This evening from 17:30, we will host our next seminar. It is @sarahlimb.bsky.social's turn to speak. Her paper is 'Life-Cycles and Youth: Students from Colonised and Commonwealth Countries in London, 1918-1970'. If you are interested, do join us. www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Tomorrow evening! Join us from 17:30 for 'Life-Cycles and Youth: Students from Colonised and Commonwealth Countries in London, 1918-1970', from our speaker @sarahlimb.bsky.social . You can find us online or at the Institute of Historic Research in London. www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Tuesday 4th November! 17:30 GMT, online or at the IHR. @sarahlimb.bsky.social will be our speaker, bringing us 'Life-Cycles and Youth: Students from Colonised and Commonwealth Countries in London, 1918-1970'. Do join us. We really do welcome anyone who can interesed. share.google/DQxNQYtJa3EN...

Our next seminar is on 4th November at 17:30 GMT. @sarahlimb.bsky.social will be with us to present 'Life-Cycles and Youth: Students from Colonised and Commonwealth Countries in London, 1918-1970'. Do join us, either at the IHR or online. www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Our next seminar is this evening! Join us from 17:30 BST as we welcome @kmilne.bsky.social to Senate House to speak on maternal age in medieval England. I've seen the pictures & am looking forward to the accompanying words. Join us in London or online. www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

The BAVS 2026 Annual Conference CfP is now live: victorianist.wordpress.com/2025/10/20/c... We hope you can join us in Liverpool next year!

Tomorrow, 21st October at 17:30 BST: @kmilne.bsky.social will be with us to talk about maternal age in medieval England. Everyone is welcome to join us, in person at the IHR or online. Further details can be found through the link. www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Our next seminar is with Krista Milne, who will be speaking about medieval maternal age. Pop it on your list of things to do! Tuesday 21st. October, 17:30 BST, online or in Senate House. Further details including registration are through the link www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

@ihrlifecycles.bsky.social strikes again with another rising star! Huge congrats to @berrypillot.bsky.social for winning the 2025 @ihr.bsky.social Pollard Prize for: 'No Place to be a Child? The Persistence and Peculiarities of Children’s Play during the Second World War in London and Liverpool.'🏆🙌🎉

Congratulations to one of our former speakers, @berrypillot.bsky.social, on being awarded the @ihr.bsky.social Pollard Prize for best paper given by a postgraduate student or researcher within one year of completing their PhD! Berry spoke last year on children's play during the Second World War

On 20 November, I'm giving a lunchtime lecture at the V&A about my book Shoes and the Georgian Man. It's free, do come along! #skystorians @bloomsburyfashion.bsky.social @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social www.vam.ac.uk/event/xd9XBD...

📣 Seminar Tonight! Join Professor Lynne Vallone and a team from Queen Mary’s Women’s Health Research Unit for tonight’s seminar “The Foetus and Birthing Tools Across Disciplines” 👶 The seminar takes place in-person at the Queen’s Building, Queen Mary University of London from 5:00-6:30pm tonight!

Come and join us at History of Education! We're looking for a new editor for our special section 'Workspace'. Deadline is 30 October. More information here: historyofeducation.org.uk/e:oi_special... @lottiehoare.bsky.social @stephanieolsen.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social #histed

Our next seminar is on Tuesday 21st. October. You may join us online or at the IHR from 17:30 BST to hear Krista A. Milne question at what age did women become mothers in medieval Europe. Further details are in the link: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

This evening at 17:30 BST! We are looking forward to hearing @amywilsonstorey.bsky.social's paper and escaping current concerns to think about pastoral dress' correlation with femininity at the end of the C18. Have you registered to attend yet? www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Tomorrow (7th. October), from 17:30 BST, join us at Senate House or online to hear @amywilsonstorey.bsky.social bring us '‘Good’ Mothers and Fashionable Dress in Eighteenth-Century Elite Culture'. If you know someone who might be interested, pass the message on. www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Our next seminar will be with @amywilsonstorey.bsky.social on Tuesday 7th. October '25 from 17:30BST. Amy will present '‘Good’ Mothers and Fashionable Dress in Eighteenth-Century Elite Culture'. The abstract and details about attending can be found through the link: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Our next seminar is Tuesday 7th October at 17.30 BST. Amy Wilson will be with us to present '‘Good’ Mothers and Fashionable Dress in Eighteenth-Century Elite Culture'. You are welcome to join us in person or online. Details are in the link. www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

'Counting the Stakes: A Reassessment of Vlad III Dracula': new in 'Transactions of the Royal Historical Society' bit.ly/46iJfIU In this new article, Dénes Harai reconsiders the victims of 'Vlad the Impaler' (c.1431-76), the historical inspiration for Bram Stoker’s novel, Dracula #Skystorians 1/2

Dénes's new article is available free Open Access, as is all content published in Transactions bit.ly/486BF5d The journal's editors welcome submission of research articles and comment pieces, on historical practice and debate, from historians working within and outside education 2/2 #Skystorians

Tomorrow! - a celebration of the publication of the VCH's 250th Big Red Book volume nationwide! - Westmorland Volume I (from Cumbria County History Trust). Plus a look back at 126 years of VCH and how the modern project is still evolving and developing: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

VACANCY: we invite applications for a new job at the Society: Events and Academic Engagement Officer (0.6 FTE) bit.ly/3V8q5PC The post-holder will join our professional Office to help us support history and historians. £36,433 pro rata. Closing date: Sunday 5 October #Skystorians

📢 The CfP is out for the next annual @hexhistory.bsky.social conference. Deadline 30 November + conference in March 2026. Highly recommend this conference, brilliant people, ideas, conversations & saunas, being involved with HEX has been transformative for me 🥰. events.tuni.fi/historyofexp...

This evening from 17:30 to 19:00 BST: @yinkaolusoga.bsky.social and 'Did you know? Surfacing and Centring Black History in Literature for Children'. Everyone is welcome! Follow the link to register for the Zoom link or to say you'll join us in Senate House. www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Join us at the IHR or online on 23rd. September at 17:30 to hear @yinkaolusoga.bsky.social talk about her children/young adults' history book Black History for Every Day of the Year, co-authored with her siblings David and Kemi. Further details through the link www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Join us at the IHR or online on 23rd. September at 17:30 to hear @yinkaolusoga.bsky.social talk about her children/young adults' history book Black History for Every Day of the Year, co-authored with her siblings David and Kemi. Further details through the link www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Join us on 23rd. September at 17:30 BST to hear @yinkaolusoga.bsky.social present 'Did you know? Surfacing and Centring Black History in Literature for Children', relating to her new book. Details of how and where to join us can be found in the link. www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

We have the registration links for this term's seminars! Here is the link for @yinkaolusoga.bsky.social's paper, 'Did you know? Surfacing & Centring Black History in Literature for Children' on 23/9/25: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... We will be at the IHR and online, so we hope you can join us.

Get your diary out! The first Life Cycles seminar of the new academic year will be on Tuesday 23rd. September. @yinkaolusoga.bsky.social will start the new term with 'Did you know? Surfacing and Centring Black History in Literature For Children'. We'll be at the IHR & online. Zoom details to follow.

📣Call for Papers 📣 I am delighted to announce that 'Speech/less in the Early Modern World' will be held 23 April 2026 at Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge. Please share far and wide and do consider submitting a proposal! 🙊 Link to PDF version: bit.ly/4lZz80R

***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...

How lovely to have many new followers! As it is July I don't have much to tell you at the moment. The convenors are working on plans for the next academic year. When we have news, I will let you know.

We are very happy for "history-curious" people to come along to our seminars, whether online or in person. Curiosity about history is what keeps us going!

Don't forget that we are recruiting for our new committee! If you have any questions, please email us as we are happy to answer. Keep on scrolling to see what roles we are recruiting for the next academic year!

We are out and about, at the lovely maritime campus of the University of Greenwich for Language & Communication in Histories of Children & Young People. Mary Clare Martin is chairing our first session

Join us this evening from 17:30 for the last of this year's seminars. @oliviaformby.bsky.social will present 'Speechless Infants’ Voices in Early Modern England'. Despite the info on the registration page, we'll be in the IHR & online. Choose which best suits you! www.history.ac.uk/events/speec...

The last seminar of term is next Tuesday, 24th June at 17:30 to 19:00. We will be at the IHR & online. Olivia Formby will present on 'the bodily and emotional character of early modern infants’ preverbal voices'. Further details and how to register are in the link: www.history.ac.uk/events/speec...

HISTORY OF EDUCATION SOCIETY ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2025 We are pleased to announce a Call for Papers for our Annual Conference, taking place at the Winchester Hotel and Spa on the 16th - 18th November 2025. Information: historyofeducation.org.uk/conference/ #cfp #histed #conference #edusky

Our next seminar is today, from 17:30 to 19:00. Join us online or at the Institute of Education to hear Emma Bradley present '‘It is the young unmarried mother who goes into a Mother and Baby Home’: child mothers and institutional cultures of containment' www.history.ac.uk/events/it-yo...

Join us tomorrow evening to hear Emma Bradley tell us how "post-war Mother and Baby Homes systemically addressed young unmarried motherhood through age-coded institutional practices". We'll be online and at the IoE. Follow the link for more details. www.history.ac.uk/events/it-yo...

Our penultimate seminar of the academic year is on 10th. June, 17:30-19:00 BST. Emma Bradley will argue "that post-war Mother and Baby Homes systemically addressed young unmarried motherhood through age- coded institutional practices". Join us at the IoE or online! www.history.ac.uk/events/it-yo...

How do we write refugees into modern global history? Join us at 6.30pm, Weds 2 July, for the Society's annual Prothero Lecture given this year by Professor Peter Gatrell on 'Refugee World(s)' bit.ly/44Q4MYT The lecture is followed by the Society's Summer Party. All are very welcome #skystorians

Next seminar: Tuesday 10th. June, 17:30 BST. Join us online or at the Institute of Education to hear Emma Bradley deliver '‘It is the young unmarried mother who goes into a Mother & Baby Home’: child mothers & institutional cultures of containment'. Details in link www.history.ac.uk/events/it-yo...

Are you a neurodivergent researcher who uses archives? We want to hear from you! We will be running our 1st Divergent Minds in the Archive workshop at Imperial War Museum on 4th July, 10-4.15. More info👇🏻. Sign up here lnkd.in/eUFBQg3p. Closing date for applications June 4th #skyhistorians

Join us this evening at 17:30 BST, online or at the IHR to hear @drdiongeorgiou.bsky.social present '‘Shall James K. Hardy be Renominated for District Judge?’: Classical Jurisprudence, Politics, and Patriarchy in A Family Affair'. www.history.ac.uk/events/shall...

Join us on 27th. May to hear our convenor @drdiongeorgiou.bsky.social. This is a hybrid meeting from 17:30 BST. Dion will present '‘Shall James K. Hardy be Renominated for District Judge?’: Classical Jurisprudence, Politics, and Patriarchy in A Family Affair' www.history.ac.uk/events/shall...

I am excited for this! I will be talking about how we can understand a history of the seismic rise of 19C literacy when it became the work of early childhood and infancy, and therefore, with very few firsthand accounts. How to unpick this problem? Can you remember learning the alphabet?

This evening! @layla-koch.bsky.social will present 'Raising “Little Doves” or “Birds of Prey”: Protestant Parenting Discourses amidst the Early U.S. Foreign Mission Movement'. Join us for this hybrid seminar from 17:30 BST. Further details are in the link. www.history.ac.uk/events/raisi...

Nearly time for the summer term to start! @layla-koch.bsky.social will start us off with 'Raising “Little Doves” or “Birds of Prey”: Protestant Parenting Discourses amidst the Early U.S. Foreign Mission Movement'. Tuesday 29th. April, 17:30 BST. Do join us! www.history.ac.uk/events/raisi...