Justine Pick
@justinepick.bsky.social
Historian of 19/20 c, sanitation & public health; social & political history of Birmingham (UK); Exec Sec for https://sshm.org/; admin for Midland History https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/ymdh20/; trustee https://www.archiveswestmidlands.org.uk/
Reposted by Justine Pick
VISITING FELLOWSHIPS: Applications are now open for 2026-27!
The deadline for applications is Friday 28 November 2025.
For more information on how to apply: https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/csb/fellowships/bodleian-visiting-fellowships
The deadline for applications is Friday 28 November 2025.
For more information on how to apply: https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/csb/fellowships/bodleian-visiting-fellowships
November 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
VISITING FELLOWSHIPS: Applications are now open for 2026-27!
The deadline for applications is Friday 28 November 2025.
For more information on how to apply: https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/csb/fellowships/bodleian-visiting-fellowships
The deadline for applications is Friday 28 November 2025.
For more information on how to apply: https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/csb/fellowships/bodleian-visiting-fellowships
Reposted by Justine Pick
🚨 Archive Job Alert 🚨
📜 Fancy working with our fantastic archive collections?
We're looking for a *new* MRC Manager to lead our service!
Could this be YOU?
Find out more about the role at warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...
More about the MRC at warwick.ac.uk/services/lib...
📜 Fancy working with our fantastic archive collections?
We're looking for a *new* MRC Manager to lead our service!
Could this be YOU?
Find out more about the role at warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...
More about the MRC at warwick.ac.uk/services/lib...
November 11, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Reposted by Justine Pick
We want to hear your memories of birth. As part of projects by
@voicesofmotherhood.bsky.social we'll be travelling around Worcestershire gathering all of your stories. Our first venue is Perdiswell Young People's Leisure Centre, Worcester on Friday 21 November 10:30am to 12:30pm. Join us!
@voicesofmotherhood.bsky.social we'll be travelling around Worcestershire gathering all of your stories. Our first venue is Perdiswell Young People's Leisure Centre, Worcester on Friday 21 November 10:30am to 12:30pm. Join us!
November 11, 2025 at 10:23 AM
We want to hear your memories of birth. As part of projects by
@voicesofmotherhood.bsky.social we'll be travelling around Worcestershire gathering all of your stories. Our first venue is Perdiswell Young People's Leisure Centre, Worcester on Friday 21 November 10:30am to 12:30pm. Join us!
@voicesofmotherhood.bsky.social we'll be travelling around Worcestershire gathering all of your stories. Our first venue is Perdiswell Young People's Leisure Centre, Worcester on Friday 21 November 10:30am to 12:30pm. Join us!
Absolutely loved picture editing for this book produced by History West Midlands for the National Civil War Centre, Newark edited by Professor Andrew Hopper, Oxford Lifelong Learning. Great to see it in print!
see www.worldturnedupsidedown.co.uk for lots of podcasts with many of the contributors!
see www.worldturnedupsidedown.co.uk for lots of podcasts with many of the contributors!
November 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Absolutely loved picture editing for this book produced by History West Midlands for the National Civil War Centre, Newark edited by Professor Andrew Hopper, Oxford Lifelong Learning. Great to see it in print!
see www.worldturnedupsidedown.co.uk for lots of podcasts with many of the contributors!
see www.worldturnedupsidedown.co.uk for lots of podcasts with many of the contributors!
Reposted by Justine Pick
Looking forward to this #Birmingham #LocalHistory talk by fellow enthusiast @jfredt.bsky.social
📅Thurs 13 November
🕰️7:00-8:00pm
💻Online
Free and open to all just register to receive link
📅Thurs 13 November
🕰️7:00-8:00pm
💻Online
Free and open to all just register to receive link
John Pigott Smith, Surveyor (1798-1861): Birmingham’s Answer to Bazalgette
John Townley explores the career of civil engineer John Pigott Smith, a man of many parts and Birmingham’s answer to Sir Joseph Bazalgette.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 25, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Looking forward to this #Birmingham #LocalHistory talk by fellow enthusiast @jfredt.bsky.social
📅Thurs 13 November
🕰️7:00-8:00pm
💻Online
Free and open to all just register to receive link
📅Thurs 13 November
🕰️7:00-8:00pm
💻Online
Free and open to all just register to receive link
Enjoyable day at Black Country Day at the Black Country Living Museum
Some content already available on @blackcountrysoc.bsky.social YouTube site
#Railways200
Some content already available on @blackcountrysoc.bsky.social YouTube site
#Railways200
A video of the presentation given by Chris Baker at the Black Country History Day on November 8th entitled "Agenoria, Aristocrats and Iron Masters – Railway Beginnings in the western Black Country 1820 to 1860 " is now available on the Society YouTube site youtu.be/mcyE57Dqdbw
Agenoria, Aristocrats and Iron Masters; Railway Beginnings in the western Black Country 1820 to 1860
A talk given at "After Agenoria; Aspects of the Railway Revolution in the Black Country, Black Country Living Museum, 8th November 2025". This talk considers the early development of the rail system…
youtu.be
November 8, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Enjoyable day at Black Country Day at the Black Country Living Museum
Some content already available on @blackcountrysoc.bsky.social YouTube site
#Railways200
Some content already available on @blackcountrysoc.bsky.social YouTube site
#Railways200
A fab visit to the Cadbury archive for the #UnlockingtheVaults project (Bournville Works branch of Birmingham Municipal Bank). So much to see and learn with banking connections to Fry's and Bristol
+ Lovely childhood memories of chocolate and Xmas! Thank you to Sarah and Colin for the warm welcome.
+ Lovely childhood memories of chocolate and Xmas! Thank you to Sarah and Colin for the warm welcome.
November 7, 2025 at 12:15 PM
A fab visit to the Cadbury archive for the #UnlockingtheVaults project (Bournville Works branch of Birmingham Municipal Bank). So much to see and learn with banking connections to Fry's and Bristol
+ Lovely childhood memories of chocolate and Xmas! Thank you to Sarah and Colin for the warm welcome.
+ Lovely childhood memories of chocolate and Xmas! Thank you to Sarah and Colin for the warm welcome.
Reposted by Justine Pick
📣 There's a new petition to Stop the Closure of Walsall Leather Museum. The building is the last example there of an early Victorian leatherworks in situ. The leather-working process is showcased, it's a much-loved local attraction. The Council has announced it will close in 2026.
c.org/PKm6B7svFN
c.org/PKm6B7svFN
November 6, 2025 at 5:47 PM
📣 There's a new petition to Stop the Closure of Walsall Leather Museum. The building is the last example there of an early Victorian leatherworks in situ. The leather-working process is showcased, it's a much-loved local attraction. The Council has announced it will close in 2026.
c.org/PKm6B7svFN
c.org/PKm6B7svFN
Enjoyable day at Aston University for the launch Aston University Archives Centre @astonunarchives.bsky.social and the 70th anniversary of the Main Building with keynote from Prof. Carl Chinn
November 3, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Enjoyable day at Aston University for the launch Aston University Archives Centre @astonunarchives.bsky.social and the 70th anniversary of the Main Building with keynote from Prof. Carl Chinn
Reposted by Justine Pick
#BirminghamHistory Don’t forget to Join us for the annual Chris Upton Memorial Lecture on Monday 3rd November, 5.30pm - tinyurl.com/UptonBaskerville Ref: MS 897,Volume II, Image 218 #LibraryofBham @typetweets.bsky.social #BaskervilleSoc
October 30, 2025 at 10:52 AM
#BirminghamHistory Don’t forget to Join us for the annual Chris Upton Memorial Lecture on Monday 3rd November, 5.30pm - tinyurl.com/UptonBaskerville Ref: MS 897,Volume II, Image 218 #LibraryofBham @typetweets.bsky.social #BaskervilleSoc
Reposted by Justine Pick
Reposted by Justine Pick
Looking forward to this #Birmingham #LocalHistory talk by fellow enthusiast @jfredt.bsky.social
📅Thurs 13 November
🕰️7:00-8:00pm
💻Online
Free and open to all just register to receive link
📅Thurs 13 November
🕰️7:00-8:00pm
💻Online
Free and open to all just register to receive link
John Pigott Smith, Surveyor (1798-1861): Birmingham’s Answer to Bazalgette
John Townley explores the career of civil engineer John Pigott Smith, a man of many parts and Birmingham’s answer to Sir Joseph Bazalgette.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 25, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Looking forward to this #Birmingham #LocalHistory talk by fellow enthusiast @jfredt.bsky.social
📅Thurs 13 November
🕰️7:00-8:00pm
💻Online
Free and open to all just register to receive link
📅Thurs 13 November
🕰️7:00-8:00pm
💻Online
Free and open to all just register to receive link
Reposted by Justine Pick
Notes and Records reports on current research and archival activities across the #histSTM
Their 9th Essay Award is open to researchers from STM fields who have completed a postgrad degree within the last five years.
A chance to win £500 and publication in the journal
Deadline: 28 Feb 2026
#histmed
Their 9th Essay Award is open to researchers from STM fields who have completed a postgrad degree within the last five years.
A chance to win £500 and publication in the journal
Deadline: 28 Feb 2026
#histmed
Are you a researcher in the field of history of science, technology and medicine? The #NotesAndRecord essay award is now open for entries until 28 February 2026. Visit our website find out more: buff.ly/dedMm93 #HistSci #HistSTM
October 18, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Reposted by Justine Pick
Join Walsall #Archives this Saturday for the Walsall Archives Local History Fair!
Discover the borough’s fascinating past through displays and hands-on family activities, including talk by historian Ian Bott (12 noon, booking required)
📆 Sat 25 Oct
⏰11am–2.30pm
🎟️ Free
Discover the borough’s fascinating past through displays and hands-on family activities, including talk by historian Ian Bott (12 noon, booking required)
📆 Sat 25 Oct
⏰11am–2.30pm
🎟️ Free
October 23, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Join Walsall #Archives this Saturday for the Walsall Archives Local History Fair!
Discover the borough’s fascinating past through displays and hands-on family activities, including talk by historian Ian Bott (12 noon, booking required)
📆 Sat 25 Oct
⏰11am–2.30pm
🎟️ Free
Discover the borough’s fascinating past through displays and hands-on family activities, including talk by historian Ian Bott (12 noon, booking required)
📆 Sat 25 Oct
⏰11am–2.30pm
🎟️ Free
There is still time to enter the Midland History essay prize
£400 first prize and opportunity to publish in a peer reviewed journal
Closing date for entries 31 October 🎃
#phd #ecr #postgrad
£400 first prize and opportunity to publish in a peer reviewed journal
Closing date for entries 31 October 🎃
#phd #ecr #postgrad
To enter the Midland History Essay Prize, the essay must be a genuine work of original research, not published or accepted for publication as an article or a chapter in an edited collection book. Max. 10,000 words, including footnotes, tables and figure captions (2/2)
More Details 👇
More Details 👇
October 24, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Reposted by Justine Pick
📢 call for papers update 📢
This conference has a very flexible approach to periodisation and historical understandings of ‘the modern’.
We welcome all papers that engage with motherhood in the 19th, 20th and 21st century so make sure to send us your abstracts before 1 November!
This conference has a very flexible approach to periodisation and historical understandings of ‘the modern’.
We welcome all papers that engage with motherhood in the 19th, 20th and 21st century so make sure to send us your abstracts before 1 November!
We're pleased to share this call for papers for our upcoming conference!
📍Online via Zoom
🗓️Thursday 5 - Friday 6 February 2026
⏱️Abstract deadline Saturday 1 November 2025
See our website for full details 👇
voicesofmotherhood.wp.worc.ac.uk/index.php/news-and-resources/updates-from-the-project
📍Online via Zoom
🗓️Thursday 5 - Friday 6 February 2026
⏱️Abstract deadline Saturday 1 November 2025
See our website for full details 👇
voicesofmotherhood.wp.worc.ac.uk/index.php/news-and-resources/updates-from-the-project
October 20, 2025 at 11:20 AM
📢 call for papers update 📢
This conference has a very flexible approach to periodisation and historical understandings of ‘the modern’.
We welcome all papers that engage with motherhood in the 19th, 20th and 21st century so make sure to send us your abstracts before 1 November!
This conference has a very flexible approach to periodisation and historical understandings of ‘the modern’.
We welcome all papers that engage with motherhood in the 19th, 20th and 21st century so make sure to send us your abstracts before 1 November!
Reposted by Justine Pick
On a trip to Spain my son's arm erupted in a huge swelling due to an insect bite. A quick trip to a pharmacy & some antihistamine did the trick. But allergies are rarely that simple. That's why we need historians & social scientists to try to figure them out. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Historical and social science perspectives on food allergy
Historians and social scientists scholars have addressed three issues related to food allergies: First, they have addressed epidemiology, including the apparent rise in the rate of food allergies and...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:56 AM
On a trip to Spain my son's arm erupted in a huge swelling due to an insect bite. A quick trip to a pharmacy & some antihistamine did the trick. But allergies are rarely that simple. That's why we need historians & social scientists to try to figure them out. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Reposted by Justine Pick
#PowerAndPride2025 The Dyche Collection (MS 2912) is a photographic collection representing migration to Birmingham from Africa, the Caribbean, Indian Sub-Continent and Ireland after 1945 theironroom.wordpress.com/2021/03/01/e... #LibraryofBham @blackhistorymonth.org.uk
October 20, 2025 at 4:17 PM
#PowerAndPride2025 The Dyche Collection (MS 2912) is a photographic collection representing migration to Birmingham from Africa, the Caribbean, Indian Sub-Continent and Ireland after 1945 theironroom.wordpress.com/2021/03/01/e... #LibraryofBham @blackhistorymonth.org.uk
Reposted by Justine Pick
Alongside Simon, Dr Bill Bynum of the Wellcome Institute will detail his collaborative work with Roy and cast light on Roy’s major contributions to medical history research and teaching.
October 15, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Alongside Simon, Dr Bill Bynum of the Wellcome Institute will detail his collaborative work with Roy and cast light on Roy’s major contributions to medical history research and teaching.
Reposted by Justine Pick
Hosted by the Christ's College Medical Alumni Association, join Professor Sir Simon Schama (m. 1963) as he reflects on his undergraduate and early academic training alongside Roy Porter at Christ’s College, Cambridge.
October 15, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Hosted by the Christ's College Medical Alumni Association, join Professor Sir Simon Schama (m. 1963) as he reflects on his undergraduate and early academic training alongside Roy Porter at Christ’s College, Cambridge.
Reposted by Justine Pick
Upcoming Public Webinar:
“Roy Porter Remembered”
Hosted by the Christ's College Medical Alumni Association
6-7 pm, Tuesday, 21 October 2025
Register for free at royporterccmaa.eventbrite.co.uk
“Roy Porter Remembered”
Hosted by the Christ's College Medical Alumni Association
6-7 pm, Tuesday, 21 October 2025
Register for free at royporterccmaa.eventbrite.co.uk
"The Greatest Medical Historian of his Generation" – Roy Porter Remembered
An online event reflecting on the life and legacy of medical historian Roy Porter, hosted by CCMAA and featuring Simon Schama and Bill Bynum
royporterccmaa.eventbrite.co.uk
October 15, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Upcoming Public Webinar:
“Roy Porter Remembered”
Hosted by the Christ's College Medical Alumni Association
6-7 pm, Tuesday, 21 October 2025
Register for free at royporterccmaa.eventbrite.co.uk
“Roy Porter Remembered”
Hosted by the Christ's College Medical Alumni Association
6-7 pm, Tuesday, 21 October 2025
Register for free at royporterccmaa.eventbrite.co.uk
Reposted by Justine Pick
Health is Wealth
During the 1920s the Industrial Health Education Council toured the country, holding 'Heath Meetings' for millworkers, miners & other industrial workers.
These posters and more are in our digitised sources on British healthcare, 1900-1948: warwick.ac.uk/services/lib... #HistMed
During the 1920s the Industrial Health Education Council toured the country, holding 'Heath Meetings' for millworkers, miners & other industrial workers.
These posters and more are in our digitised sources on British healthcare, 1900-1948: warwick.ac.uk/services/lib... #HistMed
October 3, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Health is Wealth
During the 1920s the Industrial Health Education Council toured the country, holding 'Heath Meetings' for millworkers, miners & other industrial workers.
These posters and more are in our digitised sources on British healthcare, 1900-1948: warwick.ac.uk/services/lib... #HistMed
During the 1920s the Industrial Health Education Council toured the country, holding 'Heath Meetings' for millworkers, miners & other industrial workers.
These posters and more are in our digitised sources on British healthcare, 1900-1948: warwick.ac.uk/services/lib... #HistMed