History UK Disability and History Project The History UK Disability and History Project was launched in November 2023 in response to the History UK EDI report which identified disability as an important aspect of EDI work that required fur…

www.history-uk.ac.uk/projects/his...

Royal Historical Society lectures for early 2026 - RHS The Royal Historical Society begins its 2026 programme of lectures on Friday 6 February when Professor Charles West (University of Edinburgh) will speak on ‘”Alike in Appearance but not in Scope”: Que...

Booking for the first @royalhistsoc.org Lectures of 2026 is now available: bit.ly/48N0CCY

> Charles West on 'Queens & the Making of Medieval Europe’
> Vinita Damodaran on 'Decolonising the Natural History Collections of Empire'
> David Stack on 'Well-being: a Historian's Perspective'

#Skystorians

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

Let this be the turning point. Absolutely extraordinary.

Please spread this far and wide! I’m on the convening team of this exciting new IHR seminar series and we are looking forward to hearing about all the cutting-edge research being done by ECRs across the country!

An actual quote from the Secretary of State for Business and Trade

Too often people go to university to ‘explore research and knowledge’

Look forward to Wes S saying 'too often people go to hospital to have operations' or Heidi Alexander saying 'too often people go to the station to catch a train'

I can't overstate how crucial these casual vacancy elections are. HEC is pretty much deadlocked atm, so please vote for @matthewbarnard.phd for UK wide rep and, if in the North East region (comprised of Northern and Yorkshire and Humberside) then vote for Adam Hansen too. #ucu

Registration is open for the fantastic Women's History Scotland conference in September. I'll be delivering a paper on my new research, “‘May WE Have
Huts, Too?’: Understanding
Emotion, Space, and Leisure
of Women at War Through
the Common Cause Huts”. Sign up below!

Fountains Abbey church.

Sea tractor and cliffs at North Landing, East Yorkshire.

Wolds Way wooden signal post with carved acorn, marked 'Yorkshire Wolds Way' and 'Filey 33 miles' inside a snow covered Brubber Dale.

View of Castle Howard from the Atlas Fountain.

Happy Yorkshire Day! #yorkshireday

All images from my own adventures!

Iron Age hoard moves permanently to Yorkshire Museum The Melsonby Hoard contains 800 artefacts, believed to be one of the UK's largest Iron Age finds.

Great to see this news and I cant wait to see it go on permanent display. We are long overdue a blockbuster exhibition on the Iron Age in Yorkshire @yorkmuseumstrust.bsky.social @archaeologyuk.bsky.social #FestivalOfArchaeology www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Congratulations to the phenomenal Lionesses! What a hard-fought win and an absolutely sensational tournament.

And now my 20 month old can say goal and football!

Doom-filled departure board at Kings Cross station, London.

Bums.

If you enjoyed our conference why not help shape our next one!? We are currently recruiting for our new committee and are looking for...

✨ Secretary
✨ Treasurer
✨ Seminar & Conference Convenors
✨ Social Media Officers
✨ Awards officer

See our pinned post for more information about the vacancies!

This was such a fantastic conference! Thank you to all the speakers, organisers, delegates, and to @ihr.bsky.social and @ihrhistorylab.bsky.social for being such brilliant hosts.

Universal basic income works; giving homeless people a place to live works; treating the sick works; paying decent wages works; welcoming refugees works; decriminalisation of drugs and sex-work works.

All these things work in the real world. Just not in conservative imaginations.

Me outside Millicent Garrett Fawcett's house; a tall, cream coloured, London townhouse.

Unashamed fangirl.

*New talk klaxon*

Where: The WI Learning Hub
What:
@caitbeaumont.bsky.social's talk on The WI at 110 Years – The Story of a Movement for Women
Paid Member: £0.00
Tuesday, 16 Sept 2025 at 7:30PM (1 hour).
Link for more: learninghub.thewi.org.uk/at-home/cour...

Flyer for a hip hop event titled A Super-Natural Electric Gigolo Boogie Jam, held on Friday, December 18, 1981, at Harlem World Entertainment Complex in New York City. The flyer is mint green with black text and features stylized typography, hand-drawn embellishments, and cut-out photographic images of performers. It advertises performances by DJ Afrika Bambaataa, DJ Jazzy Jay, DJ Red Alert, Cosmic Force, and special guests Funky 4. Additional highlighted artists include Keith Keith, Sha-Rock, and Jazzy Jeff, with a note about “The Two Queen of Rap,” Sha-Rock and Lisa Lee, issuing a call to “any female MC.” Designed by Eddie Ed, the flyer captures the early visual language of Bronx-based hip hop culture. Decorative corner elements and playful language reinforce the grassroots, DIY energy of the era.

JSTOR’s shared collections make room for surprise. Scholars and the archive-curious can explore them through stories from @jstordaily.bsky.social!

🕳️ 🐇 Fall down a collection rabbit hole: bit.ly/4nWOkgy

Image: Harlem World flyer, @cornelluniversity.bsky.social.

Writing History Articles: A Workshop for PhD students and ECRs

For any PhD Students or ECRs in search of support in preparing their first journal article for publication, do check out this exciting workshop, run by @hisjournalha.bsky.social!

www.history.org.uk/higher-ed/re...

Listen! @drsarahlkenny.bsky.social spoke to @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social about the fascinating “Growing Up and Going Out: Youth Culture, Commerce, and Leisure Space in Post-War Britain” newbooksnetwork.com/growing-up-a...

I'm delighted to announce I have been elected as a Postgraduate Member of the Royal Historical Society. I'm very much looking forward to being an active member of such a brilliant community of scholars.

Songwriters in Conversation returns on AUGUST 17th at Baba Yaga's Loft, North Shields, with sets from The Young Property Developers and Nicky Bray discussing 'Comedy and Music.' I'm delighted to share we've received £3000 in funding from North Tyneside Council to put on 4 more events in the series.

A panel of songwriters in conversation

Nev Clay singing and playing guitar

Euan Lynn of NOVYI LEF singing and having a drink

Richard O'Brien/Groundbird singing and playing guitar

Each session features two artists playing for thirty minutes each, followed by an onstage Q&A about their songwriting practice. The events will be filmed for YouTube, Tiny Desk Sessions-style, by Kyle Heslop, whose great images from our first event starring Nev Clay NOVYI LEF feature in this post.

You can buy tickets for a mere £5 on Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/e/songwriter.... See you at the 'Comedy and Music' event, with bells on!

The cover for 'Afterlives of war: A descendants' history' shows on a blue background with 'Winner of the SHS Book Prize 2025!' underneath in white text.

'Afterlives of war' by Michael Roper has won the @socialhistsoc.bsky.social Book Prize 2025! 🎉

This pioneering study reveals the contribution of descendants to the contemporary memory of the First World War - available Open Access on manchesterhive.com!

Read it for free now 🔓 #OA #OpenAccess

People in evening wear sit in a circle around a man in a suit.

If you're in the Todmorden area on July 19, I'm doing a talk at @folkloretodmorden.bsky.social on Northern Spiritualism: Talking to the Dead in Manchester and Newcastle! It would be lovely to see you there. More details 👉🏻 www.folkloremythmagic.com/event-detail...

"A surprising development from the most benevolent subsidiary of the Sheinhardt Wig Company."

Photograph of a group of Yorkshire miner trade unionists sitting and standing in front of Strafford colliery buildings in 1899.

Page from a registration (membership) book, listing members of Silkstone Fall Lodge of the South Yorkshire Miners' Association, together with names and dates of birth of their wives and children.

New digitised resource!

Yorkshire Miners, 1811-1945: 98 documents online in full at wdc.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/coll...

Includes leaflets, pamphlets, photographs and our earliest surviving branch membership records.

More to be added in the next 12 months!

I’m in awe of my colleague, Izzy, who created this podcast series doing all the planning, researching, writing and interviewing herself. She’s going to do (even more) great things! . open.spotify.com/show/2k1Xn50...

📢 Just announced! The programme & booking is now live for our Annual Conference 2025.

🗓️ Join us online & free on 4–5 Sept for Hidden in Plain Sight: Women in Archives, Libraries, Museums & Personal Collections.

🔗 womenshistorynetwork.org/the-womens-h...
#WHN2025 #WomensHistory #Archives #Heritage