Visiting the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich today together with colleagues from the Port Cities and Urban Cultures research centre. Always nice to get away from the office, talk about research, and discuss collaborations with museum curators.

Are you looking for a PhD studentship? The National Maritime Museum & Royal College of Art are offering an amazing opportunity to study the design & material culture of Thames sail barges under the AHRC CDP scheme. Sign up for tomorrow's webinar at 1pm zoom.us/webinar/regi... . Deadline: 30.06.2025.

Join us in Portsmouth for the exciting Port Cities & Maritime Cultures International Conference, 10-11 June. Learn about sailortown, maritime museums, the modern waterfront & more: www.port.ac.uk/news-events-... . @uopmaritime.bsky.social's first event is sponsored by @lr-foundation.bsky.social.

Milldam Quad is looking beautiful in the spring sunshine #spring

1. I’m not sure this will be much of an escape from the horror of global events – sorry! But it is World Book Day & the advance copies of my @yalebooks.bsky.social are here: tinyurl.com/4v2w2x95

Well, that's a wrap! Thank you to everyone who came to see us today. We hope you enjoyed your time at the university and in Portsmouth. If you have any questions, please do get in touch with us

All set up and ready to meet our guests at today's Open Experience Day

Wishing everyone a lovely Easter weekend #Easter2025

Make no mistake. This IS what the dark-money funded History Reclaimed, Restore Trust etc astroturfers in the UK want to happen to our museums and heritage orgs. This is the AIM of the RW culture war on professional historians of empire, slavery, women, LGBTQ+, working classes, etc. We must resist.

An exciting arrival today - congratulations to @andrekeil.bsky.social . Studies in German History is a great series (even better with Andre’s book in it!) that I edit with Bridget Heal. If you also fancy writing, then do take a look at the OUP page: global.oup.com/academic/con...

It's Friday evening! Wishing everyone a lovely #weekend

The mania is international.... "Oxford historian faces deportation from UK after doing research on India … in India" www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Our Centre for Port Cities and Maritime Cultures is offering a fully-funded PhD scholarship. Supervised by my brilliant colleagues, the project focuses on Macau and the transition from sail to steam. Deadline 31 March 👇 www.port.ac.uk/news-events-... #MaritimeHistory #FundedPhD #skystorians

Good morning #Portsmouth Clear sky today #ThursdayMotivation

I am part of the 2nd generation born in the so-called "Recovered Territories"– formerly German lands that are now part of Poland. In the spirit of Lower Silesian pride, I'd like to give you an idea of what it means to live surrounded by traces of a foreign population. 🧵🗃️

Brilliant to see this, Rob. Congratulations to you and Martin 👏 👏 👏 Looking forward to reading it!

Ready for one of post-war Germany's most important elections #noAfD

Join us on 27.2. at 5:30pm for a GHIL Lecture in co-operation with the Modern History Research Seminar (@oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social) given by Maren Röger (Leibniz-Institut für Geschichte und Kultur des östlichen Europa - GWZO) on '(Cold) War Games: Scenarios on Both Sides of the Iron Curtain'! 1/5

Southampton docks: 21st-century port city architecture

📣 Job alert! Come and lead our faculty! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLS987/e...

In #Tuebingen for a conference on the complexities and dynamics of #neighbourhoods, presenting on #sailortown. Lots of interesting papers from all over the globe - from techno music in Downtown Detroit to residential segregation in Lagos to activism in Mumbai.

Dramatic storms in #Portsmouth today. Photo courtesy of our excellent English Literature colleague @christopherpittard.bsky.social

This year #HolocaustMemorialDay marks 80 years since the Liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau Visit #TheHolocaustExplained to learn more about conditions in the camp, key events such as the Sonderkommando uprising, and the liberation #OnThisDay in 1945 🔗 https://buff.ly/3CeRb1t

The German History Society is on Bluesky! The GHS is a registered charity and offers events, prizes, and a range of funding opportunities for scholars and members of the public interested in German history Give us a follow and visit our website at www.germanhistorysociety.org for more information

17 December 1957: Lok Leipzig somehow find the ball in the snow while beating Dynamo Berlin 2:1 in an East German FDGB-Pokal semi-final (via Bundesarchiv)

PhD Fully Funded Scholarship Opportunity! Anyone fancy writing on the history of war graves and commemoration? We have a great collaborative PhD lined up with Chester and @cwgc.bsky.social Full details here or DM me: www.chester.ac.uk/study/resear...

Different words for a Christmas tree in the German-speaking countries (via 'Atlas zu deutschen Alltagssprache') atlas-alltagssprache.de/runde-5/f01a/

Another example of how we and our students work with external organisations to widen knowledge about the past. Well done @robtjames.bsky.social on helping to get this over the line. Looking forward to seeing how the relationship develops in the future

To celebrate #VfB Stuttgart's first home win in the #UCL after 15 years, a photo of the graffiti I came across last week at Stuttgart Airport

Still one of my favourite books on German history 👇

#OTD 9.12.1951: In Württemberg-Baden, Baden und Württemberg-Hohenzollern stimmen die Wahlberechtigten in einer Volksabstimmung für die Vereinigung der drei Länder zu einem Bundesland. Das Bundesland Baden-Württemberg wird daraufhin am 25. April 1952 gegründet. #History

Wir gedenken Amadeu Antonio, der heute vor 34 Jahren starb, nachdem er am 25.11.1990 von einer Gruppe Rechtsextremer ins Koma geprügelt wurde. Amadeu Antonio gilt als eines der ersten Todesopfer rechter Gewalt seit der Wiedervereinigung Deutschlands. 1/10

Leaving work and #Portsmouth for today @uophistory.bsky.social

Finished a day of networking with a visit to the SHE_SEES exhibition at Boathouse 4 at the @phdockyard.bsky.social. The exhibition features research from my brilliant colleague @drmelbassett.bsky.social. A really interesting exhibition - definitely worth a visit!

Today, members of the History team are working with the iPACTNetwork & planning how we can collaborate on projects exploring port cities & coastal towns in the past, present, & future #CoastalStudies

You wanted starter packs to be searchable. Our engineers are busy keeping us online, so in the meantime, an independent developer built a new searchable library of starter packs. This is the beauty of building in the open 🦋

Good evening #Portsmouth @uophistory.bsky.social

Shout out to @germanatportsmouth.bsky.social - it was an informative quirky fun account over on the other place, and is even better here! Do follow for treasures like this postal stamp honouring Puss-in-Boots 😃

Wow! Our German History starter pack is full with 150 members. So, I made another one: German History #2. DM me if you want to be added or have suggestions! go.bsky.app/LQSQQaP

From my postal history collection... 65 square stamps on this opened-up envelope from the German hyper-inflation period of 1923. The inland postal rate of 10 billion marks on 15.11.1923 was for a letter of between 100 and 245 gms. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekSforSquares #Germany #PostalHistory #Stamps

The point is that at university you're meant to be taught by researchers. It's higher education because it's not just a static body of knowledge; researchers are the people who can teach you to make new knowledge yourself

CfP: Join us for an international conference on Port Cities and Maritime Cultures in Portsmouth in June 2025 @uophistory.bsky.social #CoastalHistory #MaritimeHistory #UrbanHistory #NavalHistory www.port.ac.uk/news-events-...

Are you interested in discovering what #CoastalHistory is all about? Journal editors @coastalhistory.bsky.social , @robtjames.bsky.social and Joana de Freitas discuss this approach in the first issue of Coastal Studies & Society journal. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

For those who post on #CoastalHistory topics, please let me know if you'd like to be added to our starter pack. Coastal History involves the history of coastal communities, both urban and rural, or those who live between land and sea around the world. Coasts connect! go.bsky.app/Pfa95p7

Reposting our German History starter pack in case anyone missed it... (starter packs are difficult to find, but you can use blueskydirectory.com to search for them) go.bsky.app/QMHzmog

Hello all! Welcome to the University of Portsmouth History team's account. Follow us for regular morning motivational pictures (and the occasional history related post!) #History #Sunrise #WednesdayMotivation #MidweekVibes

go.bsky.app/Rctivb3 The first maritime historians starter pack is officially full – so here is the second! Feel free to let me know if you'd like to be added. #MaritimeHistory

Commuting is exhausting but I never get tired of seeing HMS Warrior when I get off the train on my way to #Portsmouth