Rachel Collett
@racheljcollett.bsky.social
PhD on the Merseyside Women’s Movement 1969-1990s + teaching history at University of Liverpool 🎓
Keen rambler, morris dancer, founder of Common Folk Collective 🌞
Latest article: https://doi.org/10.1093/tcbh/hwaf017
Keen rambler, morris dancer, founder of Common Folk Collective 🌞
Latest article: https://doi.org/10.1093/tcbh/hwaf017
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Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
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November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Lovely surprise this morning to receive an email from an activist who read my recent article on Capenhurst peace camp (doi.org/10.1093/tcbh...) and sent me lots of her personal papers!
Sharing this wonderful letter from the UN Namibia Council, praising the women’s occupation of BNFL in 1985 😍😮
Sharing this wonderful letter from the UN Namibia Council, praising the women’s occupation of BNFL in 1985 😍😮
November 26, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Lovely surprise this morning to receive an email from an activist who read my recent article on Capenhurst peace camp (doi.org/10.1093/tcbh...) and sent me lots of her personal papers!
Sharing this wonderful letter from the UN Namibia Council, praising the women’s occupation of BNFL in 1985 😍😮
Sharing this wonderful letter from the UN Namibia Council, praising the women’s occupation of BNFL in 1985 😍😮
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Next up at #nacbs2025 is a fab lineup of rising history stars in field of histories of activism in late 20th century Britain incl: @racheljcollett.bsky.social @alfiesteer.bsky.social Dan Frost & Jess White.
November 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Next up at #nacbs2025 is a fab lineup of rising history stars in field of histories of activism in late 20th century Britain incl: @racheljcollett.bsky.social @alfiesteer.bsky.social Dan Frost & Jess White.
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Check out @racheljcollett.bsky.social's fantastic article on the Women's Liberation Movement in Merseyside, and radical regionalism, in the latest issue of Tribune - out today!
November 11, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Check out @racheljcollett.bsky.social's fantastic article on the Women's Liberation Movement in Merseyside, and radical regionalism, in the latest issue of Tribune - out today!
Lovely to see my piece in the new issue of Tribune alongside other great articles on protest + power ✊🏼
November 11, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Lovely to see my piece in the new issue of Tribune alongside other great articles on protest + power ✊🏼
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We have an exciting seminar series at @ljmuofficial.bsky.social this semester. These events are free and everyone's welcome to attend.
September 19, 2025 at 7:09 PM
We have an exciting seminar series at @ljmuofficial.bsky.social this semester. These events are free and everyone's welcome to attend.
What a lovely surprise to be featured in @americanstudier.bsky.social weekly roundup of scholarly work.
Sharing the link to my article again in case you missed it, along with some lovely photos of Capenhurst peace camp here:
doi.org/10.1093/tcbh...
Sharing the link to my article again in case you missed it, along with some lovely photos of Capenhurst peace camp here:
doi.org/10.1093/tcbh...
September 28, 2025 at 12:34 PM
What a lovely surprise to be featured in @americanstudier.bsky.social weekly roundup of scholarly work.
Sharing the link to my article again in case you missed it, along with some lovely photos of Capenhurst peace camp here:
doi.org/10.1093/tcbh...
Sharing the link to my article again in case you missed it, along with some lovely photos of Capenhurst peace camp here:
doi.org/10.1093/tcbh...
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Brilliant new article by @racheljcollett.bsky.social in @mbhjournal.bsky.social further expanding knowledge & understanding of #womensgrassrootsactivism. Congratulations Rachel 👏🥳. @womenshistnet.bsky.social #skystorians
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Capenhurst Women’s Peace Camp (1982–3) and after: local nuclear resistance, grassroots feminisms, and transnational solidarities
Abstract. This article explores the local specificities of Capenhurst Women’s Peace Camp, established in 1982 at British Nuclear Fuels Limited on the Wirra
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September 26, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Brilliant new article by @racheljcollett.bsky.social in @mbhjournal.bsky.social further expanding knowledge & understanding of #womensgrassrootsactivism. Congratulations Rachel 👏🥳. @womenshistnet.bsky.social #skystorians
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Nice surprise to see my article on Capenhurst Women’s Peace Camp is out today - have a read if interested in space, the weirdness of the Wirral, local feminisms and anti-nuclear activism in Merseyside, and global solidarity movements in the 1980s academic.oup.com/tcbh/article...
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September 23, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Nice surprise to see my article on Capenhurst Women’s Peace Camp is out today - have a read if interested in space, the weirdness of the Wirral, local feminisms and anti-nuclear activism in Merseyside, and global solidarity movements in the 1980s academic.oup.com/tcbh/article...
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Superb article by @racheljcollett.bsky.social in @mbhjournal.bsky.social, recovering the Capenhurst Women's Peace Camp. Fascinating case study of 1980s anti-nuclear feminism on the Wirral peninsula, and the surprising connections to the Namibian freedom struggle.
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September 23, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Superb article by @racheljcollett.bsky.social in @mbhjournal.bsky.social, recovering the Capenhurst Women's Peace Camp. Fascinating case study of 1980s anti-nuclear feminism on the Wirral peninsula, and the surprising connections to the Namibian freedom struggle.
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I am going to be speaking at this year’s NACBS on this amazing panel with colleagues and comrades @racheljcollett.bsky.social, @fmarshallpayne.bsky.social and Daniel Frost. Hope to see some of u there or for a pint afterwards 🍻
August 27, 2025 at 10:04 AM
I am going to be speaking at this year’s NACBS on this amazing panel with colleagues and comrades @racheljcollett.bsky.social, @fmarshallpayne.bsky.social and Daniel Frost. Hope to see some of u there or for a pint afterwards 🍻
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My new article on creative assessments, queer pedagogy, and authenticity, drawing on historians like
@julialaite.bsky.social, @willpooley.bsky.social, @tricksterprince.bsky.social. Also, huge thanks to
@luciejones83.bsky.social and @cathfeely.bsky.social
for putting this issue together!
@julialaite.bsky.social, @willpooley.bsky.social, @tricksterprince.bsky.social. Also, huge thanks to
@luciejones83.bsky.social and @cathfeely.bsky.social
for putting this issue together!
#skyhistorians do you use the creative assessment/ #unessay? Perhaps you’re interested in it! Check out @moderndecorum.bsky.social’s wonderful article on creativity as queer practice. This is the 2nd article to come out for @cathfeely.bsky.social &my Creative History in the Classroom special issue!
Creativity as Queer Praxis: History, Pedagogy and Academic Assessment
This article draws upon insights from queer pedagogy to explore the ways that creative assessments can be used to disrupt rather than reproduce existing power structures within the academy. Queer ped...
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August 14, 2025 at 9:43 AM
My new article on creative assessments, queer pedagogy, and authenticity, drawing on historians like
@julialaite.bsky.social, @willpooley.bsky.social, @tricksterprince.bsky.social. Also, huge thanks to
@luciejones83.bsky.social and @cathfeely.bsky.social
for putting this issue together!
@julialaite.bsky.social, @willpooley.bsky.social, @tricksterprince.bsky.social. Also, huge thanks to
@luciejones83.bsky.social and @cathfeely.bsky.social
for putting this issue together!
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Wonderful to hear @racheljcollett.bsky.social speak on her research re Merseyside inter generational women’s activism for peace & anti-nuclear arms in camps in 1980s. Great paper as always #womensgrassrootsactivism for our @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social this evening.
May 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Wonderful to hear @racheljcollett.bsky.social speak on her research re Merseyside inter generational women’s activism for peace & anti-nuclear arms in camps in 1980s. Great paper as always #womensgrassrootsactivism for our @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social this evening.
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Our next @ihr.bsky.social @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social is on Weds 28 May, 5.30pm (in person only) with brilliant @racheljcollett.bsky.social on grassroots feminisms, resistance & transnational solidarities. Don't miss it, sign up today 👇. #womensgrassrootsactivism @womenshistnet.bsky.social
Capenhurst Women’s Peace Camp (1982-3) and After: Local nuclear resistance, grassroots feminisms, and transnational solidarities
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May 12, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Our next @ihr.bsky.social @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social is on Weds 28 May, 5.30pm (in person only) with brilliant @racheljcollett.bsky.social on grassroots feminisms, resistance & transnational solidarities. Don't miss it, sign up today 👇. #womensgrassrootsactivism @womenshistnet.bsky.social
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📢 Wowzers 😮! What a line up we have for @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social Term 3. Fab speakers incl: @racheljcollett.bsky.social @nataliethomlinson.bsky.social @lauratisdall.bsky.social Lucy Robinson Lukas Herde + Jennifer Wallis. Join us via link below 👇 www.history.ac.uk/seminars/con...
April 3, 2025 at 6:59 PM
📢 Wowzers 😮! What a line up we have for @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social Term 3. Fab speakers incl: @racheljcollett.bsky.social @nataliethomlinson.bsky.social @lauratisdall.bsky.social Lucy Robinson Lukas Herde + Jennifer Wallis. Join us via link below 👇 www.history.ac.uk/seminars/con...
Pleased to have been asked to write a little overview for this brilliant new resource on Liverpool radical history:
More to come!
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More to come!
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The early years of the Women’s Liberation Movement | Liverpool People's History
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April 25, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Pleased to have been asked to write a little overview for this brilliant new resource on Liverpool radical history:
More to come!
liverpoolpeopleshistory.org/2025/04/24/t...
More to come!
liverpoolpeopleshistory.org/2025/04/24/t...
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Our new volume 'In Solidarity, Under Suspicion: The British Far Left from 1956', co-edited with Daniel Frost, is now available for pre-order from @manchesterup.bsky.social.
Hardback is out Nov 2025, with a paperback edition to follow in 2026-27.
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526179593/
Hardback is out Nov 2025, with a paperback edition to follow in 2026-27.
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526179593/
Manchester University Press - In solidarity, under suspicion
In solidarity, under suspicion - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of In solidarity, under suspicion by Daniel Frost
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March 12, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Our new volume 'In Solidarity, Under Suspicion: The British Far Left from 1956', co-edited with Daniel Frost, is now available for pre-order from @manchesterup.bsky.social.
Hardback is out Nov 2025, with a paperback edition to follow in 2026-27.
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526179593/
Hardback is out Nov 2025, with a paperback edition to follow in 2026-27.
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526179593/
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Whew! Made Research🐟 deadline by a whisker! Working with @annefhlogan.bsky.social @ruthdav.bsky.social @racheljcollett.bsky.social Anna Muggeridge & members of @womensinstitute.bsky.social @soroptimistgbi.bsky.social & ICA we had 28 activities over 18 months on #AHRC #womensgrassrootsactivism.
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March 12, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Whew! Made Research🐟 deadline by a whisker! Working with @annefhlogan.bsky.social @ruthdav.bsky.social @racheljcollett.bsky.social Anna Muggeridge & members of @womensinstitute.bsky.social @soroptimistgbi.bsky.social & ICA we had 28 activities over 18 months on #AHRC #womensgrassrootsactivism.
What a jam-packed 18 months!! Such a privilege to work with such a wonderful team on this project + so excited to see the final outcomes.
Today is the official end date for our #Womensgrassrootsactivism AHRC funded project. Over 18 months we had 14 events inc. workshops, conference, seminars, webinars, lecture & ECR training. Our 5 episode podcast coming in Feb/March via @historyhub.bsky.social & SI Women's History Review out in 2026.
January 31, 2025 at 2:03 PM
What a jam-packed 18 months!! Such a privilege to work with such a wonderful team on this project + so excited to see the final outcomes.
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Such a privilege to work with @womensinstitute.bsky.social SIGBI (Ireland & England), Irish Country Women's Association (ICA) & WI of Northern Ireland. And with fab core team @annefhlogan.bsky.social @ruthdav.bsky.social @racheljcollett.bsky.social & Anna Muggeridge ❤️. #womensgrassrootsactivism
Today is the official end date for our #Womensgrassrootsactivism AHRC funded project. Over 18 months we had 14 events inc. workshops, conference, seminars, webinars, lecture & ECR training. Our 5 episode podcast coming in Feb/March via @historyhub.bsky.social & SI Women's History Review out in 2026.
January 31, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Such a privilege to work with @womensinstitute.bsky.social SIGBI (Ireland & England), Irish Country Women's Association (ICA) & WI of Northern Ireland. And with fab core team @annefhlogan.bsky.social @ruthdav.bsky.social @racheljcollett.bsky.social & Anna Muggeridge ❤️. #womensgrassrootsactivism
V excited to get my hands on an advance copy of this! Looking forward to reading @samwetherell.bsky.social
January 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM
V excited to get my hands on an advance copy of this! Looking forward to reading @samwetherell.bsky.social
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Beyond the Fragments: @racheljcollett.bsky.social and @alfiesteer.bsky.social report on their conference looking back at the socialist-feminist text and its influence.
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Beyond the Fragments: 45 Years On
Earlier this year, a one-day conference was held to mark 45 years since the publication of the seminal socialist-feminist text, Beyond the Fragments: Feminism and the Making of Socialism. Co-author…
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December 28, 2024 at 7:24 AM
Beyond the Fragments: @racheljcollett.bsky.social and @alfiesteer.bsky.social report on their conference looking back at the socialist-feminist text and its influence.
sslh.org.uk/2024/12/28/b...
sslh.org.uk/2024/12/28/b...
My wonderful partner @alfiesteer.bsky.social has bought me the best and nerdiest Xmas present ever - an original screenprinted Merseyside Women’s Centre poster from the 1970s! Nothing can ever beat this! 🥹
December 25, 2024 at 11:04 AM
My wonderful partner @alfiesteer.bsky.social has bought me the best and nerdiest Xmas present ever - an original screenprinted Merseyside Women’s Centre poster from the 1970s! Nothing can ever beat this! 🥹
Teaching on nuclear heritage, legacies and material culture tomorrow - got to take the opportunity to include my mum’s iconic ‘Stop Sellafield’ concert t-shirt! 💚
Thinking about clothing + music cultures as resistance; generational activism; sources as living objects; curating nuclear histories etc
Thinking about clothing + music cultures as resistance; generational activism; sources as living objects; curating nuclear histories etc
November 28, 2024 at 3:22 PM
Teaching on nuclear heritage, legacies and material culture tomorrow - got to take the opportunity to include my mum’s iconic ‘Stop Sellafield’ concert t-shirt! 💚
Thinking about clothing + music cultures as resistance; generational activism; sources as living objects; curating nuclear histories etc
Thinking about clothing + music cultures as resistance; generational activism; sources as living objects; curating nuclear histories etc
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To finish up our AHRC Women’s Grassroots Activism Workshop 4 on the theme of Visibility we had 3 fab ECRs @racheljcollett.bsky.social Grace Heaton & Maisie Jessop sharing their experiences of using oral history to make the activism of women more audible & therefore more visible.
September 21, 2024 at 2:48 PM
To finish up our AHRC Women’s Grassroots Activism Workshop 4 on the theme of Visibility we had 3 fab ECRs @racheljcollett.bsky.social Grace Heaton & Maisie Jessop sharing their experiences of using oral history to make the activism of women more audible & therefore more visible.