iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Chika Tonooka @chikatonooka.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Just set up Bluesky... because my book is now out in the US and as an e-book. (Coming to the UK on 1 December!) 30% discount code P329 at press.princeton.edu. @princetonupress.bsky.social

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Rival Civilisations

How British intellectuals of the twentieth century reckoned with the emergence of an Asian power

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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 · 01/09/2026

Thanks, Tom - really appreciate that.

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Andrew Seaton @andrewseaton.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

First thing I read by her was Left Hand of Darkness but would probably recommend the first Earthsea book. Her book on writing is also very good

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Andrew Seaton @andrewseaton.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Enjoyed reading this, Natalie. The feminist rapprochement with the state angle was v interesting

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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 · 11/06/2026

These are great. Sadly didn't see the convalescent home. Was doing research at the miners' library in Swansea and went to Mumbles as a treat. Next time.

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Andrew Seaton @andrewseaton.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

What a cool postcard - I went to Mumbles recently and it was lovely

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Andrew Seaton @andrewseaton.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

This is a great piece, thanks for writing

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Andrew Seaton @andrewseaton.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Thank you, Clare - appreciate that

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

Thank you, Helen - really appreciate that

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

Thanks, Ben - hope you're doing well

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

Thanks! - looking forward to seeing you in couple weeks

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

Cheers, Sam - looking forward to seeing you at MBS.

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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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Andrew Seaton @andrewseaton.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Happy to send some recs if you drop me an email: andrew.seaton@manchester.ac.uk

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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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Andrew Seaton @andrewseaton.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Wow, I have to go look at this file!

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Andrew Seaton @andrewseaton.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Have you tried BFI archive off Tottenham Court Road? They're great: collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web

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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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Andrew Seaton @andrewseaton.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Not sure on pub date yet as it's in an edited collection - think maybe next year. Would love to read the durex chapter! Had no idea about that, really interesting

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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

I have a piece in the forthcoming handbook on contemporary British history edited by @sarahcrook.bsky.social and @drsarahlkenny.bsky.social about how these swelling notions of environment and 'overpopulation' intersected with British debates about social services and welfare in the 60s and 70s

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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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Andrew Seaton @andrewseaton.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

There is a prince across the water

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