Caitríona Beaumont
@caitbeaumont.bsky.social
Prof Social History LSBU | Female activism, gender equality & women's social movements Britain & Ireland | History of Experience | Fellow @royalhistsoc.org | PI #womensgrassrootsactivism & #Afterlives | Visiting full Prof @ucddublin.bsky.social
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#EverydayWelfare co-ed collection by @ruthdav.bsky.social @evecolpus.bsky.social & me offers a renewed & revised history of welfare in modern Britain by focussing on how people sought to 'fare well'. Fully #OA join the 20k who have already taken a look. Enjoy! link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
#payitforward @royalhistsoc.org this Christmas as helping others to begin or keep on #doinghistory, like history itself, always matters. #skystorins @socialhistsoc.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social
The @royalhistsoc.org is running a charitable donation campaign to fund the research of historians who lack support. The number of applications we're seeing is way up. I've been very lucky to have a career as a historian, I've donated, and I think this Christmas you should too. Pay it forward.
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November 28, 2025 at 4:18 PM
#payitforward @royalhistsoc.org this Christmas as helping others to begin or keep on #doinghistory, like history itself, always matters. #skystorins @socialhistsoc.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social
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The @royalhistsoc.org is running a charitable donation campaign to fund the research of historians who lack support. The number of applications we're seeing is way up. I've been very lucky to have a career as a historian, I've donated, and I think this Christmas you should too. Pay it forward.
royalhistoricalsociety2.beaconforms.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:40 AM
The @royalhistsoc.org is running a charitable donation campaign to fund the research of historians who lack support. The number of applications we're seeing is way up. I've been very lucky to have a career as a historian, I've donated, and I think this Christmas you should too. Pay it forward.
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What do UK graduates do? Lots of information in this annual report.
A reminder that Humanities graduates are quite employable. Compare unemployment rates for Biology (8.4%), Chemistry (5.9%) and Physics (8.0%) with English literature (6.4%), History (7.6%) and Languages (7.6%) for example.
A reminder that Humanities graduates are quite employable. Compare unemployment rates for Biology (8.4%), Chemistry (5.9%) and Physics (8.0%) with English literature (6.4%), History (7.6%) and Languages (7.6%) for example.
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November 28, 2025 at 2:18 PM
What do UK graduates do? Lots of information in this annual report.
A reminder that Humanities graduates are quite employable. Compare unemployment rates for Biology (8.4%), Chemistry (5.9%) and Physics (8.0%) with English literature (6.4%), History (7.6%) and Languages (7.6%) for example.
A reminder that Humanities graduates are quite employable. Compare unemployment rates for Biology (8.4%), Chemistry (5.9%) and Physics (8.0%) with English literature (6.4%), History (7.6%) and Languages (7.6%) for example.
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Interested in how Labour governments try to set the agenda, as well as struggling to balance expectation and caution? Well, my book on the Blair years is out in early February, and you can pre-order now! Take a look: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526146328/
Manchester University Press - New Labour, New Britain?
New Labour, New Britain? - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of New Labour, New Britain? by Glen O'Hara
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November 28, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Interested in how Labour governments try to set the agenda, as well as struggling to balance expectation and caution? Well, my book on the Blair years is out in early February, and you can pre-order now! Take a look: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526146328/
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Non-boring news from Europe, from the team behind The Europeans, a non-boring podcast about Europe. Click to read Good Week Bad Week, by The Europeans, a Substack publication.
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November 28, 2025 at 9:08 AM
We've launched a newsletter!
- Big *and* underreported stories from Europe that didn't make it to this week's podcast;
- Updates on stories we've covered recently;
- Recommendations for the best new European music, films and TV.
Subscribe here!
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- Big *and* underreported stories from Europe that didn't make it to this week's podcast;
- Updates on stories we've covered recently;
- Recommendations for the best new European music, films and TV.
Subscribe here!
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On 3 December, Helen Wilson will be speaking at a special joint session of the IHR’s Parliaments, Politics and People and British History in the Long 18th Century seminars.
Find out more about her paper on 'Reconstructing Black Participation in British Politics, 1750-1850' below:
Find out more about her paper on 'Reconstructing Black Participation in British Politics, 1750-1850' below:
Black and Political: Reconstructing Black Participation in British Politics, 1750-1850 - The History of Parliament
Dr Helen Wilson will be discussing Black participation in British Politics between 1750 and 1850.
historyofparliament.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:30 PM
On 3 December, Helen Wilson will be speaking at a special joint session of the IHR’s Parliaments, Politics and People and British History in the Long 18th Century seminars.
Find out more about her paper on 'Reconstructing Black Participation in British Politics, 1750-1850' below:
Find out more about her paper on 'Reconstructing Black Participation in British Politics, 1750-1850' below:
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Congratulations to Katie Donington, Abdul Mohamud, Robin Whitburn, Nicholas Draper and their contributors! Their #OpenAccess book Teaching Slavery published today. Read and download free at: bit.ly/48vnDdJ #Education #Colonialism #Slavery #Racism
Teaching Slavery
Teaching Slavery offers ground-breaking research and practical guidance for teaching Britain’s role in transatlantic slavery. Combining historical analysis with classroom strategies, it equips educato...
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November 27, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Congratulations to Katie Donington, Abdul Mohamud, Robin Whitburn, Nicholas Draper and their contributors! Their #OpenAccess book Teaching Slavery published today. Read and download free at: bit.ly/48vnDdJ #Education #Colonialism #Slavery #Racism
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'David Maguire and Alex Bols, vice-chancellor and chief of staff respectively at the University of East Anglia, updated their prediction made last autumn that 10,000 jobs could be lost in 2024-25, claiming this same amount could in fact be lost every year going forward.' 1/3
UK universities ‘could cut 10,000 jobs every year’
Academics claim changes made to higher education system a decade ago have divided sector into ‘winners and losers’, with government-imposed limits on income exacerbating financial challenges
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:38 AM
'David Maguire and Alex Bols, vice-chancellor and chief of staff respectively at the University of East Anglia, updated their prediction made last autumn that 10,000 jobs could be lost in 2024-25, claiming this same amount could in fact be lost every year going forward.' 1/3
Fab poster representing our #livedcitizenship strand of #LSBU Building Future Communities Research Centre & created by my strand co-lead Dr Martha Shaw. #womensgrassrootsactivism
November 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Fab poster representing our #livedcitizenship strand of #LSBU Building Future Communities Research Centre & created by my strand co-lead Dr Martha Shaw. #womensgrassrootsactivism
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Wonderful to see latest in Special Issue of @genderandhistory.bsky.social edited @writinghelena.bsky.social, Lisa Hellman, Rachel Jean-Baptiste and me out! Christina Thomas on educator Geraldine Wilson: "A Black Girl's Coming of Age in Jim Crow Philadelphia, Pennsylvania" 🌟 doi.org/10.1111/1468...
A Black Girl's Coming of Age in Jim Crow Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
In the late twentieth century, Geraldine L. Wilson emerged as one of the leading voices in early Black childhood education, grounding her pedagogy in Black history and culture. This article traces th...
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November 26, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Wonderful to see latest in Special Issue of @genderandhistory.bsky.social edited @writinghelena.bsky.social, Lisa Hellman, Rachel Jean-Baptiste and me out! Christina Thomas on educator Geraldine Wilson: "A Black Girl's Coming of Age in Jim Crow Philadelphia, Pennsylvania" 🌟 doi.org/10.1111/1468...
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In this online session for World AIDS Day, we’ll explore how artists responded to fear, loss, and injustice and how their work shaped public memory and protest. From Keith Haring to Gay Sweatshop, these are stories of expression, resistance, and care. @emilygarside.bsky.social
📆 Wed 3 December👇
📆 Wed 3 December👇
251203 World AIDS Day- Art as Activism | Bishopsgate Institute
As part of World AIDS Day, a session to examine the role art played in activism and memorialization in response to AIDS. Looking across visual arts, perfor
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November 26, 2025 at 7:39 PM
In this online session for World AIDS Day, we’ll explore how artists responded to fear, loss, and injustice and how their work shaped public memory and protest. From Keith Haring to Gay Sweatshop, these are stories of expression, resistance, and care. @emilygarside.bsky.social
📆 Wed 3 December👇
📆 Wed 3 December👇
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Have you visited our #PrisonNursingUnlocked exhibition? Don’t miss your chance to explore the work and history of prison nurses. Find our exhibit here at London HQ until 24th Jan 2026. #HistNursing
November 26, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Have you visited our #PrisonNursingUnlocked exhibition? Don’t miss your chance to explore the work and history of prison nurses. Find our exhibit here at London HQ until 24th Jan 2026. #HistNursing
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Looking for a fully-funded three year PhD, starting in April 2026?
The University of Portsmouth and The Mary Rose Trust are looking for PHD students to undertake correlative multimodal materials analysis of the Mary Rose hull! #PHDOpportunities
Interested? - maryrose.org/about-the-tr...
The University of Portsmouth and The Mary Rose Trust are looking for PHD students to undertake correlative multimodal materials analysis of the Mary Rose hull! #PHDOpportunities
Interested? - maryrose.org/about-the-tr...
Jobs and volunteering - Mary Rose
Jobs, academic placements and volunteering opportunities at the Mary Rose Trust.
maryrose.org
November 24, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Looking for a fully-funded three year PhD, starting in April 2026?
The University of Portsmouth and The Mary Rose Trust are looking for PHD students to undertake correlative multimodal materials analysis of the Mary Rose hull! #PHDOpportunities
Interested? - maryrose.org/about-the-tr...
The University of Portsmouth and The Mary Rose Trust are looking for PHD students to undertake correlative multimodal materials analysis of the Mary Rose hull! #PHDOpportunities
Interested? - maryrose.org/about-the-tr...
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🚨 We're hiring!
The LSE Department of Government is searching for a new #Assistant #Professor in #Political #Science.
Could it be you? 👀
🗓️ Closing date: 4 January 2026
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
The LSE Department of Government is searching for a new #Assistant #Professor in #Political #Science.
Could it be you? 👀
🗓️ Closing date: 4 January 2026
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
Assistant Professor in Political Science
Assistant Professor in Political Science,
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<p style="text-align: center;"><em><span>LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university</span></em></p>
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November 25, 2025 at 10:04 AM
🚨 We're hiring!
The LSE Department of Government is searching for a new #Assistant #Professor in #Political #Science.
Could it be you? 👀
🗓️ Closing date: 4 January 2026
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
The LSE Department of Government is searching for a new #Assistant #Professor in #Political #Science.
Could it be you? 👀
🗓️ Closing date: 4 January 2026
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
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Pictures that explain things.
Making pompoms
(More things to Make, 1973)
Artist: Eric Winter
Making pompoms
(More things to Make, 1973)
Artist: Eric Winter
November 26, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Pictures that explain things.
Making pompoms
(More things to Make, 1973)
Artist: Eric Winter
Making pompoms
(More things to Make, 1973)
Artist: Eric Winter
Excited to see our first #LSBUProfessoriate poster displayed in the LSBU Hub as part of the #LSBU Research & Innovation Festival 2025 which kicks off today. Looking forward to holding a Prof get together on Thursday .
November 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Excited to see our first #LSBUProfessoriate poster displayed in the LSBU Hub as part of the #LSBU Research & Innovation Festival 2025 which kicks off today. Looking forward to holding a Prof get together on Thursday .
Sobering reading, especially as I read this on my way to work to give a lecture on gender based violence to #LSBU Criminology students. Seems like an appropriate day for this but when will we not need to have such a day? #endVAWG
Every day, 137 women and girls are killed by intimate partners or family members internationally - one death every 10 minutes, according to the UN, who released their annual femicide report today.
Today is International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women #speirgorm jrnl.ie/6884469
Today is International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women #speirgorm jrnl.ie/6884469
One woman or girl killed every ten minutes by intimate partners or family members, UN says
Today is International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, but according to the UN the number of women and girls killed intentionally remains unchanged.
jrnl.ie
November 25, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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I'm delighted to say that the recording my Historical Research lecture for @ihr.bsky.social (4 November, 2025) is now available to view online. I reflect on my own experience of writing a 'trade' book, and conclude with a manifesto for #radical #popular #history.
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Historical Research Lecture 2025 | Can popular history be radical? Historical research and writing for the public
Historical Research Lecture 2025
www.history.ac.uk
November 25, 2025 at 8:56 AM
I'm delighted to say that the recording my Historical Research lecture for @ihr.bsky.social (4 November, 2025) is now available to view online. I reflect on my own experience of writing a 'trade' book, and conclude with a manifesto for #radical #popular #history.
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
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📽️ The recording from our widely popular #RSVPDigiEvent "How to Get Published in an Academic Journal" is now live. We had a record-breaking 101 registrants for this panel! Since we did not quite hit that number in attendance, we know many will be interested to watch/re-watch: youtu.be/sP5Y1iicKJ0
How to Get Published in Academic Journal
YouTube video by Research Society for Victorian Periodicals
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November 24, 2025 at 7:37 PM
📽️ The recording from our widely popular #RSVPDigiEvent "How to Get Published in an Academic Journal" is now live. We had a record-breaking 101 registrants for this panel! Since we did not quite hit that number in attendance, we know many will be interested to watch/re-watch: youtu.be/sP5Y1iicKJ0
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#HistNursing next week's event! Looking forward to seeing people inperson
Together with the RCN History of Nursing Forum and HIVstory, we're remembering the experiences of nursing workers during the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Discover their stories and learn more about the project at our event on 27 November.
🔗 https://bit.ly/4nBiXXI
📷 Historical Nursing Journals, 1985.
🔗 https://bit.ly/4nBiXXI
📷 Historical Nursing Journals, 1985.
November 20, 2025 at 4:37 PM
#HistNursing next week's event! Looking forward to seeing people inperson
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The #FreedomToLearn our nation’s history is under siege. The AHA combats bills restricting history education and provides resources and support for educators advocating for #HonestHistory. Learn more about our Teaching History with Integrity initiatives.
Teaching History with Integrity | American Historical Association
AHA initiatives providing resources and support for history educators facing intensifying controversies about the teaching of the American past.
www.historians.org
November 24, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The #FreedomToLearn our nation’s history is under siege. The AHA combats bills restricting history education and provides resources and support for educators advocating for #HonestHistory. Learn more about our Teaching History with Integrity initiatives.
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Do you work on #domesticabuse #divorce #economicabuse #childcustody in the third sector/policy? Then we have the workshop for you! 'Archives to Action' is a free 1-day workshop exploring the important role archival research can play in policy reform. Details 👇
www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/new...
www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/new...
November 24, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Do you work on #domesticabuse #divorce #economicabuse #childcustody in the third sector/policy? Then we have the workshop for you! 'Archives to Action' is a free 1-day workshop exploring the important role archival research can play in policy reform. Details 👇
www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/new...
www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/new...
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We're planning an exhibition to mark the centenary of The Women's Library next year. We'd like to feature collections and research that people are working on currently. Please get in touch and let us know.
September 18, 2025 at 8:40 AM
We're planning an exhibition to mark the centenary of The Women's Library next year. We'd like to feature collections and research that people are working on currently. Please get in touch and let us know.
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Equal Pay has been the law for 50 years so why are we not there yet? Here's the 'long view' on how women's activism has made a difference and what still needs fixing:
historyandpolicy.org/policy-paper...
#EqualPayDay #WomenAreBeingShortChanged #CloseTheGenderPayGap
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#EqualPayDay #WomenAreBeingShortChanged #CloseTheGenderPayGap
Mobilising Women’s Workplace Rights: 50 Years of Sex Equality Legislation - History & Policy
Women and men gained formal workplace equality on 29 December 1975 when the Equal Pay and Sex Discrimination Acts came into force. Incremental change has been achieved slowly across the subsequent 50 ...
historyandpolicy.org
November 22, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Equal Pay has been the law for 50 years so why are we not there yet? Here's the 'long view' on how women's activism has made a difference and what still needs fixing:
historyandpolicy.org/policy-paper...
#EqualPayDay #WomenAreBeingShortChanged #CloseTheGenderPayGap
historyandpolicy.org/policy-paper...
#EqualPayDay #WomenAreBeingShortChanged #CloseTheGenderPayGap
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Photographer Jennie Baptiste’s exhibition reflecting 30 years of Black culture
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Photographer Jennie Baptiste’s exhibition reflecting 30 years of Black culture
Across three decades, one defining voice in British photography Jennie Baptiste has captured the vibrancy of black culture from hip-hop artists in the States, to London's dancehall scene, as well as s...
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November 23, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Photographer Jennie Baptiste’s exhibition reflecting 30 years of Black culture
www.channel4.com/news/photogr...
www.channel4.com/news/photogr...