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Contemporary British History seminar
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The account for the Contemporary British History seminar at @ihr.bsky.social Fortnightly seminars, alternating between in-person and online. Follow us for details of our programme and other related talks and events that may be of interest.
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Contemporary British History seminar @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social · 7d
Here's the full seminar programme for autumn 2025. Seminars are either hybrid or online only so plenty of opportunities for those not local to London to join us.

Please sign up using the links for any papers you'd like to come to.

www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Contemporary British History
The Contemporary British History seminar seeks to explore all aspects the recent past of the British Isles from a historical point of view.
www.history.ac.uk
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Ben Mechen @benmechen.bsky.social · 2d
On Weds we welcome @katrinanavickas.bsky.social to IHR @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social seminar

Katrina will talk abt "Public space + popular protest in 20thC England: enclosure, resistance + commoning"

In-person/hybrid. All welcome, register here!
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

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Public space and popular protest in 20th century England: enclosure, resistance and commoning
This session draws from the book, Contested Commons: a History of Protest and Public Space in England
www.history.ac.uk
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Contemporary British History seminar @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social · 7d
And sign up here for the discussion of In Solidarity and Under Suspicion: The British Far Left from 1956 with Daniel Frost, @evansmithhist.bsky.social and others: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
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Contemporary British History seminar @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social · 7d
You can sign up to attend @garylove.bsky.social's online paper here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
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Contemporary British History seminar @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social · 7d
New addition to the programme: Katerina Papakonstantinou will be joining us on 5th November to discuss her research on Greek Cypriot Women and migration to London in the 1960s. In-person and online: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Greek Cypriot Migration to London in the 1960s: Women’s Voices and Experiences
www.history.ac.uk
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Contemporary British History seminar @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social · 7d
Sign up for @dohertyta.bsky.social 's paper here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
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Contemporary British History seminar @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social · 7d
You can sign up for Katrina's paper here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
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Contemporary British History seminar @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social · 7d
Here's the full seminar programme for autumn 2025. Seminars are either hybrid or online only so plenty of opportunities for those not local to London to join us.

Please sign up using the links for any papers you'd like to come to.

www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Contemporary British History
The Contemporary British History seminar seeks to explore all aspects the recent past of the British Isles from a historical point of view.
www.history.ac.uk
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Ben Mechen @benmechen.bsky.social · 14d
This year’s programme for our IHR seminar in Contemporary British History is coming together

This side of Xmas we’re excited to welcome @katrinanavickas.bsky.social @garylove.bsky.social @evansmithhist.bsky.social @dohertyta.bsky.social

If you’d like to present next spring/summer, drop me a line!
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Contemporary British History seminar @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social · 14d
A new academic year is here, and so is our autumn term programme! A thread of our speakers follows.

Sign-up links available soon but note dates in diaries now! 📆
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Katrina Navickas @katrinanavickas.bsky.social · 14d
Woo hoo!
I'm also going to be revealing some of the research I've been doing this year on the 1980s, unpublished work in progress, to get feedback from you contemporary historians out there.
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Contemporary British History seminar @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social · 14d
[email protected] will be speaking on 8th October at 5.30pm on work arising from her soon-to-be-released book! Join us for “Public space and popular protest in 20th century England: enclosure, resistance and commoning”. This is a hybrid event. reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/contest...
Contested Commons | Reaktion Books
A radical history of England, Contested Commons is a gripping overview of increasingly restrictive policing and legislation against protest in public spaces. It tells the long history of contests over...
reaktionbooks.co.uk
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Dr Heather Ellis @heatherlwellis.bsky.social · 14d
Excited to give the @royalhistsoc.org's public lecture this December: 'Hunger, Health and Hope: A History of School Meals in Britain' @sheffielduni.bsky.social @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social #histed

📅 Tuesday 10 December, 6pm
🎟️ Free, all welcome. Register here
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hunger-hea...
Hunger, Health and Hope: A History of School Meals in Britain, IN-PERSON
Royal Historical Society public lecture at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Institute of Education, UCL
www.eventbrite.co.uk
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Contemporary British History seminar @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social · 14d
Finally, on 3rd December Daniel Frost and @evansmithhist.bsky.social, editors of another @manchesterup.bsky.social book - In Solidarity and Under Suspicion - will be joined by some of their contributors to discuss the book. 5.30pm UK time, online.

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
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk
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Contemporary British History seminar @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social · 14d
On 19th November at 5.30pm @garylove.bsky.social will be presenting online on Researching Conservatism and Christian Democracy in Britain and North-West Europe, 1945-91: comparative and transnational perspectives, part of his recent co-edited volume manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526176851/
Manchester University Press - Conservatism, Christian Democracy and the dynamics of transformation
Conservatism, Christian Democracy and the dynamics of transformation - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of Conservatism, Christian Democracy and the dynamics of transformation by Gary Love
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk
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Contemporary British History seminar @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social · 14d
On 22nd October @dohertyta.bsky.social will join us to discuss 'The Fragility of Feminist Futures in Digital Collections'. You can attend in-person at @ihr.bsky.social or join us on zoom at 5.30pm.
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Contemporary British History seminar @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social · 14d
[email protected] will be speaking on 8th October at 5.30pm on work arising from her soon-to-be-released book! Join us for “Public space and popular protest in 20th century England: enclosure, resistance and commoning”. This is a hybrid event. reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/contest...
Contested Commons | Reaktion Books
A radical history of England, Contested Commons is a gripping overview of increasingly restrictive policing and legislation against protest in public spaces. It tells the long history of contests over...
reaktionbooks.co.uk
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Contemporary British History seminar @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social · 14d
A new academic year is here, and so is our autumn term programme! A thread of our speakers follows.

Sign-up links available soon but note dates in diaries now! 📆
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Dr Helen Glew @helenglew.bsky.social · 25d
We're very much looking forward to having @garylove.bsky.social join us for the @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social seminar on 19 November!

Sign-up links for this and the rest of our programme this term coming very soon.
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Gary Love @garylove.bsky.social · 25d
Finally got my hands on a copy. I will discuss the book & my work in this area at the Contemporary British History Seminar at the IHR on 19 November. Sadly I’ll have to do it online because I’ve used up my travel quota (have a small baby). But thanks to @helenglew.bsky.social for the invitation
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Contemporary British History seminar @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social · Apr 4
Jennifer Wallis (Imperial College, London) will speak on ‘"The most offensive thing in the world"? Post mortems in private houses in the 19th and 20th centuries". You can sign up here for either in-person or hybrid attendance: www.history.ac.uk/events/most-...

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‘The most offensive thing in the world’? Post mortems in private houses in the 19th and 20th centuries
www.history.ac.uk
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Contemporary British History seminar @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social · Apr 4
On Tues 8 April at 1pm BST we have an exciting additional seminar on our programme: thanks to funding from the IHR@ Series, we are holding a hybrid event at the University of Wolverhampton and online.
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Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont.bsky.social · Mar 21
Great to have this additional paper for our Term 2 programme for @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social seminar @ihr.bsky.social . Seminar is hybrid & can be booked via link below. Thanks to co-convenor @gcgosling.bsky.social for idea & planning of this 'out of London' seminar 🙂.
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George Gosling @gcgosling.bsky.social · Mar 21
IHR-funded PG/ECR bursaries to attend a special hybrid seminar at Wolverhampton Uni on April 8th

Dr Jennifer Wallis: The most offensive thing in the world? Post mortems in private houses in the 19th & 20th centuries

Register: www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
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Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont.bsky.social · Apr 3
📢 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...
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Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont.bsky.social · Dec 17
Ethics in historical research is becoming ever more important. Hear @tomhulme.bsky.social @earner.bsky.social Kate Chatfield, Holly Smith & me tease out some of the challenges on @ihr.bsky.social @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social roundtable. @royalhistsoc.bsky.social.
www.history.ac.uk/podcasts/res...
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Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont.bsky.social · Dec 27
Great piece by @kconnel.bsky.social of @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social on meaning of multiculturalism & how #familyhistory can be utilised effectively to break down barriers between 'us' & 'them' by recognising 'how common it is becoming for immigration to be a central feature of our family trees'.
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Kieran Connell @kieranconnell.bsky.social · Dec 27
I have a piece in today’s Guardian based on my book in which I argue for an expanded, more inclusive definition of multiculturalism as a way out of the culture wars

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
White British people aren’t under threat from multicultural Britain – they are part of it | Kieran Connell
Reform would have you believe that multiculturalism is an act of exclusion. In fact, the opposite is the case, says historian and writer Kieran Connell
www.theguardian.com
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Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont.bsky.social · Jan 13
Term 2 of our @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social seminar series at @ihr.bsky.social kicks off on Weds 22 Jan, 5.30pm at the IHR. ECR Brett Morritt will speak about his PhD research. Click on link to find out more & register. Do come along 🙂.
www.history.ac.uk/events/race-...
Race and Equal Opportunity Policies at English Clearing Banks, 1965-1990
www.history.ac.uk
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Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont.bsky.social · Dec 6
📢 What a line-up for Term 2 @ihr.bsky.social @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social seminar series. 4 fab papers + 1 roundtable. Take a look at what is on offer & sign up for seminars via link: www.history.ac.uk/seminars/con.... We look forward to welcoming you (Cait, Helen, Pat, Dan, Kieran, George & Ben).
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Contemporary British History seminar @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social · Dec 6
Features @evemworth.bsky.social, @caitbeaumont.bsky.social, @ruthdav.bsky.social, Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite, Michael Lambert, Eve Colpus, Brett Morritt and Lukas Swede, amongst others!
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