At a time of crisis for the History departments across the UK @ihr.bsky.social has made available a unique archive of interviews with leading post-war British historians. They point to the importance of history & the urgent need to defend the profession. historyandpolicy.org/opinion-arti...

There will be a day when my time as a PhD candidate will consist of something besides going to very nice places and giving papers... Fortunately, that day is not today. Thanks to the FEATHERS Project for the invite to give a paper at their Scribes and Inky Finger Prints conference in Leiden.

Venice had another griffin last week. Thanks to the University of Warwick and the organisers for the Cultural Legacies of Corruption in Europe and its Empires, 1500-today, for the invite to give a paper on the 'Corruption Records of the Court of Chancery'.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Delighted to have my paper - ‘Playing fields not battlefields’: pacifism, non-violence and sport in inter-war Britain- published in Sport in History. @sportinhistorypod.bsky.social @bshsnews.bsky.social

SCEMS Spring 2025 events lineup 👇

Truly enriching experience at the British School at Rome. Thanks to WRoCAH for the study week on the theme of commemoration, and showing that with Rome, as with all things, 'si discute, si ama.' Thanks also to @emily-calcraft.bsky.social for putting up with my rants on Michaelangelo.