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Michael Reeve
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Historian of modern Britain: conflict & crisis, health & wellbeing, resilience | Current research: tobacco & modern war | Lecturer @ The Open University | Co-Chair @historylabplus.bsky.social | https://profiles.open.ac.uk/m-j-reeve | Yorkshireman
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Michael Reeve @drmichaelreeve.bsky.social · Sep 29
Chuffed to have received my copy of this book edited by @siobhanhyland.bsky.social & colleagues at @uninorthampton.bsky.social. I have a chapter in it about the health discourses surrounding smoking & alcohol during the First World War. A great variety of other interdisciplinary work in there too.
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cathamclarke.bsky.social
I'm delighted to say that the recording my Historical Research lecture for @ihr.bsky.social (4 November, 2025) is now available to view online. I reflect on my own experience of writing a 'trade' book, and conclude with a manifesto for #radical #popular #history.
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Historical Research Lecture 2025 | Can popular history be radical? Historical research and writing for the public
Historical Research Lecture 2025
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November 25, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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matteatonmedia.bsky.social
This week's blog post looks at how Indian troops were entertained whilst serving in Italy during the Second World War. Suffice it to say, things could have been improved.
#skystorians

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Photo of Punjabi_dancers_entertaining_troops_and_locals_during_a_gymkhana_held_by_Indian_muleteers_of_No_32_Animal_Transport_Company (WikiCommons) and the text "Too little, too late: Indian Entertainment in the Mediterranean"
November 22, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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sshmedicine.bsky.social
New Wellcome report examines how archives, manuscripts and material culture are currently used in life, health and wellbeing research, identifying 15 recommendations to enhance methodological innovation and cross-disciplinary experimentation.
#histmed #medhumanities
wellcometrust.bsky.social Wellcome Trust @wellcometrust.bsky.social · 7d
From hospital records to family papers, collections give unique insights into health across time and place.

But they don’t just have historical value. Collections have incredible potential for discovery research – and we need to unlock it.

Learn more in our report: wellcome.org/insights/rep...
Archives, manuscripts and material culture in health and wellbeing research | Reports | Wellcome
Archives, manuscripts and material culture collections hold profound potential for advancing knowledge about life, health and wellbeing. This report examines how these collections are currently used i...
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November 20, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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milwelfhist.bsky.social
2026 MWHN Conference - call for papers!

Join us in Romania next June to discuss all things military welfare and civil society. Deadline: 28 Feb 2026.

CfP attached and full details at militarywelfarehistory.com/2026-confere... #milwelfhist #civilsociety #charity #philanthropy @vahs.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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sshmedicine.bsky.social
Physician's gallery @rcpedin.bsky.social new permanent gallery and learning centre that explores relationship with health, medicine and our bodies. Over 50 objects, manuscripts and books on display, sharing stories from medieval medicine to modern day treatments.
Free and open to all
#histmed
Joyce Grainger Learning Centre
Joyce Grainger Learning Centre
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November 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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sochistorywar.bsky.social
It's SHoW month! 🎉 We look forward to seeing you all in Potsdam on November 27th and 28th!
cathfletcher.bsky.social Catherine Fletcher @cathfletcher.bsky.social · Oct 3
Great to see almost 130 delegates registered for the @sochistorywar.bsky.social conference in Potsdam next month. Looking forward to seeing you all there!
November 7, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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sochistorywar.bsky.social
📢 CFP | Food and Nutrition in Wartime, 19th - 21st Centuries | St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford (16–17 April 2026)
How have modern wars reshaped the production, movement, and meaning of food?
📨 Submit a title + abstract (≤300 words) to [email protected] 22 December 2025 (5pm UK).
How have modern wars reshaped the production, movement, and meaning of food? From rationing and humanitarian relief to scientific innovation, state control, and the weaponisation of hunger, food has long been central to the conduct and experience of war. The organisers invite proposals for a two-day conference at St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford (16–17 April 2026), exploring the political, social, legal, scientific, and logistical dimensions of food and nutrition in wartime. ✅ Papers may address themes such as: • Technological and scientific innovations • Bureaucratic and legal developments • Feeding of civilian, combatant, and incarcerated populations • Humanitarian logistics • Civilian responses and survival strategies • Food as a tool of coercion, control, or violence • Colonial, civil, and asymmetric warfare 📨 Submit a title + abstract (≤300 words) to foodandwarconf@gmail.com by 22 December 2025 (5pm UK). Hosted by St Edmund Hall, Oxford. Supported by the International Society for First World War Studies and History & Policy. Call for Papers for Food and Nutrition in Wartime in the Modern World
November 11, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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milwelfhist.bsky.social
Sincere thanks from me and Michael Robinson to @badancient.bsky.social and Michael Roper for joining us as Birmingham yesterday and today for another MWHN event. Onwards to the next #milwelfhist
November 7, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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milwelfhist.bsky.social
Getting close to the end with our final panels. Wonderful papers from Dr Anna Elisabeth Gehl (Frei Universitat Berlin),Dr Mike Reeve (Open University), Tiago Rocha e Melo (University of Lisbon) and Dr Otman Bychou (Sultan Moulay Silmane University) #milwelfhist
November 7, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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robdale.bsky.social
The perfect photo to challenge narratives of progress.
A former children's hospital which has become a casino.
November 7, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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milwelfhist.bsky.social
It is a jam-packed day for the Network, with a two-day symposium still ongoing at @unibirmingham.bsky.social and @paulhuddie.bsky.social giving a Zoom lecture on the military welfare history 'perspective' to the great folks at the University of Buffalo's 'Joining Forces-UB' project #milwelfhist
November 7, 2025 at 12:45 PM
drmichaelreeve.bsky.social
Prof Michael Roper is now delivering our second keynote lecture at the @milwelfhist.bsky.social conference in Birmingham, focusing on historical conceptions of trauma, inflected through his own family history. Fascinating so far, bringing out so many connections with colleagues’ work #milwelfhist
November 7, 2025 at 1:37 PM
drmichaelreeve.bsky.social
Co-convenor Michael Robinson has just kicked off our @milwelfhist.bsky.social @sshmedicine.bsky.social symposium at Birmingham on war, trauma and emotional injury. Some excellent papers and discussion to come this afternoon and into tomorrow #milwelfhist
November 6, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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sshmedicine.bsky.social
Day 1 of @milwelfhist.bsky.social event 'War, Trauma and Emotional Injury', supported by a SSHM/Wellcome Network Grant Award.
@wellcometrust.bsky.social
#histmed #histSTM #medhumanities
milwelfhist.bsky.social Military Welfare History Network @milwelfhist.bsky.social · 19d
Today is day 1 of the second of our @wellcometrust.bsky.social -funded events series, hosted both at @unibirmingham.bsky.social in 2025 and online in 2026. With 'trauma' and its associated medical impacts as our theme, we expect interesting papers and stimulating discussions #milwelfhist
November 6, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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royalhistsoc.org
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
October 28, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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cjapieters.bsky.social
I'm so pleased to share this Call for Papers for a conference on Food and Nutrition in Wartime in the Modern World, 19th-21st centuries, organised with my colleagues Chris Batten and @rfhodge.bsky.social, kindly supported by @fwwsoc.bsky.social. Submissions to [email protected] by 22/12/25!
CALL FOR PAPERS Food and Nutrition in Wartime in the Modern World, 19th-21st centuries 16-17 April 2026 We welcome papers with a historical focus on a range of food and nutrition-related topics, including, but not limited to: Technological and productive innovations in food production in war Food and nutrition as a site of technocratic and bureaucratic developments Food and nutrition science in wartime Turning points in the development of bureaucratic, legal, social, political, etc approaches to food management e.g. the impact of the First World War blockade on the Second World War or wartime rationing on subsequent wars Social, cultural and legal perspectives on feeding of civilian, combatant and incarcerated/prisoner populations in war. Civilian, individual and/or community responses to food shortages. Survival strategies for populations facing difficulties accessing food and malnutrition in war, including generational and demographic cohort effects e.g. the elderly, marginalised and minority populations, such as those living in asylums, etc. Humanitarian interventions; including logistics, organisations, distribution on the ground and the use of humanitarian aid for religious, social or political aims. The weaponisation of food and nutrition in war in colonial and civil war contexts. The changing uses of food and nutrition in local, regional, national or international contexts over the period. Proposed panels (submissions do not need to be limited by these themes): Feeding incarcerated populations in wartime. Wartime occupations. Humanitarian interventions. Feeding fighters and civilians during asymmetric warfare, civil wars, guerrilla wars and/or anticolonial wars. Please submit a paper title and abstract of no more than 300 words to foodandwarconf@gmail.com by Monday 22 December 2025, 5pm (UK time). Informal enquiries may be sent to foodandwarconf@gmail.com. CALL FOR PAPERS Food and Nutrition in Wartime in the Modern World, 19th-21st centuries 16-17 April 2026 We welcome papers with a historical focus on a range of food and nutrition-related topics, including, but not limited to: Technological and productive innovations in food production in war Food and nutrition as a site of technocratic and bureaucratic developments Food and nutrition science in wartime Turning points in the development of bureaucratic, legal, social, political, etc approaches to food management e.g. the impact of the First World War blockade on the Second World War or wartime rationing on subsequent wars Social, cultural and legal perspectives on feeding of civilian, combatant and incarcerated/prisoner populations in war. Civilian, individual and/or community responses to food shortages. Survival strategies for populations facing difficulties accessing food and malnutrition in war, including generational and demographic cohort effects e.g. the elderly, marginalised and minority populations, such as those living in asylums, etc. Humanitarian interventions; including logistics, organisations, distribution on the ground and the use of humanitarian aid for religious, social or political aims. The weaponisation of food and nutrition in war in colonial and civil war contexts. The changing uses of food and nutrition in local, regional, national or international contexts over the period. Proposed panels (submissions do not need to be limited by these themes): Feeding incarcerated populations in wartime. Wartime occupations. Humanitarian interventions. Feeding fighters and civilians during asymmetric warfare, civil wars, guerrilla wars and/or anticolonial wars. Please submit a paper title and abstract of no more than 300 words to foodandwarconf@gmail.com by Monday 22 December 2025, 5pm (UK time). Informal enquiries may be sent to foodandwarconf@gmail.com.
October 23, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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roysociety.bsky.social
On this week's #ROYSCast #ThrowbackThursday, we've got an episode from the estimable @drmichaelreeve.bsky.social back in 2023 - on Yorkshire Coastal Bombardment in the First World War.

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#Yorkshire #FirstWorldWar #Skystorians #GreatWar #Culture #History
Ep 6 - Yorkshire Coastal Bombardment in the First World War with Dr Michael Reeve | ROYSCast
Researcher and lecturer in Modern British History, Dr Michael Reeve talks about his career in the subject as well as past and future research topics
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October 23, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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milwelfhist.bsky.social
Looking for some easy listening? Don't forget that we've podcasted several keynote papers from the 2023 & 2024 conferences in Dublin and Leeds. Listen to them here and experience the breadth and depth of the military welfare history 'perspective' #milwelfhist #podcast

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Military Welfare History Network - Conference Podcasts - History Hub
The Military Welfare History Network provides a networking and dissemination platform for scholars who are research active in military welfare history. In 2024 the Military Welfare History Network (MW...
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October 17, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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modbritstud.bsky.social
We're excited to announce the call for papers for #MBS26, the next Modern British Studies conference, at Birmingham in June 2026. We'll be launching the #MBS Association at this event, to support further regular conferences in Modern British Studies.

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Modern British Studies Conference 2026 - University of Birmingham
Conference information
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October 16, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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@wellcometrust.bsky.social @sshmedicine.bsky.social @eahmh.bsky.social @eahnursing.bsky.social @aahmhistmed.bsky.social @aahnhistnursing.bsky.social

Just a few weeks to go until the second event in our conference series. We very much look forward to it #histmed #trauma #milwelfhist
October 13, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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groomb.bsky.social
On this day 1971, boxer Muhammad Ali visited Tesco at Stretford’s Arndale shopping precinct to promote Ovaltine.
October 12, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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oddthisday.bsky.social
Ah, happy 88th anniversary of the day Oswald Mosley tried to sell fascism to Liverpudlians – and someone concussed him with a brick
A man in a suit stands at a microphone which has been mounted on the roof of a van. There are loudspeakers at his feet, and a building behind him. He has an arm raised, and is flinching as projectiles are hurled at him, because he's a fucking Nazi
October 10, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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sslh.bsky.social
New on the website
Remembering to Help, Helping to Remember, an exhibition funded by an SSLH grant, has opened at the Heugh Battery Museum in Hartlepool
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Exhibition: working-class community and mutual aid during the First World War
Remembering to Help, Helping to Remember, an exhibition funded by an SSLH grant, has opened at the Heugh Battery Museum in Hartlepool. Michael Reeve reports. Stories of the struggles, heroism and s…
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October 4, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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historylabplus.bsky.social
HL+ committee members Dr Alex Rigg & Dr Michael Reeve have written a blogpost about the Teaching in a Time of Crisis Conference 2025 at University of Warwick. Have a read! historylab.plus/blog/

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About | Events | Meet us | Contact | Join BLOG: Teaching in a Time of Crisis conference, 29 May 2025 – reasons to be cheerful? Alex Riggs Regional Ambassador, Midlands and Michael Reeve Co-Ch…
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October 5, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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richardcarr.bsky.social
This is both an incredibly niche thing but I think it should be more of a thing. Caffè Nero subscribes to the British Newspaper Archive so it’s all free on their wifi. There. I said it.
January 15, 2025 at 9:54 AM