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Salvation Army International Heritage Centre
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The International Heritage Centre tells the story of The Salvation Army from its origins in the 1860s to the present, both in the UK and internationally.
https://www.salvationarmy.org.uk/about-us/international-heritage-centre
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britishlibrary.bsky.social
Apply for our PhD placement scheme to get involved in extraordinary research at the Library. There are eight available placements exploring a variety of themes including war poetry, 21st-century digital tools, illustrated newspapers and decarbonisation.

Find out more: link.bl.uk/PhDPlacements
The front page of the Daily Graphic newspaper published Saturday 25 August, 1917, featuring portraits of 'Women in the Order of the British Empire', including Lady Byron, the honourable Mrs Alfred Lyttelton, Her Majesty the Queen.
February 4, 2026 at 10:55 AM
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socialhistsoc.bsky.social
📣Bookings now open!

👉Celebrating 50 years of the Social History Society with our 'Festival of Social History' @ihr.bsky.social

Panels, zine-making stall, tours, lunch, a roundtable, & keynote by Naomi Tadmor

📅 24 Apr 2026
💷 from £10 for members

All welcome!
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Festival of Social History
To celebrate 50 years of the Social History Society, we’ve teamed up with the Institute of Historical Research to host a Social History Festival! The festival will feature two expert discussion pan…
socialhistory.org.uk
February 5, 2026 at 2:40 PM
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uknatarcsector.bsky.social
We’ve published a new collection of case studies showcasing the value and impact of charity archives: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec...
Includes contributions from practitioners and organisations working across the archive and voluntary sectors! (1/2)
📷British Red Cross Museum and Archive
Four Voluntary Aid Detachment nurses carrying an injured person on a stretcher during the Blitz in 1941
February 4, 2026 at 3:14 PM
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socialhistsoc.bsky.social
📣Apply for Small Grants Funding!

Are you looking to conduct research into social or cultural history? Do you need support with archival visits, organising a conference, or buying specialist equipment?

⏰Our next funding deadline is 1 March

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Small Grants
The Social History Society maintains a Small Grants Fund to support our members to carry out research activities and hold events. We give priority to activities and event that would otherwise remai…
socialhistory.org.uk
January 23, 2026 at 4:52 PM
salvarmyarchive.bsky.social
The Heritage Centre recently received this donations envelope from the 1946 Self-Denial fundraising appeal. It was found in someone's house and still has a coin inside (we haven't opened it!), so the donation clearly never made it to us. Better late than never!
February 4, 2026 at 10:27 AM
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lampallib.bsky.social
📢 Our newest exhibition, Primate of All England: The Archbishop of Canterbury Through Time, is now officially open!

Come along and find out more about the historic role and responsibilities of the Archbishop of Canterbury through rarely-seen artefacts and archive material.
January 29, 2026 at 10:21 AM
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giorgiatolfo.bsky.social
Working with records of traumatic histories
Wed, 25 Feb | 13:00 GMT | Online

🎤 Eliza McKee, @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy
🎤 Hari Jonkers, @holocaustnorth.bsky.social
🎤 Gillian Boll and Malcolm Mathieson, @amnestyuk.bsky.social

Info and registration here: shorturl.at/jAfJO
Working with records of traumatic histories
Learn about the responsibilities and considerations involved in providing access to records related to traumatic histories.
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January 29, 2026 at 3:21 PM
salvarmyarchive.bsky.social
@drinkingstudies.bsky.social
lampallib.bsky.social Lambeth Palace Library @lampallib.bsky.social · 29d
Have any of you been trying #DryJanuary this month?

If the lure of alcohol feels too tempting, Victorian temperance societies had plenty of advice! This 1893 illustration from the Band of Hope Union is aimed at those doing the thirsty work of harvesting crops.🧑‍🌾

[MV5443.U6, no. 4]
January 22, 2026 at 2:31 PM
salvarmyarchive.bsky.social
Indeed! 👇
Photograph of two books: James Kneale, Temperance Lives: Life Assurance, Drink and Medicine in Britain, 1840-1918 and Andrew Davison, The Built Heritage of the Temperance Movement: The Way Out of Darkest England
January 21, 2026 at 12:46 PM
salvarmyarchive.bsky.social
This collection of architectural plans is still bringing up some treasures:
Edinburgh Women's Hostel, 1912
East Dereham corps hall, 1929
Hillingdon corps hall, 1966
Architectural plan of Salvation Army Women's Hostel, Grassmarket, Edinburgh, 1960s copy of 1912 design Architectural plan of Salvation Army hall, East Dereham, 1929 Architectural plan of Salvation Army Hillingdon corps hall, 1966
January 20, 2026 at 10:54 AM
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jameskneale.bsky.social
Good story about UK temperance here, featuring the ever-brilliant Dr Annemarie McAllister, plus Fran Robinson of the Livesey Collection at the University of Central Lancashire, the most important British temperance collection... (h/t @addiebabe.bsky.social)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... (1/3)
Dry January, teetotalism and fear of the 'demon drink'
Academics ague the temperance movements paved the way for sobriety trends like Dry January.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 17, 2026 at 11:20 AM
salvarmyarchive.bsky.social
It's great to see so much media coverage around Andrew Davison's new book on the built heritage of the temperance movement.

liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....
January 12, 2026 at 10:49 AM
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Temperance is often treated as a footnote, but in Victorian Britain it was a mass movement.

Millions pledged abstinence and reshaped London with alcohol-free spaces - a hidden history still standing today.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
How did mass teetotalism change Victorian London?
Buildings like the Old Vic theatre were important places for the Temperance movement in the 1800s.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 12, 2026 at 9:53 AM
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jameskneale.bsky.social
You wait several years for a book on British temperance history and two come along almost at once! I'm a big fan of Andrew Davison's work, so I'm pleased to see his book on temperance buildings published by Liverpool University Press. Looking forward to reading it
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Temperance Buildings in England
The temperance movement and its remarkable physical legacy visible on our streets today.
heritagecalling.com
January 12, 2026 at 9:04 AM
salvarmyarchive.bsky.social
Reminder to anyone who's interested that the deadline for our collaborative PhD with @qubhistory.bsky.social, on the Salvation Army Rescue Home in Belfast, is this coming Tuesday.
salvarmyarchive.bsky.social Salvation Army International Heritage Centre @salvarmyarchive.bsky.social · Nov 21
We're very excited to announce our collaborative PhD with @qubhistory.bsky.social on the residents of The Salvation Army's Bethel Rescue Home in Belfast in the C19th. Supervised by @elainefarrell.bsky.social (@badbridgetbook.bsky.social)
Applications by 13 Jan 2026.
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
REF: CSHIS01 - HIS-PHD | Courses | Queen's University Belfast
www.qub.ac.uk
January 8, 2026 at 1:43 PM
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archiveswales.bsky.social
@capelicymru.bsky.social is the Royal Commission’s exciting new project to understand, document, and respond to the growing loss of Wales’ Nonconformist heritage. Follow their Bluesky page for project updates.
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Digitized copy of a black and white photograph showing an exterior view of Bethania Chapel, Maesteg, with the congregation and school pupils. Part of a collection of material relating to Bethania Chap...
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January 7, 2026 at 2:11 PM
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mrcwarwick.bsky.social
20 days to go to send us your abstracts on coal, community, health and welfare!

Join us in June for a one day event at the University of Warwick, including NUM archive content.

#CfP
mrcwarwick.bsky.social Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick @mrcwarwick.bsky.social · Nov 20
Call for papers #CFP

Blood is the Price of Coal: Coal Communities, Health and Welfare in Britain and Beyond from the 19th Century to the Present

18 June 2026: 1 day conference + NUM archive exhibition

Submit abstracts / express interest at warwick.ac.uk/services/lib...

Deadline: 25 Jan 2026
Blood is the Price of Coal: Coal Communities, Health and Welfare in Britain and Beyond from the 19th Century to the Present When and where: University of Warwick, Coventry, on Thursday 18 June 2026. Conference summary: This free one day conference aims to bring together researchers from higher education, community and campaign groups to explore the history of health and welfare in Britain’s coal mining industry. Held jointly by the University of Warwick's Centre for the History of Medicine, Science and Technology, and Modern Records Centre, the event will run alongside an exhibition which will explore some of the themes covered by the speakers through the National Union of Mineworkers' archives. We welcome contributions from new and established researchers, working inside and outside higher education. Confirmed participants include: - Jörg Arnold (University of Augsburg / Institute for Contemporary History Munich - Berlin), author of The British Miner in the Age of DeIndustrialization - Keith Gildart (University of Wolverhampton), Principal Investigator on research project On Behalf of the People: Work, Community and Class in the British Coal Industry 1947-1994 and former miner - Quentin Outram (University of Leeds), Secretary of the Society for the Study of Labour History and co-editor of Coal in Victorian Britain Conference themes: Subjects that could be addressed include but are not limited to: The human cost of coal, including: - Mining disasters, their contemporary impacts and later memorialisation. - Industrial accidents, industrial diseases and workers’ compensation. - Mine safety and the improvement of conditions. - Mining and mental health. Industrial health and welfare, including: - Pre-nationalisation provision in and beyond the colliery. - National Coal Board provision, including the NCB Medical Service, housing and the Coal Industry Social Welfare Organisation. - Trade union campaigns and benefit schemes. - Sport and social provision as mining welfare. Coal and community, including: - Environmental impact. - Mining families and the intergenerational effects of the mining industry. - Impacts of the industry with particular reference to gender, race and ethnicity. - Coalfield communities after coal: the effects of deindustrialisation. Submission guidelines We wish to make space for dialogue between academic and community-based researchers, and welcome involvement from mining heritage and local history groups / researchers from former coalfield communities. We welcome and encourage alternative presentational styles. Possible formats for contributions could include: - 15-20 minute papers. - 5 minute lightning papers (for example showcasing a particular object or archival source, or highlighting a particular place, event, individual or experience). - Round table discussions. - Posters or displays. Submission deadline: 25 January 2026. Limited funding for travel support will be available, with priority given to early career researchers or participants who cannot draw upon institutional funding. For additional enquiries, please contact the conference organisers at archives@warwick.ac.uk
January 5, 2026 at 2:15 PM
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westminsterwalks.bsky.social
Researching for a Christmas walk in Spitalfields led me to discover that in the early 1900s via a @mirror.co.uk charity appeal a men’s hostel in Quaker St was known as The Palace of Pudding. Thanks to @salvarmyarchive.bsky.social and #BritishNewspaperArchive westminsterwalks.london/the-palace-o...
The Palace of Pudding - Westminster Walks
In Quaker Street off Brick Lane in the early 1900s there was once a building known as the Palace of the Pudding.
westminsterwalks.london
December 28, 2025 at 10:23 AM
salvarmyarchive.bsky.social
This 👇 fascinating blog post from @lucybrewer.bsky.social is about our women's social work records. Lucy was an intern from the excellent MA in Victorian Studies at Birkbeck.
lucybrewer.bsky.social Lucy Brewer @lucybrewer.bsky.social · Dec 16
This post looks at my time with @salvarmyarchive.bsky.social; some of the sources you can find in their archives; how death in the 19thC could impact those left behind; introduces you to some women you otherwise would not know; and shows you a way of interrogating 19thC data with 21stC methods.
Stories from the Archives. — Lucy Brewer
Working in an archive; death in the nineteenth century; using data in historical research.
www.lucy-brewer.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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aschurchhistory.bsky.social
Today's featured title:

“Christian Internationalism and German Belonging: The Salvation Army from Imperial Germany to Nazism,” by Rebecca Carter-Chand, University of Wisconsin Press, 2025

@uwiscpress.bsky.social

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“Christian Internationalism and German Belonging: The Salvation Army from Imperial Germany to Nazism,” by Rebecca Carter-Chand, University of Wisconsin Press, 2025
November 29, 2025 at 5:16 PM
salvarmyarchive.bsky.social
Reminder that there's still a month to apply for our collaborative PhD on the Belfast rescue home with @qubhistory.bsky.social and @elainefarrell.bsky.social .

www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
December 12, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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mrcwarwick.bsky.social
#CfP Call for Papers

Organised by Global History and Culture Centre, University of Warwick:

Between Thompson and the Global: Reflections on Labour History Today

Workshop: 26-27 June 2026, University of Warwick

Deadline for abstracts: 30 January 2026

Submit to globalhistory@warwick.ac.uk
Between Thompson and the Global: Reflections on Labour History Today We invite papers for a workshop entitled “Between Thompson and the Global: Rethinking Labour History Today”, to be held at the University of Warwick on 26-27 June 2026. This workshop will seek to bring together historians of labour to collectively reflect on a large historiographical shift that has taken place over the last two decades, from the social history of labour (in national contexts) to global and trans-national labour history. The social history of labour “from below” is a tradition initiated by E.P Thompson’s The Making of the English Working Class (1963), and extended over several decades by a robust tradition of politically engaged left-wing historical studies of the working classes: a tradition most powerfully entrenched in British historiography (but with many imprints elsewhere, ranging from the United States to Brazil to South Africa to India). The global history of labour, which revised and questioned many of the features of “Thompsonian” history-writing, has sought to overcome “methodological nationalism” in the writing of labour history, to investigate specific labour histories within a global frame, and to enable trans-national histories of workers and work. It has emerged as an increasingly dominant frame of reference for contemporary studies of labour around the world. This workshop seeks to place these two historiographical traditions in conversation with each other, to examine the stakes of the passage from the older, “Thompsonian” tradition to the “global turn”, and to think about the changed meanings of “doing labour history” today. Participants are urged to explicitly reflect on the methodological and conceptual issues at stake in the practice of labour history. We would like to invite submissions that address (but are not necessarily limited to) the following themes: 1. To what extent has the global labour history tradition that has flourished over the last 20 years drawn upon or rejected the methodological and conceptual approaches of Thompsonian social/labour history? What other methodologies and concepts have been deployed and proven fruitful? 2. How do we address the burgeoning critique of Thompsonian social/labour history as parochial and Anglocentric (Bressey, 2015; Satia, 2020), and how have historians responded to this challenge and reshaped British labour history accordingly? What can historians of British labour learn from broader global trajectories of workforce formation and labour movements? 3. How might integrating histories of consumption, environment, and reproduction enrich our understanding of labour and its global entanglements? 4. In what ways can collaboration between historians of Britain and the global south generate new analytical frameworks or unsettle established narratives of class, race, and empire? 5. What kinds of politically-engaged global social and labour history can best respond to the contemporary challenges of rising global inequality and the appropriation of class politics by some sections of the populist right? 6. The legitimacy of 'radical' forms of labour-history writing initially arose from politics, from the apparently established centrality of the industrial working class both in society and in projects of social emancipation. That centrality has now been in precipitous decline for a long time. In this context, how might we think about what the ‘politics of doing labour history’ actually implies today? 7. What has been gained and what has been lost in the shift from a labour history dominated by “history from below” to one dominated by global history? Please send abstracts to globalhistory@warwick.ac.uk
December 8, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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chuarchives.bsky.social
And the deadline for our next round of By-Fellowship applications is 31st December. We offer 3 Archives By-Fellowships each year for researchers engaged in academic projects at a post-doctoral level or above. ➡️ Find out more and apply, click here: buff.ly/HbNqCbd
Research Grants & By-Fellowships - Churchill Archives Centre
Find out available research grants and Archives By-Fellowships, including eligibility and the application process.
archives.chu.cam.ac.uk
December 5, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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uclgeography.bsky.social
Victorian teetotalers, life insurance & health: Dr @jameskneale.bsky.social’s Temperance Lives shows how insurers shaped drinking habits 🏛️💼🍷.

Read more 👇 tinyurl.com/ucl-temp

#UCLGeography #VictorianBritain #Temperance #LifeAssurance #History @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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socialhistsoc.bsky.social
🚨 Call for Papers! 🚨

📣Join us @lancasteruni.bsky.social 1-3 July 2026 as we return to our original home to celebrate our 50th anniversary!

We welcome proposals from historians at all career stages across 8 thematic strands.

📅 CfP deadline: 16/01/26
🔗 socialhistory.org.uk/events/confe...

#CFP 🗃️
SHS Annual Conference 2026
Our 50th anniversary conference will be held at Lancaster University, the academic home of the Social History Society. A Significant Milestone The Social History Society was founded at Lancaster Un…
socialhistory.org.uk
November 27, 2025 at 10:42 AM