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Military Communities' Medical Welfare and Care History Conference Series - History Hub The Military Welfare History Network provides a networking and dissemination platform for scholars who are research active in military welfare history. Thanks to the generous funding of the Wellcome T...

@wellcometrust.bsky.social @sshmedicine.bsky.social It is with great pleasure that we present a selection of recorded papers from our recent funded conference series. Listen to them here #milwelfhist #histmed
#military #welfare #benefits

historyhub.ie/military-com...

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Coming this August!

Military Welfare History since the Eighteenth Century: War and Welfare.

This is the second publication, and the first edited volume, from the Military Welfare History Network.

link.springer.com/book/9783032...

#milwelfhist #military #welfare

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This is tonight! All welcome.

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A few places remain!
Join us for Charity After Empire: British Humanitarianism, Decolonisation and Development
24th March, QMUL, London E1
Book here eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launch-charity-after-empire-tickets-1981162909594

@bbkhistorical.bsky.social
@qmul.bsky.social
@qmcbs.bsky.social

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A picture of Aoife O’Leary McNeice seated by a window in front of a seascape.

A picture of Aoife O’Leary McNeice seated by a window in front of a seascape.

Our next seminar is in less than two weeks! 🗃️

Aoife O’Leary McNeice (University of Galway/Ollscoil na Gaillimhe) will be presenting their research on the history of volunteering and the River Lee Hydro Electric Scheme

23 March, 6pm online via Zoom

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1 month ago 4 2 0 1

Our next seminar is next week! 🗃️

Peter Wood (Birkbeck College) will be discussing his research on activism in support for homeless people in 1970s London.

9 March, 6pm. Online via Zoom.

Sign-up here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

As ever, it's free - all welcome 🙂

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2026 MWHN Conference - call for papers!

Join us in Romania this June to discuss all things military welfare and civil society. Deadline: 14 March 2026.

CfP attached and full details at militarywelfarehistory.com/2026-confere... #milwelfhist #civilsociety #charity #philanthropy

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🗃️Our next seminar is in 12 days time!

Wendy Wiertz (Utrecht University) will be sharing her research on Belgian War Lace and tracking its change from luxury item to humanitarian handicraft.

23 February, 6pm Online via Zoom.

Sign-up here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

As ever, it's free...

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🗃️ This is tonight! There's still time to sign-up

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🗃️Our next seminar is next week!

Delzar Sadiq (Salahaddin University in Erbil) will be talking about his use of Geographic Information Systems to reconstruct forgotten volunteer networks in 19th-century London.

6pm, Monday 9 February, Online via Zoom

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🗃️ The video for last night's seminar is now online youtu.be/_TbdujOX2Kc

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🗃️Tonight! There's still time to sign-up - www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

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🗃️This is next week!

Sign up here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

3 months ago 2 2 0 0

Our next seminar is two weeks away! 🗃️

Dr Sarah Flew (@c19thphilanthropy.bsky.social ) will be sharing her research on Lord Overstone’s philanthropy

26 January, 6pm to 7.30pm
Online via Zoom

Book through the IHR website: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

(As ever, it's FREE)

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Booking link here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

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Black and Political: Reconstructing Black Participation in British Politics, 1750-1850 Hybrid | Online-via Zoom & IHR Wolfson Room NB01, Basement, IHR, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU

Next Wednesday 3-12 we are holding a joint seminar with @histparl.bsky.social! Join us at 17:30 at the @ihr.bsky.social or online via zoom to hear Dr Helen Wilson discuss ‘Black & Political: Black Political Participation in Britain, 1750-1850’.

Register now! 👎

www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

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ICYMI! The recording of last night's session is now online 🗃️

youtu.be/wtqw-KkDQyo?...

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Thanks to the funding provided by the Strathmartine Trust, this Wednesday I will be prestenting the findings of my funded research into the Royal Naval Coast Volunteers (1853-73) and Scotland's central role in the same. Contact the Trust if you'd like to attend online #RNCV #RoyalNavy #Scotland

4 months ago 5 2 0 1
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This is tonight! There are still tickets available, and it's free! 🗃️

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A League of Their Own: Halifax Hospital League of Friends This article develops academic literature on the history of the Hospital League of Friends, using the Halifax League as a case study. The League of Friends of the Halifax Hospitals was one of the f...

It's publication day! My new article in Northern History builds on work by @millieqed.bsky.social to produce a study of the League of Hospital Friends in Halifax mostly using local newspapers.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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This is next week! Do yourself a favour and get a free ticket 🗃️

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2026 MWHN Conference - call for papers!

Join us in Romania next June to discuss all things military welfare and civil society. Deadline: 28 Feb 2026.

CfP attached and full details at militarywelfarehistory.com/2026-confere... #milwelfhist #civilsociety #charity #philanthropy @vahs.bsky.social

5 months ago 7 9 0 3

📣Our next seminar is less than two weeks away! 🗃️

Penny Wilson will be discussing 'Charity trusteeship today'.

1 December, 6pm-7.30pm
Online via Zoom

As ever it's online and free, so why not sign-up here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

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ICYMI! The recording of this talk is now online 🗃️

youtu.be/qhAsaS2wI4E?...

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🗃️Two weeks to go until our next seminar!

Marty Sulek (LCC International University) will discuss:

Humanities and normative theory scholarship in philanthropic studies, as viewed through a Kuhnian philosophical lens

17 Nov - 6 to 7.30pm
Online

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5 months ago 2 1 0 1

Looks like some really interesting talks here!🗃️

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Managing Mission and Uncertainty in the US Civil Rights Era
Managing Mission and Uncertainty in the US Civil Rights Era YouTube video by Voluntary Action History Society

🗃️ICYMI! The recording of last night's seminar is now available on YouTube:

Ruth Hansen, University of Wisconsin

'Managing Mission and Uncertainty in the US Civil Rights Era: A Historical Case Study of Gary, Indiana's Neighborhood House'

youtu.be/OM6cblHhrX8?...

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A slightly grainy picture of the speaker, Ruth Hansen.

A slightly grainy picture of the speaker, Ruth Hansen.

Time flies! Our next seminar is in 1 week 🗃️

Ruth Hansen (University of Wisconsin)

Managing Mission and Uncertainty in the US Civil Rights Era

Monday 20 October, 6pm till 7.30pm

Online Via Zoom

As ever its free.

Sign -up here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

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A picture of the speaker, Ruth Hansen.

A picture of the speaker, Ruth Hansen.

Aaaaand we are BACK!

Our next seminar is in 3 weeks time:

Ruth Hansen (University of Wisconsin)
Monday 20 October, 6pm till 7.30pm
Online
Via Zoom

Managing Mission and Uncertainty in the US Civil Rights Era

As ever its free.

Sign -up here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

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