Big thanks to @lucy-mccormick.bsky.social (Lucy McCormick, Birmingham), Jade Burnett (Birmingham) and Britanny Gittus (Oxford) for your insights.

Deadline extended until Wednesday 10 June! Register to attend here: urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...

Arya Ray discusses new directions emerging from the one-day international workshop ‘The Senses and Medical Humanities,’ held at Durham University in February 2026. thepolyphony.org/2026/05/15/c...

Call for papers: British Participation in International Conferences, 1914-1991 Monday 29 June 2026 Workshop at the University of Birmingham Deadline for abstracts: Friday 29 May 2026, [email protected] Promises to be a very exciting workshop!

I'm delighted to share details of the first of two workshops I'm hosting this year on The Senses and Medical Humanities. The first workshop will take place in Durham on 24 February. Spaces are limited, so reserve yours now. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-senses...

In this On History blog, @lucy-mccormick.bsky.social and Jenny Lelkes-Rarugal discuss how the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) can be used to research and teach the histories of social class buff.ly/ZDbRcur

We are delighted to say that #SHSConf2025 was an immense success! Please read more about it here - and stay tuned for more information and announcements from the conference!✨ socialhistory.org.uk/2025/07/10/s...

Building on the work carried out during a Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) internship on social class, Lucy McCormick explores in our latest On History blog how emotion, space and gender were utilised in the mid-Victorian women’s suffrage movement

Such a good read. There is so much more to unearth regarding the emotional history of activist movements.

New blogpost! Lucy McCormick writes about emotion and space in the mid-Victorian Women's Suffrage Movement. She explores how anti-suffragists weaponised emotion in relation to politicised spaces, and how suffragists renegotiated these links. Read here: womenshistorynetwork.org/emotion-and-...

As Gale Ambassador at @unibirmingham.bsky.social I love showing students how primary sources can enrich their research. Our Library affords us access to all these archives and more, with cutting-edge digital humanities tools to help you get the most out of them. Why not explore for yourself?!