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Melanie Torrent

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British & Commonwealth history, Franco-British relations and connected ends of empire, foreign policy & diplomatic cultures Université Picardie Jules Verne & Institute of Commonwealth studies

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Melanie Torrent @meltorrent.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Join us on 27 May (4pm BST) for In Search of Britain, with Mona Parra @ugrenoblealpes.bsky.social on Australia and Allied Signals Intelligence during World War Two, with Sylvain Gaillaud (SIRICE) & Marie Ruiz @upjv-univ.bsky.social Full details & registration link: searchofbritain.wordpress.com
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Past Present Future Podcast @ppfideas.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! David gets 5 perspectives on the deeper causes behind the current crisis: historians @robertsaunders.bsky.social, Anthony Seldon and @dmk1793.bsky.social, @drhannahwhite.bsky.social from the IfG and political scientist @robfordmancs.bsky.social. Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
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Duncan Bell @duncanbell.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
OUT NOW! The Oxford Handbook of H. G. Wells is now available online academic.oup.com/edited-volum... 47 chapters on Wells and his worlds Hardcopy to follow in June
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The Oxford Handbook of H. G. Wells
Abstract. The Oxford Handbook of H. G. Wells offers a wide-ranging overview of the life and work of one of the most influential writers of the twentieth ce
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British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Applications now open for a fully-funded PhD studentship exploring Yugoslavia’s multifaceted role during the Cold War, co-supervised with @exeter.ac.uk . This is one of a number of studentships available as part of AHRC’s Collaborative Doctoral Partnership scheme. Find out more: link.bl.uk/q95
A bright coral red graphic with black and white Yugoslavian stamps accross the bottom. Text in the centre reads Cold War Socialism, Non-Alignment and Anti-Colonialism in the Yugoslav Press, 1961 - 1979. With University of Exeter. Uncover fresh insights into Cold War socialism and anti-colonialism from a Yugoslav perspective, centering on the largely unexamined Joint Translation Service (JTS) bulletins. Deadline Tuesday 5 May.
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Caring Communities @caring-communities.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
📣 Call for papers: Caring Communities: Rethinking Histories of Care, Class, and Kinship, 1800-present Newcastle University, Thursday 3 - Friday 4 September 2026. Deadine for submissions: Friday 24 April 2026. caringcommunities.co.uk/conference/
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Ole Birk Laursen @olebirklaursen.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Looking forward to speaking in the symposium "1725-2025: Historical & Contemporary Links Between Scotland and South Asia" organised by @tgifatima.bsky.social and @sheelalipi.bsky.social at @iashedinburgh.bsky.social tomorrow.
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HEPISTEA @hepistea.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Présentation des études sérielles dans les études anglophones, par S. Hatchuel. doi.org/10.71909/0mp... @saesfrance.org @afea.bsky.social @lerma.bsky.social @emma-recherche.bsky.social #étudesanglophones #artsvisuels #étudessérielles #sériestélé
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Stephen Legg @stephenlegg11.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
I am incredibly grateful to Chris Philo for organising a book forum to discuss "Spaces of Anticolonialism: Delhi's Urban Governmentalities". 50 free downloads of "Writing the anticolonial: between postcolonial and decolonial geographies" at... www.tandfonline.com/eprint/B7CBR...
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Parliamentary History Journal @parlhistjournal.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
In this free to read article, @lauracforster.bsky.social explores socialist political lecture tours in the late 19th century and how these produced everyday, intimate experiences that could powerfully embody socialist ideas for new audiences. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
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Travelling Activists, Radical Hospitality and the Intimate History of Socialist Organising in Britain, c.1880–1914*
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HEPISTEA @hepistea.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Études Épistémè : revue internationale sur la littérature, l’histoire et la culture européennes (XVIe–XVIIIe siècles), notamment britanniques. Par C.Gheeraert-Graffeuille. doi.org/10.71909/GC8... @saesfrance.org @afea.bsky.social @lerma.bsky.social #ÉtudesBritanniques #histoire #littérature #art
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Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick @mrcwarwick.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
'Dole Not Coal' The effects of the 1984/5 Miners' Strike are still felt in former coalfield communities Campaign material from the dispute, including leaflets, pamphlets and other publicity material produced by community groups and the NUM, is online at cdm21047.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/coll...
Satirical £16 note. It includes a picture of Margaret Thatcher in a hard hat with a 'Dole Not Coal' badge, wearing a 'Woman Opposed to Women Against Pit Closures' t-shirt; a drawing of John Harris's famous image of a mounted riot police officer hitting a woman with a baton at Orgreave; and the text 'The Capitalist State promises to withhold from each miner the sum of Sixteen Pounds. London From the N.C.B. and H.M. Government M. Thatcher Chief Executioner'.
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Victor Pereira @victorpereira.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Il est tout beau et vient juste de sortir! Un livre qui fera date dans l’historiographie sur la guerre d’Espagne. Et qui n’oublie pas Buenaventura Durruti, symbole des militants qui résistèrent au coup d’état militaire et luttèrent au nom de l’antifascisme.
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HEPISTEA @hepistea.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
e-Rea, une revue électronique pluridisciplinaire de référence sur le monde anglophone. Par M.-O. Hédon et S. Mathé. doi.org/10.71909/A74... @saesfrance.org @afea.bsky.social @lerma.bsky.social #étudesanglophones #grandentretien #civilisation #littérature #linguistique #artsvisuels
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Catherine Fletcher @catherinefletcher.info · 11/03/2026
Very pleased to announce that TAKE YOUR RESEARCH PUBLIC is back for 2026. It's a practical course supporting PhD students and academics working on historical topics to translate their work into public-facing scholarship. Runs 2-23 June online. Apply by 20 April @dcahf-met.bsky.social
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Take Your Research Public
Take Your Research Public is a free practical course aimed at academic researchers (from mid-PhD onwards) who want to develop writing for magazines, social media, podcasts, radio or the broad trade…
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Independent Social Research Foundation @isrfoundation.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
🚨 CFA: 'Re-imagining Legacies, Transitions and Meanders in Southern African Histories'. The Southern African Historical Society conference invites contributions for papers on a range of themes - from legal histories to protest culture. Learn more
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Southern African Historical Society
CFP-30th-SAHS-Conference-2026Download SAHS Conference 2026 Abstract Submission Deadline Extended We are pleased to announce that the submission deadline for papers and panels has been extended to the 30th of March 2026. Please still follow submission guidelines. Note that some people trying to submi...
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Municipal Dreams @municipaldreams.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
2/ The Role of the Women’s Housing Sub-Committee: ‘Homes Fit for Heroines’ municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2020/09/29/t...
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The Role of the Women’s Housing Sub-Committee: ‘Homes Fit for Heroines’
I’m delighted to feature today the second of two guest posts by Lynne Dixon examining the work of some of our early female housing campaigners and reformers. Lynne has a background in histori…
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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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University of London Press @uolpress.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Our popular 'Overview to #Journal #Publishing’ session is running on 12th March! 📅 2-3pm via Zoom. A journal editor & author discuss different perspectives on the journal publishing process & finding the right journal for you. Sign up to attend: www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/... #OpenAccess #Training
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Overview of Journals Publishing
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HEPISTEA @hepistea.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Centre for Anglophone Studies: une des plus grosses équipes anglicistes au cœur de la recherche toulousaine. doi.org/10.71909/q2g... @saesfrance.org @afea.bsky.social @lerma.bsky.social #étudesanglophones #HEPISTEA #Caliban #Miranda
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HEPISTEA @hepistea.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Depuis 1984, la revue CYCNOS étudie tous les aspects du monde anglophone. Notice par R. Pavelchievici et D. Ravest. doi.org/10.71909/JPM... @saesfrance.org @afea.bsky.social @lerma.bsky.social #étudesanglophones #revueanglophone
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HEPISTEA @hepistea.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Anglophonie, communautés, écritures: ACE et son histoire. Notice par D. Haigron doi.org/10.71909/tv9... @saesfrance.org @afea.bsky.social @lerma.bsky.social  #étudesanglophones #mondeanglophone
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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Entries are invited for the Labour History Review postgraduate essay prize. The deadline for entries is 30 June 2026 (Please share widely) sslh.org.uk/2026/02/19/l...
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Labour History Review essay prize 2026
Entries are invited for the Labour History Review postgraduate essay prize for 2026. The deadline for entries is 30 June 2026, and details are set out below. Download the entry form (Word document)…
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John Self @john-self.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
"There’s an uncanny, flattened nature to a lot of the manuscripts; the submission letters are becoming quite formulaic." Literary agents urge writers to avoid AI:
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Literary agents urge writers to avoid AI as they see ‘change in nature of submissions’
A number of literary agencies are adding amendments to their submission guidelines urging authors not to use AI in their submissions, as signs of its use become more prevalent.
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Ole Birk Laursen @olebirklaursen.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Special issue of Labor History Review, "Anti-Imperialism and the Global Left: New Appraisals" liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/lhr/curr...
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Contents | Labour History Review 90, 3
This essay introduces the key themes of the special issue Anti-Imperialism and the Global Left: New Appraisals, edited by Lorenzo Costaguta, Justine Cousin, Camille Fauroux, and Thomas van Gaalen. The authors review existing scholarship on left-wing anti-...
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HEPISTEA @hepistea.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Explorez le champ pluridisciplinaire des Études africaines-américaines : littérature, arts, cinéma, histoire et sciences sociales, par Marie-Jeanne Rossignol. doi.org/10.71909/tdq... @saesfrance.org @afea.bsky.social @lerma.bsky.social #étudesanglophones #interdisciplinarité #africainaméricain
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HEPISTEA @hepistea.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Revivez l'aventure de la Société d’étude de la littérature de voyage du monde anglophone (SELVA). Notice signée F. Besson, E. Peraldo, N. Vanfasse. doi.org/10.71909/vh7... @saesfrance.org @afea.bsky.social @lerma.bsky.social #littératureviatique #écritureduvoyage #CRLV #étudesanglophones
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HEPISTEA @hepistea.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Le RADAC sait tout sur le théâtre anglophone contemporain! Notice par S. Blattès et Cl. Hélie. doi.org/10.71909/XR7... @saesfrance.org @afea.bsky.social @lerma.bsky.social #théâtre #mondeanglophone #artsdramatiques #littérature #traduction #HEPISTEA
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
It's six years today since Britain left the EU. I wrote this on Brexit day in 2020, about the strategic dilemmas to which European membership had once been the answer and that would now reopen once Britain left. I'd stand by most of it today. gladstonediaries.blogspot.com/2020/01/brex...
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Brexit in Historical Perspective: The Age of Britain in Europe
When the bell tolls at eleven o’clock tonight, ringing out Britain’s membership of the EU, an entire phase of British history will ...
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History & Policy @historyandpolicy.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
To mark the 100th anniversary of the General Strike we have a special event planned @ihr.bsky.social on Weds 29 April. Prof Jonathan Schneer will be discussing his new book on the strike alongside Paul Novak, Jon Cruddas, Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite & Jim Moher. www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
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Remembering the General Strike, 100 years on
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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Includes Labour History Review
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HEPISTEA @hepistea.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Explorez l'origine de la revue de la SAES, Angles, qui fête ses 10 ans cette année, par Y. Brailowsky. doi.org/10.71909/M03... @saesfrance.org @afea.bsky.social @lerma.bsky.social #interdisciplinarité #intermédialité #étudesanglophones
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HEPISTEA @hepistea.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Vous aimez la poésie anglophone? Plongez dans LOOP! Par A. Grafe et C. Hélie. doi.org/10.71909/k45... @saesfrance.org @afea.bsky.social @lerma.bsky.social @looprech.bsky.social #poésie #anglophone #écriturecréative #traduction #stephenromer #étudesanglophones
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HEPISTEA @hepistea.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Découvrez les travaux indispensables du GRER sur le racisme et l'eugénisme. Notice signée M. Prum. doi.org/10.71909/cqn... @saesfrance.org @afea.bsky.social @lerma.bsky.social @echelles-umr8264.bsky.social #racisme #eugénisme #discriminations #étudesanglophones
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HEPISTEA @hepistea.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Alexandre BELJAME. Portrait du premier MCF de langue et littérature anglaises, spécialiste du 18è siècle, par L. Cottegnies doi.org/10.71909/t9b... @saesfrance.org @afea.bsky.social @lerma.bsky.social #18esiècle #Shakespeare # littératureanglophone #traduction #étudesanglophones #Sorbonne#SEAA17-18
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Colm Murphy @colmpm.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
My latest article is out in British Politics. I try to account for the distressed confusion gripping the UK government's economic strategy. In honour of the article's namesake, I include a tortured football analogy. It's free to read (open access) here. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
This is the abstract for the article 'Labour's choices: The political economy of Keir Starmer's party', by Colm Murphy. It reads: 'This article explores the dilemmas at the heart of the economic strategy of Keir Starmer’s government by tracking developments in British (centre-)left political economy since the Global Financial Crisis of 2008. It first traces the emergence of a shared narrative of political economy circulating among the UK and transatlantic centre-left, as well as some further left and right, over the 2010s and into the early 2020s. Identifying the core diagnoses and prescriptions contained within this narrative, this article situates them in economic, ideological, and political developments since 2008. It then traces the fragmentation of this economic imaginary from 2022. In combination with an unhappy transition to office, this fragmentation has generated a deeply confused and internally contradictory economic strategy in the UK Labour government. This paper then explains this process by placing ideological and political developments in their material and external contexts. A worsening macroeconomic and geopolitical context actively decomposed the constituent parts of the narrative and challenged some of its assumptions; in turn, this revived submerged disagreements within the governing party. The paper consequently argues that while these tensions can be explained partly by ideological closure, they derive to a significant and probably greater extent from institutional and material factors, especially questions of statecraft and the UK’s misfiring growth regime in an increasingly gloomy global context. The paper ends, however, by cautioning against an overbearing determinism. It indicates the remaining arenas for political agency open to the government, should it prove able and willing to act.'
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ECHELLES @echelles-umr8264.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Daniel Foliard @danielfoliard.bsky.social et Éliane de Larminat sont dans Le Cours de l'histoire @franceculture.fr @xaviermauduit.bsky.social pour une série intitulée "Photographie, une histoire sans clichés" 📸 ➡️ www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur... ➡️ www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
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Dr Jo Edwards @joedwards.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Author's letters 'massive bit of the jigsaw' in abolition campaign
Researchers are transcribing and digitising hundreds of letters from abolitionist Hannah More.
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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
This opens up wider questions about how far the UK and Canada in the 5 eyes intel sharing framework as well as other former allies of the United States can still provide the Americans with any sensitive intelligence information at all
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Ole Birk Laursen @olebirklaursen.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
📢 : There is still time to submit your proposal for the "1725 to 2025: Historical & Contemporary Links Between Scotland and South Asia" symposium in Edinburgh. You might even get to hear me talk about Indian revolutionaries, Russian maximalists, and bomb plots in Edinburgh, Paris, and Muzaffarpur.
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Heather Craddock @hcraddock.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
I'll be talking about the Hope Botanic Gardens in Jamaica on 27th Jan, using records from the colonial archives at Kew Gardens 🌴 Signup here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/empires-pl...
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Empires, Plants & Gardening: Kew in Jamaica
The second talk in our series exploring the influence of political and economic power on garden-making
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Colm Murphy @colmpm.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Interested in the intersection between policymaking, especially in the UK, and academic research? Come work with us! The @mileendinstitute.bsky.social at @qmulsse.bsky.social is advertising for a new Policy Partnerships Officer. Details and application here: qmul-jobs.tal.net/vx/mobile-0/...
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Policy Partnerships Officer - QMUL Jobs
ID: 8276. Title: Policy Partnerships Officer. Application Deadline:
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Niamh NicGhabhann Coleman @niamhroisin.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Hello! I am sharing information about my @researchireland.ie project Locating Loss: histories of infertility in landscapes and spaces. I would love to connect with researchers/ practitioners from a wide range of backgrounds and disciplines, so please share widely! Sharing again for morning Bluesky!
Sheet of information on the locating loss project which aims to explore histories of infertility through landscapes and spaces. Please Dm me for more info if needed!
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Bloomsbury History @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Dwelling on the Margins of Empire by Lisa Binkley considers histories of home from the margins, highlighting the perspectives of displaced, colonised, and disenfranchised groups in imperial and settler colonial contexts. Out now! bit.ly/4iGA0GO
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Dr Laura Sangha @lsangha.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
📢JOYCE YOUINGS MEMORIAL LECTURE📢 Prof. Jane Whittle: Work & gender, status & power: the surprising history of everyday chores in early modern England 🗓️ 28 January, 3pm 📍 Uni of Exeter & Zoom All welcome at this public 🗃️ lecture, register for your place: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-joyce-...
A very detailed embroidering depicting men and women undertaking various work tasks. These include spinning, harvesting wheat, picking fruit, sheering sheep, carrying water and so on. Each task is labelled with the name of the month. Credit: The Labours of the Months, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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History of Parliament @histparl.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
📣 We’re hiring! The History of Parliament are seeking a Research Fellow for our House of Lords 1660-1832 project. @georgianlords.bsky.social We’re looking for a historian with a PhD in 18thC British political or cultural history to join our expert team. 🔗 Details below: #AcademicJobs #HistoryJobs
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Job Vacancy: Research Fellow, 1660-1832 House of Lords - The History of Parliament
The History of Parliament are excited to advertise for a research fellow to join our House of Lords 1660-1832 project.
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Congrès SAES 2026 @saes2026.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
🌎 Nous aurons l'immense joie d'accueillir, en tant qu'invitée d'honneur, la poétesse, romancière et "fellow" de la Royal Society of Literature : Patience Agbabi (🔗 congres2026.saesfrance.org/invite-dhonn...) !!! 🚨 N'hésitez pas à consulter son site web : 🔗 patienceagbabi.wordpress.com ! [2/4]
Portrait de Patience Agbabi
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CECILLE @cecille-ulille.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
[APPEL A COMMUNICATION] Nous cherchons de jeunes chercheurs et doctorants pour notre journée d’étude dédiée au concept d’anthropomorphisme, en collaboration avec le programme transversal « humanités environnementales » qui aura lieu le 27.03.26. Voici une liste non-exclusive de thèmes possibles:
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Laura C Forster @lauracforster.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
This is tonight! 6pm! York! Come along if you're in the neighbourhood
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Journal of the Western Society for French History (JWSFH) @jwsfh.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
We're delighted to announce that vol. 51 (2025) of the Journal of the Western Society for French History is now live! We're open access, so no paywalls or other impediments to your full reading enjoyment. Here's the link to the full table of contents: journals.publishing.umich.edu/wsfh/issue/3...
Blue, grey, white and black logo of the Journal of the Western Society of French History featuring images of French culture and history above a black band with the journal title and Volume 51 2025, 10 times written below.
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Helen McCarthy @historianhelen.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
If you are a historian with policy-facing interests who has recently submitted their PhD (or will do so imminently), this fantastic new London-based postdoc fellowship in Applied History could be for you. www.history.ac.uk/fellowships/...
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Robert Mcintosh Applied History & Policy Fellowship
Robert Mcintosh Applied History & Policy Fellowship
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