History Workshop
@historyworkshop.org.uk
// Radical History in a Digital Era // https://www.historyworkshop.org.uk/ //
|| enriching the work of History Workshop Journal || https://academic.oup.com/hwj/ ||
\\ continuing the democratising spirit of the History Workshop movement \\
|| enriching the work of History Workshop Journal || https://academic.oup.com/hwj/ ||
\\ continuing the democratising spirit of the History Workshop movement \\
Pinned
Radical Synergies
Three of our past and present editors reflect on the ways in which History Workshop Journal has influenced and inspired their practice during their time on the History Workshop collective.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
How has the legacy of History Workshop Journal inspired our own editorial collective?
@beckierutherford.bsky.social, @inoutofpractice.bsky.social, and @marralsham.bsky.social consider their historical practice and relationship to radical history.
@beckierutherford.bsky.social, @inoutofpractice.bsky.social, and @marralsham.bsky.social consider their historical practice and relationship to radical history.
Reposted by History Workshop
How has the legacy of History Workshop Journal inspired our own editorial collective?
@beckierutherford.bsky.social, @inoutofpractice.bsky.social, and @marralsham.bsky.social consider their historical practice and relationship to radical history.
@beckierutherford.bsky.social, @inoutofpractice.bsky.social, and @marralsham.bsky.social consider their historical practice and relationship to radical history.
Radical Synergies
Three of our past and present editors reflect on the ways in which History Workshop Journal has influenced and inspired their practice during their time on the History Workshop collective.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
January 13, 2026 at 7:41 AM
How has the legacy of History Workshop Journal inspired our own editorial collective?
@beckierutherford.bsky.social, @inoutofpractice.bsky.social, and @marralsham.bsky.social consider their historical practice and relationship to radical history.
@beckierutherford.bsky.social, @inoutofpractice.bsky.social, and @marralsham.bsky.social consider their historical practice and relationship to radical history.
How has the legacy of History Workshop Journal inspired our own editorial collective?
@beckierutherford.bsky.social, @inoutofpractice.bsky.social, and @marralsham.bsky.social consider their historical practice and relationship to radical history.
@beckierutherford.bsky.social, @inoutofpractice.bsky.social, and @marralsham.bsky.social consider their historical practice and relationship to radical history.
Radical Synergies
Three of our past and present editors reflect on the ways in which History Workshop Journal has influenced and inspired their practice during their time on the History Workshop collective.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
January 13, 2026 at 7:41 AM
How has the legacy of History Workshop Journal inspired our own editorial collective?
@beckierutherford.bsky.social, @inoutofpractice.bsky.social, and @marralsham.bsky.social consider their historical practice and relationship to radical history.
@beckierutherford.bsky.social, @inoutofpractice.bsky.social, and @marralsham.bsky.social consider their historical practice and relationship to radical history.
Reposted by History Workshop
Latest @historyworkshop.org.uk with Indy Bhullar and Chelsea Collison (LSE), Peter Fisher and Jenny Yu (TUC Library) @londonmetuni.bsky.social and historian Laura Schwartz (Warwick Uni) discussing trade union history. @tuc.org.uk
The Exhibition is open until 31 Jan. www.lse.ac.uk/library/what...
The Exhibition is open until 31 Jan. www.lse.ac.uk/library/what...
What does a new exhibition on 200 years of British trades union history reveal about the tumultuous story of workers organising for change?
Marybeth Hamilton sits down with historians and archivists to discuss the exhibition and the unexpected stories that it unveils.
Marybeth Hamilton sits down with historians and archivists to discuss the exhibition and the unexpected stories that it unveils.
Reimagining Trades Union History
What does a new exhibition on 200 years of British trades union history reveal about the triumphs and challenges of collective action?
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
January 9, 2026 at 8:58 AM
Latest @historyworkshop.org.uk with Indy Bhullar and Chelsea Collison (LSE), Peter Fisher and Jenny Yu (TUC Library) @londonmetuni.bsky.social and historian Laura Schwartz (Warwick Uni) discussing trade union history. @tuc.org.uk
The Exhibition is open until 31 Jan. www.lse.ac.uk/library/what...
The Exhibition is open until 31 Jan. www.lse.ac.uk/library/what...
Reposted by History Workshop
An important historical example for these darkening times. Sounds like a great exhibition!
'The thread that runs through the exhibition is this: no matter the context [...] as individuals, as people, we can come together, we can organise, and there's power to that.'
Historians and archivists on the LSE Library's new exhibition on trades union history.
Historians and archivists on the LSE Library's new exhibition on trades union history.
Reimagining Trades Union History
What does a new exhibition on 200 years of British trades union history reveal about the triumphs and challenges of collective action?
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
January 8, 2026 at 2:37 PM
An important historical example for these darkening times. Sounds like a great exhibition!
'The thread that runs through the exhibition is this: no matter the context [...] as individuals, as people, we can come together, we can organise, and there's power to that.'
Historians and archivists on the LSE Library's new exhibition on trades union history.
Historians and archivists on the LSE Library's new exhibition on trades union history.
Reimagining Trades Union History
What does a new exhibition on 200 years of British trades union history reveal about the triumphs and challenges of collective action?
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
January 8, 2026 at 1:30 PM
'The thread that runs through the exhibition is this: no matter the context [...] as individuals, as people, we can come together, we can organise, and there's power to that.'
Historians and archivists on the LSE Library's new exhibition on trades union history.
Historians and archivists on the LSE Library's new exhibition on trades union history.
What does a new exhibition on 200 years of British trades union history reveal about the tumultuous story of workers organising for change?
Marybeth Hamilton sits down with historians and archivists to discuss the exhibition and the unexpected stories that it unveils.
Marybeth Hamilton sits down with historians and archivists to discuss the exhibition and the unexpected stories that it unveils.
Reimagining Trades Union History
What does a new exhibition on 200 years of British trades union history reveal about the triumphs and challenges of collective action?
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
January 8, 2026 at 7:00 AM
What does a new exhibition on 200 years of British trades union history reveal about the tumultuous story of workers organising for change?
Marybeth Hamilton sits down with historians and archivists to discuss the exhibition and the unexpected stories that it unveils.
Marybeth Hamilton sits down with historians and archivists to discuss the exhibition and the unexpected stories that it unveils.
Reposted by History Workshop
I'm delighted to be included in this, thanks @richmondbridge.bsky.social!
How have History Workshop Journal articles been used to teach history over the past 50 years?
From the French Revolution, to policing in early modern England, to LGBTQ+ histories, these reflections highlight the HWJ archive as a valuable resource within many different classrooms.
From the French Revolution, to policing in early modern England, to LGBTQ+ histories, these reflections highlight the HWJ archive as a valuable resource within many different classrooms.
HWJ in the Classroom
From histories of the French Revolution, to policing in Early Modern England, to LGBTQ+ histories, these reflections highlight HWJ as a valuable resource across many different classrooms.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
January 7, 2026 at 8:52 AM
I'm delighted to be included in this, thanks @richmondbridge.bsky.social!
Reposted by History Workshop
I stand in the debt of @oksanadudko.bsky.social, I build here extensively on our mutual ideas from @historyworkshop.org.uk
academic.oup.com/hwj/article/...
academic.oup.com/hwj/article/...
Teaching Eastern Europe in the Age of Russia’s Imperial Invasions: A Conversation On Being Postcolonial When No One Takes Any Notice
Abstract. This forum brings together six historians of Eastern Europe who discuss decolonizing approaches. In the aftermath of the Russian genocidal war, t
academic.oup.com
January 6, 2026 at 5:50 PM
I stand in the debt of @oksanadudko.bsky.social, I build here extensively on our mutual ideas from @historyworkshop.org.uk
academic.oup.com/hwj/article/...
academic.oup.com/hwj/article/...
Reposted by History Workshop
How have History Workshop Journal articles been used to teach history over the past 50 years?
From the French Revolution, to policing in early modern England, to LGBTQ+ histories, these reflections highlight the HWJ archive as a valuable resource within many different classrooms.
From the French Revolution, to policing in early modern England, to LGBTQ+ histories, these reflections highlight the HWJ archive as a valuable resource within many different classrooms.
HWJ in the Classroom
From histories of the French Revolution, to policing in Early Modern England, to LGBTQ+ histories, these reflections highlight HWJ as a valuable resource across many different classrooms.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
January 6, 2026 at 12:31 PM
How have History Workshop Journal articles been used to teach history over the past 50 years?
From the French Revolution, to policing in early modern England, to LGBTQ+ histories, these reflections highlight the HWJ archive as a valuable resource within many different classrooms.
From the French Revolution, to policing in early modern England, to LGBTQ+ histories, these reflections highlight the HWJ archive as a valuable resource within many different classrooms.
Reposted by History Workshop
History Workshop has a great podcast, too. #History
This year, History Workshop Journal will celebrate two milestones: its 50th anniversary and its 100th issue.
To mark the occasion, eleven historians share how they've used the journal in their own teaching.
To mark the occasion, eleven historians share how they've used the journal in their own teaching.
HWJ in the Classroom
From histories of the French Revolution, to policing in Early Modern England, to LGBTQ+ histories, these reflections highlight HWJ as a valuable resource across many different classrooms.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
January 6, 2026 at 1:50 PM
History Workshop has a great podcast, too. #History
Reposted by History Workshop
The last week of our History of Freedom module isn’t *quite* ‘the @historyworkshop.org.uk week’, but it’s getting there, thanks to so many articles that help teach ♀️/ 🏳️🌈/ ♿ activism in late c20 🇬🇧…
How have History Workshop Journal articles been used to teach history over the past 50 years?
From the French Revolution, to policing in early modern England, to LGBTQ+ histories, these reflections highlight the HWJ archive as a valuable resource within many different classrooms.
From the French Revolution, to policing in early modern England, to LGBTQ+ histories, these reflections highlight the HWJ archive as a valuable resource within many different classrooms.
HWJ in the Classroom
From histories of the French Revolution, to policing in Early Modern England, to LGBTQ+ histories, these reflections highlight HWJ as a valuable resource across many different classrooms.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
January 6, 2026 at 12:38 PM
The last week of our History of Freedom module isn’t *quite* ‘the @historyworkshop.org.uk week’, but it’s getting there, thanks to so many articles that help teach ♀️/ 🏳️🌈/ ♿ activism in late c20 🇬🇧…
How have History Workshop Journal articles been used to teach history over the past 50 years?
From the French Revolution, to policing in early modern England, to LGBTQ+ histories, these reflections highlight the HWJ archive as a valuable resource within many different classrooms.
From the French Revolution, to policing in early modern England, to LGBTQ+ histories, these reflections highlight the HWJ archive as a valuable resource within many different classrooms.
HWJ in the Classroom
From histories of the French Revolution, to policing in Early Modern England, to LGBTQ+ histories, these reflections highlight HWJ as a valuable resource across many different classrooms.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
January 6, 2026 at 12:31 PM
How have History Workshop Journal articles been used to teach history over the past 50 years?
From the French Revolution, to policing in early modern England, to LGBTQ+ histories, these reflections highlight the HWJ archive as a valuable resource within many different classrooms.
From the French Revolution, to policing in early modern England, to LGBTQ+ histories, these reflections highlight the HWJ archive as a valuable resource within many different classrooms.
Reposted by History Workshop
#HistoryEducation fascinating article
This year, History Workshop Journal will celebrate two milestones: its 50th anniversary and its 100th issue.
To mark the occasion, eleven historians share how they've used the journal in their own teaching.
To mark the occasion, eleven historians share how they've used the journal in their own teaching.
HWJ in the Classroom
From histories of the French Revolution, to policing in Early Modern England, to LGBTQ+ histories, these reflections highlight HWJ as a valuable resource across many different classrooms.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
January 6, 2026 at 9:44 AM
#HistoryEducation fascinating article
Reposted by History Workshop
This year, History Workshop Journal will celebrate two milestones: its 50th anniversary and its 100th issue.
To mark the occasion, eleven historians share how they've used the journal in their own teaching.
To mark the occasion, eleven historians share how they've used the journal in their own teaching.
HWJ in the Classroom
From histories of the French Revolution, to policing in Early Modern England, to LGBTQ+ histories, these reflections highlight HWJ as a valuable resource across many different classrooms.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
January 6, 2026 at 7:00 AM
This year, History Workshop Journal will celebrate two milestones: its 50th anniversary and its 100th issue.
To mark the occasion, eleven historians share how they've used the journal in their own teaching.
To mark the occasion, eleven historians share how they've used the journal in their own teaching.
Reposted by History Workshop
Finding myself in some excellent company here as I recommend once again @momoulton.bsky.social's brilliant "Both Your Sexes" article for the classroom....
This year, History Workshop Journal will celebrate two milestones: its 50th anniversary and its 100th issue.
To mark the occasion, eleven historians share how they've used the journal in their own teaching.
To mark the occasion, eleven historians share how they've used the journal in their own teaching.
HWJ in the Classroom
From histories of the French Revolution, to policing in Early Modern England, to LGBTQ+ histories, these reflections highlight HWJ as a valuable resource across many different classrooms.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
January 6, 2026 at 10:03 AM
Finding myself in some excellent company here as I recommend once again @momoulton.bsky.social's brilliant "Both Your Sexes" article for the classroom....
Reposted by History Workshop
It was exciting to be invited to help celebrate @historyworkshop.org.uk’s anniversary, especially as it gave me yet another reason to rave about teaching with Michaela Kalcher’s work on trauma, the Terror, and an incredible diary doi.org/10.1093/hwj/...
January 6, 2026 at 7:54 AM
It was exciting to be invited to help celebrate @historyworkshop.org.uk’s anniversary, especially as it gave me yet another reason to rave about teaching with Michaela Kalcher’s work on trauma, the Terror, and an incredible diary doi.org/10.1093/hwj/...
Reposted by History Workshop
Includes a short reflection from me on how I used History Workshop articles in modules designed for the MA in Black British History.
Many congratulations to @historyworkshop.org.uk on this milestone year. #HWJ100
Many congratulations to @historyworkshop.org.uk on this milestone year. #HWJ100
This year, History Workshop Journal will celebrate two milestones: its 50th anniversary and its 100th issue.
To mark the occasion, eleven historians share how they've used the journal in their own teaching.
To mark the occasion, eleven historians share how they've used the journal in their own teaching.
HWJ in the Classroom
From histories of the French Revolution, to policing in Early Modern England, to LGBTQ+ histories, these reflections highlight HWJ as a valuable resource across many different classrooms.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
January 6, 2026 at 7:38 AM
Includes a short reflection from me on how I used History Workshop articles in modules designed for the MA in Black British History.
Many congratulations to @historyworkshop.org.uk on this milestone year. #HWJ100
Many congratulations to @historyworkshop.org.uk on this milestone year. #HWJ100
This year, History Workshop Journal will celebrate two milestones: its 50th anniversary and its 100th issue.
To mark the occasion, eleven historians share how they've used the journal in their own teaching.
To mark the occasion, eleven historians share how they've used the journal in their own teaching.
HWJ in the Classroom
From histories of the French Revolution, to policing in Early Modern England, to LGBTQ+ histories, these reflections highlight HWJ as a valuable resource across many different classrooms.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
January 6, 2026 at 7:00 AM
This year, History Workshop Journal will celebrate two milestones: its 50th anniversary and its 100th issue.
To mark the occasion, eleven historians share how they've used the journal in their own teaching.
To mark the occasion, eleven historians share how they've used the journal in their own teaching.
Reposted by History Workshop
Didn’t get my submission in this year unfortunately but a great list again from the HW team.
If I had have, my top read was Polly Barton’s translation of Saou Ichikawa’s award winning “Hunchback”, a short book with a mighty punch as it tackles ableism, sex and agency, all in 100ish pages.
If I had have, my top read was Polly Barton’s translation of Saou Ichikawa’s award winning “Hunchback”, a short book with a mighty punch as it tackles ableism, sex and agency, all in 100ish pages.
Now an annual tradition at History Workshop, members of the team share their "Radical Reads" for 2025.
Radical Reads 2025
History Workshop editors share their reflections on the radical books and films which have compelled them, fascinated them, and moved them throughout 2025.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
December 19, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Didn’t get my submission in this year unfortunately but a great list again from the HW team.
If I had have, my top read was Polly Barton’s translation of Saou Ichikawa’s award winning “Hunchback”, a short book with a mighty punch as it tackles ableism, sex and agency, all in 100ish pages.
If I had have, my top read was Polly Barton’s translation of Saou Ichikawa’s award winning “Hunchback”, a short book with a mighty punch as it tackles ableism, sex and agency, all in 100ish pages.
Reposted by History Workshop
Now an annual tradition at History Workshop, members of the team share their "Radical Reads" for 2025.
Radical Reads 2025
History Workshop editors share their reflections on the radical books and films which have compelled them, fascinated them, and moved them throughout 2025.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
December 18, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Now an annual tradition at History Workshop, members of the team share their "Radical Reads" for 2025.
Reposted by History Workshop
Here, for @historyworkshop.org.uk I discuss the history of a refuge for trans women.
I show women’s shared experiences of violence across the spectrum of cis and trans.
I highlight histories of solidarity against male violence by feminists and trans women.
academic.oup.com/hwj/advance-...
I show women’s shared experiences of violence across the spectrum of cis and trans.
I highlight histories of solidarity against male violence by feminists and trans women.
academic.oup.com/hwj/advance-...
Reconsidering Violence Against Women through the History of a Refuge for Trans Women
Abstract. Both right-wing forces and gender-critical feminists currently frame cis and trans women’s needs as fundamentally different and conflicting. Viol
academic.oup.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Here, for @historyworkshop.org.uk I discuss the history of a refuge for trans women.
I show women’s shared experiences of violence across the spectrum of cis and trans.
I highlight histories of solidarity against male violence by feminists and trans women.
academic.oup.com/hwj/advance-...
I show women’s shared experiences of violence across the spectrum of cis and trans.
I highlight histories of solidarity against male violence by feminists and trans women.
academic.oup.com/hwj/advance-...
Now an annual tradition at History Workshop, members of the team share their "Radical Reads" for 2025.
Radical Reads 2025
History Workshop editors share their reflections on the radical books and films which have compelled them, fascinated them, and moved them throughout 2025.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
December 18, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Now an annual tradition at History Workshop, members of the team share their "Radical Reads" for 2025.
It's that time of year again... the History Workshop team present our "Radical Reads" for 2025!
www.historyworkshop....
Image source: Openverse.
www.historyworkshop....
Image source: Openverse.
December 18, 2025 at 8:00 AM
It's that time of year again... the History Workshop team present our "Radical Reads" for 2025!
www.historyworkshop....
Image source: Openverse.
www.historyworkshop....
Image source: Openverse.
Reposted by History Workshop
Today we are launching a new series of articles and podcasts to mark the 100th issue of History Workshop Journal 🎉✊🗃️
In this introductory article, Barbara Taylor reflects on a picnic she shared with other editors in 1984, and what it meant to be part of the HWJ collective.
In this introductory article, Barbara Taylor reflects on a picnic she shared with other editors in 1984, and what it meant to be part of the HWJ collective.
An Editors' Picnic
Barbara Taylor introduces our new series with her memories of a picnic she enjoyed with other History Workshop Journal editors in 1984.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
December 16, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Today we are launching a new series of articles and podcasts to mark the 100th issue of History Workshop Journal 🎉✊🗃️
In this introductory article, Barbara Taylor reflects on a picnic she shared with other editors in 1984, and what it meant to be part of the HWJ collective.
In this introductory article, Barbara Taylor reflects on a picnic she shared with other editors in 1984, and what it meant to be part of the HWJ collective.