Citizen science, community collaboration, gender equality, environmentalism and more: in a bleak landscape, a promising initiative.

Just finished watching Pompeii: The New Dig, it was fantastic! A great archaeological documentary with no presenter, just the archaeologists and specialists explaining the astonishing archaeology themselves: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

It's 9 days until polling day and we’re continuing our countdown of Victorian election facts. 9. The secret ballot was not used at parliamentary elections until 1872. Before this, voting took place in public. This blog explains how the system worked: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2013/08/05/e...

I understand why so many critical studies academics are rushing to pivot their research toward using AI to do digital humanities work, but I really REALLY wish more of them would double down on critical analysis, argumentation, ethics, and discernment in the age of AI instead.

Colonial past must be in mainstream of UK history, says new English Heritage chief - 'Nick Merriman said a focus on the country’s often highly problematic colonial role “[has] to be part of the mainstream narrative about British history” '

I don't like Stoicism, but I've got to put up with it.

Q. What do you get if you cross Nye Bevan with Desperate Dan? A. A cow pie that's free at the point of use.

Roger Liddle's generous review of Age of Hope: "Toye’s book is a joy to read, thoroughly researched and intellectually stimulating, compelling analysis laced with amusing anecdote." www.progressivebritain.org/review-richa...

Politicians will discount constituent letters if they disagree with the letters. But providing strong, unambiguous evidence of expertise in the policy area can reduce this discounting, finds Bergan et al. When writing legislators, provide a link or cite to your expertise doi.org/10.1093/hcr/...

Am vergangenen Wochenende habe ich in der SZ über meine Geburtsstadt Dresden, über Victor Klemperer und meine Lesungen aus seinem Tagebuch 1933-1945 geschrieben. Habt vielen Dank für die schöne Resonanz! www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/victo...

Hamas murdered Vivian Silver. www.jta.org/2023/11/13/i...

Call for Contributions! Ed. Collection: #Bonkbuster! Sex and Popular Romance from the 1950s to the Present Day. Please share! networks.h-net.org/group/announ...

We offer bursaries to final year undergraduates, those studying for taught Masters degrees, and postgrad MA/PhD-level researchers. Find out more sslh.org.uk/2023/10/08/s...

Disgusted by the Home Office's treatment of my brilliant colleague @DoselineKiguru, whose six-year old daughter has been denied a UK visa. This decision needs to be reversed immediately. Please repost and share. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023...

Exciting news! We are advertising 1 PhD studentship in Intersections in Medical and Environmental History - supervised by me! All details below 👇

gosh there's no pleasing her, is there?

#jobalert Project Manager: Collections Move, Holburne Museum, Bath Details here: www.holburne.org/job-vacancies/

We don't have any font suggestions, but what an excellent poster. Huzzah for the reform bill!

Please do join us for the launch of Pet Revolution, with me, Julie-Marie Strange, Helen Cowie and Diana James (Blue Cross) in conversation on histories of animals in British Life. Fri Nov 24th - online at lunchtime. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pet-revolu...

Samuel Smiles and working-class politics: a new work from the late Malcolm Chase - and it’s open access sslh.org.uk/2023/10/19/s...

📣New BLOG Ben Jackson (Oxford): 'Political Thought and the Welfare State: Jose Harris's History of Social Policy' intellectualhistory.web.ox.ac.uk/article/poli...

Just released online, my Oct 2023 Ewen Green Memorial Lecture, on the labour of disabled people in Britain, 1944-1995. So pleased to be able to share this with folks who couldn't be there in person. #DisHist www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gZn...

Thanks to Richard Toye for his excellent book presentation yesterday and to Gareth Millward for his great comments and questions. Get your copy asap! #AgeOfHope #politiskhistoriesdu #sdu @richardtoye.bsky.social @millieqed.bsky.social @christiandp.bsky.social

Looking forward to next research seminar today with Richard Toye, “Arguing About Empire: Methods for Studying Imperial Rhetoric”, co-organized by Network for the study of imperialism and SDU Political History Group @richardtoye.bsky.social @polhistsdu.bsky.social #politiskhistoriesdu

Bloody hell. Really? REALLY? Suspending the EDI committee with immediate effect???

I'm a reviews editor for the Journal of Contemporary History and forever looking for 1. reviewers and 2. books to be reviewed (history; after 1930). Do YOU want to write something for me? Get in touch! Journal here: journals.sagepub.com/home/jch My details here: mau.se/en/persons/e...

Hal Draper's Labor Action newspaper uses Halloween to call out the McCarthyite anti-communist witch-hunts in the United States in 1953 www.marxists.org/history/etol...

Cold plunge tub salesman: in an ideal world, how would you start each day Me: cup of coff- Him: that's right, a simulation of an ice fishing accident

Admiral Yamamoto after Pearl Harbor: “I fear that all we have done is awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.” Frequently quoted in serious documentaries and books. Invented by the scriptwriters of the 1970 movie Tora! Tora! Tora!

Join us on Wednesday and Thursday for two exciting talks with @richardtoye.bsky.social #politiskhistoriesdu @polhistsdu.bsky.social More info below

🗃️ Congratulations to Manuel Herrera Crespo of KU Leuven, winner of the Labour History Review essay prize for 2023, and to runner-up John Russell of Queen Mary University of London. More details sslh.org.uk/2023/10/29/s...

Will have to try this the next time I am in London> 'Have you ever strolled along the elevated walkway beside Charing Cross station? It's not only a quiet, convenient shortcut to the South Bank, but also a walk through architectural history.'

A fantastic piece new by @jaredmargulies.bsky.social on the illicit cacti and succulent trade, botanical difference, and what it means to care for species.

Ihr lieben Männer da draußen. Tut Euch einen Gefallen und lest das Buch “Gegen Frauenhass” von @clemm.bsky.social. Diese Jahrtausende alte Epidemie muss endlich beendet werden. Für uns alle, für eine bessere Gesellschaft. Feministische Männer - macht endlich mit!

🗃️ The funding round for the small grants scheme for BME history projects is now open, offering up to £1,000 to individual historians. This scheme is run jointly by a wide range of history organisations in the UK. Please share widely sslh.org.uk/2023/10/27/f...

Check out our amazing line-up of speakers #politiskhistoriesdu #sdu #sdudk @liamliburd.bsky.social @richardtoye.bsky.social #kristinawintherjacobsen #marthahodes #beatricedegraaf @millieqed.bsky.social @christiandp.bsky.social

Just starting to read. It is excellent. Well worth getting hold of.

Looking forward to reading @richardtoye.bsky.social ‘s new book The Age of Hope about the Attlee governments, especially as it is particularly relevant to current affairs. Here’s an interview with the man himself that offers a taster

Nu må jeg læse den! @richardtoye.bsky.social @christiandp.bsky.social