For our November monthly event, Jemma Lakmaker will be joining us on 19th November at 5pm to discuss deaf ex-servicemen in post-WW1 Britain. #DisHist #ww1

Reading some academic articles for probably the first time since I submitted my thesis corrections and, I won’t lie, it’s a bit of a struggle to get my mind back into this way of working/thinking…

A reminder that this is happening THIS Wednesday! #DisHist

Really looking forward to presenting at this, and hearing all of the other wonderful sounding papers!

📅 Save the Date! 🎉 To mark 50 years of the Social History Society, we’re hosting a Social History Festival with @ihr.bsky.social! 🗓️ Fri 24 April 2026 📍 Senate House, University of London Panels, a keynote + hands-on activities! 💡 Want to contribute? 👉[email protected] More info coming soon!

My “jobs I should apply for” document suddenly has nothing in it, which is giving me the fear tbh! Whilst I do a frantic internet search, please do send anything that might be relevant my way!

Enjoyed taking part in @wikimediauk.bsky.social’s Introduction to Editing Wikipedia session tonight! Now let’s see if I actually find time to continue using these skills… 😅

We’re excited to announce that we will be joined by @annasusanf.bsky.social for our October monthly event! Join us at 5pm on the 29th October for a discussion on “Disability History Potentials in the Andes: Archives, Archaeology and Indigenous Knowledge” #DisHist

The 2026 SSHM Conference will be @universityofleeds.bsky.social. The theme will be In/Out and we are inviting papers that consider experiences of being in and/or out of health or health care in any period or geographical location. #HistMed #HistSTM sshm.org/sshm-2026/

We are looking for volunteers who are interested in writing 300-350 words, (about 1-2 paragraphs) on how disability is portrayed in horror movies. Deadline 24th October 2025 Contact Richardamm(at)gmail.com Find our free disability zines: linktr.ee/disabilityark

I can tell you right now that the far right will still be protesting outside the Britannia Hotel in Leeds tonight. They don’t care who feels unsafe

GWL is commissioning new works for our #WeMakeMuseums project to be exhibited at Glasgow International 2026. We’re seeking women artists with socially engaged, intersectional practices informed by environmental, class-aware, & anti-racist approaches. womenslibrary.org.uk/2025/09/24/a...

On that note, I am very unemployed, so if anyone needs a research assistant, or someone to give talks, etc., please do get in touch!

Can’t believe it’s been one whole year since I originally submitted this for examination…

It honestly felt like forever since I’d done the @womenslibrary.bsky.social Gorbals walk?! So it was a joy to get to do it again at the weekend!

This Friday at noon, tune in to Clydebuilt Radio! From riot grrrl punk to queer club anthems, forgotten blues icons to global pop trailblazers - our music archive tells stories of resistance, community & joy. www.clydebuiltradio.com

I really enjoyed this presentation, and the resulting discussions! I think we were all in agreement that we could have chatted about this for much much longer!

A reminder that this is happening THIS Friday!

Be generous. Now be more generous. Share your privilege. We need creative professionals to step up & volunteer to mentor a young person who doesn't have the connections or financial backing to believe they could access a creative career. Sign up to mentor in 2026 👉 www.arts-emergency.o...

Ah, yes, I can definitely tell you about how I meet all 30 essential criteria (and then the extra 10 desirable ones) in no more than 1000 words… (Someone please hire me, I can’t keep doing this 💀)

Another mixed afternoon weather-wise, but really enjoyed being out for the @womenslibrary.bsky.social Merchant City walk!

🚨Our monthly events are back!🚨 Join us and Dr Tobias Teutenberg on the 19th September at 5pm (UK time) for a presentation and discussion on “Tempted to Touch: The History of Tactile Art Galleries for the Blind”! #DisHist

It's been a great day for fascinating events! Really enjoyed hearing @chriskempshall.bsky.social, @mimi-mortmain.bsky.social, @drtimpeacock.bsky.social & Fruzsina Pittner (chaired by @enwright.bsky.social) discussing history and fantasy in video games (and books) tonight!

Really enjoyed this afternoon’s @womenshistnet.bsky.social roundtable on “Lesbian Histories & the Long View” with @elizabethlovatt.bsky.social, @sazwingrove.bsky.social, @vickyig.bsky.social & Lisa Weston! I particularly loved everyone’s joy for research & the rabbit holes you end up going down!

Live music really does make everything better! And Liam Cromby was sounding wonderful last night!

The next event in our @wellcometrust.bsky.social @sshmedicine.bsky.social -funded conference series will be ‘War, Trauma and Emotional Injury’, which takes place at @unibirmingham.bsky.social on 6-7 November #milwelfhist

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At Glasgow Women’s Library we ask visitors to wear a mask on Fridays to help keep our community safe. We provide masks for anyone who needs one, but we don’t currently have the most effective kinds (like N95s& KN95s). If you have any spare masks to donate, we’d be so grateful. Thankyou.

@juliarsct.bsky.social is excellent and this will be a wonderful event! Would definitely recommend that everyone books to attend this! #ww1

The official Bluesky account for our journak has arrived!

Really glad that I’ve got the time to join the second day of the @womenshistnet.bsky.social annual conference, which kicked off with an excellent keynote from @dohertyta.bsky.social about the importance of collecting and preserving women’s history and activist collections in a digital world!

Managed to pop into Callendar House this morning to see Diana Forster’s powerful, yet beautiful, Somewhere To Stay exhibition.

What a joy it was to be out guiding the @womenslibrary.bsky.social Garnethill tour this afternoon! (Even if it was a bit damp…)

This time last week I was at @railwaymuseum.bsky.social 🚂

STUC statement on standing alongside the people of Falkirk against racism 👇 @sutrscotland.bsky.social

How had I never seen these wooden water pipes on display as you head into The Meadows (Edinburgh) before?! What a fascinating piece of history!

Interesting to hear @1812andallthat.bsky.social present on disabled veteran Shadrack Byfield & the War of 1812 for @nationalarmymuseum.bsky.social this afternoon! Byfield had his arm amputated & later had an attachment made so that he could return to weaving (which obvs interested me lots) #DisHist

DARK is looking for volunteers to write 350 word summaries of current policies and laws that negatively impact the lives of disabled people. This will be for a free zine handed out to protesters outside the conference. Email disabilityarkmedia(at)gmail.com to get involved.

Very much at my limit for applying for jobs this week/this month… So wine it is!

No matter how many times I’ve seen it, there’s always something mesmerising about the Millenium Clock at @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social!

Finally got round to visiting the Cold War Scotland exhibition at @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social this afternoon! An interesting exploration of the role that Scots and Scotland played in the Cold War.

Really enjoyed what I was able to attend of today’s @cripantiquity.bsky.social conference! Learning about #DisHist outwith my usual modern time period was fascinating!

NEW RELEASE : Eugenics?! Zine Free here: files.libcom.org/files/2025-0... More free zines: linktr.ee/disabilityark

We are delighted to say that #SHSConf2025 was an immense success! Please read more about it here - and stay tuned for more information and announcements from the conference!✨ socialhistory.org.uk/2025/07/10/s...

Loved @socialhistsoc.bsky.social #SHSConf2025? Or - worse - missed out on being part of it this year? Our CfP for next year's 50th Anniversary Conference, which will be at Lancaster University in July 2026, goes live in the Autumn 🍂 so you have time to decide what might be a nice paper to submit.. 🤔

Afterlives of war is also available Open Access at www.manchesterhive.com/display/9781...

Big shout-out to one of my faves @sambrady.bsky.social for winning the @socialhistsoc.bsky.social public history prize! 🥳🥳 #SHSConf2025

Also huge congrats to @tortietabby.bsky.social for being runner up for the @socialhistsoc.bsky.social Book Prize, and Michael Roper for winning! #SHSConf2025