"A Global Mission of Faith and Freedom", a new exhibition opens tomorrow at Killerton House, Devon, including some findings from my PhD research. Free entry this weekend as part of Heritage Open Days! @researchnt.bsky.social Find out more here: www.instagram.com/reel/DOLKZAk...

CALL FOR PAPERS Our Call for Papers for Michaelmas Term is now live! Postgrads working in the field of Modern British History are invited to send a 250-word abstract and short bio to the workshop's convenors. See below for more details!

Today is the last day to sign up for this! ⬇️⬇️

🚨 Just a couple of weeks left to sign up!

A wonderful book and event to celebrate the career of Peter Mandler! ⬇️

If you're researching the Second World War, women's employment, intelligence services, experiences and memory of wartime (or all of the above!), this conference looks fascinating! ⬇️⬇️

Call for Papers: 'Charles Ignatius Sancho: A Black British Man of Letters and His World' conference. Deadline for submissions 14 July 2025. Conference will be held 13-14 March 2026 at Northeastern University, London: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

A really great opportunity for PGRs and ECRs to get their work more publicly visible!

Our next MPhil Dissertation workshop is this evening! 📍 Arthur Quiller Couch Room, St John's 🕔 5pm-7pm

A wonderful few days last week at the Gender and Diplomacy Conference in Sweden, where I presented my research on the British Council's gendering of diplomatic accreditation. Missing the fika already! ☕🍰

Looking forward to presenting my PhD research at the 'Britain, Conflict, and the Sea' conference this September - book tickets below!

The first of our MPhil Dissertation Workshops is today - come along to hear some of the fascinating research being done on the Modern British History MPhil Programme! 📍 Arthur Quiller Couch Room, St John's 🕔 5pm - 7pm

Reminder: our first session is TODAY! ft. our very own @mollygroarke.bsky.social 📍 Arthur Quiller Couch Room, St John's 🕔 5pm - 6.30pm

We're delighted to release our programme for Easter Term! 🎉 Lots of exciting talks coming up, including two MPhil Dissertation Workshops. First session this Thursday, 1st May!

Just two days left before the deadline!!

Nine days left to submit an abstract for our Easter Term programme!

🚨 CALL FOR PAPERS Our Easter Term Call for Papers is now out! Open to all PG students and ECRs working in Modern British History - deadline 18th April.

Just four days left until the deadline for this!

Excellent opportunity for postgrads working in this area!

Join us tomorrow for two excellent papers (and an LSE special with @nasro.bsky.social and Ryoya Mizuno!) Pancakes provided! 📍Boys Smith Room, St John's 🕔 5pm - 6.30pm

🚨 This evening!! 📍 Arthur Quiller Couch Room, St John's 🕔 5pm - 6.30pm

Join us this Thursday, 6th Feb, for two excellent papers (ft. one of our convenors!). Refreshments provided. 📍Arthur Quiller Couch Room, St John's 🕔 5pm - 6.30pm

🚨 TERM CARD! We're delighted to release our programme for Lent Term - join us either in-person at St John's or online!

Just six days left to submit to our Lent Term Call for Papers - deadline 10th January!

We're pleased to announce the Call for Papers for our Lent Term programme. The deadline is 10th January 2025. Please share widely with anyone who might be interested. We look forward to reading your abstracts!

Come hear me talk about the new ways of imagining life after work that took root in the later 20th century (featuring these guys).

Join us on Wednesday for our final session of term and two excellent papers! There may or may not be Christmas-themed refreshments... 👀 📍 Boys Smith Room, St John's College 🕔 5pm - 6.30pm

PhD students: you are ALWAYS welcome at IHR seminars. You don't need to sign up in advance, you don't need to have an introduction, you don't need to be based at a London institution and you don't need to be able to 'prove' that you're working on something 'relevant'. No gate-keeping at the IHR!

Our starter pack is now full! 150 people and organisations working on the history of contemporary Europe. From PGRs to Professors Emeriti, and everyone in between - find a contemporary European historian near you! go.bsky.app/SU3jCJb

Join us tomorrow, 20th November, for our second session of term - we'll have two papers on British fascism and linguistic identities in colonial India. Refreshments provided! 🕔 5pm - 6.30pm 📍 Boys Smith Room, St John's College

Since I'm new here, can I re-up a project of which I am v proud? It's the complete Eric Hobsbawm Bibliography - a fully searchable database of all his published & unpublished works + a set of curated thematic lists to introduce select topics. It was a labour of love. Link: hobsbawm.shca.ed.ac.uk

Very happy to see my new article published, 'Constructing the Antislavery Hero'. Thanks to all who helped and advised along the way!

Join us this evening for the first of our sessions! We'll have two excellent papers, refreshments provided and everyone is welcome to join us for a drink afterwards! ⏲️ 5pm - 6.30pm 📍 Boys Smith Room, St John's College

Can anyone recommend a good voice recorder? It's intended for oral history stuff (but not for archival deposit)

CALL FOR PAPERS: 'British History Today' Conference, 1-2 May 2025. Great to see this initiative from colleagues in the new Queen Mary Centre for British Studies. See the link and below for details. Proposals due on 24 January 2025. projects.history.qmul.ac.uk/qmcbs/

Hello Bluesky! Here's our programme for this term - lots of exciting papers coming up!