1/5 It was entirely predictable that The Telegraph would jump on @DavidOlusoga’s Empire series to fight its right wing culture war for control of our public history. Let’s see what they’ve done:

Are you a PhD student & interested in using museum collections in your teaching or research? We're running a *free* doctoral training programme for students at any institution to learn about working with collections. Find out more: collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/

Archives Annual Lecture A huge thank you to @alexjioannou.bsky.social Ioannou for the wonderful lecture on Wednesday looking at future landscape change in Eryri against the significant historic change that has already occurred drawing on evidence from the Penrhyn Estate Papers. A night to remember!

3/ For more on why communities should have the powers to own rivers, woods and moors, have a read of @tomchance.bsky.social's excellent letter here: www.communitylandtrusts.org.uk/news-and-eve... And here's a piece I wrote on this: www.powertochange.org.uk/evidence-and...

Thrilled to have been invited to present my work with @ystadaucymru.bsky.social at this year's @archpbu.bsky.social's Annual Lecture. So humbled by the amount of people that joined and with whom I was also able to chat - before and after the lecture -over some great big archive maps!

A new film about my project which looks out to the landscape but also within... Watch on my project's home page: reframing.wales

the fag end of creation - Fascinating insights into value/use of #water as #landscape feature & as part of development of the #Penrhyn Estate #Eryri #Ogwen #heritage Annual Archives & Special Collections Lecture by @alexjioannou.bsky.social #envhist @ystadaucymru.bsky.social @archpbu.bsky.social

Brilliant to hear and learn so much in today's workshop hosted by @historicirishho.bsky.social and @heritagecouncil.ie @maynoothuniversity.ie. Also a privilege to share the work undertaken by @archpbu.bsky.social and @ystadaucymru.bsky.social with such an engaged audience!

Very exciting to be visiting Maynooth to share the great work undertaken by @archpbu.bsky.social and @ystadaucymru.bsky.social during the Welsh Government Funded Penrhyn Jamaica Papers project!

📚🚨 SALE ENDS IN 2 WEEKS 📚🚨 We have 70% off in our new academic year sale! Celebrate the start of a new term with some fantastic discounts ⤵️ www.uwp.co.uk/sel-sale/

Think you know the British countryside? From Welsh sheep farms to Cornish copper mines, Professor Corinne Fowler uncovers the colonial roots behind our most picturesque landscapes in our latest talk. 📅 15 October, 7pm Book now: https://f.mtr.cool/ksqvansghy

🧵🚨 The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news. Today our report is published! www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n... 1/11

LANSIAD LLYFR | BOOK LAUNCH Dr Shaun Evans Mewn sgwrs gyda | In conversation with Dr Lowri Ann Rees COMING OF AGE CELEBRATIONS ON WELSH LANDED ESTATES: GENTRY, CULTURE & SOCIETY c.1770-1920 5.30pm, 23/10/2015 Lecture Room 2 Prifysgol Bangor | Bangor University Croeso i bawb | All welcome!

1. On political gaslighting. Yesterday Jenrick defended his comments on Handsworth by lashing out at 2 pieces of work I was centrally involved with to imply it's people like me who are divisive, not him...

1. On reparation for transatlantic slavery. I have not read Lenny Henry's book yet but I want to provide some general context in the face of his apparent shock suggestion Sir Lenny Henry calls for slavery reparations for all black Brits - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Are you of African/Caribbean descent with ties to the Valleys? The Black Valleys Project would love to hear your story! Help support the creation of new Black Welsh History resources for local schools. 🗓️Friday 24th October 🕰️2pm 📍Rhondda Heritage Park Museum

Published this month: 'Atlantic Isles: Travel and Identity in the British and Irish West, 1880–1940', by Gareth Roddy bit.ly/48Hkjfu The next in the Society's 'New Historical Perspectives' book series, available from 30 October: Open Access and paperback print @uolpress.bsky.social #Skystorians

Honoured to be invited to share my work as the guest speaker at @archpbu.bsky.social's Annual Archives and Special Collections Lecture. November 12 17:30 -18:30 See you there! I am thankful for all the support I have received from the BUASC staff and @ystadaucymru.bsky.social.

Most recently, we ran a workshop with participants at the @qubhistory.bsky.social Centre for Public History annual conference. Here are some of the results. Thanks @emmajmca.bsky.social, @alexjioannou.bsky.social and others for sharing your work.

"Commonplacing" at Queen's University Belfast with @leoniehannan.bsky.social. Allowing for more connections and reflection during the the Public Histories Annual Conference! @commonplaces.bsky.social

VICTORY! The @archpbu.bsky.social team have been maintained, with a small reduction in staffing hours. The petition was a success in helping ensure that the service remains resilient and sustainable, and that the collections are preserved for future generations and made accessible to all.

So great to have been invited to share during a session at #RGSIBG25 about co-creating place-based climate adaptation action. Business as usual does overwhelm... but it was uplifting to hear about the many methods being tested to challenge the status-quo.

🗓️ Wednesday 10 September | 6.30pm 📍Boutflour Hall, Royal Agricultural University, Cirencester 🎟️Free to attend - book now 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/our-future... 📚Read ‘Our Future in the Land’ 👉 ffcc.co.uk/publications...

Out 28th August: Waterscapes: Reservoirs, Environment & Identity in Modern England & Wales by Andrew McTominey published w/ @royalhistsoc.org & @ihr.bsky.social. The 23rd book in the #NewHistoricalPerspectives series, all of which are #OpenAccess w/ no author charge. uolpress.co.uk/book/watersc...

Find out about our initiative to foster community connections and conversations within Dyffryn Ogwen, building upon the foundations laid by my doctoral research project: www.bangor.ac.uk/iswe/news/ne... @ystadaucymru.bsky.social, @archpbu.bsky.social, Partneriaeth Ogwen and other collaborators.

Sut mae Dyffryn Ogwen wedi newid? How has Dyffryn Ogwen Changed?

Join us for an inspiring evening of exploration and reflection on the Biblical Landscapes of Wales @prifysgolbangor.bsky.social Organised by @ystadaucymru.bsky.social, the National Centre of Religious Education for Wales and @archpbu.bsky.social. www.bangor.ac.uk/iswe/events/...

A kind request to sign the petition to show support and solidarity with the Archives Team at the University of Bangor. The knowledge, skills and amazing resource is under direct threat of being lost due to proposed cuts. Help save our archives!

Such an amazing and inspirational time sharing my research last weekeend at the annual conference of @awwe.bsky.social at Gregynog Hall. A special time to wonder and dream.

Delighted that the volume ‘Empire and Excavation: Critical perspectives on archaeology in British-period Cyprus, 1878–1960’, edited by Thomas Kiely, Lindy Crewe, and me, is now available open access. Huge thanks to all our contributors: www.sidestone.com/books/empire...

It feels kind of intimidating to make my first post here... but seems fitting to share my wild idea for my PhD fieldwork: a three-month cycle ride across England to explore visions for the future of farming! Find out more here: www.covestocliffs.com/farming-futures-cycle-tour

What's the value and use of history in contemporary society and culture? We're very pleased to launch a new OA short-form book series - 'Elements in History and Contemporary Society', with @cambridgeup.bsky.social - to explore this question. Proposals now invited bit.ly/4aqCiG4 1/2 👇 #Skystorians

Cynhaliwyd yr arddangosfa ryngweithiol yn Pontio a mae'r deunyddiau a gafodd eu harddangos bellach ar gael i bawb ar-lein yma. The interactive exhibition was hosted at Pontio and the material on display has now been made available to all through this online space. reframing.wales/newid-eryri

Humbled that my paper entitled "Reframing Eryri: A multidisciplinary collaborative approach to exploring human/landscape entanglements in North Wales" has been accepted as part of the ISCH 2025 conference proceedings! Look forward to visiting Lapland ...thankfully in June!

Melbourne Uni has curated a collection of Decoloniality, First Nations Thinkers & Thought & Practices from the Global South of 677 items. Two years in the making. Humbled to feature in it; can't believe my luck to share space w/ folks I hold in high esteem. omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/decolonialit...

Learn to make a digital collage using free software and cultural heritage collections from Europeana. Have fun, boost your digital and creative skills, while exploring vintage artworks and photos! ➡️ bit.ly/3CkQTq3

Free tickets to hear @carolinelucas.bsky.social talk to me about her book *Another England* at Literary Leicester, 19 March. Going like HOT CAKES! www.tickettailor.com/events/liter...

This remarkable archive offers so many opportunities to explore a challenging part of Welsh history. The work currently being undertaken to make this collection even more accessible is commendable.

Free Museum Studies Spring School (online): registration for the day (you can dip in and out of sessions) on the poster below. A forum for discussion rather than long speaker presentations.

Colonialism shaped the British countryside, but this history still remains hidden - Hyphen hyphenonline.com/2024/07/30/c...

FisHistory, a @ukri.org funded project @sosbangor.bsky.social and @ystadaucymru.bsky.social. Tonight's presentation of @alecbmmoore.bsky.social thinking and approach was fascinating. Makes me look at my kitchen accessories differently!

Come and join us at this #free #online #training session on 27 February! #KnowledgeExchange and #Impact: How, What, Why? We'll explore toolkits, resources & case studies, and will think critically and reflectively, beyond REF and KEF... Sign up via link below 👇

📢 Calling all historians and researchers! The Women's History Network is now accepting abstracts for its 33rd Annual Conference, themed "Hidden in Plain Sight: Women in Archives, Libraries, Museums, and Personal Collections." More info: womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-annual-c... #WomensHistory #GLAM

Looking forward to seeing this exhibition, which opens at Oriel Môn, Llangefni, tomorrow! You can read more about the windmills of Anglesey on my website: www.anglesey-history.co.uk/windmills/

Mapio gyda Barcud. Dydd Gwener a Dydd Sadwrn yma! Brynrefail a Llanberis.

Interested in sending a postcard of your own? Read our call below. It can be sent across time and space, from the past to the future, the future to the past, or why not from the past to another past? Only your imagination sets the limits for this creative #EnvHist project!

If you are in Cyprus and able to attend, this looks like an interesting conversation to be part of!

Today is my first full-day in the role of Research and Digitisation Assistant for the Welsh Government funded "Penrhyn Jamaica Papers" Project @prifysgolbangor.bsky.social This thread will be a sharing of progress, learnings and everyday goings-on... @ystadaucymru.bsky.social @archpbu.bsky.social

Very pleased that our Routledge History of Loneliness is now out (& reasonably priced) in paperback - 30 multidisciplinary essays exploring the history of loneliness, its form and development across cultures c.17C to the present. #skystorians🗃️ www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...