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Social History Society
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Promoting the research, teaching and sharing of social and cultural history since 1976.
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📅 Save the Date!
🎉 To mark 50 years of the Social History Society, we’re hosting a Social History Festival with @ihr.bsky.social!

🗓️ Fri 24 April 2026
📍 Senate House, University of London

Panels, a keynote + hands-on activities!
💡 Want to contribute? 👉socialhistsoc@gmail.com

More info coming soon!
October 22, 2025 at 8:27 AM
socialhistsoc.bsky.social
📅 Save the Date!
🎉 To mark 50 years of the Social History Society, we’re hosting a Social History Festival with @ihr.bsky.social!

🗓️ Fri 24 April 2026
📍 Senate House, University of London

Panels, a keynote + hands-on activities!
💡 Want to contribute? 👉socialhistsoc@gmail.com

More info coming soon!
October 22, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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We recently promoted the @socialhistsoc.bsky.social BME Small Grants scheme.

We encourage you to apply if you need support with your #histed research!

Check out our news article on it here: historyofeducation.org.uk/bme-grant-2025

#edusky
Joint BME Small Grants scheme now available! - History of Education Society
by Jennifer Crowdy | Oct 11, 2025 | 0 comments
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October 11, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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CFP: Gender, Violence and the Early Moderns

🗓️ 22 May 2026
📍 European University Institute, Florence
👩‍🏫 Organiser: Dr Giada Pizzoni
🎤 Keynote: Dr Jonathan Davies (Warwick)

Submit abstracts (≤300 words) by 20 Dec 2025 👉

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Gender, Violence and the Early Moderns
Call for Papers Gender, Violence and the Early Moderns European University Institute, Florence 22 May 2026 Organiser: Dr Giada Pizzoni Keynote Speaker: Dr Jonathan Davies (Warwick) Violence puts th…
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October 9, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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New publication! 🚨

My article looks at how, during the 1916 US occupation, Dominican education administrators negotiated US expectations by drawing on the expertise of their Latin American counterparts.

First 50 copies are free access: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/MZSMJ...
Modernising Dominican education: transnational exchanges in the Revista de Educación during the 1916 US occupation
During the eight-year US occupation of the Dominican Republic (1916–1924), US military officials and Dominican education administrators sought to transform the school system as a way to create a mo...
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October 8, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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📢 Applications are now open for the Joint BME Small Grants scheme, supporting research, events & activities by BME historians or on BME histories.

💸 Grants up to £1000.
⏰Deadline: 27 Nov 2025.

#history #apply #funding #opportunity

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Joint BME Small Grants
The Social History Society administers a Small Grants Fund to support research, events and activities undertaken by BME historians or focused on the histories of BME people The scheme was launched …
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September 30, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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📣Fellowship and grant opportunity!

@chuarchives.bsky.social has multiple by-fellowships & research grants currently open for applications✨

🕰️Different deadlines on 31 October, 31 December & 31 May.

👉More info: archives.chu.cam.ac.uk/about/resear...
September 26, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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📢 The Social History Society Book Prize 2026 is now open for nominations!

Now in its 8th year, the prize celebrates the best books in social history & cultural history✨

More information here: socialhistory.org.uk/2025/09/24/b...
Book Prize 2026 Open
We are delighted to announce that the Social History Society annual Book Prize has reopened and is seeking nominations. The prize is now in its eighth year and is awarded to the best book in Social…
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September 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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📢 The Social History Society Book Prize 2026 is now open for nominations!

Now in its 8th year, the prize celebrates the best books in social history & cultural history✨

More information here: socialhistory.org.uk/2025/09/24/b...
Book Prize 2026 Open
We are delighted to announce that the Social History Society annual Book Prize has reopened and is seeking nominations. The prize is now in its eighth year and is awarded to the best book in Social…
socialhistory.org.uk
September 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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📣Reminder that the deadline is coming soon!
socialhistsoc.bsky.social Social History Society @socialhistsoc.bsky.social · Sep 15
📢 Reminder: the deadline for the Social History Society Small Grants is coming up soon!

💷 Up to £1000 available to support research, events & activities in social & cultural history

🗓️ Apply by 1 October for events Dec–Apr
🔗 socialhistory.org.uk/funding/smal...
✨Apply today!
Small Grants
The Social History Society maintains a Small Grants Fund to support research, events and activities by members of the Society. We give priority to activities and research that would otherwise remai…
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September 19, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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📢 Reminder: the deadline for the Social History Society Small Grants is coming up soon!

💷 Up to £1000 available to support research, events & activities in social & cultural history

🗓️ Apply by 1 October for events Dec–Apr
🔗 socialhistory.org.uk/funding/smal...
✨Apply today!
Small Grants
The Social History Society maintains a Small Grants Fund to support research, events and activities by members of the Society. We give priority to activities and research that would otherwise remai…
socialhistory.org.uk
September 15, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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A brilliant use of our maps!
September 19, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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📢 Reminder: the deadline for the Social History Society Small Grants is coming up soon!

💷 Up to £1000 available to support research, events & activities in social & cultural history

🗓️ Apply by 1 October for events Dec–Apr
🔗 socialhistory.org.uk/funding/smal...
✨Apply today!
Small Grants
The Social History Society maintains a Small Grants Fund to support research, events and activities by members of the Society. We give priority to activities and research that would otherwise remai…
socialhistory.org.uk
September 15, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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📣New book in social history!

'Made in Swindon: A Social History, 1840s-1940s', edited by Philip Garrahan (Hobnob Press), explores how the GWR turned a rural Wiltshire settlement into one of Britain’s great company towns

👉Read more here: socialhistory.org.uk/shs_exchange...
Made in Swindon: A Social History 1840s -1940s
Made in Swindon: a social history 1840s -1940s was published in May this year by Hobnob Press. It is edited by Philip Garrahan, Emeritus Professor at Sheffield Hallam University, and has six contri…
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August 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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⏰This time one month ago we were gearing up for the beginning of our annual conference!

We had a fantastic time and look forward to seeing many of you again at our conference next year.

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Social History Society Conference 2025 Roundup
We are delighted to say that our 2025 SHS Conference was an immense success! This was the first time we have ever hosted a conference in a heritage site: namely, the Black Country Living Museum in …
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August 6, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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📣Call for Papers 📣

I am delighted to announce that 'Speech/less in the Early Modern World' will be held 23 April 2026 at Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge.

Please share far and wide and do consider submitting a proposal! 🙊

Link to PDF version: bit.ly/4lZz80R
August 4, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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📣We are delighted to announce that our outgoing Chair, Professor Naomi Tadmor, has been elected Honorary Vice President of the Society.

This role is given as a mark of distinction to those who have made an outstanding contribution to the Society.

👇Read here: socialhistory.org.uk/2025/07/24/o...
Outgoing Chair Naomi Tadmor to become Honorary Vice President of the Social History Society
The Social History Society is delighted to announce that Professor Naomi Tadmor will become an Honorary Vice President of the Society. At the Annual General Meeting at the Social History Society Co…
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July 25, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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I was absolutely delighted to be awarded the Paula Cox Public History Award at the @socialhistsoc.bsky.social conference a few weeks ago. I received this award for my work on @paraheritage.bsky.social ‘Story of the Games’ exhibition.

Read more here: lnkd.in/eDC_Zm9g
July 24, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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📣We are thrilled to announce the winner of the 2025 Social History Society's Pamela Cox Public History Prize!

👇Read more below: socialhistory.org.uk/2025/07/23/w...
Winner of the 2025 Pamela Cox Public History Prize Announced
We are delighted to announce the winner of the 2025 Social History Society Pamela Cox Public History Prize. The Pamela Cox Public History Prize recognises activities that enhance public understandi…
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July 23, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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📣We are delighted to announce the results of the Postgraduate Paper Prize 2025!

👇Read all about it below:

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Winners of 2025 Postgraduate Paper Prize Announced
We are delighted to announce the results of our 2025 Postgraduate Paper prize. The Postgraduate Paper Prize is awarded to the best conference papers presented at the Social History Society conferen…
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July 22, 2025 at 6:27 AM
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A week late but (still) reflecting on a wonderful 3 days at my first @socialhistsoc.bsky.social ‪‪conference. So much fascinating social history research, provoking conversations across time periods/topics, with setting of @bclivingmuseum.bsky.social as an added bonus #SHSConf2025
July 15, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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📣We are delighted to announce the results of our Committee Elections!

👇Read more below!

socialhistory.org.uk/2025/07/14/c...
Committee Election Results 2025 Announced
We are pleased to announce the results of the 2025 Committee Election. Lynn Abrams has been elected as our new Chair. Abrams is Professor of Modern History at the University of Glasgow, and has a w…
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July 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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sonsoleshb.bsky.social
En 2022 fui embarazada al congreso de la
@socialhistsoc.bsky.social en Lancaster. Desde entonces, retomo ahora mi actividad congresil en el #SHSConf2025, esta vez en @bclivingmuseum.bsky.social, Dudley. Regreso ahora que #ExcitingTheBody acaba de ver la luz (y se lo han traído!) y con nuestra peque❤️
July 12, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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'Afterlives of war' by Michael Roper has won the @socialhistsoc.bsky.social Book Prize 2025! 🎉

This pioneering study reveals the contribution of descendants to the contemporary memory of the First World War - available Open Access on manchesterhive.com!

Read it for free now 🔓 #OA #OpenAccess
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July 14, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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📣We are delighted to announce that Prof. Michael Roper has been awarded the Social History Society's Book Prize for 'Afterlives of War: A Descendants' History' (MUP, 2023)!

Prof. Laura Kelly (@tortietabby.bsky.social) won the Runner's Up Prize. Read more below!

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Michael Roper Awarded Social History Society Book Prize
The Social History Society Book Prize rewards the best original works of social and cultural history by established authors. The prize was launched in 2018 and has become a key part of the society’…
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July 11, 2025 at 8:49 AM