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Hannah Murphy @hsmurphy.bsky.social · 1d

An amazing opportunity for a PhD and a 4-year postdoc on this important project with the brilliant and lovely @smschober.bsky.social - hair, race, trade and multispecies history!

#EarlyModern 🗃️

Sarah-Maria Schober @smschober.bsky.social · 2d

Want to work on the history of hair? I am looking for a doc and postdoc to join my project team researching #earlymodern hair, race, trade and multispecies history at the University of Lucerne.

Do apply and spread the word!

www.unilu.ch/en/universit...

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PhD position in History (100%, 4 years) - Vacancies - University of Lucerne

Assistant or doctoral positions, employment or internship: Looking for a job at the University of Lucerne? Find our listed open positions and apprenticeships here.

www.unilu.ch

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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 1d

A Brief History of Men are Becoming Less Manly

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The Victorian Hand @victorianhand.bsky.social · 2d

How might hands reveal an inner self – a soul, a character, an identity?

Join us on 12 November at Lancaster University to explore this question with Professor Alison Bashford (University of New South Wales) as she presents her book, Decoding the Hand.

Tickets: thevictorianhand.uk/alison-bashf...

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Pam Lock @pamplemoussepam.bsky.social · 2d

The IHR seminar series on 'Bad Habits' look fascinating this term, particularly for @drinkingstudies members as @jameskneale.bsky.social and David Beckingham are both giving talks on their temperance research. More information and sign up here:
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London Group of Historical Geographers - Autumn Seminar Programme

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Lena Ferriday @lenaferriday.bsky.social · 6d

Oh Jules, congratulations! What amazing news!!

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Aimee Middlemiss @almiddlemiss.bsky.social · 9d

Fabulous job for a death studies ECR in Manchester.

www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Research Associate - Uncovering Hidden Inequality:Oxford Road

We are seeking a dedicated and enthusiastic Research Associate to work on the ESRC-funded project, ‘uncovering hidden inequality: developing new ways of doing death administration’ directed by Professor Kate Reed in the Department of Sociology, University of Manchester.

www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk

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Warwick History Post-Doc Club @post-doc-club.bsky.social · 10d

Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month

www.jstor.org/action/showL...

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Abbi Flint @draflint.bsky.social · 11d

Still can't quite believe I have a couple of poems in this wonderful anthology 'The Book of Bogs', edited by Anna Chilvers and @clareshawpoet.bsky.social. Such an honour to be alongside a stellar line-up of nature writers 👇
www.littletoller.co.uk/shop/books/l...

The Book of Bogs

This new anthology from over forty writers, including Robert Macfarlane, Amy Liptrot, Alys Fowler and Patti Smith explores peatlands and bogs, and argues for their importance.

www.littletoller.co.uk

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Lena Ferriday @lenaferriday.bsky.social · 13d

This has brought a delightful start to my research Friday! Feeling energised with new insights...

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Past and Present @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social · 13d

New on advance access: "Bodies, Tides, Timber, and the Global History of London’s Docks, 1860–1928"

by Simeon Koole (@uobrishistory.bsky.social) and @benmechen.bsky.social (@uclhistory.bsky.social)

#OpenAccess

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Bodies, Tides, Timber, and the Global History of London’s Docks, 1860–1928*

Abstract. This article examines changes in the bodies and environment of labourers carrying timber imported into London’s docks in the 1860s to the 1920s t

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 15d

New this week in 'Transactions of the Royal Historical Society'.

"Us and Them: Disability Ethics, Oral History and Inclusive Praxis in the Reuse of Asylum Photography", by Alana Harris and Laura Mitchison bit.ly/4gH9e0f

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First page of new TRHS article: 'Us and Them: Disability Ethics, Oral History and Inclusive Praxis in the Reuse of Asylum Photography'

Abstract in full
‘Us and Them’ is a community history project and artistic collaboration exploring physical and intellectual disability and mental illness, in the past and present. It is part of a broader initiative to open out wider conversations about the history of psychiatric care in Epsom (Surrey, UK) and to explore ways in which medical histories, creative engagement strategies and oral history praxis can illuminate the instability of contemporary understandings of ‘healthy minds’ and ‘normative bodies’. This article charts our recent reuse of asylum photography and the restaging of wet-plate collodion portrait making, opening out key ethical questions about our complicity as consumers of historical sources, the role of re-enactment and empathy, and the place of the haptic and the ludic in exposing the porous and precarious boundaries between ableism and disability. Exploring our own vulnerabilities and solidarities in co-producing a public history project with our disabled artist collaborators, it offers insight into our evolving ‘micro ethics’, foregrounds lived experience perspectives, and offers some initial thoughts on ways to rethink critically some core tenets of oral history methodology.

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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 16d

The summer has seen anti-trans campaigns across the UK and US, alongside a crisis in healthcare. But what use could trans history have in these time, beyond proving 'we have always been here'?

Sam Rutherford @echomikeromeo reflects on Imagining Trans Futures:
www.historyworkshop....

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Chris Manias @chrismanias.bsky.social · 16d

We have two jobs at KCL History!

16-month post in Modern Irish and/or British History: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOU178/l...

And 5-year post in Early Modern Europe & The World: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOU182/l...

(both to start in January 2026)

Lecturer in Irish/British History at King's College London

Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Lecturer in Irish/British History on jobs.ac.uk!

www.jobs.ac.uk

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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · 23d

I am really excited to announce the call for the PhD Course in Energy Humanities!

Held at the @greenhouseuis.net from 1-5 December.

Applications are welcome until 24 October.

#envhum #envhist #energyhistory

Poster showing a wind turbine from frog perspective. The picture is in light pink and blue nuances and announces a PhD course in energy humanities. More information can be found in this website. https://www.uis.no/en/research/collaboration/the-greenhouse-centre-for-environmental-humanities/humanities/apply-for-phd

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Cllr Dr Alex Powell @apowelllaw.bsky.social · 28d

This is absolutely unhinged from Johnson and others. Kirk was a proponent of Great Replacement Theory who called for gays to be stoned and public lynch mobs to murder trans people. He is the definition of a right-wing extremist. The cowardice, avarice and opportunism of Johnson knows no bounds.

Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 28d

We don’t yet know who killed Kirk or why. Not that you’d know it from the endless numbers of accounts on X with huge follower numbers, including British politicians, making as yet unknowable claims about the motivations behind the murder.

Exhibit A. Extraordinary stuff.

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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · Sep 5

Now also announced on H-Environment and machine-readable.

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CfP: EXTRACTIVE NATURES / NATURES OF EXTRACTION, Workshop, 6-7 November 2025 | H-Net

Call for Papers EXTRACTIVE NATURES / NATURES OF EXTRACTION 6 — 7 November 2025 Centre for Environmental HumanitiesUniversity of Bristol, United Kingdom

networks.h-net.org

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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · Sep 4

I've already received a few fantastic abstracts, but don't worry, there is an entire week left to send yours!

#envhist #envhum #extraction
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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · Aug 21

excited to share the call for the workshop

EXTRACTIVE NATURES / NATURES OF EXTRACTION

happening at @uobrisceh.bsky.social on 6-7 Nov 2025,
 made possible by the @britishacademy.bsky.social

deadline: 10 September!

full call below ⤵

#envhist #envhum

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Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · Sep 4

We're hiring a new lecturer @stsucl.bsky.social. We're looking for someone with particular interests in the environment. Please share widely www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Lena Ferriday @lenaferriday.bsky.social · Sep 4

For all scholars of senses/ embodiment: The UK National Archives are organising their 2025 programme of research events around the theme of 'Emotions, senses and feelings in the archives'!!

www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/our-re...

Research Routes - Research and scholarship

Our 2025 Research Routes programme, ‘Emotions, senses and feelings in the archives,’ examines the ways in which we navigate the archives – how we feel our way through – are closely entwined with emoti...

www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · Sep 2

New jobs here! I'm on the Advisory Board of this Leverhulme Trust-funded project investigating 'The long-term impact of New Labour’s social and economic policies', and there are two Research Fellowship posts available: jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

Job Vacancy at the University of Nottingham: Research Fellow (Multiple positions, fixed term)

We are now recruiting 2 full time Research Fellows to work with Stephen Farrall and colleagues at Warwick (Emily Gray) and Queen Mary College, University of London (Maria Grasso) on their research int...

jobs.nottingham.ac.uk

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · Sep 3

Royal Historical Society vacancy, closing next week: Membership and Office Administrator bit.ly/46TgZNA

We look to appoint a Membership and Office Administrator (0.8 FTE) to join our professional Office to help us support history and historians. £31,904 pro rata. Closing date: 8 Sept #Skystorians

Vacancy: the Society seeks to appoint a Membership and Office Administrator - RHS

The Royal Historical Society seeks to appoint a Membership and Office Administrator (0.8 FTE) to join its professional Office based at University College London. The post will help support and develop...

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Sensory Lives Project @sensory-lives-prj.bsky.social · Sep 1

📣 WE'RE HIRING! Please spread the word 📣

🔎 Looking for a 1-year postdoctoral research associate to support our @leverhulme.ac.uk research
& UK-wide tour of a playhouse tent communicating neurodivergent children’s experiences of Temporary Accommodation.

🛜 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOL488/p...

Postdoctoral Research Associate at King's College London

Discover Postdoctoral Research Associate jobs and more in higher education on jobs.ac.uk. Apply for further details on the top job board.

www.jobs.ac.uk

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Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social · Sep 1

3 project reports now available for our Leverhulme-funded Rural Racism project. A film below reflecs just 3 of our 135 in-depth interviews. These supplement statistics, gaining insights into the human experience of racism in the countryside, where only 4% of the population is from a minoritised gp

Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social · Sep 1

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Joanne Begiato @jbhist.bsky.social · Sep 2

Please share widely!

The Victorian Hand @victorianhand.bsky.social · Sep 1

3 weeks to go until the deadline for abstracts for our conference The Hand: Emotions, Embodiment, Identity (8-9 Jan 2026).

Are you getting yours ready?✍

Send abstracts and bios to [email protected] by 22 September 2025. We can't wait to hear from you!

A sculpture maquette of a hand, photographed in close up. Text reads '3 weeks to go! CfP Deadline 22 Sept'

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Melanie A. Kiechle @melaniekiechle.bsky.social · Aug 12

If you don't have something to share right now, but want to take part in our monthly conversations, join us! 🗃️📗#histmed www.chstm.org/group/health...

Health and the Urban Environment | Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine

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