Lynn Abrams

@lynncabrams.bsky.social

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Feminist, gardener, knitter, cyclist. Professor of Modern History Uni of Glasgow, gender history, oral history, textiles esp knit

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Lynn Abrams is a historian and Professor of History at the University of Glasgow, and a Fellow of the British Academy (2018). She is Chair in Modern History at the University of Glasgow, where her research and teaching interests include the history of women and gender relations in Britain, and oral history. .. more

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Lynn Abrams @lynncabrams.bsky.social · 1d

I was interviewed by Marie Jiřičková: 'Feminist historians are still really influential, pushing the boundaries of what oral history can do…' History - Theory - Criticism (2025:2) about a career in oral history now available online here DOI: doi.org/10.14712/246...

No. 2 (2025) | Dějiny – teorie – kritika

doi.org

Lynn Abrams @lynncabrams.bsky.social · 1d

Book Launch!

Callum G Brown - Ninety Humanists and the Ethical Transition of Britain: The Open Conspiracy 1930-80 (Bloomsbury, 2026)

Thurs 12 February 2026: 16:00-18:00
Humanities Research Hub,
Rm 101 @ 1 University Gardens.
Zoom link:https://uofglasgow.zoom.us/j/81429229738

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Matthew L Reznicek @drreznicek.bsky.social · 2d

For any PhD students working in Medical Humanities, check out the Medical Humanities summer school from @durhamimh.bsky.social medhumsplatform.org/medical-huma...

Medical Humanities International PhD Summer School 2026

The Medical Humanities International Summer School is open for applications from PhD students.

medhumsplatform.org

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 2d

You can find me in the Times flying the flag for humanities and social sciences in this story about changes to funding at @ukri.org
www.thetimes.com/article/be92...

Hetan Shah, chief executive of the British Academy, said: "Whatever form it takes, whether foundational, mission-led or focused on innovation, research is vital to the UK's prosperity and international standing. The humanities and social sciences are central to this, helping us understand people, places and systems so new ideas can have real-world impact."

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IHR Women @ihrwomen.bsky.social · 2d

Join us live at the IHR and online. Free registration: tinyurl.com/24pxj5we
@lauragowing.bsky.social @clairelanghamer.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social @carmenmangion.bsky.social @dralanagharris.bsky.social @harkaway1.bsky.social @womenshistoryrev.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social

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Niamh NicGhabhann Coleman @niamhroisin.bsky.social · 7d

Hello! I am sharing information about my @researchireland.ie project Locating Loss: histories of infertility in landscapes and spaces. I would love to connect with researchers/ practitioners from a wide range of backgrounds and disciplines, so please share widely! @nursingclio.bsky.social

Page of information outlining the aims of the Locating Loss research project which explores the histories of infertility in landscapes and spaces. This project aims to bring scholars from a wide range of disciplines together in 2026. Please DM me if more info is needed and this alt text is not enough!

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Society for One-Place Studies @oneplacestudies.bsky.social · 8d

The National Farm Survey documents are held by The National Archives. The forms and maps are being digitised and will be made available online for free, with the first records due to appear in March this year. The project should be complete by March 2027.

#OnePlaceStudies #LocalHistory

300,000 farm records going online, thanks to grant from Lund Trust - The National Archives

The National Archives is digitising 300,000 farm records 1941-1943 made for the National Farm Survey, thanks to a grant from the Lund Trust

www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

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Sadiah Qureshi 🦈 @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · 9d

Hurrah!!! The brilliant Sumita Mukherjee has a new book out about the lives of South Asian children in Modern Britain in just a few weeks.

I love the cover photo!

A must read so now would be a great time to preorder and commission reviews.

www.hurstpublishers.com/book/imperia...

Imperial Footprints | Hurst Publishers

From the Victorian era to Partition, Mukherjee uncovers the unique experiences of the very youngest South Asian migrants to Britain.

www.hurstpublishers.com

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Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social · 9d

New #OnHistory blog from IHR Fellow @maxinebeuret.bsky.social reflecting on the Digital Storytelling for Local Historians that she ran as part of @sas-news.bsky.social @beinghumanfest.bsky.social blog.history.ac.uk/2026/01/shar...

Sharing Hidden Histories: Reflections on ‘Digital Storytelling for Local History’ as part of the Being Human Festival - On History

IHR Fellow Maxine Beuret shares the experience of a hands-on ‘Digital Storytelling for Local History’ workshop—a space where stories, history, and memories were brought to life through digital media,…

blog.history.ac.uk

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Aaron Sheridan @acsheridan.bsky.social · 9d

A little preview of my forthcoming journal article on council tenants' resistance and resilience today in @scotnational.bsky.social. Massive thanks to @charlielynch.bsky.social for reaching out and giving my work a write-up.

www.thenational.scot/politics/257...

Resistance and resilience: Digging into Edinburgh's history of tenant activism

NEW research has highlighted the resistance and resilience among tenants in council housing in Edinburgh

www.thenational.scot

Lynn Abrams @lynncabrams.bsky.social · 9d

This is a great conference for ECRs, postgrads, mid career and senior - lots of lively exchange and fun too

Social History Society @socialhistsoc.bsky.social · 9d

📣3 days to go until the deadline - we can't wait to see you for our 50th anniversary in Lancaster!

Social History Society @socialhistsoc.bsky.social · Dec 17

📣You have just under a month to send in your proposal for our 2026 Social History Society Conference - where we will be celebrating out 50th anniversary!

👉Find out more here: socialhistory.org.uk/conference/s...

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Willemijn Ruberg @willemijnruberg.bsky.social · 9d

One PhD and one postdoc position available in the interesting ERC research project on Beyond Thalidomide: The Patient as an Agent of Change (2024-2029) run by dr Birgit Nemec:
jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...

jobs.univie.ac.at

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Social History Society @socialhistsoc.bsky.social · 9d

📣3 days to go until the deadline - we can't wait to see you for our 50th anniversary in Lancaster!

Social History Society @socialhistsoc.bsky.social · Dec 17

SHS Annual Conference 2026

Our 50th anniversary conference will be held at Lancaster University, the academic home of the Social History Society. A Significant Milestone The Social History Society was founded at Lancaster Un…

socialhistory.org.uk

Lynn Abrams @lynncabrams.bsky.social · 10d

Blickling? Gorgeous library

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Mass Observation Archive @massobsarchive.bsky.social · 10d

In 1982, inspired by the work of MO the National Lesbian and Gay survey began, it sought to capture what everyday life was like for queer people living in the UK. For our latest open call we're continuing the work of NLGS and asking what does it mean to be queer every day?

#lgbtqhistory

A scan of a yellow flyer advertising the National Lesbian and Gay Survey. It has a collage of different photographs of people and in the middle it reads 'so who will write the lesbian and gay history of the nineties..?' the bottom of the flyer has further information about how to take part.

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Helen McCarthy @historianhelen.bsky.social · 10d

If you are in Oxford next Tuesday and histories of ageing, work, race and migration are your thing, do come to my paper: Grey Escape: Britons Retiring Overseas, c. 1980-2010. It may make you think twice about chasing the sun in your sixties... Details here: talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/90a...

Grey Escape: Britons Retiring Overseas, c. 1980-2010 (Joint meeting with the Modern European History seminar)

talks.ox.ac.uk

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Elizabeth Crawford @womanssphere.bsky.social · 17d

I'll be telling how the treasures of the Women's Library collections have provided 50 of the objects I discuss in my forthcoming book, 'The British Women's Suffrage Movement in 100 Objects: a material history', forthcoming from Bloomsbury in July (£24.99). No such book could be compiled without TWL

Friends of The Women's Library @fotwl.bsky.social · 17d

Join us for a free one-day conference on 14 January at the Shaw Library, LSE, to mark 100 years of The Women's Library. Speakers include Sally Alexander, Elizabeth Crawford, Caroline Derry, Clara Jones and Carmen Mangion.

Email [email protected] if you'd like to come.

Friends of The Women's Library @fotwl.bsky.social · 17d

Thanks Carmen. Look forward to seeing you!

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Women's History Network @womenshistnet.bsky.social · 17d

🚨Special announcement: our annual conference will be 3–4 Sept 2026 at LSE Library, in collaboration with @lselibrary.bsky.social, & Friends House, London.

Theme: Celebrating the Centenary of the Women’s Library: One Hundred Years of Women’s History.

Call for Papers coming mid-Jan! #WomensHistory

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Seb Falk @sebfalk.com · 17d

JOB ALERT!

3-year postdoc at @girtoncollege.bsky.social - research anything you like in History, Archaeology or Anthropology in a wonderful, welcoming scholarly community.

PLEASE SHARE! Closes 12 January

www.girton.cam.ac.uk/job-vacancie...

Here's what it looked like on my return to work this morning - beautiful red brick gabled building of Girton's Hall, with a dusting of snow on the grass in front.

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Friends of The Women's Library @fotwl.bsky.social · 17d

Thanks Carmen. Look forward to seeing you!

Dr Carmen M. Mangion @carmenmangion.bsky.social · 17d

Look forward to speaking at the conference on 14 Jan 2026 at the LSE that will explore The Women's Library's sources on activism in the fields of religion, sexuality, and national and international politics. Email [email protected] if you wish to attend. @fotwl.bsky.social

Lynn Abrams @lynncabrams.bsky.social · 23d

Almost knocked down by my hero sprint cyclist Mark Cavendish while crossing George Square in Glasgow - that would have been embarrassing if I’d taken him out of the race

Lynn Abrams @lynncabrams.bsky.social · 23d

@charlielynch.bsky.social you have a new article out?

Mo Moulton @momoulton.bsky.social · 24d

Give me your best recent British & Irish LGBTQI+ history recommendations! I'm updating the reading list for my queer & trans history module. Looking for things published in the last 2-3 years. 🌈🎓 ‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ #queerhistory

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Mo Moulton @momoulton.bsky.social · 24d

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Andrew Copson @andrewcopson.bsky.social · 24d

Ninety Humanists and the Ethical Transition of Britain by Callum Brown: a brilliant piece of social and intellectual history which re-writes the 1960s in particular and means you'll never look at the twentieth century in the same way again. Can't recommend highly enough. Genuinely transformative.

Cover of Callum G. Brown’s
NINETY
HUMANISTS
AND THE ETHICAL TRANSITION OF BRITAIN
The Open Conspiracy
1930-80

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Jon Lawrence @jonhistorian61.bsky.social · Dec 23

Lovely Christmas present left on my doorstep today - it really is as amazing as I’d hoped -all 29 chapters. The illustrations look fantastic - big thanks to Lund Humphries and the editors. Never seen an academic book looking happier on a coffee table 🙂

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Lynn Abrams @lynncabrams.bsky.social · Dec 18

Hurrah for this and that generation of feminists.

‘Pretty birds and silly moos’: the women behind the Sex Discrimination Act

In the 50 years since equal rights for women were enshrined in UK law, the campaigners have been reduced to caricatures, or forgotten. But their struggle is worth remembering

www.theguardian.com

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Social History Society @socialhistsoc.bsky.social · Dec 17

SHS Annual Conference 2026

socialhistory.org.uk

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Julia Laite @julialaite.bsky.social · Dec 11

When will this crisis get any attention whatsoever!? A THOUSAND ACADEMIC STAFF AT ONE INSTITUTION SERVED REDUNDANCY RISK NOTICES! And that's not counting what's surely being visited on professional services staff too. This is an economic catastrophe, to say nothing of the intellectual catastrophe!

lucynoakes1.bsky.social @lucynoakes1.bsky.social · Dec 11

Ongoing decimation of British universities part 252:

Apx. 1000 academic staff at University of Essex just received formal ‘risk of redundancy’ letters via email.

Please share @ucuessex.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk

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lucynoakes1.bsky.social @lucynoakes1.bsky.social · Dec 11

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Voices of Motherhood @voicesofmotherhood.bsky.social · Dec 11

We are delighted to share the programme for our upcoming conference!

We will be running fourteen panels across two days in early February - all online and open to everyone 😊 please see our website for more details on speakers, panels and how to book.

‘The Politics of Motherhood: Maternalism, Maternity and Mothering’ Conference Programme – Voices of Motherhood

voicesofmotherhood.wp.worc.ac.uk

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