ICYMI Shirley's talk is now online 🗃️ youtu.be/WhIZcMDWpP0

Not to be missed!

Reminder - not long to register for our colloquium on Charity, Humanitarianism and Childhood - 22nd June 2026 in person and online; please share

Our next talk is in less than a week! 🗃️ Raphael Allerton, Rebecca O’Connell, & Helen Abnett will be talking about the historical and contemporary politics of providing food in hospitals. Monday 1 June 2026. 6pm. Online Via Zoom As ever it's free. Sign-up here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Our next seminar is next week! 🗃️ Prof. Cait Beaumont (London South Bank University) will discuss Women’s Grassroots Activism in England and Ireland, from 1918 onwards. 18 May 2026. 6pm. Online via Zoom. As ever it's free & all welcome. Sign-up here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

A few places remain! Join us for Charity After Empire: British Humanitarianism, Decolonisation and Development 24th March, QMUL, London E1 Book here eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launch-charity-after-empire-tickets-1981162909594 @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social @qmcbs.bsky.social

Obligatory "I wrote this" skeet: 'It’s Green Gym, but not as we know it' in the next issue of Medical Humanities mh.bmj.com/content/earl... It looks at the historical roots (ho ho) of gardening on prescription and adds a very tiny contribution to the history of tuberculosis treatment in England.

Our next seminar is in less than two weeks! 🗃️ Aoife O’Leary McNeice (University of Galway/Ollscoil na Gaillimhe) will be presenting their research on the history of volunteering and the River Lee Hydro Electric Scheme 23 March, 6pm online via Zoom Sign-up here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Our next seminar is next week! 🗃️ Peter Wood (Birkbeck College) will be discussing his research on activism in support for homeless people in 1970s London. 9 March, 6pm. Online via Zoom. Sign-up here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... As ever, it's free - all welcome 🙂

OUR NEXT TALK - in person. Monday 23 Feb at the University of Huddersfield, Oastler building. All welcome Full details Here: tinyurl.com/4a2khbtz

🗃️Our next seminar is in 12 days time! Wendy Wiertz (Utrecht University) will be sharing her research on Belgian War Lace and tracking its change from luxury item to humanitarian handicraft. 23 February, 6pm Online via Zoom. Sign-up here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... As ever, it's free...

🗃️Our next seminar is next week! Delzar Sadiq (Salahaddin University in Erbil) will be talking about his use of Geographic Information Systems to reconstruct forgotten volunteer networks in 19th-century London. 6pm, Monday 9 February, Online via Zoom Sign up here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

🗃️ The video for last night's seminar is now online youtu.be/_TbdujOX2Kc

🗃️Tonight! There's still time to sign-up - www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Our first talk of the season, HUDDERSFIELD TOWN'S THRICE CHAMPIONS: 100 YEARS ON revisits the glory years of Huddersfield Town FC in the 1920s. Monday 26 January, Oastler building, Huddersfield University, 7.30pm. All welcome - more details here: www.huddersfieldhistory.org.uk/event/hudder...

Looking forward to this!

It's publication day! My new article in Northern History builds on work by @millieqed.bsky.social to produce a study of the League of Hospital Friends in Halifax mostly using local newspapers. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📣Our next seminar is less than two weeks away! 🗃️ Penny Wilson will be discussing 'Charity trusteeship today'. 1 December, 6pm-7.30pm Online via Zoom As ever it's online and free, so why not sign-up here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

🗃️Two weeks to go until our next seminar! Marty Sulek (LCC International University) will discuss: Humanities and normative theory scholarship in philanthropic studies, as viewed through a Kuhnian philosophical lens 17 Nov - 6 to 7.30pm Online Sign-up here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

🗃️ICYMI! The recording of last night's seminar is now available on YouTube: Ruth Hansen, University of Wisconsin 'Managing Mission and Uncertainty in the US Civil Rights Era: A Historical Case Study of Gary, Indiana's Neighborhood House' youtu.be/OM6cblHhrX8?...

Time flies! Our next seminar is in 1 week 🗃️ Ruth Hansen (University of Wisconsin) Managing Mission and Uncertainty in the US Civil Rights Era Monday 20 October, 6pm till 7.30pm Online Via Zoom As ever its free. Sign -up here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

*Calling PhD students of modern British and imperial history in London* The @ihrbritainseminar.bsky.social's first session this Thursday (9 Oct.) is dedicated to PhDs, at any stage, for elevator pitches and meet-and-greet. Do come along! Details in the link. www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Aaaaand we are BACK! Our next seminar is in 3 weeks time: Ruth Hansen (University of Wisconsin) Monday 20 October, 6pm till 7.30pm Online Via Zoom Managing Mission and Uncertainty in the US Civil Rights Era As ever its free. Sign -up here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

📣 Call for participants 📣 Have you ever used any History Workshop Journal articles in your teaching practice? We’d love to hear from you for the 100th issue of HWJ! Please let us know by sending an email or feel free to DM.

Yorkshire Miners online! 74 editions from 1977-1983 - read the NUM Yorkshire Area newspaper in full through our online catalogue at mrc-describe.epexio.com/records/YMA/... Possibly the only publication to feature both Arthur Scargill and Dr Who (Tom Baker era)

🚨Call for papers on voluntary action history. 🚨 The Voluntary Action History Society 8th holds its 8th International Conference at the University of Liverpool, 2-4 July 2025. Abstract deadline 15 March 2025. ⬇️⬇️⬇️ www.vahs.org.uk/events/confe...

Our next seminar is in two weeks! 🗃️ Alex Murdock (London South Bank University), Liz Thackray (u3a) will be sharing their research on the history of the University of the 3rd Age Monday 3rd March, 6pm Online, via Zoom As ever it's free to attend. Sign-up here: www.history.ac.uk/events/u3a-y...

Our next seminar is two weeks away! 🗃️ @georgesevers.bsky.social (Geneva Graduate Institute) will share his research on voluntary action, paid work and the constellation of HIV/AIDS activism in England. 3 February 2025, 6pm Online via Zoom Sign-up here: www.history.ac.uk/events/where...

🚨Our next seminar is just a week away! 🗃️ 👉Ann Hindley will be talking about the history of community centres! ⏲️Online! Monday, 2 December, 6pm to 7.30pm 🆓Sign-up here: www.history.ac.uk/events/bingo...

Call for Papers! The Voluntary Action History Society is returning to Liverpool for our 8th international conference in July next year 🗃️ Papers on ways of doing voluntary action history are particularly welcomed! More information can be found on our website: www.vahs.org.uk/events/confe...

Our next seminar is tonight! There's still time to sign-up 🗃️ 👉Michael Romyn (Queen Mary University of London) will be speaking about Women’s Space and Community Action in the Neoliberal City. ⏲️6pm to 7.30pm. 🆓As ever it's free! 👉 www.history.ac.uk/events/women...

ICYMI!🗃️

🗃️ #LabourHistory Our starter pack includes historians, archivists, librarians and writers working on labour history. Let us know if we’ve missed anyone go.bsky.app/CUqdx9a

Just under two weeks to go till our next seminar! 🗃️ 👉Michael Romyn (Queen Mary University of London) will be speaking about Women’s Space and Community Action in the Neoliberal City. ⏲️18 November, 6pm to 7.30pm. 🆓As ever it's free! 👉Sign-up here: www.history.ac.uk/events/women...

⏰This is tonight! 👉Don't forget to sign-up: www.history.ac.uk/events/commu... 🗃️

Our next seminar is next week! #skyhistorians 🗃️ Dr Holly Smith will be sharing her work on 'Community Architecture in Post-War Britain'. 4 November, 6pm (in-person at the IHR and online via zoom) Sign-up here: history.ac.uk/events/commu...

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PhD studentship in History at the University of Hertfordshire. Do share among anyone who might be interested. www.herts.ac.uk/research/res...

What is digital citizen history and how can we engage with it? Hannah Barker and Stefan Ramsden discuss their ongoing project, our Heritage, Our Stories.

📣CFPs Tuberculosis: The White Death as a Social Disease 🌎 Alghero, Italy 🗓️ 26-28 September 2024 Deadline for submissions 30 April 2024 @sshmedicine.bsky.social #skystorians #histmed

Excellent play! Highly recommended.

Stuck for talks to go to in the new year? Our seminar series begins again in January with the English National Opera's Marina Jones presenting her paper: 'I want to die in the auditorium' 8 January, 6pm online via Zoom Register for free here: history.ac.uk/events/i-wan...

Tonight! There's still time to sign up 🙂

One week to go! Sign up here: www.history.ac.uk/events/recor...

The next Voluntary Action History Society Research Seminar is in two weeks! Paul Beard will be sharing his research on record keeping cultures at Child Action Northwest. 4 December, 6pm Online via Zoom. As ever it's free - sign-up here: www.history.ac.uk/events/recor...

Draft programme for this ready to go. Should be a good few days.