iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Reposted by Berry Pillot de Chenecey

Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Congratulations to @berrypillot.bsky.social for winning the #PollardPrize 2025! Berry's paper 'No Place to be a Child? The Persistence and Peculiarities of Children’s Play during the Second World War in London and Liverpool' will be published in Historical Research @oxfordacademic.bsky.social

Berry (left) with Claire Langhamer (IHR) and Cyan Turin (OUP), celebrating winning the Pollard Prize 2025 at the Historical Research Annual Lecture

2274

Berry Pillot de Chenecey @berrypillot.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

I'm honoured to share that I've won the Pollard Prize 2025 and a publication offer with OUP's Historical Research. Thanks to @ihr.bsky.social, @oxfordacademic.bsky.social for this recognition and to the @ihrlifecycles.bsky.social convenors for affording me the opportunity to deliver my first paper.

1101

Reposted by Berry Pillot de Chenecey

King's College London, History Department @kingshistory.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Well done to our former student Berry Pillot de Chenecey @berrypillot.bsky.social who has just won the Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social (IHR) Pollard Prize for best postgraduate paper delivered in any IHR seminar series during the past year.

252

Reposted by Berry Pillot de Chenecey

Helen Esfandiary @helenesfandiary.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

@ihrlifecycles.bsky.social strikes again with another rising star! Huge congrats to @berrypillot.bsky.social for winning the 2025 @ihr.bsky.social Pollard Prize for: 'No Place to be a Child? The Persistence and Peculiarities of Children’s Play during the Second World War in London and Liverpool.'🏆🙌🎉

3359

Reposted by Berry Pillot de Chenecey

IHR Life Cycles seminar @ihrlifecycles.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Congratulations to one of our former speakers, @berrypillot.bsky.social, on being awarded the @ihr.bsky.social Pollard Prize for best paper given by a postgraduate student or researcher within one year of completing their PhD! Berry spoke last year on children's play during the Second World War

1125

Reposted by Berry Pillot de Chenecey

SHCY @shcy.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

In this week's blog post, Berry Pillot de Chenecey takes us to children in London during World War II who used shrapnel pieces for their play and imagination: shcydigitalchildhoods.org/dir/the-curr...

shcydigitalchildhoods.org

The Currency of Wartime Childhood - Digital Childhoods

During the Second World War, the material worlds and realities of children were transformed entirely, from the everyday spaces they occupied to the objects they encountered on their way to school. Alt...

051

Reposted by Berry Pillot de Chenecey

CFRC-Folklore @cfrc-folklore.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Free CFRC online seminar from MA Public History student Berry Pillot de Chenecey on children's play during WW2! To join us on 25th June 1-2.30pm, you can book a free ticket via the link below. www.eventbrite.com/e/cfrc-semin...

eventbrite.com

CFRC Seminar | Children's Play in WW2 in London and Liverpool

Berry Pillot de Chenecey joins us for an online seminar on the persistence and peculiarities of children's play in WW2 London and Liverpool.

021

Reposted by Berry Pillot de Chenecey

Julia Bishop @drjuliabish.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Delighted that @berrypillot.bsky.social will be talking about her award-winning research on children's play in London and Liverpool in the Second World War as part of the @cfrc-folklore.bsky.social online seminar series on 25 June, 1-2.30 pm. See below to book your place!

032