Dr Anna McKay
@drannaloismckay.bsky.social
Historian of prisoners across the British maritime world, and boaty things.
Currently a Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow @leverhulme.ac.uk @liverpooluni.bsky.social
PhD on Prison Hulks- contact via website: http://www.anna-mckay.com/
Currently a Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow @leverhulme.ac.uk @liverpooluni.bsky.social
PhD on Prison Hulks- contact via website: http://www.anna-mckay.com/
Who else is watching the fantastic #Empire series by @davidolusoga.bsky.social? It was a pleasure to be involved in this - dangerous and disease-ridden #prisonhulks were used in England for 80 years from 1776, propping up the rotten system of convict transportation. Check out episode 2 for more!
November 20, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Who else is watching the fantastic #Empire series by @davidolusoga.bsky.social? It was a pleasure to be involved in this - dangerous and disease-ridden #prisonhulks were used in England for 80 years from 1776, propping up the rotten system of convict transportation. Check out episode 2 for more!
Fantastic week at Western Cape Archives in Cape Town. Some great little finds here (researching POWs, convicts and ships) - and lovely people!
September 19, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Fantastic week at Western Cape Archives in Cape Town. Some great little finds here (researching POWs, convicts and ships) - and lovely people!
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Economic and Social History Society of Ireland CfP for their annual conference deadline 30 September 2025!
August 26, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Economic and Social History Society of Ireland CfP for their annual conference deadline 30 September 2025!
In London on Tuesday 2 September? Interested about the lives of people, ships, and spaces connected to the Thames? Then come join us at London Museum Docklands and hear about the secret lives of the "low water": www.londonmuseum.org.uk/whats-on/sec...
Secret lives of the "low water" panel discussion
www.londonmuseum.org.uk
August 28, 2025 at 1:08 PM
In London on Tuesday 2 September? Interested about the lives of people, ships, and spaces connected to the Thames? Then come join us at London Museum Docklands and hear about the secret lives of the "low water": www.londonmuseum.org.uk/whats-on/sec...
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Applications now invited for the Society's two Centenary Fellowships, 2025-26 to support PhD students complete a doctorate in #history.
The Fellowships are held in conjunction with @ihr.bsky.social and are for £8500 over 6 months. Applications, by 31 May, are via the IHR bit.ly/4mybVDV #Skystorians
The Fellowships are held in conjunction with @ihr.bsky.social and are for £8500 over 6 months. Applications, by 31 May, are via the IHR bit.ly/4mybVDV #Skystorians
May 14, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Applications now invited for the Society's two Centenary Fellowships, 2025-26 to support PhD students complete a doctorate in #history.
The Fellowships are held in conjunction with @ihr.bsky.social and are for £8500 over 6 months. Applications, by 31 May, are via the IHR bit.ly/4mybVDV #Skystorians
The Fellowships are held in conjunction with @ihr.bsky.social and are for £8500 over 6 months. Applications, by 31 May, are via the IHR bit.ly/4mybVDV #Skystorians
34 degrees at the Huntington Library today..! Great day scoping the collections ☀️☀️☀️
May 10, 2025 at 4:49 AM
34 degrees at the Huntington Library today..! Great day scoping the collections ☀️☀️☀️
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The afterlives of the prison: a painted button emblazoned with the Paris coat of arms and the words "stone from the Bastille" (with a spelling mistake) made out of stone taken from the demolished Bastille prison, c.1790 (Musée Carnavalet) 🗃️
May 9, 2025 at 7:20 AM
The afterlives of the prison: a painted button emblazoned with the Paris coat of arms and the words "stone from the Bastille" (with a spelling mistake) made out of stone taken from the demolished Bastille prison, c.1790 (Musée Carnavalet) 🗃️
Letterhead from All the Year Round, Charles Dickens's weekly journal, 1859. So exciting! #HuntingtonLibrary
May 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Letterhead from All the Year Round, Charles Dickens's weekly journal, 1859. So exciting! #HuntingtonLibrary
Home for the next 6 weeks - my first day at the #HuntingtonLibrary as an #AHRC International Fellow. Enjoying #Pasadena palm trees, and the incredible San Gabriel Mountains. Foodie and sightseeing recommendations welcome..!
May 5, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Home for the next 6 weeks - my first day at the #HuntingtonLibrary as an #AHRC International Fellow. Enjoying #Pasadena palm trees, and the incredible San Gabriel Mountains. Foodie and sightseeing recommendations welcome..!
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Want academic seminars about India and imperial defence? And a tour of Knebworth House, ancestral home of viceroy Lord Lytton? All in one day with lunch thrown in?
Then look no further:
knebworthhouse.com/Event/public...
Then look no further:
knebworthhouse.com/Event/public...
April 23, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Want academic seminars about India and imperial defence? And a tour of Knebworth House, ancestral home of viceroy Lord Lytton? All in one day with lunch thrown in?
Then look no further:
knebworthhouse.com/Event/public...
Then look no further:
knebworthhouse.com/Event/public...
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Calling all Postgraduate and Early Career Researchers - Join us for IHR@Liverpool on 9 June 2025. A one-day workshop on the subject of Difficult Histories. Travel bursaries available. www.history.ac.uk/events/ihrli...
IHR@Liverpool: Difficult Histories
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April 14, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Calling all Postgraduate and Early Career Researchers - Join us for IHR@Liverpool on 9 June 2025. A one-day workshop on the subject of Difficult Histories. Travel bursaries available. www.history.ac.uk/events/ihrli...
Checking out some cheery library books @liverpooluni.bsky.social this morning..
April 13, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Checking out some cheery library books @liverpooluni.bsky.social this morning..
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Dartmoor prison is a granite fortress built 1806-9 to house French prisoners of the Napleonic wars. MPs first began discussing high radon levels there in 1987.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
A Dartmoor village is paying Prince William £1.5m-a-year for an abandoned prison - and former inmates say it gave them cancer
As ex-prisoners sue over claims that high levels of radon gas have led to serious illnesses, taxpayers continue to foot the rental bill
www.theguardian.com
April 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Dartmoor prison is a granite fortress built 1806-9 to house French prisoners of the Napleonic wars. MPs first began discussing high radon levels there in 1987.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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We are looking for 1.500 word articles for our 'Doing History' feature of The Historian (magazine of The Historical Association). Please get in touch if you might like to share an aspect of historical practice with our members. 🗃️ @histassoc.bsky.social
April 11, 2025 at 10:35 AM
We are looking for 1.500 word articles for our 'Doing History' feature of The Historian (magazine of The Historical Association). Please get in touch if you might like to share an aspect of historical practice with our members. 🗃️ @histassoc.bsky.social
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35th Conference of Irish Historians. Hosted by @maynoothuniversity.ie Department of History. Theme 'Inner Lives and Outer Realities'. Call for papers closes 31 March @muahi.bsky.social @mu-ssi.bsky.social @iaphistorians.bsky.social
www.historians.ie/cfp-35th-iri...
www.historians.ie/cfp-35th-iri...
CFP. 35th Irish Conference of Historians, 12-13 September, Maynooth University
Irish Conference of Historians CFPDownload
www.historians.ie
March 26, 2025 at 9:44 AM
35th Conference of Irish Historians. Hosted by @maynoothuniversity.ie Department of History. Theme 'Inner Lives and Outer Realities'. Call for papers closes 31 March @muahi.bsky.social @mu-ssi.bsky.social @iaphistorians.bsky.social
www.historians.ie/cfp-35th-iri...
www.historians.ie/cfp-35th-iri...
I started 2025 with a month-long stay at the wonderful @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social as a Leuven Centre for Irish Studies visiting fellow - researching the lives and experiences of Irish convicts in Bermuda - amazing town, tried every cake imaginable
April 11, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I started 2025 with a month-long stay at the wonderful @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social as a Leuven Centre for Irish Studies visiting fellow - researching the lives and experiences of Irish convicts in Bermuda - amazing town, tried every cake imaginable
Hello Bluesky! I am VERY late to the party but looking forward to reconnecting and hearing about everyone's research and adventures...!
April 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Hello Bluesky! I am VERY late to the party but looking forward to reconnecting and hearing about everyone's research and adventures...!
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📣 now out in paperback 📚 Small Things in the Eighteenth Century: The Personal and Political Value of the Miniature, co-edited by yours truly and the amazing Beth Fowkes Tobin from @cambridgeup.bsky.social
April 3, 2025 at 12:15 PM
📣 now out in paperback 📚 Small Things in the Eighteenth Century: The Personal and Political Value of the Miniature, co-edited by yours truly and the amazing Beth Fowkes Tobin from @cambridgeup.bsky.social