Today we also open the call for applications to our 2026-27 Master's Scholarships programme: bit.ly/4dTHmXe Scholarships of £5000 are for students from groups currently underrepresented in academic history to study for an MA in history or a related subject. Closing date: Friday 5 June #Skystorians

'Guillon de Prince said on Saturday that other French families must confront their historical allegiances to slavery and the state should go beyond symbolic gestures to address the past, including through reparations.'

Registration for MBS2026 is now open! Registration link and the conference programme can be found here: www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/moder...

Congratulations to Mads Ortving Lindholmer on being named in the prestigious “Talent100” list published annually by Berlingske. Mads is a postdoctoral researcher specialising in the history of the Roman Empire and is currently writing a new book about Julius Caesar. 📸Photo by Jonas Vester Legarth

Fascinating stuff.

Deeply gratified to see this rich and surpassingly engaging essay/review of my The Second Emancipation, by the estmable Adom Getachew. www.thenation.com/article/worl...

‘The Polycrisis? Historical Roots & Critical Perspectives in Modern British Studies' programme is looking very exciting; we'll be writing to speakers next week, & launching the lineup soon. Huge thanks to @britishacademy.bsky.social for supporting #MBS2026 www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/moder...

It took me all day, but I've synthesised all of the resources we used on the Decolonising the British Empire Exhibition of 1938 through Augmented Reality Narratives research project. Huge list of useful info about #Glasgow #EmpireExhibition 1938: gamebasedlearninginhe.wordpress.com/2026/03/05/a...

Chap 4 of the book I'm currently working on is on the National Front. There's still so little historical research on the NF! There's contemporary journalism & sociology/political science stuff or stuff on anti-fascism but little on a movement that loomed large in the politics of race in 70s Britain.

"The historical record reveals a more complicated figure: a strategist who believed in strength, certainly, but also in diplomacy, alliances and the careful management of great-power rivalries" - @richardtoye.bsky.social on #Trump and #Churchill theconversation.com/what-would-w...

Gorton and Denton by-election result: GRN: 40.7% (+27.5) REF: 28.7% (+14.7) LAB: 25.4% (-25.3) CON: 1.9% (-6.0) LDEM: 1.8% (-2.1) Green GAIN from Labour.

Happy publication day to @uobrishistory.bsky.social’s Professor Sumita Mukherjee!

This research is the latest instalment in our series on UK culture wars, investigating the drivers and features of cultural division in the UK 🗓️ Tonight we're discussing new findings from this series with The Rt Hon Lisa Nandy & expert panelists 📺 Livestream: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/are-cultur...

History Workshop Journal just published its 100th issue—a landmark celebration of critical, community-driven history! From archival recoveries to new interpretations of protest, gender, & empire, HWJ reshapes how we think about the past: oxford.ly/46iUcd2 @historyworkshop.org.uk

Vil du bidrage til at skabe en mere oplyst, kritisk og engageret offentlighed med din forskning? Så kan du lige nu søge støtte via Carlsberg Mindelegat til formidling af din egen forskning. Søg op til 200.000 kr. Frist 1.3.2026 👉 bit.ly/49KemPF #dkforsk

Er Starmer færdig? Få seneste input i DR Deadline: Keir Starmers overlevelseskamp | DRTV www.dr.dk/drtv/episode...

Er Starmer færdig? Få seneste input i DR Deadline: Keir Starmers overlevelseskamp | DRTV www.dr.dk/drtv/episode...

Artikel ude om “Imperiets Lange Skygger i Britisk Historie” #empiressdu #politiskhistoriesdu #historiesdu #sdudk #sdu #DetBritiskeImperium #imperier #kulturkamp #kampenomhistorien #kolonihistorie #historiefejde #historie

Congratulations to Rasmus Glenthøj on winning the Anthony D Smith Article Prize 2025, awarded for an outstanding article published in Nations and Nationalism Read more 👇 #nationalism #realpolitik #history #empiressdu #sdu #sdudk #NationsAndNationalism #prize #historiesdu #politiskhistoriesdu

Stemningsbilleder fra årsmøde om “Humanistiske forsvarsstudier - nye perspektiver på samtidshistorien” i regi af Selskabet for Samtidshistorisk Forskning. Tak til alle deltagere!

Stemningsbilleder fra årsmøde om “Humanistiske forsvarsstudier - nye perspektiver på samtidshistorien” i regi af Selskabet for Samtidshistorisk Forskning. Tak til alle deltagere!

IN THE SAME SEA's PI Gunvor Simonsen contributed to a piece in New York Times about the links between the Danish Caribbean and Greenland. Read it here: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/w...

Fremtiden er lys for det samtidshistoriske forskningsfelt 🚀 Det kan konkluderes på baggrund af ph.d.-kurset i samtidshistorie i sidste uge, hvor ph.d.-forskere fra Danmark, Norge og Sverige var samlet for bl.a. at diskutere samtidshistoriens fortid, nutid og fremtid.

Fremtiden er lys for det samtidshistoriske forskningsfelt 🚀 Det kan konkluderes på baggrund af ph.d.-kurset i samtidshistorie i sidste uge, hvor ph.d.-forskere fra Danmark, Norge og Sverige var samlet for bl.a. at diskutere samtidshistoriens fortid, nutid og fremtid.

CfA: 2026 Doctoral Summer School in the History of Knowledge We invite applications for the seventh annual Doctoral Summer School in the History of Knowledge: Lund University, 17–20 August, 2026. Deadline for applications: 15 March. More information: newhistoryofknowledge.com/2026/02/03/c...

Astute analysis of right wing fury and denial of reparative justice claims: King Charles’ guilty secret medium.com/@evansd66/ki...

1/10. Tory peer Daniel Hannan has posted a potted history of slavery that demonstrates how historical understanding is being twisted by politicians. I’ll examine it in light of historians’ research.

Out today: THE CROWN'S SILENCE I'm delighted to share that my new book is officially out! It traces the British monarchy's involvement in the transatlantic slave trade and colonial slavery over hundreds of years. Please buy a copy, tell your library, & spread the word. bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

Just a reminder of one of Suella Braverman's greatest ethnonationalist hits: "I will never be truly English: here is why", Telegraph, 26 February 2025 (Source: www.suellabraverman.co.uk/news/i-will-...)

Pleased to see the written evidence I co-produced with members of the Historians of Cultural Diplomacy research network (sites.google.com/ucm.es/hcd) has been published as part of the government enquiry Soft power: a strategy for UK success? committees.parliament.uk/writtenevide...

New year, new paperbacks and what's more they're 40% off! Until 31st January, we're discounting all of our titles at MUP. Find out more about our Imperialism NIPS: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2026/01...

Donald Trump is turning back the clock to a mid-nineteenth century view of the world and America’s place in it, Vivian Salama writes.

The Prime Minister of Belgium speaks:

I am the book reviews editor for @jich.bsky.social and always looking for new review pitches. If you’d like to review a recently published book on imperial, colonial or Commonwealth history (broadly defined), please get in touch: evan dot smith at adelaide dot edu dot au. Authors, get in touch too!

Britons tend to support the UK sending troops to Greenland, alongside other European soldiers, in order to attempt to deter the United States from trying to seize the island by military force Support: 52% Oppose: 28% yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...

It’s not long now until the official publication of the Hardback and Paperback versions of our new edited volume (29 Jan) entitled ‘Writing Politics in Modern Britain’. In anticipation of publication day a blog has been produced and is now live on the CUP website: cambridgeblog.org/2026/01/what...

The Society invites applications for the following three funding programmes, with deadlines 23 to 31 January 2026 bit.ly/3LbxDQb > RHS Workshop Grants > Applied History Fellowships, in association with @ihr.bsky.social > Fellowships, for completion of a History PhD, also with the IHR #Skystorians

Programmet rummer bl.a.: 🔹 Keynote om beredskabshistorie i en ny sikkerhedspolitisk epoke 🔸 Session om militært beredskab og civilforsvar 🔹 Session om kulturelt og åndeligt be redskab 🔸 Roundtable om nordiske perspektiver på humaniora i krisetider    👉 Læs mere på sshf.saxo.ku.dk

Jeg vil gerne slå et slag for dette vigtige arrangement om “Humanistiske forsvarsstudier – nye perspektiver på samtidshistorien”, som Selskabet for Samtidshistorisk Forskning står bag 👇   📅 Fredag den 30. januar 2026 på KU (Søndre Campus, 4A.0.69) 📣Tilmelding senest 9.1.2026 til [email protected]

Jeg vil gerne slå et slag for dette vigtige arrangement om “Humanistiske forsvarsstudier – nye perspektiver på samtidshistorien”, som Selskabet for Samtidshistorisk Forskning står bag 👇   📅 Fredag den 30. januar 2026 på KU (Søndre Campus, 4A.0.69) 📣Tilmelding senest 9.1.2026 til [email protected]

Programmet rummer bl.a.: 🔹 Keynote om beredskabshistorie i en ny sikkerhedspolitisk epoke 🔸 Session om militært beredskab og civilforsvar 🔹 Session om kulturelt og åndeligt be redskab 🔸 Roundtable om nordiske perspektiver på humaniora i krisetider    👉 Læs mere på sshf.saxo.ku.dk

Jeg vil gerne slå et slag for dette vigtige arrangement om “Humanistiske forsvarsstudier – nye perspektiver på samtidshistorien”, som Selskabet for Samtidshistorisk Forskning står bag 👇   📅Fredag den 30. januar 2026 på KU (Søndre Campus, 4A.0.69) 📣Tilmelding senest 9.1.2026 til [email protected]

Here’s the lecture, with references: alanlester.co.uk/blog/antisla...

En meget glædelig dag for #dkforsk i går. For i Carlsbergfondet uddelte vi 581 mio. kr. der giver 159 forskere mulighed for - i grundforskningens tegn - at forfølge netop de spørgsmål de selv har identificeret som mest presserende. Stort tillykke til alle modtagere. Se alle projekter👉 bit.ly/4iK2fV2

Congratulations to Rasmus Glenthøj, who has received a Carlsberg Foundation grant for his project The Scandinavian Moment: Digitizing Scandinavian Archives of the Crimean War (1852-1859). www.carlsbergfondet.dk/det-har-vi-s... @empiressdu.bsky.social @carlsbergfondet.dk

Our final issue for 2025 has been published - Check out JICH Vol 53 Issue 6 now: www.tandfonline.com/toc/fich20/5...

If anyone remembers that list which said historians were second in line to be replaced by AI, I've had some thoughts about it... and how it relates to some aspects of public history and the current climate facing historians. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

We have now announced TWO full PhD studentships at Bristol's Hong Kong History Centre @uobrishistory.bsky.social @uobartsmatter.bsky.social! Please spread the word to anyone you know who are working towards/have a Master's degree, and are interested in pursuing further research in HK history.

Congratulations to Thomas Heebøll-Holm and the team on receiving a DFF grant to establish an international research network on “The Valdemarian Empire 1168-1375”. The network brings together scholars from Denmark, Germany, Poland, Norway, Sweden, and Estonia. @empiressdu

New calls for research funding: bit.ly/44d2mTb Today we open calls for the Society's next rounds of 'Early Career Fellowship Grants' and 'Open Research Grants'. These schemes offer support for post-doc and later career historians to pursue research. Closing dates: 6 March 2026 #Skystorians 1/2