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Charlotte Cull @charlottecull.bsky.social · 27d

A very limited number of extra tickets have been released for the Ben Pimlott Memorial lecture, which takes place on Tuesday 25 November. Please see the eventbrite page for tickets, more information, and the waitlist!
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Modern British History Ben Pimlott Memorial Lecture 2025: Helen McCarthy

Family Stories: Retirement, Old Age and Generational Thinking in Britain since the 1970s

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Charlotte Cull @charlottecull.bsky.social · 27d

A very limited number of extra tickets have been released for the Ben Pimlott Memorial lecture, which takes place on Tuesday 25 November. Please see the eventbrite page for tickets, more information, and the waitlist!
@mbhjournal.bsky.social @sarahcrook.bsky.social

Modern British History Ben Pimlott Memorial Lecture 2025: Helen McCarthy

Family Stories: Retirement, Old Age and Generational Thinking in Britain since the 1970s

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Tribune @tribunemagazine.bsky.social · Jun 13

A new book by a former Shooting Times editor argues that large landowners are given a hard time, and that campaigns to increase public access to the countryside are wrong. Surprisingly enough, the establishment loves it.

Solidarity of the Ruling Class

A new book by a former <i>Shooting Times</i> editor argues that large landowners are given a hard time, and that campaigns to increase public access to the countryside are wrong. Surprisingly enough,…

tribunemag.co.uk

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Charlotte Cull @charlottecull.bsky.social · Jun 12

Next week! Really looking forward to hearing from our excellent line-up of speakers. All welcome - free tickets are available on the link below.

History of Political Thought Graduate Conference @history-thought.bsky.social · Jun 3

We're very pleased to announce the programme for this year's conference on States and Spaces!

The conference will be held at LSE on 19 and 20 June.
Please sign up here for your free ticket - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/16th-annua...

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Charlotte Cull @charlottecull.bsky.social · Jun 12

Next week! Really looking forward to hearing from our excellent line-up of speakers. All welcome - free tickets are available on the link below.

History of Political Thought Graduate Conference @history-thought.bsky.social · Jun 3

We're very pleased to announce the programme for this year's conference on States and Spaces!

The conference will be held at LSE on 19 and 20 June.
Please sign up here for your free ticket - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/16th-annua...

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History of Political Thought Graduate Conference @history-thought.bsky.social · Jun 3

We're very pleased to announce the programme for this year's conference on States and Spaces!

The conference will be held at LSE on 19 and 20 June.
Please sign up here for your free ticket - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/16th-annua...

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · May 16

‘It must be doubted whether MI5 ever intended to provide invaluable assistance to future historians, but its obsessive logging of various suspects’ everyday doings has resulted in a small goldmine of sources in the National Archives.’

Stefan Collini on Christopher Hill
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Stefan Collini · Agent of Influence: Christopher Hill’s Interests

Christopher Hill devoted his attention almost exclusively to 17th-century England; he wrote far more about intellectual...

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Isabella M. Weber @isabellamweber.bsky.social · May 9

A book with just the right ambition to provide a vision for a different future that yet misses the moment.

My review of Abundance for Foreign Policy.

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Adrienne Buller @adriennebuller.bsky.social · May 8

Had a great time launching Issue I of @the-breakdown.bsky.social last night with the exceptional @geoffmann.bsky.social and Quinn Slobodian.

Thanks to everyone who turned out, asked great questions and supported new climate writing.

Issue I here: www.break-down.org/issues/1

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David Edgerton @davidedgerton.bsky.social · Apr 27

A very funny takedown of the very weird and not a little disturbing Anglofuturism thing - pleased to be quoted in it. thecritic.co.uk/issues/may-2...

Strange new world | Andrew Orlowski | The Critic Magazine

An impatient group of young, self-confident, AI-obsessed policy wonks is trying to re-shape Britain — inspired and funded by American tech billionaires.

thecritic.co.uk

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Charlotte Cull @charlottecull.bsky.social · Apr 15

Here's the line up for the IHR History of Political Ideas Early Careers seminar this term - it's going to be a good one! Sign up here if you want to come along: www.history.ac.uk/seminars/his... @ihr.bsky.social

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Ulas Ince @ulasince.bsky.social · Apr 3

An excellent initiative.

"The Return of Political Economy to Intellectual History."

Call for Submissions, JHI Blog Forum: “The Return of Political Economy in Intellectual History”

Inspired by a panel at the 2025 American Historical Association annual conference, this JHI Blog Forum will collect and publish short reflections on the relationship between new work in intellectual h...

www.jhiblog.org

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Charlotte Cull @charlottecull.bsky.social · Apr 15

Here's the line up for the IHR History of Political Ideas Early Careers seminar this term - it's going to be a good one! Sign up here if you want to come along: www.history.ac.uk/seminars/his... @ihr.bsky.social

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Charlotte Cull @charlottecull.bsky.social · Jan 20

🚨The CfP for the London Graduate Conference in History of Political Thought is here! 🚨

This year's theme is 'States and Spaces' with a keynote from Dr Faridah Zaman. Please do consider applying if you're a graduate student working in this area!

History of Political Thought Graduate Conference @history-thought.bsky.social · Jan 20

We're delighted to share our Call for Papers for the 16th London Graduate Conference in the History of Political Thought, on the theme of ‘States and Spaces' (19th-20th June, LSE). Deadline for submissions is 14 March! For more details: historyofpoliticalthoughtblog.wordpress.com/call-for-pap...

Call for Papers 2025: States and Spaces in the History of Political Thought

16th Annual London Graduate Conference in the History of Political Thought Keynote speaker: Dr. Faridah Zaman (Oxford) Location: Room 2.06, Cheng Kin Ku Building, 54 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, LSE…

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Charlotte Cull @charlottecull.bsky.social · Mar 5

The deadline for this is coming up soon! We've had some great abstracts so far and there's still time to submit yours!

Charlotte Cull @charlottecull.bsky.social · Jan 20

🚨The CfP for the London Graduate Conference in History of Political Thought is here! 🚨

This year's theme is 'States and Spaces' with a keynote from Dr Faridah Zaman. Please do consider applying if you're a graduate student working in this area!

History of Political Thought Graduate Conference @history-thought.bsky.social · Jan 20

We're delighted to share our Call for Papers for the 16th London Graduate Conference in the History of Political Thought, on the theme of ‘States and Spaces' (19th-20th June, LSE). Deadline for submissions is 14 March! For more details: historyofpoliticalthoughtblog.wordpress.com/call-for-pap...

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Charlotte Cull @charlottecull.bsky.social · Mar 5

The deadline for this is coming up soon! We've had some great abstracts so far and there's still time to submit yours!

Charlotte Cull @charlottecull.bsky.social · Jan 20

🚨The CfP for the London Graduate Conference in History of Political Thought is here! 🚨

This year's theme is 'States and Spaces' with a keynote from Dr Faridah Zaman. Please do consider applying if you're a graduate student working in this area!

History of Political Thought Graduate Conference @history-thought.bsky.social · Jan 20

We're delighted to share our Call for Papers for the 16th London Graduate Conference in the History of Political Thought, on the theme of ‘States and Spaces' (19th-20th June, LSE). Deadline for submissions is 14 March! For more details: historyofpoliticalthoughtblog.wordpress.com/call-for-pap...

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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · Feb 26

We are delighted to announce a new Virtual Special Issue on The New Left.

This collection of 22 articles & podcasts is free-to-access - with work on May 68, the SCUM manifesto, Spies for Peace, Women's Liberation, the ANC, the Hungarian Uprising & more.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk/virtual-issu...

The New Left

In this new and free-access Virtual Special Issue, Andrew Whitehead brings together almost 50 years of writing and reflection on the New Left

www.historyworkshop.org.uk

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Jan Eijking @janeijking.com · Feb 24

Incredible East-West divide. The trend has been there for long, so it's not surprising - but still shocking.

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Vicente Valentim @valentimvicente.bsky.social · Feb 2

Reminder that these protests work:

- Evidence from Greece:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

- Evidence from Italy: academic.oup.com/poq/article-...

- Evidence from France: academic.oup.com/ej/advance-a...

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The Helsinki Notebooks @helsinkinotebooks.bsky.social · Jan 29

Last chance to send your abstract to the upcoming conference in Helsinki "Imagining the Anti-Fascist City" - send your paper proposal by 1 February! #CFP helsinkinotebooks.com/2025/01/09/c...

CFP: Imagining the Anti-Fascist City: Contested Geographies of Resistance and Solidarity

Call for Papers University of Helsinki, 5–6 June 2025 The anti-fascist urban experience is traditionally depicted through the lens of symbolic spatial politics and confrontational tactics: ma…

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Duncan Bell @duncanbell.bsky.social · Jan 28

An excellent new article by Max Fenner:

"Murray Bookchin and the Postwar Environmental Moment: The Early Bookchin and the Politicization of Ecology, 1948–1964," Modern Intellectual History (2025)

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Murray Bookchin and the Postwar Environmental Moment: The Early Bookchin and the Politicization of Ecology, 1948–1964 | Modern Intellectual History | Cambridge Core

Murray Bookchin and the Postwar Environmental Moment: The Early Bookchin and the Politicization of Ecology, 1948–1964

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Charlotte Cull @charlottecull.bsky.social · Jan 28

Congrats!! (V keen to read this)

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Charlotte Cull @charlottecull.bsky.social · Jan 20

'Rebuilding a genuine civil society means constructing and supporting organisations deeply rooted in communities and built around people.' Enjoyed reading this on an otherwise very sad day.

New Economics Foundation @neweconomics.bsky.social · Jan 20

Progressives need to focus on building power and relationships in communities if we're to counter right-wing populism in the UK.

Dan Firth writes on the day of Trump's inauguration✍️
neweconomics.org/2025/01/the-...

The big lesson progressives need to learn to counter right wing populism

With the inauguration of Donald Trump and the emboldening of right wing populism in the UK - we need to be focusing on building power in communities

neweconomics.org

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Charlotte Cull @charlottecull.bsky.social · Jan 20

🚨The CfP for the London Graduate Conference in History of Political Thought is here! 🚨

This year's theme is 'States and Spaces' with a keynote from Dr Faridah Zaman. Please do consider applying if you're a graduate student working in this area!

History of Political Thought Graduate Conference @history-thought.bsky.social · Jan 20

We're delighted to share our Call for Papers for the 16th London Graduate Conference in the History of Political Thought, on the theme of ‘States and Spaces' (19th-20th June, LSE). Deadline for submissions is 14 March! For more details: historyofpoliticalthoughtblog.wordpress.com/call-for-pap...

Call for Papers 2025: States and Spaces in the History of Political Thought

16th Annual London Graduate Conference in the History of Political Thought Keynote speaker: Dr. Faridah Zaman (Oxford) Location: Room 2.06, Cheng Kin Ku Building, 54 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, LSE…

historyofpoliticalthoughtblog.wordpress.com

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