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H-Albion @halbion.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Please share this opportunity widely. Fellowship for individuals working in all fields of British Studies whose work examines themes related to the environment.
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Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Together with the Royal Historical Society & The National Archives, we are taking #HAP26 across the UK again. We are looking to partner with archive centres, large and small. Interested? Then read more and submit your application by 13 January 2025 www.history.ac.uk/news/call-a-...
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Anna Milon @hexnhart.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Looking to find out more about the biography of 19th c antiquarian (?) Thomas Broadbent Trowsdale. Any help appreciated!
Excerpt from The Freemason newspaper reading: Mr T Broadbent Trowsdale, author of "Glimpses of OLden England," "Customs of CHristmas-tide," "Old Times Tales," and other works of antiquarian interest, has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
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American Historical Association @historians.org · 20/11/2024
From #AHAPerspectives in 2020: @itsjohn.bsky.social asked, "How should historians behave in response to an active movement aiming to paint them as partisans seeking points in a zero-sum game?" 🗃️
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If You Charge Facts with Bias, Historians Are Guilty – AHA
A historian reflects on the political backlash he faced after an op-ed was picked up by the right-wing media.
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Jason M. Kelly Ph.D. FSA FRHistS (he/him) @jasonmkelly.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
FYI, #skystorians, H-Albion is now on Bluesky at @halbion.bsky.social #history #historians
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The English Historical Review @enghistrev.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Lewis Wade @wadehistory.bsky.social reviews Virtuous Bankers: A Day in the Life of the Eighteenth-Century Bank of England, by Anne L. Murphy @18thc-finance.bsky.social academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-... @princetonupress.bsky.social
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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 20/11/2024
November 20th marks #TransDayofRemembrance, which first took place on this day in 1999 🏳️‍⚧️ As we mourn and remember trans lives taken by violence this year, we'd like to share some pieces from HW's #transhistory archive 🧵👇 1/8 #queerhistory #transliberation
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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 19/11/2024
‘If the painting was nothing more than a realistic portrait of an 18th-century Black scholar in his study, that would be extraordinary enough. It’s the earliest such image in Western art, the first self-presentation of a Black person as an intellectual.’ www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Fara Dabhoiwala · A Man of Parts and Learning: Francis Williams Gets His Due
The only certainty about the picture is that it shows Francis Williams. No one has ever been able to discover who...
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BSSH @bssh.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Please note that the deadline for the BSSH Inclusive Communities History Prize is fast approaching. So check out www.sportinhistory.org/categories/inclusive-communities-history-prize Deadline is 1st December. @BASASofficial @OHS_LGBT @DisabilityHistr @ihr_bbh
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The Historical Journal @historicaljnl.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
📣Out now on #firstview! Eve Pennington (The University of Manchester) on 'Gender, Paid Employment, and Deindustrialization in New Towns in North-West England, c. 1970–1990s' #Economic #OralHistory #Urban #Work 👩‍🏭🏭🗃️ 20thc 👉Read open access: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Adam Crymble @adamcrymble.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
This is happening today. Please consider joining remotely if you can't come in person. Registration available at the link to get Zoom access. #history #18thCentury
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BSECS @bsecs.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
We are delighted to be able to offer the BSECS/Georgian Papers fellowship again this year. £1,000 to support a project drawing on the papers of the Georgian Papers Programme. **DEADLINE 1 FEBRUARY 2025** #18thC #skystorians 🗃️ #history www.bsecs.org.uk/prizes-and-a...
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Prizes and awards Archive - BSECS
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H-Albion @halbion.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Do you know that H-Albion started as a listserv in 1992? We're 32 years old--and some of you have been connected to us since the beginning!
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H-Albion @halbion.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
We left the bird network over a year ago, but we've just arrived here on Bluesky. Looking forward to seeing old faces and making new friends.
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