Research funding for historians: the Society currently invites applications for 5 grant programmes: to support individual and project-based research by historians across a range of career stages bit.ly/4vzzNeB.
Closing dates for eligible applicants fall between 8 May and 5 June 2026 #Skystorians
A bright coral red graphic with black and white Yugoslavian stamps accross the bottom. Text in the centre reads Cold War Socialism, Non-Alignment and Anti-Colonialism in the Yugoslav Press, 1961 - 1979. With University of Exeter. Uncover fresh insights into Cold War socialism and anti-colonialism from a Yugoslav perspective, centering on the largely unexamined Joint Translation Service (JTS) bulletins. Deadline Tuesday 5 May.
Applications now open for a fully-funded PhD studentship exploring Yugoslavia’s multifaceted role during the Cold War, co-supervised with @exeter.ac.uk .
This is one of a number of studentships available as part of AHRC’s Collaborative Doctoral Partnership scheme.
Find out more: link.bl.uk/q95
Today we also open the call for applications to our 2026-27 Master's Scholarships programme: bit.ly/4dTHmXe
Scholarships of £5000 are for students from groups currently underrepresented in academic history to study for an MA in history or a related subject. Closing date: Friday 5 June #Skystorians
On 16th April, join me and @peterjcherry.bsky.social for a webinar on the travel grants and research support available for UK university students via the @thebiaankara.bsky.social - biaa.ac.uk/events/webin...
We also have a new funding programme for RHS Fellows & Associate Fellows of the Society resident outside the UK & Ireland bit.ly/3PtDQZu
Grants support research in UK / Irish archives for our international historians. Deadline 8 May to enable research from summer 2026 #Skystorians 1/2
Retired or soon to be retired UK HE or IRO researcher, or 'retired' but still holding PT position up to 0.5FTE?
Awards of £k-£24 k available from @leverhulme.ac.uk to support your research. The deadline is 4pm 29 January 2026.
17th century engraving of a capybara under a palm tree eating a banana
A break from Christmas content to enjoy this capybara eating a banana. From François Froger's 'A relation of a voyage ...' (London, 1698).
Important point: university isn't just for posh kids; Erasmus+ gives non-posh kids same chance as posh kids to study abroad, which they otherwise wdn't have; & covers vocational & other non-university training & education exchanges. And if more students come to the UK, that increases UK soft power.
New Episode! "Recovering Black Mariners in the Atlantic World with Mary Hicks"
Check out my conversation with Dr. Hicks about the stories she tells in Captive Cosmopolitans Black Mariners and the World of South Atlantic Slavery @uncpress.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
Tomorrow! Wed, 3 Dec, 6pm GMT
How do you abolish slavery on a remote island, governed by a trading company, where everybody knows everybody else? St Helenian history is always intriguing - and always different!
Free webinar with author Colin Fox.
bit.ly/StH0312
Tonight! Wed, 3 Dec, 6pm GMT.
Just under two weeks left to apply for this three-year post-doc to work on the AHRC-funded project, "Voices in Slavery’s Archive: Law, Place and Testimony in British Guiana," based at the University of Edinburgh.
Tomorrow! Wed, 3 Dec, 6pm GMT
How do you abolish slavery on a remote island, governed by a trading company, where everybody knows everybody else? St Helenian history is always intriguing - and always different!
Free webinar with author Colin Fox.
bit.ly/StH0312
Massive thanks to Vince Thompson of the St Helena Independent for his generous pledge of £2,000 to our campaign to send a conservation engineer to St Helena to devise stabilisation repairs for the island's vulnerable historic fortifications.
donorbox.org/ukshht-engin...
Massive thanks to Vince Thompson of the St Helena Independent for his generous pledge of £2,000 to our campaign to send a conservation engineer to St Helena to devise stabilisation repairs for the island's vulnerable historic fortifications.
donorbox.org/ukshht-engin...
How do you abolish slavery on a remote island, governed by a profit-driven trading company, where everybody knows everybody else?
St Helenian history is always intriguing - and always different!
Free history webinar, Wed 3 Dec, 6pm GMT.
#StHelena #Slavery
How do you abolish slavery on a remote island, governed by a profit-driven trading company, where everybody knows everybody else?
St Helenian history is always intriguing - and always different!
Free history webinar, Wed 3 Dec, 6pm GMT.
#StHelena #Slavery
More news about our AHRC-funded project, “Voices in Slavery’s Archive: Law, Place and Testimony in British Guiana.”
www.xavier.edu/now/2025/xav...
How did #StHelena shift from a reliance on enslaved to free labour? Author Colin Fox explores St Helena's journey from slavery to freedom, 1792-1840, in our free online history talk, Wed, 3 December, 6pm GMT. bit.ly/StH0312
I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
Tonight! Wed, 12 Nov, 6pm UK time. A British military architect in the time of Napoleon. On a remote island in the South Atlantic. We love history! #StHelena
British military architects in the time of #Napoleon.
Historian Peter Hicks explores the career of Royal Engineer Anthony Emmett on #StHelena during Napoleon's exile.
When: Tomorrow, Wed 12 Nov, 6pm GMT.
Where: online at bit.ly/StH1211
£: FREE
British military architects in the time of #Napoleon.
Historian Peter Hicks explores the career of Royal Engineer Anthony Emmett on #StHelena during Napoleon's exile.
When: Tomorrow, Wed 12 Nov, 6pm GMT.
Where: online at bit.ly/StH1211
£: FREE
How did #StHelena shift from a reliance on enslaved to free labour? Author Colin Fox explores St Helena's journey from slavery to freedom, 1792-1840, in our free online history talk, Wed, 3 December, 6pm GMT. bit.ly/StH0312
What do pirates in Madagascar, a red knitted jumper, the sunken warship Vasa, captivity and colonialism, and the Prize Papers have in common? They're all part of our new online lecture series "Ships & Seafaring 1500–1800". Join us weekly on Mondays, 1pm CET, on Zoom #earlymodern #maritimehistory 🗃️
@davidandress.bsky.social is the academic expert in the chair this evening talking about the French Revolution, the people, the events and the legacy. Its not too late to join the course.
www.history.org.uk/historian/ca...
Today’s #AutumnArrivalSpotlight shines on the Starling!
Forget fireworks...Autumn’s skies come alive with magnificent murmurations: vast, swirling clouds of Starlings dancing at dusk.
One of nature's greatest spectacles. 😍
Yay! We're nearing our fundraising target to get a conservation engineer to St Helena to devise stabilisation repairs for the magnificent High Knoll Fort. Please donate if you can. This is British heritage and world heritage. We need to save it!
www.uk-sthelenaheritagetrust.org/post/a-conse...
In 1815, aged 25, already battle-hardened, Napoleon fanboy Anthony Emmett secured his dream job as commanding royal engineer on St Helena during the exile of his hero. Historian Peter Hicks uncovers his intriguing life: Wed 12 Nov, 6pm GMT.
www.uk-sthelenaheritagetrust.org/post/a-cosmp...
