David Engerman (Yale) will be giving a talk on his new book “Apostles of Development” on Monday 17th, 5pm at Queen Elizabeth House on Mansfield Street (Oxford Department for International Development). global.oup.com/academic/pro...

🚨We’re hiring a Junior Research Fellow in Economic History (Sept 2026–Aug 2029) at Wadham College, University of Oxford. It’s a genuinely supportive place to work. Happy to answer any questions. Spread the word! www.wadham.ox.ac.uk/about/the-da...

It’s not too late to sign up for this year’s Ben Pimlott Memorial Lecture, delivered by the wonderful Professor Helen McCarthy (Cambridge). @mbhjournal.bsky.social @historianhelen.bsky.social 25 Nov 2025, 6–9 PM King’s College London, Strand, London WC2R 2LS www.eventbrite.com/e/modern-bri...

junior position in economic history @ Wadham College Oxford

It’s not too late to sign up for this year’s Ben Pimlott Memorial Lecture, delivered by the wonderful Professor Helen McCarthy (Cambridge). @mbhjournal.bsky.social @historianhelen.bsky.social 25 Nov 2025, 6–9 PM King’s College London, Strand, London WC2R 2LS www.eventbrite.com/e/modern-bri...

I entered and didn’t win well over a decade ago, but the feedback was so useful that I worked on the article and published in tcbh a couple of years after! Great prize/process

the Duncan Tanner prize not only showcases the very best of early career scholarship in modern British history year after year, but the committee also give every entrant considered and generous feedback on their scholarship. it's win/win - do enter your work! academic.oup.com/tcbh/pages/e...

🚨This is the last day to enter your manuscript for the Tanner Prize 2025! The prize recognizes outstanding scholarship among PhD students in Britain and abroad. The winning article will be published in Modern British History and receive £500 worth of OUP books. academic.oup.com/tcbh/pages/e...

On today’s episode of In Theory, Disha Karnad Jani interviews Sophia Rosenfeld on her new book, “The Age of Choice," which explores how the idea of choice became related to what it meant to be free between the early modern period and the 20th century. @princetonupress.bsky.social

🚨We’re hiring a Junior Research Fellow in Economic History (Sept 2026–Aug 2029) at Wadham College, University of Oxford. It’s a genuinely supportive place to work. Happy to answer any questions. Spread the word! www.wadham.ox.ac.uk/about/the-da...

The Jervis Forum Review 144 Tehila Sasson’s The Solidarity Economy: Nonprofits and the Making of Neoliberalism after Empire "challenges the faith in the market, self-employment, and small-scale financialization solutions as a path forward for developing nations” –John Shields wp.me/p2Insd-7wz

Just came across this review of my book, which also has some very smart and sharp points of critique

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looks great. congrats ria

We are delighted to announce that MBS2026 will be held at the University of Birmingham, 3-5 June 2026! Papers may consider the opening day's theme of 'Polycrisis', but we also welcome all submissions related to modern British studies. For any questions please contact [email protected]

We're excited to announce the call for papers for #MBS26, the next Modern British Studies conference, at Birmingham in June 2026. We'll be launching the #MBS Association at this event, to support further regular conferences in Modern British Studies. www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/moder...

CfP: The British General Strike of 1926: New Directions of Research, 7-8 May 2026 @newcastleuni.bsky.social Deadline: 6 February 2026 More details: @sslh.bsky.social sslh.org.uk/2025/10/13/c... sslh.org.uk/wp-content/u... Kindly supported by @leverhulme.ac.uk #GeneralStrike1926 #GeneralStrike100

If you're in Oxford tomorrow, Udi Greenberg (Dartmouth) will be giving a talk about "The Birth of European Religious Pluralism from the Crucible of Nazism" at 5pm. Details here: talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/824... @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social

Are you an emerging scholar researching Black British history and looking for opportunities to share your research? Please get in touch with @oliviawyatt1999.bsky.social or Meleisa Ono George via contact info below to take part in this ⚡️ talks session @ihr.bsky.social (and please share widely!)

This is amazing. Huge congrats, Mo! @momoulton.bsky.social

Excited to welcome the inaugural Koch History Centre Fellows! These fellows are appointed for the academic year 2025-2026 on the theme: Religion and the State. @wadhamcollege.bsky.social @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social www.wadham.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-ko...

Excited to welcome the inaugural Koch History Centre Fellows! These fellows are appointed for the academic year 2025-2026 on the theme: Religion and the State. @wadhamcollege.bsky.social @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social www.wadham.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-ko...

Are you an early-career historian interested in radical, public and digital history? We are currently looking for two part-time, paid Editorial Fellows to join History Workshop. Deadline is at midnight on 15th August. See below for more details! www.historyworkshop....

I'm on this podcast! In fact I'm especially hard to avoid, because I spoke to Izzy about Labour and empire across the entire twentieth century, so I could pop up in ANY EPISODE

We are excited to share a new opportunity to research with our unique archive collections. Our 3 Library Fellowships offer up to 6 weeks to conduct original research that will provide new perspectives on our collections. Applications open until 22 September. Read more www.lse.ac.uk/library/what...

This is absolutely true: the boundary between "housed" and "unhoused" in America is brutally porous. Millions of people are one rent hike, one missed paycheck, one medical emergency away from homelessness. And there's massive investment in keeping that reality hidden.

Registration is now open for the annual @mbhjournal.bsky.social Pimlott Lecture! Prof Helen McCarthy will be speaking on “Family Stories: Retirement, Old Age & Generational Thinking in Britain since the 1970s” 🗓️ Tues 25 Nov | 📍KCL 🔗 www.eventbrite.com/e/modern-bri...

I am working on 'The Asian Mother and Baby Campaign' which ran from 1984-1986. I would love to interview any linkworkers who were employed by the campaign or any women who were supported by linkworkers. Please spread the word or get in touch if this is you! My email is [email protected]

At the risk of sounding sentimental, it's a bit of a dream come true to get to give this lecture. If family history, generational analysis or the ageing society is your thing, do consider signing up!

Registration is now open for the annual @mbhjournal.bsky.social Pimlott Lecture! Prof Helen McCarthy will be speaking on “Family Stories: Retirement, Old Age & Generational Thinking in Britain since the 1970s” 🗓️ Tues 25 Nov | 📍KCL 🔗 www.eventbrite.com/e/modern-bri...

🗓️ Save the date: Tues 25 November Join @mbhjournal.bsky.social at KCL for the 2025 Ben Pimlott Memorial Lecture, given by Prof Helen McCarthy on “Family Stories: Retirement, Old Age & Generational Thinking in Britain since the 1970s” 🔗 Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/modern-bri...

On the same day that the Empire Windrush arrived, the Carnarvon Castle departed Southampton with migrants leaving Britain for South Africa and Australia.

Over the next three weeks, we're highlighting the 8 articles and 8 books shortlisted for this year's RHS Early Career Article and First Book Prizes. Today we feature Beth Bhargava, ‘The National Front and Environmental Politics, 1967–90’, Modern British History bit.ly/43DNNrR 1/2

was such a pleasure to participate in this conference and hear about some amazing research in global histories of capitalism & the environment. thanks @mbrescius.bsky.social for a terrific event

The wonderful Tehila Sasson, Sugata Bose, Zaib un Nisa Aziz, and Sven Beckert during the concluding roundtable of a superb international conference. Vibrant discussions about the field and future of global histories of capitalism & the environment. Thanks to all participants!

I’m beyond excited for this conference: “New Global Histories of Capitalism & the Environment”! It also celebrates the tenth anniversary of the Weatherhead Initiative on Global History at Harvard. Stay tuned for the publication

We are launching the AHRC-funded project Sites of fracture: 20th century Ireland at the margins of capitalism, which I'm thrilled to doing with @kevinkosullivan.bsky.social @erikahanna.bsky.social Patrick Doyle, Aoife O'Leary MacNeice, Matthew Kelly, and an amazing group of artists and archivists

i'm really looking forward to reading this

Pals, do you know a graduate student who has written a fantastic, 6,000-9,000-word (unpublished) essay in German Studies? Maybe you've written it yourself? The GSA is looking to award the best grad student essay, as judged by @claudiakreklau.bsky.social, @dominiquereill.bsky.social, and me!

We are recruiting for a job at KCL History! 3-year early career development fellowship in Modern Britain & the World: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DND023/e...

Historian on sabbatical or funded research leave for some of 25-26? You might like to eye this Oxford visiting fellowship at Mansfield College: www.mansfield.ox.ac.uk/vacancies/vi...

Fascinating read — @whitproject.bsky.social’s important new book “Erased” #HistIR

My book THE SOLIDARITY ECONOMY is 50% off on Princeton University Press's book sale — now just $19.98/£17.50!! @princetonupress.bsky.social press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

My book THE SOLIDARITY ECONOMY is 50% off on Princeton University Press's book sale — now just $19.98/£17.50!! @princetonupress.bsky.social press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

I have a job open for an outreach and engement officer on my Joyce Butler project. Looking for someone with creativity and organisation to plan and run events. Part time for 18 months so might also suit a part time student. Delighted to discuss it informally. history.web.ox.ac.uk/event/outrea...

We're hosting a workshop on 'South Asian Women's Activism and Agency' on Thursday 8th May (draft programme below). We're delighted to have a brilliant group of speakers joining us. Our keynotes will be Amrit Wilson and Samita Sen. If you would like to join us, please get in touch to register.

Please join us on Tues 8 April @ 12pm EDT (at Harvard or via Zoom) when Maya Jasanoff (@europeatharvard.bsky.social) will speak about 'The Birth of the Family Tree'. Lunch will be served following the seminar! Click for further info, abstract and Zoom link: histecon.fas.harvard.edu/seminars/jas...

In 2020, Rolls Royce closed the aeroengine maintenance, overhaul and repair plant at Inchinnan near Glasgow. 700 workers lost their jobs during the COVID-19 lockdown. I was part of a team who interviewed the workers and we've now published their story in the Modern British History journal.

“Why is it so hard to let go of a broken system?” I have been waiting for someone to write something about the USAID cuts and the rush to abandon critical insights about humanitarianism (and and USAID in particular) and cling to already-broken promises. This by Margot Tudor is it!