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Molly Groarke

@mollygroarke.bsky.social
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History PhD | University of Cambridge | National Trust | Researching 19th cent. British Empire, family networks, and antislavery.

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Chris Campbell @chriscampbell1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Petition to start having a 'hindrances' section in books and PhD theses - an anti-acknowledgements where we detail all the things that have hindered progress Eg, the year-long building renovation opposite my flat that has introduced me to sixty different types of drilling noise from 8am each day
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Chris Campbell @chriscampbell1.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Delighted to have an article in this month's @historytoday.com The article explores the 1951 Hans Crescent Strike, the post-war history of colonial students in the UK, and the British Council's attempt to use them for imperial soft power. www.historytoday.com/archive/feat...
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The Hans Crescent Strike: The Students at the Hotel
Eager to create goodwill towards Britain in its former colonies, the postwar government encouraged students from across the Empire to study in London. Housing them was a problem, as events in the summ...
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Cambridge University History Faculty @camhistory.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Final symposium TODAY: Cambridge’s workshop for the Long Eighteenth Century ⬇️⬇️ @mollygroarke.bsky.social @sallyholloway.bsky.social @brendantam.bsky.social
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Molly Groarke @mollygroarke.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Pleased to see my blog post published by Cambridge's Legacies of Enslavement Network - it reflects on researching imperial legacies at country houses and how histories of antislavery present both a challenge and opportunity for the heritage sector: www.legaciesofenslavement.cam.ac.uk/news/antisla...
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Antislavery and the country house | Legacies of Enslavement
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University of Toronto Press @uoftpress.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
In this The Historical Journal essay exploring imperial family biographies, Molly Groarke reviews Writing the Empire: The McIlwraiths, 1853–1948 by Eva-Marie Kröller! Read the full essay here: bit.ly/42rBnlr University of Cambridge #Biography #BritishEmpire
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Imperial Family Biographies and New Approaches to the Family in Histories of the British Empire, c.1650–c.1950 | The Historical Journal | Cambridge Core
Imperial Family Biographies and New Approaches to the Family in Histories of the British Empire, c.1650–c.1950
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Chris Campbell @chriscampbell1.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Delighted to contribute to this fantastic series on AI, British Studies and the wider humanities with @thenacbs.bsky.social! www.nacbs.org/post/back-to...
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Back to Basics? Historical Methods and the Rise of AI
"For if AI threatens to strip historical research and writing back to its most basic form, perhaps that’s a challenge we should meet head on."
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Cambridge University History Faculty @camhistory.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
1/ Explore the NEW website for the Legacies of Enslavement Special Initiative ⬇️ A central online hub for all research, collaboration and public engagement exploring @cam.ac.uk's historical links to slavery & the wider afterlives of enslavement and colonialism. 🔗 www.hist.cam.ac.uk/news/new-web...
Thomas Malton the Younger, 1748–1804, King's Parade, Cambridge, between 1798 and 1799, Oil on canvas, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, B1996.22.25.
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The Historical Journal @historicaljnl.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
📣Out now on #firstview! Molly Groarke (@mollygroarke.bsky.social) (@camhistory.bsky.social) on 'Imperial Family Biographies and New Approaches to the Family in Histories of the British Empire, c.1650–c.1950' #Empire #Family #Personal #Review 📜🗃️ 👉Read open access: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Molly Groarke @mollygroarke.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Very happy to announce my article is now out with the @historicaljnl.bsky.social! It reviews the current literature on family networks in the British Empire and biographical approaches to writing imperial history www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Imperial Family Biographies and New Approaches to the Family in Histories of the British Empire, c.1650–c.1950 | The Historical Journal | Cambridge Core
Imperial Family Biographies and New Approaches to the Family in Histories of the British Empire, c.1650–c.1950
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Chris Campbell @chriscampbell1.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
(Had they asked, I would gladly have sent them this...) www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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The Historian in the Age of AI | Transactions of the Royal Historical Society | Cambridge Core
The Historian in the Age of AI
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Molly Groarke @mollygroarke.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Congratulations @chriscampbell1.bsky.social! Really happy to see this article published - essential reading!
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Chris Campbell @chriscampbell1.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Archival find: Here's Churchill exploiting his diplomatic connections to maintain his usual supply of whisky, despite French import quotas.
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National Trust Research @ntresearch.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
🕊️ #FaithFreedomFriendship Explore the story of Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther & Sir Thomas Dyke Acland – a friendship that shaped reform, education & faith 📍 Killerton Chapel #NationalTrust 📅 Sept 12–Nov 2 '25 Supported by PhD student @mollygroarke.bsky.social www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/devon/...
View of The Chapel of the Holy Evangelists at Killerton showing the altar, choir stalls, stained glass windows & the lectern in the foreground. The chapel was built in 1841 by Sir T Acland.
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Molly Groarke @mollygroarke.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
"A Global Mission of Faith and Freedom", a new exhibition opens tomorrow at Killerton House, Devon, including some findings from my PhD research. Free entry this weekend as part of Heritage Open Days! @researchnt.bsky.social Find out more here: www.instagram.com/reel/DOLKZAk...
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Molly Groarke @mollygroarke.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
What did nineteenth-century British public school students think about Islam and the British Empire? Find out in my blog post, written as part of my doctoral internship with the excellent Schools of Empire research project: www.schoolsofempireproject.org/islam-and-em...
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Islam and Empire — Schools of Empire
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Chris Campbell @chriscampbell1.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Delighted to share details about registration for a conference I'm co-organising on women's work in WWII. Papers will explore Bletchley Park, the Women's Land Army, wartime medicine, the British Council and more! Deadline 31st July!
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Chris Campbell @chriscampbell1.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
A wonderful few days last week at the Gender and Diplomacy Conference in Sweden, where I presented my research on the British Council's gendering of diplomatic accreditation. Missing the fika already! ☕🍰
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Molly Groarke @mollygroarke.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Looking forward to presenting my PhD research at the 'Britain, Conflict, and the Sea' conference this September - book tickets below!
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Cambridge Modern British History Workshop @cammbhw.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
The first of our MPhil Dissertation Workshops is today - come along to hear some of the fascinating research being done on the Modern British History MPhil Programme! 📍 Arthur Quiller Couch Room, St John's 🕔 5pm - 7pm
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Cambridge Modern British History Workshop @cammbhw.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Reminder: our first session is TODAY! ft. our very own @mollygroarke.bsky.social 📍 Arthur Quiller Couch Room, St John's 🕔 5pm - 6.30pm
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Chris Campbell @chriscampbell1.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
A bit late posting this, but last week I had my first book review published - Rodrigo Christofoletti's edited volume, Soft Power and Heritage www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Soft power and heritage
Published in International Journal of Cultural Policy (Ahead of Print, 2025)
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Cambridge Modern British History Workshop @cammbhw.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
🚨 CALL FOR PAPERS Our Easter Term Call for Papers is now out! Open to all PG students and ECRs working in Modern British History - deadline 18th April.
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Chris Campbell @chriscampbell1.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
CALL FOR PAPERS! I'm co-organising a conference in September on women's work in the Second World War, with a graduate research forum in the afternoon for PGRs to present their work. Please share with any postgrads who might be interested! More details here ⬇️ royalhistsoc.org/calendar/cod...
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Codebreakers and Groundbreakers: Women’s Work in the Second World War – CALL FOR PAPERS | RHS
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Molly Groarke @mollygroarke.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
We've just released our programme at the Cambridge Modern British History Workshop, come along to hear some great papers from graduate students this term!
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Cambridge Modern British History Workshop @cammbhw.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Just six days left to submit to our Lent Term Call for Papers - deadline 10th January!
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Molly Groarke @mollygroarke.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
If you're a postgrad or ECR studying any aspect of Modern British History, consider submitting an abstract to present at our workshop next term!
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Cambridge Modern British History Workshop @cammbhw.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Join us on Wednesday for our final session of term and two excellent papers! There may or may not be Christmas-themed refreshments... 👀 📍 Boys Smith Room, St John's College 🕔 5pm - 6.30pm
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Cambridge Modern British History Workshop @cammbhw.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Join us tomorrow, 20th November, for our second session of term - we'll have two papers on British fascism and linguistic identities in colonial India. Refreshments provided! 🕔 5pm - 6.30pm 📍 Boys Smith Room, St John's College
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Molly Groarke @mollygroarke.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
Very happy to see my new article published, 'Constructing the Antislavery Hero'. Thanks to all who helped and advised along the way!
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Tom Ashbyトム アシュビー @tomaashby.bsky.social · 08/11/2024
I have created a "starter pack" for intellectual history, broadly construed, composed of historians, philosophers, political theorists, literary scholars, & more! Sorry for those I missed & cannot add (limit 150), but do reply, like, & share this post so that people can find you! go.bsky.app/77uSk3m
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Cambridge Modern British History Workshop @cammbhw.bsky.social · 26/10/2024
Hello Bluesky! Here's our programme for this term - lots of exciting papers coming up!
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