A colourful postcard of the new county of Humberside which has been turned into a poster for a public talk about the meanings of Humberside which will take place at 2 o'clock on Monday 13 April at North Lincolnshire Museum in Scunthorpe.

This might be of interest to Humberside folks.

The wonderful @emilyrobinson.bsky.social and Jo Esra will be sharing our research and listening to your memories of the county at North Lincolnshire Museum on Monday 13 April.

Free entry and all welcome.

Even if you're from the north bank.

Do come along if you are in the Humberside area!

Poster for public talk. Black background. Stark white outline in the shape of Humberside. 1970s red lettering. Text says: Remembering Humberside. North Lincolnshire Museum, Scunthorpe, 13 April, 2-4pm. 30 years since its abolition, what did Humberside mean to you?

Poster for public talk. White background. Cheerful hand drawn postcard featuring key landmarks from Humberside. Colourful drawing. Text says: Remembering Humberside. Hull History Centre, 14 April, 12.30pm. Public talk, free entry. 30 years since its abolition, what does Humberside mean to you?

1 April: exactly 52 years since Humberside was created. 30 years since it was abolished. Free exhibition and events this spring! Starting with talks @northlincsmuseum.bsky.social 13 Apr & @hullhistorycentre.bsky.social 14 Apr. All welcome! @clairelanghamer.bsky.social @tricksterprince.bsky.social

This is really interesting (cc @twirlynoodle.com). And congrats on the house!

This isn’t me!

Erm… this isn’t me!

No Second Chances: The Inside Story of the Campaign for a Second Referendum Join Mile End Institute to celebrate the publication of Morgan Jones’s new book about the campaign for a second EU referendum and its impact

We're delighted to be joined by @matthewholehouse.bsky.social (Policy Editor, @economist.com), @emilyrobinson.bsky.social (co-author of The Politics of Feeling in Brexit Britain) and @michaelchessum.bsky.social (activist and author of This Is Only the Beginning)
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Happy 50th birthday, HWJ! Being a member of the History Workshop collective has shaped the kind of historian I am (& want to be). I'm so proud to have helped edit this 100th issue of History Workshop Journal, which includes reflections on History Workshop for these turbulent times; on HW's past;...

"I am a children's entertainer who specializes in face painting," writes a woman now in hiding from the federal government for witnessing a state-sanctioned street execution

are YOU a university professor, professor emeriti or associate professor of history, social sciences, law, philosophy, theology, and religion?
Did you know you can nominate people for the Nobel Peace Prize?

Solidarity, Sarah. This is miserable

The Weight of Words

For HKers, language is our identity. We speak Cantonese. We write in traditional Chinese. And during the pro-democracy protests when it seemed like no one would hear us, we just made up some new words that speak our truth.

Source: Telegram/ Ah-To (Dec 2019)

Oh, this is lovely news! I’m so glad he’s okay.

Everything is on fire, but everyone I love is doing beautiful things and trying to make life worth living, and I know I don't have to believe in everything, but I believe in that. - Nikita Gill

A soft, small, hopeful thing.

A large Christmas tree-shaped display, on a small road roundabout. The display is made of wires, on which are strung fishing floats of various sizes and colours (mainly orange). It looks like the baubles without the tree. In the background is a blue wall mural, with an anchor and some waves. The sun is shining through clouds.

Fishing-float Christmas tree! (Clogherhead, Co. Louth)

Amplifying voices New Cambridge grant to help under-represented scholars publish

Thrilled about this new grant we are offering for under-represented early career scholars. The first cycle is for scholars in history and area studies. Please spread the word widely. @universitypress.cambridge.org

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Drawing in white on black background using stylized cartoonish figures to depict the Nativity, with angels and a star above, the three kings at left, baby and two adults in a small structure, and crawling babies below

Keith Haring, The Nativity, subway drawing, c. 1983

How delicately a Romanesque angel uses the lightest touch of a finger to wake one of the magi, snuggled with the other 2 under their embroidered circular blanket at St Lazare, Autun, c1130 (& how beautifully the textures of pillow & blanket are represented).

Season's greetings to you all!

Trondheim airport (Norway)

For help with attribution and sourcing, Grammarly is releasing a citation finder agent that automatically generates correctly formatted citations backing up claims in a piece of writing, and an expert review agent that provides personalized, topic-specific feedback.

Screenshot from Grammarly's demo of inserting a post-hoc citation. https://www.grammarly.com/ai-agents/citation-finder

It is not "attribution and sourcing" to generate post-hoc citations that have not been read and did not inform the student's writing. Those should be regarded as fraudulent: artifacts testifying to human actions and thought that did not occur.
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Events Stay up to date with the upcoming events organised or hosted by the Institute of Historical Research

Looking for a New Year's resolution that is good for your mind and (relatively) easy to keep? Check out the Institute of Historical Research seminars for January 2026. Fourteen seminars in week 1 alone. Free, broad-ranging, open to the public and usually available both in person and online.

We are deeply concerned for the health of Qesser Zuhrah, who has been on hunger strike for 46 days, and we join those calling on the government to act now, and address the serious concerns raised by lawyers acting for the prisoners.

We are deeply concerned for the health of Qesser Zuhrah, who has been on hunger strike for 46 days.

We join those calling on the government to act now, and address the serious concerns raised by lawyers acting for the prisoners.

I am 💯 going to do this

We should talk about this!

Yes!! I’m working on a side project about Humberside — with @tricksterprince.bsky.social @clairelanghamer.bsky.social (& others who don’t seem to be on Bluesky). No oral history but we’ve found some great archive stuff from campaign groups

This sounds great! Thanks for the tip

My boy loved MG Leonard at that age — the Twitch series and the Adventures on Trains series (and her Beetle Boy series is more Dahl-like)

Can confirm: it’s a brilliant thesis!

When will this crisis get any attention whatsoever!? A THOUSAND ACADEMIC STAFF AT ONE INSTITUTION SERVED REDUNDANCY RISK NOTICES! And that's not counting what's surely being visited on professional services staff too. This is an economic catastrophe, to say nothing of the intellectual catastrophe!

Ongoing decimation of British universities part 252:

Apx. 1000 academic staff at University of Essex just received formal ‘risk of redundancy’ letters via email.

Please share @ucuessex.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk