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Katie Milliken

@katie1973.bsky.social
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Historian of law, lawyers and modern Britain.

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"How Westminster Works ... and Why It (Still) Doesn't". Really looking forward to hosting the fabulous @iandunt.bsky.social at the @mileendinstitute.bsky.social on 28 September. Come and explore what's wrong with British politics - and what we can do about it. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-westmi...
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How Westminster Works ... and Why it (Still) Doesn't
Join the podcaster and journalist Ian Dunt to explore how Westminster is working today and how we can build something better for the future!
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Caroline Derry @carolinederry.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Researching the history of legal education and/or legal professions? The @openuniversity.bsky.social legal histories research cluster's call for papers for 'Shaping the legal professions' is open. Free, online conference, 27 Nov. CFP deadline: 16 October. #cfp #LegalHistory
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The Open University
The 7th annual Diversity, Dilemmas and Discoveries conference, a free, online event on Friday 27th November 2026, is hosted by the Open University Law School legal histories research cluster.
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Women's History Network @womenshistnet.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
🚨WHN Annual Conference: See the full programme! Join us for a very special conference year celebrating the centenary of the Women’s Library and 100 years of women's history. Thu 3 Sep - Fri 4 Sep 2026. For more details and to book womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-annual-c... @lselibrary.bsky.social
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WHN Annual Conference: Registrations now open!
The Women’s History Network 34th Annual Conference Celebrating the Centenary of the Women’s Library and 100 Years of Women’s History (1926-2026) 3-4 September 2026, LSE Library & Fr…
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Modern British Studies Association @modbritstud.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
The Modern British Studies Association is looking for volunteers to join its steering committee. We're keen to appoint a representative for independent scholars, for early career researchers, & co-editors for our blog. More details below; expressions of interest by 7 Sept. modbritstud.org.uk/join/
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Join the MBSA | Membership from £10
Become a member from just £10. Attend our annual conference, enter prizes & join a growing network of scholars. Join the MBSA today.
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Churchill Archives Centre @chuarchives.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
📣 Blog post from guest blogger Dr Andrew Brown focusing on G I Taylor's 1941 calculations of the blast from an atomic bomb. Taylor is 1 of 5 Cambridge scientists who are the subjects of Brown’s forthcoming book, Savants of Science and Warfare, to be published by @oxunipress.bsky.social next year
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The blast from an Atomic Bomb - Churchill Archives Centre
A blog post on G I Taylor's calculations of the blast from an atomic bomb and correspondence with James Chadwick, by Dr Andrew Brown
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Prof Carmen M. Mangion @carmenmangion.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
IHR Women's History Seminar Lightning Talks. Please post! @dralanagharris.bsky.social @lauragowing.bsky.social @sshmedicine.bsky.social @socialhistsoc.bsky.social @camunicampop.bsky.social @royalhistsoc.org
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HOWL @howl2025.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
In 1973, single women needed a male guarantor to get a mortgage. Hilary Land was there when financial & legal independence became the Fifth Demand of the Women's Liberation Movement: howl-uk.org/the-fifth-de...
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Modern British Studies Association @modbritstud.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Why should historians investigate the legal profession? Katherine Milliken @katie1973.bsky.social argues that lawyers became key contestors of a more powerful 1970s & 1980s political executive. Out today on #MBSA Histories from Here modbritstud.org.uk/why-do-you-n...
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Why do you need more lawyers in your (historical) life? - The Modern British Studies Association
Katherine Milliken I spoke at the recent (and excellent) Modern British Studies Association conference in Birmingham as part of a panel on ‘New Legal Histories of Late Modern Britain, c,1970-2010’ and...
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Katie Milliken @katie1973.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
My first foray into publication!
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The English Historical Review @enghistrev.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
New article on Open Access: Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social on 'Brexit as Democratic Crisis: Parliament, People and Prophetic Democracy, 2016–2019' academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-... #Brexit #Brexitanniversary
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Brexit as Democratic Crisis: Parliament, People and Prophetic Democracy, 2016–2019*
Abstract. The vote to leave the European Union in 2016 triggered the most serious democratic crisis in Britain since the summer of 1914. Over the next thre
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
I have an article coming out next week on "Brexit as Democratic Crisis", exploring why Brexit was so hard for Britain's democratic institutions to manage. It was great to join the "Parliament Matters" podcast to discuss the key arguments - and a few other things going on in British politics...
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Colm Murphy @colmpm.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
I'm really looking forward to chairing this launch for Matthew Hilton's excellent new book, Charity After Empire, for the @ihrbritainseminar.bsky.social, on 14 May. Come one come all! Details and sign up are included in the link below.
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Katie Milliken @katie1973.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
I used these records for my PhD thesis - a brilliant resource!
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Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
📢 Term 3 of @ihr.bsky.social @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social seminar begins next Weds 29 April @5.30pm & you can see what's coming up in programme curated by co-convener @benmechen.bsky.social between now & June. Come join us in-person or online to hear great papers & to 'talk history'. Full details 👇.📢
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Contemporary British History
The Contemporary British History seminar seeks to explore all aspects the recent past of the British Isles from a historical point of view.
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Laura Tisdall @lauratisdall.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
London-based #skystorians (and other interested parties!). My London book launch for WE HAVE COME TO BE DESTROYED: GROWING UP IN COLD WAR BRITAIN is at Waterstones Gower St on Weds 13th May at 6.30pm, and I'd love to see you there! Book tickets here: www.waterstones.com/events/we-ha... #histchild
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We Have Come to Be Destroyed - An Evening with Dr Laura Tisdall | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones
Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about We Have Come to Be Destroyed - An Evening with Dr Laura Tisdall today.
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Churchill Archives Centre @chuarchives.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
It’s always exciting to unpack a new collection. These diaries of structural engineer Ove Arup are being sorted and arranged before they are added to the rest of his archive. And wow, did he love a diary. Detailed diaries or journals, pocket diaries, desk diaries, notebooks and to-do lists
Diaries in piles on a tableA side view of diaries in piles on a table
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Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
On eve of #IWD2026 am delighted to share project webpage for #womensgrassrootsactivism & link to download #Activism100+ Toolkit ahead of launch on Tuesday 10 March, 5.30pm via Zoom. Take a look to find out more. @whaireland.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social learn.lsbu.ac.uk/womens-grass...
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Women's Grassroots Activism Toolkit 100+
Helping to enhance the lives of women and girls for another 100+ years
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Donald Trump says of Starmer:"This is not Winston Churchill we're dealing with". So what happened when Churchill travelled to Fulton, Missouri in 1946 to chart a new course for the UK-US relationship? What can we learn from that today? Join us tomorrow for an event that could hardly be more timely
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Caroline Derry @carolinederry.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Come to the online launch of Law and Justice in the 1950s! I'll be speaking about the Wolfenden Report, alongside editors Fiona Cownie and Rosemary Auchmuty and fellow contributors @paradoxbridge.bsky.social, Emma Jones, Sally Wheeler and more. #LegalHistory
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Law and Justice in the 1950s: Case Studies from a Neglected Decade.
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George Severs @georgesevers.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
There is a February sale on at @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social which means you can get my book Radical Acts: HIV/AIDS Activism in Late Twentieth-Century England for just over £16. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/radical-a...
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Radical Acts
Drawing on activist campaign literature and materials, broadcast media, and new oral history interviews, Severs reconstructs and discusses the overlooked world…
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
"An iron curtain has descended across the Continent". On 5 March we'll mark 80 years of Churchill's "Sinews of Peace" speech at Fulton Missouri. Join the brilliant @patporter76.bsky.social & @sophgaston.bsky.social to explore its history & the lessons for today www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/beyond-the...
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Beyond the Iron Curtain: Churchill's Fulton Speech, 80 Years On
Join the Mile End Institute for Prof Patrick Porter's lecture marking 80 years since Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech in Fulton, Missouri!
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Katie Milliken @katie1973.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Wonderful - congratulations!
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Helen McCarthy @historianhelen.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Interested in writing as a way of 'doing' politics? Then read this new collection of essays, Writing Politics in Modern Britain, edited by @richardtoye.bsky.social & @garylove.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/books/w...
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Writing Politics in Modern Britain
Cambridge Core - British Government, Politics and Policy - Writing Politics in Modern Britain
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Sian Cleary @clearys.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Delighted to launch the new King’s Contemporary British History x The Strand Group history research seminar. Huge thanks to our first speakers, newly minted PhDs Charlotte Cull and Paul Finer, & to Chair Prof David Edgerton @davidedgerton.bsky.social @charlottecull.bsky.social
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Katie Milliken @katie1973.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
It was a great paper and a lovely event. Looking forward to the next one!
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Charlotte Cull @charlottecull.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Really looking forward to the upcoming seminars in this series! It was so nice to present some of my research at KCL and I'm very grateful for the thoughtful questions from the audience
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IHR Women @ihrwomen.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Join us live at the IHR and online. Free registration: tinyurl.com/24pxj5we @lauragowing.bsky.social @clairelanghamer.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social @carmenmangion.bsky.social @dralanagharris.bsky.social @harkaway1.bsky.social @womenshistoryrev.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social
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Dr Helen Glew @helenglew.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Our programme for this term's @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social seminars at @ihr.bsky.social is now available! Please do join us in-person or online. www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
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Contemporary British History
The Contemporary British History seminar seeks to explore all aspects the recent past of the British Isles from a historical point of view.
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King's Arts & Humanities @kingsartshums.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
🌍 King's Department of History has launched a new Modern World History MA, now open for September 2026 intake. Find out more👇 www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-l...
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King's launches new Modern World History MA | King's College London
Apply to study at the Department of History at King's.
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Churchill Archives Centre @chuarchives.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
📚 Whether you're an undergraduate, postgraduate, academic, or independent researcher, our research grants and By-Fellowships are designed to support work using our collections here at Churchill Archives Centre. 🔗 Click the link to find out more & apply: buff.ly/JGsTtHK
A poster advertising the By-Fellowships and Research Grants offered by Churchill Archives Centre. The text included on this image can be found at the link in the main post.
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Churchill Archives Centre @chuarchives.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
We loved hosting our annual visit for students studying the Modern British History MPhil here in Cambridge. In our 2 hour session, we worked with students to explore what it means to look after collections, from when they enter our sorting room to going out to researchers in our reading room!
A student unlocking Winston Churchill's dispatch box.2 students looking at a photograph album in the reading room.James Greenhalgh talking about his academic research.5 students in our sorting room.
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Caroline Derry @carolinederry.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Less than a week away! Unmissable keynote for historians: Charlotte Smith of @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy will talk about the Denning Committee and the importance of engaging with how archival management shapes our work.
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Helen McCarthy @historianhelen.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Delighted to see my article exploring how Britons planned for retirement in the mid-to-late 20th century out in the world! It tries to capture the mixed feelings prompted by ageing & retirement whilst connecting those themes to wider histories of social democracy, selfhood & financialisation.
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hazardous-area.bsky.social @hazardous-area.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
@alicefraser.bsky.social Hey Alice, I just listened to the cast about your book. I am so sorry that has happened to you. I think your audiobook idea was brilliant. Perfect format for your existing audience too. I went bought a copy right away. It’s only 15 usd which is a steal!
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A Passion For Passion: the Audiobook — THE BUGLE
Alice Fraser has voiced the new audiobook from The Bugle
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Katie Milliken @katie1973.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Pleased to be an Associate Fellow!
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Katie Milliken @katie1973.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
I am taking up a By-Fellowship next year - it’s a great opportunity and I am really looking forward to being back at Churchill.
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Lucy Delap @lucydelap.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
If you love women's history, sign up for the Women's History Network ‪@womenshistnet.bsky.social‬ annual conference. Running over 4-5 Sept, it's free, online, & packed with great panels on activism, archives, the arts and fashion, economic life, sexualities womenshistorynetwork.org/the-womens-h...
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The Women’s History Network Annual Conference
Women’s History Network 33rd Annual Conference  Online via Zoom    Thursday 4 & Friday 5 September 2025 Hidden in Plain Sight: Women in Archives, Libraries, Museums and Personal Collections Reg…
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Katie Milliken @katie1973.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
This is a great opportunity to speak to a friendly and supportive group!
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Katie Milliken @katie1973.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
This looks like a good listen with a 4 hour train journey ahead of me today.
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Past Present Future Podcast @ppfideas.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! Today’s bad idea is one that started out as satire and ended as a political slogan. David talks to historian of ideas Ben Jackson about meritocracy and its origins in Michael Young’s book The Rise of the Meritocracy published in 1958. Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
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Katie Milliken @katie1973.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
No better person to hear from on this topic than @robertsaunders.bsky.social - will make the commute fly by!
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Prof Gráinne McKeever @mckeevergrainne.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Delighted we'll be publishing our book on 'Legal participation for litigants in person: protecting the right to a fair trial' w @hartpublishing.bsky.social in 2026, following the footsteps of @leader-kate.bsky.social, @jessmant.bsky.social & others, building on our @nuffieldfoundation.org research.
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Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Interested in starting a PhD (fee waiver) in Sept 2025 on 'Repression, silencing & criminalisation of activism & protest' at #LSBU? If yes click link below for more info. & please re-post 🙂. #activism #skystorians @socialhistsoc.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social www.lsbu.ac.uk/research/res...
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Katie Milliken @katie1973.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Just listened on my morning “run” - a delight 🤗
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David O’Doherty @phlaimeaux.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
What did Adam Buxton do yesterday? I would say, this is the best place to find out: podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/w...
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Katie Milliken @katie1973.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Finally some news I can trust 😐
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Katie Milliken @katie1973.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
This is a wonderful opportunity!
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Churchill Archives Centre @chuarchives.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
And if you'd like to be our next Archives Centre By-Fellow, just head over to our website to find out more about our application process buff.ly/v6eZ0Kv
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Research grants & By-Fellowships - Churchill Archives Centre
Find out available research grants and Archives By-Fellowships, including eligibility and the application process.
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Katie Milliken @katie1973.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Agreed - lots to think about, and lovely to see friends and meet new ones #qmcbs
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Katie Milliken @katie1973.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Looking forward to this (and to saying hello!).
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