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Project Leader Victoria County History 'The Making of Maidstone'. Associate Fellow @ihr.bsky.social and Honorary Fellow @memsunikent.bsky.social. Formerly @ Antwerp Centre for Digital Humanities & Literary Criticism. www.jack-newman.com

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Jack Newman @jack-newman.com · 10/08/2026
Does anyone have access to 'Notes on a Source for John Foxe's Account of the Marian Persecution in Kent and Sussex' Historical Research, Volume 67, 1994 ? For some reason I just can't get it!
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Amalia S. Levi, PhD @amaliasl.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
📢 Once more for the people in the back: - Most [more than 95%] of archives have not been digitized. - Most of humanity's knowledge and memory is *not* reachable by LLMs. - Believing that AI can provid you with comprehensive, definitive, "intelligent" results is folly.
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James Baker @jwbaker.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
📢 Just over two weeks left to nominate your work or work you love for the 2026 Richard Deswarte Prize in Digital History ihrdighist.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2021/12/the-richard-deswarte-prize-in-digital-history/ #dhist
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The 2026 Richard Deswarte Prize in Digital History - Digital History Seminar
SUBMIT YOUR NOMINATION HERE BEFORE 31 MAY Richard Deswarte (1965-2021) was one of the founding convenors of the Digital History seminar at the Institute of Historical Research (IHR), University of Lon...
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Helen Gittos @helengittos.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
If you happen to be at a loose end in Ipswich tomorrow, it would be lovely to see you! Tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/annual-bas...
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Annual Basil Brown Memorial Lecture 2026
Sutton Hoo and Byzantium Guest speaker: Dr. Helen Gittos, Fellow and Tutor in Medieval History at Oxford University
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Jack Newman @jack-newman.com · 01/05/2026
I have left this rather late to advertise but, in case anyone is local, I will be speaking tomorrow morning at Canterbury Medieval Weekend on poetry, murder, intrigue, and DENSE LEGAL WORDPLAY. history-weekends.org/programme/at...
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‘Faith is Rare, Law Dies, Fraud Lives, and Love Lies Buried’: Attitudes towards Royal Justice in the Literary Works of the Harley Scribe, c.1320–1348
Explore medieval ideas of justice through the Harley Scribe’s poetic reflections on corruption, law, and royal power in early fourteenth-century England.
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Adam Chapman @adamchapman.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Re-posting this after Easter week. A potential research job that might suit an ECR.
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Adam Crymble @adamcrymble.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Funded PhD Studentship – UCL x V&A Museum Explore the overlooked contributions of migrant labour to British craft and design in the long eighteenth century (c.1688–1837). Join me at UCL and collaborate with the brilliant team at the V&A. Deadline: 15 April 2026 www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
Funded PhD: Migrant Labour & British Craft: Trace the invisible hands of mihgrant makers in eighteenth-century Britain.
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Mary Flannery @15thcgossipgirl.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
This is an INCREDIBLE opportunity, guys!!!! Please share widely!
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Leonie V. Hicks @lvhicks.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
A PhD opportunity at CCCU in History/Archaeology/Heritage. Preference is for a modernist, but proposals in other areas will be considered. Dr @davehitchcock.bsky.social is the point of contact. www.canterbury.ac.uk/study-here/f... #skystorians #medievalsky #archaeology
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CCCU History and Archaeology PhD Scholarship
Find out about the CCCU History and Archaeology PhD Scholarship which will support a student looking to explore a modern historical topic.
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Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Job alert! Interested in a career in libraries? We're looking for our next Graduate Trainee Library Assistant to start in September 2026. A great introduction to the profession and a fascinating and friendly place to work. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPZ835/g...
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Graduate Trainee Library Assistant at University of London
Recruiting now: Graduate Trainee Library Assistant on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job opportunities on the top job board
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Dr Kathleen Neal @kbneal.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
If you have the means I highly recommend the cause of supporting a fellow scholar
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Maxine Beuret @maxinebeuret.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Are you interested in local history? @vch-home.bsky.social @hackney-society.bsky.social @history.dulwichsociety.com In this free workshop, you will be taught how to produce a short video from the material you have collected to share the stories you are uncovering. www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
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Ruth Slatter @ruthslatter.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
1/ All of the papers in the special section of #Area I have co-edited with @ed-brookes.bsky.social are now available online. All focused on #participatory #historicalgeography they are full of practical reflections on innovative pieces of historical research. Follow this thread to find out more!
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Jack Newman @jack-newman.com · 15/09/2025
Are you a postgraduate researcher trying out digital methods, tools or resources as a means of exploring historical phenomena? Consider applying for our Postgraduate Seminar Series ihrdighist.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2025/08/ihr-...
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IHR Digital History Seminar Postgraduate Panels Call for Papers 2025-26 - Digital History Seminar
Are you a postgraduate researcher trying out digital methods, tools or resources as a means of exploring historical phenomena? Is your historical research made possible by the use of electronic tools ...
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Jack Newman @jack-newman.com · 15/09/2025
Are you a postgraduate researcher trying out digital methods, tools or resources as a means of exploring historical phenomena? Consider applying for our Postgraduate Seminar Series ihrdighist.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2025/08/ihr-...
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IHR Digital History Seminar Postgraduate Panels Call for Papers 2025-26 - Digital History Seminar
Are you a postgraduate researcher trying out digital methods, tools or resources as a means of exploring historical phenomena? Is your historical research made possible by the use of electronic tools ...
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Victoria County History @vch-home.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Join us online on 24 Sept to celebrate the 250th VCH Big Red Book! Founded in 1899, @vchlondon.bsky.social is writing the #history of every place in #England, with partners across the country. We'll also celebrate #LocalHistory, #communityhistory & #place based history more widely. All welcome!
https://www.history.ac.uk/news-events/events/celebrating-local-place-based-history-westmorland-250th-vch-big-red-book#:~:text=Event%20information%3E&text=In%20September%202025%2C%20the%20UK's,and%20community%20history%20more%20widely.
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Jack Newman @jack-newman.com · 07/07/2025
This is a great model. Emily was kind enough to share it with our @vchlondon.bsky.social project and it has been so helpful. It allowed volunteers with no training to accurately transcribe Early Modern records. This would have been so much harder without her help
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James Baker @jwbaker.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
🔊 Today at midday UK time, join the @ihr.bsky.social Digital History seminar (on Zoom) to celebrate 'Tudor Networks of Power', the winning entry for the 2024 Richard Deswarte Prize in Digital History ihrdighist.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2024/09/tues... #dhist
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22 May 2025 – Deswarte Prize Seminar: Ruth Ahnert and Sebastian Ahnert on 'Tudor Networks of Power' - Digital History Seminar
This seminar is 12:00 pm – 13:30 pm GMT live on Zoom at https://zoom.us/j/97213610241 later posted to our YouTube channel. This seminar will celebrate the winning entry for the 2024 Richard Deswarte P...
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Ruth Slatter @ruthslatter.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
This looks like a super interesting PhD opportunity for an artist or historian engaged in creative practice-based research www.rca.ac.uk/study/apply-... @royalcollegeofart.bsky.social #nationalmaritimemuseum @josiekane.bsky.social
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AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) Studentship: Thames Barge Stories
A fully funded Collaborative doctoral studentship between the National Maritime Museum and Royal College of Art from October 2025, under the AHRC’s Collaborative Doctoral Partnerships scheme.
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Victoria County History @vch-home.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
We're really looking forward to this: hope to see you there!
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Adam Chapman @adamchapman.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
I love the juxtaposition here of @vchlondon.bsky.social #BigRedBooks with the (even bigger) volumes of Camden's Britannia (1695). People have been writing about place for a long, long time. For VCH online, see @bho.bsky.social, a full text of Camden here, btw: quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo2/B184....
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Victoria County History @vch-home.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
#ICYMI - #Skystorians We are delighted to announce the launch of FOUR new VCH projects across England. We now have active projects in 22 of England's counties and two of the three historic Ridings of Yorkshire. Welcome to the fold, #Dorset, #Kent, #Lincolnshire and #London! More in the blog:
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Four New Victoria County History Projects  - On History
This blog post was written by Ruth Slatter and Adam Chapman, Co-General Editors of the VCH. The Victoria County History (VCH), is delighted to announce that its national network of place-based history...
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Adam Chapman @adamchapman.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
This is a bumper year for @vchlondon.bsky.social: Four new projects (each breaking new ground in counties where we haven't been actively researching for around a century. Many new books *including* our 250th Big Red Book (and that's in a county we haven't done before: Westmorland). #VCHRedBook250
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Jack Newman @jack-newman.com · 24/04/2025
Proud to be part of this. It's early days but feel very lucky to be able to do this important work.
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Centre for the History of People, Place & Community @chppc.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Despite being over 125 years old, one of our flagship projects @vchlondon.bsky.social continues to be a vibrant, growing national network of place-based historians. The network has very excitingly recently welcomed 4 new projects. Find out more in this @ihr.bsky.social blog post 👇
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Matt Lampitt @mattlampitt.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Thrilled to see that this is now available online (for free)! academic.oup.com/book/59910 @mappingthemarch.bsky.social
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Literary Culture in the Medieval Welsh Marches: Networks, Places, Politics
Abstract. The Welsh Marches, a name that today refers to the borderland regions between England and Wales, are often coupled with images of idealized rusti
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Transkribus @transkribus.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Did you know that we give away free credits to students who want to use Transkribus for their Bachelor, Master or PhD thesis? Lean more about our Transkribus Scholarships 👇 www.transkribus.org/scholarship
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Heather Taylor (Hetty) @healextay.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Want to know what kind of ‘non-medical’ ailments a medieval medical practitioner might have been able to treat you for? Thrilled to share some of my research in the journal of the @sshmedicine.bsky.social - open access and everything! doi.org/10.1093/shm/...
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‘An experiment pervyd for a thynge y lost’: ‘Non-medical’ Charms and experimenta in Medieval Medical Manuscripts
Summary. This essay conducts a close examination of manuscripts of English provenance from the late Middle Ages which, while predominantly medical in natur
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James Baker @jwbaker.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Our partners - large and small - together ensure we can continue to do what we do. If you value our open access, multilingual work, please consider becoming a partner.
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Emily Rowe @emilyrowe1.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Excited to run the annual @cemskcl.bsky.social colloquium on early modern war narratives in June! Check out the CFP below, please share widely, and submit an abstract!
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Ivo Wolsing @ivowolsing.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
#medievalsky This is a very specific question, but I'm looking for manuscripts (pre-1200) that combine some sort of time reckoning (e.g. computus) with T-O maps. I know they exist, but until now it's like searching for a needle in a haystack. For instance: digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/cca3...
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St John's College MS 17 [2024 images]
View high resolution digitized images of St John's College MS 17 [2024 images] Computistical miscellany
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Past and Present @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Applications are open for the 2025-27 Past & Present Fellowships @ihr.bsky.social are open Applications close on 31st Jan 2025 Fellows appointed will commence on 1st Oct 2025 and be tenable for 24 months Please share with your network www.history.ac.uk/fellowships/...
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Past & Present Fellowships
Past & Present Fellowships are available for two years, and open to researchers who have completed a doctorate in history.
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Leverhulme Trust @leverhulme.ac.uk · 06/12/2024
The Trust’s Study Abroad Studentship scheme is open until 7 January 2025. www.leverhulme.ac.uk/study-abroad-s… In Indonesia, @botanicalotter.bsky.social is working on ornamental plant #conservation through this scheme: www.leverhulme.ac.uk/study-abroad-s…
Fraser Cook's research on plant conservation in Indonesia
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Adam Crymble @adamcrymble.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Gave a talk to secondary school students on 'Is an Interdisciplinary degree right for you?' Very well attended, but only open to Private School students (they organised). If any state schools are hosting virtual events, and would like to hear more, please get in touch
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C. Annemieke Romein @caromein.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
My latest article ‘State of the Field: Digital Legal History’. Come check it out: doi.org/10.21825/dlh... #OpenAccess #DLH #DigitalHumanities #methodology #projects
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State of the Field: Digital Legal History.
This article presents a comprehensive analysis of the methodological advancements in Digital Legal History (DLH), focusing on pivotal processes such as digitisation, datafication, and the evolution of...
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James Baker @jwbaker.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
For those who missed Colin Greenstreet discussing 'AI assistants and agents: A New Skill Set for Historians?' at the @ihr.bsky.social Digital History seminar last night, the talk www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALlu... and slides ihrdighist.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2024/09/tues... are now up. Enjoy! #dhist
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Colin Greenstreet: AI assistants and agents - A New Skill Set for Historians?
YouTube video by IHR Digital History Seminar
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MarineLives @marinelives.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
The slides and video from my talk yesterday at the IHR Digital Seminar on ai and history ihrdighist.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2024/09/tues...
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The Material Culture of Wills Project @materialwills.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
📢 TOMORROW: Wills Project Webinar 📢 We're hosting a webinar on Tuesday 12 November at 15.30 to mark the launch of our 'Zooniverse' site ✍️📃 Find out how to join us here: sites.exeter.ac.uk/materialcult... @cemsexeter.bsky.social @leverhulme.bsky.social #history #blueskystorians #skystorians
A GIF advertising the wills project webinar
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HistoryLab @ihrhistorylab.bsky.social · 31/10/2024
🏆Prize announcement! #CFP #History We're excited to announce that submissions are open for our Olivette Otele Prize for Black, UK-based PhD students. This is an opportunity for academic excellence to be recognised and showcased! Please keep reading... #OlivetteOtelePrize (1)
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The Material Culture of Wills Project @materialwills.bsky.social · 16/10/2024
📢THE WILLS PROJECT IS NOW LIVE ON ZOONIVERSE 📢 And now we need your help! www.zooniverse.org/projects/hjs... Using cutting edge technology we've generated transcriptions of 25,000 wills, now we need participants to check & correct them 🧵1/ 🗃️ #skystorians #EarlyModern #CitizenScience
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Jack Newman @jack-newman.com · 09/08/2024
Realised I neglected to post the CFP for our Digital History Postgraduate Panels here (deadline is today!). If you are a postgraduate who uses digital methods, tools or resources as a means of exploring historical phenomena then please consider taking part: ihrdighist.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2024/07/ihr-...
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Alexandra Ortolja @alexandraortolja.bsky.social · 19/07/2024
Digital History CFP! Please consider submitting a paper for our postgrad panels for the IHR digital history seminar 2024-5! #dh #dhistory👇 ihrdighist.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2024/07/ihr-...
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IHR Digital History Seminar Postgraduate Panels Call for Papers 2024-25 - Digital History Seminar
Are you a postgraduate researcher trying out digital methods, tools or resources as a means of exploring historical phenomena? Is your historical research made possible by the use of electronic tools ...
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Knowledge Orders before Modernity @komldsp.bsky.social · 10/07/2024
A reminder: under 48 hours to go for the MA+ scholarship funded by @leverhulme.bsky.social . Drop us a line if you are interested and have a question.
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Alexandra Ortolja @alexandraortolja.bsky.social · 02/07/2024
The IHR digital history seminar might be over for 23-34 but you can still access all the recorded presentations via our Youtube channel 👇 www.youtube.com/@ihrdigitalh... Look out for next year's line-up coming out soon! #dhist #digitalhistory
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Jane Winters @jfwinters.bsky.social · 23/05/2024
If you work in research, higher education or the cultural heritage sector, I would be very grateful if you could spare 10-15 mins to complete this survey of ‘Attitudes towards Generative AI in research, cultural heritage and education’ forms.office.com/e/MjvHAUBTAG. Thank you very much in advance!
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Microsoft Forms
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Knowledge Orders before Modernity @komldsp.bsky.social · 15/03/2024
Word is getting around about our scholarships: www.kent.ac.uk/scholarships... Remember that to make a submission to us for funding, you need to have applied for a PhD place to one of the two partner institutions, @kcl.ac.uk or @memsunikent.bsky.social. Do contact us if you have questions.
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Justin Colson @justincolson.bsky.social · 12/03/2024
Bursaries to study on our MA are still available! Support of either £10k or 50% of total fees. If you're interested in studying for a History MA it is DEFINITELY worth applying! www.history.ac.uk/funding/ma-s...
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MA Student Funding
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MEMS @memsunikent.bsky.social · 12/03/2024
✨ Considering doing a MA or PhD with us? ✨ Join us March 23th for our online open event with Dr Rob Gallagher at 5pm GMT! Come ask all of your questions about #funding & our #postgrad programmes. ☺️ We look forward to meeting you! For more info & registration: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ma-and-phd...
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Justin Colson @justincolson.bsky.social · 07/03/2024
Have historical data about places that you would like to map? This one day course covers recording historical data in ways that can be mapped, and practical issues of GIS map making with vectors. We still have spaces (in-person) @ihr_history in late May!
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