Cambridge Modern British History Workshop
@cammbhw.bsky.social
The Cambridge Modern British History Workshop is open to postgraduate students working on any topic related to the history of Britain, Ireland, the British Empire and the Commonwealth since 1750.
Convenors: Rob Kelsey, Lis Riveros and Adam Pountney
Convenors: Rob Kelsey, Lis Riveros and Adam Pountney
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📣Out now on #firstview!
Molly Groarke (@mollygroarke.bsky.social) (@camhistory.bsky.social) on 'Imperial Family Biographies and New Approaches to the Family in Histories of the British Empire, c.1650–c.1950'
#Empire #Family #Personal #Review 📜🗃️
👉Read open access: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Molly Groarke (@mollygroarke.bsky.social) (@camhistory.bsky.social) on 'Imperial Family Biographies and New Approaches to the Family in Histories of the British Empire, c.1650–c.1950'
#Empire #Family #Personal #Review 📜🗃️
👉Read open access: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
February 17, 2026 at 11:09 AM
📣Out now on #firstview!
Molly Groarke (@mollygroarke.bsky.social) (@camhistory.bsky.social) on 'Imperial Family Biographies and New Approaches to the Family in Histories of the British Empire, c.1650–c.1950'
#Empire #Family #Personal #Review 📜🗃️
👉Read open access: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Molly Groarke (@mollygroarke.bsky.social) (@camhistory.bsky.social) on 'Imperial Family Biographies and New Approaches to the Family in Histories of the British Empire, c.1650–c.1950'
#Empire #Family #Personal #Review 📜🗃️
👉Read open access: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
📣 A fantastic new article from our former convenor!
Very happy to announce my article is now out with the @historicaljnl.bsky.social! It reviews the current literature on family networks in the British Empire and biographical approaches to writing imperial history
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Imperial Family Biographies and New Approaches to the Family in Histories of the British Empire, c.1650–c.1950 | The Historical Journal | Cambridge Core
Imperial Family Biographies and New Approaches to the Family in Histories of the British Empire, c.1650–c.1950
www.cambridge.org
February 17, 2026 at 11:37 AM
📣 A fantastic new article from our former convenor!
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Very happy to announce my article is now out with the @historicaljnl.bsky.social! It reviews the current literature on family networks in the British Empire and biographical approaches to writing imperial history
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Imperial Family Biographies and New Approaches to the Family in Histories of the British Empire, c.1650–c.1950 | The Historical Journal | Cambridge Core
Imperial Family Biographies and New Approaches to the Family in Histories of the British Empire, c.1650–c.1950
www.cambridge.org
February 13, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Very happy to announce my article is now out with the @historicaljnl.bsky.social! It reviews the current literature on family networks in the British Empire and biographical approaches to writing imperial history
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Important reading. Looking forward to the rest of the series
Over the next few weeks, the NACBS blog will feature a series of pieces on artificial intelligence. Check out the opening essay by @amywb.bsky.social and stay tuned for more!
www.nacbs.org/post/the-ai-...
www.nacbs.org/post/the-ai-...
The AI Takeover Is Not Inevitable: Now Is the Time to Resist
"Studying history, we know that nothing is inevitable."
www.nacbs.org
February 7, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Important reading. Looking forward to the rest of the series
Great postdoc opportunity here!
Job opportunity: 18 month fellowship in British Studies working @ihr.bsky.social to undertake own research and prep for NACBS2027 @thenacbs.bsky.social
www.jobs.london.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
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
February 4, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Great postdoc opportunity here!
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Media outlets are still giving airtime to that Microsoft report on AI and the workplace, even though its methods and conclusions are so crude... and they're also not balancing it with any of the report's critiques.
This was published yesterday:
fortune.com/article/what...
This was published yesterday:
fortune.com/article/what...
Microsoft researchers have revealed the 40 jobs most exposed to AI—and even teachers make the list | Fortune
Sorry, Gen Z: AI is coming for safe and secure teaching jobs, as well as grad roles.
fortune.com
January 20, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Media outlets are still giving airtime to that Microsoft report on AI and the workplace, even though its methods and conclusions are so crude... and they're also not balancing it with any of the report's critiques.
This was published yesterday:
fortune.com/article/what...
This was published yesterday:
fortune.com/article/what...
Great opportunity for postgrads and ECRs researching modern British history!
New Year, New Voices! 📣
Get your research out there in 2026 with the help of CEH's blog. New Voices offers a platform for postgrads and ECRs in our field to engage a wider audience with their work.
Here's a reminder of everything we published in 2025 (contact details at the end!) [1/7]
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Get your research out there in 2026 with the help of CEH's blog. New Voices offers a platform for postgrads and ECRs in our field to engage a wider audience with their work.
Here's a reminder of everything we published in 2025 (contact details at the end!) [1/7]
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January 20, 2026 at 10:44 AM
Great opportunity for postgrads and ECRs researching modern British history!
Important reading from our former convenor!
If anyone remembers that list which said historians were second in line to be replaced by AI, I've had some thoughts about it... and how it relates to some aspects of public history and the current climate facing historians.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
The Historian in the Age of AI | Transactions of the Royal Historical Society | Cambridge Core
The Historian in the Age of AI
www.cambridge.org
December 10, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Important reading from our former convenor!
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Archival find:
Here's Churchill exploiting his diplomatic connections to maintain his usual supply of whisky, despite French import quotas.
Here's Churchill exploiting his diplomatic connections to maintain his usual supply of whisky, despite French import quotas.
November 19, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Archival find:
Here's Churchill exploiting his diplomatic connections to maintain his usual supply of whisky, despite French import quotas.
Here's Churchill exploiting his diplomatic connections to maintain his usual supply of whisky, despite French import quotas.
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A reminder that we're recruiting! Just over two weeks left to apply.
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🚨 Job Alert!
We're recruiting a part-time freelance managing editor to join the CEH editorial team.
Applications are due by 30 November 2025.
Full details and application process here:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
We're recruiting a part-time freelance managing editor to join the CEH editorial team.
Applications are due by 30 November 2025.
Full details and application process here:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Managing Editor – Call for Applications
Welcome to Cambridge Core
www.cambridge.org
November 14, 2025 at 11:23 AM
A reminder that we're recruiting! Just over two weeks left to apply.
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Great opportunity for history postgrads to do some public-facing work with their research!
If you’re a postgraduate student or ECR researching any aspect of post-1914 European history (including the UK and Europe’s overseas empires), we’d love to hear from you. To submit a blog idea, or for more information about New Voices, please email cehnewvoices@gmail.com
October 27, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Great opportunity for history postgrads to do some public-facing work with their research!
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📣 New Voices continues with a blog from Rosie Charles, @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social.
Rosie's blog explores superphosphate manufacturing by the British and French empires, charting the impact of fertiliser production on imperial expansion and agricultural practices.
www.cambridge.org/core/blog/20...
Rosie's blog explores superphosphate manufacturing by the British and French empires, charting the impact of fertiliser production on imperial expansion and agricultural practices.
www.cambridge.org/core/blog/20...
Empire in the Soil: Superphosphate and the British and French Imperial Manufacture, 1914-1937 « History# « Cambridge Core Blog
The history of European imperial agriculture has often been told through the lens of technological innovation, such as the development of the agricultural automotive industry or the application of adv...
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October 27, 2025 at 3:32 PM
📣 New Voices continues with a blog from Rosie Charles, @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social.
Rosie's blog explores superphosphate manufacturing by the British and French empires, charting the impact of fertiliser production on imperial expansion and agricultural practices.
www.cambridge.org/core/blog/20...
Rosie's blog explores superphosphate manufacturing by the British and French empires, charting the impact of fertiliser production on imperial expansion and agricultural practices.
www.cambridge.org/core/blog/20...
Very exciting new seminar series on Women's History starting in Cambridge next Tuesday!
Professor Lucy Delap will give the first Women’s History Seminar at Murray Edwards College, one of the two women-only colleges of @cam.ac.uk.
🔎 Title: Disabled women, the labour state and enterprise in 20th-century Britain
⏲️ Tues 28 Oct, 5–6.30pm
🏢 Vivien Stewart Room
Register for free tickets ⬇️
🔎 Title: Disabled women, the labour state and enterprise in 20th-century Britain
⏲️ Tues 28 Oct, 5–6.30pm
🏢 Vivien Stewart Room
Register for free tickets ⬇️
October 24, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Very exciting new seminar series on Women's History starting in Cambridge next Tuesday!
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Professor Lucy Delap will give the first Women’s History Seminar at Murray Edwards College, one of the two women-only colleges of @cam.ac.uk.
🔎 Title: Disabled women, the labour state and enterprise in 20th-century Britain
⏲️ Tues 28 Oct, 5–6.30pm
🏢 Vivien Stewart Room
Register for free tickets ⬇️
🔎 Title: Disabled women, the labour state and enterprise in 20th-century Britain
⏲️ Tues 28 Oct, 5–6.30pm
🏢 Vivien Stewart Room
Register for free tickets ⬇️
October 23, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Professor Lucy Delap will give the first Women’s History Seminar at Murray Edwards College, one of the two women-only colleges of @cam.ac.uk.
🔎 Title: Disabled women, the labour state and enterprise in 20th-century Britain
⏲️ Tues 28 Oct, 5–6.30pm
🏢 Vivien Stewart Room
Register for free tickets ⬇️
🔎 Title: Disabled women, the labour state and enterprise in 20th-century Britain
⏲️ Tues 28 Oct, 5–6.30pm
🏢 Vivien Stewart Room
Register for free tickets ⬇️
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"A Global Mission of Faith and Freedom", a new exhibition opens tomorrow at Killerton House, Devon, including some findings from my PhD research. Free entry this weekend as part of Heritage Open Days!
@researchnt.bsky.social
Find out more here: www.instagram.com/reel/DOLKZAk...
@researchnt.bsky.social
Find out more here: www.instagram.com/reel/DOLKZAk...
September 11, 2025 at 11:06 AM
"A Global Mission of Faith and Freedom", a new exhibition opens tomorrow at Killerton House, Devon, including some findings from my PhD research. Free entry this weekend as part of Heritage Open Days!
@researchnt.bsky.social
Find out more here: www.instagram.com/reel/DOLKZAk...
@researchnt.bsky.social
Find out more here: www.instagram.com/reel/DOLKZAk...
CALL FOR PAPERS
Our Call for Papers for Michaelmas Term is now live!
Postgrads working in the field of Modern British History are invited to send a 250-word abstract and short bio to the workshop's convenors.
See below for more details!
Our Call for Papers for Michaelmas Term is now live!
Postgrads working in the field of Modern British History are invited to send a 250-word abstract and short bio to the workshop's convenors.
See below for more details!
July 31, 2025 at 10:47 AM
CALL FOR PAPERS
Our Call for Papers for Michaelmas Term is now live!
Postgrads working in the field of Modern British History are invited to send a 250-word abstract and short bio to the workshop's convenors.
See below for more details!
Our Call for Papers for Michaelmas Term is now live!
Postgrads working in the field of Modern British History are invited to send a 250-word abstract and short bio to the workshop's convenors.
See below for more details!
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Today is the last day to sign up for this! ⬇️⬇️
Delighted to share details about registration for a conference I'm co-organising on women's work in WWII.
Papers will explore Bletchley Park, the Women's Land Army, wartime medicine, the British Council and more!
Deadline 31st July!
Papers will explore Bletchley Park, the Women's Land Army, wartime medicine, the British Council and more!
Deadline 31st July!
July 31, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Today is the last day to sign up for this! ⬇️⬇️
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🚨 Just a couple of weeks left to sign up!
Delighted to share details about registration for a conference I'm co-organising on women's work in WWII.
Papers will explore Bletchley Park, the Women's Land Army, wartime medicine, the British Council and more!
Deadline 31st July!
Papers will explore Bletchley Park, the Women's Land Army, wartime medicine, the British Council and more!
Deadline 31st July!
July 17, 2025 at 9:56 AM
🚨 Just a couple of weeks left to sign up!
A wonderful book and event to celebrate the career of Peter Mandler! ⬇️
We'll be launching a book inspired by Peter's research on 26th September in Cambridge. Sign up for tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/democratis...
@camhistory.bsky.social @cammbhw.bsky.social
@camhistory.bsky.social @cammbhw.bsky.social
July 17, 2025 at 9:54 AM
A wonderful book and event to celebrate the career of Peter Mandler! ⬇️
If you're researching the Second World War, women's employment, intelligence services, experiences and memory of wartime (or all of the above!), this conference looks fascinating! ⬇️⬇️
Delighted to share details about registration for a conference I'm co-organising on women's work in WWII.
Papers will explore Bletchley Park, the Women's Land Army, wartime medicine, the British Council and more!
Deadline 31st July!
Papers will explore Bletchley Park, the Women's Land Army, wartime medicine, the British Council and more!
Deadline 31st July!
June 24, 2025 at 11:32 AM
If you're researching the Second World War, women's employment, intelligence services, experiences and memory of wartime (or all of the above!), this conference looks fascinating! ⬇️⬇️
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Call for Papers: 'Charles Ignatius Sancho: A Black British Man of Letters and His World' conference. Deadline for submissions 14 July 2025. Conference will be held 13-14 March 2026 at Northeastern University, London: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
June 12, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Call for Papers: 'Charles Ignatius Sancho: A Black British Man of Letters and His World' conference. Deadline for submissions 14 July 2025. Conference will be held 13-14 March 2026 at Northeastern University, London: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
A really great opportunity for PGRs and ECRs to get their work more publicly visible!
@conteurohistory.bsky.social has a blog site "New Voices" for emerging scholars to publish short, public-facing articles. Want to submit a 800-word post in English on any aspect of European history (and its empires) since 1914? Contact cehnewvoices@gmail.com or see: www.cambridge.org/core/blog/ta...
May 29, 2025 at 11:04 AM
A really great opportunity for PGRs and ECRs to get their work more publicly visible!
Our next MPhil Dissertation workshop is this evening!
📍 Arthur Quiller Couch Room, St John's
🕔 5pm-7pm
📍 Arthur Quiller Couch Room, St John's
🕔 5pm-7pm
We're delighted to release our programme for Easter Term! 🎉
Lots of exciting talks coming up, including two MPhil Dissertation Workshops. First session this Thursday, 1st May!
Lots of exciting talks coming up, including two MPhil Dissertation Workshops. First session this Thursday, 1st May!
May 27, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Our next MPhil Dissertation workshop is this evening!
📍 Arthur Quiller Couch Room, St John's
🕔 5pm-7pm
📍 Arthur Quiller Couch Room, St John's
🕔 5pm-7pm
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A wonderful few days last week at the Gender and Diplomacy Conference in Sweden, where I presented my research on the British Council's gendering of diplomatic accreditation. Missing the fika already! ☕🍰
May 27, 2025 at 11:48 AM
A wonderful few days last week at the Gender and Diplomacy Conference in Sweden, where I presented my research on the British Council's gendering of diplomatic accreditation. Missing the fika already! ☕🍰
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Looking forward to presenting my PhD research at the 'Britain, Conflict, and the Sea' conference this September - book tickets below!
Sign-up now open for the conference on 'Britain, Conflict & the Sea' that I am running with RMG this September: www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/nat...
Britain, Conflict, and the Sea conference
This conference seeks to explore the ways in which modern Britain has been shaped by ideas and practices of maritime war.
www.rmg.co.uk
May 15, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Looking forward to presenting my PhD research at the 'Britain, Conflict, and the Sea' conference this September - book tickets below!
