The Polycrisis? Historical roots and critical perspectives in modern British studies This conference will bring together scholars to discuss the shape of modern British studies in an urgently unstable global context, termed a ‘polycrisis’ (Tooze, 2023). Featuring panels on the environ...

This conference we are supporting in Birmingham in June has an amazing mix of 40 panels - a veritable Choose your Own Adventure through modern British studies. It’s also the inaugural event of the Association of Modern British Studies! Great stuff here
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/briti...

I have a new article in @historyworkshop.org.uk that explores the resourcing of feminist activism in the 1970s. Come for the rants about typing, stay for the study of jumble sales as feminist praxis! 🗃️

academic.oup.com/hwj/advance-...

Guardian owner heralds next phase in Legacies of Enslavement restorative justice plan Scott Trust identifies priorities for communities in Jamaica and US Sea Islands with plans to allocate millions of pounds

Restorative Justice - Seeing the practical impact on certain communities and being a teeny tiny part of this truly makes me proud. The whole team works INCREDIBLY hard. Words can heal and actions can build.

www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ap...

How We Write Black Feminism Now YouTube video by Barnard Center for Research on Women

How We Write Black Feminism Now featuring Tina Campt, Edwidge Danticat, Saidiya Hartman, and Jacqueline Woodson
Moderated by Alexis Pauline Gumbs - www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MPp...

Archiving Bengal’s Revolutionary Women Oyeshi Ganguly explores how women in colonial Bengal played on gendered expectations to carry out radical anti-colonial action.

How did radical women navigate Bengal's 'age of fire'?

Oyeshi Ganguly explores what oral history can tell us about the female revolutionaries who took up arms against British rule.

The Guardian view on the Women’s Library at 100: a cause for celebration but not complacency | Editorial Editorial: The ups and downs of the collection launched by Millicent Fawcett make it an apt symbol of an ongoing struggle

'The Guardian' view on the Women's Library at 100: a cause of celebration but not complacency
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Want to learn more about what our project is investigating! Keep scrolling!

Voices of Motherhood is currently made up of five different research strands, the first of which explores the history of maternal and infant welfare in the UK after 1918.

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Picket at St Barts Hospital, London, in 1988. Image credit: Bishopsgate Institute. Photographer: Maggie Murray.

💥 Women Strike Back! – A new exhibition by Dr @saimanasar.bsky.social (@uobrishistory.bsky.social) is on display at St Paul's Learning Centre until end of June

Celebrating the stories of Black & South Asian women who campaigned for & brought about change in postwar Britain

More 👉 bit.ly/412N1Tj

Thanks to BBC Gloucester and Epigram for covering the ‘Women Strike Back!’ exhibition, which has been extended at St Paul’s Learning Centre. You can view it until the end of June 2026

Thanks to BBC Gloucester and Epigram for covering the ‘Women Strike Back!’ exhibition, which has been extended at St Paul’s Learning Centre. You can view it until the end of June 2026

Exhibition to tell story of Punjabi princess and pioneering suffragette Sophia Duleep Singh The Last Princesses of Punjab opens on Thursday at Kensington Palace

Exhibition to tell story of Punjabi princess and pioneering suffragette Sophia Duleep Singh

Job Opportunity at University of Worcester: Research Assistant (Voices of Motherhood) This is an exciting opportunity to join the team working on the ‘Birthing Stories’ project with the University of Worcester and the George Marshall Medical Museum, a collaborative project between the ...

We're hiring! We’re looking for a Research Assistant (0.4FTE, 12 month FTC) to join us and work with @gmmedicalmuseum.bsky.social.
Role can be held flexibly (though not remote); centres around outreach + engagement, archival + oral history work in Worcestershire
jobs.worcester.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

The wonderful Glory Oluwaseun is hosting a Black Feminist Reading Group at the Centre for Black Humanities, Bristol. Come along for conversation, community, Collins and Lauren Hill! More details on how to join and rsvp here:

March: Women Strike Back | News and features | University of Bristol

Women Strike Back! New exhibition in Bristol explores histories of Black and South Asian feminist activists in Britain
www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2026/ma...

New exhibition to explore histories of Black and South Asian feminist pioneers "Women Strike Back!"

Go @saimanasar.bsky.social! This new exhibition about Black & Asian women’s activism in Britain looks amazing! Excited to go check it out in #Bristol soon…

www.bristol247.com/news-and-fea...

The brilliant Vanessa Kisuule and (some of) the WCIF team at yesterday’s launch.

Women's Grassroots Activism Toolkit 100+ Helping to enhance the lives of women and girls for another 100+ years

Thanks to all who joined us this evening to launch #womensgrassrootsactivism #Activism100+ Toolkit. It's out in the world 🥳 & download your copy 👇. Incredibly grateful to members of @soroptimistgbi.bsky.social @womensinstitute.bsky.social #ICA & WI Northern Ireland who made this project happen 🙏.

The best way to spend a grey Monday lunchtime! Art, history, feminism, poetry, jerk chicken, and more. Thanks to
@saimanasar.bsky.social, the 'Welfare Citizenship and Intersectional Feminism' exhibition team, and poet Vanessa Kisuule for this launch event at St Paul's Learning Centre.

New exhibition to explore histories of Black and South Asian feminist pioneers "Women Strike Back!"

Thanks to everyone who came to the ‘Women Strike Back! exhibition launch. And to the team that made this possible: Abi Freeman, Sarah Howard, Sreenanti Banerjee & Siza Dube. It will be up for a few weeks at St Paul’s Learning Centre and Bristol Central Library. www.bristol247.com/news-and-fea...

New exhibition to explore histories of Black and South Asian feminist pioneers "Women Strike Back!"

Briefly here to post that the ‘Women Strike Back’ exhibition has just launched in Bristol. It explores the activism of Black and South Asian women. Free and open to the public. Pls do share the news.

www.bristol247.com/news-and-fea...

Our exhibition is today! We look forward to seeing you at noon!

Today is the International Feminist Day of Struggle. In 1910, socialist feminists around Clara Zetkin called for 8 March to become a global day of action for women’s rights. Today feminists take to the streets worldwide — the fight for real equality continues. 🌹✊

Anna Vignoles – Research: a collective endeavour In this Expeditions video, Anna Vignoles, Director of the Leverhulme Trust, dispels the myth of the scholar being an island and shares why we need to recognise research as a collective endeavour

This #InternationalWomensDay, we are proud to share a spotlight on Professor @annavignoles.bsky.social, the first woman to be appointed Director of the Leverhulme Trust. In this @expeditions.bsky.social video, she shares why we need to recognise research as a collective endeavour.

Women's Grassroots Activism - Toolkit 100+ Launch (IWD 2026) Launch of the 100+ Toolkit for Women's Grassroots Activism. A 2026 IWD Event hosted by London South Bank University.

📢 Just one week to go now to launch of our #Womensgrassrootsactivism #Activism100+ Toolkit to celebrate #IWD2026 & #womenshistorymonth📢.
🗓️ 10 March 2026
⏰ 5.30pm -7pm (via Zoom)
We still have some spaces left so come & join us by registering 👇. @womenshistnet.bsky.social @whaireland.bsky.social

Current exhibition | LSE Library Find out about our current exhibition drawing on themes within our collections.

NEW EXHIBITION NOW OPEN ✨
The Women’s Library at 100: Celebrating a Century of Collections.
Join us Thu 12 March to celebrate - meet the curators alongside colleagues from other archives including @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy @thelondonarchives.bsky.social
www.lse.ac.uk/library/twl100

Please join us for the launch of our 'Women Strike Back!' exhibition on Monday 9th March. The wonderful Vanessa Kasuule will be joining us for a poetry reading.

You can book your tickets via: ticketpass.org/event/ELVTJM...

Happy publication day to @uobrishistory.bsky.social’s Professor Sumita Mukherjee!

BLACK BARK FILMS Black Bark Films are a collaborative female led film documentary company based in Bristol, UK.

The SOMS research project is delighted to share another clip from 'The Secret of Her Success' documentary film.

The full trailer can be viewed on BlackBark films website:
www.blackbarkfilms.com

#humsbristol
#artsmatter
#bristolresearch
#womeninselfemployment
#blackbarkfilms

The Women's Library at 100 | LSE Library Find out about the various activities planned to celebrate 100 years since The Women's Library was founded.

We are celebrating 100 years of The Women’s Library, the UK’s oldest & largest book, archive & museum collection on the history of women's movement. Join us for an exhibition and year of FREE special events to mark its memory and continue its legacy. www.lse.ac.uk/library/twl100
@fotwl.bsky.social