QMCBS
@qmcbs.bsky.social
Queen Mary Centre for British Studies
Website being developed at: https://projects.history.qmul.ac.uk/qmcbs/
Website being developed at: https://projects.history.qmul.ac.uk/qmcbs/
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📢Upcoming Event!
💻JBS Listening Session for UK-based Scholars
📅January 8
⏰4pm GMT/ 11am EST/ 9am MST/ 8am PST
Info and RSVP here: www.nacbs.org/event-detail...
💻JBS Listening Session for UK-based Scholars
📅January 8
⏰4pm GMT/ 11am EST/ 9am MST/ 8am PST
Info and RSVP here: www.nacbs.org/event-detail...
JBS Listening Session for UK-based scholars | NACBS
The Journal of British Studies will host a listening session for UK-based scholars of British Studies on Thursday, January 8, 2026 at 4pm GMT.
www.nacbs.org
December 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
📢Upcoming Event!
💻JBS Listening Session for UK-based Scholars
📅January 8
⏰4pm GMT/ 11am EST/ 9am MST/ 8am PST
Info and RSVP here: www.nacbs.org/event-detail...
💻JBS Listening Session for UK-based Scholars
📅January 8
⏰4pm GMT/ 11am EST/ 9am MST/ 8am PST
Info and RSVP here: www.nacbs.org/event-detail...
Check out Colm Murphy's @colmpm.bsky.social latest article in Past and Present: academic.oup.com/past/advance...
The Political Crisis of British Keynesianism, 1973–1983*
Abstract. In histories of Western political economy in the 1970s–1980s, Keynesianism is conventionally depicted as a victim of neoliberal ascendancy. Build
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December 18, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Check out Colm Murphy's @colmpm.bsky.social latest article in Past and Present: academic.oup.com/past/advance...
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We're excited to announce the call for papers for #MBS26, the next Modern British Studies conference, at Birmingham in June 2026. We'll be launching the #MBS Association at this event, to support further regular conferences in Modern British Studies.
www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/moder...
www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/moder...
Modern British Studies Conference 2026 - University of Birmingham
Conference information
www.birmingham.ac.uk
October 16, 2025 at 8:47 PM
We're excited to announce the call for papers for #MBS26, the next Modern British Studies conference, at Birmingham in June 2026. We'll be launching the #MBS Association at this event, to support further regular conferences in Modern British Studies.
www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/moder...
www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/moder...
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I’m honoured that my book, MULTICULTURAL BRITAIN: A PEOPLE’S HISTORY has been shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize. Hugely grateful to the judges and the many people who have supported this work along the way
@wolfsonhistory.bsky.social
www.wolfsonhistoryprize.org.uk/2025-wolfson...
@wolfsonhistory.bsky.social
www.wolfsonhistoryprize.org.uk/2025-wolfson...
2025 Wolfson History Prize shortlist announced
The Wolfson History Prize has revealed its 2025 shortlist, with six books in contention for the UK's most prestigious history writing prize.
www.wolfsonhistoryprize.org.uk
September 30, 2025 at 8:14 AM
I’m honoured that my book, MULTICULTURAL BRITAIN: A PEOPLE’S HISTORY has been shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize. Hugely grateful to the judges and the many people who have supported this work along the way
@wolfsonhistory.bsky.social
www.wolfsonhistoryprize.org.uk/2025-wolfson...
@wolfsonhistory.bsky.social
www.wolfsonhistoryprize.org.uk/2025-wolfson...
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There is a reason why history is at the heart of the culture wars. History is central to public consciousness and people care.
History seems to be thriving everywhere apart from in the spaces where historians are trained… #QMCBS
History seems to be thriving everywhere apart from in the spaces where historians are trained… #QMCBS
May 2, 2025 at 3:15 PM
There is a reason why history is at the heart of the culture wars. History is central to public consciousness and people care.
History seems to be thriving everywhere apart from in the spaces where historians are trained… #QMCBS
History seems to be thriving everywhere apart from in the spaces where historians are trained… #QMCBS
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@robertsaunders.bsky.social rallying for the humane case for history: not reducing people to contributors to GDP, but the role of the informed citizens, seeing the world through other eyes, making the present strange. We need to be confident in that to change the narrative about history&UKHE #QMCBS
May 2, 2025 at 3:27 PM
@robertsaunders.bsky.social rallying for the humane case for history: not reducing people to contributors to GDP, but the role of the informed citizens, seeing the world through other eyes, making the present strange. We need to be confident in that to change the narrative about history&UKHE #QMCBS
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@riakapoor.bsky.social answering the prompt on to what extent academic history should be shaped by present concerns: notices that the issues that are discussed without nuance and with binary ideas in the public discourse were discussed brilliantly & with nuance at #QMCBS.
May 2, 2025 at 3:44 PM
@riakapoor.bsky.social answering the prompt on to what extent academic history should be shaped by present concerns: notices that the issues that are discussed without nuance and with binary ideas in the public discourse were discussed brilliantly & with nuance at #QMCBS.
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Michelle Tusan: What happens to national histories when a country turns inwards? As someone flying in from the US, and recognising the value of continuing to collaborate and talk in person (even in ridiculously hot rooms…) #QMCBS
May 2, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Michelle Tusan: What happens to national histories when a country turns inwards? As someone flying in from the US, and recognising the value of continuing to collaborate and talk in person (even in ridiculously hot rooms…) #QMCBS
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Thanks for this wonderful thread on our panel at @qmcbs.bsky.social’s British History Today conference, @onslies.bsky.social. #qmcbs
Panel on race, state, and the criminal justice system in Britain #QMCBS
May 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Thanks for this wonderful thread on our panel at @qmcbs.bsky.social’s British History Today conference, @onslies.bsky.social. #qmcbs
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Great 2nd day of @qmcbs.bsky.social British History Now conference. Starting with awesome panel inc Jean Smith, @freddyfoks.bsky.social and @historianhelen.bsky.social on emigration, race and Empire post 1945 - loved these pics from Helen of expat retirees in Europe #QMCBS 🗃️
May 2, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Great 2nd day of @qmcbs.bsky.social British History Now conference. Starting with awesome panel inc Jean Smith, @freddyfoks.bsky.social and @historianhelen.bsky.social on emigration, race and Empire post 1945 - loved these pics from Helen of expat retirees in Europe #QMCBS 🗃️
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Delighted to speak on Vote100 2018 celebrations and plans for equal franchise 2028 on panel on political history today - with @jhdavey.bsky.social @martinspychal.bsky.social William Pettigrew and brilliant presentation by Matthew Smith & Ayshah Johnston on Inclusive Histories project #QMCBS 🗃️
May 2, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Delighted to speak on Vote100 2018 celebrations and plans for equal franchise 2028 on panel on political history today - with @jhdavey.bsky.social @martinspychal.bsky.social William Pettigrew and brilliant presentation by Matthew Smith & Ayshah Johnston on Inclusive Histories project #QMCBS 🗃️
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Final plenary discussing purpose of British history today @clairelanghamer.bsky.social @robertsaunders.bsky.social @lottelydia.bsky.social @riakapoor.bsky.social and Michelle Tusan @thenacbs.bsky.social All v thought-provoking! #QMCBS 🗃️
May 2, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Final plenary discussing purpose of British history today @clairelanghamer.bsky.social @robertsaunders.bsky.social @lottelydia.bsky.social @riakapoor.bsky.social and Michelle Tusan @thenacbs.bsky.social All v thought-provoking! #QMCBS 🗃️
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The *excitement*!! The fabulous @julialaite.bsky.social for the @rshc.bsky.social lecture on “British History from the Middle of Nowhere” 🤩 #QMCBS
May 1, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The *excitement*!! The fabulous @julialaite.bsky.social for the @rshc.bsky.social lecture on “British History from the Middle of Nowhere” 🤩 #QMCBS
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V interesting and thought-provoking 1st day of @qmcbs.bsky.social conference on British History Today. Great panel in packed room here on everyday and experience histories inc @caitbeaumont.bsky.social @ruthdav.bsky.social @lauratisdall.bsky.social @lauracking.bsky.social #QMCBS 🗃️
May 1, 2025 at 4:19 PM
V interesting and thought-provoking 1st day of @qmcbs.bsky.social conference on British History Today. Great panel in packed room here on everyday and experience histories inc @caitbeaumont.bsky.social @ruthdav.bsky.social @lauratisdall.bsky.social @lauracking.bsky.social #QMCBS 🗃️
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Fantastic to round off an enriching first day of the @qmcbs.bsky.social conference with the Raphael Samuel Memorial Lecture by Julia Laite.
"British history from the middle of nowhere" - great title!
"British history from the middle of nowhere" - great title!
May 1, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Fantastic to round off an enriching first day of the @qmcbs.bsky.social conference with the Raphael Samuel Memorial Lecture by Julia Laite.
"British history from the middle of nowhere" - great title!
"British history from the middle of nowhere" - great title!
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Amazing keynote by @julialaite.bsky.social on 'British history from the middle of nowhere', exploring how Britain has 'off-shored' its complicity in colonial violence in Newfoundland and Canada. A barnstorming lecture, rooted in the precarity of the field and the academy. @qmcbs.bsky.social
May 1, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Amazing keynote by @julialaite.bsky.social on 'British history from the middle of nowhere', exploring how Britain has 'off-shored' its complicity in colonial violence in Newfoundland and Canada. A barnstorming lecture, rooted in the precarity of the field and the academy. @qmcbs.bsky.social
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I've found the Europeans @qmcbs.bsky.social... I'm in panel 1.2 ‘‘Sites of Fracture – Doing Environmental History at the Margins of Capitalism’. Speakers are focusing on Ireland with intriguing papers on rain, dairy & community campaigns
May 1, 2025 at 10:40 AM
I've found the Europeans @qmcbs.bsky.social... I'm in panel 1.2 ‘‘Sites of Fracture – Doing Environmental History at the Margins of Capitalism’. Speakers are focusing on Ireland with intriguing papers on rain, dairy & community campaigns
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Taking Over Enthusiastic Social Media Person privilege: hashtag #QMCBS? Yes, @qmcbs.bsky.social?
Very excited the @qmcbs.bsky.social fest is about to kick off! All the #SkyStorians in Mile End!
May 1, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Taking Over Enthusiastic Social Media Person privilege: hashtag #QMCBS? Yes, @qmcbs.bsky.social?
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At @qmcbs.bsky.social conference talking about the rash of British history edited collections being developed at the moment. @sarahcrook.bsky.social making the important point that what might look like 'vitality' in a field can perhaps better be understood as 'resilience'.
May 1, 2025 at 9:37 AM
At @qmcbs.bsky.social conference talking about the rash of British history edited collections being developed at the moment. @sarahcrook.bsky.social making the important point that what might look like 'vitality' in a field can perhaps better be understood as 'resilience'.
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I'm always interested in contemporary history as that within 'living memory' -- the way that it foregrounds the historian as a actor in the creation of that historical narrative, since 'living memory' is definitionally a subjective period, and what that means for a field @qmcbs.bsky.social
May 1, 2025 at 10:01 AM
I'm always interested in contemporary history as that within 'living memory' -- the way that it foregrounds the historian as a actor in the creation of that historical narrative, since 'living memory' is definitionally a subjective period, and what that means for a field @qmcbs.bsky.social
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At the @qmcbs.bsky.social conference today feeling a tad guilty because apparently few early modernists put in and here I am not doing early modern stuff at all. Letting the side down.
May 1, 2025 at 10:05 AM
At the @qmcbs.bsky.social conference today feeling a tad guilty because apparently few early modernists put in and here I am not doing early modern stuff at all. Letting the side down.
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Super excited that the @qmcbs.bsky.social conference, British History Today, is Happening Tomorrow! (and Friday). Here are the details of my panel:
April 30, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Super excited that the @qmcbs.bsky.social conference, British History Today, is Happening Tomorrow! (and Friday). Here are the details of my panel:
There are a few places left for registration: projects.history.qmul.ac.uk/qmcbs/britis...
British History Today – Queen Mary Centre for British Studies
projects.history.qmul.ac.uk
April 24, 2025 at 8:54 AM
There are a few places left for registration: projects.history.qmul.ac.uk/qmcbs/britis...
Jst one week to go until British History Today: projects.history.qmul.ac.uk/qmcbs/britis...
British History Today – Queen Mary Centre for British Studies
projects.history.qmul.ac.uk
April 24, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Jst one week to go until British History Today: projects.history.qmul.ac.uk/qmcbs/britis...
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Look! LOOK! The purple has made its way over to our side! Possibly peaking a smidge too early, but still ready to be all pretty for the @qmcbs.bsky.social conference. Sign & make sure you sign up separately for the @rshc.bsky.social lecture projects.history.qmul.ac.uk/qmcbs/britis... #SkyStoriansn
April 22, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Look! LOOK! The purple has made its way over to our side! Possibly peaking a smidge too early, but still ready to be all pretty for the @qmcbs.bsky.social conference. Sign & make sure you sign up separately for the @rshc.bsky.social lecture projects.history.qmul.ac.uk/qmcbs/britis... #SkyStoriansn