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Andre Keil @andrekeil.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Delighted that we host this fantastic workshop. All details below.

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Lucie Matthews-Jones @luciejones83.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I’m really looking forward to welcoming urban historians to LJMU and Liverpool! Make sure you submit your abstracts. #SkyStorian

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James Kneale @jameskneale.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

A conference for some @drinkingstudies.bsky.social historians!

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Urban History @urbanhistory.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

📣 Call for papers! Next year's @urbanhistorygroup.bsky.social conference will be on the theme of Pleasure and the City Submit your abstracts by 22 February 2027 Conference details: 🗓️ 2-3 September 2027 📍 @ljmuhistory.bsky.social, Liverpool 🔗 urbanhistorygroup.wordpress.com/call-for-pap...

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Urban History @urbanhistory.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

📣 New #OpenAccess article 🌊 David Beckingham and @radishington.bsky.social, 'Governing an urban river: the Leen and the making of modern Nottingham, 1696–1973' 🔗 doi.org/10.1017/S096... #UrbanHistory

Title and abstract for the linked article

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Urban History @urbanhistory.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

🎉 So many fantastic works recognised by @urbanhistorya.bsky.social including Jeanette Estruth's #UrbanHistory article on California agriculture & Silicon Valley received honourable mention for the Arnold Hirsch Award for Best Article Published in a Scholarly Journal! www.urbanhistory.org/awards

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Urban History Association

Distinguished service and scholarship in urban history.

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Alex Cheung @klalexcheung.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It is a magical moment to see my very first peer-reviewed article, ‘Chinese Villagers at the Colonial Urban Periphery: Improvement Schemes, Landed Property and Indigeneity in Hong Kong, c. 1890s–1930s’ published on @urbanhistory.bsky.social!

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Alex Cheung @klalexcheung.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

My new article tells the story of peri-urban Chinese villagers in early 20th century Hong Kong when the colonial government settle land ownership, implement ‘improvement schemes’ and remove their village homes. If you are interested in #ColonialCities, or #HongKongHistory in general, check it out!

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Sam Wetherell @samwetherell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The leaves are turning, terms are starting and I am once again looking for people interested in reviewing some wonderful looking books for @urbanhistory.bsky.social - if any of these take your fancy, get in touch. Beginning with Flora Wilson's fabulous looking Operatic Infrastructures.

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Urban History @urbanhistory.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Check. Out. These. Books! Get in touch with Sam if you're interesting in receiving a free copy and reviewing a book for us! 🧵👇

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Urban History @urbanhistory.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

📚 @jasortele.bsky.social's moving review of Marie Kelleher's The Hungry City is now online. "The book’s significance lies in its capacity to reframe familiar themes – royal court, social networks, urban governance – within the context of crisis and adaptation" 🔗 doi.org/10.1017/S096...

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Marie A. Kelleher, The Hungry City: A Year in the Life of Medieval Barcelona. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2025. 270pp. £75.00 hbk. | Urban History | Cambridge Core

Marie A. Kelleher, The Hungry City: A Year in the Life of Medieval Barcelona. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2025. 270pp. £75.00 hbk.

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Urban History @urbanhistory.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

📣 New #OpenAccess article 🪙 Bas Spliet, 'Canal palaces and damp basements: capitalism, housing inequality and living standards in early modern Amsterdam' 🔗 doi.org/10.1017/S096... #UrbanHistory

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Urban History @urbanhistory.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

📣 New #OpenAccess article 🏘️ @klalexcheung.bsky.social, 'Chinese villagers at the colonial urban periphery: improvement schemes, landed property and indigeneity in Hong Kong, c. 1890s-1930s' 🔗 doi.org/10.1017/S096... #UrbanHistory

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Urban History @urbanhistory.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

🚨 New #OpenAccess article 🚽 Manuel Vaquero Piñeiro, Luciano Maffi and Omar Mazzotti, 'Privatizing excrement: the management of organic waste and the cesspit companies in the late nineteenth-century Italian cities' 🔗 doi.org/10.1017/S096... #UrbanHistory

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Mattie Armstrong-Price @mattie-armstrong.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Nice to receive a broadly positive review of the book

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Urban History @urbanhistory.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Congratulations to all the nominees, including our Book Reviews Editor @samwetherell.bsky.social!

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Will Clement @historywill.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

It's proof day! Very excited to see ideas that have been in my head for over a decade in some cases looking now like a real book. I can't wait to see the full thing in print with @manchesterup.bsky.social in February

Inspecting the home
Urban poverty and public health in
nineteenth-century France
Will Clement

MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY PRESS

Contents
List of figures and tables page vi
Acknowledgements viii
List of abbreviations xi
Introduction 1
Part I
1 Senses and statistics: Home visitors before 1840 29
2 Politics and property: Crafting new legislation on
housing, 1840– 50 54
Part II
3 Citizens of unsung duties: The inspectors of the
Second Republic 91
4 Inspecting the inspectors: State bureaucrats and local
experts, 1850– 60 131
Part III
5 Building responsibility: Industrialists and new
constructions 179
6 Shifting blame: Landlord appeals and tenant petitions 223
Conclusion: ‘There will always be insalubrious housing’ 248
Select bibliography 261
Index 276

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Dr Hannah J. Elizabeth @sexhistorian.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Got a hankering for health history? We are looking for a brilliant historian to join us at Strathclyde on our *FUNDED* PhD studentship researching post-1948 unorthodox health activism in Britain. Design a project & apply by 30 October 2026! #AcademicSky #HistMed www.strath.ac.uk/studywithus/...

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Eduwis Preschool: We're Hiring

Alt: We're Hiring

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British History Online @bho.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

This looks really good: www.northeastheritagelibrary.co.uk/inquest-arch... #History #DigitalHistory

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Inquest Archive | North East Heritage Library

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Urban History @urbanhistory.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Come and join team #UrbanHistory! Please send your CV and a 500 word summary outlining your interest in the role and what you would bring to our International Advisory Board to Prof. Roey Sweet by 5pm on 11 September Full details below 👇

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 15/08/2026

With water storage in the news, a timely reminder of its history: 'Waterscapes: Reservoirs, Environment and Identity in Modern England and Wales' (2025), by Andrew McTominey bit.ly/4bMHGW2 Published in the Society's book series and available Open Access from @uolpress.bsky.social #Skystorians 1/2

Book cover for 'Waterscapes: Reservoirs, Environment and Identity in Modern England and Wales' by Andrew McTominey

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Urban History @urbanhistory.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

📣 A reminder that we're recruiting new members to our International Advisory Board 📝 We're happy to receive applications from individuals at different career stages & welcome applications from historians and colleagues from cognate disciplines. 🗓️ Deadline: Friday 11 September 👇 Full details below

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Urban History @urbanhistory.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

📣 New #OpenAccess article 🧖‍♀️ Stella Meng Wang, 'The Modern Woman and the household: hygiene, urban education and the YWCA in Hong Kong, 1921–41' 🔗 doi.org/10.1017/S096... #UrbanHistory

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Urban History @urbanhistory.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

📣 New #OpenAccess article 🪴 Naomi Yuval-Naeh, 'A window(box) to the soul: plants, privacy and urban display in nineteenth-century London' 🔗 doi.org/10.1017/S096... #UrbanHistory

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Urban History @urbanhistory.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

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Maura Doherty @molowell.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

For my colleagues interested in the #historyofcapitalism

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Urban History @urbanhistory.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

For more information on the kinds of articles we publish and the publication process, visit our website 👇 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Author instructions

Welcome to Cambridge Core

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Urban History @urbanhistory.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Did you know every article submitted to #UrbanHistory is entered into the Dyos Prize? First awarded in 1992, the Dyos Prize is awarded to the best article submitted to the journal in the preceding academic year. We're sharing previous winners prior to the 2026 award announcement later this year 🧵

White text on maroon background: Urban History Dyos Prize.

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Sarah Mass @sarahmmass.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Wonderful to see this in print. A perceptive and generous review of what was a true labor of love for all of us.

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Susan Pedersen · Worker, Hipster, Banker: Modern British Cities

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Urban History @urbanhistory.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

📣 We're recruiting new members for our International Advisory Board! 🌏 We are particularly interested in recruiting board members with expertise in the following areas: urban history of Africa (any region); South Asia; China; Latin America and the Caribbean; Central and Eastern Europe. 👇 Details

Call for new members of Urban History’s International Advisory Board.

Urban History seeks to appoint new members to its international advisory board.
This is an exciting opportunity to become involved with a world-leading journal for urban historical research. Urban History is published by Cambridge University Press and occupies a central place in historical scholarship, with an outstanding record of interdisciplinary contributions, and a broad-based and distinguished panel of referees and international advisors. Each issue features wide-ranging research articles covering social, economic, political and cultural aspects of the history of towns and cities and supplementary material including periodical reviews, thesis reviews and book reviews. Our growing submissions are becoming increasingly global and chronologically diverse and we seek to appoint an additional members of the international advisory board to reflect these developments and to further broaden our geographical range in Asia, Africa and Eastern Europe.
About the role
Members of the International Advisory Board are expected to promote the journal through their networks and to encourage high quality submissions in the field of urban history. Board members support the Editorial Team (Shane Ewen, Prashant Kidambi, Domenic Vitiello, Roey Sweet and Rosemary Wakeman) as requested on submissions that fall within their field, undertaking peer review where appropriate or providing suggestions for specialist reviewers within their field. All board members are expected to attend the annual meeting of the International Advisory Board (held online) where there are opportunities to provide advice and suggestions for the future direction of the journal.

We are particularly interested in recruiting board members with expertise in the following areas: urban history of Africa (any region); South Asia; China; Latin America and the Caribbean; Central and Eastern Europe.

Essential qualities (to be used in shortlisting)
• Expertise in urban history or a cognate discipline (candidates with expertise in the areas listed above may be preferred)
• Evidence of active participation in urban history networks
We are happy to receive applications from individuals at different career stages and we welcome applications from historians and colleagues from cognate disciplines – working in any context – from under-represented groups, including those from minoritized ethnic groups, disabled people, LGBTQIA+ people, and those who are ‘first generation’ in Higher Education.
How to apply
Those interested in making an application to join the international advisory board should send to Roey Sweet (rhs4@le.ac.uk)
• a CV (no more than 3 pages)
• a summary of up to 500 words outlining your interest in the role and what you would bring to it.
Enquiries
Informal enquiries about the role can be made to: Professor Roey Sweet rhs4@le.ac.uk
Deadline
Deadline for applications: 5.00pm on Friday 11 September 2026
We expect interviews to take place in October 2026 and that the new board members will start their term of office from January 2027.

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Of interest to UK university #Skystorians: Royal Historical Society open online meeting on 'The crisis in UK higher education: The future for History'. 4 August 2-4 pm.

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The Crisis in UK HE: the Future for History

An open meeting for historians in UK higher education on what is needed to best support and protect the profession and discipline.

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Urban History @urbanhistory.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

📣 New #OpenAccess article 💶 Nicoletta Rolla, 'Fair rent and the production of an early modern city (Turin, first half of the eighteenth century)' 🔗 doi.org/10.1017/S096... #UrbanHistory

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Urban History @urbanhistory.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

📣 New #OpenAccess article 🏘️ Ella Itkin, 'What’s in a queue? Scarce resources and notions of entitlement to public housing in Novosibirsk during Khrushchev’s housing campaign' 🔗 doi.org/10.1017/S096... #UrbanHistory

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Mair Rigby @mairsrambles.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Closes 25 August. Please share with anyone who might be interested in applying.

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Urban History @urbanhistory.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

☎️ Calling all urban historians, we're looking for new members to join our International Advisory Board. Details 👇

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Urban History @urbanhistory.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Exciting opportunity to join our International Advisory Board (aka a lovey group of people) 👇

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Urban 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

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Urban History @urbanhistory.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

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Sam Wetherell @samwetherell.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Paperbacks have arrived and are looking lovely. Buy yours from 16 July. It has been heartily endorsed by both the Financial Times and the Morning Star so its perfect for any Dialectic enthusiasts in your life. See below for some events too:

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Dr Lena Ferriday @lenaferriday.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

My review of @katrinanavickas.bsky.social's Contested Commons for @urbanhistory.bsky.social highly recommends the book, as a refreshing historicisation of the diverse ways people have demanded their right to exist in public spaces 🏞️ 🏙️ 🛣️ www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

UK-based early career historian in need of up to £2,000 to complete a project? Deadline for the Royal Historical Society's scheme is 4 September: royalhistorical.smapply.io/prog/early_c...

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Early Career Fellowship Grants - RHS

The Society's Early Career Fellowship Grant scheme provides grants of £2,000, maximum, for discrete research projects lasting no more than six months. In 2026, two rounds of grants will be awarded by ...

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Urban History @urbanhistory.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

📣 New #OpenAccess article 🏛️ Lieze Bertier, ‘"Not to be tolerated in a city of such high repute": the prosecution of rape as a window on crime, deviance and social order in late medieval Bruges (1490–1537)' 🔗 doi.org/10.1017/S096... #UrbanHistory

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