"What kinds of histories and stories might be useful for radical social movements and political struggles today, to overcome the enormous challenges that we face?" Current and former History Workshop editors reflect on the 50th anniversary of the History Workshop collective.

This year, History Workshop Journal will celebrate two milestones: its 50th anniversary and its 100th issue. To mark the occasion, eleven historians share how they've used the journal in their own teaching.

Today we are launching a new series of articles and podcasts to mark the 100th issue of History Workshop Journal 🎉✊🗃️ In this introductory article, Barbara Taylor reflects on a picnic she shared with other editors in 1984, and what it meant to be part of the HWJ collective.

"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future." - @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit. Incredible words. Listen to all of it!

Next year we are co-hosting a celebration event with @rshc.bsky.social to mark the 100th issue of History Workshop Journal. 📍Birkbeck, University of London 🗓️Saturday 31 January 2026 ⏱️14:00-18:00 Everyone welcome! Please make sure to book via the link below.

“People see the tuxedo, they see the red carpet, but it’s real blue-collar folks making these movies happen,” After ‘Sinners,’ What Will Ryan Coogler Do Next? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/m...

Are you an emerging scholar researching Black British history and looking for opportunities to share your research? Please get in touch with @oliviawyatt1999.bsky.social or Meleisa Ono George via contact info below to take part in this ⚡️ talks session @ihr.bsky.social (and please share widely!)

Stuart Hall Essay Prize. Please disseminate: www.stuarthallfoundation.org/foundation/s...

‘He made white British readers recognise Jamaican patois. Most readers need to articulate the poems in order to understand their meaning: glancing at the page isn’t enough.’ Mendez on Linton Kwesi Johnson: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

America Mourns the Loss of the Idea of America. Get it right @nytimes.com

This is a free public event where, I hope, this rather fabulous dodo will be present. I’ll be in conversation with Rachel Webster, who is a curator at Manchester Museum. Places are very limited so please book early in you’re interested. Link to book on the page in the original post.

The “greatest obstacle to dictatorship is an educated populace. Ignorance is the handmaiden of tyranny. That’s why enslavers prohibited enslaved people from learning to read. Fascists burn books. Tyrants close universities.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Sadiah Qureshi’s game-changing new book is a must-read!!!

Organising a conference on extinction with Duncan Wilson. We have enough funding to provide free registration, some support towards accommodation and limited bursaries for travel. CFP here, with the form to submit your abstract. We also have incredible speakers for the keynote and plenaries!

Book launch tickets on sale today at 10! Absolutely delighted to be in conversation with David Olusoga at Manchester Museum on 6 June, 6-8:30pm. Join us for a launch celebration among amazing ways of being! Free, but limited places so register here. Pls share. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sadiah-qur...

Went to an absolutely fabulous conference on Black Power led by the wonderful Kennetta Hammond Perry and Kerry Pimblott. There are so many excellent PhDs and first books in the works from a new cohort of scholars in the field. It’s so exciting to see them flourishing and being so roarsome!

Two giants in conversation. A classic! youtu.be/AFGkNEt30Fo?...