Sad to learn of the death of Professor Michael Mullett. He didn’t teach me until MA level but he was kind and supportive. Very fond memories of working with him in those years in The County College when he was Vice Principal and then Principal. portal.lancaster.ac.uk/intranet/new...

Hello Gymnastics Fans! I'm delighted to announce that Blythe Lawrence and I have started a monthly podcast for European Gymnastics. The first episode launched today, featuring interviews with Max Whitlock, Giulia Steingruber, and Tofig Aliyev. Link below! www.europeangymnastics.com/news/brand-n...

On advance access: "Air Travel, Statelessness, and the Rights Claims of Ugandan Asians, c.1973" by @riakapoor.bsky.social (@qmul.bsky.social) #OpenAccess doi.org/10.1093/past...

Still time to book to come along to next @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social seminar at @ihr.bsky.social. Next Weds 11 Feb, 5.30pm, in-person with Margo Rashba on 'Vivienne Westwood's Punk & Britishness' 🧷 🇬🇧. Maybe see you there? #skystorians @d-j-frost.bsky.social www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

The special issue of Cultural and Social History on “Researching Student Lives: Methodological and Theoretical Perspectives” (co-ed. w Georgina Brewis & Jodi Burkett) is live - yay! Several articles are OA :) Huge thanks to our contributors & the journal editors! www.tandfonline.com/toc/rfcs20/2...

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

For anyone interested in our 18-month post in British Studies please follow the link below. @ihr.bsky.social www.jobs.london.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Proofs! I’ve been working on this material for years. I’m thrilled that it’s seeing the light of day in Journal of Contemporary History. It asks what ordinary Germans made of the democratization imposed on them by the Allies, analyzing the paradox that democratization is fundamentally undemocratic.

The 1921 census required every household to identify a 'head' - assumed to be a husband - but it offered no way to record same-sex relationships. So how did women and gender non- conforming people record their lives? Often subversively, as some examples show 🧵 (1/6) #LGBTplusHM #lgbthm26

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Rest in peace, Catherine O'Hara. It felt like she still had so much more to give.

The #Marriage Bar. A social construct that only became illegal with the equalities legislation of 1975. Female staff depended on who they worked for - often which matron - on whether they were fired once wed Read @helenglew.bsky.social's work for its history in the UK #WomensHistory #HistNursing

v cool : a new article in Television and New Media (an academic journal) examining how the rise of personal computers and other personal electronics were discussed in Essence, by Myrna Moretti journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

Our programme for this term's @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social seminars at @ihr.bsky.social is now available! Please do join us in-person or online. www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Fellow NCAA #gymnerds: I’ve been busy and so have not had much opportunity (any, really) to watch meets this season. Which, in your opinion, are the ‘must-see’, most exciting etc meets so far to try to catch up with? Thanks #collegegym #ncaagymnastics

uh weird request but did any historians go to AHA this year and take a picture of the @harvardpress.bsky.social stand that happens to show my book???? and if so could you send it to me?

Our programme for this term's @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social seminars at @ihr.bsky.social is now available! Please do join us in-person or online. www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

As the world burns, let's get one thing straight. A video podcast is just a TV show.

Today is publication day! The Open Access version is now online so you can read for free on @manifoldscholar.bsky.social With huge thanks to @uncpress.bsky.social @ecds-emory.bsky.social and @foxcenteremory.bsky.social Go to jimcrowintheasylum.com

If you or anyone you know might be interested, it is still possible to sign up for and attend this workshop on second projects tomorrow: www.history-uk.ac.uk/history-uk-r...

PSA for fellow Manchester University Press authors: I received an email today about opting in/out of an AI licensing agreement. The message states that they are contacting authors in stages so you may not have been sent it yet, but check your junk mail - mine went there!

The hardback edition of my book is a decade old this month. You can buy it, or the paperback version, for 40% off until the end of Jan at the @manchesterup.bsky.social website. Add to your cart and the discount is applied automatically at checkout manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526146632/

PSA for fellow Manchester University Press authors: I received an email today about opting in/out of an AI licensing agreement. The message states that they are contacting authors in stages so you may not have been sent it yet, but check your junk mail - mine went there!

The hardback edition of my book is a decade old this month. You can buy it, or the paperback version, for 40% off until the end of Jan at the @manchesterup.bsky.social website. Add to your cart and the discount is applied automatically at checkout manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526146632/

It's a crazy time in the world, and it has been a rough year at work; as my classes get underway for another term, I find myself thinking about the changes I have seen in 30 years of teaching and cherishing the opportunity to sit around a table with my students.

NEW Jane Austen as a writer about law Some notes on Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice, by me (And also why there is only one good adaptation of her works.) emptycity.substack.com/p/jane-auste...

For avoidance of confusion, that’s just about all academic staff, excluding Heads of Dept and- of course - Senior Management Team.

British Library staff asked for a decent pay. Instead they got ‘a few money-saving present ideas’, such as ‘consider not giving presents this holiday season’. They are on strike this week. I wrote about it for @lrb.co.uk. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/de...

Ongoing decimation of British universities part 252: Apx. 1000 academic staff at University of Essex just received formal ‘risk of redundancy’ letters via email. Please share @ucuessex.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk

What makes historic collections difficult? And how do researchers work with “difficult” collections? New CFP from Paper Trails here: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/special-coll... Deadline for proposals 31/1/2026 🗃️

I've got a book coming out in April (available for preorder) on the civilizing mission of France in post-WWII Germany and its links to the emergence of European unity. Check it out! lsupress.org/978080718678...

Still time to sign up for @garylove.bsky.social's online seminar tomorrow on Researching Conservatism and Christian Democracy in Britain and North-West Europe, 1945-91: comparative and transnational perspectives www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

A few years ago I got a discman for my kid and now I get her CDs, often used, as a present. I think the physical object communicates that people made it, made choices, created art together & did so for other people to appreciate. It’s not content. Anyway maybe you want to bring hard media back too?

Technical question: around 1912, how many Americans would have known or been able to transcribe Morse Code? How saturated was that knowledge — or, where would I look to get some sense of that? Any ideas very appreciated! I haven’t dug into it yet…

Call for chapters! Amy Tooth Murphy and I are editing the Routledge Handbook of Oral History Theory, and we are seeking contributions from a range of scholars and practitioners. See our full call here. oralhistory.org/2025/11/11/c...

Flashback to late June/early July heatwave and the time I worked on indexes for @jameskneale.bsky.social’s fascinating book on temperance, life assurance and life stories to be told within these. Great book for those working on c19th, spatial histories or telling life stories from unusual sources

If you use digital newspaper collections this new OA paper is for you - it’s full of great insights into how to understand what’s in them and the many hidden perils of digital search (like the systemically poorer OCR for cheaper and more left-leaning newspapers - who knew?). Please share

People keep telling me that GenAI is the inevitable future but if that’s true, why does it need so many government subsidies and other assistance ? (rhetorical)

All set for this evening’s seminar for @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social with Dr Katerina Papakonstantinou. Looking forward to hearing her fascinating paper, & thanks to our fab Chair Prof Pat Thane & Term programme organiser @helenglew.bsky.social

Still time to sign up for our seminar tomorrow, Wed 5th Nov, with Katerina Papakonstantinou, who will be speaking on 'Greek Cypriot Migration to London in the 1960s: Women’s Voices and Experiences' 5.30pm UK time, online and at @ihr.bsky.social. www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Your once-in-a-while reminder that I have some capacity for freelance work and I am here for all your historical research, indexing, copyediting and photographing documents in archives needs. Get in touch via my website: helenglew.com

Looking forward to giving the @ihr.bsky.social seminar! Hoping to see @caitbeaumont.bsky.social & @helenglew.bsky.social & others - in person or online #Archives #Activism #WomensHistory www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

If you feel like it, will you show me how you annotate texts you read for research? I thought our first-year undergrads might be interested to see the variety.

In about three years the entire university pivot to AI curricula and schools and programs is going to be so deeply embarrassing. We will all pretend it never happened and I will be standing there, looking at people with a mirror in my eyes. This is all so embarrassing.

I'm designing a new course on Victorian Literature and Medicine next semester. I'd love any suggestions for texts to include (books and shorter things). It's a 300-level, so mostly Juniors and Seniors, but some Sophomores. Mostly English-Ed majors. Already got J&H!

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]

We're excited to announce the call for papers for #MBS26, the next Modern British Studies conference, at Birmingham in June 2026. We'll be launching the #MBS Association at this event, to support further regular conferences in Modern British Studies. www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/moder...