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Jeannine Baker @nenieb.bsky.social · 1d

Fantastic piece by Kate Murphy responding to the devastating change of policy at the @BBC Written Archives Centre, which will make it impossible to undertake new independent research using the collection. cstonline.net/defending-th... #mediahistory

DEFENDING THE WAC: RECOVERING THE INVISIBLE WOMEN OF THE BBC by Kate Murphy

My first visit to the BBC’s Written Archives Centre was in 2002. I was working as a producer on Woman’s Hourand had applied for a three-month attachment to what was then the Diversity Centre…

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King's College London, History Department @kingshistory.bsky.social · 3d

See the fantastic work of our colleague Alana Harris @dralanagharris.bsky.social on the history of Horton cemetery #Epsom #London
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#WorldMentalHealthDay

'Grandad is one of 9,000 buried in Epsom's derelict Horton Cemetery'

The Friends of Horton Cemetery wants the site to be a memorial to those buried there.

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Alana Harris @dralanagharris.bsky.social · 14d

Thank you so much @djrgrey.bsky.social - I would be so delighted if people could teach with it!

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Alana Harris @dralanagharris.bsky.social · 14d

Thanks so much @lisamorriss.bsky.social for your comments!

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Alana Harris @dralanagharris.bsky.social · 24d

Just landed - various strands of my research and activism collected: www.thehortonninethousand.org

The Horton Nine Thousand

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Alana Harris @dralanagharris.bsky.social · Jul 1

@Friends of Horton Cemetery and @OutofSightOutofMindEpsom - www.youtube.com/watch?v=swGI...

Ep 351: Lost Souls - an investigation into the fate of Britain's mental asylum graves

YouTube video by Mick Coyle

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Alana Harris @dralanagharris.bsky.social · Jun 7

Such a pleasure! And let's put a date in the diary soon for some celebratory bubbles and a forward-focused chat!

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · Jun 6

Research England have announced today that Professor Claire Langhamer is to be Deputy Chair for the REF2029 History sub-panel.

Claire, who is Director @ihr.bsky.social, will work with Professor Jonathan Morris (Hertfordshire) whose appointment as Chair was announced last month #Skystorians 1/2

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Anthony Albanese @albomp.bsky.social · May 3

Thank you, Australia.

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Alana Harris @dralanagharris.bsky.social · May 3

Thanks for being there and your excellent commentary! Sorry not to catch up over a coffee ... next time!

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IHR Women @ihrwomen.bsky.social · Feb 1

IHR Women's HIstory Seminar
Register: www.history.ac.uk/events/wake-women-women-activism-and-engagement-queen-elizabeth-iis-coronation
Please join us live or online.
@ihr.bsky.social @clairelanghamer.bsky.social @lauragowing.bsky.social @carmenmangion.bsky.social @dralanagharris.bsky.social

Women awaiting the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · Jan 30

What is the value and use of history in contemporary society and culture?

We're delighted to launch a new OA short-form book series - 'Elements in History and Contemporary Society', with
@cambridgeup.bsky.social - to explore this question.

Proposals now invited bit.ly/4aqCiG4 1/2 👇
#Skystorians

Slide with text: 'Elements in History and Contemporary Society' New fully Open Access book series from the Royal Historical Society and Cambridge University Press. Proposals now invited.'

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · Jan 31

'Across 103 universities to have posted financial accounts so far this year with relevant figures, £210 million was spent on compensation for loss of office last year. This was a 67 per cent increase on...2022-23.

The severance payments...affected about 10,300 employees'. 1/4

UK universities spend more than £200 million on severance pay

THE analysis reveals higher education sector has already passed feared milestone of axeing more than 10,000 jobs in a single year

www.timeshighereducation.com

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John Maiden @johnmaiden.bsky.social · Jan 15

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John Maiden @johnmaiden.bsky.social · Jan 14

This term @ihr.bsky.social Modern Religious #History...
we have sessions on local/global in British Christianity; Moral Re-Armament; Faith, race & politics in UK humanitarianism; Anti-Catholicism in Post-1945 England & Wales; Archiving a Muslim History of Oxford.
www.history.ac.uk/seminars/mod...

Modern Religious History

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Durham History @durhamhistory.bsky.social · Jan 11

Or would you like to explore "AIDS, Inequality and Religious Ethics of Care in 1980s and 90s Britain", working with @salvarmyarchive.bsky.social and alongside the amazing Prof. Julie-Marie Strange, Dr. David Minto, @leannemccormick.bsky.social.
More details at: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLJ476/p...

PhD Studentship - AIDS, Inequality and Religious Ethics of Care in 1980s and 90s Britain at Durham University

Discover a PhD Studentship - AIDS, Inequality and Religious Ethics of Care in 1980s and 90s Britain on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other PhD opportunities.

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EMoDiR @emodir.bsky.social · Jan 9

We've now created a starter pack for those whose work/interests include early modern religious radicalism:

go.bsky.app/ArYba4T

Let me know if you'd like to be added!

#EarlyModern

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · Jan 9

We are very pleased to learn that the UK Ministry of Justice has dropped a proposal, made by the previous govt, to destroy print copies of post-1858 wills following their digitisation: bit.ly/3WaXud8

This follows submissions from 100s of historians, and others, opposing the proposal. #Skystorians

Image of paper documents in archive with header text: "Ministry of Justice abandons plans to digitise and destroy print copies of post-1858 wills

The Royal Historical Society is very pleased to learn that the UK Ministry of Justice has abandoned a proposal, made by the previous government, to destroy print copies of post-1858 wills following their digitisation."

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · Dec 29

A degree in the Humanities 'ought surely to leave a student with a notion of why we do what we do. And that requires greater visibility of the research we do, the complexity of the process by which we arrive at knowledge.' 1/3

Christopher Smith @christophersmith.bsky.social · Dec 29

The study of humanities, and all of science, is a space in which to learn how to learn.

Blog 4: Why research-led teaching is essential in arts and humanities and why we need to recognise the costs of our laboratory, the library.
@rluk.bsky.social

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Building a space in which to learn how to learn.

How do we learn in the humanities? It’s certainly not the case that a degree in humanities will make you humane; it may not even incline you to think positively about the humanities. But it ought…

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QMCBS @qmcbs.bsky.social · Dec 17

More detail will appear at projects.history.qmul.ac.uk/qmcbs/. Opening plenary is on ‘Writing the history of Britain today’. Thrilled to have Alana Harris, Sarah Crook, Miles Taylor and Mike Braddick participating. @dralanagharris.bsky.social @sarahcrook.bsky.social

Queen Mary Centre for British Studies

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Alana Harris @dralanagharris.bsky.social · Dec 6

Looking forward to launching @mariacpower.bsky.social and Jonathan Bush's fantastic edited volume next Wednesday, 11th December, 17:30. In person and online - details here: www.history.ac.uk/events/lay-c...

Lay Catholic Societies in Twentieth-Century Britain

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Daniel Grey @djrgrey.bsky.social · Dec 6

Delighted to see my latest essay is now out! This deals with the representation of working-class women in England and Wales as 'bad mothers' between 1870 and 1939. Thanks to editors Laura Price, Laura Harrison & Oli Betts for bringing it together 🥳🌟

www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...

‘I have told her that it was neglected, and asked her why’ | 16 | Work

On 20 November 1871, Susan King, aged 44, was tried at the Central Criminal Court in London for the manslaughter of Alice Butcher, a seven-month-old infant who

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Lucy Delap @lucydelap.bsky.social · Nov 30

'For disabilities, see infirmities'. My new blog post just published on finding disabled lives in indexes, archives and libraries.
#dishist #disability
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Disability History Month: Accessibility and Archives: “For disability, see infirmities” — Archives & Records Association

In this guest blog Professor Lucy Delap reflects on the challenges even experienced users of archives faced when searching for disability and Deaf histories.  Currently completing a book project ...

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QMCBS @qmcbs.bsky.social · Nov 22

Quick reminder about our conference, 'British History Today, 1-2 May 2025. Further details will appear on projects.history.qmul.ac.uk/qmcbs/. Deadline for papers is 24 January 2025. There have been many great ideas for panels, papers and novel formats already

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