2.5 year postdoc opportunity at CoE NARS, Tampere University. The focus is on the history of everyday nationalism and we encourage applications dealing with the history of childhood and youth. Please distribute far and wide and encourage great scholars to apply. tuni.rekrytointi.com/paikat/?o=A_...
📖 Check out some of the recent book reviews in the History of Education Journal.
In the first, Antoine Marquis discusses Briony Neilson's "Dangers of Youth" and its broader implications for class, age, the role of the state, and 'young offenders'.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
News of our seminars for this summer term is available!
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... Which ones will we see you at?
You can also look on our page on the @ihr.bsky.social website to see what we have planned for the summer term. Let us tempt you with our Tuesday evenings of wonderful history.
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
The last seminar of the term is tomorrow! That is, 24th. March. Jillian Southart will be our speaker from 17:30 GMT, presenting 'Just ‘a heap of rags and tangled hair’? : identifying the female scholar in London’s ragged schools, 1840-1870'.
Join us for history fun!
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Today we launch a call for the Society's next round of 'Public History Grants' and 'Conference Panel Grants', 2026-27: bit.ly/4lNt8ck
Public History Grants support collaborative projects by historians working in / outside HE; Panel Grants enable conference attendance on a shared theme #Skystorians
On Tuesday 24th. March at 17:30 GMT, join us online or at the IHR to hear Jillian Southart present, 'Just ‘a heap of rags and tangled hair’?: identifying the female scholar in London’s ragged schools, 1840-1870.'
Anyone interested is welcome, register in the link.
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Interested in environmental history? The IHR is offering a summer 2026 internship with the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH). Apply by 15 April 2026, 11:59 pm BST. More details at: buff.ly/Vzpz6G3.
In addition to today's guide to national history societies in the UK and Ireland, we also have listings of c.100 Record Societies.
These societies are central to our research culture, with a focus on regional history / primary source publications. Here is England: bit.ly/4sPSwk3 1/2 #Skystorians
🗣️ CONFERENCE CALL FOR PAPERS!
🇮🇪 The History of Education Conference is back for 2026, and will be held at Maynooth University, Ireland.
📆 Now, you can submit your 250-word abstracts - you have until 25 May 2026!
👇 More here:
hes2026.wixsite.com/hes2026mayno...
We are approaching the last seminar of the term! On Tuesday 24/3/26 from 17:30 GMT, Jillian Southart will be our speaker. Register below to hear 'Just ‘a heap of rags and tangled hair’? : identifying the female scholar in London’s ragged schools, 1840-1870'.
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
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It's a Life Cycles day! I hope that improves things.
Are you a mid-career historian researching 17th & 18th-century British Protestant dissenting traditions? 🏛️ Apply for the Dr Williams's Trust Library Bursaries at the IHR! Three awards of £3,500 are available to support your research in London libraries and archives www.history.ac.uk/fellowships-...
Later this afternoon, we are off to the Middle Ages with @elenarossi.bsky.social to hear about families dealing with their children going to university. Come along with us! You may join us online or in person at the Institute of Historical Research in Bloomsbury.
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
📚 Nominations for our book prizes are OPEN!
See below how to nominate a book that was published in 2023, 2024, or 2025, with our winner to be announced at our annual conference in November. 👇
historyofeducation.org.uk/book-prizes/
@elenarossi.bsky.social will be our speaker tomorrow at 17:30.
Join us at the IHR or online to hear her talk about the impact on families of offspring going off to university in the Middle Ages.
Every one is welcome. The registration details are in the link.
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Check out this week's interview on Digital Childhoods with Bianca Premo on the tragic case of the "youngest mother in the world" and what it teaches us about time, maturity, and Peruvian history: shcydigitalchildhoods.org/dir/jumping-...
Two great new articles on university history in History of Education
1. Tomas Vancisin & @aileenfyfe.bsky.social:
St Andrews records reveal how universities were embedded in British imperial networks.
doi.org/10.1080/0046...
Are you studying, researching or teaching the histories of gender? Try using the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH). It contains 670,000+ resources from 55 BCE to today! Find out how to use BBIH buff.ly/yD11954 @brepols.net
🎥 We’re interested in different ways of disseminating research. So, we’re trying our hand at short-form video content to summarise the core arguments of amazing projects.
🥘 Up first, here’s our journal’s co-editor @heatherlwellis.bsky.social talking about the @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social project:
Join us on Tuesday 10th. February from 17:30 GMT to hear @elenarossi.bsky.social speak about families in the middle ages as their children left for university and international travel.
We will be at the IHR in London. You may meet us there or online.
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Screen shot from the RHS website from the Join Us page. Text reads: Join the Royal Historical Society Closing dates for next applications: Mondays 9 March and 11 May 2026
Monday (9th March) is the next closing date for applications to join the Society as a Fellow, Associate Fellow, Member or Postgraduate Member.
Applications are welcome at any time, with future deadlines on 11 May & 27 July. Further details of Fellowship / Membership bit.ly/4rM2H9h #Skystorians 1/2
✍️ Fancy doing more writing?
📖 We are encouraging more people to submit a blog post to the History of Education Society!
👇 More here - this is an excellent chance to boost your writing and see more published online, especially for early ideas.
historyofeducation.org.uk/submit-a-blo...
@elenarossi.bsky.social will present our next seminar on 10th. February. Elena will explore the emotional impact on family life when members travelled internationally for university in the Middle Ages.
To hear the paper, you may travel to London or listen online. www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
🚨 EXCITING NEWS - SAVE THE DATE!
The History of Education Society conference is back for 2026.
🇮🇪 13-15 November 2026. Maynooth University, Ireland.
Find out more below 👇
historyofeducation.org.uk/conference/
This evening's seminar is 'The People without Age. Civilization, civility and the rise of European age consciousness in the 18th century' with Ludwig Pelzl. Join us from 17:30 online or at the IHR.
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Deadline extended until end of Tuesday 24th: if you were meaning to submit but missed the original deadline, don't worry!
This evening's seminar is 'The People without Age. Civilization, civility and the rise of European age consciousness in the 18th century' with Ludwig Pelzl. Join us from 17:30 online or at the IHR.
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/701308 Eleven Ages of Man, Gerhard Altzenbach
Ludvig Pelzl will present his research in our next seminar, 'The People without Age. Civilization, civility & the rise of European age consciousness in the 18th century'. Join us at the IHR or online on Tuesday 24th. February '26 at 17:30.
Register through the link!
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
