Shane Ewen @shaneewen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Calling social and cultural historians working on women in civilian as well as military uniformed services. Please share if of interest. 022
Reposted by Shane EwenUrban History @urbanhistory.bsky.social · 30/06/2026📣 We're looking for new members to join our International Advisory Board! 📣 🌍 We're particularly interested in recruiting board members with expertise in the following areas: urban history of Africa (any region); South Asia; China; Latin America & the Caribbean; Central and Eastern Europe 21728
Reposted by Shane EwenRoyal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 12/05/2026Last year, we were delighted to publish Andrew's excellent monograph, 'Waterscapes: Reservoirs, Environment and Identity in Modern England and Wales' as part of the Society's early career book series bit.ly/3Pzjuyk. 'Waterscapes' is available to read, free Open Access @uolpress.bsky.social 0149
Shane Ewen @shaneewen.bsky.social · 20/02/2026Off to York for @warringtonruncorn.com and Elsa Hewitt 😀 071
Shane Ewen @shaneewen.bsky.social · 12/12/2025Our latest story map for the Trailblazers project is out! Ahead of the 50th anniversary of the Kirkgate Market fire, you can read about 3 firefighters who attended the call and are members of the Leeds Fire Heritage Group. The story map is here: space2.org.uk/heritage-rec... @lbu-rae.bsky.socialspace2.org.ukThe Kirkgate Market Fire: 50 Years On - Space2 - An award winning participatory arts charityWomen in the Leeds Auxiliary Fire Service: Fighting fires and gender discrimination in the wartime fire station. 153
Shane Ewen @shaneewen.bsky.social · 06/11/2025Excellent performance of Trailblazers: Women Have Always Been Firefighters, tonight at Chapel FM in Seacroft. Audience v appreciative of the interlinked stories and a lively Q&A to end. 031
Reposted by Shane EwenInstitute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social · 06/11/2025Are you studying, researching or teaching digital histories? Try using the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH). It contains 670,000+ resources from 55 BCE to today! Find out how to use BBIH buff.ly/yD11954 @brepols.nethistory.ac.ukUsing BBIH online: a help pack for students and lecturersFor the academic year, we've a help pack offering guides to BBIH in undergraduate and graduate teaching and research. With embeddable content for VLEs. 14321
Reposted by Shane EwenUrban History @urbanhistory.bsky.social · 22/09/2025📣 We're looking for a new Bibliographer to join the #UrbanHistory team! This is a great opportunity to get involved with a world-leading academic journal and find out about the latest urban history publications. Apply by 5pm on Friday 6 November. Contact Roey Sweet for more details. 11113
Shane Ewen @shaneewen.bsky.social · 31/10/2025Please read and help @justicesummerland.bsky.social to overturn a 50-year long miscarriage of justice, if you can www.crowdjustice.com/case/summerl...crowdjustice.comSummerland: 50 Lost Lives. Justice Denied.We are a group of people affected by the horrific Summerland fire, even fifty two years after this tragedy occurred. Our aim is to overturn a miscarriage of justice by exposing the truth. 110
Shane Ewen @shaneewen.bsky.social · 30/10/2025Nice to receive author copies of the new 3-volume Cambridge Urban History of Europe today. I have a chapter in vol. 3 on the growth and internationalisation of the field. Let me know if you use it in teaching #urbanhistory 0103
Shane Ewen @shaneewen.bsky.social · 08/10/2025Blue plaque’s up at Gipton Old Fire Station! With thanks to @leedscivictrust.bsky.social 041
Reposted by Shane EwenSam Grinsell @samgrinsell.bsky.social · 25/09/2025Very pleased that my piece 'Urban history as urgent work, an argument for disciplinary promiscuity' has been published in @urbanhistory.bsky.social doi.org/10.1017/S096... Many thanks to @mctom.bsky.social for organising the roundtable that got these thoughts going back in 2023! #UrbanHist #EnvHumsdoi.orgUrban history as urgent work, an argument for disciplinary promiscuity | Urban History | Cambridge CoreUrban history as urgent work, an argument for disciplinary promiscuity 54013
Shane Ewen @shaneewen.bsky.social · 29/08/2025Latest version of What is Urban History?, published in Korean! A true transnational volume, 082
Reposted by Shane EwenAndrew McTominey @mctom.bsky.social · 28/08/2025So I've written a book! Waterscapes is about how impactful our need for water is on the environment and people. It's also about the ways in which infrastructure projects can impact place for good or bad. 44118
Reposted by Shane EwenRoyal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 28/08/2025Published today: 'Waterscapes: Reservoirs, Environment and Identity in Modern England and Wales', by Andrew McTominey bit.ly/4n4LkxB 'Waterscapes' is the 23rd title in the Society's New Historical perspectives book series, published @uolpress.bsky.social. Available free Open Access and in print 1/2 13318
Shane Ewen @shaneewen.bsky.social · 18/08/2025Women have always been firefighters. A story of 3 firefighters, all women, all wanting to make a difference, all ahead of their time, all facing challenges beyond fire. The premiere is on 20th Sept. Book your tickets here: lnkd.in/eW663jW6 131
Reposted by Shane EwenSite Nonsite @sitenonsite.com · 06/08/2025Today is #HiroshimaDay, marking 80 years since the devastating atomic bombing. My song Paper Cranes documents an emotional visit to the peace museum and an encounter with a survivor. Today and every Aug 6, I’ll donate any profits to a Hibakusha charity. sitenonsite.bandcamp.com/album/hirosh... 03011
Reposted by Shane EwenJoe Harley @joeharleyhistory.bsky.social · 20/06/2025It’s here! Objects of Poverty: Material Culture in Britain from 1700 www.bloomsbury.com/uk/objects-o... 35013
Shane Ewen @shaneewen.bsky.social · 16/07/2025New publication! “Objects of Poverty: Material Culture in Britain from 1700” is edited by Joe Harley & Vicky Holmes. Our chapter is on the fireguard - a consistent absence in the archival record - and the campaign to introduce it into working-class homes. Order the book here: lnkd.in/eMz2kfkd 13615
Reposted by Shane EwenThe Urban History Group @urbanhistorygroup.bsky.social · 09/06/2025📣 Registration is now open for #UHG2025! We're excited to welcome you to our first conference organised with the Pre-Modern Towns Group. The Urban Commons: Rights and Citizenship in the City from the Medieval to the Modern 🗓️ 4-5 September 2025 📍 University of Leicesterurbanhistorygroup.wordpress.comUrban History Group conference 2025The Urban Commons:Rights and Citizenship in the City from the Medieval to the Modern 4-5 September 2025, University of Leicester Registration is now open for the Urban History Group’s 2025 co… 02618
Shane Ewen @shaneewen.bsky.social · 04/07/2025My university is looking to appoint 3 Research Officers (1Yr Fixed) to help develop research impact and engagement projects in the following areas Social Sciences English & Creative Writing History Closing date: Friday 25 July 2025 Link: vacancies.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/ce0984li_web...vacancies.leedsbeckett.ac.ukJob profile 001
Reposted by Shane EwenHistoric Towns Trust @historictownstrust.bsky.social · 01/07/2025We're delighted to announce the publication of our historical map of Bradford — UK City of Culture 2025. This multi-layered map shows the development of an industrial city which was constantly rebuilding. Grab a copy of the map from our online shop: shop.historictownstrust.uk/product/hist... 086
Shane Ewen @shaneewen.bsky.social · 01/07/2025Shared a room with peace campaigner Bill Laithwaite today. 020
Shane Ewen @shaneewen.bsky.social · 30/06/2025Spent the evening at Bradford City Hall for the launch of the @historictownstrust.bsky.social map of Bradford, with a series of fascinating talks in conjunction with the Bradford Literature Festival. Get your copy of this beautifully crafted map here: www.historictownstrust.uk/maps-nop/an-... 253
Shane Ewen @shaneewen.bsky.social · 22/06/2025Good to see all the misfits out in Manchester last night: second set bangers aplenty from Pulp 040
Reposted by Shane EwenBradford Literature Festival @bradfordlitfest.bsky.social · 19/06/2025Join us for the official launch of the Bradford Map. A beautifully crafted historical map developed by @historictownstrust.bsky.social 📅 - Monday 30 June 🏛️ - City Hall Book your tickets here: 🔗 www.bradfordlitfest.... #Bradford #BradfordMap #HistoricTownsTrust #BradfordLitFest 043
Reposted by Shane EwenRebecca Wynter @rebeccawynter.bsky.social · 17/06/2025🚨Historians of drink, drugs, sex, crime, law, #police🚨 CfP 'Policing and #PublicHealth, c.1800-2000' workshop www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen... [typo in description: we *may* be able to make a small travel contribution] #HistSTM #LegalHist #HistSex #HistGender #HistMed 01823
Shane Ewen @shaneewen.bsky.social · 17/06/2025I’ve attended my School’s PGR Conference today. Great to hear such eclectic research. V proud supervisor as two of my students presented. One of these, Will Sanders, was also one of the core organisers. Here he is pictured chairing a session before speaking abt aerial threat in c.20th urban Britain 030
Shane Ewen @shaneewen.bsky.social · 11/06/2025My brilliant third year students researched and created the following StoryMaps, sharing the stories of trailblazing women volunteers for the #Leeds Auxiliary Fire Service in the Second World War. Do check them out! #publichistory #urbanhistory #womenshistory space2.org.uk/trailblazers/space2.org.ukTrailblazers - Space2 - An award winning participatory arts charitySpace2 is an award winning arts and social change charity, based in inner East Leeds. We are a small organisation that punches above our weight, with co-production principles at the heart of all we do... 143
Reposted by Shane EwenOldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · 05/06/2025NEW DATASET - OUT NOW! A massive 69,000 records added to the Railway Work, Life & Death project, covering English & Welsh railways, 1855-1929. Download our free database from our website - & please spread the word! #Railway200railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk 34224
Reposted by Shane EwenSam Wetherell @samwetherell.bsky.social · 03/06/2025Who wants free books? These are some of the titles that we at @urbanhistory.bsky.social are looking to review. Let me know if you or a friend want one, or if you have other suggestions. First, @rebwright.bsky.social's fabulous looking history of mid century US energy regimes: 22118
Reposted by Shane EwenThe Urban History Group @urbanhistorygroup.bsky.social · 21/05/2025How did the definition of the 'urban' and the 'suburban' affect the lives of residents? Antoni Porayski-Pomsta (@camhistory.bsky.social) addresses this important question through his research on early twentieth century Warsawurbanhistorygroup.wordpress.comUrban history from the peripheriesIn 1908, the Warsaw Politseimeister General Meier got into an argument with the city’s president, Alexander Miller. The proverbial bone of contention was the responsibility for the sanita… 01613
Reposted by Shane EwenUrban History Association (the official account) @urbanhistorya.bsky.social · 27/05/2025In the wake of LA's 2025 fires, @charlotte-leib.bsky.social explores "the fallacious supposition that new technologies and better design will prevent the next fire, the next flood, or the next degree of global heating" and how highway construction/landscape manipulation contributed to it all:themetropole.blogEngineering Nature, Igniting Risk: LA’s Fires and a Century of Landscape ManipulationEditor’s note: In anticipation of what we all believe will be a stellar UHA conference this October 9-12 in Los Angeles, we are featuring Los Angeles as our theme this month. This is our fifth post… 0108
Reposted by Shane EwenHistoric Towns Trust @historictownstrust.bsky.social · 23/05/2025📢 In association with the University of Chester, we're delighted to announce the publication of our historical map of Chester which charts the city's development from Roman fortress to mercantile centre and cathedral city. Get your copy now! shop.historictownstrust.uk/product/hist... 086
Shane Ewen @shaneewen.bsky.social · 10/05/2025This is the best piece I’ve read all week about the Bradford fire and its legacy. Helped by the fact that Rick Broadbent is a football fan and Yorkshireman. I was happy to discuss our research with him for Forged by Fire. It’s behind a paywall but IFYKYK. www.thetimes.com/sport/footba... 041
Shane Ewen @shaneewen.bsky.social · 09/05/2025🕺 Tea Dance at The Old Fire Station! 💃 Join us on Sat 10th May, 2–5pm for an afternoon of music, cake & history at The Old Fire Station Leeds 🪩 Dance workshops at 2:30pm & 3:30pm 🫖 Tea and cake 🔥 Discover the stories of Leeds' women firefighters during WW2 This is a free event open to all ages! 010
Shane Ewen @shaneewen.bsky.social · 08/05/2025A great project to be involved with - collaboration with a really engaged local community, families and schoolchildren 👏🏻 www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/scottis...glasgowtimes.co.ukPlaque unveiled to commemorate two Paisley firefighters killed in Second World WarA plaque has been unveiled to commemorate two Paisley firefighters who died during a World War Two air raid. 021
Shane Ewen @shaneewen.bsky.social · 05/05/2025Tomorrow we will unveil a red plaque at West Primary School in Paisley in dedication to David Wilson, aged 30, & John Sydney Farrow, aged 16, who died when a landmine bomb was dropped on the school in 1941. @reinarz.bsky.social & I worked with Scottish FRS & P6a pupils to honour both. All welcome. 021
Reposted by Shane EwenThe Urban History Group @urbanhistorygroup.bsky.social · 24/04/2025"Placemaking and place-shaping initiatives which look to urban history and people’s connections to it are thus becoming ever more important to the contemporary city" Charlotte Tomlinson on placemaking, #UrbanHistory, and stories of post-industrial #Hullurbanhistorygroup.wordpress.comPlacemaking, Urban History, and Composing Stories of Post-Industrial CitiesIn late 2021, I sat down with a group of Hull residents to discuss stories of the city over cups of tea and tables set out with a range of photographs and maps. Before the workshop, we had spent an… 073
Reposted by Shane EwenJournal of Historical Geography @jofhistgeog.bsky.social · 24/04/2025Register now! A workshop for early career urban historians on preparing article manuscripts for journal submission + seeking funding for turning a thesis into a book. Free & open to all scholars in the field. globalurbanhistory.org/content.aspx?page_id=331&club_id=803980&item_id=37685 21712
Reposted by Shane EwenHistoric Towns Trust @historictownstrust.bsky.social · 24/04/2025📢 We're delighted to announce the publication of our multi-layered historical map of Ipswich, which charts the development of England's (possibly) oldest settlement going all the way back to the 8th century. Get your copy now from the Trust Shop! shop.historictownstrust.uk/product/hist... 2139
Shane Ewen @shaneewen.bsky.social · 23/04/2025Join us at Leeds Minster for this commemorative concert in memory of VE Day! 010
Shane Ewen @shaneewen.bsky.social · 23/04/2025Do you like tea? ☕️ Do you like dancing? 💃 Are you interested in social history? Join us at Old Fire Station in Gipton on Sat 10th May from 3PM for our Tea Dance to commemorate the 80th anniversary of VE Day. And see what our Leeds Beckett History students have been doing. @lbu-rae.bsky.social 011
Reposted by Shane EwenThe Urban History Group @urbanhistorygroup.bsky.social · 29/03/2025‘The city had, by virtue of aerial threat and the suffering of bombardments between 1914 and 1918, been transformed into a new battlefront. From this point onwards, the protection of the city and its inhabitants was included in the list of defensive concerns to Britain at war’ New, by Will Sanders 035
Shane Ewen @shaneewen.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Listen as we learn about life as a Land Girl, a firefighter in Leeds as bombs rained down on the city and hear what life was like and how Loiners celebrated in 1945. my.leedstickethub.co.uk/29884?queuei...my.leedstickethub.co.uk<p>80<sup>th</sup> Anniversary of VE/VJ Day - Commemoration Concert</p>Saturday 10 May 2025 000
Shane Ewen @shaneewen.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Am attending the NFCC ACER Fire Related Research Conference for the next two days. Currently listening to a frank & refreshing keynote from Justin Johnston, former CFO at Lancashire FRS. Will be speaking about storied-learning as community engagement tomorrow. Say hello if you’re here. 000
Shane Ewen @shaneewen.bsky.social · 17/03/2025Do give @justicesummerland.bsky.social a follow and support their important campaign for a fresh inquest and for justice for the survivors and families 111