Laura Gowing
@lauragowing.bsky.social
Professing feminist history, early modern women and queer stuff at King’s College London, History Workshop Jnl and around town.
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LIGHTNING TALKS 2025
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LIGHTNING TALKS 2025
November 16, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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LIGHTNING TALKS 2025
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LIGHTNING TALKS 2025
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“Around six months after the cyber incident I talked to the then chair of the science select committee, who was not aware of this incident” w o w
I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
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The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?
The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity
www.cityam.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:13 PM
“Around six months after the cyber incident I talked to the then chair of the science select committee, who was not aware of this incident” w o w
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While so many politicians & the media are obsessing over 39000 people crossing the channel in small boats in 2025...
The Office for National Statistics just announced they got the figure for UK nationals emigrating in 2024 wrong.
The ERROR was 97,000 people.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The Office for National Statistics just announced they got the figure for UK nationals emigrating in 2024 wrong.
The ERROR was 97,000 people.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK net migration dropped more than first reported, ONS says
Net migration to the UK last year was 20% lower than previously thought.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 12:55 PM
While so many politicians & the media are obsessing over 39000 people crossing the channel in small boats in 2025...
The Office for National Statistics just announced they got the figure for UK nationals emigrating in 2024 wrong.
The ERROR was 97,000 people.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The Office for National Statistics just announced they got the figure for UK nationals emigrating in 2024 wrong.
The ERROR was 97,000 people.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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October 19, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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The IHR Women's History seminar programme for autumn 2025:
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/seminars/womens-history is now available. We look forward to seeing you soon!
@clairelanghamer.bsky.social @carmenmangion.bsky.social @lauragowing.bsky.social @dralanagharris.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/seminars/womens-history is now available. We look forward to seeing you soon!
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October 4, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The IHR Women's History seminar programme for autumn 2025:
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/seminars/womens-history is now available. We look forward to seeing you soon!
@clairelanghamer.bsky.social @carmenmangion.bsky.social @lauragowing.bsky.social @dralanagharris.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/seminars/womens-history is now available. We look forward to seeing you soon!
@clairelanghamer.bsky.social @carmenmangion.bsky.social @lauragowing.bsky.social @dralanagharris.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social
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Please join us for our inaugural seminar of the term in the IHR and online. Register: tinyurl.com/298ssvkr
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October 5, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Please join us for our inaugural seminar of the term in the IHR and online. Register: tinyurl.com/298ssvkr
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This is really fascinating
Wikipedia's list of linguistic and stylist "tells" of AI writing, the better to help editors recognize it
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...
Wikipedia's list of linguistic and stylist "tells" of AI writing, the better to help editors recognize it
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...
August 20, 2025 at 4:26 PM
This is really fascinating
Wikipedia's list of linguistic and stylist "tells" of AI writing, the better to help editors recognize it
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...
Wikipedia's list of linguistic and stylist "tells" of AI writing, the better to help editors recognize it
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...
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📣We're into the FINAL WEEK for applications for two Editorial Fellowship positions 2025-27!📣
Deadline is midnight 15th August (that's this Friday!), and the fellowships are open to any early career historians. See the post below for the full details:
www.historyworkshop....
Deadline is midnight 15th August (that's this Friday!), and the fellowships are open to any early career historians. See the post below for the full details:
www.historyworkshop....
Call for Applications: Editorial Fellowships at History Workshop, 2025
History Workshop is advertising two part-time, paid Editorial Fellowships in 2025, open to early career historians.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
August 12, 2025 at 11:23 AM
📣We're into the FINAL WEEK for applications for two Editorial Fellowship positions 2025-27!📣
Deadline is midnight 15th August (that's this Friday!), and the fellowships are open to any early career historians. See the post below for the full details:
www.historyworkshop....
Deadline is midnight 15th August (that's this Friday!), and the fellowships are open to any early career historians. See the post below for the full details:
www.historyworkshop....
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A 2 year postdoc research assistant job to work on the early institutional history of Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, leading to the writing of a report to contribute to broader decolonising and reparative efforts. Around 40k, deadline 5 Sept 25.
app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car...
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Post-Doctoral Research Associate - LSTM Decolonial History Project | Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) is seeking a Post-Doctoral Research Associate (PDRA) to support the delivery of a two-year, independent academic research project to develop a rigorous...
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August 5, 2025 at 10:05 AM
A 2 year postdoc research assistant job to work on the early institutional history of Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, leading to the writing of a report to contribute to broader decolonising and reparative efforts. Around 40k, deadline 5 Sept 25.
app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car...
app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car...
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We are proud to announce that South Asian Britain: Connecting Histories, a landmark educational website on the histories of South Asians in Britain, is now live!
Visit southasianbritain.org
@qmul.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social @britishlibrary.bsky.social #AHRC @uobartsmatter.bsky.social
Visit southasianbritain.org
@qmul.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social @britishlibrary.bsky.social #AHRC @uobartsmatter.bsky.social
July 22, 2025 at 8:00 AM
We are proud to announce that South Asian Britain: Connecting Histories, a landmark educational website on the histories of South Asians in Britain, is now live!
Visit southasianbritain.org
@qmul.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social @britishlibrary.bsky.social #AHRC @uobartsmatter.bsky.social
Visit southasianbritain.org
@qmul.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social @britishlibrary.bsky.social #AHRC @uobartsmatter.bsky.social
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🚨 Are you a first-time author in women or gender history?
The WHN Annual Book Prize offers £500 for the best debut monograph in this field published in the UK (2023–2024).
Deadline: 15 August 2025
Open to WHN members.
Details: womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-annual-b...
#WHNBookPrize #GenderHist
The WHN Annual Book Prize offers £500 for the best debut monograph in this field published in the UK (2023–2024).
Deadline: 15 August 2025
Open to WHN members.
Details: womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-annual-b...
#WHNBookPrize #GenderHist
July 29, 2025 at 10:15 AM
🚨 Are you a first-time author in women or gender history?
The WHN Annual Book Prize offers £500 for the best debut monograph in this field published in the UK (2023–2024).
Deadline: 15 August 2025
Open to WHN members.
Details: womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-annual-b...
#WHNBookPrize #GenderHist
The WHN Annual Book Prize offers £500 for the best debut monograph in this field published in the UK (2023–2024).
Deadline: 15 August 2025
Open to WHN members.
Details: womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-annual-b...
#WHNBookPrize #GenderHist
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An open letter has been launched today (27/7/25) for members of the UK academic community (academics and other university staff) to sign, to press the UK Home Office to facilitate safe passage out of Gaza for 40+ students with offers for UK universities.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Open letter from UK university staff: Request for biometric deferral and safe evacuation of incoming Palestinian students and scholars from Gaza to UK Universities
More than 40 students currently trapped in Gaza with full scholarships to UK Universities are asking for a safe route to come and study. We, the academic community hoping to welcome these scholars, ca...
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July 27, 2025 at 9:48 PM
An open letter has been launched today (27/7/25) for members of the UK academic community (academics and other university staff) to sign, to press the UK Home Office to facilitate safe passage out of Gaza for 40+ students with offers for UK universities.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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The next round of the BA Talent Development Scheme is open! 🚨I had one of these this year to build historic dress making skills for my performance history work - so culture studies people, don’t be put off, this is also for you!
We are offering up to £10k for researchers to upgrade their skills - e.g. in AI/machine learning; or a language; or something else! Think about it over the summer and apply by early October
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/tale...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/tale...
Talent Development Awards 2025-26
The Talent Development Awards are available to promote the acquisition and advancement of skills in relevant areas by UK-based researchers, promoting innovative research methods, be that through skill...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
July 23, 2025 at 7:07 PM
The next round of the BA Talent Development Scheme is open! 🚨I had one of these this year to build historic dress making skills for my performance history work - so culture studies people, don’t be put off, this is also for you!
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Many thanks for sharing - we're glad you're looking forward to it - as are we! willstranscribathon.eventbrite.com
July 23, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Many thanks for sharing - we're glad you're looking forward to it - as are we! willstranscribathon.eventbrite.com
Fantastic news!
🎓 We're delighted to announce the new Doctoral School for Arts & Humanities here @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
The new school is a major investment into the postgraduate research environment for the arts and humanities by King's.
Read more👇
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-l...
The new school is a major investment into the postgraduate research environment for the arts and humanities by King's.
Read more👇
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-l...
July 22, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Fantastic news!
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Congratulations to former British Academy Book Prize winner Toby Green FBA on the release of his new book, The Heretic of Cacheu.
This powerful history of the global slave trade is told through the life of one woman: Crispina Peres.
Out now with Penguin 👉 buff.ly/e7yfl7p
This powerful history of the global slave trade is told through the life of one woman: Crispina Peres.
Out now with Penguin 👉 buff.ly/e7yfl7p
July 11, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Congratulations to former British Academy Book Prize winner Toby Green FBA on the release of his new book, The Heretic of Cacheu.
This powerful history of the global slave trade is told through the life of one woman: Crispina Peres.
Out now with Penguin 👉 buff.ly/e7yfl7p
This powerful history of the global slave trade is told through the life of one woman: Crispina Peres.
Out now with Penguin 👉 buff.ly/e7yfl7p
@historyworkshop.org.uk is looking for new editorial fellows! For early career historians with an interest in radical, public and digital histories: paid, part-time work commissioning and editing on our digital history magazine. www.historyworkshop.org.uk/article/hist...
July 11, 2025 at 12:47 PM
@historyworkshop.org.uk is looking for new editorial fellows! For early career historians with an interest in radical, public and digital histories: paid, part-time work commissioning and editing on our digital history magazine. www.historyworkshop.org.uk/article/hist...
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Not one, but two keynote lectures! Join CEMS and MMoR next week.
25.06, 17:00 - @profjennyshaw.bsky.social on "The Women of Rendezvous"
26.06, 17:00 - @sdamussen.bsky.social on "Seeing Racial Patriarchy"
Full details below.
kingsearlymodern.co.uk/events/carib...
25.06, 17:00 - @profjennyshaw.bsky.social on "The Women of Rendezvous"
26.06, 17:00 - @sdamussen.bsky.social on "Seeing Racial Patriarchy"
Full details below.
kingsearlymodern.co.uk/events/carib...
Caribbean Connections: Seventeenth-Century Barbados and Britain — CEMS KCL Blog
Join King's Medicine and the Making of Race for two keynote lectures by Dr. Jenny Shaw (University of Alabama) and Prof. Susan D. Amussen (University of California Merced). Each keynote will think thr...
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June 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Not one, but two keynote lectures! Join CEMS and MMoR next week.
25.06, 17:00 - @profjennyshaw.bsky.social on "The Women of Rendezvous"
26.06, 17:00 - @sdamussen.bsky.social on "Seeing Racial Patriarchy"
Full details below.
kingsearlymodern.co.uk/events/carib...
25.06, 17:00 - @profjennyshaw.bsky.social on "The Women of Rendezvous"
26.06, 17:00 - @sdamussen.bsky.social on "Seeing Racial Patriarchy"
Full details below.
kingsearlymodern.co.uk/events/carib...
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fancy a bit of legal history, law and literature, and practice-as-research? come to my
@leverhulme.ac.uk-funded workshop at @sheffieldcems.bsky.social on the 23rd May. featuring libels, process-serving, facsimile documents, lewd remarks and document eating! tinyurl.com/4ras5xtv please share widely!
@leverhulme.ac.uk-funded workshop at @sheffieldcems.bsky.social on the 23rd May. featuring libels, process-serving, facsimile documents, lewd remarks and document eating! tinyurl.com/4ras5xtv please share widely!
April 7, 2025 at 1:54 PM
fancy a bit of legal history, law and literature, and practice-as-research? come to my
@leverhulme.ac.uk-funded workshop at @sheffieldcems.bsky.social on the 23rd May. featuring libels, process-serving, facsimile documents, lewd remarks and document eating! tinyurl.com/4ras5xtv please share widely!
@leverhulme.ac.uk-funded workshop at @sheffieldcems.bsky.social on the 23rd May. featuring libels, process-serving, facsimile documents, lewd remarks and document eating! tinyurl.com/4ras5xtv please share widely!
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Register: tinyurl.com/2yytrdd8
@ihr.bsky.social @harkaway1.bsky.social @clairelanghamer.bsky.social @dralanagharris.bsky.social @carmenmangion.bsky.social @lauragowing.bsky.social
@ihr.bsky.social @harkaway1.bsky.social @clairelanghamer.bsky.social @dralanagharris.bsky.social @carmenmangion.bsky.social @lauragowing.bsky.social
March 15, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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The Institute of Historical Research’s Black British History seminar series is hosting a writing workshop and dinner, before the first GPI Annual Lecture. Full details available on our seminar page: bit.ly/4jycw72
📍 GC202 & GC102, Queen Mary University of London
🗓️ Thursday 30th January
⏰ 16:15
📍 GC202 & GC102, Queen Mary University of London
🗓️ Thursday 30th January
⏰ 16:15
January 28, 2025 at 3:57 PM
The Institute of Historical Research’s Black British History seminar series is hosting a writing workshop and dinner, before the first GPI Annual Lecture. Full details available on our seminar page: bit.ly/4jycw72
📍 GC202 & GC102, Queen Mary University of London
🗓️ Thursday 30th January
⏰ 16:15
📍 GC202 & GC102, Queen Mary University of London
🗓️ Thursday 30th January
⏰ 16:15
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Applications are open for the 2025-27 Past & Present Fellowships @ihr.bsky.social are open
Applications close on 31st Jan 2025
Fellows appointed will commence on 1st Oct 2025 and be tenable for 24 months
Please share with your network
www.history.ac.uk/fellowships/...
Applications close on 31st Jan 2025
Fellows appointed will commence on 1st Oct 2025 and be tenable for 24 months
Please share with your network
www.history.ac.uk/fellowships/...
Past & Present Fellowships
Past & Present Fellowships are available for two years, and open to researchers who have completed a doctorate in history.
www.history.ac.uk
January 6, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Applications are open for the 2025-27 Past & Present Fellowships @ihr.bsky.social are open
Applications close on 31st Jan 2025
Fellows appointed will commence on 1st Oct 2025 and be tenable for 24 months
Please share with your network
www.history.ac.uk/fellowships/...
Applications close on 31st Jan 2025
Fellows appointed will commence on 1st Oct 2025 and be tenable for 24 months
Please share with your network
www.history.ac.uk/fellowships/...
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A wonderful opportunity to undertake funded PhD research with one of the most supportive and interesting scholars I know.... #EarlyModern 🗃️
Funded PhD Studentship @UCL History and @wellcomecollection.bsky.social on project titled 'Translating Monstrosity: Constructions of Difference in #earlymodern England and France'. Deadline Jan 31st 2025. Project & application info: www.ucl.ac.uk/history/oppo.... #histmed #histsci #HSTM #bookhistory
Opportunities
Find opportunities to join UCL History in academic, research, teaching and learning, admin and other capacities below.
www.ucl.ac.uk
December 16, 2024 at 12:34 PM
A wonderful opportunity to undertake funded PhD research with one of the most supportive and interesting scholars I know.... #EarlyModern 🗃️
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On the weaponisation of sound and silence. Extraordinary insights in this piece by audio artist/investigator Lawrence Abu Hamdan.
‘To cough was to risk death’: the artist who mapped Syria’s Sednaya prison with testimonies from its survivors
As an artist and audio investigator, I interviewed people who had been imprisoned in a building where sound and vision were weaponised. So what should happen to this monstrous place now it has been li...
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2024 at 7:39 PM
On the weaponisation of sound and silence. Extraordinary insights in this piece by audio artist/investigator Lawrence Abu Hamdan.