Lovely to see Exhibiting Irishness at the @manchesterup.bsky.social table at #NACBS2025

An excellent PhD opportunity for someone to work on family separation during WW1 or WW2. I've done some research on Italian emigrant families separated when the father was serving in the Italian Army and it's a really fascinating area of study. royalhistsoc.org/calendar/phd...

Looking forward to the first full day of conference proceedings at #NACBS2025 today, and sharing new research with @saimanasar.bsky.social @shahmimaakhtar.bsky.social & Rob Waters. So many brilliant panels to chose from, but come along if you can!

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We are delighted to announce that MBS2026 will be held at the University of Birmingham, 3-5 June 2026! Papers may consider the opening day's theme of 'Polycrisis', but we also welcome all submissions related to modern British studies. For any questions please contact [email protected]

Kicking off our fantastic line up with a showcase of new research! Get in touch if you are a postgraduate or early career researcher who would like to introduce their work to the field. 📍 Hybrid: N304, IHR, Senate House, WC1E 7HU and Online 📅 Thursday 16th October, 2025 ⏰ 17:30 🔗 bit.ly/3INwCfO

The IHR Black British History seminar series is now on BlueSky! Follow us for updates and keep your eyes peeled for information about our upcoming seminars 👀 @ihr.bsky.social #BlackBritishHistory #historians #academia

The IHR Black British History Seminar is now on Bluesky, thanks to @oliviawyatt1999.bsky.social! Give a follow for updates:

A new academic year is here, and so is our autumn term programme! A thread of our speakers follows. Sign-up links available soon but note dates in diaries now! 📆

If you're starting a postgraduate course in History this autumn, please do consider joining the Royal Historical Society bit.ly/41mTuck Postgraduate Membership brings access to research funding, events, publications and networks. You'll join an international community of more than 6500 historians.

Adding some joy to the timeline! I’m pleased to announce my first publication, exploring how associations between sex work and drug use deepened in 1980s Britain in the context of the AIDS epidemic. Read it here in Modern British History’s latest issue: academic.oup.com/tcbh/article...

I wrote a book once on the history of debates over free speech, protest and academic freedom at universities, looking at how fascists used the language of free speech to promote themselves on campus and those who argued that fascists should be denied this platform. www.routledge.com/No-Platform-...

Some big news: the University of Birmingham is launching a new MA in Gender & Sexuality. It's interdisciplinary, with a focus on combining theory & practice. It's going to be amazing. I'm convening it: message or email with questions. www.birmingham.ac.uk/study/postgr... @unibirmingham.bsky.social

And you can now read the (just published) book for free on the @uolpress.bsky.social website uolpress.co.uk/book/democra... !

JOB ALERT: amazing 4-year post in postwar British history and refugee studies at @uniofreading.bsky.social Humanities! A post perfectly suited for someone working on political and social histories of race and migration in late 20c. Deadline 5 September. jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Studying, researching or teaching in the histories of Britain or Ireland? Try using the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH), it contains 650,000+ resources from 55 BCE to today! Find out how to use BBIH

The Summer Sale starts now ☀️ Get 50% off EVERYTHING until the 7th July. Yep, we said everything. Unlock with code: Sun50 Had your eye on any of our newest hardbacks, or Academic New in Paperbacks? Now's your chance 👇 Browse by subject at the link in bio 🔗 #booksky #academicsky

Pleased to see that my article 'A new phase of activism: women’s occupational organisations and married women’s paid work after the Second World War in Britain' is now in the current issue of @womenshistoryrev.bsky.social. Open access so free for all to read. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Love’s Labour Launches with a roar! Thanks to many roarsome people I’ve gone from peasant to PhD, to Professor, and Penguin author with Vanished: An Unnatural History of Extinction out today. 🐅 Pls share, read, and help create a worthwhile world. #WorldEnvironmentDay #BookSky #HPS #Skystorians 🗃️

If you’d like to know more about extinction and empire, some upcoming book events: 18 June, with Gary Younge, KCL www.kcl.ac.uk/events/vanis... 26 June, Linnean Society, London www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-unnatu... 9 July, with Helen Macdonald, Cambridge www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/vanished-a...

My latest article with Jinal Parekh: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/.... In this we look at how the British state shifted its focus from worrying about young South Asian men as a source of immigration fraud to South Asian women, and the consequences of this.

Support for historians at mid-career: the Society invites applications for its 'Funded Book Workshop' programme bit.ly/4fYQcRC Workshops enable authors of a 2nd or 3rd monograph to hold a day-long discussion of a book MS with 6 readers of their choosing. Closing date: Friday 11 July #Skystorians

OPEN LETTER: HISTORIANS FOR TRANS RIGHTS Are you a historian in the UK or working on UK history fed up at seeing the history of LGBTQIA+ discrimination repeat itself? Sign this open letter to MPs demanding they stand up for trans rights now! Letter: tinyurl.com/879vuver Sign: tinyurl.com/4p7wktrn

Thank you ACIS for awarding me the Michael J Durkan Prize for Books on Language & Culture and an Honourable Mention for the Donald Murphy Prize for Best First Book for Exhibiting Irishness: Empire, race and nation, c.1850-1970

🚨Applications for our Dissertation Fellowship are due this week on May 1! The NACBS Dissertation Fellowship supports dissertation research in the British Isles on any topic of British (including Scottish, Irish and Imperial) Studies. Get those applications in soon! www.nacbs.org/grants-datab...

If you're an archivist, librarian, local or family historian, researcher or student of British and/or British & colonial/imperial history (from the Roman era to the present) this introduction to BBIH is worth a look. Google searches are degrading and hallucinating with generative AI; BBIH is not.

Book launch tickets on sale today at 10! Absolutely delighted to be in conversation with David Olusoga at Manchester Museum on 6 June, 6-8:30pm. Join us for a launch celebration among amazing ways of being! Free, but limited places so register here. Pls share. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sadiah-qur...

Call for Expressions of Interest, Editorial Committee, UCD Press Looking for Board Members in History; Literature; Social Sciences; Music; Science, Technology & Society; Environmental Humanities Statement of interest & CV to [email protected] by 15 May '25 Read more here mailchi.mp/82e866560efc...

Artist Call-Out: Neel Akash @sampadarts.bsky.social R&D project exploring the impact of the climate emergency on communities in Bangladesh and the Bangladeshi diaspora in Birmingham, UK. Apply via sampad.org.uk/news/call-ou...

HISTORIC YARDLEY is looking for someone with relevant research experience to help us unlock our history, which goes back over a thousand years. Contact Louise Edwards, [email protected] if interested (agreed day rate, plus reasonable expenses).

3 year Research Fellow post in Historical Criminology based at Sussex. Working with me and @esmoriemiller.bsky.social on Leverhulme funded project Imagining Race, Crime and Justice in Sailortown, 1870-1939. Please repost, send to anyone who might be interested: jobs.sussex.ac.uk/job/18442578...

Join the Black PhD Collective! Launch event on Friday 25 April 2025!

Two three year postdocs advertised at @camhistory.bsky.social, to work with the brilliant Niamh Gallagher on her UKRI project, Ireland and the 'ends' of the British Empire. Not just looking for historians btw... www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50601/

📣 Exciting MA and PhD funding opportunities at King's BRIDGE Master's Scholarships - 3x for Black, Asian & Minority Home Students www.kcl.ac.uk/study-legacy... Harold Moody PhD Studentships 2025/26 - 9x for Black British Students eligible for home fees www.kcl.ac.uk/study-legacy... Apply, apply!

New project funded with £1 million by Lloyd's Register Foundation at @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy explores the history of transatlantic slavery. www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/news/m... 1/3

Planning my work schedule for the next couple of months. I have some spare capacity still for commissioned research, indexing, copy-editing or photograph-taking in archives. Let me know if I can help! helenglew.com

CFP Histories of Disability and Living Spaces - Bodies and Material Culture workshop at @rhulhistory.bsky.social - we are looking for papers on any aspect of this topic - see events section on our website: www.royalholloway.ac.uk/research-and...

Come to learn more about research today and how this connects to the determination of those who have long studied this topic. Stay to immerse yourself in a performance by artist Anni Domingo about Mary Prince. Free but registration required. www.history.ac.uk/events/black...

🗃️ Congratulations @shahmimaakhtar.bsky.social‬ -- well deserved accolades for an important book #ACIS2025 @manchesterup.bsky.social

📣 Share your Sari Story with @sampadarts.bsky.social ! Sari Stories is a new exhibition opening at Midlands Arts Centre in May 2025, showcasing diverse Sari stories and memories. Callout open to anyone in the Midlands. Learn more and share your story via sampad.org.uk/news/share-your-sari-story/.

From the creation of lectureships to the closure of postgrad programmes, the last five years represent a tumultuous period within the study of #BlackBritishHistory Join us for a roundtable: Black British History in 2025 🗓️ 6th March ⏰ 17:30 📍 IHR Wolfson Room NB01 www.history.ac.uk/events/black...

Happy to see this, though hardly surprised. Congrats, @shahmimaakhtar.bsky.social!

Huge congratulations to @shahmimaakhtar.bsky.social. Well deserved!

Thanks for this lovely review Lauren! I’m glad you enjoyed the book!

Thank you ACIS for awarding me the Michael J Durkan Prize for Books on Language & Culture and an Honourable Mention for the Donald Murphy Prize for Best First Book for Exhibiting Irishness: Empire, race and nation, c.1850-1970

We've updated our guidelines for Book Reviews 📚. Fancy writing a review for us? Be sure to check out our helpful submission guide: www.midlandshistoricalreview.com/submissions-2/

Great to hear that @shahmimaakhtar.bsky.social ‘s Exhibiting Irishness has won the Michael J Durkan Prize for books on language & culture! Proud to be Co-editor of this wonderful series. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526157263/

'Exhibiting Irishness: Empire, race and nation, c. 1850-1970' by @shahmimaakhtar.bsky.social has won the Michael J. Durkan Prize for Books on Language & Culture, awarded by #ACIS2025 🎉 'Exhibiting Irishness is a groundbreaking work' @rise-open-journal.bsky.social Out now! #Irishness #IrishStudies