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Chris Moores

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Contemporary History Person - Histories of activism and suchlike. Malvern dweller, Bham worker. Trier. Proper info here: www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles…

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Chris Moores @mooresci.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Delighted to see this issue of CBH published.
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nataliethomlinson.bsky.social @nataliethomlinson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
brilliant special issue of CBH here on writing labour histories in Brexit Britain, featuring great people like @emilyrobinson.bsky.social, @diarmaidkelliher.bsky.social and @ewangibbs.bsky.social
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Contemporary British History
Ordinary Working-Class People? Labour History and 'Brexit Britain'. Volume 40, Issue 3 of Contemporary British History
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Chris Moores @mooresci.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Jonathan Boff @jfb1066.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
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Modern British History Journal @mbhjournal.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
This year's Duncan Tanner Prize is now open! If you're a PGR/ECR working on an article on modern British history do consider entering! Deadline Sept 1st. #skystorians 🗃️ academic.oup.com/tcbh/pages/e...
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The Duncan Tanner Prize
The Duncan Tanner Prize recognizes outstanding scholarship amongst postgraduate research students in Britain and abroad. Entrants submit an article manuscript.
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Chris Moores @mooresci.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I enjoyed this by my brother, @spinal-bap.bsky.social who must be a contender for the title of the UK/world's leading Linda McCartney apologist.
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Nathan Cardon @ncardon.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
My new article in @modamhist.bsky.social is out now in first view and open access and is a preview of chapter 6 of the 'The World Awheel' (@columbiaup.bsky.social). It's a story of American mobility, femininity, and power in the spaces of European empires. doi.org/10.1017/mah....
A historic photograph of Fanny Bullock Workman wearing bloomers and standing in front of a drop frame bicycle on a dirt road. Image from the National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK, courtesy of the MacRobert Trust.
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John Munro @johnmunro.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Why are car-centric transport systems so difficult to undo? Because automobiles represent the dominance of private property over public space. In this @urbancyclinginstitute.org essay, I look to history to uncover how we got here. #StealingCars
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Stealing Cars: Property, Automobility, and the Colonial Crisis of Car Culture
Long Ride | Historian John Munro delves into the past in order to understand how the primacy of private property shapes mobility hierarchies in the present
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Chris Callow @chriscallow.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Great to hear my Birmingham colleague Dr Simon Yarrow talking about saints with @gregjenner.bsky.social : www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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BBC Radio 4 - You're Dead to Me, Medieval saints: miracles, relics and pilgrimage
Join Greg and his guests to learn about the medieval cult of saints and their relics.
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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 26/06/2026
📣 Call for Applications 📣 History Workshop is seeking to appoint one Editorial Fellow in 2026, with specialism in pre-1800 CE history from any part of the globe. This is a part-time, paid role. Application deadline: 7 August 2026. Please share widely!
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Call for Applications: Editorial Fellowship at History Workshop, 2026
History Workshop is seeking to appoint one Editorial Fellow in 2026, with specialism in pre-1800 CE history from any part of the globe.
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Sadiah Qureshi 🦈 @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Permanent lectureship in Modern British History at the University of Manchester. FT, £42-58k, closing date 30 June 26, starting Sept 26 onwards. For international people, this is equivalent to a tenure-track Assistant Lectureship. www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai... #SkyStorians
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Lecturer in Modern British History (post-1800):Oxford Road
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John Munro @johnmunro.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
One week from today, join me & @yosra999.bsky.social for a conversation with @sgoodyear.bsky.social & @brooklynspoke.bsky.social about Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile. With Azbah Ansari, Sadok Damak, @reenamahajan.bsky.social, & Gabriela García Portuondo.
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Life After Cars
Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile
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Tom Cutterham @tomcutterham.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Hello London! This Thursday (4 June, 5.30pm) I'll be talking at the @ihr.bsky.social North American History Seminar about "Liberty, Dissent, and the Internal Enemy in Britain's American Revolution" www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
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Liberty, Dissent, and the Internal Enemy in Britain's American Revolution
North American History Seminar
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Chris Moores @mooresci.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Periodic reminder from ex-journal editor that if we all turn down peer review requests, nothing will be reviewed and things grind to a halt. Clear that job losses, workload in the sector are having a pinching effect. Any room for (£££) publishers to hire human reviewers to help?
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Is the UK's science base being eroded by policy, or by sleepwalking? As Britons head to the polls, it's timely to recall the hustings at the Royal Society before the last GE. All 3 parties there pledged to support science, & confirmed that included SHAPE disciplines. 1/9
Exterior image of the entrance to the Royal Society, venue of a hustings before the last general election. The doorway has 2 columns on each side; there are 2 bicycles against the railing on the left.
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Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick @mrcwarwick.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
A century and a half of history encased in more than 1,500 archive boxes After three years, conservation and cataloguing of the archives of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has been completed...
National Union of Mineworkers' banner with the motto 'The past we inherit, the future we build'.
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Chris Moores @mooresci.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Two big events are happening in the School of History & Cultures at Birmingham next week (plus some lovely smaller ones). Links, dates, times, and registration below. 1. Tara Hamling's inaugural lecture: www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/re-vi.... Expect lots of lovely visuals there!
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Re-viewing the ‘bad’ arts of Tudor and Stuart England - University of Birmingham
Professor Tara Hamling's Inaugural Lecture
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Chris Moores @mooresci.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Reposting - registration details for the return to Birmingham of big Modern British Studies conversations.
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Chris Moores @mooresci.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Registration details for this summer's Modern British Studies Conference. Looking forward to seeing people on Birmingham's green and pleasant campus! www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/moder...
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Modern British Studies Conference 2026 - University of Birmingham
Conference information
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Sarah Crook @sarahcrook.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
My article on 1970s feminists, spycops, and if feminist historians can use materials extracted by undercover police officers is out in History Workshop Journal doi.org/10.1093/hwj/...
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The Women’s Liberation Movement and the Gendering of Undercover Police Surveillance in 1970s Britain: the Public Inquiry as (Un)Ethical archive
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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Chris Moores @mooresci.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Registration details for this summer's Modern British Studies Conference. Looking forward to seeing people on Birmingham's green and pleasant campus! www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/moder...
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Modern British Studies Conference 2026 - University of Birmingham
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Chris Callow @chriscallow.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
It's a month until the 2026 Midland Viking Symposium on 15 May. Sign up here! This year it's free, it's online and it's on a Friday. Please share. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sagas-the-...
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Sagas! The 2026 Midland Viking Symposium
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Chris Moores @mooresci.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
A good day for people to (re)read my brilliant colleague @momoulton.bsky.social's HWJ article: academic.oup.com/hwj/article/...
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Chris Moores @mooresci.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Reviewed Tehila Sasson's book and solipsistically my own hopeless approach to personal financing in the AHR. academic.oup.com/ahr/article-...
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Chris Moores @mooresci.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Register for the Birmingham Research Institute for History and Cultures Big Annual Event here - should be a good one: www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/every...
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Every monument will fall: in conversation with Dan Hicks - University of Birmingham
Hear Professor Dan Hicks speak on his recent work on conflict, memory, heritage, and colonialism.
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Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Lovely evening spent at @lselibrary.bsky.social #womenslibrary in great company with @gillianmurphy.bsky.social to celebrate 💯 years of this fantastic archival resource + a great exhibition curated by fantastic historians of women. @womenshistnet.bsky.social
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Chris Moores @mooresci.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Just me that thinks the permission structure test allowing the non-consensual imposition of AI on all our lives was U2 installing Songs of Innocence on everyone's ITunes in 2014? Team, I've found a way to blame it all Bono. @spinal-bap.bsky.social - grounds for your Bononaissance critique?
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Chris Moores @mooresci.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
I also refuse to use Royal Mail. Bring back Consignia.
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Chris Moores @mooresci.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Wonder if anyone is having a little think about the need for historians to credentialize themselves via the crown today?
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Christine Grandy @christinegrandy.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
The book is out! Race on Screen: Audience Racism in Twentieth Century Britain is on the shelves. Get yourself a 20% discount and use code GRANDY26 at www.cambridge.org/9781009650939
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QMCBS @qmcbs.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Today is the publication date for Matthew Hilton's Charity After Empire: www.qmul.ac.uk/media/news/2...
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How charity helped shape Britain after empire
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Kate Smith @kateesthersmith.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Publication day! My book Keeping Hold: A Cultural and Social History of Possession in Eighteenth-Century Britain is out now. 20% discount code KEHO2026. www.cambridge.org/core/books/k...
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Chris Moores @mooresci.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
My brilliant friend and colleague @kateesthersmith.bsky.social s book is out on Thursday. Read and become wiser! www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...
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Keeping Hold | Cambridge University Press & Assessment
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Raphael Samuel History Centre @rshc.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Why did charity become the outlet for global compassion? Join us for the launch of 'Charity After Empire' by Matthew Hilton 24/3/26, QMUL, London E1 Book here eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launch-charity-after-empire-tickets-1981162909594 @qmul.bsky.social
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Book Launch: Charity After Empire
British Humanitarianism, Decolonisation and Development
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Chris Moores @mooresci.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Uni VLE's increasingly in partnership with businesses like OpenAI. It's easy to see what is provided (AI chat features, design assistants, etc.. ) but does anyone know what is extracted? I am thinking stuff like class exercises, readings, Uni IP, the academic labour etc.. that goes into these?
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Max Long @maxlong.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Very excited to announce this workshop on environmental approaches to modern British History taking place this September at @lincoln.ox.ac.uk. Please share!
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
18 month postdoc at the lovely IHR in London, $41,740. Deadline 7 March. 'The Fellow will play a key role within the IHR team responsible for hosting the 2027 North American Conference in British Studies (NACBS)' in London 2027. Repost to spread the word. #Skystorians
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Jacob Price Fellowship in British Studies (18 month FTC):London Senate House - Hybrid
The University of London is both the UK’s largest provider of international distance and online learning and the convenor of a federation of 17 renowned higher education institutions.
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Jonathan Boff @jfb1066.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Today! If you are in or near Oxford, please come along www.ccw.ox.ac.uk/events
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Events — The Changing Character of War Centre
Upcoming CCW events
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Julia Laite @julialaite.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Wonderful news from Birkbeck's School of Historical Studies. We're hiring not one but TWO open-ended, full-time roles: Medieval Studies, and History of Art! cis7.bbk.ac.uk/home.html#fi...
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Current Vacancies - Birkbeck, University of London
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Intl Federation for Research in Women's & Gender History @ifrwh-offical.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Published a book on transnational women's or gender history 2020-25? 🚨Submissions to the Ida Blom-Karen Offen Book Prize in Transnational Women's & Gender History now open🚨You can see the full details on our website: www.ifrwh.com Closing date is 28 February 2026! #WomensHist #GenderHist
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Home Page
The International Federation for Women's History
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Chris Moores @mooresci.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Once again, M*tt G**dwin owes me/ghosted me on a book review from c. 2011 (fully appreciate everyone misses these/they get put to one side given all our priorities) but, you know, I was sending him grumpy emails before you knew he existed.
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Kate Smith @kateesthersmith.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Looking forward to @sethrockman.bsky.social public lecture on Plantation Goods tomorrow. 6pm at BRIG cafe. @johnmunro.bsky.social www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/publi...
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Public Lecture exploring how the production and consumption of goods shaped American slavery - University of Birmingham
A public lecture by historian Seth Rockman, whose research explores the relationships between slavery and capitalism in the making of modern America.
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Chris Moores @mooresci.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Outgoing academic journal editor here. I know everyone is busy AND over-worked AND its unclear who profits from the work being done AND there are fewer of us than previously, BUT if everyone's New Year resolution is to say 'no' to peer review requests things might grind a bit to a halt.
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Centre for Modern British Studies @mbsbirmingham.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
We are delighted to be co-sponsoring this event alongside @ihr.bsky.social and @royalhistsoc.org. Details and sign-up information is below!
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Kate Smith @kateesthersmith.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
@sethrockman.bsky.social @apeikeumolu.bsky.social @aishadjelid.bsky.social and @sallytuckett.bsky.social are coming to Birmingham next Friday to discuss Plantation Goods: A Material History of Slavery - everyone welcome! www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/round...
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Roundtable on new book Plantation Goods: A Material History of American Slavery - University of Birmingham
On Friday 16 January 2026 (14.00-16.00), the Centre for Material Cultures and Materialities and the Centre for Global American Studies, will be hosting historian Seth Rockman (Brown).
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Mo Moulton @momoulton.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Applications now open. Find out more at birmingham.ac.uk/gender-ma
MA in Gender and Sexuality. Black text on white background with photograph of two students. Text reads: 1st in the UK for graduate recruits, 63rd in the world for Arts and Humanities. Engage with urgent conversations around difference and equality and connect your research to challenges in contemporary society. Learn from leading researchers in areas such as queer and trans studies, feminist legal research, gender in arts and history.
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John Munro @johnmunro.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Free public lecture by @sethrockman.bsky.social on slavery, capitalism, and his award winning new book. 6 PM, Friday, 16 January. BRIG Cafe @inthewarehouse.bsky.social Introduced by Gabrielle Hemmings (@unibirmingham.bsky.social) See you there!
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Public Lecture exploring how the production and consumption of goods shaped American slavery - University of Birmingham
A public lecture by historian Seth Rockman, whose research explores the relationships between slavery and capitalism in the making of modern America.
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Chris Moores @mooresci.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Had a very good time talking about stomach aches, pain, and conservatism at #nacbs in Montreal while also representing @mbsbirmingham.bsky.social
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Chris Moores @mooresci.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
From what I've seen, I'd say coursework and online exams have made ChatGPT look pointless. It's basically shit at these things.
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