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Dr Fabiola Creed @fabiolacreed.bsky.social · 1d

📙 Bluesky is the only platform where I haven’t circulated my book, as I’d recently joined and was waiting for the physical copy. So here it is (last book post, I promise) 📙

☀️ Sunbed in Britain: Tanning Culture from Fad to Fear is free to download via: dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781...

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 10d

RHS First Book and Early Career Article Prizes, 2026.

We invite submissions for the Society's book and article prizes: for eligible titles published in 2025. Further details and how to apply: bit.ly/3KnR47v

Submissions are by self-nomination by an author. Closing date: 15 December #Skystorians

Royal Historical Society Book and Article Prizes, 2026: submissions now invited - RHS

The Royal Historical Society invites applications for its First Book Prize, 2026 and Early Career Article Prize, 2026. The call for submissions opens on Monday 29 September 2025 and runs to Monday 15 ...

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 23d

‘A report commissioned by Scottish Enterprise estimated that 2822 jobs depended on oil refining in Grangemouth. It’s hard to estimate the overall loss of economic activity, from food vans to specialised suppliers and administrative staff.’

@ewangibbs.bsky.social: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Ewan Gibbs · Goodbye to Grangemouth

Any form of ‘just transition’ – managing the move to a greener economy while also protecting workers and...

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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 23d

Stuart Hall Essay Prize. Please disseminate:

www.stuarthallfoundation.org/foundation/s...

Stuart Hall Essay Prize reopens to submissions - Stuart Hall Foundation

The second Stuart Hall Essay Prize is reopening to submissions. The new submission window is open from now until Monday 3 November. Open to submissions from UK-based entrants aged 18 to 30 inclusive, ...

www.stuarthallfoundation.org

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Dr Vic Clarke @vjctorianist.bsky.social · Sep 3

Reminder that I am open for business for all your research, writing, editing and copy-editing needs! Recent projects include creating a personal archive catalogue, and copy-editing English academic manuscripts for authors of other languages. Get in touch via website or DM!
www.drvicclarke.co.uk

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Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · Aug 27

I am sickened by the relentless demonisation of refugees.

No refugee underfunded a school.

No refugee closed a hospital.

No refugee took away support from the sick and disabled.

We need solutions not scapegoats. Stop blaming refugees and tax the rich instead!

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somak_history @somakbiswas.bsky.social · Aug 27

brilliant news! massive congratulations dear Sadiah!

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Lucy Delap @lucydelap.bsky.social · Aug 26

If you love women's history, sign up for the Women's History Network ‪@womenshistnet.bsky.social‬ annual conference. Running over 4-5 Sept, it's free, online, & packed with great panels on activism, archives, the arts and fashion, economic life, sexualities
womenshistorynetwork.org/the-womens-h...

The Women’s History Network Annual Conference

Women’s History Network 33rd Annual Conference Online via Zoom Thursday 4 & Friday 5 September 2025 Hidden in Plain Sight: Women in Archives, Libraries, Museums and Personal Collections Reg…

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Nikolaos Papadogiannis @npapadogian.bsky.social · Aug 19

Thought-provoking approach to identity politics to be discussed at this exciting workshop: laoms.org/workshop-ide... The organisers welcome contributions from the perspective of the history of sexuality and gender. Deadline falling soon!

Workshop: identity politics and social movements - LAOMS

Workshop: identity politics and social movements Centre on Social Movement Studies, Scuola Normale Superiore, Florence 27-28 October 2025 The politics of identity has become one of the most contested ...

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · Aug 13

The many contributions of Peter Mandler, including as a former President @royalhistsoc.org, are celebrated in a new OA book 'Democratising History', published @uolpress.bsky.social.

Peter's innovations as RHS President (2012-16) are reviewed by @eicathomefinn.bsky.social and Richard Fisher 1/2

Book cover for: Democratising History. Modern British History Inside and Out. Laura Carter (Editor), Freddy Foks (Editor), Philip Harling (Editor)

Chapter by Margot Finn and Richard Fisher, 'Professionalisation, publishing and policy: Peter Mandler and the Royal
Historical Society'

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Women's History Network @womenshistnet.bsky.social · Jul 30

The Women’s History Network is offering one £250 prize for an undergraduate dissertation on any aspect of women’s or gender history (though with a strong focus on women) written during the 2024-2025 academic year.

Find out more! womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-undergra...

#GenderHist #WomensHistory

WHN Undergraduate Dissertation Prize 2024-2025

The Women’s History Network is offering one £250 prize for an undergraduate dissertation on any aspect of women’s or gender history (though with a strong focus on women) written during the 2024-202…

womenshistorynetwork.org

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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · Jul 11

Join us! We are advertising two part-time, paid Editorial Fellowships at History Workshop in 2025-27.

Our fellowships support early career historians to develop expertise in public, radical and digital history & to gain experience of working in an editorial team.
www.historyworkshop....

Call for Applications: Editorial Fellowships at History Workshop, 2025

History Workshop is advertising two part-time, paid Editorial Fellowships in 2025, open to early career historians.

www.historyworkshop.org.uk

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somak_history @somakbiswas.bsky.social · Jul 9

so chuffed to see this out in the world!

I have a piece on 'Race, Sexuality, and South Asian AIDS Activism in Britain, 1990–2000'

muse.jhu.edu/pub/15/artic...

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somak_history @somakbiswas.bsky.social · Jul 1

Our @jhistsex.bsky.social special issue on transnational histories of European HIV/AIDS activism is now out! Some wonderful new research coedited by me and @npapadogian.bsky.social.

Shout out to our brilliant contributors and journal editors!

@camhistory.bsky.social

muse.jhu.edu/issue/55146

Project MUSE - Journal of the History of Sexuality-Volume 34, Number 2, May 2025

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Ketil Slagstad @slagstadk.bsky.social · Jun 29

My book now has a cover! "Standardizing Sex" is the first book to trace the emergence of trans medicine in Scandinavia from the 1920s onwards. It explores the construction and negotiation of medical expertise among medical professionals, patients, and activists in

press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

Standardizing Sex

A history of trans medicine that uses Scandinavian sources to tell a global story. Standardizing Sex traces the emergence of trans medicine in Scandinavia in the twentieth century, exploring the cons...

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somak_history @somakbiswas.bsky.social · Jun 26

what a wonderful collection!

Past and Present @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social · Jun 26

The latest virtual issue of the journal on: "Immobility"

by current @ihr.bsky.social Past & Present Fellows @anastruillou.bsky.social , Malika Zehni, Lamin Manneh

Is now out in full and free to access

academic.oup.com/past/pages/i...

Immobility

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Sadiah Qureshi @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · Jun 7

Delighted to be home to find this gorgeous bouquet from Penguin to mark the publication of Vanished. This week has featured bereaved and recovering beloveds, the blessings of Eid and a packed book launch featuring David Olusoga and myself in conversation. Bearing the bad, and grateful for the good.

A bouquet of pink roses in full bloom, and other flowers in shades of pale green and white.

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Sadiah Qureshi @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · May 28

This is an amazing scheme! I would love to see more historians applying, as well as anyone in the humanities more broadly. Best of luck if you apply.

Wellcome Trust @wellcometrust.bsky.social · May 28

If you’re a researcher of Black, Bangladeshi or Pakistani heritage in the UK, our Accelerator Awards might be for you.

This award is designed to support successful career progression in academia. Flexible funding can be used for research or research-adjacent activities.

Learn more and apply ⤵️

Accelerator Awards | Grant funding | Wellcome

Eligibility and applications details for the Wellcome Accelerator Awards, which will support Black, Bangladeshi, and Pakistani researchers in the UK to make successful career transitions.

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S Chhabria @schhabria.bsky.social · May 23

Out now, special issue of journal, Polity, dedicated to--

Cedric Robinson & Racial Capitalism

Including my own: "Class Evasion: Cedric J. Robinson on Postcolonial Studies," exploring Robinson's excoriating review of poco scholars Spivak & Bhabha:

www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/pol/0/0

Polity | Ahead of print

www.journals.uchicago.edu

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Colm Murphy @colmpm.bsky.social · May 22

This is first and foremost a work of historical scholarship which intervenes in the historiography of the late C20th. But because I explore arguments for protectionism, and because I emphasise (geo)politics so strongly, I suggest the case has contemporary echoes. (2/2)

Read: doi.org/10.1093/past...

The Political Crisis of British Keynesianism, 1973–1983*

Abstract. In histories of Western political economy in the 1970s–1980s, Keynesianism is conventionally depicted as a victim of neoliberal ascendancy. Build

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somak_history @somakbiswas.bsky.social · May 22

Looks brilliant! massive congratulations, Colm!

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Sadiah Qureshi @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · May 13

The deadline for this CFP is today. After a request, the form will accept submissions until 10pm (not the original 5pm). We’re meeting to go through the proposals as soon as we can so hope to get back to everyone and open registration soon.

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somak_history @somakbiswas.bsky.social · May 7

today! drop by if in Cambridge. I will be talking about my book with some wonderful colleagues.

there will be drinks and nibbles to smoothen the evening!

cambridgebookshop.bsky.social @cambridgebookshop.bsky.social · May 7

You've still got time to get your free tickets for our event tonight! 🙌

Set to be a fascinating evening with @somakbiswas.bsky.social speak about his book 'Passages Through India' with a panel of @petermandler.bsky.social, @priyamvadagopal.bsky.social and Sujit Sivasundaram. 🤩

🔗 bit.ly/43hLKth

Promotional image for an author event titled 'Passages Through India' with Somak Biwas, featuring the book cover on a purple swirled background. Event details include time from 6 to 7:30 PM stating it is taking place today.

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Chris(tyn) Parkes @parkesland.bsky.social · May 4

In less than 3 days, nearly 600 historians signed their names to take a stand for trans rights. Thank you to everyone who signed and shared!

I'll send the letter this week. There is still time to sign, so please share this with your historian friends/networks!

docs.google.com/forms/d/1RA_...

Historians for Trans Rights - Open Letter to MPs

In light of the recent and incessant attacks on the trans community in the UK by the UK government and legal system, a group of UK-based historians have drafted the letter linked below. Our aim is to ...

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somak_history @somakbiswas.bsky.social · Apr 30

7 May @Cambridge!

cambridgebookshop.bsky.social @cambridgebookshop.bsky.social · Apr 29

We're thrilled to be hosting more events in our Bookshop in May, kickstarting with @somakbiswas.bsky.social with his critically acclaimed book 'Passages Through India'. 📖

On Wednesday 7 May, from 6pm to 7:30 pm. Grab your free tickets here: 🔗 bit.ly/42O5wv4

Promotional image for an author event titled "Passages Through India" featuring the book cover with a darkened corridor image, stating the event scheduled for May 7th from 6-7:30 pm.

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