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Our Criminal Past
@ourcriminalpast.bsky.social
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Orig AHRC funded network, all things crime and penal history, archives, heritage, museums, Heather Shore (MMU) & Helen Johnston (Hull). Opinions own, tweets by HJ. www.ourcriminalancestors.org
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Our Criminal Past @ourcriminalpast.bsky.social · May 25
New publication: Unfit for Labour: Histories of disability & ill-health in Victorian prisons in great new ed. collection: Routledge Handbook on Disability, Crime & Justice #criminology #disabilityhistory #prisons www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...
Unfit for Labour | 6 | Histories of disability and ill-health in the V
This chapter explores the experiences of, and policies toward, disabled prisoners and prisoners with long-term health conditions in a historical context. How
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Our Criminal Past @ourcriminalpast.bsky.social · 2d
Lovely autumnal knitting on display in Wednesday market #beverley
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Our Criminal Past @ourcriminalpast.bsky.social · 2d
History of Hull Fair www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Hull Fair over the years - from freak shows to Instagrammers
Hull Fair is among the largest travelling fairs in Europe and is set to open for its 731st year.
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Our Criminal Past @ourcriminalpast.bsky.social · Aug 21
Found a reference to industrial or reformatory school in your family history? Useful tips here: ourcriminalancestors.org/industrial-a...
Industrial and Reformatory School Registers - Our Criminal Ancestors
Industrial and Reformatory Schools registers contain a great deal of information about the criminal and destitute children who were sent to these institutions from the mid-nineteenth century until 193...
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Dr Stephanie Brown @stephemmabrown.bsky.social · Aug 6
The online version is here: www.history.org.uk/publications...
Coroners, communities, and the Crown: mapping death and justice in late medieval England
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Lucyna Krawczyk-Żywko @drlkz.bsky.social · Jun 19
If you are interested in historicising, contextualising, or rewriting #truecrime, join @lizzieseal.bsky.social, me, and our 8+1 speakers!
The conference is free and open but registration is required - see the programme and follow the link 👇
drive.google.com/file/d/1tLdN...
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Medieval Murder Maps @medimurdermaps.bsky.social · Jun 19
The Maps can also be used in teaching – whether it be in school, college, undergraduate, or postgraduate.

If you have used the Medieval Murder Maps, we would love to hear your about your experience.

Get in touch by comment, DM, or email in link below

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Medieval Murder Maps in the Classroom - Medieval Murder Maps
The Medieval Murder Maps are much more than a curiosity or even the basis for research. The Maps can also […]
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Dr Stephanie Brown @stephemmabrown.bsky.social · Jun 17
If anyone wants to listen, from c.22mins
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Woman's Hour - Child sex abuse gangs, Older surrogacy, Ranking friends - BBC Sounds
Maggie Oliver responds to the announcement of a national inquiry on grooming gangs.
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Dr Stephanie Brown @stephemmabrown.bsky.social · Jun 16
Had a great time on BBC Woman's Hour today. Lovely to meet Nuala and the team
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Dr Stephanie Brown @stephemmabrown.bsky.social · Jun 19
My paper at the ‘Narratives of Captivity’ conference @northumbriauni.bsky.social looked at narratives of the condemned in the liminal space between death sentence & execution.

To develop this work, I'd really like to work with experts in heritage or corpus linguistics.
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Emma Patchett @eepwrites.bsky.social · Jun 19
Enjoyed hearing @stephemmabrown.bsky.social speak about narratives of liminal space & the shaping of national identity through carcerality, & Alessandra Calanchi discussing domestic entrapment and surveillance in Louisa May Alcott - ‘Narratives of Captivity’ @northumbriauni.bsky.social
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IHR British History in the Long C18th Seminar @long18thsem.bsky.social · Jun 19
Join us next Wednesday (25/6) 5:30-7:30 in person at the IHR and online for our final seminar of 2024-5 to hear David Turner ( Swansea University) present his paper ‘Histories of Resistance: Disability, Agency & Embodiment in the Long Eighteenth Century’

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Histories of Resistance: Disability, Agency and Embodiment in the Long Eighteenth Century
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Jill Evans @jillrevans.bsky.social · Jun 19
New blog post: Gloucestershire convicts on the notorious Second Fleet to Australia.
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A Brutal Journey: Gloucestershire Convicts on the Second Fleet to Australia, 1789-90
Two years after the First Fleet set off for Australia with its cargo of convicts, the British government decided it was now time to clear the prisons of their troublesome inmates and send another c…
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Wilberforce Institute @wilberforcehull.bsky.social · Jun 18
🎨Explore the Theresa Roberts Art Collection & its new home at the Wilberforce Institute in this webinar on art, culture & collaboration.

🗣️ Featuring Theresa Roberts, Dr Emma Roberts, Prof Rina Arya & Dr Cassandra Gooptar

📅 Monday 14th July 2025 | 🕒 3pm - 4:30pm
🔗 Book now: bit.ly/43NSqQd
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Our Criminal Past @ourcriminalpast.bsky.social · Jun 16
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BBC New Generation Thinkers cohort announced for 2025
Six early-career university researchers will work with Radio 4 programme makers to bring new ideas and the latest academic scholarship to audiences.
www.ukri.org
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Dr Stephanie Brown @stephemmabrown.bsky.social · Jun 16
Could not have wished for a nicer cohort of New Generation Thinkers. Very excited to see everything that @bethmalory.bsky.social, @lrjdmnr.bsky.social, @reetiks.bsky.social, Sarah Smyth, & Ashleigh Percival-Borley get up to this year 👏🎉
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News from UK Research and Innovation @news.ukri.org · Jun 16
BBC New Generation Thinkers cohort announced for 2025 #AHRC #AcademicSky
BBC New Generation Thinkers cohort announced for 2025
Six early-career university researchers will work with Radio 4 programme makers to bring new ideas and the latest academic scholarship to audiences.
www.ukri.org
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Wilberforce Institute @wilberforcehull.bsky.social · Jun 16
We are delighted to welcome Professor Angela McCarthy, Director of the Centre for Global Migrations at the University of Otago and an Honorary Researcher of the Institute.

Angela is visiting from New Zealand as part of her research into Scottish involvement in slavery in the Caribbean.
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Medieval Murder Podcast @medievalmurder.bsky.social · Jun 11
Our latest podcast episode on "The Peasant's Revolt of 1381" is now available everywhere podcasts can be found! Take a listen to our discussion on the rebellion which attempted to stand up to the policies of the crown! Let's know what you think by leaving us a review on Apple Podcasts.
The Peasants Revolt of 1381 | Medieval Murder
Today we are talking about the Peasants’ Revolt of 1381 which has been labeled by historians as the first great popular rebellion in English History. Thank you for listening to Medieval Murder! If yo...
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Dr Stephanie Brown @stephemmabrown.bsky.social · Jun 4
Great to see a publication date for the Routledge Handbook of Jack the Ripper Studies.

The chapter by @ourcriminalpast.bsky.social and I examines the extent to which discussions of this case matched developing schools of criminological thought at the time

www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
The Routledge Handbook of Jack the Ripper Studies
In offering a holistic analysis of the vast array of evidence and literature pertaining to the Whitechapel Murders committed in London’s East-End in the Autumn of 1888, this volume offers a multi-disc...
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Julie_Gfamily @juliegfamily.bsky.social · Jun 4
Staffordshire Archives have a huge amount of oral recordings of #BoatFamilies. Finding out how to access those is on my list of things to do...
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Our Criminal Past @ourcriminalpast.bsky.social · Jun 3
Looking to get started researching your criminal ancestors? Start with this easy guide #ancestors #familyhistory #crimehistory ourcriminalancestors.org/category/get...
Getting Started Archives - Our Criminal Ancestors
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Rebecca Wynter @rebeccawynter.bsky.social · Jun 3
🚨Calling all #police historians. Come in, police historians🚨

#CfP 'Policing and Public #Health' history workshop, London, 17/09/2025!

Unsure if your work fits? Get in touch. We welcome all career stages, independent researchers, #GLAM and police sector folks. Hybrid is an option.

#HistSTM
Workshop Call for Papers: Policing and Public Health, c.1800-2000 | LSHTM
Workshop Call for Papers: Policing and Public Health, c.1800-2000 | LSHTM
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Sarah Elizabeth Cox @oispooky.bsky.social · Jun 3
An unusual story for a boxing historian to pursue, perhaps. But hear (read) me out...

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prisonservicejourn.bsky.social @prisonservicejourn.bsky.social · May 21
New edition 278 of Prison Service Journal available now! This is a special edition focusing on developments in youth justice across Europe.

🔗 www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/prison-service-journal-278

#prisonservice #prisonservicejournal #psj #youthjustice #europeanyouthjustice #europe #openaccess
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Our Criminal Past @ourcriminalpast.bsky.social · May 31
Fascinating visit to Stasi-Museum today #history #berlin
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Our Criminal Past @ourcriminalpast.bsky.social · May 25
New publication: Unfit for Labour: Histories of disability & ill-health in Victorian prisons in great new ed. collection: Routledge Handbook on Disability, Crime & Justice #criminology #disabilityhistory #prisons www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...
Unfit for Labour | 6 | Histories of disability and ill-health in the V
This chapter explores the experiences of, and policies toward, disabled prisoners and prisoners with long-term health conditions in a historical context. How
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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · May 17
This week, the Society advertised two Centenary Fellowships, 2025-26, to support PhD students in completing a doctorate in #history.

The Fellowships are held in association with @ihr.bsky.social
and are for £8500 over 6 months. Applications, by 31 May, are via the IHR bit.ly/4mybVDV #Skystorians
Image of University of London with the text: RHS Centenary Fellowships, for PhD completion, 2025-26. Closing date for applications: 31 May 2025
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