Advertising 2 more positions (doc/postdoc) as part of BLOCKADE. PhD cand to examine the heroization of blockade runners in the era of the world wars; postdoc to explore the transatlantic dimension of blockades. 4 year positions in beautiful Freiburg. Please SHARE! www.hsozkult.de/opportunity/...

Postdoctoral Researcher (History of Everyday Nationalism, CoE NARS) / Tutkijatohtori

2.5 year postdoc opportunity at CoE NARS, Tampere University. The focus is on the history of everyday nationalism and we encourage applications dealing with the history of childhood and youth. Please distribute far and wide and encourage great scholars to apply. tuni.rekrytointi.com/paikat/?o=A_...

Wow! This looks fantastic - congratulations! What a great project!

An image shoeing the cover of a new book, Seeing Ireland: Art, Culture, and Power in Modern Ireland (UND Press, 2026), with a blurb quote by Diarmuid Ó Giolláin calling it a 'highly original contribution to the study of Irish Art.'

Today is publication day for this beautiful book. Inspiration for it came from seeing @billyshortall.bsky.social talk about his brilliant PhD research at the IHSA in @tlrhub.bsky.social in 2017. One of those joyful collaborations that come along sometimes in academia. Cover is a Paul Henry painting

History: AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership Studentship (Fully Funded) in History with The National Archives (RS948) - Swansea University We offer a wide range of funded and fully funded research scholarships in all subject areas. Explore your options and apply now.

I'm lucky enough to be co-supervising this PhD project. Deadline 22 May 2026 "Rethinking Reparations: A Cultural and Social History of Post-First World War Compensation to Civilians in Britain and its Empire, 1918-25": www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate...

History and Heritage Studies: AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership Studentship (Fully Funded) in History with Museum Wales (RS951) - Swansea University We offer a wide range of funded and fully funded research scholarships in all subject areas. Explore your options and apply now.

Fully-funded AHRC PhD scholarship at Swansea University in conjunction with Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales, examining the imperial and colonial associations of their natural sciences collections.

Please share widely, and get in touch if you want to know more. Closing date 22 May.

History: AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership Studentship (Fully Funded) in History with The National Archives (RS948) - Swansea University We offer a wide range of funded and fully funded research scholarships in all subject areas. Explore your options and apply now.

Fully funded four year AHRC PhD project @swanseahistory.bsky.social on 'Rethinking Reparations: A Cultural and Social History of Post-First World War Compensation to Civilians in Britain and its Empire, 1918-25.' Closing date 22 May. Get in touch if you are interested!

From the GPO to the Western Front In 1938 Michael McCabe applied for a Military Service Pension. His credentials were impeccable; he had fought in the Easer Rising and been imprisoned during the Civil War. He also came from a repub…

For the Easter weekend, a post about republicans who fought in the Rising and subsequently joined the British Army

brianhanleyhistory.wordpress.com/2026/04/03/f...

As a part of its mission to support the “study of the First World War”, and “to give young researchers the opportunity to present and discuss their work”, we invite applications for our second annual Undergraduate Essay Prize. More information at the link below!

www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/wm2sy...

Thanks Elisabeth - I could say the same of you!

Delighted to announce that I recently signed the contract with Cambridge University Press for my next book: Building Peace Through Education: Internationalism and the Origins of UNESCO, 1899-1945 should be published in mid-2028!

Delighted be part of this excellent volume. Thanks to @heatherlwellis.bsky.social and @capandgown.bsky.social for overseeing the project to completion!

So...it finally arrived 🥳

A Cultural History of Higher Learning in the Age of Industry

Edited with @capandgown.bsky.social and published with @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social

With contributions from @tomasirish.bsky.social, @stuartjones.bsky.social, @echomikeromeo.bsky.social and others

#histed

Building UNESCO / Adeiladu UNESCO -1907-1945 Building UNESCO: Public Opinion, International Law, and Peace / Adeiladu UNESCO: Barn y Cyhoedd, Cyfraith Ryngwladol, a Heddwch - 1907-1945

I'll be talking about my new book project next Tuesday (10 February) in a webinar for the Welsh Centre for International Affairs. All welcome! More details in the link. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/building-u...

I am very pleased to announce the publication of a book that I had the privilege of editing with Daniel Laqua on the history of intellectual cooperation at the League of Nations!

🖥️ More about the book: www.martingrandjean.ch/intellectual...
📙 Read online: doi.org/10.18356/978...

A taxidermy rat having a bath

I’ve seen some oddities on the Belfast antique auction sites — spooky porcelain dolls, eyebrow raising WW2 memorabilia, etc — but this is by far the most inexplicable:

Are you working on literature and culture in the First World War? have you considered submitting to First World War Studies? meet our Associate Editor @afrayn.bsky.social who is keen to receive more submissions in these fields!

I m advertising a PhD position as part of our ERC project BLOCKADE. The PhD cand. should focus on myth/narratives of the hunger blockade in Germany, Austria in the era of the World Wars. 4 years of funding, wonderful team, amazing city (evidence attached)! Pls share! www.hsozkult.de/opportunity/...

📢 Ed. with @capandgown.bsky.social A Cultural History of Higher Learning in the Age of Industry was published by Bloomsbury today! Many thanks to the series eds & all contributors

www.bloomsbury.com/uk/cultural-...

#histed @sheffielduni.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social @ische-news.bsky.social

Really excited to see this volume published! My contribution is called 'communities' and explores 19th century universities as sites of inclusion and exclusion in real and imagined ways.

We are recruiting again. Come join the Trondheim team of BLOCKADE as a 4 year, fully funded postdoc in Modern Economic History - you'll be working with Prof. Jonas Scherner and in one of the most beautiful university towns in Europe (evidence from last visit below)! www.hsozkult.de/searching/id...

Poster der Universität Freiburg für die internationale Konferenz “The Aftermath – Post-War Times in Modernity and Premodernity: Re-Constructions | Re-Writings | Re-Orderings”, organisiert vom FRIAS Project Group Post-War Periods. Im Hintergrund ist ein historisches Gemälde der zerstörten Kreuzkirche in Dresden (1765) von Bernardo Bellotto zu sehen. Das Poster zeigt die Logos der Universität Freiburg und des FRIAS, Konferenzdaten (16–18 October 2025, FRIAS seminar room, Albertstraße 19), beteiligte Fachbereiche und Kontaktinformationen.

Eighty years after the end of World War II and in view of the numerous conflicts worldwide, urgent questions about the nature and history of postwar times once again arise. The FRIAS project group "Post-war periods" organizes an international conference on the topic. uni-freiburg.de/frias/the-af...

Very much looking forward to this great conference about Post-War Times next week in Freiburg!

The Committed Neutrality - Casa de Velázquez

[SAVE THE DATE] We are organising a conference on neutrality and humanitarianism (1914–1920s), taking place April 15–17, 2026. Deadline for proposals: December 1 > www.casadevelazquez.org/news/the-com... Thanks to @casadevelazquez.bsky.social, FIES, @fwwsoc.bsky.social, @uc3m.es for your support !

We're so looking forward to talking to everyone at the @amgueddfacymru.bsky.social History and Heritage Fair at the National Waterfront Museum later this month! Come find our stall, we'd love to meet you.

Do you have research you would like to share in the field of history of education?

Consider submitting to our academic journal!

Find out more about it, and check out our submission site: www.tandfonline.com/journals/the...

#histed #academia #edusky

History Roundtable on US Universities and the State: Episodes from the Twentieth Century This roundtable explores four historical episodes in the history of state–university relations in the United States. In doing so, it addresses issues that also figure prominently in present-day debat...

From the latest issue of 'History' (@hisjournalha.bsky.social): a roundtable on 'US Universities and the State: Perspectives from the Twentieth Century' w/ contributions from @kateballantyne.bsky.social, @tomasirish.bsky.social, @charle.bsky.social, and Christopher P. Loss.
doi.org/10.1111/1468...

History Roundtable on US Universities and the State: Episodes from the Twentieth Century This roundtable explores four historical episodes in the history of state–university relations in the United States. In doing so, it addresses issues that also figure prominently in present-day debat...

Delighted to be part of this roundtable on US 'Universities and the State' now available open access with @hisjournalha.bsky.social
History Roundtable on US Universities and the State: Episodes from the Twentieth Century - History onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

A Return of the Blue Book? Grading and Shifting Skills in an Era of AI

I started a #Substack on #AI and #HigherEd. This is #4, on how we grade in an era of AI. Happy back to school!: michaelneiberg.substack.com/p/a-return-o... Are there #AI starter packs out there? Thanks.

Hey... our July titles in Modern History are all #OpenAccess on manchesterhive.com 🔓

Available from 29 July, these books are new in our @sshmedicine.bsky.social & Cultural History of Modern War series.

Feat. @sarahcrook.bsky.social, Joel Morley & more.

Ground-breaking research, completely free.