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This is the History Department at the University of Plymouth's official BlueSky account where we share details of our events and news about our students and colleagues
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Getting ready to teach in @historyplymouth.bsky.social @plymuni.bsky.social Foulston Room at the Box this morning - what fun archival delights await
October 28, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Getting ready to teach in @historyplymouth.bsky.social @plymuni.bsky.social Foulston Room at the Box this morning - what fun archival delights await
A few of our @plymuni.bsky.social class of 2025 graduating history students yesterday with Dr Simon Topping
October 23, 2025 at 10:48 AM
A few of our @plymuni.bsky.social class of 2025 graduating history students yesterday with Dr Simon Topping
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Undergraduate Open Day - Saturday 27 September
Our open days are designed to give you a taste of Plymouth, connect you with passionate staff, and help you feel confident with your choice of course.
Book your place now 👇
www.plymouth.ac.uk/study/open-d...
Our open days are designed to give you a taste of Plymouth, connect you with passionate staff, and help you feel confident with your choice of course.
Book your place now 👇
www.plymouth.ac.uk/study/open-d...
September 22, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Undergraduate Open Day - Saturday 27 September
Our open days are designed to give you a taste of Plymouth, connect you with passionate staff, and help you feel confident with your choice of course.
Book your place now 👇
www.plymouth.ac.uk/study/open-d...
Our open days are designed to give you a taste of Plymouth, connect you with passionate staff, and help you feel confident with your choice of course.
Book your place now 👇
www.plymouth.ac.uk/study/open-d...
Our @plymuni.bsky.social colleague Dr Darren Aoki is making the news with his research into Japanese Canadians - Read the full story here: www.cbc.ca/newsinteract...
Agents of their own story: How Japanese Canadians in Lethbridge found their own way
During WWII, thousands of Japanese Canadians were forced from their homes in British Columbia. Many ended up on Alberta’s sugar beet farms. What happened next is a matter of fascination for many in th...
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September 22, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Our @plymuni.bsky.social colleague Dr Darren Aoki is making the news with his research into Japanese Canadians - Read the full story here: www.cbc.ca/newsinteract...
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Delighted to be at the Maritime Britain conference in Southampton this week with some great sounding papers @clairejowitt.bsky.social
September 16, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Delighted to be at the Maritime Britain conference in Southampton this week with some great sounding papers @clairejowitt.bsky.social
Free history talk: 'The Liberation Line – The Last Untold Story of the Normandy Landings' by Christian Wolmer on 7 Oct 2025 at 19.00 @plymouthuniccc.bsky.social Full details & booking here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-libera...
September 11, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Free history talk: 'The Liberation Line – The Last Untold Story of the Normandy Landings' by Christian Wolmer on 7 Oct 2025 at 19.00 @plymouthuniccc.bsky.social Full details & booking here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-libera...
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I’m speaking about women and the Rn at the South West Maritime History society’s even in Calstick on 20 September- all welcome
August 28, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I’m speaking about women and the Rn at the South West Maritime History society’s even in Calstick on 20 September- all welcome
One phone call, and the rest is history @plymuni.bsky.social
History graduate Peter Nash outlines his last-minute journey to uni to help reassure prospective students. Read peter's story here: www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/one-pho...
History graduate Peter Nash outlines his last-minute journey to uni to help reassure prospective students. Read peter's story here: www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/one-pho...
One phone call, and the rest is history
History graduate Peter Nash outlines his last-minute journey to uni to help reassure prospective students
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August 13, 2025 at 7:30 PM
One phone call, and the rest is history @plymuni.bsky.social
History graduate Peter Nash outlines his last-minute journey to uni to help reassure prospective students. Read peter's story here: www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/one-pho...
History graduate Peter Nash outlines his last-minute journey to uni to help reassure prospective students. Read peter's story here: www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/one-pho...
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In exciting news I’m being promoted to Professor of Maritime History @plymuni.bsky.social on 1 August. Some maritime rubber ducks seemed best suited to here
July 31, 2025 at 4:06 PM
In exciting news I’m being promoted to Professor of Maritime History @plymuni.bsky.social on 1 August. Some maritime rubber ducks seemed best suited to here
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Final couple of touches to the ol' powerpoint slides for #shsconf2025 tomorrow. Come along to the Early Modern Networks: Work, Leisure, and Consumption strand to take a trip into the maritime with me, alongside print trade and fashion with @marloavidon.bsky.social and @joesaunders1.bsky.social
July 7, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Final couple of touches to the ol' powerpoint slides for #shsconf2025 tomorrow. Come along to the Early Modern Networks: Work, Leisure, and Consumption strand to take a trip into the maritime with me, alongside print trade and fashion with @marloavidon.bsky.social and @joesaunders1.bsky.social
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CONFERENCE ALERT! Excited to be part of this @movedapart.bsky.social Early Modern Global Separation conference at Lund University, 20-21 August movedapart.org/events/
Events
Upcoming events The schedule for the Early Modern Global Separation Conference can be found here! Below the images, there is a possibility to download the schedule.We are looking forward to discuss…
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July 3, 2025 at 6:48 AM
CONFERENCE ALERT! Excited to be part of this @movedapart.bsky.social Early Modern Global Separation conference at Lund University, 20-21 August movedapart.org/events/
Can you spot who is moving in our Friday Fun animation of the Quadraille @plymuni.bsky.social
July 4, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Can you spot who is moving in our Friday Fun animation of the Quadraille @plymuni.bsky.social
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CfP for maritimebritain.org Maritime Britain Project c.1550-1750 (led by Prof Craig Lambert, University of Southampton) end of project conference is live. See poster below & register your interest on Eventbrite in attending and/or giving a paper:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/maritime-b...
#maritimehistory
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/maritime-b...
#maritimehistory
July 3, 2025 at 5:34 AM
CfP for maritimebritain.org Maritime Britain Project c.1550-1750 (led by Prof Craig Lambert, University of Southampton) end of project conference is live. See poster below & register your interest on Eventbrite in attending and/or giving a paper:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/maritime-b...
#maritimehistory
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/maritime-b...
#maritimehistory
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Great to visit Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth on a lovely sunny evening to talk about Women and the Royal Navy
June 19, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Great to visit Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth on a lovely sunny evening to talk about Women and the Royal Navy
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Our undergraduate Open Day is approaching, so why not join us to discover the University of Plymouth? 🙌
Explore our city campus, discuss courses, talk to your future lecturers, and get a flavour of our wonderful city.
Book your place here 👇
www.plymouth.ac.uk/study/open-d...
Explore our city campus, discuss courses, talk to your future lecturers, and get a flavour of our wonderful city.
Book your place here 👇
www.plymouth.ac.uk/study/open-d...
June 17, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Our undergraduate Open Day is approaching, so why not join us to discover the University of Plymouth? 🙌
Explore our city campus, discuss courses, talk to your future lecturers, and get a flavour of our wonderful city.
Book your place here 👇
www.plymouth.ac.uk/study/open-d...
Explore our city campus, discuss courses, talk to your future lecturers, and get a flavour of our wonderful city.
Book your place here 👇
www.plymouth.ac.uk/study/open-d...
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I know it’s been out for a bit but my copy of From the Margins to the Centre in 17th Century England arrived today and looks fabulous and wilful some essays I can’t wait to dive into @angelamcshane.bsky.social
June 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I know it’s been out for a bit but my copy of From the Margins to the Centre in 17th Century England arrived today and looks fabulous and wilful some essays I can’t wait to dive into @angelamcshane.bsky.social
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Delighted to be speaking at Bowlines in Exeter today about my research into Women and the Sea
June 7, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Delighted to be speaking at Bowlines in Exeter today about my research into Women and the Sea
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Bring your gullfriends to the profit-sharing arts festival, Gullfest.
Workshops will feature collograph printmaking, creative writing, gull movement, gull vocal, collage and tarot reading.
📅 May 30 - June 1
Find out more 👇 www.instagram.com/gullfestplym...
Workshops will feature collograph printmaking, creative writing, gull movement, gull vocal, collage and tarot reading.
📅 May 30 - June 1
Find out more 👇 www.instagram.com/gullfestplym...
May 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Bring your gullfriends to the profit-sharing arts festival, Gullfest.
Workshops will feature collograph printmaking, creative writing, gull movement, gull vocal, collage and tarot reading.
📅 May 30 - June 1
Find out more 👇 www.instagram.com/gullfestplym...
Workshops will feature collograph printmaking, creative writing, gull movement, gull vocal, collage and tarot reading.
📅 May 30 - June 1
Find out more 👇 www.instagram.com/gullfestplym...
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Gotta love our old library book plate and some cancelled stamps from the 1980s @plymuni.bsky.social
May 29, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Gotta love our old library book plate and some cancelled stamps from the 1980s @plymuni.bsky.social
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Very excited to see the piece I wrote with @krheyam.bsky.social on ‘Gendering Material Objects in Heritage Practice’ now out in The Routledge Handbook of Heritage and Gender’ which stems from our project www.genderingthemuseum.co.uk
May 27, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Very excited to see the piece I wrote with @krheyam.bsky.social on ‘Gendering Material Objects in Heritage Practice’ now out in The Routledge Handbook of Heritage and Gender’ which stems from our project www.genderingthemuseum.co.uk
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Manuscript for my new book with Sue Broomhall on Gender and the Glove in Early Modern England is finally completed….
May 22, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Manuscript for my new book with Sue Broomhall on Gender and the Glove in Early Modern England is finally completed….
We were delighted to have Dr Lucy Huggins speaking about the English Merchant Shipping and Trade from the Armada to the Seven Years War, c.1588-1765 project at our @plymouthuniccc.bsky.social history research seminar yesterday - the database is going to be amazing #maritimehistory
May 22, 2025 at 10:06 AM
We were delighted to have Dr Lucy Huggins speaking about the English Merchant Shipping and Trade from the Armada to the Seven Years War, c.1588-1765 project at our @plymouthuniccc.bsky.social history research seminar yesterday - the database is going to be amazing #maritimehistory
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Such a fantastic and welcoming weekend! Thank you for having us all 👏
Brilliant British Commission for Maritime History 30th New Researchers Conference in Hull. Congratulations to @kmbarton.bsky.social MA dissertation prize winner. Thank you to all our hosts & speakers!
April 12, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Such a fantastic and welcoming weekend! Thank you for having us all 👏
If you are in Plymouth on Wed 21 May at 16.00 do join us for our @plymuni.bsky.social History Research Seminar when Dr Lucy Huggins (University of Southampton) will speak on 'English Merchant Shipping, Maritime Communities, and Trade from the Spanish Armada to the Seven Years War'
May 16, 2025 at 1:39 PM
If you are in Plymouth on Wed 21 May at 16.00 do join us for our @plymuni.bsky.social History Research Seminar when Dr Lucy Huggins (University of Southampton) will speak on 'English Merchant Shipping, Maritime Communities, and Trade from the Spanish Armada to the Seven Years War'
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Calling all University of Plymouth students! Fancy some extra cash this summer? 💰
Santander Universities is offering 10 x £1,000 Brighter Futures Grants to help fund your education and support your wellbeing.
Apply by May 15, 2025 👉 ow.ly/txaJ50VHLTy
Santander Universities is offering 10 x £1,000 Brighter Futures Grants to help fund your education and support your wellbeing.
Apply by May 15, 2025 👉 ow.ly/txaJ50VHLTy
May 13, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Calling all University of Plymouth students! Fancy some extra cash this summer? 💰
Santander Universities is offering 10 x £1,000 Brighter Futures Grants to help fund your education and support your wellbeing.
Apply by May 15, 2025 👉 ow.ly/txaJ50VHLTy
Santander Universities is offering 10 x £1,000 Brighter Futures Grants to help fund your education and support your wellbeing.
Apply by May 15, 2025 👉 ow.ly/txaJ50VHLTy