I have a prize lecture about extinction this Thursday evening at the Royal Society. I’ll also receive a medal. Tickets are free and it will also be steamed on YouTube. Booking and watching details here: royalsociety.org/science-even...

I am looking for someone fab to join me at Strathclyde on a funded PhD studentship on the history of unorthodox health activism. If you are that person, or know someone who is, there's a month left to apply! #HistMed www.strath.ac.uk/studywithus/...

Support from @britishacademy.bsky.social has allowed us to put on three brilliant panels on capital & capitalism, environment & the global, and teaching & the future of British Studies at #MBS26. Plus the keynote from Catherine Hall: ‘Laying an axe to the roots’: history writing for the present.

A week and a half to go until #MBS26 kicks off, hosted by @mbsbirmingham.bsky.social. Our opening plenary panel, Capital and Capitalism, features Erika Rappaport, Tehila Sasson, Kevin O'Sullivan and Jonathan Saha.

Last chance to join MBS2026 - registration closes on Tuesday and we're nearly full. Join us to debate the 'polycrisis' backdrop to modern Britain and how it shapes contemporary scholarship www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/moder...

This time in four weeks we'll be welcoming everyone to the (hopefully sunny!) University of Birmingham campus for Modern British Studies 2026. Registration is open until May 12. Registration and programme details here: www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/moder...

Really looking forward to this - especially to sharing a panel with @tsasson.bsky.social , Erika Rappaport, and Jonathan Saha. If you're about, come and check out our discussion on capital and capitalism on 3 June.

This evening @petermandler.bsky.social gives the 2026 UCL Neale Lecture: ‘Eight Reasons to Study History: The Rise (and Fall?) of History as an Undergraduate Degree’. In-person and online from 6pm bit.ly/4n8KcKE #Skystorians @ihr.bsky.social @histassoc.bsky.social

On protecting what matters. @ihr.bsky.social @royalhistsoc.org @histassoc.bsky.social History UK www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

📣 @oralhistoryie.bsky.social upcoming FREE ONLINE #oralhistory event takes place next week! "Hidden Voices: Reaching Communities Often Left Out" 💻Wednesday, 6th May (7pm–9pm) via ZOOM 🎟️Book your FREE via: buytickets.at/oralhistoryn... or scan the QR code below. #OHNI #FreeEvent #Networking

#MBS2026 is looking incredible. Hard to convey how exciting this lineup is for the interdisciplinary realm of British Studies. You can find the full programme and registration details via this link www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/moder...

“Paying attention to plants challenges historians to radically rethink common divisions of time and place, and assumptions about whose lives are historically interesting or significant.” @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social on what we can learn from the lives of endangered plants such as the Wollemi pine.

Briefly here to post that the ‘Women Strike Back’ exhibition has just launched in Bristol. It explores the activism of Black and South Asian women. Free and open to the public. Pls do share the news. www.bristol247.com/news-and-fea...

‘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...

For others also wishing to delve into digital Hansard in search of white rabbits or anything else, our research guide to the available online versions may be of interest: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2022/02/09/a...

The Society's next public events - including lectures by Profs Sasha Handley and Miri Rubin - will be taking place in Sheffield, Warwick and Aberystwyth. Further details are available here bit.ly/40OGrPY. We look forward to welcoming you to these events #Skystorians

The Society's Fellowship is a UK / worldwide gathering of historians who've contributed to historical understanding and knowledge through a body of work. If you're interested in joining them, we've a brief guide to the many activities of RHS Fellows and how to apply bit.ly/3OzhoxK #Skystorians 1/2

The book is out! Race on Screen: Audience Racism in Twentieth Century Britain is on the shelves. Get yourself a 20% discount and use code GRANDY26 at www.cambridge.org/9781009650939

Why did charity become the outlet for global compassion? Join us for the launch of 'Charity After Empire' by Matthew Hilton 24/3/26, QMUL, London E1 Book here eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launch-charity-after-empire-tickets-1981162909594 @qmul.bsky.social

New in Transactions: 'Show Me the Data: New Practices for Historical Sources', by @ruthahnert.bsky.social, Katherine McDonough & @danielwilson.bsky.social: bit.ly/460nrkM As the ecosystem of historical research data expands, how do we keep control of source materials, esp digital? #Skystorians 1/2

On 16 April, we co-host 'History and Archives in Practice, 2026' with @ihr.bsky.social, The National Archives, and University of Sheffield Library. For #HAP26 our theme is: ‘Shaping Societies, Improving Lives: the Impact of Archives and Historical Research’ bit.ly/4tvKUnX. Booking now #Skystorians

There are 3 fully-funded AHRC PhD studentships in Welsh History coming up at Swansea. Topics: play since 1945; anti-apartheid movement; Patagonia. All include placements with external bodies. Feel free to contact me if you're interested.

I am giving the Edinburgh Uni LGBTQ+ History Month lecture on the evening of 27 February, with the title 'Scottish Trans Pasts, Useable and Otherwise'. Details and link to register are here: hca.ed.ac.uk/updates-even... Do come along if you're in Edinburgh!

Second lecture now available online - www.history.ox.ac.uk/james-ford-l... - on how people learned the language of social science and how we historians learn what they learned. (1/2)

Great job opportunity, 18 month research fellowship in British Studies, linked to @thenacbs.bsky.social 2027 www.jobs.london.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

A reminder that the call for papers for the Modern British Studies conference in June 2026 is still open - you've got until Jan 31st to submit panel or paper proposals. Exciting to see some already on our desk! #MBS26 www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/moder...

1 week to go until History Day - don't forget to sign up! Read about why History Day is such a fantastic event in this blog by Claire Langhamer: buff.ly/ySfBuWR #HistDay25 @senatehouselib.bsky.social

We are delighted to announce that MBS2026 will be held at the University of Birmingham, 3-5 June 2026! Papers may consider the opening day's theme of 'Polycrisis', but we also welcome all submissions related to modern British studies. For any questions please contact [email protected]

We're excited to announce the call for papers for #MBS26, the next Modern British Studies conference, at Birmingham in June 2026. We'll be launching the #MBS Association at this event, to support further regular conferences in Modern British Studies. www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/moder...

We are thrilled to announce the shortlist for the 2025 Stansky Book Prize for best book in British Studies dealing with the period since 1800. www.nacbs.org/news/stansky... @uchicagopress.bsky.social @oxunipress.bsky.social @stanfordpress.bsky.social @princetonupress.bsky.social

We are thrilled to announce the shortlist for the 2025 John Ben Snow Book Prize for best book in British Studies dealing with the period prior to 1800. www.nacbs.org/news/snow-bo... @yalepress.bsky.social @uchicagopress.bsky.social @melkatrey.bsky.social @asheeshksi.bsky.social