History at Bristol
@uobrishistory.bsky.social
Department of History at the University of Bristol. Our research+teaching includes diverse approaches, from medieval to contemporary, across the globe.
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A press release from the University of Bristol about an exciting new article by @benpohl.bsky.social and published by Historical Research: www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2025/de...
December: Bayeux Tapestry could have been originally designed as mealtime reading for medi | News and features | University of Bristol
New research by an historian from the University of Bristol offers an intriguing suggestion about one of history’s biggest mysteries – the original purpose of the world-famous Bayeux Tapestry.
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December 15, 2025 at 11:50 AM
A press release from the University of Bristol about an exciting new article by @benpohl.bsky.social and published by Historical Research: www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2025/de...
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My tasty take (pun intended) on the Bayeux Tapestry—a subject on which I had vowed never to publish. Available Open Access with @ihr.bsky.social. See what you make of it, and bon appetit! academic.oup.com/histres/adva...
Chewing over the Norman Conquest: the Bayeux Tapestry as monastic mealtime reading*
Abstract. This article offers a new contextualization of the Bayeux Tapestry by exploring its use as mealtime reading in a monastic refectory. This concept
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December 15, 2025 at 10:59 AM
My tasty take (pun intended) on the Bayeux Tapestry—a subject on which I had vowed never to publish. Available Open Access with @ihr.bsky.social. See what you make of it, and bon appetit! academic.oup.com/histres/adva...
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Very nice and nuanced write-up of my latest research by @historyextra.bsky.social! Many thanks to @djmusgrove.bsky.social & Co.! 😊 www.historyextra.com/period/norma...
The Bayeux Tapestry is beautiful, but what was its purpose? New research might have the answer
A new theory proposes that the Bayeux Tapestry was designed to deliver moral messages to medieval monks over dinner
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December 15, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Very nice and nuanced write-up of my latest research by @historyextra.bsky.social! Many thanks to @djmusgrove.bsky.social & Co.! 😊 www.historyextra.com/period/norma...
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Can’t say that making it into the printed edition of the Daily Mail was top of my list of academic career goals, but hey-ho..!
December 16, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Can’t say that making it into the printed edition of the Daily Mail was top of my list of academic career goals, but hey-ho..!
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Today is the day! I’m very excited and honoured to be delivering the @lincolnbishopuni.bsky.social Annual History Lecture this evening. I’m really looking forward to talking publicly about my new book for the first time 📚🗃️
@lbishophisarch.bsky.social
@lbishophisarch.bsky.social
December 11, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Today is the day! I’m very excited and honoured to be delivering the @lincolnbishopuni.bsky.social Annual History Lecture this evening. I’m really looking forward to talking publicly about my new book for the first time 📚🗃️
@lbishophisarch.bsky.social
@lbishophisarch.bsky.social
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'Empire Without End is an accessible work that confronts the legacies of colonialism – it deserves to reach a wide, general audience.'
Prof Sumita Mukherjee (@uobrishistory.bsky.social) selects her favourite new history books of 2025 for @historytoday.com
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Prof Sumita Mukherjee (@uobrishistory.bsky.social) selects her favourite new history books of 2025 for @historytoday.com
www.historytoday.com/archive/revi...
Books of the Year 2025: Part 2
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December 9, 2025 at 9:09 AM
'Empire Without End is an accessible work that confronts the legacies of colonialism – it deserves to reach a wide, general audience.'
Prof Sumita Mukherjee (@uobrishistory.bsky.social) selects her favourite new history books of 2025 for @historytoday.com
www.historytoday.com/archive/revi...
Prof Sumita Mukherjee (@uobrishistory.bsky.social) selects her favourite new history books of 2025 for @historytoday.com
www.historytoday.com/archive/revi...
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Nice work by my @uobrishistory.bsky.social / @bristolcms.bsky.social colleague and fellow Bristol Record Society councillor, Evan Jones!
bristolrecordsociety.org/stories-from...
bristolrecordsociety.org/stories-from...
Four Jokes on the Millerd Map
Evan Jones, University of Bristol (8 Dec 2025) 10 min read Millerd Map (1673) James Millerd’s 1673 map of Bristol is the best known and most widely used representation of the pre-modern city.…
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December 8, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Nice work by my @uobrishistory.bsky.social / @bristolcms.bsky.social colleague and fellow Bristol Record Society councillor, Evan Jones!
bristolrecordsociety.org/stories-from...
bristolrecordsociety.org/stories-from...
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#LegalHistory #BristolHistory This, from Evan Jones @bristolcms.bsky.social @uobrishistory.bsky.social is interesting on humour, Bristol, maps, gallows(es) ... bristolrecordsociety.org/stories-from...
Four Jokes on the Millerd Map
Evan Jones, University of Bristol (8 Dec 2025) 10 min read Millerd Map (1673) James Millerd’s 1673 map of Bristol is the best known and most widely used representation of the pre-modern city.…
bristolrecordsociety.org
December 8, 2025 at 2:35 PM
#LegalHistory #BristolHistory This, from Evan Jones @bristolcms.bsky.social @uobrishistory.bsky.social is interesting on humour, Bristol, maps, gallows(es) ... bristolrecordsociety.org/stories-from...
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Also open for application at @hongkonghistory.bsky.social at the moment is our Visiting Scholar Scheme for 2026/27, for colleagues/PGR students working on project(s) relating to the history of Hong Kong! #hkhist
@uobartsmatter.bsky.social @uobrishistory.bsky.social
@uobartsmatter.bsky.social @uobrishistory.bsky.social
𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔/𝟐𝟕
Two streams:
𝐚) 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.
𝐛) 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 (𝐏𝐆𝐑) 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭.
Details:
www.hkhistory.net/2025/11/24/v...
Two streams:
𝐚) 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.
𝐛) 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 (𝐏𝐆𝐑) 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭.
Details:
www.hkhistory.net/2025/11/24/v...
December 8, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Also open for application at @hongkonghistory.bsky.social at the moment is our Visiting Scholar Scheme for 2026/27, for colleagues/PGR students working on project(s) relating to the history of Hong Kong! #hkhist
@uobartsmatter.bsky.social @uobrishistory.bsky.social
@uobartsmatter.bsky.social @uobrishistory.bsky.social
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We're launching a 3-week Hong Kong History Summer School in June-July 2026 for all of you interested in HK history! And you will have the opportunity to explore our Hong Kong collections too. Just how exciting is that? @uobartsmatter.bsky.social @uobrishistory.bsky.social #hongkonghistory
Join us for a three-weeks Hong Kong History Centre Accredited summer programmes in summer 2026!
More details please see:
www.bristol.ac.uk/centre-for-s...
More details please see:
www.bristol.ac.uk/centre-for-s...
December 8, 2025 at 8:54 AM
We're launching a 3-week Hong Kong History Summer School in June-July 2026 for all of you interested in HK history! And you will have the opportunity to explore our Hong Kong collections too. Just how exciting is that? @uobartsmatter.bsky.social @uobrishistory.bsky.social #hongkonghistory
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Continue introducing our network of ECS, we have Yuan JIN sharing with us on her academic journey and current project on the Kowloon Waterworks system in Hong Kong.
Full text see:
tinyurl.com/4pwk72vf
Full text see:
tinyurl.com/4pwk72vf
December 5, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Continue introducing our network of ECS, we have Yuan JIN sharing with us on her academic journey and current project on the Kowloon Waterworks system in Hong Kong.
Full text see:
tinyurl.com/4pwk72vf
Full text see:
tinyurl.com/4pwk72vf
‘Since January 2025, I have collaborated with Imagined Malaysia, a Malaysia-based NGO, and started a public history campaign titled ‘Malaysia Unbound: Transregional Histories through Documents’…
December 5, 2025 at 7:23 AM
‘Since January 2025, I have collaborated with Imagined Malaysia, a Malaysia-based NGO, and started a public history campaign titled ‘Malaysia Unbound: Transregional Histories through Documents’…
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getting in the spirit of the season by reviewing this new book (an anthropology of Christmas magic)
December 3, 2025 at 12:08 PM
getting in the spirit of the season by reviewing this new book (an anthropology of Christmas magic)
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Took Electric Wind to meet some electric wind ⚡️ I’m out in Norway teaching on an energy humanities PhD course and we went to a wind farm today ☺️ @manchesterup.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Took Electric Wind to meet some electric wind ⚡️ I’m out in Norway teaching on an energy humanities PhD course and we went to a wind farm today ☺️ @manchesterup.bsky.social
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And .. the Hong Kong History Centre here is also accepting applications for our Visiting Scholar Scheme
Come visit us here @uobrishistory.bsky.social
www.hkhistory.net/2025/11/24/v...
Come visit us here @uobrishistory.bsky.social
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Visiting Scholar Scheme 2026/27 – Hong Kong History Centre
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December 3, 2025 at 3:58 PM
And .. the Hong Kong History Centre here is also accepting applications for our Visiting Scholar Scheme
Come visit us here @uobrishistory.bsky.social
www.hkhistory.net/2025/11/24/v...
Come visit us here @uobrishistory.bsky.social
www.hkhistory.net/2025/11/24/v...
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Come join us, or please share the opportunities to: our great 4-year PhD studentships are now advertised. This one is for pre-1950 history
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPQ727/p...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPQ727/p...
PhD Studentship: Hong Kong History Centre Studentship (pre-1950 history) at University of Bristol
Discover a PhD Studentship: Hong Kong History Centre Studentship (pre-1950 history) on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other PhD opportunities.
www.jobs.ac.uk
December 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Come join us, or please share the opportunities to: our great 4-year PhD studentships are now advertised. This one is for pre-1950 history
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPQ727/p...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPQ727/p...
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Come join us, or please share the opportunities to: this 4-year Hong Kong History Centre PhD studentship is for projects focusing on any historical period
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPQ731/p...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPQ731/p...
PhD Studentship: Hong Kong History Centre Studentship at University of Bristol
Find a PhD Studentship: Hong Kong History Centre Studentship on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board in higher education. Click to view more!
www.jobs.ac.uk
December 3, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Come join us, or please share the opportunities to: this 4-year Hong Kong History Centre PhD studentship is for projects focusing on any historical period
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPQ731/p...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPQ731/p...
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'He exuded a sense of Buddhist calm and tolerance, yet was at home among the international elite.'
Prof @sulinlewis.bsky.social (@uobrishistory.bsky.social) reviews a 'riveting new biography' of U Thant, former Secretary-General of the UN, in a new piece for The TLS
www.the-tls.com/history/twen...
Prof @sulinlewis.bsky.social (@uobrishistory.bsky.social) reviews a 'riveting new biography' of U Thant, former Secretary-General of the UN, in a new piece for The TLS
www.the-tls.com/history/twen...
Burmese days
In the same year, 1960, when Nikita Khrushchev famously banged his shoe on the desk at the UN, leaders of the decolonizing world – Castro, Sukarno, Nasser, Nkrumah, Nehru – took turns to lambast the o...
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December 1, 2025 at 10:39 AM
'He exuded a sense of Buddhist calm and tolerance, yet was at home among the international elite.'
Prof @sulinlewis.bsky.social (@uobrishistory.bsky.social) reviews a 'riveting new biography' of U Thant, former Secretary-General of the UN, in a new piece for The TLS
www.the-tls.com/history/twen...
Prof @sulinlewis.bsky.social (@uobrishistory.bsky.social) reviews a 'riveting new biography' of U Thant, former Secretary-General of the UN, in a new piece for The TLS
www.the-tls.com/history/twen...
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Last week, we were privileged to host Professor Sarah Hamilton (Exeter) for a CMS seminar on ‘The Liturgy of the Road: Masses for Travellers at St Gall, 900-1100’. We certainly learned a lot! Thank you so much Sarah — we hope that you’ll come back and visit us soon! ☺️ #medievalsky #skystorians
November 27, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Last week, we were privileged to host Professor Sarah Hamilton (Exeter) for a CMS seminar on ‘The Liturgy of the Road: Masses for Travellers at St Gall, 900-1100’. We certainly learned a lot! Thank you so much Sarah — we hope that you’ll come back and visit us soon! ☺️ #medievalsky #skystorians
Roll up! Roll up! Medieval Studies Summer School applications are open for 2026
🚨 Hwæt, medievalists: following its successful inauguration last year, the Bristol Medieval Studies Summer School will be running again in 2026! 🚨 Please share the good news or—even better—sign up yourself: www.bristol.ac.uk/centre-for-s... We're so proud of this course, and we'd love to see you! 🚨
November 27, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Roll up! Roll up! Medieval Studies Summer School applications are open for 2026
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🚨 Hwæt, medievalists: following its successful inauguration last year, the Bristol Medieval Studies Summer School will be running again in 2026! 🚨 Please share the good news or—even better—sign up yourself: www.bristol.ac.uk/centre-for-s... We're so proud of this course, and we'd love to see you! 🚨
November 27, 2025 at 8:15 AM
🚨 Hwæt, medievalists: following its successful inauguration last year, the Bristol Medieval Studies Summer School will be running again in 2026! 🚨 Please share the good news or—even better—sign up yourself: www.bristol.ac.uk/centre-for-s... We're so proud of this course, and we'd love to see you! 🚨
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Omg. I was in Oslo yesterday and I MISSED IT.
So this happened in Oslo yesterday. Four articulated buses got stuck in a roundabout.
November 26, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Omg. I was in Oslo yesterday and I MISSED IT.
Applications are open! Environmental history is a key part of this Environmental Humanities summer school + thinking about how our relationships with the natural world changes over time. Along the way we might well visit Iranian oil fields, Antarctica and the deep sea!
Our fabulous Environmental Humanities Summer School is open for applications for 2026! Together, we examine human relationships with nature on a Global scale, and with the city of Bristol. According to 2025 cohort student Choon Woi “Bristol itself became part of the classroom…
November 26, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Applications are open! Environmental history is a key part of this Environmental Humanities summer school + thinking about how our relationships with the natural world changes over time. Along the way we might well visit Iranian oil fields, Antarctica and the deep sea!
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We were fascinated to hear George Rayson (University of Cork) speak at a CMS/Italian seminar on ‘“Così o così”: Choosing the Right Words in Dante’s Commedia’. Thank you for such an interesting talk George — we hope to welcome you back to Bristol soon! 😊 #medievalsky #skystorians
November 25, 2025 at 7:37 PM
We were fascinated to hear George Rayson (University of Cork) speak at a CMS/Italian seminar on ‘“Così o così”: Choosing the Right Words in Dante’s Commedia’. Thank you for such an interesting talk George — we hope to welcome you back to Bristol soon! 😊 #medievalsky #skystorians
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Wonderful couple of hours wandering around Bristol, taking some photos of my new book in old haunts.
It was while I was an undergraduate with @uobrishistory.bsky.social that I first found my passion for US history 🇺🇸📚🗃️
It was while I was an undergraduate with @uobrishistory.bsky.social that I first found my passion for US history 🇺🇸📚🗃️
November 21, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Wonderful couple of hours wandering around Bristol, taking some photos of my new book in old haunts.
It was while I was an undergraduate with @uobrishistory.bsky.social that I first found my passion for US history 🇺🇸📚🗃️
It was while I was an undergraduate with @uobrishistory.bsky.social that I first found my passion for US history 🇺🇸📚🗃️