I really cannot recommend this more highly - from my brilliant IHR colleague @cathamclarke.bsky.social Catch her on Start the Week today too! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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!

Welcome IHR @tudorstuartseminar.bsky.social! You can find them and our other projects, seminars and people in our starter pack go.bsky.app/2AUxmcA Let me know if we've missed anyone.

Interested in the latest research around the potential of planetary histories? Join the @ihr.bsky.social seminar series organised by our own Glenda Sluga and Giorgio Riello with Andrew Fitzmaurice @qmul.bsky.social and Thomas Simpson @warwickuni.bsky.social 👉 loom.ly/I0kI0cg 📅 Starting 9 October!

Join us next Wednesday for our first seminar of this year with @thegozfather.bsky.social discussing Lord Mansfield’s judgement on the Chevalier d’Eon (register via this link www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...) Check out the following clip to receive a sneak peak! www.tiktok.com/@long18thcen...

One week left to apply 📅 We’re hiring for a Research Officer and a Lead Researcher. Are you passionate about conducting qualitative research on poverty and financial hardship? Do you have a strong commitment to ethical and inclusive research? Apply here: www.jrf.org.uk/careers.

As part of our Network Northern Ireland 2025 event @mauricejcasey.com will be hosting our latest History Open Mic Night w/ special guests at The Pavillion pub in Belfast. Open to all.

I was invited to write a post for the @ihr.bsky.social blog about #AHistoryOfEnglandIn25Poems. 'The book tells a story about how England has been shaped over the centuries - and, between the lines, I think it tells a story about my working life here at the IHR...' blog.history.ac.uk/2025/09/a-hi...

Wonderful launch this evening at @ihr.bsky.social of ‘A History of England in 25 Poems’ @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social by @cathamclarke.bsky.social. Catherine was discussing the book with the poet Hannah Lowe, and the discussion was chaired by IHR director @clairelanghamer.bsky.social.

I had a blast speaking with Izzy Conn for her brilliant @ihr.bsky.social podcast, Leading Labour, about former Labour party leader John Smith. I am also delighted and honoured to share the (digital) platform with several experts on his leadership. open.spotify.com/episode/2oMa...

Happy to share the launch of the new, hybrid African History Seminar @ihr.bsky.social . Check out our fall program here: history.ac.uk/news-events/... If you're in London and want to present new research on Africa, get in touch!

Just a reminder that in the midst of waves of anti-migrant, anti-refugee and anti-asylum-seeker rhetoric and activism, there are also many charities working quietly, stoically and hard to fuel a better conversation and a better future. Actively supporting them makes a difference.

This is not only a serious issue for historians and not only a serious issue for academics (although it is that). It's a development that's also deleterious for the GLAM sector, for example, and part of a much larger trend nationally and internationally to restrict and dismantle access to archives.

Access to the IHR from 18-15 August. The Malet Street and Russell Square entrances will be closed due to resurfacing works. During this period, the temporary entrance to access Senate House will be via Montague Place and from SOAS North block for the IHR.

The British Academy's new School Indicators dashboard is now live. It shows long-term uptake trends in subject entries across the UK’s most commonly taken secondary and post-16 qualifications (GCSE, A Level, National 5, Higher and Advanced Higher) for Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. 1/2

'Put simply, we have a really strange system in higher education, where nobody admits how much things actually cost, nobody admits who’s paying for what, research is kept alive on the toil and goodwill of underpaid academics....'

New material on British History Online! The Victoria County History of Staffordshire, volume 6: www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/staffs/v... #History

And some context for this first volume of a new programme of digital publication of Victoria County Histories: blog.history.ac.uk/2025/07/digi... #History

'The number of student-initiated PhD scholarships funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) is set to fall by 60 per cent when new doctoral training arrangements come into effect next year, new figures show.' 1/3

Of interest to historians. Full time, permanent, £33,000 to £37,000, at Kew. 'The National Archives is looking for two Records Specialist to join our Collections Expertise & Engagement department, where we use our expert knowledge to inspire audiences and make them differently about archives.'

Very much looking forward to this conversation - Catherine’s book is extraordinary!

The Society is very pleased to announce the winners of its 2025 Early Career Article and First Book Prizes bit.ly/3GqSCfk This year's recipients are Laura Flannigan, William Ross Jones, Michaela Kalcher, and Jules Skotnes-Brown for work published in 2024. Our congratulations to all #Skystorians

I highly recommend the 'Interviews with Historians' exhibition @ihr.bsky.social, launching the wonderful resource www.history.ac.uk/library-digi.... Fascinating insights into how #historians do #history + some gorgeous media archaeology! Congrats to @ihrlibrary.bsky.social colleagues & all involved.

We’ve launched a new collection of openly accessible videos, Interviews with Historians, in which prominent 20th century historians reflect on their lives and professional practices. Access the collection here: www.history.ac.uk/library-digi...

25 time machines into moments in England's past... I'm so excited to share the cover for A HISTORY OF ENGLAND IN 25 POEMS (and thanks to Waterstones for doing the cover reveal on their channels this morning). I hope you love it as much as I do!

'the creative industries represent much of the best of what the UK and humanity does. The idea of handing over its output for free is abhorrent.'

Our event today with heads of selected UK #History societies is a reminder of the dedication, expertise, civic sense, dynamism and, yes, value of these subject societies. If you'd like to keep in touch with them, we've a Starter Pack bit.ly/4jKumCE which now lists 125 such groups #Skystorians 1/2

📣Applications now open for the Senate House Library Visiting Fellowships 📣 In 2025-6 up to two awards of £1500 will be allocated to support a fellowship of up to two weeks. Deadline: 15th September 2025. More info 👇 www.london.ac.uk/senate-house...

Join us on the 26 June to celebrate the online publication of Interviews with Historians and a new podcast: A Historian’s Life. The event will be followed by the opening of the Interviews exhibition in the IHR Common Room. www.history.ac.uk/events/speak...

The shortlist for the Society's 2025 First Book Prize for early career historians is now available bit.ly/4kkm4lW Eight titles have been selected, following an open call for submissions of books published in 2024. Two winners of the 2025 prize will be announced in July. #Skystorians

Really excited about our upcoming interdisciplinary conference on the 'Legacies of Section 28' in contemporary history, education and activism, which will be held at UCL on 6th and 7th June. For more details and to register for this free event: www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

Our map of cold spots in provision of humanities and social sciences courses and student numbers across the UK has been updated with the data for the 2023/24 academic year. Explore for yourself here: buff.ly/2x7yE5K

Did you know that May is National Local and Community History Month? At HWO, we LOVE local and community history all year round! In this article, Ian Willis reminds us of the importance of local history as a powerful tool for place making and the construction of identity. www.historyworkshop....

'Johnnie secretly asked the hotel staff to scatter 30 assorted packets of crisps on the bed as a surprise while they were away. However, staff misunderstood the request and instead opened the bags and sprinkled the crisps on the sheets like salty confetti.'

On Wednesday, the Society's President, Lucy Noakes, and RHS Councillors will be visiting historians at the Cornwall campus of @exeter.ac.uk, at Penryn, Falmouth. The visit includes a public event and reception with Lucy (4.30pm on 21 May) to which all are very welcome bit.ly/4j2po4B 1/2

What are you up to today? Anything interesting? Or are you just at work, and actually it's quite a run-of-the-mill day for you? Either way, we want to hear about it! Today is our annual diary day where we ask people to record their day and send it to us! 🗃 #writing

Happy 12 May to all who celebrate: always an important date on the #20s30s calendar.

On 21 May the Society will be in Falmouth, Cornwall. The visit includes a public event with RHS President, Lucy Noakes, and Catriona Pennell on 'Cultural Memory and the Two World Wars in Britain' bit.ly/4j2po4B It's followed by an opportunity to meet Lucy and other RHS Councillors. All welcome.

Four fully-funded collaborative PhD studentships available with the cultural partners of the REACH Consortium (Historic Royal Palaces, British Film Institute, Royal Museums Greenwich,/National Maritime Museum). Deadlines 26 May-30 June. And lots more at other institutions too: full list below.

Hester Barron's terrific article ‘"I am very sensitive on the subject of accent": Children, young people and attitudes to speech in inter-war Britain' is out now in @mbhjournal.bsky.social. You can read it here doi.org/10.1093/tcbh...

📢Conference update! You can now book your place for our annual conference! "Shaping Histories: Representation and Perception Through Time" will take place on 24th July 2025. It is free to attend but booking is essential, so secure your place now using the link below! See you there! #skystorians

Now emancipated from its paywall. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...

‘We know the value of history. It’s time to share that knowledge.’

'Bluesky has overtaken its flailing rival X in hosting posts related to new academic research, indicating the platform is fast becoming the go-to place for scholars to share their work.'

This week, the Society's President, Lucy Noakes, spoke to BBC History Extra about the state of history and the humanities in UK higher education Lucy also discussed her plans for the Society as an advocate for historians of all kinds bit.ly/4cwSiaJ #skystorians @artsandhums.bsky.social

Places for British History Today are filling up. Please do register - especially if you are on the programme! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/british-hi...

New books on the first and second floors! Browse titles on the Stonewall riots, Japan's imperial legacies, Scottish witchcraft trials and more.

As the Starmer administration signals a shift in spending from welfare to defence, Professor Jessica Meyer @thehistorygirl1.bsky.social argues in a new opinion article for us that the choice is not a binary one. historyandpolicy.org/opinion-arti...

It’s time to announce our Spring/Summer 2025 events schedule. Starting in April these events will engage with topics like preserving the heritage of closed churches, women’s contributions to early 20th C @vchlondon.bsky.social, the early #punk movement & much more! www.history.ac.uk/seminars/peo...