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Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont.bsky.social · 24d

#EverydayWelfare co-ed collection by @ruthdav.bsky.social @evecolpus.bsky.social & me offers a renewed & revised history of welfare in modern Britain by focussing on how people sought to 'fare well'. Fully #OA join the 20k who have already taken a look. Enjoy! link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

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Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social · 1d

Today is World Mental Health Day. Through the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH), you can research the history of mental health. BBIH’s free reading list on the history of emotions highlights some recent scholarship on the history of mental health in the UK and Ireland buff.ly/OK5HSbu

Engraving of an 18th century building in a pastoral landscape

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Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick @mrcwarwick.bsky.social · 1d

On #WorldMentalHealthDay we're sharing a leaflet from the TUC archive encouraging nurses to take a break. The leaflet also highlights the dangers of work place stress and exhaustion. Be fair to yourself! #histnursing #histmed #archives #MRCArchives

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Page from 'Off Duty' dated 1937. Headed 'Self-sacrifice' it is illustrated with a picture of a stressed looking nurse alongside a patient. Part of the text reads 'be fair to yourself - and you will be fair to your patients'. There is also a photograph of nurses standing next to a statue of Florence Nightingale.

Photograph of two nurses taking a well-earned tea break. Captioned 'Off duty'.

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Sonja Tiernan @sonjatiernan.bsky.social · 1d

Please to find out that ‘Childhood and the Irish: A Muscellany’ will be launched early December & includes my short chapter ‘Where all children are treated equally?: The Children and Family Relationships Bill (2015)’
irishinterest.ie/book/childho...

Irish Interest - Find Books From or About Ireland

irishinterest.ie

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Maud Anne Bracke @maudannebracke.bsky.social · 2d

📣📣Call for papers

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Hybrid workshop, "Motherhood Without Poverty: Working-Class Women and Global Struggles for Work, Family, and Reproductive Autonomy (1918–1939)".

27 feb 2026, University of Glasgow.

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Motherhood Without Poverty 2026

Motherhood Without Poverty: Working-Class Women and Global Struggles for Work, Family, and Reproductive Autonomy (1918–1939) Call for papers A One-Day Hybrid Workshop at the University of Glasgow Frid...

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Peter Mandler @petermandler.bsky.social · 1d

Join us for a roundtable on 'The Modern British City' in January at Senate House, London, with Simon Gunn, Erika Hanna, Owen Hatherley, Peter Mandler, Otto Saumarez Smith and Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite, followed by wine! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Roundtable: 'The Modern British City'

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Aaron Reeves @aaronreeves.bsky.social · 1d

If you know someone who is thinking about doing a PhD and who is interested in health then please share this advert with them. It is an ESRC funded PhD working on trade unions and health as part of a collaboration with me and the @tuc.org.uk @lsesociology.bsky.social www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...

LSE Collaborative Studentship with Trades Union Congress

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Wonkhe @wonkhe.bsky.social · 1d

NEW on Wonkhe: What looks like efficiency in UK higher education often masks systemic injustice. Jim Dickinson explores how policies around reassessment quietly entrench inequality buff.ly/89mzFbe

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 1d

'Universities have collectively announced more than 12,000 job cuts in the last year, new analysis from the University and College Union (UCU) suggests.'

Thousands more university jobs cut as financial crisis deepens

University workers will vote on national strike action this month over a 1.4% pay offer made in the summer.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 1d

Delighted to be at the launch of Saothar 50: the journal of the Irish labour history society (ILHS),50 years in publication. A wonderful collection of essays on labour, class,women,etc. excited to see the new exhibit at the ILHS archives-the banner of the Irish Women Workers Union (IWWU) #speirgorm

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Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks again to wonderful editor @sonjatiernan.bsky.social for opportunity to contribute to #Saothar50. Having this opportunity to write about how Irish housewives felt about their unpaid labour in the home & how their experiences inspired #activism has been brilliant. #womensgrassrootsactivism

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Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont.bsky.social · 1d

Wonderful evening spent with members of #IrishLabourHistorySociety celebrating 50th edition of #Saothar. Lovely reflections on its significant contribution to Irish history landscape & call to arms to make labour histories more known to future generations & way to promote social justice.

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Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont.bsky.social · 1d

Ah I saw that name quite a few times yesterday!

Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you Dublin sky for opening up to let the sun shine & letting me get one last #seaswim in for 2025 🏊‍♀️ ❤️.

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Evan @evansmithhist.bsky.social · 1d

With the publication of our book 'In Solidarity, Under Suspicion: The British Far Left from 1956' next month, @manchesterup.bsky.social are offering a 30% discount using the discount code below!

manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526179593/

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Patrick Thompson @patrickwjthompson.bsky.social · 24d

Delighted to be on the @ihr.bsky.social / @ihrbritainseminar.bsky.social seminar programme for this autumn!

Come and hear me talk about my work on Britain and the NI Civil Rights Movement on 20th November. Or join online via Teams.

More details here 👇

www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

‘Out of sight and out of mind?’: British Perceptions of the Northern Irish Civil Rights Movement

www.history.ac.uk

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Contemporary British History seminar @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you to @katrinanavickas.bsky.social for a brilliant start to our seminar series last night!

Next session is 22 Oct, 5.30pm UK time, online/in-person when @dohertyta.bsky.social will speak on The Fragility of Feminist Futures in Digital Collections.

Sign up: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

The Fragility of Feminist Futures in Digital Collections

www.history.ac.uk

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Fiona Buckley @fionamaybuckley.bsky.social · 2d

In Irish Political Studies, Yvonne Galligan & I examine the electoral performance of women candidates in the 2024 general election and reflect back on the implementation of the legislative gender quota in three general elections - doi-org.ucc.idm.oclc.org/10.1080/0790... & hdl.handle.net/10468/17999

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University of Limerick @unioflimerick.bsky.social · 2d

Dr Leanne Calvert's new book, 'Pious and Promiscuous: Life, Love and Family in Presbyterian Ulster', reveals the personal stories that shaped the rhythms and rituals of Presbyterian family life in 18th and 19th century Ulster.

shop.ria.ie/products/pious

@leannecalvert.bsky.social
@ria.ie

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Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social · 8d

🖥 We have a number of online research training courses starting in October.

Visit the IHR website to register and find detailed information on each course: www.history.ac.uk/study-traini...

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 6d

Booking is now open for this year's Royal Historical Society Public History Lecture, with @greshamcollege.bsky.social:

'Minor Criminal: The Trial of the Man Who Murdered My Grandmother', with Daniel Finkelstein bit.ly/4op6Wpd

6-7pm, Tuesday 4 November: in person and online #Skystorians 1/2

Minor Criminal: The Trial of the Man Who Murdered My Grandmother

This is the annual Royal Historical Society Lecture.

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Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont.bsky.social · 2d

Very excited launch of #Saothar50 is today 🥳 🥳. Looking forward to attending later as part of #DublinFestivalHistory & being in fab company of @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social @sonjatiernan.bsky.social @fionnualawalsh.bsky.social @helenbeaumont.bsky.social. Hope to get quick 🌊🏊‍♀️ in as well 🥶. ❤️Dublin.

Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont.bsky.social · 10d

So grateful to @sonjatiernan.bsky.social & editors of #Saothar50 for opportunity to write on Irish housewives. By mad coincidence my ma was interviewed about her everyday experiences in 1968 & that features in my new article. #familyhistory #femaleactivism
dublinfestivalofhistory.ie/event/specia...

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Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont.bsky.social · 2d

❤️ to be home in Dublin & working in @nlireland.bsky.social on #ICA archives & its role on Council Status of Women in 1970s & 1980s. Logo for International Women’s Year 1975 exp. as dove for peace, = symbol for equality & symbol for women. Designed by Valerie Pettits. #womensgrassrootsactivism

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 2d

Gerlin Bean, says A.S Francis, was the “mother of the Black women’s movement” in the UK. Listen to this essay celebrating the Jamaica-born activist, whose life exemplified theory in action. @lawrencewishart.bsky.social @younghistorians.bsky.social #blackhistorymonth buff.ly/M9oh2yU

Sideways Sociology: UK Anti-Racism
Gerlin Bean: Black British Feminist Socialism
by A. S. Francis
Podcast graphic featuring central photograph of Gerlin Bean's face, superimposed on line drawings of Black and Brown faces against a yellow background featuring parallel lines and arrows pointing rightward.

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Friends of The Women's Library @fotwl.bsky.social · 25d

Hello Bluesky!

We are an independent group of Friends that support The Women's Library at LSE through fundraising, donations, publicity, advice, and activities.

Find out more about our history and our work here:
friendsofthewomenslibrary.org.uk

Friends of the Women's Library – The Friends of The Women’s Library support the preservation and use of one of the most important collections on women’s history in the UK.

friendsofthewomenslibrary.org.uk

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