Very excited that I’ve been elected as an Associate Fellow for the Royal Historical Society — what a wonderful community of historians, academics, curators, archivists, and scholars to be a part of!

📢 New Seminar Series!

We are thrilled to be working alongside @ihr.bsky.social on a brand new seminar series titled Migration and Mobility. We are coming together for a special edition of the seminar to showcase the work of PGRs and ECRs on migration and mobility history (1/3)

What do beekeeping books tell us about changes in early modern science and society? @jamesafox.bsky.social has some suggestions, especially in relation to #17thCentury England scilicet.org.uk/the-hive-tur...
#Skystorians #EarlyModern #Bees #AnimalHistory

Exciting early-career fellowships with UK cultural institutions, funded by #AHRC, www.ukri.org/opportunity/... (look for the spreadsheet with the list of institutions!) Deadline for EoI: 10 December.

The latest issue of Scottish Archives has now been published, featuring work from @mchapelproject.bsky.social @nicolemaceira.bsky.social @ksmcgregor.bsky.social and myself, among others. If anyone would like a PDF of my article, just send me a message!

#bookhistory #scottishhistory #Archives

It is perhaps an unsatisfactory summary to say that the sea shaped identities in multifaceted and conflicting ways, but it’s still important to push back against persistent homogenising linear narratives and to hear from researchers committed to bringing new and diverse stories to light. (3/3)

Covering #modernhistory, panelists discussed the sea and identity from diverse perspectives, including Black Bermudian seamen, working class stokers, women in the merchant service, and postcolonial Indian authors. (2/3)

How did the sea shape British, maritime, and post/colonial identities? What is the role of #maritimehistory in telling these stories?

These are some of the questions tackled this weekend at this excellent conference at the #NationalMaritimeMuseum, supported by @britishacademy.bsky.social (1/3)

As a medical historian who’s dabbled in amateur printmaking as a hobby, I loved reading this article! @richardtbellis.bsky.social explores how translational printmaking, as a social and collaborative process, shaped the visual appearance, epistemic content, and communication of anatomical pathology.

Check out our latest free exhibition!

'Hooked' explores the history of addiction, from snuff to gambling, from alcohol to love.

It runs until Feb 2026. Find out more www.rcpe.ac.uk/heritage/hoo...

📣Exciting News 📣
Dates & host institution for the SSHM Biennial Conference #SSHM2026 are confirmed!
Save the Date in your planners 📅
Theme and CFPs to follow later
#histmed #medhumanities #histSTM

We all need to eat, but the way we cook and share food says a lot about class, culture and identity. In our latest post, @guyfassler.bsky.social, @jamesafox.bsky.social and @nataliesmith.bsky.social dig in to some historical recipes from across Europe 🍽️
scilicet.org.uk/food-for-tho... #Skystorians

Congratulations to Manon C Williams who won the British Commission for Maritime History 2024 Boydell & Brewer Doctoral Prize in #MaritimeHistory! Read about her thesis and research into the journals of Royal Navy ship surgeons in Manon's blog post. buff.ly/NUEE1Uq

Catherine Beck shares how the papers and letters of Admiral John Markham, acquired by the National Maritime Museum, inspired her book, Patronage and the British Navy, 1775-1815 in this video Q&A blog post: buff.ly/M4gEOVM @catsbeck.bsky.social‬ #militaryhistory #maritimehistory #Navalhistory