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History and Heritage @SwanseaUniversity. Hanes a Treftadaeth @PrifysgolAbertawe www.swansea.ac.uk/history -- Researching & Teaching the Past for the 21st Century

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History at Swansea University @swanseahistory.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
We are so looking forward to welcoming our incoming students and to greeting our returning community at the end of this month.
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Adam Mosley @adamjmosley.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
The gardeners at Swansea University are amazing...
A garden scene, including flower beds with bright pink and purple flowers, a bench, a conical bush, and two fountains. It is part of the Seansea University Park campus.
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Gethin Matthews @ww1cymru-wales.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Most WW1 memorials in Wales were unveiled in the 5 years after 1918, but they continued for some years. A number of unveilings in the first weekend of July 1926 – this marked 10 years since the Battles of the Somme & Mametz Wood. The memorial at Builth Wells was unveiled Sunday 4 July 1926 1/2
Newspaper report + photo of unveiling of Builth Wells memorial on 4 July 1926 (from paper of 6 July 1926)
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History at Swansea University @swanseahistory.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
We’re hosting a postgraduate conference on Welsh history with colleagues at Cardiff University. Featuring presentations, workshops, and space to share ideas about researching the Welsh past. 📲 Sign up via the QR code!
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Martin Johnes @martinjohnes.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
I'm interviewing Will about his new Welsh politics book at Swansea Waterstones on 22 April.
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Adam Mosley @adamjmosley.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Fully-funded AHRC PhD scholarship at Swansea University in conjunction with Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales, examining the imperial and colonial associations of their natural sciences collections. Please share widely, and get in touch if you want to know more. Closing date 22 May.
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History and Heritage Studies: AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership Studentship (Fully Funded) in History with Museum Wales (RS951) - Swansea University
We offer a wide range of funded and fully funded research scholarships in all subject areas. Explore your options and apply now.
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Martin Johnes @martinjohnes.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Fully-funded AHRC PhD scholarship at Swansea: the history of the Anti-Apartheid Movement in Wales, 1945-1994. www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate...
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History: AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership Studentship in History with Museum Wales (RS949) - Swansea University
We offer a wide range of funded and fully funded research scholarships in all subject areas. Explore your options and apply now.
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Tomás Irish @tomasirish.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Delighted to announce that I recently signed the contract with Cambridge University Press for my next book: Building Peace Through Education: Internationalism and the Origins of UNESCO, 1899-1945 should be published in mid-2028!
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Martin Johnes @martinjohnes.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
"Young people leave school knowing little about the story of Wales". Article in the Western Mail by myself and David Eagan calling for a new approach to Welsh history in the Curriculum for Wales. www.walesonline.co.uk/news/educati...
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Young people leave school knowing little about the story of Wales
"It remains the case that most pupils in Wales will leave school with limited knowledge of the history of their own nation and its place in the wider UK and world"
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Tomás Irish @tomasirish.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Fully funded four year AHRC PhD project @swanseahistory.bsky.social on 'Rethinking Reparations: A Cultural and Social History of Post-First World War Compensation to Civilians in Britain and its Empire, 1918-25.' Closing date 22 May. Get in touch if you are interested!
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History: AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership Studentship (Fully Funded) in History with The National Archives (RS948) - Swansea University
We offer a wide range of funded and fully funded research scholarships in all subject areas. Explore your options and apply now.
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Tomás Irish @tomasirish.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Delighted be part of this excellent volume. Thanks to @heatherlwellis.bsky.social and @capandgown.bsky.social for overseeing the project to completion!
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History at Swansea University @swanseahistory.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
We’re hosting a postgraduate conference on Welsh history with colleagues at Cardiff University. Featuring presentations, workshops, and space to share ideas about researching the Welsh past. 📲 Sign up via the QR code!
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History at Swansea University @swanseahistory.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
We're excited to welcome prospective students to History at Swansea University tomorrow. Meet the staff, ask questions, and explore where a History degree could take you. It's not too late to sign up: www.swansea.ac.uk/open-days/
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History at Swansea University @swanseahistory.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Publication news! A Special Issue of the journal Cultural and Social History, co-edited by Dr Sarah Crook has just been published. Take a look to find out more about the methodological and archival challenges of researching student lives www.tandfonline.com/toc/rfcs20/2...
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Cultural and Social History
Researching Student Lives: Methodological and Theoretical Perspectives. Volume 23, Issue 1 of Cultural and Social History
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History at Swansea University @swanseahistory.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
We loved seeing nearly 300 pupils on campus for the Gŵyl Ieithoedd / Festival of Languages — and welcoming Germany’s Ambassador to the UK, Susanne Baumann, to speak with History and Modern Languages students about diplomacy, geopolitics and why languages matter more than ever.
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History at Swansea University @swanseahistory.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Huge congratulations to our brilliant colleague Dr Alex Langlands for his work on this project - the whole department is delighted by this exciting news www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Margam park Roman villa find could be 'Port Talbot's Pompeii'
The largest Roman villa ever found in Wales lies less than a metre under Margam Country Park.
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Katherine Weikert @kateweikert.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
This is a very, very cool day for Archaeology press releases, between this and Port Talbot's village! @swanseahistory.bsky.social
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Gethin Matthews @ww1cymru-wales.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Braf iawn i glywed Dr Alex Langlands @ajlanglands.bsky.social o @swanseahistory.bsky.social ar BBC Radio Cymru, yn trafod y darganfyddiadau Rhufeinig ym Margam (36 munud mewn i'r rhaglen) www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Post Prynhawn - Cennydd Davies yn cyflwyno - BBC Sounds
Newyddion y dydd yng Nghymru a thu hwnt.
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History at Swansea University @swanseahistory.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
JOIN US: apply for a two-year postdoctoral research fellowship, researching the history of the fiefs of Jersey and the island’s seigneurial institutions and culture, from the Norman ducal period to the English Civil War. Details: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPI170/p...
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in History at Swansea University
An opportunity for an academic position as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in History is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.
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History at Swansea University @swanseahistory.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
📣 The GENCAS Autumn 2025 Termcard is here! 🍂 Co-organised with Dr Sarah Crook from Swansea’s History, Heritage and Classics Department, this term’s line-up features seminars, supportive workshops, and guest speakers exploring gender from fresh academic perspectives. ✨ Full details below ⬇️
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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 30/09/2025
Meet the grantees of our Health and Wellbeing in Museums Fund 🪴 We've awarded our first round of grants for health and wellbeing programmes in museums, funded by the Julia Rausing Trust, to support nine museums in developing and continuing their groundbreaking work. More about the projects 👇
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Health and Wellbeing in Museums Fund: meet the grantees - Museums Association
The Museums Association has awarded its first round of grants from the Health and Wellbeing in Museums Fund, a programme of grant-making, networking and
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History at Swansea University @swanseahistory.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
📣 Happening TOMORROW! We'll be there! ✨ History and Heritage Fair ✨ 📍 National Waterfront Museum, Swansea 🗓️ 27 September 2025 ⏰ 10–4 💷 Free entry & open to all Discover local and family history with a day of expertise, information, and talks. #Swansea #HistoryFair #Heritage #LocalHistory
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Voices of Motherhood @voicesofmotherhood.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
It's a privilege to welcome @sarahcrook.bsky.social as our keynote speaker for this conference. Sarah's paper is drawn from her new book 'Unhappy Mothers: Women, motherhood, and social change in postwar Britain' which is available to read Open Access.
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Voices of Motherhood @voicesofmotherhood.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
We're pleased to share this call for papers for our upcoming conference! 📍Online via Zoom 🗓️Thursday 5 - Friday 6 February 2026 ⏱️Abstract deadline Saturday 1 November 2025 See our website for full details 👇 voicesofmotherhood.wp.worc.ac.uk/index.php/news-and-resources/updates-from-the-project
The Politics of Motherhood: Maternalism, Maternity and Mothering.

Thursday 5 and Friday 6 February 2026, Online Conference.

Ruth Davidson, Anna Muggeridge, Eve Pennington and Beckie Rutherford.

Keynote address by Dr Sarah Crook, Swansea University: ‘Cradles of Discontent: Motherhood as a pathway to activism in modern Britain’.

This conference is supported by a UKRI Future Leaders’ Fellowship ‘Voices of Motherhood’ Project reference MR/Y018184/1 and the University of Worcester.
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History at Swansea University @swanseahistory.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Delighted that our Head of Department, Dr Matthew Stevens, will be a commissioner on the International Commission for the History of Towns. Who else will be at the assembly later this month?
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History at Swansea University @swanseahistory.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
We're so looking forward to talking to everyone at the @amgueddfacymru.bsky.social History and Heritage Fair at the National Waterfront Museum later this month! Come find our stall, we'd love to meet you.
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History at Swansea University @swanseahistory.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Swansea History students take on the world! We all wish Dylan the very best of luck as he heads off to the World Para Swimming Championships in Singapore! www.instagram.com/reel/DNF1crV...
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Dr Caroline Bourne @carolinebourne.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Just two weeks to submit your abstracts for the 'Medieval Wales and the March' International Medieval Congress sessions sponsored by the Mortimer History Society. Deadline for submissions is 15 September 2025. @imc-leeds.bsky.social #IMC2026 #medievalsky #skystorians #academicsky
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University of Wales Press @uniwalespress.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
The Welsh North American Association celebrates its 96th North American Festival of Wales this week! Based in the US? Browse UWP's virtual booth with @uchicagopress.bsky.social and receive 30% off a selection of Wales Studies books 📚 Code: FESTWALES30 press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/vi...
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GENCAS @swanseagencas.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
We're busy putting together a fantastic termcard for this semester. Our regular 'write together' sessions will be back, and we have some wonderful external speakers lined up, alongside some great roundtables. Watch this space!
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Tomás Irish @tomasirish.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Delighted to be part of this roundtable on US 'Universities and the State' now available open access with @hisjournalha.bsky.social History Roundtable on US Universities and the State: Episodes from the Twentieth Century - History onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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History Roundtable on US Universities and the State: Episodes from the Twentieth Century
This roundtable explores four historical episodes in the history of state–university relations in the United States. In doing so, it addresses issues that also figure prominently in present-day debat...
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History at Swansea University @swanseahistory.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
This looks like a magnificent event!
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History at Swansea University @swanseahistory.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
You can access the recording of Professor David Turner's paper here, too! #disabilityhistory
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History at Swansea University @swanseahistory.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Are you a recent Swansea History grad? We'd love to hear about your experiences with us! Scan the QR code to share your thoughts about our community.
A pink square that says 'tell us what you think'A QR code
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History at Swansea University @swanseahistory.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Are you or a loved one looking for a History place this autumn? Give our clearing line a call on 0808 175 3071 - we have three fab lecturers waiting to talk to you about how you can join our community! More info about Clearing is here: www.swansea.ac.uk
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History at Swansea University @swanseahistory.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
We're always pleased to see another #swanseahistory publication out in the wild!
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History at Swansea University @swanseahistory.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
We can't wait to welcome our incoming class of 2025. If you (or a loved one!) are looking for a home to study history, don't hesitate to contact us. Our clearing line is open bright and early tomorrow ⭐️🌿🌱🫶 tel:08081753071
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History at Swansea University @swanseahistory.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
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History at Swansea University @swanseahistory.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Great to see Dr Tomas Irish's book, Feeding the Mind, out in paperback. You can find out about it here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/f...
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History at Swansea University @swanseahistory.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
We're pleased that this collection will be out soon. Keep an eye on your favourite bookseller to grab your copy of Tomás Irish, Simon John and Hannah Lyons (eds), Contested Histories: Global Perspectives on the Past, Present and Future of Public Monuments (London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2026).
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History at Swansea University @swanseahistory.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Congratulations @simonajohn.bsky.social, @tomasirish.bsky.social, Hannah Lyons, and the contributors! We're looking forward to seeing the volume when it's in print.
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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 17/07/2025
I love looking at medieval art for traces of the common people. Check these out, farmers harvesting, clearly also a job women did. I'll keep an eye out for them in films/tv shows set in that period to see if they're included.
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History at Swansea University @swanseahistory.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 16/07/2025
News | Caerphilly Castle to reopen following two-year restoration – elsewhere, Cyfarthfa Castle and Shire Hall Museum receive funding for transformative projects
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Caerphilly Castle to reopen following two-year restoration - Museums Association
Elsewhere, Cyfarthfa Castle and Shire Hall Museum receive funding for transformative projects
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History at Swansea University @swanseahistory.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
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History at Swansea University @swanseahistory.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Just over a week to go until the closing date for this...
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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 11/07/2025
Our Associate Fellowship category is for those at an earlier stage their research careers - for example, completion of a #History PhD - or History professionals (teachers, curators, archivists etc.) who make research possible. Applications are welcome at any time bit.ly/44r8NTg #Skystorians
Associate Fellowship of the Royal Historical Society

Associate Fellows are recognised for their contribution to historical research, including completion of a PhD in history or a related discipline. Associate Fellows also work in history: for example, as teachers, archivists or curators.

Applications to join are welcome at any time.

Next closing dates: 11 August & 13 October 2025
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History at Swansea University @swanseahistory.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
👇 Another great review of a recent publication by one of the @swanseahistory.bsky.social team 👇
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