Just one week left to submit papers for the 5th Early Modern British and Irish Catholicism conference! Proposals are welcome from researchers at all career stages working on the 16th to the late 18th century #skystorians #CathHist #history #bookhistory #catholicism #nuntastic

#SkyStorians #History Triple new article drop! From forthcoming Churchill special issue first up Thomas Otte's 'Churchill and Germany: A "Special" Relationship', doi.org/10.1111/1468...

It’s really lovely to see @cathfeely.bsky.social & my Creative History in the Classroom Forum out in @hisjournalha.bsky.social. There’s lots of suggestions here for using creativity from activities, assessments, to why now… onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1468229x... #skyhistorians #highereducation

Of especial interest for UK researchers, research institutes/organisations and/or partnerships with higher education expertise and the ability to measure social & cultural infrastructure. Deadline 17:00 GMT 4 February; duration 10 months; value c. £60k. 1/2

📣 We’re hiring! The History of Parliament are seeking a Research Fellow for our House of Lords 1660-1832 project. @georgianlords.bsky.social We’re looking for a historian with a PhD in 18thC British political or cultural history to join our expert team. 🔗 Details below: #AcademicJobs #HistoryJobs

Now in #paperback, The Life and Death of States by Natasha Wheatley is an intellectual #history of sovereignty that reveals how the Habsburg Empire became a crucible for our contemporary world order. Read a free preview and save 30% with code PUP30: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb... #ReadUP

This looks great 👇 #HistIR

Some professional news: I'm now hiring two postdocs to be part of the research project I'm leading on global republicanism and the making of democratic cultures in the early 19th century. If you know someone for whom this may be relevant, don't hesitate to let them know. www.au.dk/om/stillinge...

#Skystorians #History Job opportunity: @histparl.bsky.social are recruiting a Research Fellow for their 1660-1832 House of Lords project; initially for 3 years; would suit historian of long 18th century; deadline 16 Feb, see historyofparliament.com/2026/01/12/v...

📣3 days to go until the deadline - we can't wait to see you for our 50th anniversary in Lancaster!

Retired or soon to be retired UK HE or IRO researcher, or 'retired' but still holding PT position up to 0.5FTE? Awards of £k-£24 k available from @leverhulme.ac.uk to support your research. The deadline is 4pm 29 January 2026.

#Skystorians #History New article klaxon! Bright Alozie and Timothy Chibuike Anyanwu's ' "Feet on the Ball, Minds on their Rights2: Women, Football and Protests in Eastern Nigeria, 1892-1975', doi.org/10.1111/1468...

Applications for Fellowship of the Society are welcome at any time with the next closing dates on 9 March and 11 May 2026: bit.ly/4qFS7iR We welcome applications from historians working in any field of research. Fellows are active both within the UK and 72 other countries worldwide 2/2

Eilish is an excellent scholar and researcher, if you know of anything going, please drop her a line.

6 February deadline. Obviously a very difficult time in the history of academia to ask for voluntary labour, but our ability to publish in peer-reviewed journals relies upon it, and it's a great way of both using and developing expertise. Open to current Fellows of the Royal Hist. Soc. #Skystorians

This afternoon (4pm GMT) join the editors @jbritishstudies.bsky.social who are hosting a 'Listening Session for UK-based Scholars' bit.ly/4qGulmV JBS would like to hear more about the current academic climate in the UK and the publishing challenges this poses. Online & open to all #Skystorians 1/2

If you're looking for #history networks on BlueSky in 2026, our Starter Pack - recently updated - has details of 150 leading societies, organisations and groups active in the UK and Ireland bit.ly/4ptl0On #Skystorians

Check out Sophie Scott-Brown's fascinating new article (the 3rd in our article series on rethinking internationalism) on 'Internationalism as Encounter: Grassroots Diplomacy on the San Francisco-to-Moscow March, 1960–61' with @hisjournalha.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

#History #SkyStorians @hisjournalha.bsky.social is at the @historians.org 8-11 January! For details about meeting the editor, Daniel Laqua, to discuss submissions see flyer!

I am speaking with Dan Frost about my book at Housmans Bookshop on 21 January 2026. Booking form is now available: housmans.com/event/book-t...

The British Academy International Fellowship scheme opens 15 January (final deadline 11 March). If you are an international early career researcher interested in applying through the Centre for American Studies or Centre for the Study of Sexual Dissidence, please get in touch asap.

Come work with us! The History Department at the University of Guelph has launched our search for a tenure-track position in the History of the Middle East. careers.uoguelph.ca/job/Guelph-A...

Help! Banbury Museum has been told that Cherwell District Council is cancelling ALL of its core funding. There is a very tight deadline - Friday 19th December - to tell the Council what you think. Please respond to the consultation and share this post www.banburymuseum.org/news/no-fund...

Now an annual tradition at History Workshop, members of the team share their "Radical Reads" for 2025.

We're now welcoming abstracts for our 2026 conference, on the theme of 'Violence in the Medieval and Early Modern North'! The deadline is 15 January.

Thrilled about this new grant we are offering for under-represented early career scholars. The first cycle is for scholars in history and area studies. Please spread the word widely. @universitypress.cambridge.org ********************************* Read more here: 🔗 cup.org/4pF5xvr

Are you a Cambridge UTO or CTO working in the arts, humanities, and social sciences? Join our thriving community for a term and have the opportunity to advance a major research project in a supportive and intellectually stimulating environment ⏳ Apply by 12pm on 19 Jan 2026 https://bit.ly/48ggnjZ

@iismm.ehess.fr EUI’s History department welcomes projects in Mediterranean history, Ottoman history, and the history of the Middle East and North Africa. iismm.hypotheses.org/138943 #phd #phdfunding #ottoman #history #skystorians #academicsky #phdstudentships

Absolutely delighted to see that my article on Catholic chapels in Ireland from the 1790s to the 1820s is now available in Architectural History, the journal of the SAHGB - a real career dream come true to have an article in this journal, I must say! #skystorians www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

A final festive reminder about our conference before we sign off for the year. The programme is now available on our website and everyone is invited to sign up (free of charge) via the link below. ✨ Merry Christmas! ✨

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

"The inaugural grant will enable the beneficiaries to develop their first-book manuscripts by providing £1,000/US$1,300 and additional editorial support over a period of 12 months. The first grant will support early career scholars in History and Areas Studies."

This week we launch a new programme for early career researchers with @ihr.bsky.social & @chalkefestival.bsky.social 'Pitch my Project' is an opportunity for early career historians to present their research at the 2026 Chalke History Festival bit.ly/44kfUMM Applications now invited #Skystorians

Happy to share the CFP for next year's Social Science History Association conference under the leadership of Ho-fung Hung - "Decentering Modernity." Proposals due by March 1 - details here: ssha2026.ssha.org

How history is done at Cambridge > Anniversary-year lectures now published in @historicaljnl.bsky.social, reflecting on the place of ‘Cambridge history’ in the wider discipline and profession. Read & watch the lectures from Prof Ludmilla Jordanova, Prof Sir David Cannadine & Prof Michael Bentley ⬇️

📣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...

Wapping at Forty: the strike that made the modern media. One-day seminar at the Marx Memorial Library to mark the anniversary of the Murdoch News International dispute. Book now: online/in person. sslh.org.uk/2025/12/17/s...

The Eighteenth-Century Ireland Society has a new website that is well-worth checking out for details of the annual conference, journal, and news of the inaugural ECR bursary, which was awarded to @mzukovs.bsky.social. The next bursary will be announced shortly. www.ecis.ie/news-events/

2/2 For more on Chartism's dynamic relationship with chattel slavery and abolition in the Caribbean and USA see www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Get your hands on this next year. As well as a deeply insightful thinker on the culture and history of this island, Stephen is a wonderful writer and this is sure to be a cracking read.

A nice surprise this morning: my article on prison reform from below is out! I believe it’s open access but let me know if you can’t get a copy and would like one. academic.oup.com/histres/adva...

Can anyone who has used the National Archives of India recently explain what current entry requirements are? They seem to have changed from getting a letter of introduction from your consulate and institution to getting a 'character certificate': nationalarchives.nic.in/research-and...

#Skystorians #History On the, er, 16th day of December @hisjournalha.bsky.social gave to me two book reviews and a new article! First up, Henry Summerson & Caroline Barron's 'Lives at Stake: Attitudes and Responses to the Burning of Women in Medieval England, c. 1200-1450', doi.org/10.1111/1468...

Oxford University Press @academic.oup.com is pleased to announce that the First Book Prize will open for submissions in Jan 2026. The prize offers up to 10 early-career researchers the opportunity to publish their first academic book fully open access on Oxford Academic, with the full OA fee waived.

Hooray! The British Library has just released a beta version of its rebuilt Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue: searcharchives.bl.uk 2,619 hits for 'petition' in Western Manuscripts, texts in English, in case you're curious. 🗃️

Check out the fab website of our project on histories of prediction, 'imagining tomorrow'! Its sleek design presents our conferences, exhibition and publications, including original artwork. I had a great time working with this wonderful team and I hope you enjoy the outcome!

the Department of History at the University of Toronto is searching for a historian of Ukraine at the associate/full professor level I am happy to answer any questions (or direct you to folks at U of T who can answer them if I can't) jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

The British Library have a searchable interim Archives & Manuscripts Catalogues up & running: searcharchives.bl.uk (posting for all the folks who, like me, had somehow managed to miss this important development)

If you’re a #Humanities #ECR & in/willing to travel to York on 17 December, join me & the @historylabplus.bsky.social team for our 2025 ‘Christmas Connections’ event, a FREE & informal opportunity to support each other, build professional connections, & sample the city’s heritage & eatables. 👇&🧵

I'm on the New Books Network podcast discussing Contested Commons with Miranda Melcher. @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social newbooksnetwork.com/contested-co...