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Prof Katherine Schofield 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇪🇺 @katherineschof8.bsky.social · 15d

These are not controversial subjects or contested, they're just not true. 🔥

Helen Barnard @helenbarnard.bsky.social · 15d

Just to be clear:
- Paracetamol does not cause autism.
- Sadiq Khan is not introducing Sharia law in the UK
- We do not have a massive free speech problem here.
- Britain is not on the verge of civil war.
These are not controversial subjects or contested, they're just not true.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · Aug 26

Reform UK, which has a grand total of four MPs, was just given an uninterrupted platform for an hour and a half on the BBC and Sky News channels, in order to talk about its plans for mass deportations

When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?

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Lynn Abrams @lynncabrams.bsky.social · Aug 24

The BBC is a publicly funded service. Its archive should be open to anyone and researchers should not be beholden to the bbc to choose what we see. And not on only 2 days a week either.

Historians dismayed by ‘scandal’ of BBC cutting access to...

Critics say new limit to trove of information sounds knell for independent research

observer.co.uk

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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · Aug 20

100 Women's Rights Organisations, including
@rapecrisis.bsky.social, @refugecharity.bsky.social, & @evawuk.bsky.social have signed a letter warning that attempts to link rape & violence against women & girls to immigration is a racist distraction.

They urge the govt to address dangerous narrative

screen shot from Mirror story covering the letter

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · Jul 29

‘The real issue is change’: Edinburgh University’s first Black philosophy professor on racism and reform

Prof Tommy J Curry reflects on leading the institute’s slavery review – and why it must lead to meaningful action

www.theguardian.com

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Alison Phipps አሊሰን @alisonphipps.bsky.social · Jul 27

An open letter has been launched today (27/7/25) for members of the UK academic community (academics and other university staff) to sign, to press the UK Home Office to facilitate safe passage out of Gaza for 40+ students with offers for UK universities.

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Open letter from UK university staff: Request for biometric deferral and safe evacuation of incoming Palestinian students and scholars from Gaza to UK Universities

More than 40 students currently trapped in Gaza with full scholarships to UK Universities are asking for a safe route to come and study. We, the academic community hoping to welcome these scholars, ca...

docs.google.com

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Prof. Elaine Chalus @profelainechalus.bsky.social · Jul 28

Project Records Assistant 'to support a major records rationalisation project within our Heritage Department'-
The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh cezanneondemand.intervieweb.it/rcsed/jobs/p... #skystorians 🗃️#medicalhistory #archivists

Project Records Assistant

We are seeking a proactive and detail-oriented Project Records Assistant to support a major records rationalisation project within our Heritage Depart

cezanneondemand.intervieweb.it

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UNRWA @unrwa.org · Jul 24

#Gaza:
People are being starved, while a few kilometers away supermarkets are loaded with food.

UNRWA has thousands of trucks in neighbouring countries, loaded with food and medicines.

We are just waiting for the green light.

Lift the siege and let aid in at scale.

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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · Jul 11

Join us! We are advertising two part-time, paid Editorial Fellowships at History Workshop in 2025-27.

Our fellowships support early career historians to develop expertise in public, radical and digital history & to gain experience of working in an editorial team.
www.historyworkshop....

Call for Applications: Editorial Fellowships at History Workshop, 2025

History Workshop is advertising two part-time, paid Editorial Fellowships in 2025, open to early career historians.

www.historyworkshop.org.uk

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Prof. Elaine Chalus @profelainechalus.bsky.social · Jul 10

Lecturer in History- Ulster University - School of Arts and Humanities #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNU353/l...

Lecturer in History at Ulster University

Discover Lecturer in History 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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Ov Cristian NOROCEL @norocel.bsky.social · Jul 9

My department at Lund University recruits 3 Associate Senior Lecturers (BUL) Gender studies: lnkd.in/dPzNNC7G; Social anthropology: lnkd.in/deXFaPXf; Sociology: lnkd.in/dK5BnZxz. Positions correspond to tenure-track (50/50 research/teaching) w/h permanent employment after 4 yrs.
Apply by 31 August!

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Lynn Abrams @lynncabrams.bsky.social · Jul 9

I can’t wait for this to arrive here!

Lynn Abrams @lynncabrams.bsky.social · Jul 9

Two fabulous books written by two fabulous historians

Laura Kelly @tortietabby.bsky.social · Jul 9

Thrilled to have been runner-up for the Social History Society Book Prize for ‘Contraception and Modern Ireland’! Thanks so much to @socialhistsoc.bsky.social for this massive honour and congrats to the winner Michael Roper. #SHSConf2025 @universitypress.cambridge.org @strathhumanities.bsky.social

Lou Bell @louisebell.bsky.social · Jul 8

Also huge congrats to @tortietabby.bsky.social for being runner up for the @socialhistsoc.bsky.social Book Prize, and Michael Roper for winning! #SHSConf2025

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Lynn Abrams @lynncabrams.bsky.social · Jul 9

And a huge thank you to everyone who organised @socialhistsoc.bsky.social 2025 conference, strand leaders, speakers, chairs, our fab keynote @kharveyhistory.bsky.social and the staff at the venue Black Country living history museum. Next time I’m dressing in appropriate period costume.

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Lynn Abrams @lynncabrams.bsky.social · Jul 9

A rather special venue for @socialhistsoc.bsky.social conference - Black Country Living History museum. A unique vibe and a great event

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Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont.bsky.social · May 30

This exciting fee waiver PhD may be of interest to members of @socialhistsoc.bsky.social @royalhistsoc.org @ihr.bsky.social @chppc.bsky.social @thesahgb.bsky.social @britishacademy.bsky.social @bho.bsky.social. Please re-post to spread the word, full details below 👇, thank you! #skystorians

Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont.bsky.social · May 29

📢 Fee waiver PhD at #LSBU. Led by Dr Chris Cowell (+ me as 2nd super), the project investigates colonialism's historical legacies across architectural geographies & peoples connecting Britain with Asia. History/Architecture/Geography what's not to like? 🙂. #skystorians
www.lsbu.ac.uk/research/res...

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Lou Bell @louisebell.bsky.social · Jul 8

Have you done some fun work with museums/archives/cultural spaces (anything beyond the academy, essentially) and want to tell people about it? Please do consider writing something for @socialhistsoc.bsky.social’s Community Exchange blog! #SHSConf2025

Screenshot for the Social History Society’s Community Exchange blog, which says:

Our Community Exchange aims to foster links across history-making spaces-from museums and archives, streets and groups, stage and screen - and to open up dialogue between the many different audiences for social history. We welcome contributions showcasing public history events, as well as think pieces on community history, co-production, or how scholarship can be transformed by conversations beyond the academy.

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Lynn Abrams @lynncabrams.bsky.social · Jul 9

And come talk to me if you have an idea for MUP Gender in History series

Meredith Carroll @historicalmeredith.bsky.social · Jul 8

Hello Social History friends! Come say hello at our stand. Unfortunately not all of our books arrived, but you can find a full list of new titles below. @socialhistsoc.bsky.social @manchesterup.bsky.social

Table displaying Manchester University Press books

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Meredith Carroll @historicalmeredith.bsky.social · Jul 8

Hello Social History friends! Come say hello at our stand. Unfortunately not all of our books arrived, but you can find a full list of new titles below. @socialhistsoc.bsky.social @manchesterup.bsky.social

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Lynn Abrams @lynncabrams.bsky.social · Jun 11

So true but post Covid cuts and closures make research harder especially for people needing to travel to an archive.

Victoria County History @vch-home.bsky.social · Jun 11

Local archives, run - mostly - by or on behalf of local authorities across England, are the backbone of our work.

Most of what appears in our footnotes, and in our text, is derived from them, they contain multitudes. Cherish them.

Buckinghamshire Archives @bucksarchives.bsky.social · Jun 10

Welcome to the archives.

Lynn Abrams @lynncabrams.bsky.social · Jun 4

Looks fab but the book is crying out for a beautiful cover!

Daniel Grey @djrgrey.bsky.social · Jun 3

Thrilled to see that Sharon Maxwell-Magnus's book on feminism and British women's magazines 1975-1992 will be published at the end of this month! 😀 Can't wait to read this. 📖

www.routledge.com/Feminism-UK-...

Feminism, UK Women’s Magazines and the Women who Created Them, 1975-1992: Glossy Cover or Cultural Shift?

This book analyses how reproductive rights and sexual freedoms, the political sphere, women’s role in the workplace and sexual violence were positioned and depicted by three magazines with very differ...

www.routledge.com

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Mark Williams @mrfw17thc.bsky.social · Jun 3

There's no doubt that editors for academic publishing need more help and support to keep things going.

But my god, this isn't it.

I've published in a number of OUP outlets. This would force me to reconsider. I suspect other #SkyStorians will, too.

Oxford University Press and Hum sign agreement to pilot Alchemist Review

Oxford University Press partners with Hum to pilot Alchemist Review, an AI-based editorial assistant that will enhance manuscript assessment while reducing a...

www.alpsp.org

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Laura Tisdall @lauratisdall.bsky.social · Jun 4

We'd love to see some #skystorians at this virtual book launch & discussion of some of the very newest work in #histchild #histyouth #histsex! Do register below, and we'd really appreciate shares/RTs 🗃

Jenny Crane @jennycrane.bsky.social · Apr 2

Triple book launch for myself, @drsarahlkenny.bsky.social, and @hannahcharnock.bsky.social! Thanks to @lauratisdall.bsky.social for chairing.

Please do join if you're interested in social and cultural approaches to young people's lives and leisure spaces.

12 June, 12-1, tinyurl.com/mryazrew

Book launch poster for book launch with Jenny Crane, new book Gifted Children in Britain and the World, Sarah Kenny, new book Growing up and going out, and Hannah Charnock, new book Teenage intimacies - all in discussion with Laura Tisdall. Date is 12 June, 12-1, via teams https://tinyurl.com/mryazrew

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Lynn Abrams @lynncabrams.bsky.social · May 20

This was a fun gig with the legend Jackie Bird

UofGNews @uofgnews.bsky.social · May 19

How did life on the home front change during #WW2 - National Trust for Scotland's Love Scotland podcast goes back in time via Tenement House owner Agnes Toward. @uofglasgow.bsky.social @lynncabrams.bsky.social joins host Jackie Bird & Tenement House's Shania Buckley. www.nts.org.uk/stories/for-...

Three woman sit at a table covered in a dark table cloth with micropohones and papers across the table. Credit National Trust for Scotland Love Scotland podcast

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Women's History Scotland @womenshistscot.bsky.social · May 4

📢 Calling all researchers! Women's History Scotland offers a Research Bursary to support work on women’s and gender history in Scotland. 📝

Applications close 31 May 2025 – don't miss out!

🔗 Apply here: womenshistoryscotland.org/projects-and...

#WomensHistory #ScotHist #ResearchFunding

WHS Research Bursary – Women's History Scotland

womenshistoryscotland.org

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