Shane Ewen
LightNews LightNews
banner
shaneewen.bsky.social
Shane Ewen
@shaneewen.bsky.social
830 followers 370 following 280 posts
Professor of urban history @lbu-rae.bsky.social, ed. @urbanhistory.bsky.social, trustee @historictownstrust.bsky.social

Before Grenfell - free OA https://uolpress.co.uk/book/before-grenfell/

Free resources - https://forged-by-fire.wixsite.com/home?fbcli
Posts Replies Media Videos
shaneewen.bsky.social
Excellent performance of Trailblazers: Women Have Always Been Firefighters, tonight at Chapel FM in Seacroft. Audience v appreciative of the interlinked stories and a lively Q&A to end.
Actor Jane Morland as a wartime firewoman A display of historic pictures of firewomen
November 6, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Reposted by Shane Ewen
ihr.bsky.social
Are you studying, researching or teaching digital histories? Try using the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH). It contains 670,000+ resources from 55 BCE to today! Find out how to use BBIH buff.ly/yD11954 @brepols.net
Using BBIH online: a help pack for students and lecturers
For the academic year, we've a help pack offering guides to BBIH in undergraduate and graduate teaching and research. With embeddable content for VLEs.
www.history.ac.uk
November 6, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Reposted by Shane Ewen
urbanhistory.bsky.social
📣 We're looking for a new Bibliographer to join the #UrbanHistory team!

This is a great opportunity to get involved with a world-leading academic journal and find out about the latest urban history publications.

Apply by 5pm on Friday 6 November. Contact Roey Sweet for more details.
Call for Bibliographer for Urban History Urban History seeks to appoint a new bibliographer to compile our annual bibliography of publication in urban history. This is an exciting opportunity to become involved with a world-leading journal for urban historical research. Urban History is published by Cambridge University Press and occupies a central place in historical scholarship, with an outstanding record of interdisciplinary contributions, and a broad-based and distinguished panel of referees and international advisors. Each issue features wide-ranging research articles covering social, economic, political and cultural aspects of the history of towns and cities and supplementary material including periodical reviews, thesis reviews and book reviews. The bibliography, which has a global coverage, provides an essential tool for researchers interested in exploring recent publications and historiographical trends in their fields. About the bibliographer role The role involves the following tasks: • Searching for books, book chapters and journal articles published in the preceding calendar year, using online resources (journal websites, the Bibliography of British and Irish History and publishers’ websites). • Compiling a bibliography of all the entries ordered by thematic categories (typically 1000 entries). • Working with the production team at Cambridge University Press to check and proof-read copy edits before final production. We expect the new bibliographer to be able to start on 1 January 2026. We are happy to receive applications from individuals at different career stages and we welcome applications from historians – working in any context – from under-represented groups, including those from minoritized ethnic groups, disabled people, LGBTQIA+ people, and those who are ‘first generation’ in Higher Education. The positions attract an annual honorarium. Continues on next image Successful candidates will be fully supported by the the journal editors (Shane Ewen, Prashant Kidambi, Roey Sweet, Domenic Vitiello and Rosemary Wakeman). How to apply Those interested in making an application for the position of review editor should send to Roey Sweet (rhs4@le.ac.uk) • a CV (no more than 3 pages) • a summary of 300 words outlining your interest in the role Enquiries Informal enquiries about the role, including honorarium payments, can be made to: Professor Roey Sweet rhs4@le.ac.uk Deadline Deadline for applications: 5.00pm on Friday 6 November
September 22, 2025 at 2:33 PM
shaneewen.bsky.social
Please read and help @justicesummerland.bsky.social to overturn a 50-year long miscarriage of justice, if you can

www.crowdjustice.com/case/summerl...
Summerland: 50 Lost Lives. Justice Denied.
We are a group of people affected by the horrific Summerland fire, even fifty two years after this tragedy occurred. Our aim is to overturn a miscarriage of justice by exposing the truth.
www.crowdjustice.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:34 AM
shaneewen.bsky.social
Nice to receive author copies of the new 3-volume Cambridge Urban History of Europe today. I have a chapter in vol. 3 on the growth and internationalisation of the field. Let me know if you use it in teaching #urbanhistory
Volume 3 of your Cambridge Urban History of Europe First page of chapter by Shane Ewen
October 30, 2025 at 9:34 PM
shaneewen.bsky.social
Blue plaque’s up at Gipton Old Fire Station! With thanks to @leedscivictrust.bsky.social
Blue plaque commemorating the Gipton Fire Station
October 8, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Reposted by Shane Ewen
samgrinsell.bsky.social
Very pleased that my piece 'Urban history as urgent work, an argument for disciplinary promiscuity' has been published in @urbanhistory.bsky.social doi.org/10.1017/S096...
Many thanks to @mctom.bsky.social for organising the roundtable that got these thoughts going back in 2023! #UrbanHist #EnvHums
Urban history as urgent work, an argument for disciplinary promiscuity | Urban History | Cambridge Core
Urban history as urgent work, an argument for disciplinary promiscuity
doi.org
September 25, 2025 at 10:25 AM
shaneewen.bsky.social
Latest version of What is Urban History?, published in Korean! A true transnational volume,
Four editions of What is Urban History
August 29, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Reposted by Shane Ewen
mctom.bsky.social
So I've written a book! Waterscapes is about how impactful our need for water is on the environment and people. It's also about the ways in which infrastructure projects can impact place for good or bad.
royalhistsoc.org Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · Aug 28
Published today: 'Waterscapes: Reservoirs, Environment and Identity in Modern England and Wales', by Andrew McTominey bit.ly/4n4LkxB

'Waterscapes' is the 23rd title in the Society's New Historical perspectives book series, published @uolpress.bsky.social. Available free Open Access and in print 1/2
Cover for: Waterscapes: Reservoirs, Environment and Identity in Modern England and Wales, by Andrew McTominey
August 28, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Reposted by Shane Ewen
royalhistsoc.org
Published today: 'Waterscapes: Reservoirs, Environment and Identity in Modern England and Wales', by Andrew McTominey bit.ly/4n4LkxB

'Waterscapes' is the 23rd title in the Society's New Historical perspectives book series, published @uolpress.bsky.social. Available free Open Access and in print 1/2
Cover for: Waterscapes: Reservoirs, Environment and Identity in Modern England and Wales, by Andrew McTominey
August 28, 2025 at 9:18 AM
shaneewen.bsky.social
Women have always been firefighters. A story of 3 firefighters, all women, all wanting to make a difference, all ahead of their time, all facing challenges beyond fire.

The premiere is on 20th Sept. Book your tickets here: lnkd.in/eW663jW6
Poster advertising a play at the old Fire station in Leeds, Women Have Always Been Firefighters, on 20/09/2025. All welcome!
August 18, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Reposted by Shane Ewen
sitenonsite.com
Today is #HiroshimaDay, marking 80 years since the devastating atomic bombing. My song Paper Cranes documents an emotional visit to the peace museum and an encounter with a survivor. Today and every Aug 6, I’ll donate any profits to a Hibakusha charity. sitenonsite.bandcamp.com/album/hirosh...
Cassette copy of Site Nonsite's Hiroshima EP, with contents displayed: cassette case and cover, diary entry, unfolded map insert, stickers and origami paper.
August 6, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Reposted by Shane Ewen
joeharleyhistory.bsky.social
It’s here! Objects of Poverty: Material Culture in Britain from 1700 www.bloomsbury.com/uk/objects-o...
June 20, 2025 at 9:53 AM
shaneewen.bsky.social
New publication!

“Objects of Poverty: Material Culture in Britain from 1700” is edited by Joe Harley & Vicky Holmes. Our chapter is on the fireguard - a consistent absence in the archival record - and the campaign to introduce it into working-class homes.

Order the book here: lnkd.in/eMz2kfkd
Cover of Objects of Poverty, edited by Joseph Harley and Vicky Holmes “From Improvised to Subsidised Safety: Fireguards”, by Jonathan Reinarz and Shane Ewen
July 16, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Reposted by Shane Ewen
urbanhistorygroup.bsky.social
📣 Registration is now open for #UHG2025!

We're excited to welcome you to our first conference organised with the Pre-Modern Towns Group.

The Urban Commons: Rights and Citizenship in the City from the Medieval to the Modern

🗓️ 4-5 September 2025
📍 University of Leicester
Urban History Group conference 2025
The Urban Commons:Rights and Citizenship in the City from the Medieval to the Modern 4-5 September 2025, University of Leicester Registration is now open for the Urban History Group’s 2025 co…
urbanhistorygroup.wordpress.com
June 9, 2025 at 7:41 PM
shaneewen.bsky.social
My university is looking to appoint 3 Research Officers (1Yr Fixed) to help develop research impact and engagement projects in the following areas

Social Sciences
English & Creative Writing
History

Closing date: Friday 25 July 2025

Link: vacancies.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/ce0984li_web...
Job profile
vacancies.leedsbeckett.ac.uk
July 4, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Reposted by Shane Ewen
historictownstrust.bsky.social
We're delighted to announce the publication of our historical map of Bradford — UK City of Culture 2025. This multi-layered map shows the development of an industrial city which was constantly rebuilding. Grab a copy of the map from our online shop: shop.historictownstrust.uk/product/hist...
July 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
shaneewen.bsky.social
Shared a room with peace campaigner Bill Laithwaite today.
Bust of Bill Laithwaite, peace campaigner, at the Working Class Movement Library, Salford.
July 1, 2025 at 9:38 PM
shaneewen.bsky.social
Spent the evening at Bradford City Hall for the launch of the @historictownstrust.bsky.social map of Bradford, with a series of fascinating talks in conjunction with the Bradford Literature Festival.

Get your copy of this beautifully crafted map here: www.historictownstrust.uk/maps-nop/an-...
Sarah Rees Jones launching the Bradford map at the City Hall.
June 30, 2025 at 7:33 PM
shaneewen.bsky.social
Good to see all the misfits out in Manchester last night: second set bangers aplenty from Pulp
Stage with the word LOVE in caps. A 61-year old male dancing like he’s 25.
June 22, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Reposted by Shane Ewen
bradfordlitfest.bsky.social
Join us for the official launch of the Bradford Map. A beautifully crafted historical map developed by @historictownstrust.bsky.social‬
‬
📅 - Monday 30 June
🏛️ - City Hall

Book your tickets here: 🔗

www.bradfordlitfest....

#Bradford #BradfordMap #HistoricTownsTrust #BradfordLitFest
June 19, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Reposted by Shane Ewen
profkdlilley.bsky.social
Two @historictownstrust.bsky.social events in Bradford marking the launch of another historical map 😍 this time for Bradford itself as UK City of Culture, what's more @jerrybrotton.bsky.social is speaking too about his book, sounds great
www.bradfordlitfest.co.uk/event/bradfo...
Bradford Map Launch with Historic Towns Trust | Bradford Literature Festival
Join us for the official launch of the Bradford Map, a beautifully crafted historical map developed by the Historic Towns Trust. This special evening event will feature a display of the map, mingling ...
www.bradfordlitfest.co.uk
June 19, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Reposted by Shane Ewen
rebeccawynter.bsky.social
🚨Historians of drink, drugs, sex, crime, law, #police🚨

CfP 'Policing and #PublicHealth, c.1800-2000' workshop www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...

[typo in description: we *may* be able to make a small travel contribution]

#HistSTM #LegalHist #HistSex #HistGender #HistMed
Two uniformed 1960s London police women looking to the left with metal and gauze masks over their mouths and noses.
June 17, 2025 at 8:11 AM
shaneewen.bsky.social
I’ve attended my School’s PGR Conference today. Great to hear such eclectic research. V proud supervisor as two of my students presented. One of these, Will Sanders, was also one of the core organisers. Here he is pictured chairing a session before speaking abt aerial threat in c.20th urban Britain
June 17, 2025 at 2:53 PM
shaneewen.bsky.social
My brilliant third year students researched and created the following StoryMaps, sharing the stories of trailblazing women volunteers for the #Leeds Auxiliary Fire Service in the Second World War.

Do check them out!

#publichistory #urbanhistory #womenshistory

space2.org.uk/trailblazers/
Trailblazers - Space2 - An award winning participatory arts charity
Space2 is an award winning arts and social change charity, based in inner East Leeds. We are a small organisation that punches above our weight, with co-production principles at the heart of all we do...
space2.org.uk
June 11, 2025 at 11:45 AM