Some places still available at this workshop for teachers, heritage professionals, journalists or anyone else who wants to be able to navigate the culture wars over empire with some expert input.

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Job: Assistant Prof in the History of Capitalism at the University of Warwick 👇
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Inaugural lecture Willemijn Ruberg: Het recht op lichamelijke integriteit ontleed: Een cultuurgeschiedenis van mens en recht Professor of Cultural History of the Body Willemijn Ruberg will give her inaugural lecture.

Nervous but excited to give my inaugural lecture today: ‘The right to bodily integrity dissected: A cultural history of human/rights (in Dutch). Grateful for all the support and kind wishes.

www.uu.nl/en/events/in...

⏰ Don’t miss your chance! Just over a week left to apply for this year’s GHIL/@lmu.de Summer School, “City and Empire: Colonial and Postcolonial London”, taking place from 21–24 July 2026.
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Hooray hooray publication day! Huge thanks to the team at Allen Lane 🐧

Relooted: the South African video game where players take back artefacts from western museums Creators say they’re offering Africans a ‘hopeful, utopian feeling’ of retrieving objects looted by colonial armies

www.theguardian.com/games/2026/f...

State of the Field: The History of Masculinities This State of the Field article discusses how, when and why the history of masculinities has emerged since the 1980s, and why it continues to be an important research field today. The article begins ...

Need something for your syllabus? How about State of the Field: The History of Masculinities by Erica Fraser - History - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

H-Material Culture seeks applications for a Book Reviews editor, to start in November 2025. Interested applicants should send a CV and short letter of interest to editorial-Material-Culture@mail.h-net.org by September 1, 2025. #MaterialCulture

It’s impossible to design a course for 100 students when you don’t know if you’ll have TA support for the course.

Sepia coloured photograph (face and bust) of William Caxton Peppe, c. 1890s, who excavated the jewels on sale.

'These wondrous gem relics, discovered in an inscribed reliquary urn with the Shakya clan’s share of the bones of Shakyamuni Buddha, are of unparalleled religious, archaeological and historical importance.' Quite a write-up by Sotheby's. www.sothebys.com/en/buy/aucti...

Buddha's sacred jewels head to auction - should they be returned to India? Buddha’s sacred jewels, unearthed in 1898, head to auction at Sotheby’s, raising ethical concerns.

'In 1898, William Claxton Peppé, an English estate manager, excavated a stupa at Piprahwa, just south of Lumbini, where the Buddha is believed to have been born. He uncovered relics inscribed and consecrated nearly 2,000 years ago.' The word 'uncovered' is doing rather a lot of work here. 1/3

Auctioning Hudson's Bay artifacts with First Nations significance would be 'morally irresponsible': chief | CBC News As Hudson's Bay heads to court seeking permission to auction off 1,700 pieces of art and more than 2,700 artifacts, the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs is requesting a halt to the sale of items that may b...

'As Hudson's Bay heads to court seeking permission to auction off 1,700 pieces of art and more than 2,700 artifacts, the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs is requesting a halt to the sale of items that may belong to or be linked with First Nations people.' 1/2

Call for Papers: Queering the Tensions of Empire (edited collection)

Abstracts of 500 words and a brief CV (2 pages, single-spaced) to be submitted by 31 May 2025. Complete essays by 1 January 2026.

More info and submission info: networks.h-net.org/group/announ...

Talking about teaching in non-admin higher ed doesn’t mean that research is lauded & rewarded any less. No really, you can allow a thoughtful discussion about curriculum and pedagogy to happen without saying bUt WhAt AbOuT rEsEaRcH every single time.

Home Office spent £22,000 on failed attempt to stop Windrush report release Hard-hitting internal investigation found roots of scandal lay in racist immigration legislation

'At least £22,000 was spent by the Home Office on hiring lawyers in a failed attempt to prevent the release of a hard-hitting internal report that found that the roots of the Windrush scandal lay in 30 years of racist immigration legislation, officials have acknowledged this week.'

Who actually runs Columbia University? | Arjun Appadurai and Sheldon Pollock Trustees aren’t academics – and they’re often political wolves in sheep’s clothing. We need reform to save the American university as we know it

Because I either assign or discuss Arjun Appadurai’s intro to the _Social Life of Things_ *every* semester, I think this is worth posting under the hashtag #MaterialCulture

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The Soviet Red Cross in 1950s-60s India Please join the History Department for a talk with Dr. Severyan Dyakonov, SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow, entitled “The Soviet Red Cross in 1950s-60s India.” Abstract: During 1950s-60s decolonization, the ...

On March 31 at 1 p.m. in 202 Tory Building at Carleton University, join the Department of History and Dr. Severyan Dyakonov, SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow, to discuss the Soviet Red Cross in 1950s-60s India Info & Registration: carleton.ca/history/cu-e...

I’m honoured! Would be happy to chat anytime about your work - I’m sure it will be a wonderful talk!

Masculinity is always in crisis, no-one is always talking about young men...

It would be great if more people read @historygriffin.bsky.social wonderful discussion of what 'crisis talk' around men and masculinities actually *does* and *tells us*

www.manchesterhive.com/display/9781...

AI legibility, physical archives, and the future of research A followup to "The leading AI models are now good historians"

Benjamin Breen talks about the vitality of intuition in historical research and how AI can’t replicate and/or leverage it. 🤔That’s the exact part about research & analysis that’s hard to teach to others (humans) who don’t instinctively think/feel that way too… resobscura.substack.com/p/ai-legibil...

NiCHE Conversations 5.6: Mobilizing Museum Minerals with Camille-Mary Sharp and Eleanor Armstrong YouTube video by Network in Canadian History & Environment - NiCHE

Our NiCHE Conversation with @camillemarys.bsky.social & @ellietheelement.bsky.social is now availablee on YouTube!

They joined @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social to discuss their recent special issue of Museum & Society on Mobilizing Museum Minerals

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rsud...

#envhist #museums

‘The Hideous Old Lady of Fashion’: dressing the ageing body in Victorian Britain Abstract. This article explores how the biological realities and cultural constructions of ageing combined to influence a daily decision taken by Victorian

Just read Ruby Ellis, ‘The Hideous Old Lady of Fashion’: dressing the ageing body in Victorian Britain, Historical Research, Volume 97, Issue 278, Nov 2024, 510–533, with my 4th-year fashion history class and they loved it! Recommend. #MaterialCulture #FashionHistory academic.oup.com/histres/arti...

A book standing upright on multiple copies, which are laying next to a 1920s Underwood typewriter. The book cover is a faded and blurry background, with a photo of a person’s ear horizontal on the bottom, and text emitting from it to represent sound. The text in large font says “Echoes of Care” followed by “Deafness in Modern Britain” and the author’s name, Jaipreet Virdi.

From an idea in 2008 to a book in 2025, ECHOES OF CARE: DEAFNESS IN MODERN BRITAIN has been published by @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social ! It explores how changing perceptions of deafness intersected with healthcare, disability, and eugenics in 19th-century Britain.

www.mqup.ca/echoes-of-ca...

EVENT: For the start of our Spring Lecture Series, author and historian Paul Greenhalgh takes us on a journey through the World’s Fairs & Expositions from 1851-2010, their changing formats and ephemeral vistas.

🗓️ Thu 30 Jan 2025, 6:30pm
📍 Cowcross St Gallery + Online
🎟️ www.c20society.org.uk/events

A cartoon drawing of a moray eel, depicted here as whie with black spots on it against a red background. The eel has a speech bubble saying 'Death is Inevitable'. Below a caption reads 'Memento Moray'. Artist: Gemma Correll, '15.

Another filthy morning here, so it's certainly a day for The Best Cartoon:

Image credit: Andrew Jankunas

Image credit: Bath in Time

Image credit: Somerset Archives

NEWS: C20 is leading efforts to save Bath Fire Station from proposed demolition.

The 1930s classical Art Deco building was a rare pre-war project by a female architect, and went on to play a crucial role in protecting the city during the Baedeker Blitz of 1942.

➡️ c20society.org.uk/news/c20-lea...

Please join us for the launch of the Special Issue of Museum & Society: Mobilizing Museum Minerals! This double issue critically reconsiders mineralogical and geological collections in museums. Tues Jan 28 2025– 11:00 ET Zoom
Registration: #MaterialCulture westernuniversity.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Using BBIH online: a help pack for students and lecturers For the academic year, we've a help pack offering guides to BBIH in undergraduate and graduate teaching and research. With embeddable content for VLEs.

Studying, researching or teaching histories of Britain or Ireland ? Try using the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH), it contains 650,000+ resources from 55 BCE to today

Associate Editor/s needed for Settler Colonial Studies

The journal Settler Colonial Studies seeks a new associate editor:
#skystorians #colonialism