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Historical Association @histassoc.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Join us and @drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social as she peels back the polished veneer of Britain's Georgian elite to reveal fortunes built on Caribbean slavery, and examines the women whose wealth and status were tied to the enslaved economy. Book here: www.history.org.uk/events/calen...

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UK-St Helena Heritage Trust @ukshheritage.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Newly exiled to #StHelena, Napoleon befriended Toby, an enslaved gardener. Today Toby's Cottage has been rebuilt as a memorial to his life & times. Join us on Wed, 28 Oct, 6pm GMT as Michel Dancoisne-Martineau reveals the surprising story of the project. bit.ly/TC28Oct26

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Randy Browne @randybrowne.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I'm looking forward to this online lecture and conversation on Sept. 30 at The Open University. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-driver...

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The Driver's Story: Labour and Power in the World of Atlantic Slavery

Free online lecture by award-winning author and historian Professor Randy M. Browne (Xaiver University)

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 23/06/2026

Those looking for fellow historians may also be interested in @royalhistsoc.org's new listing of 100+ UK history societies and membership organisations: bit.ly/4b3af0I We are stronger and better historians together #Skystorians

Image of historical map of the Britain and Ireland with text: "The Royal Historical Society works closely with a number of other UK and Irish societies dedicated to the study, communication and promotion of historical knowledge and understanding.

Once a year, the Society hosts a half-day meeting of heads of UK history societies to discuss subjects of shared interest, such as publishing, membership and advocacy for the discipline. The Society also holds regular online meetings with its equivalent national organisations worldwide."

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

The 1926 Irish National Census has been digitised and is being made available online from today - a treasure trove for researchers and for families! www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

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‘Such a mix of people’: Ireland of 1926 was not monocultural, release of census shows

Archive is freely available online from 18 April, revealing the lives, occupations and secrets of 2.9m people

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 20/04/2026

Research funding for historians: the Society currently invites applications for 5 grant programmes: to support individual and project-based research by historians across a range of career stages bit.ly/4vzzNeB. Closing dates for eligible applicants fall between 8 May and 5 June 2026 #Skystorians

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Calls for research funding from the Royal Historical Society: May to June 2026 - RHS

The Society currently invites applications for the following five schemes — open to historians at a range of career stages — with closing dates between 8 May and 5 June 2026. For further information o...

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British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Applications now open for a fully-funded PhD studentship exploring Yugoslavia’s multifaceted role during the Cold War, co-supervised with @exeter.ac.uk . This is one of a number of studentships available as part of AHRC’s Collaborative Doctoral Partnership scheme. Find out more: link.bl.uk/q95

A bright coral red graphic with black and white Yugoslavian stamps accross the bottom. Text in the centre reads Cold War Socialism, Non-Alignment and Anti-Colonialism in the Yugoslav Press, 1961 - 1979. With University of Exeter. Uncover fresh insights into Cold War socialism and anti-colonialism from a Yugoslav perspective, centering on the largely unexamined Joint Translation Service (JTS) bulletins. Deadline Tuesday 5 May.

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 20/04/2026

Today we also open the call for applications to our 2026-27 Master's Scholarships programme: bit.ly/4dTHmXe Scholarships of £5000 are for students from groups currently underrepresented in academic history to study for an MA in history or a related subject. Closing date: Friday 5 June #Skystorians

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Master's Scholarships programme 2026-27: supporting groups underrepresented in academic history - RHS

Each year the Society awards Scholarships to support students who will study for a Master's degree in history at a UK university. Master's Scholarships, each of £5000, seek to support students from gr...

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Martyn Weeds @martynweeds.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

On 16th April, join me and @peterjcherry.bsky.social for a webinar on the travel grants and research support available for UK university students via the @thebiaankara.bsky.social - biaa.ac.uk/events/webin...

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 01/04/2026

We also have a new funding programme for RHS Fellows & Associate Fellows of the Society resident outside the UK & Ireland bit.ly/3PtDQZu Grants support research in UK / Irish archives for our international historians. Deadline 8 May to enable research from summer 2026 #Skystorians 1/2

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Society launches new funding programme for International Fellows and Associate Fellows - RHS

The Royal Historical Society is pleased to launch a new programme, from today, to support the work of International Fellows and Associate Fellows. Recipients will be members of the Society, resident o...

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Retired or soon to be retired UK HE or IRO researcher, or 'retired' but still holding PT position up to 0.5FTE? Awards of £k-£24 k available from @leverhulme.ac.uk to support your research. The deadline is 4pm 29 January 2026.

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Emeritus Fellowships | The Leverhulme Trust

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Marsh's Library @marshslibrary.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

A break from Christmas content to enjoy this capybara eating a banana. From François Froger's 'A relation of a voyage ...' (London, 1698).

17th century engraving of a capybara under a palm tree eating a banana

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Ian Bond @cerianbond.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Important point: university isn't just for posh kids; Erasmus+ gives non-posh kids same chance as posh kids to study abroad, which they otherwise wdn't have; & covers vocational & other non-university training & education exchanges. And if more students come to the UK, that increases UK soft power.

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Jim Ambuske @jimambuske.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

New Episode! "Recovering Black Mariners in the Atlantic World with Mary Hicks" Check out my conversation with Dr. Hicks about the stories she tells in Captive Cosmopolitans Black Mariners and the World of South Atlantic Slavery @uncpress.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...

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UK-St Helena Heritage Trust @ukshheritage.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Tomorrow! Wed, 3 Dec, 6pm GMT How do you abolish slavery on a remote island, governed by a trading company, where everybody knows everybody else? St Helenian history is always intriguing - and always different! Free webinar with author Colin Fox. bit.ly/StH0312

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Randy Browne @randybrowne.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Just under two weeks left to apply for this three-year post-doc to work on the AHRC-funded project, "Voices in Slavery’s Archive: Law, Place and Testimony in British Guiana," based at the University of Edinburgh.

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UK-St Helena Heritage Trust @ukshheritage.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Massive thanks to Vince Thompson of the St Helena Independent for his generous pledge of £2,000 to our campaign to send a conservation engineer to St Helena to devise stabilisation repairs for the island's vulnerable historic fortifications. donorbox.org/ukshht-engin...

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A Conservation Engineer For St Helena | UK-St Helena Heritage Trust (Powered by Donorbox)

Help us get a conservation engineer to St HelenaStop press! 5 November 2025. We are enormously grateful to Vince Thompson of the St Helena Independent for pledging a magnificent £2,000 to this campaig...

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UK-St Helena Heritage Trust @ukshheritage.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

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A Conservation Engineer For St Helena | UK-St Helena Heritage Trust (Powered by Donorbox)

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UK-St Helena Heritage Trust @ukshheritage.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

How do you abolish slavery on a remote island, governed by a profit-driven trading company, where everybody knows everybody else? St Helenian history is always intriguing - and always different! Free history webinar, Wed 3 Dec, 6pm GMT. #StHelena #Slavery

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Randy Browne @randybrowne.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

More news about our AHRC-funded project, “Voices in Slavery’s Archive: Law, Place and Testimony in British Guiana.” www.xavier.edu/now/2025/xav...

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Xavier professor receives $2M for research into Caribbean slavery

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UK-St Helena Heritage Trust @ukshheritage.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

How did #StHelena shift from a reliance on enslaved to free labour? Author Colin Fox explores St Helena's journey from slavery to freedom, 1792-1840, in our free online history talk, Wed, 3 December, 6pm GMT. bit.ly/StH0312

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight www.cityam.com/the-british-...

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The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?

The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity

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UK-St Helena Heritage Trust @ukshheritage.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Tonight! Wed, 12 Nov, 6pm UK time. A British military architect in the time of Napoleon. On a remote island in the South Atlantic. We love history! #StHelena

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UK-St Helena Heritage Trust @ukshheritage.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

British military architects in the time of #Napoleon. Historian Peter Hicks explores the career of Royal Engineer Anthony Emmett on #StHelena during Napoleon's exile. When: Tomorrow, Wed 12 Nov, 6pm GMT. Where: online at bit.ly/StH1211 £: FREE

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Lucas Haasis @lhaasis.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

What do pirates in Madagascar, a red knitted jumper, the sunken warship Vasa, captivity and colonialism, and the Prize Papers have in common? They're all part of our new online lecture series "Ships & Seafaring 1500–1800". Join us weekly on Mondays, 1pm CET, on Zoom #earlymodern #maritimehistory 🗃️

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Ships & Seafaring 1500–1800

An online lecture series organized by the German Maritime Museum and the Prize Papers Project (Prize Papers Talks Special Edition)

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Historical Association @histassoc.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

@davidandress.bsky.social is the academic expert in the chair this evening talking about the French Revolution, the people, the events and the legacy. Its not too late to join the course. www.history.org.uk/historian/ca...

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The 1789 French Revolution – not just a revolution in France

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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Today’s #AutumnArrivalSpotlight shines on the Starling! Forget fireworks...Autumn’s skies come alive with magnificent murmurations: vast, swirling clouds of Starlings dancing at dusk. One of nature's greatest spectacles. 😍

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UK-St Helena Heritage Trust @ukshheritage.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Yay! We're nearing our fundraising target to get a conservation engineer to St Helena to devise stabilisation repairs for the magnificent High Knoll Fort. Please donate if you can. This is British heritage and world heritage. We need to save it! www.uk-sthelenaheritagetrust.org/post/a-conse...

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A Conservation Engineer for St Helena's High Knoll Fort

Help us get a conservation engineer to St Helena. Some of St Helena's most important historic monuments need urgent repair and protection. We are fundraising to send a conservation-accredited structur...

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UK-St Helena Heritage Trust @ukshheritage.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

In 1815, aged 25, already battle-hardened, Napoleon fanboy Anthony Emmett secured his dream job as commanding royal engineer on St Helena during the exile of his hero. Historian Peter Hicks uncovers his intriguing life: Wed 12 Nov, 6pm GMT. www.uk-sthelenaheritagetrust.org/post/a-cosmp...

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A Cosmopolitan Military Architect and Napoleon fan on St Helena

Anthony Emmett of the Royal Engineers was only about 25, but already much battle-scarred, when he was appointed commanding royal engineer on St Helena during Napoléon's exile. It may have been his dre...

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A Cosmopolitan Military Architect and Napoleon fan on St Helena

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A Conservation Engineer for St Helena's High Knoll Fort

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EAMENA @eamena.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

📣'Reporting Heritage Destruction' just published by Endangered Cultural Heritage of the Global South (ECHGS) Hub. Exploring how cultural heritage destruction is reported - asking who reports, what is reported, how, and with what consequences. #openaccess www.archaeopress.com/.../missingP...

'Reporting Heritage Destruction' just published by Endangered Cultural Heritage of the Global South (ECHGS), University of Oxford

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Historical Association @histassoc.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Exploring monarchy and empire. Our Caribbean Teacher Fellowship launched this term with leading academics; find out more about this fully-funded programme and how it supports teachers. shorturl.at/OQXwH

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 28/10/2025

We are very pleased to be working with @ihr.bsky.social and @findmypast.bsky.social on this new Applied History Fellowship programme. The launch event on Weds 19 November bit.ly/49vcgCS provides further details of the scheme and how to apply #Skystorians

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UK-St Helena Heritage Trust @ukshheritage.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

In 1815, aged 25, already battle-hardened, Napoleon fanboy Anthony Emmett secured his dream job as commanding royal engineer on St Helena during the exile of his hero. Join historian Peter Hicks to discover his intriguing life in a free online history talk: Wed 12 Nov, 6pm GMT. bit.ly/StH1211

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UK-St Helena Heritage Trust @ukshheritage.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Bonhams are selling a fragment of wallpaper reputed to come from the room in Longwood House on St Helena where #Napoleon died. It's a super excuse to publish the Wellcome Collection's anonymous painting of the deathbed scene. www.uk-sthelenaheritagetrust.org/post/napoleo...

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Napoleon's Wallpaper Resurfaces

Bonhams are selling a fragment of wallpaper reputed to have come from the room in Longwood House in which the Emperor Napoleon died in 1821. It is labelled on the reverse: 'Part of the paper of the ro...

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UK-St Helena Heritage Trust @ukshheritage.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

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Napoleon's Wallpaper Resurfaces

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Martyn Weeds @martynweeds.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Spent a really interesting and enjoyable hour at the Institute in Ankara this morning for an informal session during which all @thebiaankara.bsky.social research staff and fellows gave 5 minute presentations on their research and interests. Great to see such a vibrant and active research community!

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Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Announcing IHR Discovery Courses: Historic Maps, Townscape & Architecture, and Archaeology for Historians. Suitable for historians working in all contexts, or anyone looking for new learning experiences, and inspiration. www.history.ac.uk/study-traini...

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IHR British History in the Long C18th Seminar @long18thsem.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

AUTUMN 2025 TERM CARD: We have an exciting range of speakers for the remainder of this term - covering a range of topics relating to Britain in the #18th! As always, all our seminars take place in person and online. Make sure to register with the following link! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

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