Reposted by Jayne GiffordEmily Cockayne @rummage.bsky.social · 14/03/2026@jaynelgifford.bsky.social on the telly! www.tvguide.co.uk/schedule/de5... 021
Reposted by Jayne GiffordDan Feather @danieljfeather.bsky.social · 02/06/2025Fixed term post in African History in my department covering a colleague's externally funded research leave www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNH697/l...jobs.ac.ukLecturer in African History (Fixed term for 12 months) at Liverpool John Moores UniversityRecruiting now: Lecturer in African History (Fixed term for 12 months) on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job opportunities on the top job board 002
Reposted by Jayne GiffordDavid Motadel @davidmotadel.bsky.social · 31/05/2025Please join us this Tuesday, 3 June, 5-7pm, for the book launch of GLOBALIZING EUROPE: A HISTORY, with Sir Richard J. Evans, Maxine Berg, Richard Drayton, Abigail Green, Jan Rüger, and me, at MAR.2.04, Marshall Building, LSE: www.lse.ac.uk/Internationa... 0165
Reposted by Jayne GiffordHistory of Parliament @histparl.bsky.social · 28/05/2025Tickets are still available for our event next week! Join us to discuss how and why we interview MPs for our Oral History project, as well as some of the things we have learnt from our interview archive, in this special live recording of our podcast Tales from the Green Benches! 066
Reposted by Jayne GiffordInstitute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social · 28/05/2025Studying, researching or teaching histories of the British Empire or Commonwealth? Try using the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH), it contains 650,000+ resources from 55 BCE to today! Find out how to use BBIHbit.lyUsing BBIH online: a help pack for students and lecturersFor the academic year, we've a help pack offering guides to BBIH in undergraduate and graduate teaching and research. With embeddable content for VLEs. 03826
Reposted by Jayne GiffordRoyal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 29/05/2025The shortlist for the Society's 2025 First Book Prize for early career historians is now available bit.ly/4kkm4lW Eight titles have been selected, following an open call for submissions of books published in 2024. Two winners of the 2025 prize will be announced in July. #Skystorians 211350
Jayne Gifford @jaynelgifford.bsky.social · 30/05/2025Really pleased to see my chapter on “Policymaking and the Political-Military interface on the Periphery of Empire” appear in this wonderful edited volume on Frontiers and Boundaries in British India. Thank you. www.routledge.com/At-the-Margi... 121
Jayne Gifford @jaynelgifford.bsky.social · 24/02/2025Delighted to see my latest article is available on Open Access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Thank you to the Diplomacy&Statecraft team for their encouragement and support.tandfonline.comThe Politics of Pageantry: Royal Tours and Imperial Pomp on the Periphery of Empire1Royal tours are years in the making and the co-ordination between the Royal Household and the British representatives on the ground is vital. The work undertaken by mid-level administrators within ... 022
Reposted by Jayne GiffordChurchill Archives Centre @chuarchives.bsky.social · 14/02/2025Thank you for coming.😊We really enjoyed meeting your students and exploring the world of archives altogether!📃 021
Jayne Gifford @jaynelgifford.bsky.social · 14/02/2025@chuarchives.bsky.social an absolutely wonderful day with the Churchill Archives team. We explored the meaning of the Atlantic Charter and enjoyed a fascinating behind the scenes tour taking in material culture as well as the preservation and conservation process. Thank you! 020
Reposted by Jayne GiffordEarly Career Researcher Podcast @ecrpodcasters.bsky.social · 27/01/2025Episode 21: Changes and Challenges in the publishing industry and what it means for Humanities ECRs @rozierhistorian.bsky.social had a great chat with Caroline Palmer from @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social and Rosie Bonté of @brepols.bsky.social Free to listen on Spotify and Apple, links in bio 048
Reposted by Jayne GiffordVictorian Commons @victoriancommons.bsky.social · 27/01/2025#OnThisDay 1840 the Commons debated whether to grant an annual allowance of £50,000 to Prince Albert following his forthcoming marriage to Queen Victoria, but after opposition, agreed on the lesser sum of £30,000: api.parliament.uk/historic-han... 042
Reposted by Jayne GiffordEmily Cockayne @rummage.bsky.social · 18/11/2023Penning Poison is in the pink newspaper — one of the best history books of 2023! 292
Reposted by Jayne GiffordSchool of History UEA @ueahistory.bsky.social · 25/10/2023Last month Dr Gifford presented a paper for the Churchill Archives Centre 50th Anniversary conference, 'flying the flag for diaries as historical sources', focusing on Blanche Lloyd's diaries. Watch here! www.youtube.com/watch?v=plyN... 023
Reposted by Jayne GiffordEmily Cockayne @rummage.bsky.social · 25/10/2023The New Statesman’s best books of the academic presses Our choice of the highlights from the universities in 2023. www.newstatesman.com/culture/book... 042
