Maria Jonn #Swedish photographer & businesswoman. 1889 sailed to Argentina to run brother's household. 1891 returned home to help sister in Fotografisk Atelier Lina Jonn, photo studio in Lund. Took over & built business, raised orphaned nephew. d. #OTD 16 Oct 1910 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_J...

I wish the teaching moments would stop coming at such a relentless pace 🤦🏻‍♀️

Tonight at 5pm UK time! The launch of "Essays on Decoloniality: Volume 2" by Anthony Neal, Simon Buck, Asha Varadharajan, Erika De Vivo and more. Free tickets: essaysondecolonialityvol2.eventbrite.co.uk (online only) The eBook is available free here: www.iash.ed.ac.uk/sites/defaul...

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

Winter Lecture Series: Finding Women in Scottish History Join us for a series of free, online lectures to explore sources of women's lived experience, intellectual and religious networks, and socio-political power in medieval and early modern Scotland. scottishhistorysociety.com/shs-winter-l...

If anyone needs a freelance researcher in London (or across the UK), I'm your person! I've reasonable rates, lots of archive experience & great recommendations from academics globally. I'm only teaching 1 module this term, as the job market is what it is. Therefore, I'm open to all work. DM me!

Unique And Curious: A Visit To Dennis Severs’ House on the Living London History website provides a richly illustrated account of a fascinating property dating back to 1724 and described as “somewhere between a house museum and an immersive experience”. #HouseHistory #OnePlaceWednesday

Published this month: 'Atlantic Isles: Travel and Identity in the British and Irish West, 1880–1940', by Gareth Roddy bit.ly/48Hkjfu The next in the Society's 'New Historical Perspectives' book series, available from 30 October: Open Access and paperback print @uolpress.bsky.social #Skystorians

Essay competition below for UG students with an interest in women & legal history! Please feel free to share with interested persons and contacts.

I've deleted my last post because the tickets have sold. Thank you so much everyone 💗

A real, honest to goodness, entry-level, permanent, academic job in Economic History! #Economic #history #ecr #academic www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOT480/a...

This looks very interesting and useful. Here are the titles of the chapters in this edited collection.

This! 👇 Finding someone who can understand a project's often quirky and slightly niche aims (& embrace them) can make all the difference to the final product. And if you use @greenleejw.bsky.social you not only get beautiful maps but you can also sneak eel pictures into your book 😉 #skystorians

Doing this talk tonight at Guildford Fringe - if you’re interested in suffrage histories and theatre histories then it’ll be the perfect way to spend a blustery evening away from the news… guildfordfringefestival.com/events/deeds...

@greenleejw.bsky.social has written a blog about the amazing maps he created for 'Deserted Wives'! With help from @bhamhistory.bsky.social, we recreated jurisdiction boundary lines & his final maps really underpin the book's thesis. Deserted Wives has 30% off: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/deserted-...

Great news! eprints of my review still up for grabs: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/JQYVV...

I won a prize 🥳 Well, Deserted Wives did 😍 📖 Thank you to The Society of Legal Scholars for a lovely evening and wonderful recognition. I am very grateful (as the cheesy grin shows!) Deserted Wives currently has 30% off: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/deserted-... #19thC #WomensHistory #sls2025

***CALL FOR PROPOSALS*** Routledge Studies in #18thC Cultures & Societies (eds. @profelainechalus.bsky.social & Deborah Simonton) seeks proposals for book-length studies on aspects of British, European, or transnational culture and society c.1680-1850. Full details: www.bsecs.org.uk/news-and-eve...

Exciting news - Prof. Sarah Kingston, Dr Nicola Harding and I are organising a special issue for @areajournal.bsky.social titled "The Geographies of Fraud and Financial Crime". Please see attached for details and share with anyone who might be interested!

At the World Economic History Congress in Lund? wehc2025.com #WEHC2025 Dr Jennifer Aston will be giving a paper ‘Marital Status and Credit: navigating the legal constraints of being a married woman in England and Wales 1850–1925’ on 29th July 2025 from 9.30-10.30am in Universitetshuset, Room 125.

Join us for the HA Conference 2026 in Newcastle Gateshead! We're seeking proposals for classroom innovations, research insights, and historical debates. Share your ideas and help shape the conversation. Call for papers: www.history.org.uk/go/CFP2026 #HAConference2026 #CallForPapers #HistoryMatters

I arrived safely in Lund yesterday for #WEHC2025 and I have taken up residence in an IKEA showroom. I keep expecting someone to come in and ask me if the sofa comes in other colours.

Want to make a difference for the people of #NewcastleCentralWest? Passionate about the power of science and technology to improve life in the UK? I'm hiring a #LivingWage Parliamentary Intern based in my Westminster office. Deadline is 1 August 👇🏾 www.w4mpjobs.org/JobDetails.a...

#History #SkyStorians @lselibrary.bsky.social are launching a Library Fellowships scheme to work with their archives and special collections, includes funding for travel/accommodation/subsistence up to £5k. 3 themed fellowships available. www.lse.ac.uk/library/what...

I'm beyond thrilled that 'Deserted Wives & Economic Divorce' has been shortlisted for the The Society of Legal Scholars Margaret Brazier Prize 2025. It is wonderful to see Deserted Wives recognised in this way & to share the shortlist with such brilliant authors 🤩 www.linkedin.com/posts/societ...

The British Records Association is inviting submissions for the 2025 Janette Harley prize, which recognises outstanding work promoting the preservation, understanding, accessibility or study of archives. Find out more: ow.ly/M8EB50Wqona #WeAreLocalHistory

I had a lovely evening at The Grand with ALCS tonight. Looking forward to more northern events in future.

The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh @rcpedin.bsky.social has launched a digitised and transcribed collection of 18th century case notes of Edinburgh Public Dispensary. Over 10,000 pages of records offering details of the diseases, treatments and experiences of patients in 1700s. #histmed

The FfWG (Funds for Women Graduates) Theodora Bosanquet Bursary is available to postgraduate women studying History or English Literature to finance up to 4 weeks of basic student accommodation in London during the summer of 2026 to support their research studies. www.ffwg.org.uk/grants/theod...

#History #SkyStorians 2025 @hisjournalha.bsky.social Research Bursary scheme is now open! Available: 1 ECR award & 1 mid-career researcher award, each worth up to £1,500. Deadline *15 August*. For further particulars & downloadable application form, see www.history.org.uk/higher-ed/re...

British Academy postdoctoral fellowships scheme is now open. The deadline is 1 October. Time to get talking with potential host institutions and mentors about planning an application for this year or instead waiting for a future round. (The scheme is annual).

Thank you for coming @djrgrey.bsky.social! And thanks also to my amazing fellow panellists @sophiemhistory.bsky.social & @ellasbaraini.bsky.social. My first @socialhistsoc.bsky.social conference has been an amazing experience so far - presenting in a pub was a first! 🍻#SHSConf2025

It seems that reviews are like buses! I was delighted to read @erinacean.bsky.social's generous review of Deserted Wives in @womenshistoryrev.bsky.social today. "[a]...significant intervention into our understanding of the complexity of nineteenth century women’s lives and economic activity." 🙏

If you’re at #SHSConf2025 join @drjenniferaston.bsky.social who’s presenting a paper called ‘Navigating Mental Illness in the Pre-1937 Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes’ on Tuesday 7th July 2025 as part of Panel 4 from 2.15-3.45pm in the E & C Lounge. More details here: shorturl.at/ojU0z

non-affiliated friends and colleagues this is good news!

Thank you so much to Prof. Sharon Thompson for her amazing review of 'Deserted Wives'. "It is a shining example of the best of legal history." 🤩 Please consider ordering it for your library 📖 www.bloomsbury.com/uk/deserted-...

📆Fri 4 Jul, 1-2pm: join PhD researcher, Kelly Bosomworth, talking about Claire Madden, an Irish-born, Communist librarian of the 'Daily Worker' and part of Six Point Group, an influential gender equality campaign group of 20th cent. @womenshistnet.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/who-was-cl...

Okay, this is obviously lovely in lots of ways. However, the homogenisation of the British suffrage movement to only include the WSPU and their colours does an unacceptable disservice to the diverse and hugely significant contribution the many suffrage organisations who fought for (cont.)

Call for Papers, please share! “Power Couples? Collaborations at work and at home, c.1750-1914” workshop to be held at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany 11-13 May 2026. Deadline for expression of interest 1 Sep 2025. Please see more info in the attached & email me if any questions.

Senior Teaching Associate in European Social and Economic History, post-1800 [Temporary Cover], 4 years, full time, linked to @trinityhallcamb.bsky.social and @camhistory.bsky.social Job description and how to apply here: www.trinhall.cam.ac.uk/vacancies/se...

What. A. Gig. 🤩

It's Friday! What a great day to remind you that I draw maps for a living. It's the thing that supports all the eel facts! I mostly draw maps for books, but I can do all sorts. Here's a few examples. If you need a map, you can check out my website for costs, reviews, etc. surprisedeelmaps.com

Very pleased with the cover design for my new book, The Secret Life of the Hotel! Thanks ‪@bloomsburyhist.bsky.social

Entry to the 2025 @britrecs.bsky.social Janette Harley Prize is now open. £500 prize for the best/most original piece of work published or made publicly available which has promoted the preservation, understanding, accessibility or study of archives Deadline: 31 July 2025. More details 👇

#History #SkyStorians #History&IR New issue klaxon! June issue, volume 110, issue 391 is now out! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1468229x... Includes Editorial from the new Editor-in-Chief Daniel Laqua, OA doi.org/10.1111/1468...

Who wants free books? These are some of the titles that we at @urbanhistory.bsky.social are looking to review. Let me know if you or a friend want one, or if you have other suggestions. First, @rebwright.bsky.social's fabulous looking history of mid century US energy regimes:

#SkyStorians #History A new review by Laura O'Brien of the exhibition 'Paris, 1793-94: une année révolutionnaire' at the Musée Carnavalet, Paris. OA. We'll be running more reviews of exhibitions as well as books in the future. Enjoy! doi.org/10.1111/1468...

Was so pleased to get the chance to read and review ‘Deserted Wives’, a fascinating exploration of this corner of legal history by @drjenniferaston.bsky.social. Highly recommend!

The first review of Deserted Wives has been published and it's a lovely one 🥳 The full review is here www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... but I've included a snippet below. Thank you so much @chloechallender.bsky.social 🙏 📖 available here: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/deserted-...

Campop blog #49: Levels of self-employment were low in mid-20th century UK: Bob Bennett explains how much higher they were in the 19th century, as well as who was self-employed and why @camunicampop.bsky.social www.campop.geog.cam.ac.uk/blog/2025/05...