We're pleased to share that Loughborough University will soon offer undergraduate study in English and History, co-taught between IRPH and our friends at @lboroenglish.bsky.social. The first English and History cohort will start in September 2027. Details below! www.lboro.ac.uk/study/underg...

Would you like to work in IRPH? We're hiring a University Teacher in Philosophy to start in September 2026. Applications are due by 8 June. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRN776/u...

First panel of the British Silent Film Festival Symposium at the Cinema Museum, featuring Peter Yeandle, Malcolm Cook, Mario Slugan, Robert Shail and Irfan Shah.

To learn more about PhDs in IRPH, see www.lboro.ac.uk/study/postgr... We have multiple studentships available right now. For more details, see www.lboro.ac.uk/study/postgr...

New in Loughborough's 'What our students say' series: Andres Arcones, who graduated in 2025, tells us about his experiences studying for a BA in History at Loughborough. 'Learning with academic experts who have a real passion and curiosity for their subject was incredibly cool.'

Applications are open for PhD studentships in the School of Social Sciences and the Humanities, of which IRPH is a part. Deadline: 12 March. Open call: www.lboro.ac.uk/study/postgr... Call for UK applicants from a Black, Asian, or Minority Ethnic background: www.lboro.ac.uk/study/postgr...

Did you catch last night's The World Tonight on Radio 4? It contained more great coverage work from IRPH's Professor Marcus Collins (@elhistorioso.bsky.social) on 'The BBC’s First Homosexual'. The show is available on BBC Sounds; the discussion starts at about the 37 minute mark.

The Guardian has just published a lovely article about #BBCFirstHomo, a @ukri.org-sponsored play by Inkbrew based on my research on the first British doc about homosexuality. Catch the tour during @lgbthm.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/j...

Huge congratulations to IRPH's Dr Dan Breeze (@danielbreeze.com), who this week passed his PhD viva with no corrections. His thesis, Creeds of Kinship: An Animal-Human History of the Lives and Ideas of Anna Kingsford and Henry Salt, was examined by @janehamlett.bsky.social and @msadams.bsky.social.

Another great entry in the @lborouniversity.bsky.social's 'What Our Students Say' pages! Below, Samara Hackett (graduated 2025) talks about her time studying History and International Relations. 'Loughborough has such a large student community that you are almost guaranteed to find people for you.'

🚨We have a SUPER exciting announcement!🚨 Our next Summer Meeting will be at @zslofficial.bsky.social on the theme of The Zoological Society of London at 200: Science, Society, and the Natural World 🥳 📅1-3 July 2026 🗺️Zoological Society of London Find out how to submit 👇🏻 shnh.org.uk/all-events/c...

Huge thanks to the Victorian Studies group at Exeter @uniofexetercvs.bsky.social for inviting me to deliver a work-in-progress paper on the recruitographs project, and thanks similarly to staff at the @bdcmuseum.bsky.social, especially Matt Lee, for the tremendous archive support. See you all soon!

Huge congratulations to @peteryeandle.bsky.social and the IRPH admin team who won the two 'Going the Extra Mile' awards at yesterday's School of Social Sciences and Humanities awards. Here in IRPH, we are proud of the support that our staff offer to students and to each other.

Are you interested in reading for a PhD in international relations, politics, history, or philosophy at Loughborough University? Fee waivers are available for competitive UK applicants starting their studies in 2026. The application deadline is 11 November. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPC380/s...

This PhD on a reparatory history of the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, exploring the legacies of empire is open for applications. It features a great supervisory team (moi, Kerry Pimblott, and Sadia Habib) and fabulous public history opportunities. Please share. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Not your typical research seminar... Earlier this week, Orit Shimoni (@oritshimoni.bsky.social) and Dan Bern discussed the potential for music and art to foster cross-cultural solidarity with the Pacifism and Nonviolence Research Group, complete with live performances.

Latest full issue of @cultsochistory.bsky.social vol.22, issue 3 (2025) now out. Well pleased my article on Mafeking Fever & the West End is included. 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Tribute at Tolpuddle Martyrs' Festival to Radical History School Organiser Les Kennedy who died this year. Radical singer George Mann led us singing Si Kahn's 'People like you help people like me go on'. We honour Les's contribution to the Trade Union Movement and Radical History. bit.ly/LesKennedy

Now out in @cultsochistory.bsky.social my article on London's West End popular entertainments as wartime news platform and core driver of "Mafeking Fever" ⤵️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

We are recruiting a 9-month University Teacher for history modules next academic year (to cover especially modules such as Atlantic World, (Un)Making of World Order, & dissertation supervision). Full info: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLX285/u...

Celebrated historian and broadcaster David Olusoga will deliver the inaugural National Humanities Lecture! The first of its kind, the lecture will make the case for the humanities and explore how new ideas are emerging. Find out more and book: www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

Nottingham folk... got this event coming up 15th Dec. It's a folk club style singaround, festive, fundraising for a local soup run called Blind Eye. It's at the Abdication, an excellent micropub. All welcome. Free in, but bring some loose change for raffle tix, etc. Prize for best Christmas jumper 😀

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