www.thelondonarchives.org/whats-on/mag... Get your tickets whilst they last! Selling fast! @thelondonarchives.bsky.social #MagicLantern

Why aren’t Police Records in England & Wales covered by the Public Records Act? We've been campaigning on this since 2012 - blog for more info: www.campaignforrecords.org/blog/why-arent-police-records-covered-by-the-public-records-act #publicaccountability of interest @andyburnham.bsky.social ?

History curious? You don't need to be in London (or the UK) to attend many Institute of Historical Research seminars, although if you're in Bloomsbury you'll enjoy doing so. Most are hybrid (online/in person). They're free, usually fortnightly and open to the public. Starting this week:

Museum of Cambridge are looking for a #Disability Heritage Research Volunteer, to work remotely, creating histories of people with disabilities in Cambridgeshire. www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/wp-content/u...

Keen to reach new audiences? We are offering up to £8k to humanities and social sciences researchers to deliver public engagement projects working in partnership with a gallery, archive, library or museum. Deadline 15th Oct www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/shap...

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #ancestors #ireland

This is going to be great! Hope to see you at the Festival of #BlackHistory @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social on Saturday 6th September. Book your FREE ticket here: billetto.co.uk/e/festival-o...

Medieval murder maps of London, Oxford and York. Guess which was the most violent? theconversation.com/our-medieval...

After the release of #KingAndConqueror, it seems an opportune moment to remind you that the deadline for the submission of abstracts for 'The Past, Present, and Future after Conquest: 1066, 1169' is the end of next month. #medievalsky #Normans @leverhulme.ac.uk

🚨JOB KLAXON🚨 @kingsmusic.bsky.social is delighted to offer a permanent Lectureship/Senior Lectureship, starting ASAP, in the history of opera and/or music theatre (any timeframe) OR historically European music c. 1780 to1900. SHORT DEADLINE – 31 AUGUST APPLY HERE: tinyurl.com/2t34j665 SHARE!!!

So I’ve started a #Substack to share stories from my new book #Heiressss plus general history thoughts now I’m free from the book, but I currently have a grand total of 4 subscribers! Please join me there if you’d like to. Any tips on dos & don’ts also welcome! substack.com/@drmirandaka...

🚨 To Detain or To Punish: Magistrates and the Making of the London Prison System, 1750–1840 🚨 📅 Wednesday 3 September @ 5:30pm 📣 @kiranmehta.bsky.social discusses the diverse penal landscape of 18th century London. An incredible book using many TLA documents! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/to-detain-...

We're currently recruiting an Apprentice Archivist in my brigade at IWM. It's a great role that will work across our Documents collection, a treasure trove of stories and secrets. If you're interested in forging a career as an archivist, this could be for you: share.google/3s2r85OOjAdb...

📣Applications still open for the Senate House Library Visiting Fellowships 📣 In 2025-6 up to two awards of £1500 will be allocated to support a fellowship of up to two weeks. Deadline: 15 September 2025 More info 👇 https://tinyurl.com/ykudv9tn

There’s a webinar coming up to launch Spaces, Places & Belonging! Learn about the new AHRC funded Community Hub, which will support inclusive, community led research across the UK GLAM and heritage sectors. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/spaces-pla...

Find out more about the ITS archive and how our expert team can support your research 🔗 wienerholocaustlibrary.org/what-we-do/r...

We’re looking for a Head of Human Resources 💼 You’ll lead the development and delivery of our people strategy, fostering a culture of inclusion and excellence at Scotland’s national library.

Upcoming talk alert! Former Cambs Archives team member Laura Housden will be giving a talk at the Museum of Cambridge on 14 August about the files of the Cambridge Charity Organisation Society, formed in 1879 to relieve distress of the ‘deserving poor.’ www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/event/mappin...

We're looking for an Associate Professor/Professor who can contribute to research and teaching at Cambridge Digital Humanities from January 2026 or as soon as possible thereafter. This is a permanent role with a closing date of 21 September. Apply now: www.cdh.cam.ac.uk/about/news/n...

We've extended the booking deadlines for our ARA2025 conference: In person - by 11th Aug and online right up to start of conference. Find out all about the conference here: openingdoors.eventsair.com/ara2025/

We're recruiting for a new role in the Early Modern team at TNA to help us integrate the Parliamentary Archives. I'm looking for someone with an expertise in pre-modern Westminster Parliament so we can join the executive, legislative and judicial collections www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOD893/r...

Fantastic opportunity to work at the National Archives as a specialist on early modern parliamentary papers. #HistParl www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/index.cg...

My @ljmuhistory.bsky.social colleague Nick White with the art’s organisation Bluecoat’s are recruiting a PHD student to research the global &imperial history of Liverpool’s Blue Coat Charity School. They want someone who can develop a community strand #skyhistorian www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

This is a fabulous opportunity to work with a fascinating collection and interesting organisation. Plus the subject is fascinating and valuable. Please take a look.

OPPORTUNITY 📯 Applications are now open for the @ducollections.bsky.social Collections Fellowships and Visiting Fellowships, enabling research across the historic collections of Durham! Deadline: 3 September 2025 More details at durhamcollections.org.uk

🚨 Job klaxon. Rotherham Archives are recruiting an Archivist (maternity cover). Deadline 31 August 2025. Great opportunity for a qualified archivist to manage an accredited archive service 👇 ce0351li.webitrent.com/ce0351li_web...

This year's #WorkExperience application window closes on July 30. Learn all about the work we do at the Linnean Society from every department: Collections, Operations and Engagement! Follow the link below for more info and how to apply:

There's still time to sign up for our hybrid Historic Wills Transcribathon, this Thurs 24 July, 1-4pm BST: willstranscribathon.eventbrite.com 📅🕐 Join us online or in person in Exeter & help us transcribe early modern wills 📜✍️ We'll email registered attendees with joining info in the next 2 days 💻

📢Still time to register for our Transcribathon (next Thursday)📢 - Join us to transcribe on Zooniverse, discuss interesting findings, hear talks from the research team, ask questions - Attend in person or online, for all or part of the afternoon willstranscribathon.eventbrite.com #EarlyModern 🗃️

We're recruiting for a permanent part-time Exhibitions Officer at @rcpmuseum.bsky.social. Come and work with me and some other, much cooler, people. rcp.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/...

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... Never heard churchwardens’ accounts used as comic material before! At @guildhalllibrary.bsky.social when he studied them and are now at @thelondonarchives.bsky.social - jump to about 20 minutes in if you don’t want to listen to the whole thing #archives

1-year temp. medieval lectureship at KCL, covering Alice Rio's teaching, closing date 20 July: my.corehr.com/pls/coreport...

Apply by 14 July to work with Andrew Dunning to make the Medieval Libraries of Great Britain project online accessible again - 6-month postdoc position @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social. Pls advertise, @oxmedstud.bsky.social @bkhistoxford.bsky.social medieval.ox.ac.uk/medieval-lib...

📜✍️ Sign up for the @materialwills.bsky.social hybrid Transcribathon on 24 July - details below! 👇 #history #skystorians #earlymodern #citizenscience #tudors @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social @cemsexeter.bsky.social

We're delighted that so many people have already signed up for our @zooniverse.bsky.social historic wills transcribathon on Thursday 24 July! 📜✍️ ⏳ Sign up for your free place at: willstranscribathon.eventbrite.com #Skystorians #history #EarlyModern @uoearchhist.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk

News | Largest collection of filmed HIV/Aids testimonies opens to public – three-year project was led by the National HIV Story Trust @thelondonarchives.bsky.social #HIVStory #NationalHIVStoryTrust

The Guildhall Library Transformation project is underway, and we would like to hear from everyone who uses the library. Please take this opportunity to help shape the future of Guildhall Library. Survey link: forms.office.com/e/ChSdMkPV8A

The London Society for Medieval Studies is recruiting for its 2025/26 committee! One of the longest running IHR seminars, we are also one of the few ECR-led. If you are a PGR or ECR based in London, working on anything medieval, please do get in touch! @ihr.bsky.social

5 yr Postdoc at Edinburgh - how and why digital participation is transforming experience of warfare. Data Viz, NLP, text & data mining, principally related to Russian war against Ukraine.

JOB ALERT 🚨 The National Theatre are looking to recruit a Digital Archives Coordinator. Further information & derails on how to apply here: jobs.nationaltheatre.org.uk/job/digital-...

We’ve just launched a free online course on ‘Born-digital research in the humanities’ reshaped.sas.ac.uk. It covers key concepts, ethics, copyright & accessing, collecting and analysing born-digital data. You can browse the course with guest access or create an account. All CC-BY-NC licensed!

Do you have strong organisational and financial skills? We are seeking a Finance & Administration Assistant who will be responsible for financial processes, office administration and support across our programme of work. Find out more and apply: www.scottisharchives.org.uk/latest/new-v...

A fundraising campaign has been launched by @york.ac.uk @uoyalumni.bsky.social @uoyborthwick.bsky.social to secure the archive of Ray Galton and Alan Simpson - the comedy script writing duo inventing the British sitcom. Find out more & help us secure the archives: yustart.hubbub.net/p/galtonands...

Today’s the day 🥳 Join us this evening at 7pm on Zoom to hear from @npritchard-pink.bsky.social about #JaneAusten and her experience of walking around the landscape ahe inhabited There’s still to register via the below link ⬇️ hampshirearchivestrust.co.uk/events/muddy...

#DCDC25 invites you to 'Choose Your Own Future': explore challenges, celebrate achievements & work as a community to find sustainable solutions. 🐦 Early-bird closes Friday 23 May:   www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/discoverin... 📆 Apply for a bursary by Weds 21 May:

Job klaxon! Senior Archivist at Cameron Mackintosh Ltd: careers.cameronmackintosh.com/en/postings/...

Not that I could ever work for such a morally bankrupt entity but honestly… being the Bond archivist 🤩 www.amazon.jobs/en/jobs/2979...

Still time to apply for the Head of Collections (Library, Archives & Museum) job at @antiquaries.bsky.social. Closes this Sunday night! www.sal.org.uk/about-us/vac... #lisjobs #museumjobs #archivejobs #heritagejobs #library #archive #museum #collections #heritage #rarebooks #specialcollections

Applications now invited for the Society's two Centenary Fellowships, 2025-26 to support PhD students complete a doctorate in #history. The Fellowships are held in conjunction with @ihr.bsky.social and are for £8500 over 6 months. Applications, by 31 May, are via the IHR bit.ly/4mybVDV #Skystorians