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Urban History @urbanhistory.bsky.social · 16d

📣 We're looking for a new Bibliographer to join the #UrbanHistory team!

This is a great opportunity to get involved with a world-leading academic journal and find out about the latest urban history publications.

Apply by 5pm on Friday 6 November. Contact Roey Sweet for more details.

Call for Bibliographer for Urban History

Urban History seeks to appoint a new bibliographer to compile our annual bibliography of publication in urban history.
This is an exciting opportunity to become involved with a world-leading journal for urban historical research. Urban History is published by Cambridge University Press and occupies a central place in historical scholarship, with an outstanding record of interdisciplinary contributions, and a broad-based and distinguished panel of referees and international advisors. Each issue features wide-ranging research articles covering social, economic, political and cultural aspects of the history of towns and cities and supplementary material including periodical reviews, thesis reviews and book reviews. The bibliography, which has a global coverage, provides an essential tool for researchers interested in exploring recent publications and historiographical trends in their fields.
About the bibliographer role
The role involves the following tasks:
• Searching for books, book chapters and journal articles published in the preceding calendar year, using online resources (journal websites, the Bibliography of British and Irish History and publishers’ websites).
• Compiling a bibliography of all the entries ordered by thematic categories (typically 1000 entries).
• Working with the production team at Cambridge University Press to check and proof-read copy edits before final production.
We expect the new bibliographer to be able to start on 1 January 2026.
We are happy to receive applications from individuals at different career stages and we welcome applications from historians – working in any context – from under-represented groups, including those from minoritized ethnic groups, disabled people, LGBTQIA+ people, and those who are ‘first generation’ in Higher Education.
The positions attract an annual honorarium.

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Successful candidates will be fully supported by the the journal editors (Shane Ewen, Prashant Kidambi, Roey Sweet, Domenic Vitiello and Rosemary Wakeman).
How to apply
Those interested in making an application for the position of review editor should send to Roey Sweet (rhs4@le.ac.uk)
• a CV (no more than 3 pages)
• a summary of 300 words outlining your interest in the role

Enquiries
Informal enquiries about the role, including honorarium payments, can be made to: Professor Roey Sweet rhs4@le.ac.uk
Deadline
Deadline for applications: 5.00pm on Friday 6 November

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Jackman Humanities Institute @jhievents.bsky.social · 3h

📢 The JHI invites applications for the 2026–27 Critical Digital Humanities Postdoctoral Fellowship, a 1 year fellowship supporting a recent PhD.

Theme: Doubles, Doppelgangers

📅 Apply by Nov 25, 2025 | 4pm EST
🔗 More info: uoft.me/cdh26-27

#digitalhumanities #DH #postdoc #postdoctoral

A long hallway flanked by a series of floor to ceiling mirrors that reflect infinitely. The text overlay is Call for Applications: 2026-27 Critical Digital Humanities Postdoctoral Fellowship. The deadline is November 25, theme is Doubles, Doppelgangers.

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Oswald's Raven @oswaldsraven.bsky.social · 3h

I'm giving an online lecture next Thursday evening, in aid of Peterborough Cathedral. I'll be talking about Oswald's cult at Peterborough and his continental connections. There will be arm relics and ravens! 💪 #MedievalSky

To book tickets: peterborough-cathedral.org.uk/event/in-per...

ppt slide. Title "The surprising afterlife of a Northumbrian king: the cult of St Oswald in Peterborough and beyond". Image from a medieval German manuscript shows Oswald and Aidan at the Easter feast, with beggars. Gold background and architectural frame.

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Nick Millea @milleanick.bsky.social · 2h

Time for the next @bodleian.ox.ac.uk #Maps blog from @stuartackland.bsky.social taking us back to the First World War & a close look at trench maps. What are these unusual numbered circles? Learn more at: blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/maps/
@bcsmaps.bsky.social @westernfrontww1.bsky.social

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LIVINGMAPS @livingmaps.bsky.social · 6h

Interested in creating more inclusive maps? Join us for a hands-on workshop on the 18th October to learn about and practice inclusive mapping www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/inclusive-...

Inclusive Mapping Workshop: Creating a Design Brief

Join us for a hands-on workshop to learn about and practice inclusive mapping

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Catherine Clarke @cathamclarke.bsky.social · 7d

I'm hugely honoured and very excited to be giving this year's Historical Research #Lecture at @ihr.bsky.social, on 'Can popular #history be radical? Historical research and writing for the #public'. Tuesday 4 November, all welcome. More info in AltText. Book here: www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

In this lecture, Catherine Clarke will re-visit the question of what makes history radical, asking what kind of radical history we need in our public life and contemporary context today. In particular, she’ll explore ways in which popular history – trade publishing for a wide public audience – has the capacity to be radical, drawing on experiences and examples from her own new book A History of England in 25 Poems (Penguin Allen Lane, September 2025). Catherine’s lecture will move towards a manifesto for how research-led, scholarship-driven popular history can and does make necessary, vital public interventions – from opening inclusive conversations and confronting the rise of AI, to modelling radical empathy and imagination.

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Places Journal @placesjournal.bsky.social · 19h

A mapping workshop with refugees from Homs, Syria, asked participants to draw their neighborhoods from memory, bridging gaps between houses to generate a shared image of a city destroyed by war. To rebuild justly, residents will need to understand this pluralist city as others have lived within it.

Memory Maps of Homs, Syria

A mapping workshop with refugees from Homs, Syria, illuminates the complexity of rebuilding after war.

placesjournal.org

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Keith Lilley @profkdlilley.bsky.social · 23h

Oh yes, more maps, another public talk this time with Belfast Natural History and Philosophical Society, Wednesday evening all welcome 👍
www.belfastsociety.org/page-2/

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History at Queen's University Belfast @qubhistory.bsky.social · 2d

QUB History will be participating in the 2026 Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship competition. Eligible applicants (post-PhD) with strong proposals should contact a suitable mentor (www.qub.ac.uk/schools/happ...) to discuss application (EOI closes 5 Nov.)
www.leverhulme.ac.uk/early-career...

www.leverhulme.ac.uk

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Political Quarterly @politicalquarterly.bsky.social · 6d

There have likely been 10,000 or more university redundancies in the academic year 2024-25.

@gsoh31.bsky.social, Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at Oxford Brookes, argues that the Higher Education system as we know it is coming to an end.

Where now for Britain’s Universities?

UK higher education now faces a very bleak future, retreating in the face of little public sympathy and limited political interest.

politicalquarterly.org.uk

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Keith Lilley @profkdlilley.bsky.social · 3d

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Keith Lilley @profkdlilley.bsky.social · 3d

Great to see the latest IHTA, the atlas series has been going now for an impressive forty years, a fantastic research resource

Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie · 3d

RIA will launch IHTA no. 32, Ballyshannon, with a special event held at the Abbey Arts Centre, Ballyshannon on 9 Oct

Book your tickets here: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=FJ5RcO4shUmBIabQsPKVagEk8nycQwVNgsnddUEEIwVUQjFBM0MxSUFXQkNCODBHQlQyM01POVJLWS4u&route=shorturl

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Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie · 4d

Grant Spotlight: Archaeology Legacy Grant

Michael Monk’s excavation project, supported by this grant, brought long-standing research to life and provided experience to nearly 100 students.

Apply for 2025 funding until 15 Oct: https://www.ria.ie/grants/archaeology-legacy-grants-scheme/

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National Trust Archaeology @nattrustarch.bsky.social · 4d

*NEWS* We are delighted to share that Kayleigh Hibberd has been shortlisted in the Early Career Archaeologist category #ArchaeologicalAchievementAwards.
The winners will be revealed on 28 November at Queen’s University Belfast. The event will be live streamed on @archaeologyuk.bsky.social's YouTube.

A picture of an archaeologist wearing a hard hat and high visibility vest standing in a test pit on an archaeological site. The captions on the image read:
On the shortlist!
Early Career Archaeologist
Archaeological Achievement Awards
Sponsored by the Royal Archaeological Institute

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Keith Lilley @profkdlilley.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks Claire, it's online but I think it's for members, I'll check 🙂

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Friends of Medieval Dublin @fmdmedievaldublin.bsky.social · 5d

Looking for somewhere to weather the storm? Join us tomorrow for our annual symposium, which will feature new research on Dublin’s rich medieval past. The event is free and no registration is required!
@historytcd.bsky.social @dubcitycouncil.bsky.social

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Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) @rgsibg.bsky.social · 5d

We're excited to welcome back Professor James Cheshire to the Society to discuss his new book, The Library of Lost Maps at our next Monday night lecture.

🗓️Monday 6 October, 6.30pm
🔗Book now https://www.rgs.org/events/upcoming-events/lost-maps-library

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Lost Glasgow @lostglasgow.bsky.social · 5d

Rediscovered Glasgow...

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Rare medieval remains uncovered in Glasgow

An archaeology team uncovers pottery and well-preserved wooden posts and fencing at a site in the Gallowgate area.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Humap: the digital humanities map platform @humap.bsky.social · 5d

✏️ Draw polygons and shapes directly onto the map with the Annotator

This feature is fantastic for Records relating to more than one location, or when a single map pin isn't appropriate.

humap.me/

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Institute for Medieval Studies Leeds @leedsims.bsky.social · 7d

For details of our first research seminar of the year on Italian families in Greece in the Late Middle Ages, including how to register to attend online, go to this site: ahc.leeds.ac.uk/medieval/eve... #medievalsky #Latineast #medievalgreece #medievalitaly #medievalhybridity #medievalcolonialism

Research seminar: Hybrids on the Frontier: Power and identity of Italian families in Latin Greece (13th–15th century)

Dr Nada Zečević presents a paper for the Institute for Medieval Studies seminar series

ahc.leeds.ac.uk

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Keith Lilley @profkdlilley.bsky.social · 5d

All set for my upcoming @icomos.bsky.social Ireland talk on our Anglo-Norman urban heritage 👍

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PD Dr. Laury Sarti @laurysarti.bsky.social · 5d

Tenure-track assistant professor "Early medieval history" (Univ. of Copenhagen) www.hsozkult.de/job/id/job-1...

Tenure-track assistant professor "Early medieval history" (Univ. of Copenhagen)

Tenure-track assistant professor in early medieval history at the Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen The Saxo Institute, Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen (UCPH) invites ap...

www.hsozkult.de

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Hayden Lorimer @slipshodspeller.bsky.social · 5d

“Things have changed on the ground.”

@longbarrowpress.bsky.social walking in memory of memory.

So much here.

Forget about Netflix. Scroll this route for proper descriptive drama…

Longbarrow Press @longbarrowpress.bsky.social · 8d

A walk from Leeds to Goole, via the River Aire, the Aire and Calder Navigation, the Knottingley and Goole Canal, the New Junction Canal and the Dutch River, 6.45am to 9.52pm Friday 26 September.

An improvised, illustrated thread of indeterminate length, part reflection, part reconstruction. 1/

Shipping containers on the waterside at Stourton, two miles south-east of Leeds city centre.

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Keith Lilley @profkdlilley.bsky.social · 5d

A major and sad loss for all of us who loved his work on Ireland's landscapes and culture 😞

The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 5d

Manchán Magan: writer and documentary maker dies aged 55

Author spoke of terminal illness in recent radio interview, saying he did not feel despair

www.irishtimes.com

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Society for the Study of Medieval Languages and Literatures @mediumaevum.bsky.social · 7d

SSMLL are delighted to announce the opening of our Call for Papers for the 2026 Day Conference, Medieval Wales, which will be held at Cardiff University 25-26 April, 2026.

Proposals should be submitted to Dr David Callander ([email protected]) by 30 November.

Cardiff University and the Society for the Study of Medieval Languages and Literature are pleased to announce a multi-disciplinary conference on medieval Wales, to be held at Cardiff University on the 25th and 26th of April 2026. The conference will provide a space for discussion and collaboration between scholars of all disciplinary backgrounds interested in medieval Wales. The conference programme will include the Medium Ævum annual lecture, which will be delivered by Professor Helen Fulton (University of Bristol). The Henry Loyn Memorial Lecture will be held on the evening of the 24th of April, and will be delivered by Professor John Hines (Cardiff University).

We invite proposals for 20-minute presentations representing any specialization that sheds light on medieval Wales. We shall particularly welcome papers that discuss encounters between different languages and traditions and their consequences. Proposals are welcome from speakers at all career stages and papers can be delivered in English or Welsh. Proposals should include a title and an abstract (100–200 words) and should be submitted to Dr David Callander (callanderd@cardiff.ac.uk) by 30 November.

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