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Lynn Abrams
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Feminist, gardener, knitter, cyclist. Professor of Modern History Uni of Glasgow, gender history, oral history, textiles esp knit

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Lynn Abrams is a historian and Professor of History at the University of Glasgow, and a Fellow of the British Academy (2018). She is Chair in Modern History at the University of Glasgow, where her research and teaching interests include the history of women and gender relations in Britain, and oral history. .. more

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Sarah Crook @sarahcrook.bsky.social · 1d
Please do share this doctoral opportunity with MA/MSt students - four years of AHRC funding to work on the history of children's play in Wales, supervised by me and the lovely and brilliant Dr Jacky Tyrie. Any questions get in touch! www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate...
History: Serious about Play: Childhood, Play and Policymaking in Wales, 1945 to the present (RS936) - Swansea University
We offer a wide range of funded and fully funded research scholarships in all subject areas. Explore your options and apply now.
www.swansea.ac.uk

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Sarah Crook @sarahcrook.bsky.social · 1d
The special issue of Cultural and Social History on “Researching Student Lives: Methodological and Theoretical Perspectives” (co-ed. w Georgina Brewis & Jodi Burkett) is live - yay! Several articles are OA :) Huge thanks to our contributors & the journal editors!
www.tandfonline.com/toc/rfcs20/2...
Cultural and Social History
Researching Student Lives: Methodological and Theoretical Perspectives. Volume 23, Issue 1 of Cultural and Social History
www.tandfonline.com

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Claire Langhamer @clairelanghamer.bsky.social · 5d
For anyone interested in our 18-month post in British Studies please follow the link below. @ihr.bsky.social

www.jobs.london.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Jacob Price Fellowship in British Studies (18 month FTC):London Senate House - Hybrid
The University of London is both the UK’s largest provider of international distance and online learning and the convenor of a federation of 17 renowned higher education institutions.
www.jobs.london.ac.uk

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Lynn Abrams @lynncabrams.bsky.social · 6d
Knitting in Scotland is in press and published by @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social in June in illustrated hardback and Open Access. A real team effort.

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Lynn Abrams @lynncabrams.bsky.social · 6d
My home town really needed this institution

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Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 6d
Essex University, Southend campus closure:
800 students and staff afected.
"but it will also have a huge impact on a city that has come to depend on the university in many ways."
#HigherEd #AcademicSky

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘If I think about what this means, I want to cry’: what happens when a city loses its university?
When Essex University’s Southend campus opened, it was a message of hope for a ‘left behind’ UK seaside town. Its closure will be felt far beyond its 800 students, some of whom will not get their degr...
www.theguardian.com

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Social History Society @socialhistsoc.bsky.social · 17d
📣Apply for Small Grants Funding!

Are you looking to conduct research into social or cultural history? Do you need support with archival visits, organising a conference, or buying specialist equipment?

⏰Our next funding deadline is 1 March

socialhistory.org.uk/funding/smal...
Small Grants
The Social History Society maintains a Small Grants Fund to support our members to carry out research activities and hold events. We give priority to activities and event that would otherwise remai…
socialhistory.org.uk

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Lynn Abrams @lynncabrams.bsky.social · 20d
I was interviewed by Marie Jiřičková: 'Feminist historians are still really influential, pushing the boundaries of what oral history can do…' History - Theory - Criticism (2025:2) about a career in oral history now available online here DOI: doi.org/10.14712/246...
No. 2 (2025) | Dějiny – teorie – kritika
doi.org

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Lynn Abrams @lynncabrams.bsky.social · 20d
Book Launch!

Callum G Brown - Ninety Humanists and the Ethical Transition of Britain: The Open Conspiracy 1930-80 (Bloomsbury, 2026)

Thurs 12 February 2026: 16:00-18:00
Humanities Research Hub,
Rm 101 @ 1 University Gardens.
Zoom link:https://uofglasgow.zoom.us/j/81429229738

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Matthew L Reznicek @drreznicek.bsky.social · 21d
For any PhD students working in Medical Humanities, check out the Medical Humanities summer school from @durhamimh.bsky.social medhumsplatform.org/medical-huma...
Medical Humanities International PhD Summer School 2026
The Medical Humanities International Summer School is open for applications from PhD students.
medhumsplatform.org

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 21d
You can find me in the Times flying the flag for humanities and social sciences in this story about changes to funding at @ukri.org
www.thetimes.com/article/be92...
Hetan Shah, chief executive of the British Academy, said: "Whatever form it takes, whether foundational, mission-led or focused on innovation, research is vital to the UK's prosperity and international standing. The humanities and social sciences are central to this, helping us understand people, places and systems so new ideas can have real-world impact."

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IHR Women @ihrwomen.bsky.social · 21d
Join us live at the IHR and online. Free registration: tinyurl.com/24pxj5we
@lauragowing.bsky.social @clairelanghamer.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social @carmenmangion.bsky.social @dralanagharris.bsky.social @harkaway1.bsky.social @womenshistoryrev.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social

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Niamh NicGhabhann Coleman @niamhroisin.bsky.social · 26d
Hello! I am sharing information about my @researchireland.ie project Locating Loss: histories of infertility in landscapes and spaces. I would love to connect with researchers/ practitioners from a wide range of backgrounds and disciplines, so please share widely! @nursingclio.bsky.social
Page of information outlining the aims of the Locating Loss research project which explores the histories of infertility in landscapes and spaces. This project aims to bring scholars from a wide range of disciplines together in 2026. Please DM me if more info is needed and this alt text is not enough!

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Society for One-Place Studies @oneplacestudies.bsky.social · 27d
The National Farm Survey documents are held by The National Archives. The forms and maps are being digitised and will be made available online for free, with the first records due to appear in March this year. The project should be complete by March 2027.

#OnePlaceStudies #LocalHistory
300,000 farm records going online, thanks to grant from Lund Trust - The National Archives
The National Archives is digitising 300,000 farm records 1941-1943 made for the National Farm Survey, thanks to a grant from the Lund Trust
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

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Sadiah Qureshi 🦈 @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · 28d
Hurrah!!! The brilliant Sumita Mukherjee has a new book out about the lives of South Asian children in Modern Britain in just a few weeks.

I love the cover photo!

A must read so now would be a great time to preorder and commission reviews.

www.hurstpublishers.com/book/imperia...
Imperial Footprints | Hurst Publishers
From the Victorian era to Partition, Mukherjee uncovers the unique experiences of the very youngest South Asian migrants to Britain.
www.hurstpublishers.com

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Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social · 28d
New #OnHistory blog from IHR Fellow @maxinebeuret.bsky.social reflecting on the Digital Storytelling for Local Historians that she ran as part of @sas-news.bsky.social @beinghumanfest.bsky.social blog.history.ac.uk/2026/01/shar...
Sharing Hidden Histories: Reflections on ‘Digital Storytelling for Local History’ as part of the Being Human Festival - On History
IHR Fellow Maxine Beuret shares the experience of a hands-on ‘Digital Storytelling for Local History’ workshop—a space where stories, history, and memories were brought to life through digital media,…
blog.history.ac.uk

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Aaron Sheridan @acsheridan.bsky.social · 28d
A little preview of my forthcoming journal article on council tenants' resistance and resilience today in @scotnational.bsky.social. Massive thanks to @charlielynch.bsky.social for reaching out and giving my work a write-up.

www.thenational.scot/politics/257...
Resistance and resilience: Digging into Edinburgh's history of tenant activism
NEW research has highlighted the resistance and resilience among tenants in council housing in Edinburgh
www.thenational.scot

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Lynn Abrams @lynncabrams.bsky.social · 28d
This is a great conference for ECRs, postgrads, mid career and senior - lots of lively exchange and fun too
socialhistsoc.bsky.social Social History Society @socialhistsoc.bsky.social · 28d
📣3 days to go until the deadline - we can't wait to see you for our 50th anniversary in Lancaster!
socialhistsoc.bsky.social Social History Society @socialhistsoc.bsky.social · Dec 17
📣You have just under a month to send in your proposal for our 2026 Social History Society Conference - where we will be celebrating out 50th anniversary!

👉Find out more here: socialhistory.org.uk/conference/s...

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Willemijn Ruberg @willemijnruberg.bsky.social · 28d
One PhD and one postdoc position available in the interesting ERC research project on Beyond Thalidomide: The Patient as an Agent of Change (2024-2029) run by dr Birgit Nemec:
jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
jobs.univie.ac.at

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Social History Society @socialhistsoc.bsky.social · 28d
📣3 days to go until the deadline - we can't wait to see you for our 50th anniversary in Lancaster!

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Lynn Abrams @lynncabrams.bsky.social · 29d
Blickling? Gorgeous library

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Mass Observation Archive @massobsarchive.bsky.social · 29d
In 1982, inspired by the work of MO the National Lesbian and Gay survey began, it sought to capture what everyday life was like for queer people living in the UK. For our latest open call we're continuing the work of NLGS and asking what does it mean to be queer every day?

#lgbtqhistory
A scan of a yellow flyer advertising the National Lesbian and Gay Survey. It has a collage of different photographs of people and in the middle it reads 'so who will write the lesbian and gay history of the nineties..?' the bottom of the flyer has further information about how to take part.

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Helen McCarthy @historianhelen.bsky.social · 29d
If you are in Oxford next Tuesday and histories of ageing, work, race and migration are your thing, do come to my paper: Grey Escape: Britons Retiring Overseas, c. 1980-2010. It may make you think twice about chasing the sun in your sixties... Details here: talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/90a...
Grey Escape: Britons Retiring Overseas, c. 1980-2010 (Joint meeting with the Modern European History seminar)
talks.ox.ac.uk

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Elizabeth Crawford @womanssphere.bsky.social · Jan 5
I'll be telling how the treasures of the Women's Library collections have provided 50 of the objects I discuss in my forthcoming book, 'The British Women's Suffrage Movement in 100 Objects: a material history', forthcoming from Bloomsbury in July (£24.99). No such book could be compiled without TWL
fotwl.bsky.social Friends of The Women's Library @fotwl.bsky.social · Jan 5
Join us for a free one-day conference on 14 January at the Shaw Library, LSE, to mark 100 years of The Women's Library. Speakers include Sally Alexander, Elizabeth Crawford, Caroline Derry, Clara Jones and Carmen Mangion.

Email anniversarywomenslibrary@protonmail.com if you'd like to come.
fotwl.bsky.social Friends of The Women's Library @fotwl.bsky.social · Jan 4
Thanks Carmen. Look forward to seeing you!

Reposted by Lynn Abrams, Carmen M. Mangion

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Women's History Network @womenshistnet.bsky.social · Jan 5
🚨Special announcement: our annual conference will be 3–4 Sept 2026 at LSE Library, in collaboration with @lselibrary.bsky.social, & Friends House, London.

Theme: Celebrating the Centenary of the Women’s Library: One Hundred Years of Women’s History.

Call for Papers coming mid-Jan! #WomensHistory

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Seb Falk @sebfalk.com · Jan 5
JOB ALERT!

3-year postdoc at @girtoncollege.bsky.social - research anything you like in History, Archaeology or Anthropology in a wonderful, welcoming scholarly community.

PLEASE SHARE! Closes 12 January

www.girton.cam.ac.uk/job-vacancie...
Here's what it looked like on my return to work this morning - beautiful red brick gabled building of Girton's Hall, with a dusting of snow on the grass in front.

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Friends of The Women's Library @fotwl.bsky.social · Jan 5
Join us for a free one-day conference on 14 January at the Shaw Library, LSE, to mark 100 years of The Women's Library. Speakers include Sally Alexander, Elizabeth Crawford, Caroline Derry, Clara Jones and Carmen Mangion.

Email anniversarywomenslibrary@protonmail.com if you'd like to come.
fotwl.bsky.social Friends of The Women's Library @fotwl.bsky.social · Jan 4
Thanks Carmen. Look forward to seeing you!
carmenmangion.bsky.social Dr Carmen M. Mangion @carmenmangion.bsky.social · Jan 4
Look forward to speaking at the conference on 14 Jan 2026 at the LSE that will explore The Women's Library's sources on activism in the fields of religion, sexuality, and national and international politics. Email anniversarywomenslibrary@protonmail.com if you wish to attend. @fotwl.bsky.social

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Lynn Abrams @lynncabrams.bsky.social · Dec 30
Almost knocked down by my hero sprint cyclist Mark Cavendish while crossing George Square in Glasgow - that would have been embarrassing if I’d taken him out of the race

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Lynn Abrams @lynncabrams.bsky.social · Dec 30
@charlielynch.bsky.social you have a new article out?
momoulton.bsky.social Mo Moulton @momoulton.bsky.social · Dec 29
Give me your best recent British & Irish LGBTQI+ history recommendations! I'm updating the reading list for my queer & trans history module. Looking for things published in the last 2-3 years. 🌈🎓 ‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ #queerhistory

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Mo Moulton @momoulton.bsky.social · Dec 29
Give me your best recent British & Irish LGBTQI+ history recommendations! I'm updating the reading list for my queer & trans history module. Looking for things published in the last 2-3 years. 🌈🎓 ‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ #queerhistory