Looking to boost your historical research skills in 2026? Check out our range of research training and short courses. More coming in Term 3! www.history.ac.uk/study-traini...

The #London #SummerSchool 2026 is now booking on the theme of 'Sickness & Health'. From the Black Death to Covid-19. Use code HEALTH10 before 24th Jan to get 10% discount! Bursaries available www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

The @histchild.bsky.social conference is coming to the @sheffielduni.bsky.social in July 2026. Call for papers has been extended until Monday 22nd December. Please share - especially with research students and ECRs! www.histchild.org/pages/sheffi...

Just a friendly reminder that we have 2 funded Fellowship opportunities. If you're a PGR student or historian interested in this post, see below! Full details: historyofeducation.org.uk/hesfellows2026/ Deadline: 9th of January 2026 Start Date: 1st of February 2026 #histed #fellowship

How did the concept and role of the English soldier change across the late medieval and early modern divide? 'Change and Continuity in English Armies, 1453–1513' by Dan Spencer, a new research article in 'Transactions of the Royal Historical Society' bit.ly/44QK8Y7 #Skystorians 1/2

Over the past week, we've promoted a range of new opportunities at HES! If you're interested in a part-time paid position, or want to nominate a book for our next Book Prize awards, check our latest news articles for full information! historyofeducation.org.uk/news-2/ #histed

Book Review opportunity - Calling all PGRs and ECRS! Our Book Reviews Editor is looking for a researcher to write a 500 word book review for our journal, 'History of Education Researcher'. Interested? Check out our news article on this: historyofeducation.org.uk/bookreview20... #histed #edusky

A blog post from one of our convenors.

Join me online at 10am GMT this Friday for my talk: 'Straightening Childhood: The Le Vacher Machine and Maternal Regulation of the Body in Georgian England.' I’ll be exploring how mothers read, managed & reshaped children’s bodies through the corrective device featured below, and others like it 👇

It's the last seminar of 2025! Join us at 17:30 GMT online or in person at the IHR. John Broad will present 'Schooling non-elite children in the early 18th century England - new perspectives, new interpretatio'. Everyone is welcome. www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

CFP: Proverbs and Popular Wisdom in Early Modern Literature and Culture, 1-3 July, Hull @proverbialculture.bsky.social earlymodernproverbs.co.uk/events/confe...

How lovely to see good news about @susannequitmann.bsky.social , a previous speaker at Life Cycles.

Tomorrow at 17:30 GMT! Banish the darkness with a history seminar. John Broad will talk on 'Schooling non-elite children in the early 18th century England - new perspectives, new interpretation'. We'll be online and in person at the IHR. www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

We'll be meeting for the last seminar of the term on 2nd. December at 17:30GMT. Join us at the IHR or online to hear John Broad present 'Schooling non-elite children in the early 18th century England - new perspectives, new interpretation'. Sign up through the link. www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

John Broad will present the last paper of the term on Tuesday 2nd. December. Join us at the IHR or online to hear 'Schooling non-elite children in the early 18th century England - new perspectives, new interpretation'. Further details ar ein the link: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Join us tomorrow evening for 2025's penultimate seminar. Emma Marshall will bring us 'Remote parenting across the life-cycle: evidence from letters about children's health, c.1650-1750' from 17:30 GMT. Further details can be found in the link: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Do you hold collections that relate to the Holocaust, whether that be its prehistory, its aftermath, or the role of antisemitism before, during and after WWII? The European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI) are keen to hear from you... (1/3)

We will return on 18th. November with Emma Marshall, who will present 'Remote parenting across the life-cycle: evidence from letters about children's health, c.1650-1750'. Further details can be found through the link. www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

This evening from 17:30, we will host our next seminar. It is @sarahlimb.bsky.social's turn to speak. Her paper is 'Life-Cycles and Youth: Students from Colonised and Commonwealth Countries in London, 1918-1970'. If you are interested, do join us. www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Tomorrow evening! Join us from 17:30 for 'Life-Cycles and Youth: Students from Colonised and Commonwealth Countries in London, 1918-1970', from our speaker @sarahlimb.bsky.social . You can find us online or at the Institute of Historic Research in London. www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Tuesday 4th November! 17:30 GMT, online or at the IHR. @sarahlimb.bsky.social will be our speaker, bringing us 'Life-Cycles and Youth: Students from Colonised and Commonwealth Countries in London, 1918-1970'. Do join us. We really do welcome anyone who can interesed. share.google/DQxNQYtJa3EN...

Our next seminar is on 4th November at 17:30 GMT. @sarahlimb.bsky.social will be with us to present 'Life-Cycles and Youth: Students from Colonised and Commonwealth Countries in London, 1918-1970'. Do join us, either at the IHR or online. www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Our next seminar is this evening! Join us from 17:30 BST as we welcome @kmilne.bsky.social to Senate House to speak on maternal age in medieval England. I've seen the pictures & am looking forward to the accompanying words. Join us in London or online. www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

The BAVS 2026 Annual Conference CfP is now live: victorianist.wordpress.com/2025/10/20/c... We hope you can join us in Liverpool next year!

Tomorrow, 21st October at 17:30 BST: @kmilne.bsky.social will be with us to talk about maternal age in medieval England. Everyone is welcome to join us, in person at the IHR or online. Further details can be found through the link. www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Our next seminar is with Krista Milne, who will be speaking about medieval maternal age. Pop it on your list of things to do! Tuesday 21st. October, 17:30 BST, online or in Senate House. Further details including registration are through the link www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

@ihrlifecycles.bsky.social strikes again with another rising star! Huge congrats to @berrypillot.bsky.social for winning the 2025 @ihr.bsky.social Pollard Prize for: 'No Place to be a Child? The Persistence and Peculiarities of Children’s Play during the Second World War in London and Liverpool.'🏆🙌🎉

Congratulations to one of our former speakers, @berrypillot.bsky.social, on being awarded the @ihr.bsky.social Pollard Prize for best paper given by a postgraduate student or researcher within one year of completing their PhD! Berry spoke last year on children's play during the Second World War

On 20 November, I'm giving a lunchtime lecture at the V&A about my book Shoes and the Georgian Man. It's free, do come along! #skystorians @bloomsburyfashion.bsky.social @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social www.vam.ac.uk/event/xd9XBD...

📣 Seminar Tonight! Join Professor Lynne Vallone and a team from Queen Mary’s Women’s Health Research Unit for tonight’s seminar “The Foetus and Birthing Tools Across Disciplines” 👶 The seminar takes place in-person at the Queen’s Building, Queen Mary University of London from 5:00-6:30pm tonight!

Come and join us at History of Education! We're looking for a new editor for our special section 'Workspace'. Deadline is 30 October. More information here: historyofeducation.org.uk/e:oi_special... @lottiehoare.bsky.social @stephanieolsen.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social #histed

Our next seminar is on Tuesday 21st. October. You may join us online or at the IHR from 17:30 BST to hear Krista A. Milne question at what age did women become mothers in medieval Europe. Further details are in the link: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

This evening at 17:30 BST! We are looking forward to hearing @amywilsonstorey.bsky.social's paper and escaping current concerns to think about pastoral dress' correlation with femininity at the end of the C18. Have you registered to attend yet? www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Tomorrow (7th. October), from 17:30 BST, join us at Senate House or online to hear @amywilsonstorey.bsky.social bring us '‘Good’ Mothers and Fashionable Dress in Eighteenth-Century Elite Culture'. If you know someone who might be interested, pass the message on. www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Our next seminar will be with @amywilsonstorey.bsky.social on Tuesday 7th. October '25 from 17:30BST. Amy will present '‘Good’ Mothers and Fashionable Dress in Eighteenth-Century Elite Culture'. The abstract and details about attending can be found through the link: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Our next seminar is Tuesday 7th October at 17.30 BST. Amy Wilson will be with us to present '‘Good’ Mothers and Fashionable Dress in Eighteenth-Century Elite Culture'. You are welcome to join us in person or online. Details are in the link. www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

'Counting the Stakes: A Reassessment of Vlad III Dracula': new in 'Transactions of the Royal Historical Society' bit.ly/46iJfIU In this new article, Dénes Harai reconsiders the victims of 'Vlad the Impaler' (c.1431-76), the historical inspiration for Bram Stoker’s novel, Dracula #Skystorians 1/2

Dénes's new article is available free Open Access, as is all content published in Transactions bit.ly/486BF5d The journal's editors welcome submission of research articles and comment pieces, on historical practice and debate, from historians working within and outside education 2/2 #Skystorians

Tomorrow! - a celebration of the publication of the VCH's 250th Big Red Book volume nationwide! - Westmorland Volume I (from Cumbria County History Trust). Plus a look back at 126 years of VCH and how the modern project is still evolving and developing: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

VACANCY: we invite applications for a new job at the Society: Events and Academic Engagement Officer (0.6 FTE) bit.ly/3V8q5PC The post-holder will join our professional Office to help us support history and historians. £36,433 pro rata. Closing date: Sunday 5 October #Skystorians

📢 The CfP is out for the next annual @hexhistory.bsky.social conference. Deadline 30 November + conference in March 2026. Highly recommend this conference, brilliant people, ideas, conversations & saunas, being involved with HEX has been transformative for me 🥰. events.tuni.fi/historyofexp...

This evening from 17:30 to 19:00 BST: @yinkaolusoga.bsky.social and 'Did you know? Surfacing and Centring Black History in Literature for Children'. Everyone is welcome! Follow the link to register for the Zoom link or to say you'll join us in Senate House. www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Join us at the IHR or online on 23rd. September at 17:30 to hear @yinkaolusoga.bsky.social talk about her children/young adults' history book Black History for Every Day of the Year, co-authored with her siblings David and Kemi. Further details through the link www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Join us at the IHR or online on 23rd. September at 17:30 to hear @yinkaolusoga.bsky.social talk about her children/young adults' history book Black History for Every Day of the Year, co-authored with her siblings David and Kemi. Further details through the link www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Join us on 23rd. September at 17:30 BST to hear @yinkaolusoga.bsky.social present 'Did you know? Surfacing and Centring Black History in Literature for Children', relating to her new book. Details of how and where to join us can be found in the link. www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

We have the registration links for this term's seminars! Here is the link for @yinkaolusoga.bsky.social's paper, 'Did you know? Surfacing & Centring Black History in Literature for Children' on 23/9/25: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... We will be at the IHR and online, so we hope you can join us.

Get your diary out! The first Life Cycles seminar of the new academic year will be on Tuesday 23rd. September. @yinkaolusoga.bsky.social will start the new term with 'Did you know? Surfacing and Centring Black History in Literature For Children'. We'll be at the IHR & online. Zoom details to follow.

📣Call for Papers 📣 I am delighted to announce that 'Speech/less in the Early Modern World' will be held 23 April 2026 at Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge. Please share far and wide and do consider submitting a proposal! 🙊 Link to PDF version: bit.ly/4lZz80R

***CALL FOR PROPOSALS*** Routledge Studies in #18thC Cultures & Societies (eds. @profelainechalus.bsky.social & Deborah Simonton) seeks proposals for book-length studies on aspects of British, European, or transnational culture and society c.1680-1850. Full details: www.bsecs.org.uk/news-and-eve...

How lovely to have many new followers! As it is July I don't have much to tell you at the moment. The convenors are working on plans for the next academic year. When we have news, I will let you know.