As course closures, shrinking provision and widening regional inequalities threaten the future of UK higher education and research, President of the British Academy, Susan J Smith calls for an immedia...

The study of history at UK universities appears to be under existential threat. Should anyone care?

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Dr Charlie Lynch attends a two-day conference held to mark 50 years since the publication of a book which ruffled the feathers of Scotland’s…

The Ben Pimlott Memorial Lecture 2026 - William Whyte: The Future of National Biography Tuesday 6 October 2026, 6pm The Ben Pimlott Lecture is hosted by the journal Modern British History, Oxford Univ...

Research Assistant (828088), As a Research Assistant, you will assist in the delivery of the research activities as part of a small, interdisciplinary team, working under the general supervision of Dr...

Save the Humanities at the University of Hertfordshire

Save the Humanities at the University of Hertfordshire

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I joined UKRI six years ago because I was deeply attracted to the ambition of unifying curiosity led research and strategic or mission led interventions with the power of science to drive a just ec…

The Society’s Funded Book Workshops Grants support historians, currently working on a second or third major research project, and which will lead to publication of a monograph. The Book Workshops enab...

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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...

The School of Global Affairs at Lancaster University is seeking to appoint a Lecturer in Late Medieval / Early Modern History (1400-1700). This is a 1.0 FTE indefinite appointment to start on 1 August...

John Wyver writes: Ten days ago, with perhaps rather too little fanfare, the Government released a new strategic vision for archives. Commissioned from The National Archives (TNA) and launched by Baro...

Abstract. In the 1970s a female police officer went undercover in the feminist movement in Britain. Across two years, she shared plans, conversations, and

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This conference will bring together scholars to discuss the shape of modern British studies in an urgently unstable global context, termed a ‘polycrisis’ (Tooze, 2023). Featuring panels on the environ...

This article explores the benefits of academic collaboration with the community of practice. It employs experimental history methodology, a collaboration between historians, curators and volunteer ...

Call for Expressions of Interest Scottish Historical Review : Pre-1707 Editor   The Scottish Historical Review seeks an editor for pre-1707 material. The term of office is 5 years and co...

Discover an exciting academic career path as a Jenny Wormald Junior Research Fellow in Women’s History at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!

To celebrate 50 years of the Social History Society, we’ve teamed up with the Institute of Historical Research to host a Social History Festival! The festival will feature two expert discussion pan…

Researching Student Lives: Methodological and Theoretical Perspectives. Volume 23, Issue 1 of Cultural and Social History

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