Have you used the disability history ‘state of the field’ piece I co-authored with @danielblackie.bsky.social in History (2022) with students/on reading lists or in your research? doi.org/10.1111/1468... We’re revisiting it and are keen to hear what people have found useful and how it has been used.

Deadline approaching for 'In/Out' SSHM2026 at University of Leeds! Submit your paper or panel proposals by 5pm GMT, 11 Jan 2026 to [email protected] More details at: sshm.org/sshm-2026-in... @sshmedicine.bsky.social @historynerdess.bsky.social @universityofleeds.bsky.social #histmed

There's still time to submit your paper proposals for SSHM 2026 In/Out @universityofleeds.bsky.social Submission deadline: 11 Jan 2026 5.00pm GMT sshm.org/sshm-2026/ @historynerdess.bsky.social #HistMed #HistSTM

Spending the day with my global First World War special subject students at The Green Howards Museum in Richmond

Looking forward to co-convening this with Kat Rawling and an awesome bunch of colleagues.

A system already exists to over-confidently state incorrect facts to women, thanks, we don’t need another one

Adding this to my reading list for my module on the body in Australian history.

🚨 Call for Papers! 🚨 Excited to share a #CfP for a collaborative special issue exploring empathy during and after the #FWW! Especially keen to hear from #PGRs & #ECAs and non-European perspectives! 🌍 Deadline for Abstracts 15 May 2025. Please do get in touch if you’re interested/have any questions!

Sharing how I teach using Lego in my Level 2 module on Australian social history, ‘The Lucky Country?’

My new article, co-authored with Bart Ziino, was published over the break! The first from our British Academy Small Research Grant. First World War letters and post-war resilience in the lives of two Australians. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Microsoft Word developers. ‘No-one wants to write comments on footnotes.’ PhD Supervisors. ‘?????’ Microsoft Word developers. ‘No-one WHO MATTERS wants to write comments on footnotes.’

A sad day for my fellow brunch lovers out there.

Some afternoon fun with a dissertation workshop in Special Collections in the Brotherton Library for students on the MA in Social and Cultural history - getting them to think about topics, sources and the research they can do without even leaving campus

We're new on BlueSky! Follow us for news and announcements from the International Society for First World War Studies. We've set up two custom feeds: A first one which collects all posts with the #fwwhist hashtag bsky.app/profile/did:...

Aaaand the academic year is go! Just finished my first class (an introductory seminar for students on the MA in Social and Cultural History), so the semester feels properly underway.

New piece by me in Overland, on university management’s solidarity and the history and politics job cuts at ACU (full disclosure, it includes my job). overland.org.au/2023/09/soli...

Join us on October 4th for a *Virtual* Open House to learn about the MA in Medieval Studies at the University of Leeds! 9am for US West Coast | 12pm for US East Coast ZOOM LINK: zoomto.me/WDB8F

Historians please help us spread the word: Colgate History is hiring an Assistant Professor in History of Health, Medicine, & the Body. We will consider applicants whose research is focused on Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, or South America. Full ad here, due 10/2! https://apply.interfolio.com/130212