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LJMU History @ljmuhistory.bsky.social · 18d

We have an exciting seminar series at @ljmuofficial.bsky.social this semester. These events are free and everyone's welcome to attend.

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Rachel Collett @racheljcollett.bsky.social · 10d

What a lovely surprise to be featured in @americanstudier.bsky.social weekly roundup of scholarly work.

Sharing the link to my article again in case you missed it, along with some lovely photos of Capenhurst peace camp here:

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Rachel Collett @racheljcollett.bsky.social · 12d

I don’t know! My guess is that she may have been involved in the later Snowball campaign stuff which was more CND led. But worth asking her husband! Let me know if you find out :)

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Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont.bsky.social · 12d

Brilliant new article by @racheljcollett.bsky.social in @mbhjournal.bsky.social further expanding knowledge & understanding of #womensgrassrootsactivism. Congratulations Rachel 👏🥳. @womenshistnet.bsky.social #skystorians
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Capenhurst Women’s Peace Camp (1982–3) and after: local nuclear resistance, grassroots feminisms, and transnational solidarities

Abstract. This article explores the local specificities of Capenhurst Women’s Peace Camp, established in 1982 at British Nuclear Fuels Limited on the Wirra

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Rachel Collett @racheljcollett.bsky.social · 12d

Thanks Cait! ✨

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Rachel Collett @racheljcollett.bsky.social · 14d

Aww thanks Zoe! Hope you enjoy

Rachel Collett @racheljcollett.bsky.social · 15d

Nice surprise to see my article on Capenhurst Women’s Peace Camp is out today - have a read if interested in space, the weirdness of the Wirral, local feminisms and anti-nuclear activism in Merseyside, and global solidarity movements in the 1980s academic.oup.com/tcbh/article...

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Alfie Steer @alfiesteer.bsky.social · 15d

Superb article by @racheljcollett.bsky.social in @mbhjournal.bsky.social, recovering the Capenhurst Women's Peace Camp. Fascinating case study of 1980s anti-nuclear feminism on the Wirral peninsula, and the surprising connections to the Namibian freedom struggle.
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Alfie Steer @alfiesteer.bsky.social · Aug 27

I am going to be speaking at this year’s NACBS on this amazing panel with colleagues and comrades @racheljcollett.bsky.social, @fmarshallpayne.bsky.social and Daniel Frost. Hope to see some of u there or for a pint afterwards 🍻

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Rachel Collett @racheljcollett.bsky.social · Aug 15

Yes please!

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Rachel Collett @racheljcollett.bsky.social · Aug 15

Congrats Sam this is great!! ✨

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Sam Caslin @moderndecorum.bsky.social · Aug 14

My new article on creative assessments, queer pedagogy, and authenticity, drawing on historians like
@julialaite.bsky.social, @willpooley.bsky.social, @tricksterprince.bsky.social. Also, huge thanks to
@luciejones83.bsky.social and @cathfeely.bsky.social
for putting this issue together!

Lucie Matthews-Jones @luciejones83.bsky.social · Aug 13

#skyhistorians do you use the creative assessment/ #unessay? Perhaps you’re interested in it! Check out @moderndecorum.bsky.social’s wonderful article on creativity as queer practice. This is the 2nd article to come out for @cathfeely.bsky.social &my Creative History in the Classroom special issue!

Creativity as Queer Praxis: History, Pedagogy and Academic Assessment

This article draws upon insights from queer pedagogy to explore the ways that creative assessments can be used to disrupt rather than reproduce existing power structures within the academy. Queer ped...

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Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont.bsky.social · May 28

Wonderful to hear @racheljcollett.bsky.social speak on her research re Merseyside inter generational women’s activism for peace & anti-nuclear arms in camps in 1980s. Great paper as always #womensgrassrootsactivism for our @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social this evening.

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Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont.bsky.social · May 12

Our next @ihr.bsky.social @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social is on Weds 28 May, 5.30pm (in person only) with brilliant @racheljcollett.bsky.social on grassroots feminisms, resistance & transnational solidarities. Don't miss it, sign up today 👇. #womensgrassrootsactivism @womenshistnet.bsky.social

Capenhurst Women’s Peace Camp (1982-3) and After: Local nuclear resistance, grassroots feminisms, and transnational solidarities

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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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Rachel Collett @racheljcollett.bsky.social · Apr 25

Pleased to have been asked to write a little overview for this brilliant new resource on Liverpool radical history:

More to come!

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The early years of the Women’s Liberation Movement | Liverpool People's History

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Evan @evansmithhist.bsky.social · Mar 12

Our new volume 'In Solidarity, Under Suspicion: The British Far Left from 1956', co-edited with Daniel Frost, is now available for pre-order from @manchesterup.bsky.social.

Hardback is out Nov 2025, with a paperback edition to follow in 2026-27.

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

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Rachel Collett @racheljcollett.bsky.social · Mar 12

Well done Cait!!

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Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont.bsky.social · Mar 12

Whew! Made Research🐟 deadline by a whisker! Working with @annefhlogan.bsky.social @ruthdav.bsky.social @racheljcollett.bsky.social Anna Muggeridge & members of @womensinstitute.bsky.social @soroptimistgbi.bsky.social & ICA we had 28 activities over 18 months on #AHRC #womensgrassrootsactivism.

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ALT: a black and white photo of a woman wearing a sweater and smiling .

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Rachel Collett @racheljcollett.bsky.social · Jan 31

What a jam-packed 18 months!! Such a privilege to work with such a wonderful team on this project + so excited to see the final outcomes.

Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont.bsky.social · Jan 31

Today is the official end date for our #Womensgrassrootsactivism AHRC funded project. Over 18 months we had 14 events inc. workshops, conference, seminars, webinars, lecture & ECR training. Our 5 episode podcast coming in Feb/March via @historyhub.bsky.social & SI Women's History Review out in 2026.

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Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont.bsky.social · Jan 31

Such a privilege to work with @womensinstitute.bsky.social SIGBI (Ireland & England), Irish Country Women's Association (ICA) & WI of Northern Ireland. And with fab core team @annefhlogan.bsky.social @ruthdav.bsky.social @racheljcollett.bsky.social & Anna Muggeridge ❤️. #womensgrassrootsactivism

Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont.bsky.social · Jan 31

Today is the official end date for our #Womensgrassrootsactivism AHRC funded project. Over 18 months we had 14 events inc. workshops, conference, seminars, webinars, lecture & ECR training. Our 5 episode podcast coming in Feb/March via @historyhub.bsky.social & SI Women's History Review out in 2026.

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Rachel Collett @racheljcollett.bsky.social · Jan 24

V excited to get my hands on an advance copy of this! Looking forward to reading @samwetherell.bsky.social

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · Dec 28

Beyond the Fragments: @racheljcollett.bsky.social and @alfiesteer.bsky.social report on their conference looking back at the socialist-feminist text and its influence.
sslh.org.uk/2024/12/28/b...

Beyond the Fragments: 45 Years On

Earlier this year, a one-day conference was held to mark 45 years since the publication of the seminal socialist-feminist text, Beyond the Fragments: Feminism and the Making of Socialism. Co-author…

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Rachel Collett @racheljcollett.bsky.social · Dec 25

My wonderful partner @alfiesteer.bsky.social has bought me the best and nerdiest Xmas present ever - an original screenprinted Merseyside Women’s Centre poster from the 1970s! Nothing can ever beat this! 🥹

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Rachel Collett @racheljcollett.bsky.social · Nov 28

Teaching on nuclear heritage, legacies and material culture tomorrow - got to take the opportunity to include my mum’s iconic ‘Stop Sellafield’ concert t-shirt! 💚

Thinking about clothing + music cultures as resistance; generational activism; sources as living objects; curating nuclear histories etc

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