaks Colliery Disaster, 1866
Paul Darlow, National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and Paul Hardman, former NUM National Executive Officer

The Safety Men: the Colliery Deputies union in the British Coal Industry
Professor Peter Ackers, Loughborough University (Emeritus)

Welcomed to Wrexham
Sarah Castagnetti, The National Archives

The 1959 Auchengeich Disaster: class, community and commemoration in Scotland’s coalfields
Professor Jim Phillips, University of Glasgow

Chair: Dr Jörg Arnold, Universität Augsburg

Panel 2: Health

The Violent Realities and Multiple Temporalities of a Miner’s Life
Liv Robinson, Northumbria University

‘A wonderful difference to the home life’: pithead baths, pitwomen, and disability in twentieth-century British coalmining communities
Lucy Jameson, Durham University

Pneumoconiosis, Environment, and the Politics of Coal Miners' Health in Twentieth Century Britain
Dr Andrew Seaton, University of Manchester

A Special Case? Miners’ Health, Wage Relativities and the Fall of Heath’s Government
Robert Rayner, University of Birmingham

Chair: Professor Mathew Thomson, University of Warwick

Panel 3: Welfare

“Feeding on the job?” Pit canteens in 1940s Britain
Dr Ariane Mak, Université Paris Cité & IUF

The Warmth of Home: Concessionary Fuel and Domestic Energy in British Coalfield Communities, 1945-1995
Dr Kathy Davies, Northumbria University

Class, Culture and Democracy: the Miners Libraries of South Wales
John Pateman, University of Leicester

Deindustrialisation and the recreational provision of the nationalised British coalmining industry (1950s-1984)
Dr Marion Henry, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne

Chair: Professor Keith Gildart, University of Wolverhampton

Panel 4: Legacies

Now The Dust Has Settled
James O. Davies, Historic England

'The Big K: The Pit that shaped a community' Its legacy, a decade after closure.
Judi Alston, One to One Development Trust

Union Poorhouse to Union Leader - Herbert Smith, President of the Miners Federation of Great Britain 1922-1929.
Kathryn Stainburn, Castleford Civic Society

The Afterlife of Coal in Barnsley: Youth, Community, and Intergenerational Legacies
Dr Kat Simpson, The University of Huddersfield

Chair: Professor Keith Gildart, University of Wolverhampton

Showcase of exhibitions, displays and posters:

On Behalf of the People: Work, Community and Class in the British Coal Industry 1947-1994
Professor Keith Gildart, University of Wolverhampton

Coal: a record of an industry
Gary Winter, Historic England

Poster of Mrs Sheila Truman
Daniella Law, Historic England

Glamorgan’s Blood: Dark Arteries, Old Veins – Exploring the Coal Collections at Glamorgan Archives
Rhian Diggins, Glamorgan Archives

When Coal was Clean: Soap and Smoke in Nineteenth Century Britain
Oliver Marshall

Mining Disasters in the Village of Worsbrough
Maureen Gennard, Peter Fairham and David Bullock, Worsbrough Library Heritage Group

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Andrew Seaton @andrewseaton.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

It's an honour to be shortlisted for an Orwell Prize for my article in the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social last year about my own experiences of homelessness. Thanks to @orwellprize.bsky.social and @homelessnessimpact.bsky.social You can read the piece here: www.newstatesman.com/politics/soc...

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Andrew Seaton @andrewseaton.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Reminder that the deadline to submit a proposal for Modern British History and the 'Environmental Turn' is 15th May - details below:

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Tina Adcock @tinaadcock.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

This is exciting to see! #Envhist was only just beginning to appear at Cambridge when I was a grad student there in the late 2000s, although (as the organizers note) British historians have long thought about human-environment relations in other guises (landscape/economic history, hist. geography).

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Max Long @maxlong.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

🔔⏰Just over 1 month to go! ⏰🔔 Call for papers: Modern British History and the 'Environmental Turn' A two-day workshop organised by @andrewseaton.bsky.social and myself at Lincoln College, Oxford, 16-17 September. Deadline for abstracts is 15 May. Details in poster below!

Details for a call for papers for the workshop "Modern British History and the Environmental Turn", 16-17 September 2026, at Lincoln College, Oxford. 300 word proposals for a short 'position paper' of approximately 2500 words, to be submitted to andrew.seaton@manchester.ac.uk by 15 May 2026

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Sam Wetherell @samwetherell.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Can't wait to read and teach this - Alma Igra's forthcoming book The Lion's Share on how science of nutrition emerged out of turn-of-the-century British imperial management. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

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Wolfson History Prize @wolfsonhistory.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

#DidYouKnow Britain recruited thousands of nurses from the Commonwealth after WWII? In the 2024 #WolfsonHistoryPrize shortlisted book 'Our NHS: A History of Britain’s Best-Loved Institution’, Andrew Seaton brings together an engaging account of the institution. ⬇️ bit.ly/4kU2gXz

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Our NHS: A History of Britain's Best-Loved Institution- The Wolfson History Prize

Shortlisted for the 2024 Wolfson History Prize, Our NHS is an engaging, inclusive history of the NHS, exploring its surprising survival – and the people who have kept it running.

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Past and Present @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

We are pleased to be supporting the "Modern British History and the 'Environmental Turn'" worshop at Lincoln College, University of Oxford @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social) on 16 - 17 September 2026 See call for papers (closes 15 May 2026) below: pastandpresent.org.uk/call-for-pap...

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Call for Papers: "Modern British History and the 'Environmental Turn'" - Past and Present

Received from Dr. Max Long (Lincoln College, University of Oxford) and Dr. Andrew Seaton (University of Manchester) Modern British History and the ‘Environmental Turn Taking place: Lincoln College, Ox...

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Joe Redmayne @joeredmayne.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

@newcastleuni.bsky.social will be hosting the British General Strike of 1926: New Directions of Research conference on 7-8 May. Tickets (no charge) for the event go live today at 9am. We have an excellent programme of speakers. Supported by @leverhulme.ac.uk @sslh.bsky.social @ialhi.bsky.social

Conference Poster: https://www.ticketsource.com/null/t-yzzmpzr

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Claire Langhamer @clairelanghamer.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

On Thursday I will be chairing our online session on writing history aimed at a wider audience with guests Elliot Prior and Sabhbh Curran from Curtis Brown Literary Agency. All welcome - sign up here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

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How to Reach a Broader Audience: An Introduction to Non-Fiction Trade Publishing in 2026

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Andrew Seaton @andrewseaton.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

If you're a PhD candidate or a recently graduated PhD and you work on neoliberalism, this is a great opportunity for funding and networking:

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John Sabapathy @jwwsabapathy.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

How did people talk about the earth's holistic ecology before the Gaia thesis? Minji Lee #Hildegard expert @archumanities.bsky.social + François Quiviger @warburginstitute.bsky.social & editor of @reaktionbooks.bsky.social's #Renaissance Lives series talk #ecology & the #Anthropocene, Weds 3pm GMT👇

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Andrew Seaton @andrewseaton.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Paul R. Ehrlich died yesterday. He was a biologist who influenced the western environmental movement during the 60s and 70s with deeply controversial warnings about 'overpopulation' and resource scarcity. Ehrlich thought Britain wouldn't make it to the year 2000 due to population pressures

'Ehrlich Speaks', The Text of Dr. Paul R. Ehrlich's Presidential Address to the Conservation Society on 14 January 1972'

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Max Long @maxlong.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

I learned to love cinema at the Ultimate Picture Palace in Oxford as an undergrad. It's been around since 1911, and is now a fantastic community-owned venue. But it's at risk of development by Oriel College. This would be a terrible loss for independent cinema. Save the UPP! c.org/TpFdQMnhRN

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Sign the Petition

Save the Ultimate Picture Palace

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John Sabapathy @jwwsabapathy.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

We'll have a great discussion Wed 4 March 1500 GMT with @mohamedamermeziane.bsky.social & Melissa Leach + James Fairhead on other worlds' & the nonhuman re their books @versobooks.bsky.social & @princetonupress.bsky.social. All @anthropoceneucl.bsky.social + @uclhistory.bsky.social #Anthropocene

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Sam Rutherford (he/him) @echomikeromeo.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

I am giving the Edinburgh Uni LGBTQ+ History Month lecture on the evening of 27 February, with the title 'Scottish Trans Pasts, Useable and Otherwise'. Details and link to register are here: hca.ed.ac.uk/updates-even... Do come along if you're in Edinburgh!

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LGBTQ+ History Month: 'Scottish trans pasts, useable and otherwise?' | School of History, Classics & Archaeology | History Classics and Archaeology

Celebrate LGBTQ+ History Month with Dr Sam Rutherford and learn more about the last 150 years of trans history in Scotland.

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Andrew Seaton @andrewseaton.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

CALL FOR PAPERS - Modern British History and the 'Environmental Turn'. A two-day workshop organised by @maxlong.bsky.social and myself at Lincoln College, Oxford, 16-17 September. Deadline for abstracts is 15 May. Details in poster below, please share.

This two-day workshop will explore several questions. How can environmental history complement or offer alternatives to existing historiographical narratives and periodisations in British history? What new actors, events, or phenomena might come to the fore? How should it foster engagements with places beyond its national borders or with other disciplines? Is environmental history different from longstanding traditions of ‘landscape’ or ‘urban’ histories of Britain? What contributions can historians make to environmental advocacy and policymaking? And how might a focus on the environment reshape teaching in British history?

To take part, participants should submit a 300 word proposal for a short ‘position paper’ (approx. 2500 words) that will be pre-circulated at the workshop. These position papers will address the place of environmental approaches and themes within modern British history (1800 to the present) from the perspective of the participant’s own research. Participants will orally summarise their papers at the workshop. The event is free to attend and includes lunch and refreshments.

Submissions are welcomed across a range of perspectives and topics, including but not limited to: energy, extraction, non-human actors, pollution, toxicity, rural and urban landscapes, everyday environmental histories (including how they are shaped by class, gender, and race), imperialism and decolonisation, ‘green’ policy, activism, and the political economy of the natural world.

Please send proposals and a one-paragraph biography in a single PDF to andrew.seaton@manchester.ac.uk by 15 May 2026. Please also direct enquiries to this address.

This event is organised by Dr. Max Long (Oxford) and Dr. Andrew Seaton (Manchester).

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Heather Craddock @hcraddock.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

The research guide on Environmental History that I wrote for The National Archives, UK is now live! Includes research advice and resources on colonial environments, pollution, agriculture, and animal histories. Available here: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-yo... #envhist #envhum

Photograph of an American bison standing beside a fence at the London Zoo in 1906.

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Andrew Seaton @andrewseaton.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

On 12 Feb, I'll be speaking at UCL's new Centre for Modern and Contemporary Britain on 'Looking at Britain through Health and Health Care: Changes and Challenges'. We'll be covering history, policy, and discrimination in medical education. Sign-up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/looking-at...

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Looking at Britain through health and healthcare: changes and challenges

A Centre for Modern and Contemporary Britain round table discussion on the state of health and healthcare in Britain.

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Penlee House Gallery & Museum @penleehousegallery.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange theme is Light & Dark. We have chosen Two Miners Drilling by Graham Sutherland, sketched in a Welsh coalmine (1942) as a War Artist. Ink & red crayon heighten the miners’ monumental forms and the rock’s looming threat.

Expressionist wartime artwork by Graham Sutherland depicting two bulky coal miners working underground in a Welsh coalmine during World War II, shown crouched and straining around mining machinery beneath a heavy overhanging rock. The figures are rendered in thick, sculptural forms reminiscent of Henry Moore, set against a threatening red and black background created with red wax crayon and black ink wash. The textured rock ceiling looms above the miners, emphasising danger, confinement, and industrial labour, with dramatic colours and rough surfaces characteristic of Sutherland’s wartime style.

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Andrew Seaton @andrewseaton.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Insightful analysis of the challenges facing recent graduates told from the perspective of one my former students when I was at UCL (who was brilliant). Link free to read for first three people: giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

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The great graduate job drought

Economic uncertainty and the arrival of AI have brought a reduction in entry-level roles, with potentially disastrous consequences for young people

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Dr Hannah J. Elizabeth @sexhistorian.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Very excited for the @cshhh.bsky.social upcoming seminar series. #HistMed & #HistSex folks should come along if they can! Keep an eye on the page as we've to come! www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/d...

The image is text reading 'Centre for the Social History of Health & Healthcare Seminar' with University of Strathclyde, Glasgow Caledonian University and Wellcome Trust Logos on the right of the image.

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David Edgerton @davidedgerton.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Great opportunities for fully-funded PhDs in history of science and/or technology in London, for candidates from anywhere in the world.

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Gus @gustavelester.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

I am organizing a workshop on “critical mineral histories” in March 2026. If you or someone you know might be interested in participating, please see the following CfP for more information on the concept and how to submit a proposal (by 10 January, if possible). Thanks! www.kth.se/anthropocene...

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Workshop: Critical Mineral Histories | KTH

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Chris Manias @chrismanias.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

At @kingschostm.bsky.social we are now accepting applications for the Hans Rausing Studentship in the History of Science & Technology, available in 2 forms: - 3 year doctoral award - 1 year Masters funding, followed by a 3 year doctoral award Full details here: www.kingschostm.com/funding-oppo...

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FUNDING | KingsCHoSTM

Funding Opportunities within King's CHoSTM

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Sarah Crook @sarahcrook.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

🚨 New MBH article alert! This piece was the wonderfully deserving winner of the Tanner Prize last year. “Roads to Economization: Valuing Life, Limb, and Leisure in the Social Democratic State” by Charles Troup is out now in Modern British History. 👉 doi.org/10.1093/tcbh... #ModernBritishHistory

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Roads to Economization: Valuing Life, Limb, and Leisure in the Social Democratic State

Abstract. This article reinterprets contemporary forms of economization in UK government by recovering their emergence in the early nationalized transport

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Graduate of the American Studies programme that the University of Nottingham wishes to close wins 2025 Wolfson History Prize for Survivors: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the Atlantic Slave Trade. History, it's a long game. Divest in haste, repent for the longue durée.

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The Wolfson History Prize - Celebrating Outstanding History

The Wolfson History Prize is awarded annually to promote and recognise outstanding history written for a general audience.

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Wolfson History Prize @wolfsonhistory.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

This evening, the winner of the #WolfsonHistoryPrize 2025 will be announced live! Join us in celebrating outstanding history. We will be posting live from the winner ceremony, so make sure you're following @wolfsonhistory.bsky.social and #WolfsonHistoryPrize for live updates throughout the night.

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Andrew Seaton @andrewseaton.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

I've had friends' mums message me, so to confirm, it was me on the telly yesterday. I was the historian for two episodes of this fun new show on the BBC which tells a social history of Britain through buildings that no longer exist. All episodes on iPlayer: www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

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The Marvellous Miniature Workshop review – like all your Christmasses come at once

In the BBC’s latest reality show, model-makers recreate people’s most poignant places … only teeny weeny. Despite sounding like a total reach, it is endlessly charming and incredibly emotional. Let th...

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Andrew Seaton @andrewseaton.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

I'll be in Oxford this Thursday to give a talk from my recent research (and to check out the new Schwarzman Centre)

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Andrew Seaton @andrewseaton.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Thanks to @melinabuns.bsky.social for putting together such a stimulating workshop on extraction last week at Bristol @uobrisceh.bsky.social

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Andrew Seaton @andrewseaton.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Yale University Press London (@yalebooks.bsky.social) are having a 50% off sale for the month of November, which is ideal for early Christmas shopping (and enables you to purchase OUR NHS for £5.99 - or 1.61 pence per page): yalebooks.co.uk

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Home - Yale University Press London

Welcome to the Yale University Press London home page: explore our books, meet our authors, find out about our publishing mission.

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Andrew Seaton @andrewseaton.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

We have Adrián Lerner and Pollyanna Rhee talking to us about cities and the Anthropocene in 30mins (3pm UK time). Feel free to join us using the sign-up link below!

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Dr Emily Jones @jonesemily.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

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Andrew Seaton @andrewseaton.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

For the first Anthropocene Histories seminar of 2025-2026, we're talking about 'Cities' with Adrián Lerner (@adrianler.bsky.social) and Pollyanna Rhee (@parhee.bsky.social). It'll be online on 29th October between 3-5pm GMT. Open to all, sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/anthropoce...

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Anthropocenes Histories: Cities

This seminar will discuss the topic of 'Cities and the Anthropocene' through research on Latin America and the U.S.

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Andrew Seaton @andrewseaton.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Thanks to all of the students yesterday on a very wet day at Exeter College. We talked about GCSEs, A Levels, applying to university, and history.

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Modern British Studies Association @modbritstud.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

We're excited to announce the call for papers for #MBS26, the next Modern British Studies conference, at Birmingham in June 2026. We'll be launching the #MBS Association at this event, to support further regular conferences in Modern British Studies. www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/moder...

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Modern British Studies Conference 2026 - University of Birmingham

Conference information

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Andrew Seaton @andrewseaton.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

On Weds 22 Oct, there's an exciting interdisciplinary conversation about 'Planetary Health' at UCL. I'll be talking (I think) about its antecedents and older traditions like social medicine. All welcome, through will be primarily aimed at postgrads and ECRs. Sign up a must: tinyurl.com/5e7s6yby

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Planetary Health

Interdisciplinary presentations and discussions focusing on the effects of climate change, biodiversity loss and environmental degradation.

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Peter Mandler @petermandler.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Join us for a roundtable on 'The Modern British City' in January at Senate House, London, with Simon Gunn, Erika Hanna, Owen Hatherley, Peter Mandler, Otto Saumarez Smith and Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite, followed by wine! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

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Roundtable: 'The Modern British City'

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Pollyanna Rhee 이채영 @parhee.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Friends! I have no idea (yet!) what I'm going to say about cities in the Anthropocene on Oct. 29th! But am very excited to help open UCL's Anthropocene Histories seminar for the year! (Will probably talk a little about my book: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...)

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Natural Attachments

A nuanced analysis takes a California oil spill as its point of departure to show how affluent homeowners pushed for an environmentalism that would protect not only the earth but also property and com...

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