Are you a member of the Society? Lots of perks, including access to our journals, events, and academic prizes. Join here:

☀️ Fancy some summer reading? Our special edition in April covered 'Senses, Emotions and Experiences', arguing that historians have not sufficiently emphasised how educational life felt, instead focusing on accounts of policy and formal structures. Read here:

🇬🇷 Next week, plenty of HES members will be heading to Athens for the 47th International Standing Conference for the History of Education. We hope to see plenty of you there - if not, ISCHE is held each year and runs online sessions in the days leading up to it.

Bristol PhD candidate @busedp.bsky.social has written this article on her early research on gifted children in England. Covering themes of recognition, reframing, and healing, while also reflecting on the project's oral history approach. Read here:

🚌 Interested in a social history of secondary education in Britain? Historians Peter Mandler, Laura Carter, and Chris Jeppesen have an ongoing project exploring experiences and attitudes from 1944, and have made plenty of resources available on their website. Check it out 👇️

🇨🇭 Interested in how education developed in Switzerland? Amanda Nägeli reviews Ingrid Brühwiler, Lucien Criblez, Claudia Crotti, Marianne Helfenberger, Michèle Hofmann, and Karin Manz's history of institutional development in the 19th and 20th centuries 👇️

📗 In the History of Education journal, David Thorsén and Eva Insulander explore where museums found themselves in the jigsaw of a 'national public education framekwork' - and 'democratic welfare society' - in Sweden across the twentieth century. Read here:

🏂️ Gabe Logan reviews Eric A. Moyen and John R. Thelin's "College Sports" How sports became an 'engrained component in higher education' in the United States and its relationship with broader social changes in the twentieth century 👇️

An obituary for the late Roy Lowe is now out in the History of Education Journal, written by Gary McCulloch. Read here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....

📖 We have new book reviews in the Journal! 🏫 Mark Lewis Tizzoni reviews Alison John's "Learning and Power in Late Antique Gaul", exploring the 'social and political roles of education' and asking where classical education features in the archives 👇️

📗 Tyler Denmead sheds light on 'gendered racialisation' in English schools in a recent History of Education article, by analysing a character from the novel Dr. Wortle’s School and the racial thought of its author. Read here 👇️

Looking forward to presenting my paper at the @socialhistsoc.bsky.social Conference next week, about the experiences of working-class girls in the Tripartite Secondary School System in the West Mids during the late 1950s-1960s… not least because the weather in Lancaster is looking wonderfully mild…

What can we learn from the histories of universities and higher education, in Britain and beyond, to address these contemporary challenges? What do we learn about what is important in these moments of 'crisis'?

🎫 HES Conference early bird registration available now! Early bird available until 31 August. Registration includes lunch and dinner across the conference days and further details on accommodation are to follow in this thread... Secure your place here: shop.maynoothuniversity.ie/index.php?ap...

Do we have the data we need to make sense of education? Join this webinar on 30 June to hear how the education system could make better use of the data it collects, and how to fill the gaps that existing data leave. www.ucl.ac.uk/education-re...

TODAY's the DAY!

We’re having a great time at the Anniversary Cultures conference at the Senate House today. One more panel to come - followed by the Richard Aldrich lecture at 5.30pm.

Into the afternoon sessions at the Imperial-HES history of education symposium!

For anyone contemplating a history research degree, or finishing one and pondering what to do next, Becoming a Historian by Penelope Corfield and @timhitchcock.bsky.social, published by @ihr.bsky.social in 2022, is an invaluable guide. I wish I’d kept Hugh Trevor-Roper’s short guide for comparison.

Lovely day marking the opening of the touring/pop-up 'School Dinners' exhibition in the Houses of Parliament, which the @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social team worked on together with @foodmuseumuk.bsky.social 🍽🥪🥕 #histed @histedsocuk.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social @ichre-ioe.bsky.social

What can histories of education and childhood say about this new UK policy?

Summer School: Class, Culture & Discontents Free + free lunch. What's not to like? July 23-24th in Balham (South London) 11-3pm each day featuring some great speakers talking on some very timely topics Supported by @thesociologicalreview.org www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/summer-sch...

I'll be chairing a panel at this, which will include discussions of the 'new' 1960s institutions; the purpose of learning in universities; examples of further and technical education in the mid-twentieth century; and more. It's at 2pm on Thursday 18th - come along if you're around!

The last tickets available for the Anniversary Cultures conference at the Senate House in London next Thursday! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/anniversar...

We're delighted to be part of this collection of historical societies on BlueSky. We are better and stronger together - do have a look through the wonderful company we are in:

✨ One week to go until our joint @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social- @histedsocuk.bsky.social 'History of Interdisciplinary Education' Symposium. It's proven popular so we've upgraded to a bigger venue. 1/2

Next Thursday is the International Centre for Historical Research in Education summer conference, which will delve into questions of student experience, fees, funding, and relationships with institutions. Book your free place here! 👇

A very exciting Colloquium on Charity, Humanitarianism and Childhood at Oxford later this month 😁 Here's the link to sign-up in person - you have until Sunday 13 June! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/charity-hu...

A new article out in the History of Education journal! 📗 Essi Jouhki and Veera Moll explore how a history of supervised playgrounds in post-war Helsinki sheds light on the relationship between 'institutional structures and lived experience' in schools. Read 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Tuesday 9th. June at 17:30. We'll be joined by Oliver Mumford to hear an aspect of his doctoral research: "Intergenerational links between Catholic university students in the twentieth century”, focusing on the Catholic Mount Pleasant Training College in Liverpool. www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

A story that gets to the heart of the purpose of schools and education more broadly. How does history allow us to speak to this issue?

Looking forward to giving the keynote talk at this year's DEEP Day in Groningen (Dutch Expertise Centre in the Theory & History of Education & Psychology) Title: Beyond the Two Cultures: Classical Learning and the Making of Modern Science #histed @sheffielduni.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social

🎓 Next Tuesday, Oliver Mumford will be speaking at the @ihrlifecycles.bsky.social seminar about intergenerational links between Catholic university students in the twentieth century. 📍 The Senate House, London; 5.30pm. www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

🔜 On Thursday, our President Tom Woodin is delivering a talk about the Co-operative College in the UK and what experiences tell us about decolonisation, democracy, and the Cold War. 📍 Institute of Education/Online; 5.30-7pm. 👇 See more here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

📗 A new book review is out in the History of Education. Seyma Aksoy reviews Dzovinar Kévonian and Guillaume Tronchet's "Managing Global Student Migration in the Twentieth Century: The Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris Experiment" Have a read here:

🇮🇪 The deadline for abstracts has now passed, but there is plenty of time to register for the History of Education Conference in November. 👇 Here is all you need to know about booking accommodation:

Under a week to register for the Children's History Society conference in July! 👇

Want to get more involved in #histed? Did you know you can join the History of Education Society? Plenty of perks, including copies of the Researcher, attendance at our conference, and plenty of opportunities to get your work noticed and rewarded. Join here: historyofeducation.org.uk/membership/

🏫 TONIGHT! Catherine Freeman is at the IHR Life Cycles seminar discussing her research on girls' swimming lessons in the late 19th and early 20th century!

🌞 Enjoying the Bank Holiday weather? Don't forget to submit your abstract for the HES Conference - today is the FINAL DAY! 🚨

The chosen few The 1963 Campaign for Education lobbied for wider access & greater investment in higher education Their short film 'The chosen few'-online at warwick.ac.uk/services/lib... - opens a window into '60s education, highlighting shortage of places, crowded conditions & lack of opportunity

If you work in #histed, the deadline for submitting abstracts for this year's History of Education Society conference is 25th. May. The conference will be at Maynooth University, near Dublin on 13th-15th. November. There will be some PGR bursaries. hes2026.wixsite.com/hes2026mayno...

There are only five days to go to get your abstracts in for our conference in Ireland this November!

🎇💡All welcome to our 'History of Interdisciplinary Education' symposium on Weds 17 June at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social w/ @histedsocuk.bsky.social. 16 speakers across 4 roundtables, keynote and a great chance to make connections. ℹ️🎟️ info & free tickets: www.imperial.ac.uk/events/20984...

You can now register for the History of Interdisciplinary Education Symposium on 17 June, held at Imperial College London. A great opportunity to meet more people in the history of education ecosystem, and hear some fascinating papers: www.imperial.ac.uk/events/20984...

Next Tuesday, 26th. May, we are going swimming. This doesn't necessarily involve getting wet as dry swimming lessons will be included. @catgqf.bsky.social will present her findings from school records and newspapers detailing girls' swimming lessons, 1890-1914. www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

🥇 Congratulations to our journal's co-editor Heather Ellis on a richly deserved award!

The deadline for submitting an abstract for the HES 2026 conference in Maynooth is Monday 25th May. We look forward to meeting many of you in November 2026! hes2026.wixsite.com/hes2026mayno...

The School Meals Service has delivered more than 54 billion meals to schoolchildren since its creation in 1906. What do experts think needs to happen to ensure the service helps more children thrive? 🧵

Was lovely to talk about our @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social research tonight. Great discussion, thanks so much for the invitation and all the questions #histed #schoolmeals @histedsocuk.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social