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Charlotte Wildman

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Historian of Modern Britain: cities, especially Liverpool and Manchester, gender and class

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 29/09/2026
Submissions are now invited for the Society's 2027 First Book and Early Career Article Prizes - covering monographs and articles published in 2026 bit.ly/4z45bD8 The closing date for submissions is 14 December 2026. Judging begins in early 2027 with winners announced next July #Skystorians 1/2
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Royal Historical Society Book and Article Prizes, 2027: submissions now invited - RHS
The Royal Historical Society invites applications for its First Book Prize, 2027 and Early Career Article Prize, 2027. The call for submissions opened on Monday 28 September 2026 and runs to Monday 14...
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Bloomsbury History @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
How did early 20th-century migrants overcome obstacles to build lives in the metropole? Discover their mobility, survival, and resistance in the new release, 'Colonized Migrants in Imperial Britain.' Available now: bit.ly/3SWxwvw
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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 09/09/2026
Coming soon: latest title in the Society's 'New Historical Perspectives' book series for early career historians: 'Prostitution, Repentance and Social Welfare in Renaissance Florence', by Gillian Jack bit.ly/4gY9IQ7 Available in print and Open Access from 15 October. #Skystorians 1/2
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Prostitution, Repentance and Social Welfare in Renaissance Florence - University of London Press
From the fourteenth century, prostitutes in Florence were encouraged to leave their profession and spend their lives in repentance at the monastery of Sant’Elisabetta delle Convertite. Many did over i...
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Catherine Fletcher @catherinefletcher.info · 04/08/2026
Very short notice (deadline 18 August) but we're advertising a 0.5fte lectureship in public history for next year. Covers my 3rd year undergraduate course on public history of Rome (ancient to modern) plus some MA public history teaching.
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Lecturer in Public History and Heritage - (9363) | Manchester Metropolitan University Careers
All about Manchester Metropolitan - an exciting, modern university in the heart of one of the UK's great student cities.
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Charlotte Wildman @drcharlottewildman.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
My younger brother John died suddenly and unexpectedly last month. The sportiest person I know, John’s biggest love was cricket and @tranmererovers.bsky.social His friends are cycling to raise money for a memorial bench and Bowel CancerUK please donate if you can ❤️ www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...
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Help raise £5000 to fund a memorial bench for John Wildman and donation to Bowel Cancer UK – JustGiving Crowdfunding
Iʼm raising money to fund a memorial bench for John Wildman and donation to Bowel Cancer UK. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.
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Charlotte Wildman @drcharlottewildman.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
My younger brother John died suddenly and unexpectedly last month. The sportiest person I know, John’s biggest love was cricket and @tranmererovers.bsky.social His friends are cycling to raise money for a memorial bench and Bowel CancerUK please donate if you can ❤️ www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...
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Help raise £5000 to fund a memorial bench for John Wildman and donation to Bowel Cancer UK – JustGiving Crowdfunding
Iʼm raising money to fund a memorial bench for John Wildman and donation to Bowel Cancer UK. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.
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The English Historical Review @enghistrev.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Megan McAuley @meganmcauley.bsky.social reviews 'Friendless or Forsaken? Child Emigration from Britain to Canada, 1860–1935', by Ruth Lamont, Eloise Moss @ladyburglar.bsky.social and Charlotte Wildman @drcharlottewildman.bsky.social academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-... @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social
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Friendless or Forsaken? Child Emigration from Britain to Canada, 1860–1935, by Ruth Lamont, Eloise Moss and Charlotte Wildman
Ruth Lamont, Eloise Moss and Charlotte Wildman’s text is a significant contribution to the current historiography of child emigration initiatives from the
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Sadiah Qureshi 🦈 @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Reposting this full-time permanent post in Modern British History at the University of Manchester. The deadline has been extended to 13 July (as below). The date has yet to update on jobs.ac.uk so please do share and spread the word. www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
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Lecturer in Modern British History (post-1800):Oxford Road
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Hannah Barker @historyhannahb.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
There’s a permanent modern British history post going at Manchester 🎉Come and join a great department and please share with anyone who might be interested. (Don’t let the short deadline put you off). #skystorians 🗃️
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Lecturer in Modern British History (post-1800) at The University of Manchester
Apply now for the Lecturer in Modern British History (post-1800) role on jobs.ac.uk - the leading job board for higher education jobs. View details.
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
'About 150 academic roles are set to go at the south-west institution, which said it was targeting areas that are “no longer sustainable” or have seen changes in student demand.' History and English are name-checked. 1/3
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University of Exeter cuts an ‘existential threat to humanities’
Russell Group institution cites changing student demand as it puts 500 staff at risk of redundancy, with 150 jobs set to go
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Elsa Devienne @elsadevienne.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
📣 People are understandably up in the arms about this (it is horrible). But just want to wave a hand out there 👋 as we're going through the same thing in Humanities at Northumbria (1 out of 5 staff need to go by end of July). 1/?
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Jane Hamlett @janehamlett.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Call for contributions - Decluttering: Past and Present Perspectives - please do get in touch if you would like to join us for our workshop at Royal Holloway in November …
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Voices of Motherhood @voicesofmotherhood.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Really pleased that my co-authored article with @ruthdav.bsky.social has just been published. We review the vast historiography of motherhood in modern Britain, and argue for the importance of motherhood (broadly defined) as a category of historical analysis: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Revisiting the Politics of Motherhood in Modern British History | The Historical Journal | Cambridge Core
Revisiting the Politics of Motherhood in Modern British History
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Sadiah Qureshi 🦈 @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
I have a prize lecture about extinction this Thursday evening at the Royal Society. I’ll also receive a medal. Tickets are free and it will also be steamed on YouTube. Booking and watching details here: royalsociety.org/science-even...
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Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar prize lecture: Hope in the shadow of unnatural extinctions | Royal Society
Join us for the Royal Society Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar Medal and Lecture delivered by 2025 winner Professor Sadiah Qureshi.
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The John Rylands Library @thejohnrylands.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
What is history for? Join talks and workshops considering the ways in which Manchester’s past has been used to create stories about what Manchester is, who Mancunians are, and what a future Manchester might look like. Saturday 6 June, 10am-4pm. Booking required: ow.ly/TmtP50Z1wzQ
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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 21/05/2026
The Society's President and Council have released the following statement on the proposed closure of undergraduate degrees at the University of Hertfordshire, in #History and the wider humanities bit.ly/4dmV5oO This comes at a time of further bad news from Essex and Nottingham #Skystorians
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History and the humanities at the University of Hertfordshire – a statement from the Royal Historical Society - RHS
Even for those familiar with bleak times, this has been a particularly bad few weeks in UK higher education. Confirmed job losses at the University of Essex were followed by further bad news from Hert...
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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Join Lewis Ryder for an introduction to his new book 'Connoisseurs and Conmen', with opening remarks from Dr Erica Baffelli. Meet John Hilditch, the working‑class collector and unlikely architect of the Whitworth’s 1911 Japanese art exhibition. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/events/conno...
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Jonathan Healey @jonathanhealey.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
New Associate Professor role in modern British History, just advertised here at Oxford. @lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk @kelloggoxford.bsky.social my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
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Dr Jo Edge 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @hagenilda.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
One more signature for the petition to save Humanities at Hertfordshire to hit 2,500! Please take a minute to sign and share. #UCU www.change.org/p/save-the-h...
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Sign the Petition
Save the Humanities at the University of Hertfordshire
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Jennifer Williams @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
I think also, which speaks to points @robfordmancs.bsky.social has made, don’t mistake volumes of Reform votes for depth of feeling or loyalty. A lot of people feel Reform as the current fuck you vehicle, but aren’t in love with it. The allegiance is shallow
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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 24/04/2026
Next Friday, the Society's Council visits the University of Warwick to meet with historians from the region. The day ends with a public lecture by Prof Sasha Handley: 'The Haunting at the Rectory: Ghost Stories and Women’s Lives' bit.ly/3Qv3n4X and followed by a reception. All are very welcome 1/2
Image of Georgian house with text: ‘The Haunting at the Rectory: Ghost Stories and Women’s Lives in Early Modern England’
RHS Lecture at the University of Warwick.
With Professor Sasha Handley (University of Manchester). Part of the visit by the RHS Council to the University of Warwick. 5.30pm, 1 May 2026
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Dr Emily Jones @jonesemily.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
As another Primrose Day comes to a close, I thought I'd share the promo code for a lovely 30% off The Disraeli Myth: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
Promo code for The Disraeli Myth
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Charlotte Wildman @drcharlottewildman.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Thrilled to come back from hols to see this is out! The issue of welfare fraud is something I care deeply about and article on NI/ Nth Brit shows the application of anti-fraud policies varied regionally, impacting the most vulnerable women. Thanks to AHRC funding and to @jbritishstudies.bsky.social
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Women's History Network @womenshistnet.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
📣 New opportunity for early-career scholars! We’ve partnered with the Women’s History Association of Ireland (@whaireland.bsky.social) to award £500 for the best first monograph in women’s/gender history ❗Deadline: 31 July 2026 Find out more & apply: womenshistorynetwork.org/womens-histo...
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Prof Dave O'Brien @drdaveobrien.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Listen! @christinegrandy.bsky.social talks to @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social about one of the books of the year “Race on Screen: Audience Racism in Twentieth-Century Britain” newbooksnetwork.com/race-on-screen
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Christine Grandy, "Race on Screen: Audience Racism in Twentieth-Century Britain" (Cambridge UP, 2026) - New Books Network
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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 31/03/2026
Next week: the latest in the Society's 'New Historical Perspectives' book series is 'Organised Militarism in Interwar Britain. The Navy League and the Air League of the British Empire', by Rowan Thompson: bit.ly/474AbHq Published free OA & in p/back @uolpress.bsky.social on 9 April #Skystorians 1/2
Front cover of 'Organised Militarism in Interwar Britain. The Navy League and the Air League of the British Empire', by Rowan Thompson.
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
It is good that Research England excluded open access for books from the 2029 REF, but the transition to longform open access publishing is suffering from gridlock. We have a new report out today arguing we need a national strategy before the next REF www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/publications...
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Usage of higher education institutional repositories and “Green” open access for longform publications
This report provides one of the first comprehensive analyses of both qualitative and quantitative data concerning the deposit, discoverability, and use of longform open access (OA) materials in reposi...
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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 28/03/2026
Last week we launched a new programme to help historians, resident outside the UK and Ireland, to undertake research in the UK. Closing date: Friday 8 May #Skystorians
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Barnabas Calder @barnabascalder.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Do you know of someone who might be interested in doing a #PhD on the urban, architectural and environmental history of the University of Liverpool? If so could you point them in my direction?
An aerial view of part of the Uni of Liverpool campus in the 1960s, showing demolitions and new buildings.
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Catherine Fletcher @catherinefletcher.info · 11/03/2026
Very pleased to announce that TAKE YOUR RESEARCH PUBLIC is back for 2026. It's a practical course supporting PhD students and academics working on historical topics to translate their work into public-facing scholarship. Runs 2-23 June online. Apply by 20 April @dcahf-met.bsky.social
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Take Your Research Public
Take Your Research Public is a free practical course aimed at academic researchers (from mid-PhD onwards) who want to develop writing for magazines, social media, podcasts, radio or the broad trade…
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Sam Grinsell @samgrinsell.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Resharing this for any interested #skystorians and scholars in adjacent fields #EnvHums #EnvHist #CoastalHist #STS
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Hannah Barker @historyhannahb.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
As a historian of C18th northern England who recently published a social history of religion in northern towns I obviously had to see the Testament of Ann Lee, about the leader of a group popularly known as the Shakers, who originated in Manchester. It was *quite strange* THREAD
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Helen McCarthy @historianhelen.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
We are advertising a two-year lectureship in Modern British History at University of Cambridge, please spread the word! www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...
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Assistant Professor of British History [Temporary Cover]
The Faculty of History wishes to recruit a Temporary Assistant Professor in Modern British History. This is a fixed term 24 month Temporary Assistant Professorship. To cover the academic leave of the
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Lucas Poy @lucaspoy.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
The call for papers for the European Social Science History Conference is out! It will take place in Lyon on 21-24 April 2027. It is organised by @iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social, with thousands of colleagues and lively exchange in many small groups. More info here: esshc.iisg.amsterdam/en
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Emilie K. M. Murphy @emiliekmmurphy.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
🚨Job klaxon 🚨 Come and be my colleague at York! We're looking for an Associate Lecturer in Modern British History and Public History. Two year post - apply by 19 March. 🗃️ More details here www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQO971/a...
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Associate Lecturer (Modern British & Public History) at University of York
Explore an exciting academic career as a Associate Lecturer (Modern British & Public History). Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.
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Christine Grandy @christinegrandy.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
The book is out! Race on Screen: Audience Racism in Twentieth Century Britain is on the shelves. Get yourself a 20% discount and use code GRANDY26 at www.cambridge.org/9781009650939
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nataliethomlinson.bsky.social @nataliethomlinson.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Three scholarships for PhD in Arthur Scargill Archive - quite the opportunity. Believe me when I say that I am sure that some of the stuff in here will be quite the eye-opener! (if the good stuff hasn't been already shredded or slapped with an embargo)
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FindAPhD : PhD Studentships to support doctoral research in the Arthur Scargill Archive at the University of Sheffield at University of Sheffield
Apply for a PhD: PhD Studentships to support doctoral research in the Arthur Scargill Archive at the University of Sheffield at University of Sheffield
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
18 month postdoc at the lovely IHR in London, $41,740. Deadline 7 March. 'The Fellow will play a key role within the IHR team responsible for hosting the 2027 North American Conference in British Studies (NACBS)' in London 2027. Repost to spread the word. #Skystorians
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Jacob Price Fellowship in British Studies (18 month FTC):London Senate House - Hybrid
The University of London is both the UK’s largest provider of international distance and online learning and the convenor of a federation of 17 renowned higher education institutions.
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Tom Hulme @tomhulme.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
*drum roll* Here is the cover for my book, which will be published by @cornellupress.bsky.social on 15 April 2026! I thought it would be nice to share a bit of info on who these men were and how their lives and interests inspired the design...
A book cover, showing the title 'Belfastmen: An Intimate History of Life before Gay Liberation' by Tom Hulme. It is lavender coloured with yellow text, and shows two men sat on a bench, c. 1935.
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Intl Federation for Research in Women's & Gender History @ifrwh-offical.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Published a book on transnational women's or gender history 2020-25? 🚨Submissions to the Ida Blom-Karen Offen Book Prize in Transnational Women's & Gender History now open🚨You can see the full details on our website: www.ifrwh.com Closing date is 28 February 2026! #WomensHist #GenderHist
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The International Federation for Women's History
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Dr Rachel Bynoth @rachelbynoth.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
My area! History of Emotions is such a fruitful area for historical enquiry + one which really engages people. In an age where we are grappling to understand people, identity and relationships, I would highly recommend this online session on 26th April www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
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Researching the History of Emotions
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Daniel Grey @djrgrey.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
The @socialhistsoc.bsky.social have extended their CfP for their 50th anniversary conference until 23 January! 🌟Do submit your paper or panel and join us at Lancaster University, 1-3 July 2026 📄 There's 8 different strands to choose from that can be applied to 😀 socialhistory.org.uk/events/confe...
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Conference
Visit the post for more.
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Niamh NicGhabhann Coleman @niamhroisin.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Hello historians - there is a specific purpose role now advertised in UL’s history department - Title of Post: Assistant Professor in Irish History (specialism History of the Family) - all details are over on UL vacancies! Do share! #jobsky #skystorians #speirgorm #speirghorm
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History of Parliament @histparl.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
📣 We’re hiring! The History of Parliament are seeking a Research Fellow for our House of Lords 1660-1832 project. @georgianlords.bsky.social We’re looking for a historian with a PhD in 18thC British political or cultural history to join our expert team. 🔗 Details below: #AcademicJobs #HistoryJobs
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Job Vacancy: Research Fellow, 1660-1832 House of Lords - The History of Parliament
The History of Parliament are excited to advertise for a research fellow to join our House of Lords 1660-1832 project.
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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Unemployed in Liverpool, March 1957, photo by Bert Hardy (Getty Images).
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sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
This is a deeply depressing read by Rachel Hewitt and one that will feel frustratingly familiar to anyone trying to get a book published right now!! Also when she lists the big non fiction sellers - phew. open.substack.com/pub/rachelhe...
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NO PLATFORM: something's rotten in the state of non-fiction
In the past, non-fiction writers built platforms by researching and writing books. Now, writers are expected to *already* possess substantial online platforms.
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Voices of Motherhood @voicesofmotherhood.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
We are delighted to share the programme for our upcoming conference! We will be running fourteen panels across two days in early February - all online and open to everyone 😊 please see our website for more details on speakers, panels and how to book.
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‘The Politics of Motherhood: Maternalism, Maternity and Mothering’ Conference Programme – Voices of Motherhood
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lucynoakes1.bsky.social @lucynoakes1.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Ongoing decimation of British universities part 252: Apx. 1000 academic staff at University of Essex just received formal ‘risk of redundancy’ letters via email. Please share @ucuessex.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk
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Divorce_History @divorcehistory.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
📣Today we're launching the #CfP for the 1-day conference 'Broken Bonds: New Perspectives on Marital Breakdown in the English Common Law World 1801-1969' online & in-person 20 April 2026 #history #familylaw #divorce CfP deadline is 2 Feb 2026 See 👇for details. www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/new...
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Sarah Roddy @seroddy.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
We are delighted to announce that we'll be hosting the SSNCI conference in Maynooth next June. Call for papers attached. Please spread far and wide!
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