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Tomás Irish @tomasirish.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Amazing opportunity to work on a cool project!

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Elisabeth Piller @elisabeth-piller.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I am hiring another postdoc for BLOCKADE's Freiburg team. A 4-year, full time position to explore the impact of blockades in the Americas in both world wars "from below". Please share! @shafrhistorians.bsky.social @historians.org @royalhistsoc.org www.hsozkult.de/job/id/job-1...

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Making sure you're not a bot!

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 01/09/2026

Dina Asher-Smith on how her #History degree (2017) has given her 'a beautiful sense of context' and means she remains 'grounded in reality', despite the pressures of track competition. Starts at 2hrs 30 mins in today's programme. Thanks to @tlgrady68.bsky.social for alerting us to this #Skystorians

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Tomás Irish @tomasirish.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

A short piece that I wrote about post-First World War reparations and the creative replacement of destroyed heritage items at Leuven/Louvain. blendeff.be/s/en/page/af...

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Tomás Irish @tomasirish.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Today is (online) publication day for Contested Histories: Global Perspectives on the Past, Present and Future of Public Monuments, a volume edited by me, @simonajohn.bsky.social and Hannah Lyons. We're so proud to have this volume out in the world! More info here: www.bloomsbury.com/us/contested...

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Contested Histories

Examining case studies from Asia, Africa, North America, and Europe, this book explores the debates around the past, present and future of public monuments. Thr…

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Contemporary European History @conteurohistory.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Our article prize for PGRs and ECRs opens soon! ⬇️⬇️⬇️

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Tomás Irish @tomasirish.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

It was a real pleasure to speak to the Gloucestershire branch of the Historical Association last week about post-First World War reparations and cultural heritage. The event was recorded and can be accessed here: www.youtube.com/@historicala...

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Historical Association Gloucestershire Branch

We are the Gloucestershire Branch of the Historical Association. We have a monthly talk from September through to May which we are recording when possible. The talks can be found here on our YouTube c...

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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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Elisabeth Piller @elisabeth-piller.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Advertising 2 more positions (doc/postdoc) as part of BLOCKADE. PhD cand to examine the heroization of blockade runners in the era of the world wars; postdoc to explore the transatlantic dimension of blockades. 4 year positions in beautiful Freiburg. Please SHARE! www.hsozkult.de/opportunity/...

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Stephanie Olsen @stephanieolsen.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

2.5 year postdoc opportunity at CoE NARS, Tampere University. The focus is on the history of everyday nationalism and we encourage applications dealing with the history of childhood and youth. Please distribute far and wide and encourage great scholars to apply. tuni.rekrytointi.com/paikat/?o=A_...

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Postdoctoral Researcher (History of Everyday Nationalism, CoE NARS) / Tutkijatohtori

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Ciaran O'Neill @ciaranon.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Today is publication day for this beautiful book. Inspiration for it came from seeing @billyshortall.bsky.social talk about his brilliant PhD research at the IHSA in @tlrhub.bsky.social in 2017. One of those joyful collaborations that come along sometimes in academia. Cover is a Paul Henry painting

An image shoeing the cover of a new book, Seeing Ireland: Art, Culture, and Power in Modern Ireland (UND Press, 2026), with a blurb quote by Diarmuid Ó Giolláin calling it a 'highly original contribution to the study of Irish Art.'

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Dr Will Butler @wbutlerhistory.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

I'm lucky enough to be co-supervising this PhD project. Deadline 22 May 2026 "Rethinking Reparations: A Cultural and Social History of Post-First World War Compensation to Civilians in Britain and its Empire, 1918-25": www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate...

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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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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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Tomás Irish @tomasirish.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

swansea.ac.uk

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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International Society for First World War Studies @fwwsoc.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

As a part of its mission to support the “study of the First World War”, and “to give young researchers the opportunity to present and discuss their work”, we invite applications for our second annual Undergraduate Essay Prize. More information at the link below! www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/wm2sy...

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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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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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Dr Heather Ellis @heatherlwellis.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

So...it finally arrived 🥳 A Cultural History of Higher Learning in the Age of Industry Edited with @capandgown.bsky.social and published with @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social With contributions from @tomasirish.bsky.social, @stuartjones.bsky.social, @echomikeromeo.bsky.social and others #histed

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Tomás Irish @tomasirish.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

I'll be talking about my new book project next Tuesday (10 February) in a webinar for the Welsh Centre for International Affairs. All welcome! More details in the link. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/building-u...

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Building UNESCO / Adeiladu UNESCO -1907-1945

Building UNESCO: Public Opinion, International Law, and Peace / Adeiladu UNESCO: Barn y Cyhoedd, Cyfraith Ryngwladol, a Heddwch - 1907-1945

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Martin Grandjean @martingrandjean.ch · 04/12/2025

I am very pleased to announce the publication of a book that I had the privilege of editing with Daniel Laqua on the history of intellectual cooperation at the League of Nations! 🖥️ More about the book: www.martingrandjean.ch/intellectual... 📙 Read online: doi.org/10.18356/978...

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Maurice J. Casey @mauricejcasey.com · 03/12/2025

I’ve seen some oddities on the Belfast antique auction sites — spooky porcelain dolls, eyebrow raising WW2 memorabilia, etc — but this is by far the most inexplicable:

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Vanda Wilcox @vandawilcox.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Are you working on literature and culture in the First World War? have you considered submitting to First World War Studies? meet our Associate Editor @afrayn.bsky.social who is keen to receive more submissions in these fields!

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Elisabeth Piller @elisabeth-piller.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

I m advertising a PhD position as part of our ERC project BLOCKADE. The PhD cand. should focus on myth/narratives of the hunger blockade in Germany, Austria in the era of the World Wars. 4 years of funding, wonderful team, amazing city (evidence attached)! Pls share! www.hsozkult.de/opportunity/...

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Dr Heather Ellis @heatherlwellis.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

📢 Ed. with @capandgown.bsky.social A Cultural History of Higher Learning in the Age of Industry was published by Bloomsbury today! Many thanks to the series eds & all contributors www.bloomsbury.com/uk/cultural-... #histed @sheffielduni.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social @ische-news.bsky.social

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Tomás Irish @tomasirish.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Really excited to see this volume published! My contribution is called 'communities' and explores 19th century universities as sites of inclusion and exclusion in real and imagined ways.

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Elisabeth Piller @elisabeth-piller.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

We are recruiting again. Come join the Trondheim team of BLOCKADE as a 4 year, fully funded postdoc in Modern Economic History - you'll be working with Prof. Jonas Scherner and in one of the most beautiful university towns in Europe (evidence from last visit below)! www.hsozkult.de/searching/id...

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Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS) @friasunifreiburg.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Eighty years after the end of World War II and in view of the numerous conflicts worldwide, urgent questions about the nature and history of postwar times once again arise. The FRIAS project group "Post-war periods" organizes an international conference on the topic. uni-freiburg.de/frias/the-af...

Poster der Universität Freiburg für die internationale Konferenz “The Aftermath – Post-War Times in Modernity and Premodernity: Re-Constructions | Re-Writings | Re-Orderings”, organisiert vom FRIAS Project Group Post-War Periods. Im Hintergrund ist ein historisches Gemälde der zerstörten Kreuzkirche in Dresden (1765) von Bernardo Bellotto zu sehen. Das Poster zeigt die Logos der Universität Freiburg und des FRIAS, Konferenzdaten (16–18 October 2025, FRIAS seminar room, Albertstraße 19), beteiligte Fachbereiche und Kontaktinformationen.

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Tomás Irish @tomasirish.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Very much looking forward to this great conference about Post-War Times next week in Freiburg!

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Nina Régis @nina-regis.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

[SAVE THE DATE] We are organising a conference on neutrality and humanitarianism (1914–1920s), taking place April 15–17, 2026. Deadline for proposals: December 1 > www.casadevelazquez.org/news/the-com... Thanks to @casadevelazquez.bsky.social, FIES, @fwwsoc.bsky.social, @uc3m.es for your support !

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The Committed Neutrality - Casa de Velázquez

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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 of Education Society UK @histedsocuk.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Do you have research you would like to share in the field of history of education? Consider submitting to our academic journal! Find out more about it, and check out our submission site: www.tandfonline.com/journals/the... #histed #academia #edusky

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Michael Neiberg @michaelneiberg.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

I started a #Substack on #AI and #HigherEd. This is #4, on how we grade in an era of AI. Happy back to school!: michaelneiberg.substack.com/p/a-return-o... Are there #AI starter packs out there? Thanks.

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A Return of the Blue Book?

Grading and Shifting Skills in an Era of AI

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Hey... our July titles in Modern History are all #OpenAccess on manchesterhive.com 🔓 Available from 29 July, these books are new in our @sshmedicine.bsky.social & Cultural History of Modern War series. Feat. @sarahcrook.bsky.social, Joel Morley & more. Ground-breaking research, completely free.

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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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Simon John @simonajohn.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Submitted to the publisher this morning: 'Contested Histories: Global Perspectives on the Past, Present and Future of Public Monuments', edited by myself, @tomasirish.bsky.social and Hannah Lyons. Could also have been titled 'Colston Five Years On' @swanseahistory.bsky.social

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Historical Association @histassoc.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

We’re hiring: Membership Administrator Join the HA team in our London office as a full-time Membership Administrator Check out the full job description and application details: www.history.org.uk/membership/news/4310/membership-administrator-job-opportunity

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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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Tomás Irish @tomasirish.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Delighted with the latest review of Feeding the Mind, this time by Daniel Gorman in the Journal of Modern History who calls it 'an impressive work of transnational history.' doi.org/10.1086/735207 doi.org/10.1017/9781...

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University of Chicago Press Journals: Cookie absent

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History: The Journal of the Historical Association @hisjournalha.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

#History #AcademicSky History PhDs/ECRs: working on an article? We are running a workshop on 'Writing History Articles' @histassoc.bsky.social in London on 19 Sept. See below for details, deadline 20 Aug. Some (limited) travel support available. www.history.org.uk/higher-ed/re...

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Writing History Articles: A Workshop for PhD students and ECRs

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Mahon @mahonmurphy.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

My reading for the weekend arrived

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Tomás Irish @tomasirish.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

I'm thrilled with Michael Barnett's generous review of Feeding the Mind in the June issue of the American Historical Review which you can find here: academic.oup.com/ahr/article/...

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Tomás Irish @tomasirish.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

I'm thrilled with Michael Barnett's generous review of Feeding the Mind in the June issue of the American Historical Review which you can find here: academic.oup.com/ahr/article/...

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Dónal Hassett @donalh.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

My first article for the @erc.europa.eu funded COLVET project has been published Open Access in @conteurohistory.bsky.social. It explores how the Greater War concept might facilitate better engagement with colonial experiences of conflict in the early 20th century www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Rethinking the Colonial in the Greater War | Contemporary European History | Cambridge Core

Rethinking the Colonial in the Greater War

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adriennk.bsky.social @adriennk.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

I couldn't wait, so I grabbed the hardback when it was out. For everyone else who's looking into the post WWI intellectual life, it's a must.

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