Contemporary Levant
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A journal of the Council for British Research in the Levant @cbrl.bsky.social; https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/ycol20. Looking for archaeology? That’ll be our sister journal, @levant-journal.bsky.social
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Entangled roots: co-governance and the politics of reforestation in contemporary Lebanon
This article examines the concept of co-governance in the context of reforestation in post-war Lebanon. Specifically, it considers this concept in relation to the Lebanon Reforestation Initiative (...
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New online and open access at @contemplevant.bsky.social: "Entangled roots: co-governance and the politics of reforestation in contemporary Lebanon" by Paul Esber: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#Lebanon #environment #reforestation
#Lebanon #environment #reforestation
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🚨 Applications are now open for the 2026–27 Koch History Centre Fellowships at Oxford!
We are seeking 12 historians (9 junior, 3 senior) for a one-year fellowship at Wadham College & the Faculty of History.
This year’s theme: “Scarcity and Abundance”
Deadline: 17 Dec 2025
Please share widely!
We are seeking 12 historians (9 junior, 3 senior) for a one-year fellowship at Wadham College & the Faculty of History.
This year’s theme: “Scarcity and Abundance”
Deadline: 17 Dec 2025
Please share widely!
November 26, 2025 at 11:57 AM
🚨 Applications are now open for the 2026–27 Koch History Centre Fellowships at Oxford!
We are seeking 12 historians (9 junior, 3 senior) for a one-year fellowship at Wadham College & the Faculty of History.
This year’s theme: “Scarcity and Abundance”
Deadline: 17 Dec 2025
Please share widely!
We are seeking 12 historians (9 junior, 3 senior) for a one-year fellowship at Wadham College & the Faculty of History.
This year’s theme: “Scarcity and Abundance”
Deadline: 17 Dec 2025
Please share widely!
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Are you a student, PhD candidate, or postdoc interested in #EnvHist opportunities in or related to Europe? Then our early-career-scholar team is building a network just for you.
Join our new Early-Career #EnvHist Network! We have created a listserv for opportunities related to environmental history (broadly conceived), and we welcome students, PhD candidates and post-docs interested in what happens in Europe. To join, send us a Private Message.
Members can also contribute!
Members can also contribute!
December 15, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Are you a student, PhD candidate, or postdoc interested in #EnvHist opportunities in or related to Europe? Then our early-career-scholar team is building a network just for you.
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Associate Professor in Modern Arabic Literature position at the University of Oxford.
Deadline: 5 January
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPK674/a...
Deadline: 5 January
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPK674/a...
Associate Professor in Modern Arabic Literature at University of Oxford
Recruiting now: Associate Professor in Modern Arabic Literature on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job opportunities on the top job board
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December 15, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Associate Professor in Modern Arabic Literature position at the University of Oxford.
Deadline: 5 January
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPK674/a...
Deadline: 5 January
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPK674/a...
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FELLOWSHIP! @bethmardutho.bsky.social is seeking a research assistant for a project on Syriac printing culture in Europe from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century. Knowledge of Latin is a must. Interested students or recent graduates can DM us for details. #fellowship bethmardutho.org
Beth Mardutho | Promoting the study and preservation of the Syriac heritage & language
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December 15, 2025 at 8:48 AM
FELLOWSHIP! @bethmardutho.bsky.social is seeking a research assistant for a project on Syriac printing culture in Europe from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century. Knowledge of Latin is a must. Interested students or recent graduates can DM us for details. #fellowship bethmardutho.org
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The December 2025 edition of CBRL’s newsletter is out now! 📬
Catch up on our latest news, research, and upcoming events across the Levant. Check it out! 📰
Read here: mailchi.mp/cbrl/cbrl-de...
Catch up on our latest news, research, and upcoming events across the Levant. Check it out! 📰
Read here: mailchi.mp/cbrl/cbrl-de...
December 15, 2025 at 12:37 PM
The December 2025 edition of CBRL’s newsletter is out now! 📬
Catch up on our latest news, research, and upcoming events across the Levant. Check it out! 📰
Read here: mailchi.mp/cbrl/cbrl-de...
Catch up on our latest news, research, and upcoming events across the Levant. Check it out! 📰
Read here: mailchi.mp/cbrl/cbrl-de...
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Have you booked your spot yet? 👀
Don’t miss tomorrow’s online lecture, 6 PM Amman time - 3 PM London time.
📲Register here:
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Don’t miss tomorrow’s online lecture, 6 PM Amman time - 3 PM London time.
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The CBRL Graduate Network Seminar Series continues! 🎓
Lecture 6: "Processing and Analysing Data 3: Surveys" Speaker: Dr. Muna Slehat
🔹 09 Dec 2025
🔹 6 PM (Amman) | 3 PM (UK)
🔹 Online (Zoom)
Book your spot now:
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Lecture 6: "Processing and Analysing Data 3: Surveys" Speaker: Dr. Muna Slehat
🔹 09 Dec 2025
🔹 6 PM (Amman) | 3 PM (UK)
🔹 Online (Zoom)
Book your spot now:
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December 8, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Have you booked your spot yet? 👀
Don’t miss tomorrow’s online lecture, 6 PM Amman time - 3 PM London time.
📲Register here:
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Don’t miss tomorrow’s online lecture, 6 PM Amman time - 3 PM London time.
📲Register here:
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🏆🏆🏆Calling all Masters and Ph.D. students, you still have time to apply for the 2025 Gorgias Book Grant - your chance to win $500 of our titles! What are you waiting for? #awards #mastersdegree #PhD #phdlife #winbooks www.gorgiaspress.com/awards
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November 25, 2025 at 11:01 AM
🏆🏆🏆Calling all Masters and Ph.D. students, you still have time to apply for the 2025 Gorgias Book Grant - your chance to win $500 of our titles! What are you waiting for? #awards #mastersdegree #PhD #phdlife #winbooks www.gorgiaspress.com/awards
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New York University Abu Dhabi - Humanities Research Fellowship for the Study of the Arab World:
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New York University Abu Dhabi - Humanities Research Fellowship for the Study of the Arab World | MEMOs
NYUAD Humanities Research Fellowship for the Study of the Arab World - Postdoctoral Fellowship
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November 25, 2025 at 11:28 AM
New York University Abu Dhabi - Humanities Research Fellowship for the Study of the Arab World:
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The November 2025 edition of CBRL’s newsletter is out now! 📬
Catch up on our latest news, research, and upcoming events across the Levant. Check it out! 📰
mailchi.mp/cbrl/cbrl-no...
Catch up on our latest news, research, and upcoming events across the Levant. Check it out! 📰
mailchi.mp/cbrl/cbrl-no...
November 14, 2025 at 11:16 AM
The November 2025 edition of CBRL’s newsletter is out now! 📬
Catch up on our latest news, research, and upcoming events across the Levant. Check it out! 📰
mailchi.mp/cbrl/cbrl-no...
Catch up on our latest news, research, and upcoming events across the Levant. Check it out! 📰
mailchi.mp/cbrl/cbrl-no...
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CBRL invites applications for Workshop Grants! 📑
🔹 Deadline: Friday - 16 Jan 2026
For more details and to apply:
www.cbrl.ac.uk/news/cbrl-wo...
🔹 Deadline: Friday - 16 Jan 2026
For more details and to apply:
www.cbrl.ac.uk/news/cbrl-wo...
November 3, 2025 at 12:12 PM
CBRL invites applications for Workshop Grants! 📑
🔹 Deadline: Friday - 16 Jan 2026
For more details and to apply:
www.cbrl.ac.uk/news/cbrl-wo...
🔹 Deadline: Friday - 16 Jan 2026
For more details and to apply:
www.cbrl.ac.uk/news/cbrl-wo...
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What does an ethical future for digital heritage look like? 🌍
Join Dr. Bijan Rouhani (Oxford, EAMENA) for “Beyond Digitisation” — a lecture on AI, ethics & sustainability in heritage.
🔹 19 Nov 2025
🔹 6 PM Amman | 3 PM UK
🔹 Online ( Zoom)
Join Dr. Bijan Rouhani (Oxford, EAMENA) for “Beyond Digitisation” — a lecture on AI, ethics & sustainability in heritage.
🔹 19 Nov 2025
🔹 6 PM Amman | 3 PM UK
🔹 Online ( Zoom)
November 5, 2025 at 8:24 AM
What does an ethical future for digital heritage look like? 🌍
Join Dr. Bijan Rouhani (Oxford, EAMENA) for “Beyond Digitisation” — a lecture on AI, ethics & sustainability in heritage.
🔹 19 Nov 2025
🔹 6 PM Amman | 3 PM UK
🔹 Online ( Zoom)
Join Dr. Bijan Rouhani (Oxford, EAMENA) for “Beyond Digitisation” — a lecture on AI, ethics & sustainability in heritage.
🔹 19 Nov 2025
🔹 6 PM Amman | 3 PM UK
🔹 Online ( Zoom)
New online and open access at @contemplevant.bsky.social: "Entangled roots: co-governance and the politics of reforestation in contemporary Lebanon" by Paul Esber: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#Lebanon #environment #reforestation
#Lebanon #environment #reforestation
Entangled roots: co-governance and the politics of reforestation in contemporary Lebanon
This article examines the concept of co-governance in the context of reforestation in post-war Lebanon. Specifically, it considers this concept in relation to the Lebanon Reforestation Initiative (...
www.tandfonline.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:01 PM
New online and open access at @contemplevant.bsky.social: "Entangled roots: co-governance and the politics of reforestation in contemporary Lebanon" by Paul Esber: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#Lebanon #environment #reforestation
#Lebanon #environment #reforestation
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TWO DAYS LEFT to apply! POMEPS is pleased to announce a Call for Papers: Political Movements in North Africa and the Sahel after the Arab Uprisings. The deadline to apply is Friday, Nov. 7th, COB. For more information on how to apply: pomeps.org/call-for-pap...
Call for Papers: Political Movements in North Africa and the Sahel after the Arab Uprisings - Project on Middle East Political Science
The last two decades have seen dramatic and transformative evolution in the forms, organizations, ideas and practices of political movements of all descriptions across North Africa and the Sahel. Pop...
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November 5, 2025 at 1:53 PM
TWO DAYS LEFT to apply! POMEPS is pleased to announce a Call for Papers: Political Movements in North Africa and the Sahel after the Arab Uprisings. The deadline to apply is Friday, Nov. 7th, COB. For more information on how to apply: pomeps.org/call-for-pap...
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A FEW DAYS LEFT to apply! POMEPS is pleased to announce a Call for Papers: Political Movements in North Africa and the Sahel after the Arab Uprisings. The deadline to apply is Monday, Nov. 3rd. For more information on how to apply: pomeps.org/call-for-pap...
Call for Papers: Political Movements in North Africa and the Sahel after the Arab Uprisings - Project on Middle East Political Science
The last two decades have seen dramatic and transformative evolution in the forms, organizations, ideas and practices of political movements of all descriptions across North Africa and the Sahel. Pop...
pomeps.org
October 30, 2025 at 2:57 PM
A FEW DAYS LEFT to apply! POMEPS is pleased to announce a Call for Papers: Political Movements in North Africa and the Sahel after the Arab Uprisings. The deadline to apply is Monday, Nov. 3rd. For more information on how to apply: pomeps.org/call-for-pap...
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Cyprus is included in the @cbrl.bsky.social research areas so take a look & see if you can apply!
CBRL invites applications for Project Grants 2025! 📝
🔹Deadline: Friday - 09 Jan 2026
Learn more and apply:
www.cbrl.ac.uk/news/cbrl-pr...
🔹Deadline: Friday - 09 Jan 2026
Learn more and apply:
www.cbrl.ac.uk/news/cbrl-pr...
October 23, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Cyprus is included in the @cbrl.bsky.social research areas so take a look & see if you can apply!
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CBRL invites applications for Project Grants 2025! 📝
🔹Deadline: Friday - 09 Jan 2026
Learn more and apply:
www.cbrl.ac.uk/news/cbrl-pr...
🔹Deadline: Friday - 09 Jan 2026
Learn more and apply:
www.cbrl.ac.uk/news/cbrl-pr...
October 23, 2025 at 11:24 AM
CBRL invites applications for Project Grants 2025! 📝
🔹Deadline: Friday - 09 Jan 2026
Learn more and apply:
www.cbrl.ac.uk/news/cbrl-pr...
🔹Deadline: Friday - 09 Jan 2026
Learn more and apply:
www.cbrl.ac.uk/news/cbrl-pr...
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Call for Tender 📢
We’re seeking a creative web designer or design team to co-create the Surfacing Zarqa digital exhibition.
🔸 Deadline: 31 Oct 2025
▪️ More details:
www.cbrl.ac.uk/news/call-fo...
We’re seeking a creative web designer or design team to co-create the Surfacing Zarqa digital exhibition.
🔸 Deadline: 31 Oct 2025
▪️ More details:
www.cbrl.ac.uk/news/call-fo...
Call for Tender for Surfacing Zarqa Digital Exhibition - CBRL
Tender Outline for Creation of Collaborative Website for Surfacing Zarqa Project Project Title: Surfacing Zarqa digital exhibition Opening Date for tender submissions: 25th September 2025 Closing Date...
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September 25, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Call for Tender 📢
We’re seeking a creative web designer or design team to co-create the Surfacing Zarqa digital exhibition.
🔸 Deadline: 31 Oct 2025
▪️ More details:
www.cbrl.ac.uk/news/call-fo...
We’re seeking a creative web designer or design team to co-create the Surfacing Zarqa digital exhibition.
🔸 Deadline: 31 Oct 2025
▪️ More details:
www.cbrl.ac.uk/news/call-fo...
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Ep. 4 of Learning from the Levant 🎙️
Prof. Yasir Suleiman speaks on how language, identity & place intersect in the Arab world — from Jerusalem’s street signs to the symbolic power of Arabic.
Listen here 👉
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Prof. Yasir Suleiman speaks on how language, identity & place intersect in the Arab world — from Jerusalem’s street signs to the symbolic power of Arabic.
Listen here 👉
on.soundcloud.com/xolcXcSHH0R8...
October 1, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Ep. 4 of Learning from the Levant 🎙️
Prof. Yasir Suleiman speaks on how language, identity & place intersect in the Arab world — from Jerusalem’s street signs to the symbolic power of Arabic.
Listen here 👉
on.soundcloud.com/xolcXcSHH0R8...
Prof. Yasir Suleiman speaks on how language, identity & place intersect in the Arab world — from Jerusalem’s street signs to the symbolic power of Arabic.
Listen here 👉
on.soundcloud.com/xolcXcSHH0R8...
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📢 Call for nominations: CBRL 2025 Dissertation Prizes!
🔸 Levantine Archaeology/History
🔸Contemporary Levantine Studies
Departments can nominate 1 UG + 1 Master’s dissertation (2024–25).
🔹 Deadline: 30 Nov 2025
🔹 Details: www.cbrl.ac.uk/news/call-fo...
🔸 Levantine Archaeology/History
🔸Contemporary Levantine Studies
Departments can nominate 1 UG + 1 Master’s dissertation (2024–25).
🔹 Deadline: 30 Nov 2025
🔹 Details: www.cbrl.ac.uk/news/call-fo...
Call for CBRL Dissertation Prize Nominations - CBRL
CBRL is pleased to announce the call for submissions to our undergraduate and master’s final-year dissertation prizes in: Levantine archaeology or history: the CBRL prize for a final-year master’s d...
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October 8, 2025 at 12:01 PM
📢 Call for nominations: CBRL 2025 Dissertation Prizes!
🔸 Levantine Archaeology/History
🔸Contemporary Levantine Studies
Departments can nominate 1 UG + 1 Master’s dissertation (2024–25).
🔹 Deadline: 30 Nov 2025
🔹 Details: www.cbrl.ac.uk/news/call-fo...
🔸 Levantine Archaeology/History
🔸Contemporary Levantine Studies
Departments can nominate 1 UG + 1 Master’s dissertation (2024–25).
🔹 Deadline: 30 Nov 2025
🔹 Details: www.cbrl.ac.uk/news/call-fo...
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RHS Funding opportunity: Postgraduate and Early Career Research Support Grants.
Grants of up to £1000 for graduate and early career historians to undertake research projects bit.ly/4nWLNlI
Closing date for the next round: 5 December 2025
Grants of up to £1000 for graduate and early career historians to undertake research projects bit.ly/4nWLNlI
Closing date for the next round: 5 December 2025
Calls for research funding from the Royal Historical Society: current programmes - RHS
The Society currently invites applications for the following three schemes — open to historians across a range of career stages and backgrounds — with closing dates from 5 December 2025 onwards. For f...
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October 1, 2025 at 7:49 AM
RHS Funding opportunity: Postgraduate and Early Career Research Support Grants.
Grants of up to £1000 for graduate and early career historians to undertake research projects bit.ly/4nWLNlI
Closing date for the next round: 5 December 2025
Grants of up to £1000 for graduate and early career historians to undertake research projects bit.ly/4nWLNlI
Closing date for the next round: 5 December 2025
New online and open access from @contemplevant.bsky.social: "Weaponising sectarian emotions: Iran’s mobilisation strategy during the Syrian conflict (2012–2024)" by Seyed Ali Alavi: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Weaponising sectarian emotions: Iran’s mobilisation strategy during the Syrian conflict (2012–2024)
Conventional scholarly explorations into Iran’s involvement in the Syrian turmoil (2012–2024) primarily highlight geopolitical motivations, particularly Tehran’s strategic interest in preserving th...
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September 24, 2025 at 4:28 PM
New online and open access from @contemplevant.bsky.social: "Weaponising sectarian emotions: Iran’s mobilisation strategy during the Syrian conflict (2012–2024)" by Seyed Ali Alavi: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Dear colleagues and friends,
We are pleased to announce the opening of a call for papers for a new Forum on Palestine: Agrarian Questions Unsettled, recently launched by the Journal of Peasant Studies and guest-edited by Fadia Panosetti, Taher Labadi, and Ahmed Heneiti.
We are pleased to announce the opening of a call for papers for a new Forum on Palestine: Agrarian Questions Unsettled, recently launched by the Journal of Peasant Studies and guest-edited by Fadia Panosetti, Taher Labadi, and Ahmed Heneiti.
September 12, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Dear colleagues and friends,
We are pleased to announce the opening of a call for papers for a new Forum on Palestine: Agrarian Questions Unsettled, recently launched by the Journal of Peasant Studies and guest-edited by Fadia Panosetti, Taher Labadi, and Ahmed Heneiti.
We are pleased to announce the opening of a call for papers for a new Forum on Palestine: Agrarian Questions Unsettled, recently launched by the Journal of Peasant Studies and guest-edited by Fadia Panosetti, Taher Labadi, and Ahmed Heneiti.
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On 17–18 Sep, CBRL Amman hosted a workshop with the University of Jordan and @bristoluni.bsky.social on the role of pharmacists in tackling substance use disorders in Jordan, identifying the top research priorities, and launching a new academic network.
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The Role of Pharmacists in Addressing Substance Use Disorders in Jordan Workshop - CBRL
With generous support from the CBRL, the University of Jordan, in collaboration with the University of Bristol, organized a two-day workshop entitled “Co-Development of an Academic Network and Researc...
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September 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
On 17–18 Sep, CBRL Amman hosted a workshop with the University of Jordan and @bristoluni.bsky.social on the role of pharmacists in tackling substance use disorders in Jordan, identifying the top research priorities, and launching a new academic network.
Read More:
www.cbrl.ac.uk/news/the-rol...
Read More:
www.cbrl.ac.uk/news/the-rol...
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📢 The Social History Society Book Prize 2026 is now open for nominations!
Now in its 8th year, the prize celebrates the best books in social history & cultural history✨
More information here: socialhistory.org.uk/2025/09/24/b...
Now in its 8th year, the prize celebrates the best books in social history & cultural history✨
More information here: socialhistory.org.uk/2025/09/24/b...
Book Prize 2026 Open
We are delighted to announce that the Social History Society annual Book Prize has reopened and is seeking nominations. The prize is now in its eighth year and is awarded to the best book in Social…
socialhistory.org.uk
September 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
📢 The Social History Society Book Prize 2026 is now open for nominations!
Now in its 8th year, the prize celebrates the best books in social history & cultural history✨
More information here: socialhistory.org.uk/2025/09/24/b...
Now in its 8th year, the prize celebrates the best books in social history & cultural history✨
More information here: socialhistory.org.uk/2025/09/24/b...