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Urban History features articles covering social, economic, political and cultural aspects of the history of towns and cities. We're worldwide in scope.

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Urban History @urbanhistory.bsky.social · Sep 22
📣 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
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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
urbanhistory.bsky.social
Interested in joining Team Urban History? Apply to be our new Bibliographer - deadline is tomorrow, Friday *7th* November

@universitypress.cambridge.org
urbanhistory.bsky.social Urban History @urbanhistory.bsky.social · Sep 22
📣 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
November 6, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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kimberleynyc.bsky.social
So excited to this in the world. I looked at over 100 black business directories from 1838-1975
November 5, 2025 at 1:52 PM
urbanhistory.bsky.social
📣 New #OpenAccess article available on #FirstView

📃 @kimberleynyc.bsky.social, 'Indexing Negro main streets: Black business directories and the development of urban spaces'

🔗 doi.org/10.1017/S096... #UrbanHistory
Title and abstract for the linked article
November 5, 2025 at 9:57 AM
urbanhistory.bsky.social
🔓 New #OpenAccess article on #FirstView

👸 Jennifer Mara DeSilva, Griffin Hamilton and Samantha Kidder, 'Cocaine Alley queens: gender, race and drug use in American Midwestern cities, 1890–1920'

🔗 doi.org/10.1017/S096...
Title and abstract for the linked article
October 30, 2025 at 2:55 PM
urbanhistory.bsky.social
🔓 New #OpenAccess article on #FirstView

🫦 Paul Borenberg and Inez Mannerstedt, 'Geography of lust: spatial patterns of illicit sex in eighteenth-century Stockholm'

🔗 doi.org/10.1017/S096...
Title and abstract for the linked article
October 30, 2025 at 2:52 PM
urbanhistory.bsky.social
Really excited about this new #OpenAccess book by @imadgination03.bsky.social!

"Why Historic Places Matter Emotionally" explores emotional attachment to the historic built environment in Scotland and England, and offers a framework for understanding other historic places

👉 doi.org/10.1017/9781...
October 28, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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dlondonwortel.bsky.social
"The Silent Spring of urban economics"

"a revelatory gut-punch of urban history"

"a manifesto for reclaiming cities from the 1%."

A FANTASTIC review of my new book "The Menace of Prosperity: New York City and the Struggle for Economic Development, 1865–1981"

www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...
The Menace of Prosperity: New York City and the Struggl…
Upends entrenched thinking about cities, demonstrating …
www.goodreads.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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modbritstud.bsky.social
We're excited to announce the call for papers for #MBS26, the next Modern British Studies conference, at Birmingham in June 2026. We'll be launching the #MBS Association at this event, to support further regular conferences in Modern British Studies.

www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/moder...
Modern British Studies Conference 2026 - University of Birmingham
Conference information
www.birmingham.ac.uk
October 16, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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petermandler.bsky.social
Join us for a roundtable on 'The Modern British City' in January at Senate House, London, with Simon Gunn, Erika Hanna, Owen Hatherley, Peter Mandler, Otto Saumarez Smith and Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite, followed by wine! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Roundtable: 'The Modern British City'
www.history.ac.uk
October 10, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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williamcavert.bsky.social
Thanks to @urbanhistory.bsky.social! The article is about brewing in England, c. 1600, showing that breweries in Shakespeare's London operated at scales that looked impressive even by mid-18th century standards. An example of the gradual, long Industrial Revolution, from the 16th century onwards.
October 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
urbanhistory.bsky.social
We're delighted to announce that @williamcavert.bsky.social has been awarded the Dyos Prize for 2024!

The Dyos Prize is awarded to the best article submitted to #UrbanHistory in the previous calendar year.

Check out 'Industrial brewing in early modern London' here: doi.org/10.1017/S096...
White text on maroon background reads: Urban History Dyos Prize 2024
October 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
urbanhistory.bsky.social
Volume 52, Issue 4 is now out! Featuring:

📜 Erika Kuijpers, Carolina Lenarduzzi, Judith Pollmann, Theo Dekker and Alie Lassche on local chroniclers in the early modern Low Countries doi.org/10.1017/S096...

🦁 Anton Kotenko on the origins of St Petersburg’s zoo, 1865–1871 doi.org/10.1017/S096...
White text on maroon background reads: Urban History. New issue now available.
October 9, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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mgoebel.bsky.social
Of Bridgeheads and Breakwaters: The Making of a Special Issue @urbanhistory.bsky.social . New blog post by Christian Jones on shorturl.at/EKABu This way to the special issue itself: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Of Bridgeheads and Breakwaters: The Making of a Special Issue
This article relates to a new special issue published in Urban History titled ‘Bridgeheads and Breakwaters: The Socio-Environmental History of Port Cities after the Global Turn’. The issue was edit…
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October 5, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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profbarrydoyle.bsky.social
Hi @urbanhistory.bsky.social
CFP for @eurohealthhist.bsky.social session at European Association for Urban History conf in Barcelona (2-5 Sept 2026). Urban Healthcare Architecture: Networks and Exchanges in 20th Century www.eauhbarcelona2026.eu/sessions/#session83 deadline: 22 Oct 2025).
Sessions - EAUH2026
Sessions go to quick Sessions’ overview Session 1 Main Session The Cities that made the Empire: Connectivity and Urban Networks from Late Republican to Imperial Times Organizers Noelia Cases MoraUnive...
www.eauhbarcelona2026.eu
October 7, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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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
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eglerin.bsky.social
Want to know how #heritage was used to open up the #secret #atomic #cities in #Russia? See my article on #NuclearCulturalHeritage in #Sarov/Arzamas-16 that has just been published in @urbanhistory.bsky.social as part of special issue edited by Victoria Fomina www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
The politics of nuclear cultural heritage in a closed city: layering the past | Urban History | Cambridge Core
The politics of nuclear cultural heritage in a closed city: layering the past
www.cambridge.org
October 1, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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oliviawyatt1999.bsky.social
In honour of the 50th anniversary of the Chapeltown Bonfire incident, I’ll be talking about Black women’s community activism in Leeds at Leeds Beckett University.

⏰ 18:00 - 19:00
📍 Rose Bowl, City Campus
🎟️ bit.ly/480KUUD

#BlackHistoryMonth #BlackBritishHistory
50 years on: Caribbean women and the Chapeltown bonfire night incident 1975
Marking 50 years since the Bonfire Twelve, this talk explores the women's role in resisting racism and injustice in Leeds.
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September 30, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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oliviawyatt1999.bsky.social
We hope to see as many of you as possible at our Lightning Talks in Black British History: the first event of our academic year! Get in touch if you are a PGR or ECR who would like to present, and please circulate among students who may be interested in sharing their work for 3-5 minutes
ihrblackbritish.bsky.social IHR Black British History Seminar @ihrblackbritish.bsky.social · Sep 30
Kicking off our fantastic line up with a showcase of new research! Get in touch if you are a postgraduate or early career researcher who would like to introduce their work to the field.

📍 Hybrid: N304, IHR, Senate House, WC1E 7HU and Online
📅 Thursday 16th October, 2025
⏰ 17:30
🔗 bit.ly/3INwCfO
Email Olivia.Wyatt@ed.ac.uk or Meleisa.Ono-George@history.ox.ac.uk to present online or in-person
September 30, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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hannahelias.bsky.social
Are you an emerging scholar researching Black British history and looking for opportunities to share your research? Please get in touch with @oliviawyatt1999.bsky.social or Meleisa Ono George via contact info below to take part in this ⚡️ talks session @ihr.bsky.social (and please share widely!)
ihrblackbritish.bsky.social IHR Black British History Seminar @ihrblackbritish.bsky.social · Sep 30
Kicking off our fantastic line up with a showcase of new research! Get in touch if you are a postgraduate or early career researcher who would like to introduce their work to the field.

📍 Hybrid: N304, IHR, Senate House, WC1E 7HU and Online
📅 Thursday 16th October, 2025
⏰ 17:30
🔗 bit.ly/3INwCfO
Email Olivia.Wyatt@ed.ac.uk or Meleisa.Ono-George@history.ox.ac.uk to present online or in-person
September 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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justincolson.bsky.social
Working on pre-modern customs records, in any context? We're running a session "Quayside and Custom House: Customs Accounts as a Source for Medieval and Early Modern Urban History" at EAUH 2026 Barcelona. Paper submissions very welcome! www.eauhbarcelona2026.eu/sessions/#se...
Sessions - EAUH2026
Sessions go to quick Sessions’ overview Session 1 Main Session The Cities that made the Empire: Connectivity and Urban Networks from Late Republican to Imperial Times Organizers Noelia Cases MoraUnive...
www.eauhbarcelona2026.eu
September 29, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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michaelyeo.bsky.social
This article came out a few months ago. It's about how the socio-spatial boundaries of towns colonial Sabah (North Borneo) were drawn and transgressed. doi.org/10.1017/S096...
The spaces of colonial towns: urban life in North Borneo, 1900s–1930s | Urban History | Cambridge Core
The spaces of colonial towns: urban life in North Borneo, 1900s–1930s
doi.org
September 26, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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michaelyeo.bsky.social
This was just published, also by @urbanhistory.bsky.social, and it's an urban history of coasts and colonialism. I look at why a series of settlements struggled to survive in Borneo from the late eighteenth century.
doi.org/10.1017/S096...
Before the port city: coastal settlements and colonialism in Borneo | Urban History | Cambridge Core
Before the port city: coastal settlements and colonialism in Borneo
doi.org
September 26, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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mtoiv.bsky.social
Of course, if you're interested in histories of colonial and/or port cities you might also find it worthwhile to check out the *previous* @urbanhistory.bsky.social special issue, including a little something by yours truly:
An invitation to a party? Staging urban proximity and the colonial public in nineteenth-century Batavia | Urban History | Cambridge Core
An invitation to a party? Staging urban proximity and the colonial public in nineteenth-century Batavia
doi.org
September 26, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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mtoiv.bsky.social
Big fan of this work by Michael Yeo that attempts an urban history from the perspective of (serially) failed settlements.
urbanhistory.bsky.social Urban History @urbanhistory.bsky.social · Sep 26
🚢 Michael Yeo, 'Before the port city: coastal settlements and colonialism in Borneo'

🔗 doi.org/10.1017/S096... #UrbanHistory
Title and abstract for the linked article
September 26, 2025 at 1:13 PM