Committee Nominations The Social History Society is looking to fill the following vacancies on its committee: 1 x Secretary 1 x Treasurer 3 x Ordinary Members 1 x Postgraduate Representative (to work alongside continuin…

❓Are you passionate about social history?

📣Come join our committee!!

Nominations open until 24 April! We would love to have you on board ✨

More information here: socialhistory.org.uk/2026/02/18/c...

Ahah it's not easy - especially when you're putting on multiple events here!

Are you a @socialhistsoc.bsky.social PGR member? Do you want to share your work? Or an idea that you’re working through? And want some feedback from a friendly bunch? Then please come join myself and @aayushigupta.bsky.social for our new work in progress sessions!

First one is 17th April at 4pm!

📣New SHS PGR Work-in-Progress sessions launched by our PGR reps @louisebell.bsky.social & @aayushigupta.bsky.social!

Informal, supportive space to share research & test ideas. Open to all history PGRs & ECRs working in and around social history. More info here!

socialhistory.org.uk/2026/04/09/s...

We are very excited that we will have a stall at this event, so please do come say hi to us if you’re attending!

Women’s Liberation: Gender Inequality from Suffrage to Austerity Pat Thane There is serious gender inequality in contemporary Britain and much protest against it: inequality between female and male pay and employment opportunities; sexual harassment of women and…

📣New book alert!

Read more about Pat Thane's new book, 'Women’s Liberation: Gender Inequality from Suffrage to Austerity'

👉Blog here: socialhistory.org.uk/shs_exchange...

Bookings open! It's going to be a fabulous event!

Festival of Social History To celebrate 50 years of the Social History Society, we’ve teamed up with the Institute of Historical Research to host a Social History Festival! The festival will feature two expert discussion panels, a series of interactive stalls (where you will be able to try your hand at historical zine-making and find out about some fascinating projects run by our members), tours of Senate House, an extended lunch for discussion and interaction, a drinks reception, and an evening keynote lecture. We warmly welcome history enthusiasts of whatever stripe. Booking details are at the bottom of this page.

Next month the @socialhistsoc.bsky.social is hosting a Festival of Social History! Come one, come all! 🗃️

Experts! Projects! Zines! Lunch! Wine!
socialhistory.org.uk/events/festi...

📣Registrations open for this exciting event from one of our members!

Public History Prize Open We are delighted to announce that nominations have reopened for our annual Public History Prize. The prize is awarded to a postgraduate student or an early career researcher who can demonstrate exc…

📣Public history prize now open!

👉Read here for more information: socialhistory.org.uk/2026/03/13/p...

BME Small Grants: 2026 Recipients We are delighted to announce the results of the latest round of the BME small grants funding scheme. This scheme is administered by SHS in partnership with the Economic History Society, History UK,…

📣We are delighted to announce the 2026 recipients of the Joint BME Small Grants!

This scheme is supported by @histedsocuk.bsky.social; EHS; History UK; @historyworkshop.org.uk; @royalhistsoc.org; @sslh.bsky.social and @womenshistnet.bsky.social!✨

socialhistory.org.uk/2026/02/17/b...

BME Small Grants: 2026 Recipients We are delighted to announce the results of the latest round of the BME small grants funding scheme. This scheme is administered by SHS in partnership with the Economic History Society, History UK,…

📣We are delighted to announce the 2026 recipients of the Joint BME Small Grants!

This scheme is supported by @histedsocuk.bsky.social; EHS; History UK; @historyworkshop.org.uk; @royalhistsoc.org; @sslh.bsky.social and @womenshistnet.bsky.social!✨

socialhistory.org.uk/2026/02/17/b...

Festival of Social History To celebrate 50 years of the Social History Society, we’ve teamed up with the Institute of Historical Research to host a Social History Festival! The festival will feature two expert discussion pan…

📣Bookings now open!

👉Celebrating 50 years of the Social History Society with our 'Festival of Social History' @ihr.bsky.social

Panels, zine-making stall, tours, lunch, a roundtable, & keynote by Naomi Tadmor

📅 24 Apr 2026
💷 from £10 for members

All welcome!
socialhistory.org.uk/events/festi...

@vahs.bsky.social @fwwsoc.bsky.social @sochistorywar.bsky.social @sshmedicine.bsky.social @ghsptampere.bsky.social @societyarmy.bsky.social @socialhistsoc.bsky.social @smh-historians.bsky.social @eahmh.bsky.social @eahnursing.bsky.social @aahmhistmed.bsky.social @aahnhistnursing.bsky.social

Politics, Media, and the Representation of Chinese Youth Suicide and Melancholy (1930–1937) In the 1930s, Chinese media extensively reported on youth suicides, commonly attributing them to patriotism, academic pressure, and economic hardship. Adult commentators overwhelmingly condemned th...

Great to see my PhD student @jianhaoxu.bsky.social's first article out in @cultsochistory.bsky.social! It's a fascinating analysis of media reporting of young people's suicides in 1930s China & how young people themselves responded to this www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #histchild #skystorians

Silence and Plurality: Emotions of Adolescent Suicide under 1930s Chinese Political Culture Jianhao Xu, Newcastle University. This blog accompanies Xu’s forthcoming article in Cultural and Social History.  The historical context examined in this study is the profound social and poli…

Jianhao has also written a short introduction to his article on the @socialhistsoc.bsky.social blog here: socialhistory.org.uk/shs_exchange...

@branchuk.bsky.social @baasusso.bsky.social @officialbaas.bsky.social @oah.org @historians.org @socialhistsoc.bsky.social

Termination of Twitter Posting The Social History Society’s committee has unanimously voted to leave X (formerly Twitter) due to ethical concerns about its culture. Over recent years, our members have become increasingly uncomfo…

📣The Social History Society’s committee has unanimously voted to leave X (formerly Twitter) due to ethical concerns about its culture.

For more information about this, please read our statement here: socialhistory.org.uk/2026/02/11/t...

We are organising a big "Festival of Social History" at the IHR, Friday April 24. The ticket price is an absolute steal for SHS members (join!). Trust me when I say this one's built different, it will be a hands-on day demonstrating how vibrant and engaged UK social history is. ONLY £10!

I'm delighted to be taking part in the Festival of Social History at Senate House in April.

With Professor Naomi Tadmor giving a keynote, my own panel on sources of social history, and plenty of time for discussion and interaction it will be great day.

Do join us! 🗃️

Social History Society Conference 👇🏾

Festival of Social History To celebrate 50 years of the Social History Society, we’ve teamed up with the Institute of Historical Research to host a Social History Festival! The festival will feature two expert discussion pan…

📣Bookings now open!

👉Celebrating 50 years of the Social History Society with our 'Festival of Social History' @ihr.bsky.social

Panels, zine-making stall, tours, lunch, a roundtable, & keynote by Naomi Tadmor

📅 24 Apr 2026
💷 from £10 for members

All welcome!
socialhistory.org.uk/events/festi...

Crossing Borders: Expressing National Identity Through Headstones in the Bradford Reform Jewish Cemetery, 1877 to 1935 Until reading this blog, many of you have probably never heard of the Bradford Reform Jewish community. They are Britain’s third oldest Reform Jewish community and are still active today. Bra…

📣New blog!

Sophia Lambert (@sophialambert100.bsky.social) on 'Crossing Borders: Expressing National Identity Through Headstones in the Bradford Reform Jewish Cemetery, 1877 to 1935'

#History #Memorial #Migration #Bradford 19thc 20thc 🗃️

👉Read online here: socialhistory.org.uk/shs_exchange...

Small Grants The Social History Society maintains a Small Grants Fund to support our members to carry out research activities and hold events. We give priority to activities and event that would otherwise remai…

📣Apply for Small Grants Funding!

Are you looking to conduct research into social or cultural history? Do you need support with archival visits, organising a conference, or buying specialist equipment?

⏰Our next funding deadline is 1 March

socialhistory.org.uk/funding/smal...

Small Grants The Social History Society maintains a Small Grants Fund to support our members to carry out research activities and hold events. We give priority to activities and event that would otherwise remai…

📣Apply for Small Grants Funding!

Are you looking to conduct research into social or cultural history? Do you need support with archival visits, organising a conference, or buying specialist equipment?

⏰Our next funding deadline is 1 March

socialhistory.org.uk/funding/smal...

📣You now have until Friday 23 January to get your proposals in - we look forward to seeing many of you in Lancaster in July!✨

Conference Visit the post for more.

The @socialhistsoc.bsky.social have extended their CfP for their 50th anniversary conference until 23 January! 🌟Do submit your paper or panel and join us at Lancaster University, 1-3 July 2026 📄 There's 8 different strands to choose from that can be applied to 😀 socialhistory.org.uk/events/confe...

If you've been sitting on the fence about submitting a paper to SHS, guess what?! You have a whole week more to decide and I'd strongly encourage you to submit that paper! It is such a supportive, friendly and fun conference to be part of! Come and join us!

Deadline extended until 23 Jan! Do put in an application for this conference - it's one of the warmest, loveliest and social (fittingly!) conferences there is in History, and it's especially welcoming to ECRs and PGRs!