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Rachel Moss @menysnoweballes.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
CFP: Nostalgia and Radical Politics, Past and Present (15-16 June, @uninorthampton.bsky.social) 🗃️We are interested in how nostalgia – which has often been associated with conservatism – is utilised by individuals, groups and movements that may be characterised as politically radical.
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Call For Papers: Nostalgia and Radical Politics, Past and Present | UON
Centre for Historical Studies, University of Northampton, UK Monday 15 – Tuesday 16 June 2026 Nostalgia, defined most simply as a wistful or...
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Lesley McFadyen @lesleymcf.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
@bbkhistorical.bsky.social first year students channelling their Keiller energy and love of the Neolithic today at Avebury! Thank you @nationaltrust.org.uk!!
Happy Birkbeck students at The Cove in the weak Autumn sunshine.A trapped Red Admiral butterfly with Neolithic animal bone and worked flint in the museum display.Photograph of the excavations of Windmill Hill showing Veronica and Dorothy Liddell excavating with the workmen (what are their names?).Students at the front door of The Manor with their best Keiller poses.
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Raphael Samuel History Centre @rshc.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
‘Waning Crescent: the rise and fall of global Islam’ Come along to the launch of Professor Faisal Devji's book, where he discusses his examination of the rise of Islam as a global historical actor. 1st December, London E1. WaningCrescent.eventbrite.co.uk @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social
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Raphael Samuel History Centre @rshc.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Spycops Undercover Policing of the Left 1968-1982: Subversives Under the Lens Chris Brian from the Undercover Research Group talks about his chapter in their new book 6.00pm, 15 October, London WC1E 7JL Book here UndercoverPolicingLeft.eventbrite.co.uk @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social
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Gresham College @greshamcollege.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Who was Shanawdithit, the last of an indigenous Canadian tribe? 👉 gres.hm/shanawdithit Prof @julialaite.bsky.social explores the life of the last Beothuk woman, and the violent history of #Newfoundland, England’s first transatlantic colony... @isrfoundation.bsky.social @bbkhistorical.bsky.social
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SinaSteglich @sinasteglich.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Intellectual nomadism: Back at work after the summer break, I am delighted to welcome Frank Trentmann @bbkhistorical.bsky.social as visiting fellow @caslmu.bsky.social www.cas.lmu.de/de/personen-...
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Center for Advanced Studies @caslmu.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
We warmly welcome Frank Trentmann @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @helsinki.fi as #CASFellow, working together with CAS researcher in residence @sinasteglich.bsky.social.
CAS-Fellow Professor Frank Trentmann
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Jen Baird @jenbaird.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Massive congrats to Juliet, of @bbkhistorical.bsky.social, on her first publication, documenting the important corpus of bone dolls from Dura-Europos. Juliet's PhD is exploring the archaeology of childhood from the archives of the site. 🥳
Black and white archival photograph of fragments of Roman-period bone dolls from Dura-Europos
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Jen Baird @jenbaird.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Join us in Aarhus for RAC/TRAC 2026! Rubina Raja and I have organised a session on "Archival Fieldwork" in archaeology and welcome submissions Details on how to apply and attend here: www.romansocietyrac.ac.uk/ractrac-2026... (Deadline October 10)
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Call for Papers « Roman Archaeology Conference
Roman Archaeology Conference
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Jen Baird @jenbaird.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Thanks to an incredibly generous former student, we have some wonderful news for archaeology at Birkbeck: a new institute. The Carena Institute of Sustainable Archaeologies will enable research projects, support global collaborations, and fund studentships as well. www.bbk.ac.uk/research/cen...
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Carena Institute of Sustainable Archaeologies - Birkbeck, University of London
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Joanna Bourke @joannabourke.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
I have been reflecting on the university in crisis bec invited to talk at the the 109th Rectors’ Assembly of Greek Universities. My thoughts: www.joannabourke.com/post/defendi... @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @openlibhums.bsky.social @bisa-bkk.bsky.social @royalhistsoc.org @britishacademy.bsky.social
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Vicky Mills @drvickymills.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Delighted to announce my new short film made in partnership with Lily Ford, Richard Uttley and the David Parr House! @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @birkbecklibrary.bsky.social @luisacale.bsky.social www.bbk.ac.uk/news/birkbec...
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Birkbeck film brings hidden history of Victorian art-workman to light
Thanks to funding from Birkbeck’s Research Innovation Fund, supported by alumni donations, the legacy of Victorian art-workman David Parr has been brought to life in The Man Who Painted His House, a s...
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Jen Baird @jenbaird.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
So pleased that we have MA funding available this year for our MA Archaeology & Heritage Programme. Please spread the word (or get in touch if you have questions)! www.bbk.ac.uk/student-serv...
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The Carena Institute of Sustainable Archaeologies Postgraduate Scholarships - Birkbeck, University of London
Find out more about the Carena Institute postgraduate scholarships with project themes and how to apply.
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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
📍 Traces of Belsen is free and open to the public Monday to Friday, 10am - 5pm. Open until 10 July! Visit our Russell Square exhibition gallery to see this ground-breaking new display buff.ly/V5c6XfZ
An image of the Traces of Belsen exhibition poster in Russell Square tube station, London
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Women's History Network @womenshistnet.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
📢 Just announced! The programme & booking is now live for our Annual Conference 2025. 🗓️ Join us online & free on 4–5 Sept for Hidden in Plain Sight: Women in Archives, Libraries, Museums & Personal Collections. 🔗 womenshistorynetwork.org/the-womens-h... #WHN2025 #WomensHistory #Archives #Heritage
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School of Historical Studies, Birkbeck @bbkhistorical.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
*Master's funding claxon* Did you know that we have a range of scholarships for our MA programmes, including funding specifically for Archaeology, Heritage, and History of Art? Links below!
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Joanna Bourke @joannabourke.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Great talks: 'RESISTING THE RISE OF THE RADICAL RIGHT'. How can we understand & respond to the rise of the Far Right? Tomorrow (2 July) 17:30, Birkbeck Clore Management Centre: FREE: www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event... @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @bisa-bkk.bsky.social @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social
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'Resisting the Rise of the Radical Right' - A panel discussion - 2025 Amiel & Melburn Trust annual lecture
'Resisting the Rise of the Radical Right' - A panel discussion - 2025 Amiel & Melburn Trust annual lecture
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Brodie Waddell @brodiewaddell.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Amidst the doom, I'm so excited to be welcoming people to the first annual Medieval and Early Modern Research Day at @bbkhistorical.bsky.social! More than 20 of Birkbeck's staff, students and research fellows will be giving micro-talks about a primary source. www.bbk.ac.uk/research/cen...
Website landing page of the Birkbeck Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Worlds.
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Dr Carmen M. Mangion @carmenmangion.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
So pleased to have my chapter on detachment as an emotional practice in this excellent volume edited by Martina Cucchiara and Lisa Fetheringill Zwicker! @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @cushwa.bsky.social @achahistory.bsky.social @catholicrs.bsky.social
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Lesley McFadyen @lesleymcf.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Special lecture for Thames through Time - Tarpaulins and Sail Cloth by MA Archaeology & Heritage student Christopher Snary @bbkhistorical.bsky.social, complete with every model he has built!
Christopher showing his title slide ‘Tarpaulin and Sail Cloth’ at Birkbeck, and standing behind all of his models of ships and dockyards on the Thames. These are laid out on a blue cloth to mark the river itself.
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Jen Baird @jenbaird.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Out today, my review of a recent two volume work on Sculptures from Roman Syria. TL; DR -- Important, but frustrating, work. The words that will stick with me are "current location unknown".
Photograph of book on Scultpures from Roman Syria with grey cover, featuring a broken marble sculpture of a female
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Forschungsstelle für Zeitgeschichte in Hamburg @fzh-hamburg.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Herzliche Einladung zum Abschluss unserer Reihe: Nikolaus Wachsmann @bbkhistorical.bsky.social spricht am 3.7. über "Auschwitz und das Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs" 📍Uni #Hamburg, 18.30 Uhr, Philturm, Hörsaal D mit @igdjhh.bsky.social & @uni-hamburg.de 👉 zeitgeschichte-hamburg.de/veranstaltun...
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School of Historical Studies, Birkbeck @bbkhistorical.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Dr Esther Breithoff has won this year's Tress Prize, for excellence in research. Congrats, Esther! 🥳 www.bbk.ac.uk/news/dr-esth...
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Dr Esther Breithoff wins Birkbeck’s Tress prize
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Lesley McFadyen @lesleymcf.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Adnan Almohamad and Jen Baird ✨ Digital Justice!
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Birkbeck academics awarded prestigious 2025 ACLS Digital Justice Development grant
The grants support digital humanities projects that enrich cultural heritage through the intentional use of technology
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Brodie Waddell @brodiewaddell.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Huzzah! Next year I get to teach 'Reading and Writing Microhistories' at @bbkhistorical.bsky.social, likely with contributions from @julialaite.bsky.social and others! If this sounds like your sort of thing, consider applying for one of our history MAs in 2025-26: search.bbk.ac.uk/search/cours...
Slide depicting 'The World in a Grain of Sand: Reading and Writing Microhistories', MA Option 2025-26, School of Historical Studies, Birkbeck, University of London
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Joanna Bourke @joannabourke.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Just returned from an immersive time in Japan: zen gardens, sculpture parks, onsens & shokudos. Mesmerised by photographer Ishiuchi. Here are my reflections on her 'hiroshima' art: www.joannabourke.com/blog @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @bisa-bkk.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social @reaktionbooks.bsky.social
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Joanna Bourke @joannabourke.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
I have just seen the (proposed) cover for my new book on 'Evil Women': Myra Hindley, Rosemary West, Aileen Wuornos, Karla Homolka, & Karla Faye Tucker. Here it is: www.joannabourke.com/blog @reaktionbooks.bsky.social @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social @bisa-bkk.bsky.social
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Raphael Samuel History Centre @rshc.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Red and Black in Harlem and Jamaica: a book launch 19 June 6pm London WC1E Join us to discuss West Indian anti-colonialist Wilfred Adolphus Domingo Speakers: Catherine Hall, Peter Hulme, Leslie James, Kesewa John Book here RedBlackHarlemJamaica.eventbrite.co.uk @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @qmul.ac.uk
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Red and Black in Harlem and Jamaica: A book launch
Book launch for edited works of Wilfred Adolphus Domingo
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Mark Liebenrood @markliebenrood.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Wrote about recent museum closures for the Mapping Museums blog: mapping-museums.bbk.ac.uk/2025/05/29/m...
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Museum closures 2024–2025 - Mapping Museums Lab
Sixteen museums have closed in the UK in 2024 and 2025 so far. Mark Liebenrood reports on why these museums have closed.
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Raphael Samuel History Centre @rshc.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
TOMORROW: Teaching Migration History in an Age of Border Restriction 5/6/25, 6pm, London WC1E An international panel of migration historians discuss the future of this rich and growing field in a highly volatile political context. teachmighist.eventbrite.co.uk @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @qmul.ac.uk
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Teaching migration history in an age of border restriction
A roundtable to discuss teaching migration
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Brodie Waddell @brodiewaddell.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
This week in Magic and Witchcraft at @bbkhistorical.bsky.social we were looking at the most famous witchhunt of all: Salem, Massachusetts, 1692. So naturally we spent much of the time discussing this image from 1624.
An image from John Smith's history of Virginia, 1628, depicting 'Indians' performing a 'Conjuration' in 1607.
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Raphael Samuel History Centre @rshc.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Did the British republican tradition endure through the Cold War? 'Reassessing E. P. Thompson’s Political Thought: The Case for Radical Republicanism' 6 June, 3.00pm, London WC1E EPThompson.eventbrite.co.uk @mileendinstitute.bsky.social @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @qmul.ac.uk @qmpoliticsir.bsky
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Brodie Waddell @brodiewaddell.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
This week in Magic and Witchcraft at @bbkhistorical.bsky.social, we're talking about Matthew Hopkins and the East Anglian witch-hunts of the 1640s, so the question arises: who wore it better?
Image of Matthew Hopkins from the titlepage of The Discovery of Witches, 1647Film poster for Witchfinder General, 1968Album cover for Witchfinder General: Friends of Hell, 1983
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Raphael Samuel History Centre @rshc.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
How should we teach migration history in an era of ever-increasing global border restrictions? Join us on 5 June at 6pm, London WC1E, followed by a wine reception Free to book here TeachMigHist.eventbrite.co.uk @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @qmul.ac.uk @qmpoliticsir.bsky
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Teaching migration history in an age of border restriction
A roundtable to discuss teaching migration
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Jen Baird @jenbaird.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Some of our lucky archaeology students @bbkhistorical.bsky.social spent last summer excavating in Greece with the Institut Català d’Arqueologia Clàssica of Tarragona. It's a lovely community-oriented project in an exciting Roman landscape and they're looking for support. vkm.is/arsalia
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Participa en el Crowdfunding "3ª campaña arqueológica en Arsalia" en Verkami
Ayúdanos a realizar la 3ª campaña de excavación en Arsalia y a crecer como equipo de investigación!
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Lesley McFadyen @lesleymcf.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Thames through Time is back in Birkbeck for the 2nd week, and the MA Archaeology & Heritage student Christopher Snary @bbkhistorical.bsky.social has brought in a new model! This one is a scaled model of The Admiralty Dockyard. Archaeology and model-making, it’s important!!
Scale model of The Admiralty Dockyard and the ships it built.
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The Medieval and Early Modern Research Network (MEMRN) @memrn.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
TWO WEEKS LEFT! Please consider joining us for our Spring Showcase on the 30th of May. This excellent online day-conference is bringing together scholars from around the world to celebrate the diverse research being done in the MEMRN community. Register here: memrnchase.wordpress.com/memrn-spring...
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Raphael Samuel History Centre @rshc.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Join us for Red and Black in Harlem and Jamaica: a book launch 19 June 6pm, London WC1E 7JL Book here (RedBlackHarlemJamaica.eventbrite.co.uk) Hear about the life and work of West Indian anti-colonialist Wilfred Adolphus Domingo @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @qmpoliticsir.bsky.social @qmul.ac.uk
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Red and Black in Harlem and Jamaica: A book launch
Book launch for edited works of Wilfred Adolphus Domingo
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Joanna Bourke @joannabourke.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
A date for your diaries! 8 July 2025, 18:30 — 20:30, for the launch of Ruth Beecher’s new book, Community Health Practitioners and Child Sexual Abuse in the Family, 1970s-2010s. Free but must register: www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event... @ruthbeecher.bsky.social @bbkhistorical.bsky.social
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Book launch. Ruth Beecher, Community Health Practitioners and Child Sexual Abuse in the Family, 1970s-2010s
Join us to celebrate Ruth Beecher's new book, Community Health Practitioners and Child Sexual Abuse in the Family, 1970s-2010s.
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Sadie Watson @drsadiewatson.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Fitting end to a trip to look at the Tower of London setting, history and the Thames with @bbkhistorical.bsky.social Archaeological Landscapes students, led by me and @drclaireharris.bsky.social
Photo shows Tower Bridge lifting to allow a sail boat with tall masts through. Blue sky, a lovely May evening.
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Brodie Waddell @brodiewaddell.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
This week in my Magic and Witchcraft module at @bbkhistorical.bsky.social we looked at criminal prosecutions, which produced depositions like this one. 🗃️ Beware the witch of Newcastle who appeared in the form of 'a thing' which began 'to cry like a henn among the people's feet' in 1667. 🐔
Transcription of the deposition of Margaret Sherburne of Newcastle, 1667, describing the alleged witchcraft of Emmy Gaskin.
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Jessica Reinisch @jessicareinisch.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
The Centre for Internationalism has new dates for your diaries! 1. Tuesday, 27 May, 6-8pm (Birkbeck Central Building, G08) Roundtable discussion of @dacretu.bsky.social's Foreign Aid & State Building in Interwar Romania - with the IHR's Rethinking Modern Europe series www.sup.org/books/histor...
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Foreign Aid and State Building in Interwar Romania | Stanford University Press
The decades following World War I were a period of political, social, and economic transformation for Central and Eastern Europe. This book considers the role of foreign aid in Romania between 1918 an...
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Dr Katy Barrett FSA @spoonsontrays.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Had a rare moment of energy and clarity so finally pulled some career reflections into a blog that I shared with @bbkhistorical.bsky.social students recently
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On networking: some career reflections — Spoons on Trays | Katy Barrett
It’s funny how you remember some small events for years. I vividly recall early in my career being overawed at a conference by how confidently a senior colleague met and talked to people. How would I ...
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Raphael Samuel History Centre @rshc.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Only a week to go! Changing The Record, 19 May, London Book here www.ChangingTheRecord.eventbrite.co.uk @sameen-mohsin.bsky.social @kabcommons.bsky.social @mrcwarwick.bsky.social @worsted.bsky.social @qmul.ac.uk @onslies.bsky.social @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @qmul.ac.uk
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Lesley McFadyen @lesleymcf.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Thames through Time is back in Birkbeck, but the MA Archaeology & Heritage student Christopher Snary @bbkhistorical.bsky.social only brought in a scaled model of the Thames historical dockyards that he has made! Archaeology and model-making, it’s important!!
Scale model of historic ships on the Thames, a working foreshore with slipways and their associated dockyard.
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Raphael Samuel History Centre @rshc.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
'Teaching migration history in an age of border restriction' Join us to discuss the future of this rich and growing field in a highly volatile political context TeachMigHist.eventbrite.co.uk Thursday 5 June, 6pm, London WC1E @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @qmpoliticsir.bsky.social @qmul.ac.uk
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German Historical Institute London @ghilondon.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Today marks 80 years since the end of the Second World War in Europe. Earlier this year at the GHIL, Lucy Noakes (@universityofessex.bsky.social / @royalhistsoc.org) and Frank Trentmann (@bbkhistorical.bsky.social) reflected on how the war has fundamentally shaped Germany and Britain after 1945. 1/3
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Lesley McFadyen @lesleymcf.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
A key part of the @bbkhistorical.bsky.social MOLA/TDP field school Thames through Time is the Archival work with Helen Chittock and Archaeological reporting with Louise Fowler!
Historical maps of the Thames.
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Lesley McFadyen @lesleymcf.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
We finished our field school Thames through Time today with photogrammetry and a talk on archaeology of social value! Field schools are created through team work!! Thank yoh to the amazing @drclaireharris.bsky.social, Helen Chittock, Cat Gibbs, Kate Peacham @laraband.bsky.social, Louise Fowler..
Photogrammetry of extension wall to the Royal Dockyard at Deptford, depicting the C18th brick work and contemporary graffiti.
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Brodie Waddell @brodiewaddell.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
I'm teaching a session on medieval magic and witchcraft today at @bbkhistorical.bsky.social, which means I get to show my favorite medieval image! 'Vaudoises' in Martin Le Franc's Le Champion des dames, 1451. Beautifully linking heresy (Waldensians), gender, witchcraft and broomstick riding. 🗃️
Two women riding broomsticks in the margins of a 15th century manuscript
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