Steve Thompson
@stevethompsonaber.bsky.social
Hanesydd Cymru yn y bedwaredd ganrif ar bymtheg a'r ugeinfed ganrif, Prifysgol Aberystwyth.
Historian of nineteenth- and twentieth-century Wales, Aberystwyth University.
Historian of nineteenth- and twentieth-century Wales, Aberystwyth University.
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...Ernst Bloch, Colin Ward, madarch hud, Tom Nefyn, Hilda Jennings, Winifred Coombe Tennant, Merfyn Turner, John Roderick Rees, didreisedd, David Wills, tai cydweithredol, Cymdeithas yr Iaith, Skanda Vale, Dewi Prys-Thomas, Harri Webb, sosialaeth iwtopaidd, Noelle Davies, Taoaeth a llawer mwy!
November 14, 2025 at 5:19 PM
...Ernst Bloch, Colin Ward, madarch hud, Tom Nefyn, Hilda Jennings, Winifred Coombe Tennant, Merfyn Turner, John Roderick Rees, didreisedd, David Wills, tai cydweithredol, Cymdeithas yr Iaith, Skanda Vale, Dewi Prys-Thomas, Harri Webb, sosialaeth iwtopaidd, Noelle Davies, Taoaeth a llawer mwy!
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Dyma rai o'r bobl/pethe o'i fewn: hipis, heddychiaeth, diddymu carchardai, Cassie Davies, Angela Davis, Kropotkin a chyd-gymorth, Edward Carpenter, gardd bentrefi, Cylch Cadwgan, comiwnau, William Morris, Alwyn Lloyd, Gwenan Jones, Gwenallt, celfi Brynmawr, CND, Adfer, A. S. Neill, R. J. Derfel...
Ar gael nawr! 📚
Mae 'Ynysoedd Gobaith' gan Llion Wigley yn olrhain hanes gwahanol fudiadau ac unigolion a geisiodd greu byd gwell yng Nghymru’r 20fed ganrif trwy fentrau iwtopaidd amrywiol.
Dewch o hyd i gopi yn eich siop lyfrau leol! www.gwasgprifysgolcymru.org/book/ynysoed...
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Mae 'Ynysoedd Gobaith' gan Llion Wigley yn olrhain hanes gwahanol fudiadau ac unigolion a geisiodd greu byd gwell yng Nghymru’r 20fed ganrif trwy fentrau iwtopaidd amrywiol.
Dewch o hyd i gopi yn eich siop lyfrau leol! www.gwasgprifysgolcymru.org/book/ynysoed...
@wigs24.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Dyma rai o'r bobl/pethe o'i fewn: hipis, heddychiaeth, diddymu carchardai, Cassie Davies, Angela Davis, Kropotkin a chyd-gymorth, Edward Carpenter, gardd bentrefi, Cylch Cadwgan, comiwnau, William Morris, Alwyn Lloyd, Gwenan Jones, Gwenallt, celfi Brynmawr, CND, Adfer, A. S. Neill, R. J. Derfel...
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Are you of African/Caribbean descent with ties to the Valleys? The Black Valleys Project would love to hear your story!
Help support the creation of new Black Welsh History resources for local schools.
🗓️Friday 24th October
🕰️2pm
📍Rhondda Heritage Park Museum
Help support the creation of new Black Welsh History resources for local schools.
🗓️Friday 24th October
🕰️2pm
📍Rhondda Heritage Park Museum
October 6, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Are you of African/Caribbean descent with ties to the Valleys? The Black Valleys Project would love to hear your story!
Help support the creation of new Black Welsh History resources for local schools.
🗓️Friday 24th October
🕰️2pm
📍Rhondda Heritage Park Museum
Help support the creation of new Black Welsh History resources for local schools.
🗓️Friday 24th October
🕰️2pm
📍Rhondda Heritage Park Museum
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🔎 New research identifies 19th-century welfare cuts as a major cause of rise in early-childhood mortality.
The findings - from researchers incl. @camhistory.bsky.social's Prof Simon Szreter - reveal a politically-induced cause of the irregular drop in survival rates during this period.
Read more⬇️
The findings - from researchers incl. @camhistory.bsky.social's Prof Simon Szreter - reveal a politically-induced cause of the irregular drop in survival rates during this period.
Read more⬇️
Now on the Long Run: 'The new poor law and the health of the population of England and Wales'.
By David Green, Gabriel Mesevage, Graham Mooney & Simon Szreter.
@kings-sga.bsky.social @kingshistory.bsky.social @jhu.edu
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
By David Green, Gabriel Mesevage, Graham Mooney & Simon Szreter.
@kings-sga.bsky.social @kingshistory.bsky.social @jhu.edu
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
<em>The Economic History Review</em> | EHS Journal | Wiley Online Library
We estimate the impact of reductions in poor law expenditure on rural life expectancy and mortality rates in England and Wales following the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act. Given the scale of cuts impos...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 27, 2025 at 7:39 AM
🔎 New research identifies 19th-century welfare cuts as a major cause of rise in early-childhood mortality.
The findings - from researchers incl. @camhistory.bsky.social's Prof Simon Szreter - reveal a politically-induced cause of the irregular drop in survival rates during this period.
Read more⬇️
The findings - from researchers incl. @camhistory.bsky.social's Prof Simon Szreter - reveal a politically-induced cause of the irregular drop in survival rates during this period.
Read more⬇️
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Rwy'n hapus i gyhoeddi bydd Ynysoedd Gobaith, fy llyfr am iwtopia a syniadau a mentrau iwtopaidd yng Nghymru'r 20G yn cael ei gyhoeddi mewn ychydig fisoedd yn Nhachwedd! www.gwasgprifysgolcymru.org/book/ynysoed...
August 14, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Rwy'n hapus i gyhoeddi bydd Ynysoedd Gobaith, fy llyfr am iwtopia a syniadau a mentrau iwtopaidd yng Nghymru'r 20G yn cael ei gyhoeddi mewn ychydig fisoedd yn Nhachwedd! www.gwasgprifysgolcymru.org/book/ynysoed...
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Book's out in precisely one month!
Get your pre-orders (now Hardback and E-book) in *NOW* #C18th 🏴
Get your pre-orders (now Hardback and E-book) in *NOW* #C18th 🏴
Welsh Revivalism in Imperial Britain, 1707-1819
Reframes the study of Welsh cultural revivalism, highlighting transnational and imperial contexts.
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July 19, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Book's out in precisely one month!
Get your pre-orders (now Hardback and E-book) in *NOW* #C18th 🏴
Get your pre-orders (now Hardback and E-book) in *NOW* #C18th 🏴
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Herbert Smith, President of the Miners’ Federation of Great Britain 1922-29, was born in a workhouse in Kippax, West Yorkshire #OnThisDay 1862.
A miner from the age of 10, Smith was the miners’ chief spokesman during the 1926 General Strike.
A miner from the age of 10, Smith was the miners’ chief spokesman during the 1926 General Strike.
July 17, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Herbert Smith, President of the Miners’ Federation of Great Britain 1922-29, was born in a workhouse in Kippax, West Yorkshire #OnThisDay 1862.
A miner from the age of 10, Smith was the miners’ chief spokesman during the 1926 General Strike.
A miner from the age of 10, Smith was the miners’ chief spokesman during the 1926 General Strike.
Forthcoming Saothar 50 will have article on Irish solidarity with the miners.
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Striking Miners Children
Children of mine workers from Wales holiday in Irish homes as the strike in British coal industry continues.
www.rte.ie
May 30, 2025 at 8:31 PM
The deadline for the Pennar Scholarship in the Department of History & Welsh History at Aberystwyth University comes at the end of the month. The Department welcomes PhD proposals for research on the social and economic history of Wales in the period 1500 to 2000.
www.aber.ac.uk/en/study-wit...
www.aber.ac.uk/en/study-wit...
Aberystwyth University - Study With Us : Scholarships
Pursuing a Master's or PhD, at Aberystwyth University, may require a significant financial investment, so make sure you check out what scholarships and other funding opportunities could be available t...
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May 12, 2025 at 9:50 PM
The deadline for the Pennar Scholarship in the Department of History & Welsh History at Aberystwyth University comes at the end of the month. The Department welcomes PhD proposals for research on the social and economic history of Wales in the period 1500 to 2000.
www.aber.ac.uk/en/study-wit...
www.aber.ac.uk/en/study-wit...
Mae’r dyddiad cau ar gyfer Ysgoloriaeth Pennar yn Adran Hanes a Hanes Cymru, Prifysgol Aberystwyth yn agosáu. Mae’r Adran yn croesawu cynigion am brosiectau PhD ar hanes cymdeithasol ac economaidd Cymru, 1500-2000.
www.aber.ac.uk/cy/study-wit...
www.aber.ac.uk/cy/study-wit...
Prifysgol Aberystwyth - Astudio Gyda Ni : Ysgoloriaethau
Boed chi’n fyfyriwr o’r Deyrnas Unedig, yr UE neu’n fyfyriwr rhyngwladol, mae Ysgoloriaethau, Benthyciadau a Chyfleoedd Ariannu ar gael i helpu eich Astudiaeth Uwchraddedig ym Mhrifysgol Aberystwyth. ...
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May 12, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Mae’r dyddiad cau ar gyfer Ysgoloriaeth Pennar yn Adran Hanes a Hanes Cymru, Prifysgol Aberystwyth yn agosáu. Mae’r Adran yn croesawu cynigion am brosiectau PhD ar hanes cymdeithasol ac economaidd Cymru, 1500-2000.
www.aber.ac.uk/cy/study-wit...
www.aber.ac.uk/cy/study-wit...
Including our CDP PhD studentship, with @librarywales.bsky.social, @amgueddfacymru.bsky.social and the National Botanic Garden of Wales, on the history of medical herbalism in Wales.
Four fully-funded collaborative PhD studentships available with the cultural partners of the REACH Consortium (Historic Royal Palaces, British Film Institute, Royal Museums Greenwich,/National Maritime Museum). Deadlines 26 May-30 June. And lots more at other institutions too: full list below.
2025 AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership Studentships - AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership consortium
List of Collaborative Doctoral Partnership PhD Studentships available for October 2025 start Studentships starting from October 2025 will be advertised from March 2025 onwards. Studentship adverts wil...
www.ahrc-cdp.org
May 11, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Including our CDP PhD studentship, with @librarywales.bsky.social, @amgueddfacymru.bsky.social and the National Botanic Garden of Wales, on the history of medical herbalism in Wales.
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NOW OPEN FOR REGISTRATION:
TONGUES: Medical Humanities across Linguistic and Cultural Frontiers. The Northern Network for Medical Humanities Research 2025 Congress | 21-23 May 2025 | Lancaster University, Hosted Online. For details, programme, and registration, click here: tinyurl.com/5n75xpaz
TONGUES: Medical Humanities across Linguistic and Cultural Frontiers. The Northern Network for Medical Humanities Research 2025 Congress | 21-23 May 2025 | Lancaster University, Hosted Online. For details, programme, and registration, click here: tinyurl.com/5n75xpaz
April 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
NOW OPEN FOR REGISTRATION:
TONGUES: Medical Humanities across Linguistic and Cultural Frontiers. The Northern Network for Medical Humanities Research 2025 Congress | 21-23 May 2025 | Lancaster University, Hosted Online. For details, programme, and registration, click here: tinyurl.com/5n75xpaz
TONGUES: Medical Humanities across Linguistic and Cultural Frontiers. The Northern Network for Medical Humanities Research 2025 Congress | 21-23 May 2025 | Lancaster University, Hosted Online. For details, programme, and registration, click here: tinyurl.com/5n75xpaz
A fully-funded Collaborative Doctoral Award on the history of medical herbalism in Wales, at the Department of History and Welsh History, with the National Library of Wales, Amgueddfa Cymru and the National Botanic Garden of Wales.
For further details: www.aber.ac.uk/en/grad-scho...
For further details: www.aber.ac.uk/en/grad-scho...
April 9, 2025 at 10:20 PM
A fully-funded Collaborative Doctoral Award on the history of medical herbalism in Wales, at the Department of History and Welsh History, with the National Library of Wales, Amgueddfa Cymru and the National Botanic Garden of Wales.
For further details: www.aber.ac.uk/en/grad-scho...
For further details: www.aber.ac.uk/en/grad-scho...
PhD cydweithredol ar hanes meddygaeth lysieuol yng Nghymru, wedi ei ariannu’n llawn yn Adran Hanes a Hanes Cymru, Prifysgol Aberystwyth, ar y cyd â Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru, Amgueddfa Cymru a Gardd Fotaneg Genedlaethol Cymru
Am fanylion pellach: www.aber.ac.uk/cy/grad-scho...
Am fanylion pellach: www.aber.ac.uk/cy/grad-scho...
April 9, 2025 at 10:19 PM
PhD cydweithredol ar hanes meddygaeth lysieuol yng Nghymru, wedi ei ariannu’n llawn yn Adran Hanes a Hanes Cymru, Prifysgol Aberystwyth, ar y cyd â Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru, Amgueddfa Cymru a Gardd Fotaneg Genedlaethol Cymru
Am fanylion pellach: www.aber.ac.uk/cy/grad-scho...
Am fanylion pellach: www.aber.ac.uk/cy/grad-scho...
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A strong & emotional start to @costprogramme.bsky.social hybrid workshop "First-Person Accounts in the History of Healthcare" hosted by University of the Aegean, Lesvos, Greece. Thanks to organisers Dimitra Vassiliadou, Janka Kovács & Steve Thompson @oana-sorsk-id.bsky.social @kindkovacs.bsky.social
April 4, 2025 at 2:18 PM
A strong & emotional start to @costprogramme.bsky.social hybrid workshop "First-Person Accounts in the History of Healthcare" hosted by University of the Aegean, Lesvos, Greece. Thanks to organisers Dimitra Vassiliadou, Janka Kovács & Steve Thompson @oana-sorsk-id.bsky.social @kindkovacs.bsky.social
On my way to this workshop on First Person Accounts of medicine and healthcare, and taking Eos Wyn, another Swansea Valley boy, with me. I'll be exploring his poetry and journalism from the nineteenth century and his particular contribution to the ‘culture of invalidism’ in the Victorian period.
April 3, 2025 at 9:39 AM
On my way to this workshop on First Person Accounts of medicine and healthcare, and taking Eos Wyn, another Swansea Valley boy, with me. I'll be exploring his poetry and journalism from the nineteenth century and his particular contribution to the ‘culture of invalidism’ in the Victorian period.
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Ar gael cyn hir.
Dyma gyfrol sy'n taflu goleuni newydd ar hunaniaeth Gymreig yn ystod y cyfnod modern cynnar.
Am fwy o wybodaeth am 'Cof Diwylliannol yng Nghymru’r Cyfnod Modern Cynnar' gan Dewi Alter, ewch at ein gwefan.
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www.gwasgprifysgolcymru.org/book/cof-diw...
Dyma gyfrol sy'n taflu goleuni newydd ar hunaniaeth Gymreig yn ystod y cyfnod modern cynnar.
Am fwy o wybodaeth am 'Cof Diwylliannol yng Nghymru’r Cyfnod Modern Cynnar' gan Dewi Alter, ewch at ein gwefan.
👇
www.gwasgprifysgolcymru.org/book/cof-diw...
March 7, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Ar gael cyn hir.
Dyma gyfrol sy'n taflu goleuni newydd ar hunaniaeth Gymreig yn ystod y cyfnod modern cynnar.
Am fwy o wybodaeth am 'Cof Diwylliannol yng Nghymru’r Cyfnod Modern Cynnar' gan Dewi Alter, ewch at ein gwefan.
👇
www.gwasgprifysgolcymru.org/book/cof-diw...
Dyma gyfrol sy'n taflu goleuni newydd ar hunaniaeth Gymreig yn ystod y cyfnod modern cynnar.
Am fwy o wybodaeth am 'Cof Diwylliannol yng Nghymru’r Cyfnod Modern Cynnar' gan Dewi Alter, ewch at ein gwefan.
👇
www.gwasgprifysgolcymru.org/book/cof-diw...