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Evan @evansmithhist.bsky.social · 1d

With the publication of our book 'In Solidarity, Under Suspicion: The British Far Left from 1956' next month, @manchesterup.bsky.social are offering a 30% discount using the discount code below!

manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526179593/

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Maxine Beuret @maxinebeuret.bsky.social · 1d

Are you interested in local history? @vch-home.bsky.social @hackney-society.bsky.social @history.dulwichsociety.com

In this free workshop, you will be taught how to produce a short video from the material you have collected to share the stories you are uncovering. www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

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Teresa Doherty @dohertyta.bsky.social · 1d

Looking forward to this!
If you missed me at the Women's History Conference it's a welcome chance to discuss the world of activism and collecting digital #archives ✊

Contemporary British History seminar @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you to @katrinanavickas.bsky.social for a brilliant start to our seminar series last night!

Next session is 22 Oct, 5.30pm UK time, online/in-person when @dohertyta.bsky.social will speak on The Fragility of Feminist Futures in Digital Collections.

Sign up: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

The Fragility of Feminist Futures in Digital Collections

www.history.ac.uk

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Ben Mechen @benmechen.bsky.social · 4d

On Weds we welcome @katrinanavickas.bsky.social to IHR @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social seminar

Katrina will talk abt "Public space + popular protest in 20thC England: enclosure, resistance + commoning"

In-person/hybrid. All welcome, register here!
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

@ihr.bsky.social

Public space and popular protest in 20th century England: enclosure, resistance and commoning

This session draws from the book, Contested Commons: a History of Protest and Public Space in England

www.history.ac.uk

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 4d

The RHS is a membership organisation of 6500+ historians. We welcome applications to join us at any time. Our next closing dates are 13 October and 15 December.

We offer categories for all kinds of historians and at all stages of research, from Postgraduate to Fellow: bit.ly/46V8WOQ #Skystorians

Closing dates for next application rounds:
Mondays 13 October and 15 December 2025

The Royal Historical Society represents the interests of historical researchers in universities, libraries, archives, museums, heritage and broadcasting, as well as those engaged in public, community and family history research.

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Mari Takayanagi @satisfactory20.bsky.social · 6d

I have arrived at @gladlib.bsky.social ! Very much looking forward to spending the next week here thanks to the Daisy Ronco Scholarship. If you’re in the area on Thursday come and hear my #NecessaryWomen talk!

Me standing in front of a majestic stone building with green lawn

Over an image of Mari Takayanagi and her book is text that reads: 'Book your tickets for: Necessary Women: The Untold History of Parliament’s Working Women
with Mari Takayanagi, Thursday 9th October 4-5pm, Tickets: £10,

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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 9d

A topic close to my own heart; this looks brilliant.

Catherine Clarke @cathamclarke.bsky.social · 9d

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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Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont.bsky.social · 10d

Looking forward to attending launch of #Saothar50 in Dublin next week 😀. This is a jam packed edition & was delighted to be asked to write article about #Irishhousewives in 1960s & 1970s, featuring a Swedish newspaper interview from 1968 on their everyday experiences, with my mum ❤️. #familyhistory.

Sonja Tiernan @sonjatiernan.bsky.social · Aug 26

Join us for a special event to mark the landmark 50th volume of Saothar: Journal of Irish Labour History, a refereed journal dedicated to the study of Irish working-class history … Co-edited by myself, Mary Muldowney, John Cunningham and Brian Hanley.
dublinfestivalofhistory.ie/event/specia...

Special Event To Mark Publication Of 50th Volume Of Saothar – Dublin Festival of History

dublinfestivalofhistory.ie

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Rosa Schling @rosaschling.bsky.social · 15d

Really enjoyed recording this with the @historyworkshop.org.uk podcast about the podcast we made about the Islington Nursery Strike, released on the Childcare Voices podcast

History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 16d

Why did 155 nursery workers employed by London’s Islington Council go on strike in 1984 – and why has their story been forgotten?

Former strikers join present-day childcare workers and activists to reflect on how the action developed and the lessons it holds for us now.

The 1984 Islington Nursery Strike

Why did 155 nursery workers employed by London's Islington Council go on strike in 1984 - and why has their story been forgotten?

www.historyworkshop.org.uk

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Social History Society @socialhistsoc.bsky.social · 16d

📢 The Social History Society Book Prize 2026 is now open for nominations!

Now in its 8th year, the prize celebrates the best books in social history & cultural history✨

More information here: socialhistory.org.uk/2025/09/24/b...

Book Prize 2026 Open

We are delighted to announce that the Social History Society annual Book Prize has reopened and is seeking nominations. The prize is now in its eighth year and is awarded to the best book in Social…

socialhistory.org.uk

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Ruth Davidson @ruthdav.bsky.social · 16d

Great programme. Hope to make some of these.

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Ruth Davidson @ruthdav.bsky.social · 16d

We are so much looking forward to this conference. Do share widely

Voices of Motherhood @voicesofmotherhood.bsky.social · 16d

We're grateful to @ukri.org and @worcesteruni.bsky.social for supporting this conference.

Please share widely and email us [[email protected]] with any questions!

Voices of Motherhood @voicesofmotherhood.bsky.social · 16d

We're pleased to share this call for papers for our upcoming conference!

📍Online via Zoom
🗓️Thursday 5 - Friday 6 February 2026
⏱️Abstract deadline Saturday 1 November 2025

See our website for full details 👇

voicesofmotherhood.wp.worc.ac.uk/index.php/news-and-resources/updates-from-the-project

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Rachel Collett @racheljcollett.bsky.social · 17d

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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Claire Langhamer @clairelanghamer.bsky.social · 18d

Very much this. The IHR really is open to everyone and this includes our common room and our library as well as our wonderful seminars. All free, all welcome!

Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 18d

History curious? You don't need to be in London (or the UK) to attend many Institute of Historical Research seminars, although if you're in Bloomsbury you'll enjoy doing so. Most are hybrid (online/in person). They're free, usually fortnightly and open to the public.

Starting this week:

Events

Stay up to date with the upcoming events organised or hosted by the Institute of Historical Research

www.history.ac.uk

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Lucie Matthews-Jones @luciejones83.bsky.social · 19d

Last night I saw Matthew Bourne’s The Midnight Bell, a dance production inspired by the characters of Patrick Hamilton’s novels (including Hangover Square). I thought it was wonderful & mesmerising to see the interconnected stories of the down-and-out, lovelorn & lonely punters of a 1930s Soho pub.

A picture of characters from the production posed in various ways. The bar in the background

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Ruth Davidson @ruthdav.bsky.social · 21d

This isn’t helpful for you now but having kids so close together is lovely later but brutal now. Sending lots of sympathy

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Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont.bsky.social · 22d

About to kick off here at #PostCivilWarSocieties symposium in Helsinki & looking forward to our panel later with @tiinalintunen.bsky.social @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social & @profingrid.bsky.social. @ucddublin.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu

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Laura Tisdall @lauratisdall.bsky.social · 24d

Cover reveal for my forthcoming book, WE HAVE COME TO BE DESTROYED: GROWING UP IN COLD WAR BRITAIN which tells the history of Cold War Britain (c.1956-89) through the eyes of children & young people! Out with @yalebooks.bsky.social 28 April 2026 #booksky #skystorians yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...

Cover of my book We Have Come To Be Destroyed: Growing Up In Cold War Britain. The cover is an eerie blue-green and the words melt into an image of a group of children confronting the camera at a festival in Coventry in 1980.

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Tiina Lintunen @tiinalintunen.bsky.social · 23d

Looking forward this great symposium on Friday. Especially with @caitbeaumont.bsky.social @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social @profingrid.bsky.social and Dóra Fedeles-Czeferner.

Poliittinen historia Turku @polhistoriaturku.bsky.social · 23d

Helsingissä on perjantaina kiinnostava seminaari.

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Matt Houlbrook @tricksterprince.bsky.social · 24d

The launch of my new @manchesterup.bsky.social book Songs of Seven Dials will be at 6pm, Tues 21 Oct, at Waterstones Covent Garden. I'll be in conversation with the wonderful @julialaite.bsky.social.

Please do come along. Free tickets, but register in advance

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/songs-of-s...

An advertising banner for Matt Houlbrook's book Songs of Seven Dials: An Intimate History of 1920s and 1930s London. The banner includes an image of the front cover of the book (a blue map on a pink background) and a blurb from the historian Julia Laite, which describes Songs of Seven Dials as 'a poetic exploration of London's most iconic neighbourhoods'.

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Friends of The Women's Library @fotwl.bsky.social · 24d

Hello Bluesky!

We are an independent group of Friends that support The Women's Library at LSE through fundraising, donations, publicity, advice, and activities.

Find out more about our history and our work here:
friendsofthewomenslibrary.org.uk

Friends of the Women's Library – The Friends of The Women’s Library support the preservation and use of one of the most important collections on women’s history in the UK.

friendsofthewomenslibrary.org.uk

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Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont.bsky.social · 24d

Today is #WIDay2025 🥳. Am all set to give the @womensinstitute.bsky.social WIDay talk celebrating 110 years of the WI. Join us this evening at 7.30pm online (book your place 👇) to learn more on #womensgrassrootsactivism learninghub.thewi.org.uk/at-home/cour.... @womenshistnet.bsky.social #LSBU

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Clarisse Berthezène @clarisseberthezene.bsky.social · 25d

Please join us for our Interdisciplinary Conference on Women's Health at Université Paris Cité on 24-26 September! @upcite.bsky.social @echelles-umr8264.bsky.social @institutcochin.bsky.social @ludivinedoridot.bsky.social @OPPaLE-inserm @parcc-inserm.bsky.social @Ceped IRD

Womens Health Conference 2025 – Building Equality for Women's Health (3rd edition)

www.mcascientificevents.eu

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Charlie Lynch @charlielynch.bsky.social · 27d

This year’s Sue Innes Memorial Lecture at @womenshistscot.bsky.social conference given by @vawright10.bsky.social on ‘Housing as a ‘Women’s Issue’: Women and Housing Activism in Twentieth Century Scotland.

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Dr Helen Glew @helenglew.bsky.social · 27d

We're very much looking forward to having @garylove.bsky.social join us for the @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social seminar on 19 November!

Sign-up links for this and the rest of our programme this term coming very soon.

Gary Love @garylove.bsky.social · 27d

Finally got my hands on a copy. I will discuss the book & my work in this area at the Contemporary British History Seminar at the IHR on 19 November. Sadly I’ll have to do it online because I’ve used up my travel quota (have a small baby). But thanks to @helenglew.bsky.social for the invitation

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