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Wolfson History Prize @wolfsonhistory.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

What does it mean to be shortlisted for the #WolfsonHistoryPrize? Find out more about Sadiah and the book that earned her a place on this year's shortlist, 'Vanished: An Unnatural History of Extinction', in our Q&A linked below. @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social⬇️ bit.ly/4hflSp3

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Bishopsgate Institute @bishopsgateinst.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

One afternoon only: we're selling duplicate books, pamphlets and magazines from our Special Collections & Archives; London history, LGBTQIA+ history, and general history. Free to attend. Sunday 27 September, 14:30–17:30. Details: www.bishopsgate.org.uk/whats-on/act…

Books are stacked horizontally in black and white at the bottom of the image. A green and yellow background highlights text that reads: "This Sunday. From 14:30 - 17:30, we will be selling our duplicate books, pamphlets, and magazines. Topics include London, LGBTQIA+, and general history. Pop in and grab a bargain.

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Archives & Collections, Library of Birmingham @theironroom.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

We're looking for a freelance conservator to survey and rehouse audio heritage as part of the Sounds of the Midlands project. For more information please email us. Deadline for applications is Monday, 12 October #LibraryofBham @uniofleicester.bsky.social

Page 1 detailing the Sounds of the Midlands freelance conservator post. Heading has the logos for Birmingham City Council and the Library of Birmingham.

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Independent Historians Network (UK) @indyhistnetwork.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Indy Historians in the Midlands - we want to meet you! Come along to our meet up on Weds 16th September! It's just by New St so very easy to get to, and it's a drop-by-whenever-you-can format. DM or sign up here: forms.gle/4svnEKhdTDRL...

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Sadiah Qureshi 🦈 @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Here briefly to provide the registration link to this super exciting inaugural from Professor Sumita Mukherjee. 28 October in Bristol, with an online option available. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/inaugural-...

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Inaugural Lecture of Professor Sumita Mukherjee (in person and online)

Please join the School of Humanities, University of Bristol, in celebrating Professor Sumita Mukherjee's inaugural lecture.

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Modern British Studies Association @modbritstud.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

@indyhistnetwork.bsky.social The Modern British Studies Association is seeking a representative for independent scholars on our Steering Committee - please do consider joining us. Further details via this link: 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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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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Modern British Studies Association @modbritstud.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

We're delighted to announce that Somak Biswas has won the MBSA Early Career Prize for best presentation at #MBS2026, for a paper entitled ‘AIDS & the Racialisation of Mobility: Britain, 1985-1995’. The judges also highly commended Rebecca Orr & Naomi Samake-Bäckert modbritstud.org.uk/events-awards/

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Events & Prizes - The Modern British Studies Association

Explore our annual conference, prizes & early career awards. Join scholars sharing research on modern Britain.

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Modern British Studies Association @modbritstud.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

'Lawyers held a unique vantage point as the law was increasingly used in norm-breaking ways as a tool of campaigners from across the political spectrum.' Katherine Milliken identifies new avenues for understanding late twentieth century Britain through the law. 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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Liam J. Liburd @liamliburd.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

For those looking for some longer historical context about white supremacist politics in Northern Ireland, I heartily recommend Daniel Geary’s chapter in this fantastic edited collection: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526147073/

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Manchester University Press - Global white nationalism

Global white nationalism - Browse and buy the Paperback edition of Global white nationalism by Daniel Geary

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Joseph Price @joseph-price.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

A really great time attending and speaking at @modbritstud.bsky.social Conference the past few days! Great papers with great speakers #MBS2026

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Dr Beckie Rutherford (she/her) @beckierutherford.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Being a part of this #MBS2026 panel was a real treat! Many thanks to my fellow speakers @drrochellerowe.bsky.social @oliviawyatt1999.bsky.social Aleph Ross @leilarsellers.bsky.social @benjamin-bland.bsky.social and @evemworth.bsky.social and our fantastic chair @tsasson.bsky.social

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Modern British Studies Association @modbritstud.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Biggest thanks to Chika Tonooka for all her posts over the course of #mbs26. It was great to be able to give glimpses of the panels and debate to folks on Bsky

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Modern British Studies Association @modbritstud.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Finally, thanks to everyone who followed these Bluesky posts across the last 3 days. I’m now handing the account keys back to my colleague Lucy Delap. (Chika Tonooka)

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Modern British Studies Association @modbritstud.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Thank you so much again to Sarah Kenny @drsarahlkenny.bsky.social (Birmingham) & Lucy Delap @lucydelap.bsky.social (Cambridge) for making #MBS2026 (and much else) possible!

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Modern British Studies Association @modbritstud.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

To keep these conversations going, don’t forget to check out the website of the just-launched Modern British Studies Association (MBSA), including its new blog, Histories from Here. modbritstud.org.uk

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Join a thriving research network exploring modern British society, politics & culture. Discover events, awards & membership. Become a member today.

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Modern British Studies Association @modbritstud.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

We’ve officially reached the end of #MBS2026! Thank you to everyone who attended, both in person and online. It’s been fantastic seeing so many people here and engaging in these vital conversations across Modern British Studies.

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Modern British Studies Association @modbritstud.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Discussion of passing in relation to race, class, disability, gender & ethnicity raises very pertinent final questions for #mbs26: how modern is the sense of self that underpins ideas of passing? Is the language of presenting more useful? How can we explore sonic and embodied aspects?

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Modern British Studies Association @modbritstud.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Jacob Ward on New Labour’s embrace of futurology and future-thinking – confluence of social science and management consultancy

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Modern British Studies Association @modbritstud.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Lise Butler on the sociological assumptions underpinning Labour’s family policy Peter Sloman on John Major’s £50 billion deficit problem to argue for more attention to the disintegration of Thatcherism as a political project (and not just its making)

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Modern British Studies Association @modbritstud.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

#MBS2026 post-lunch panel on social science and government identifies important areas of investigation for historicising the 1990s:

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Modern British Studies Association @modbritstud.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

In the last panel of #mbs26 we are keeping our energy levels up with edible cups to nibble as we listen to the brilliant lineup discussing passing in modern Britain

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4. With all Due Respect… On repellence, distress, and the ethics of engaged research as crisis 5. Historicising 1990s Britain

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Modern British Studies Association @modbritstud.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Heading into our final parallel sessions to close out #MBS2026. Here is the final session lineup: 1. Decolonising British Urban History 2. Class and Negotiations with the State 3. Passing in Modern British Studies

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Modern British Studies Association @modbritstud.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Here are the choices for the post-lunch slot #MBS2026: 1. Social Science and British Government in the 1990s: Sex, Deficits, and Futurology 2. Politics, Society, and the Body 3. Energy transitions 4. Political Movements and the Afterlife of Empire 5. Crises of Sexual Health in Modern Britain

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Modern British Studies Association @modbritstud.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Anna Bocking-Welch on public health discourse and public expectations around mothering in the heat – a fascinating lens onto attitudes towards maternal responsibility and intergenerational change.

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Modern British Studies Association @modbritstud.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Chris Pearson @chrisjpearson.bsky.social discusses British narratives on summer – sun as fun (‘sun worship’) & sun as a problem (exhaustion for workers, challenges for care homes). Heat needs be understood as a cultural & bodily experience.

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Modern British Studies Association @modbritstud.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Erika Hanna @erikahanna.bsky.social discusses the impact of weather on Ireland’s urban temporalities and mobilities. Rain and moisture slow down function of cities by damaging clocks (clocktowers) and making roadworks more difficult.

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Modern British Studies Association @modbritstud.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Jacob Fredrickson on what heatwaves as analytic frame can offer historians of sex & sexuality. Public responses to heatwaves – obsession with young women’s bodies & ‘hot blood’ metaphor – are revealing of mid-century heterosexual culture. Heatwave as a leisure event reveals family sociability.

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Modern British Studies Association @modbritstud.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Brilliant panel on cultural histories of climate #MBS2026. Papers highlight the potential of focusing on the weather for exploring the environmental, material, embodied, discursive and their intersections.

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Modern British Studies Association @modbritstud.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

4. Cultural Histories of Climate in Modern Britain and Ireland 5. Sexual Cultures in Britain, c.1950s-1990s

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Modern British Studies Association @modbritstud.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

And here is the lineup for our second morning slot - Day 3 #MBS2026: 1. Encounters with Nature 2. Writing Everyday Whiteness 3. Trauma, Memory, and Care in ‘Oral’ History and Contemporary Archives

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Modern British Studies Association @modbritstud.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Check out the the project behind today's discussion here: james-baldwin-and-britain.manchester.ac.uk

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James Baldwin and Britain

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Modern British Studies Association @modbritstud.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Isabel Taube discusses Baldwin’s regular visits to Britain in the 1980s. Baldwin seen as peripheral by the British press by this point, but had a lasting influence on British black writers including Maud Sulter. Illustrates the value of tracing personal connections and memories. #MBS2026

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Modern British Studies Association @modbritstud.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Great panel on US writer & activist James Baldwin’s relationship to Britain – Douglas Field highlights Baldwin’s commitment to trans-Atlantic black radicalism and critique of global reach of white supremacy. #MBS2026

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Modern British Studies Association @modbritstud.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Fascinating panel on women's oral history evidence and how it might be used in policy collaborations. Dangers of flattening evidence and policymaker disinterest in slow research. Yet panelists note govt and business strong interest in participatory methods #mbs2026

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Modern British Studies Association @modbritstud.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

2. Guided tour of the Stuart Hall Archive Project exhibition (Cadbury Research Library with Dr Nick Beech, 12.30-1.30)

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Modern British Studies Association @modbritstud.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Looking ahead to later today, we also have 2 special events lined up for this final day: 1. ECR Publishing Workshop featuring Manchester University Press, Modern British History and the Royal Historical Society (12.30-1.30)

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Modern British Studies Association @modbritstud.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

3. Mapping the Worlds of James Baldwin in Britain 4. Politics and Religion in Twentieth Century Britain 5. Women, Oral History, and Policy

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Modern British Studies Association @modbritstud.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Here’s the lineup for the first morning sessions: 1. Transnational Histories of Trans Britain 2. Crises of care: the value of a long view in rethinking children’s social care in modern British history

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Modern British Studies Association @modbritstud.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

It’s Day 3 of #MBS2026! We’re kicking off at 9am with parallel sessions and plenty of tough choices to make across a range of modern British studies.

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Modern British Studies Association @modbritstud.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

3. Trade-off: working with an agent means relinquishing some control over contract and publisher decisions.

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Modern British Studies Association @modbritstud.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Agent 1. Different routes to finding an agent. Building a track record with a general audience (e.g. Substack) can be an advantage. 2. Benefits: an agent can refine your proposal; they can identify relevant comm. editors & manage publisher negotiations.

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Modern British Studies Association @modbritstud.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

3. To use the 1st person or not – a difficult question 4. Maintain momentum – short chapters & narrative arcs; think of ‘jump cuts’ in filmmaking as analogy

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Modern British Studies Association @modbritstud.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Learning & Unlearning the Craft 1. Leave out historiographical discussion. Be careful with conceptual language 2. Challenge of writing a book more expansive than a PhD monograph – importance of zooming in and out

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