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Dr Carrie Long

@carrielong.bsky.social
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Historian | PDRA: Inclusive Histories Project 25-26| RMG Caird Fellow: Greenwich Hospital School 26 | IHR Pearsall Fellow 23-24 | Research interests: c.18-19th naval and military families, marginalised histories, lone women, petitioning, welfare and care

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Dr Carrie Long @carrielong.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Very excited to share I’ll be leading the event ‘Crafting Change: a radical history tote bag workshop’ in partnership with @womenslibrary.bsky.social inspired by my research as part of @royalholloway.bsky.social’s Inclusive Histories project. 🧵🪡📚 Details here: womenslibrary.org.uk/event/women-...
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Dr Carrie Long @carrielong.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Looking forward to presenting a paper based on my latest Caird Fellowship research on Greenwich Hospital School at @lancasteruni.bsky.social for the @socialhistsoc.bsky.social 50th Anniversary conference next week ⚓️
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Dr Carrie Long @carrielong.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
I'm looking forward to returning to King's College London tomorrow to present a paper on my research into nineteenth century naval widows. Details below: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/a-pro...
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A ‘proper object’ of charity?: British naval widows’ petitions, deservingness, and survival strategies, 1819-1847 | King's College London
This paper explores naval widows’ pension petitions to the British Admiralty in the nineteenth century.
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Dr Carrie Long @carrielong.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Lovely to be back at the Queen’s House, Royal Museums Greenwich, to start my Caird Research Fellowship! I’ll be working on my project, ‘Navigating Welfare: Greenwich Hospital School and state-led childcare and welfare, 1806–1840’. #ecr #skystorians #19thcentury #royalnavy #welfarehistory
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Mark Crail @markcrail.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Cue blockbuster movie trailer voice-over: This Valentine’s Day… None of the greatest love stories ever told… But don’t let that deter you… www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G3Q7PR7Y
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The English Historical Review @enghistrev.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Carrie Long @carrielong.bsky.social reviews 'Naval Seamen’s Women in Nineteenth-Century Britain', by Melanie Holihead @mmr-holihead.bsky.social academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-... @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social
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Naval Seamen’s Women in Nineteenth-Century Britain, by Melanie Holihead
Melanie Holihead’s innovatively researched book has succeeded in her task of ‘bringing up vanished lives’ of women ‘of lower deck seamen’ from the depths o
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Dr Carrie Long @carrielong.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Funny research find of the day - Lost property: “An Ostrich’s Egg”. What a bizarre object to bring the 1845 Free Trade Bazaar.
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Dr Carrie Long @carrielong.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Today I got to present my research on c.19th reformers for the Inclusive Histories Project at one of the most historically fascinating venues, The House of Lords! It was great to be part of exciting discussions on how the project can make a practical impact to support teachers & museums.
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Dr Carrie Long @carrielong.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Very excited to share that I’m starting my new job as a Research Associate on the ‘Inclusive Histories’ project. I’ll be working closely with @bishopsgateinst.bsky.social and The London Archives to uncover new and diverse sources on c.19th radical protest and reform for schools. More details here:
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Royal Holloway launches £1.5 million project to chart struggle for rights and representation from Magna Carta to present day
Royal Holloway has launched a £1.5 million project to support teachers with more inclusive UK political history resources.
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Dr Helen Glew @helenglew.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
www.history.ac.uk/news/more-ev...
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More than ever, history and historians need a collaborative and co-ordinated approach
26th February 2025
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Dr Carrie Long @carrielong.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Delighted to be a RHS fellow again and this time as an Associate Fellow #ecr
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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 09/01/2025
We are very pleased to learn that the UK Ministry of Justice has dropped a proposal, made by the previous govt, to destroy print copies of post-1858 wills following their digitisation: bit.ly/3WaXud8 This follows submissions from 100s of historians, and others, opposing the proposal. #Skystorians
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The Royal Historical Society is very pleased to learn that the UK Ministry of Justice has abandoned a proposal, made by the previous government, to destroy print copies of post-1858 wills following their digitisation."
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Dr Carrie Long @carrielong.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
I really enjoyed tonight’s @ihrwomen.bsky.social book launch for @drjenniferaston.bsky.social’s deserted wives book. Looking forward to reading it! www.bloomsbury.com/uk/deserted-...
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Deserted Wives and Economic Divorce in 19th-Century England and Wales
This book considers Section 21 of the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act 1857 and its significant impact on previously invisible married women in the 19th centu…
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