@charlielynch.bsky.social you have a new article out?

Lovely Christmas present left on my doorstep today - it really is as amazing as I’d hoped -all 29 chapters. The illustrations look fantastic - big thanks to Lund Humphries and the editors. Never seen an academic book looking happier on a coffee table 🙂

Hurrah for this and that generation of feminists.

📣You have just under a month to send in your proposal for our 2026 Social History Society Conference - where we will be celebrating out 50th anniversary! 👉Find out more here: socialhistory.org.uk/conference/s...

What insights can feminists gain from revisiting the 1975 World Congress for International Women's Year? Natali Moreira explores this overlooked event using the Women of the Whole World journal archived at @fotwl.bsky.social 🗃️✊

When will this crisis get any attention whatsoever!? A THOUSAND ACADEMIC STAFF AT ONE INSTITUTION SERVED REDUNDANCY RISK NOTICES! And that's not counting what's surely being visited on professional services staff too. This is an economic catastrophe, to say nothing of the intellectual catastrophe!

New calls for research funding: bit.ly/44d2mTb Today we open calls for the Society's next rounds of 'Early Career Fellowship Grants' and 'Open Research Grants'. These schemes offer support for post-doc and later career historians to pursue research. Closing dates: 6 March 2026 #Skystorians 1/2

A twofold plight: for researchers and for Library staff (some of whom are also researchers). Past time for DCMS to take note.

Picked this up last week. You know your future uni is perfect for you when they have a bangin’ knitting book. These are on my knit list:

Excited to announce this is in production. A Fleece to Fashion tour of Scotland’s famous knitting sector taking in hand and machine, local and global, making, design, marketing and more. And it will be Open Access with @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social

This is going to be splendid!

This is very bad for access in my local town which needs this provision not to mention the jobs lost. The fact that an institution like this is reliant on overseas student fees is mad.

Winter Graduations are upon us @uofglasgow.bsky.social and what better graduation gift than Glasgow University Knits available to order online www.universityofglasgowshops.com/collections/...

Excited to announce this is in production. A Fleece to Fashion tour of Scotland’s famous knitting sector taking in hand and machine, local and global, making, design, marketing and more. And it will be Open Access with @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social

#SkyStorians #History @socialhistsoc.bsky.social 50th anniversary conference CFP now live! A Lancaster, historic home of SHS, 1-3 July 2026. CFP deadline 16 Jan 2026. socialhistory.org.uk/events/confe...

fancy! And so very Glasgow...

Winter Graduations are upon us @uofglasgow.bsky.social and what better graduation gift than Glasgow University Knits available to order online www.universityofglasgowshops.com/collections/...

Well this book has had a presence in our household for a long time but it’s finally published! Hurrah! Congratulations to my other half 🍾⭐️

So I've been reading the Post-16 Education and Skills White Paper. There's some good things in there. But when it comes to universities there's very little to cheer. The situation is very tough and will get worse. The last chance to preserve what we've got has passed. Let me explain why. (1/?)

A personal opinion is that if an archive is moving to ‘structured content releases’, it is no longer an archive but a private comms repository. What an incredible loss to our understanding of UK culture and heritage.

#NoKings event in Fairhope, Al. A woman was arrested for "lewd conduct" because she was dressed in penis suit with a sign that said "No dick-tator" 3 cops on a 53 yo woman.

📣 NOW ACCEPTING ESSAYS! The Leah Leneman Prize for research on women’s or gender history is open to students & independent scholars. Submit your 8-10k word essay by 22 Dec 2025 📅 Full details: womenshistoryscotland.org/projects-and...

These are not controversial subjects or contested, they're just not true. 🔥

Reform UK, which has a grand total of four MPs, was just given an uninterrupted platform for an hour and a half on the BBC and Sky News channels, in order to talk about its plans for mass deportations When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?

The BBC is a publicly funded service. Its archive should be open to anyone and researchers should not be beholden to the bbc to choose what we see. And not on only 2 days a week either.

100 Women's Rights Organisations, including @rapecrisis.bsky.social, @refugecharity.bsky.social, & @evawuk.bsky.social have signed a letter warning that attempts to link rape & violence against women & girls to immigration is a racist distraction. They urge the govt to address dangerous narrative

‘The real issue is change’: Edinburgh University’s first Black philosophy professor on racism and reform

An open letter has been launched today (27/7/25) for members of the UK academic community (academics and other university staff) to sign, to press the UK Home Office to facilitate safe passage out of Gaza for 40+ students with offers for UK universities. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Project Records Assistant 'to support a major records rationalisation project within our Heritage Department'- The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh cezanneondemand.intervieweb.it/rcsed/jobs/p... #skystorians 🗃️#medicalhistory #archivists

#Gaza: People are being starved, while a few kilometers away supermarkets are loaded with food. UNRWA has thousands of trucks in neighbouring countries, loaded with food and medicines. We are just waiting for the green light. Lift the siege and let aid in at scale.

Join us! We are advertising two part-time, paid Editorial Fellowships at History Workshop in 2025-27. Our fellowships support early career historians to develop expertise in public, radical and digital history & to gain experience of working in an editorial team. www.historyworkshop....

Lecturer in History- Ulster University - School of Arts and Humanities #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNU353/l...

My department at Lund University recruits 3 Associate Senior Lecturers (BUL) Gender studies: lnkd.in/dPzNNC7G; Social anthropology: lnkd.in/deXFaPXf; Sociology: lnkd.in/dK5BnZxz. Positions correspond to tenure-track (50/50 research/teaching) w/h permanent employment after 4 yrs. Apply by 31 August!

Two fabulous books written by two fabulous historians

And a huge thank you to everyone who organised @socialhistsoc.bsky.social 2025 conference, strand leaders, speakers, chairs, our fab keynote @kharveyhistory.bsky.social and the staff at the venue Black Country living history museum. Next time I’m dressing in appropriate period costume.

A rather special venue for @socialhistsoc.bsky.social conference - Black Country Living History museum. A unique vibe and a great event

This exciting fee waiver PhD may be of interest to members of @socialhistsoc.bsky.social @royalhistsoc.org @ihr.bsky.social @chppc.bsky.social @thesahgb.bsky.social @britishacademy.bsky.social @bho.bsky.social. Please re-post to spread the word, full details below 👇, thank you! #skystorians

Have you done some fun work with museums/archives/cultural spaces (anything beyond the academy, essentially) and want to tell people about it? Please do consider writing something for @socialhistsoc.bsky.social’s Community Exchange blog! #SHSConf2025

And come talk to me if you have an idea for MUP Gender in History series

Hello Social History friends! Come say hello at our stand. Unfortunately not all of our books arrived, but you can find a full list of new titles below. @socialhistsoc.bsky.social @manchesterup.bsky.social

So true but post Covid cuts and closures make research harder especially for people needing to travel to an archive.

Looks fab but the book is crying out for a beautiful cover!

There's no doubt that editors for academic publishing need more help and support to keep things going. But my god, this isn't it. I've published in a number of OUP outlets. This would force me to reconsider. I suspect other #SkyStorians will, too.

We'd love to see some #skystorians at this virtual book launch & discussion of some of the very newest work in #histchild #histyouth #histsex! Do register below, and we'd really appreciate shares/RTs 🗃

This was a fun gig with the legend Jackie Bird

📢 Calling all researchers! Women's History Scotland offers a Research Bursary to support work on women’s and gender history in Scotland. 📝 Applications close 31 May 2025 – don't miss out! 🔗 Apply here: womenshistoryscotland.org/projects-and... #WomensHistory #ScotHist #ResearchFunding

🔬 Applications are open for the UL and @universityofleeds.bsky.social collaborative doctoral studentship: The Hidden Gender of Collections: Women and the Curation of Scientific Heritage Deadline: 30 April 2025 Apply here: loom.ly/hXILBEo @camglamresearch.bsky.social