Dr Caroline Lewis
@carolinelewis1997.bsky.social
English teacher and historian of nineteenth-century India and Britain. PhD from Edinburgh University on Scottish and English women missionaries in North India and Bengal. London Welsh via Hong Kong. Now Edinburgh.
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Annual shameless Xmas or other seasonal holiday gift suggestion for those interested in any of material culture, empire or British country houses. Over 500 pages & 100 illustrations. Paperback a mere £30. (Alternatively, free to download from @uclpress.bsky.social or @jstor.bsky.social ).
The East India Company at Home, 1757-1857
The East India Company at Home, 1757-1857 explores how empire in Asia shaped British country houses, their interiors and the lives of their residents. It includes chapters from researchers based in a ...
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November 30, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Annual shameless Xmas or other seasonal holiday gift suggestion for those interested in any of material culture, empire or British country houses. Over 500 pages & 100 illustrations. Paperback a mere £30. (Alternatively, free to download from @uclpress.bsky.social or @jstor.bsky.social ).
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Applications Now Open for the University of Glasgow Library Visiting Research Fellowship scheme - supporting scholars from across academic disciplines to come to Glasgow to work on our unique research collections. Please RT or pass on:
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November 20, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Applications Now Open for the University of Glasgow Library Visiting Research Fellowship scheme - supporting scholars from across academic disciplines to come to Glasgow to work on our unique research collections. Please RT or pass on:
www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/li...
www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/li...
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🎙️Kavita Puri in conversation with John Gabriel
BBC's Kavita Puri joins the OHS to discuss the challenges + controversies behind making her award-winning radio series Three Million on the 1943 Bengal Famine.
📆9 Dec 2025
⏰6-7.30pm (UK)
📍London Met Uni or Zoom
More info: ohs.org.uk/events/kavit...
BBC's Kavita Puri joins the OHS to discuss the challenges + controversies behind making her award-winning radio series Three Million on the 1943 Bengal Famine.
📆9 Dec 2025
⏰6-7.30pm (UK)
📍London Met Uni or Zoom
More info: ohs.org.uk/events/kavit...
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November 20, 2025 at 4:16 PM
🎙️Kavita Puri in conversation with John Gabriel
BBC's Kavita Puri joins the OHS to discuss the challenges + controversies behind making her award-winning radio series Three Million on the 1943 Bengal Famine.
📆9 Dec 2025
⏰6-7.30pm (UK)
📍London Met Uni or Zoom
More info: ohs.org.uk/events/kavit...
BBC's Kavita Puri joins the OHS to discuss the challenges + controversies behind making her award-winning radio series Three Million on the 1943 Bengal Famine.
📆9 Dec 2025
⏰6-7.30pm (UK)
📍London Met Uni or Zoom
More info: ohs.org.uk/events/kavit...
Biggest news in my classroom today. Brilliant commentary from BBC Scotland.
The BBC Scotland commentary for Kenny McLean’s halfway line goal is glorious. Stuff of dreams. 🔥
Congratulations #Scotland, see you at the World Cup.
Congratulations #Scotland, see you at the World Cup.
November 19, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Biggest news in my classroom today. Brilliant commentary from BBC Scotland.
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This is very good and you should read it.
"Historical analysis is fundamentally different and more complex than producing a mass of visualizations and statistics that are the lifeblood of many A.I. programmes."
Gordon McKelvie @gordonmckelvie.bsky.social on the problematic use of A.I. within historical research.
Gordon McKelvie @gordonmckelvie.bsky.social on the problematic use of A.I. within historical research.
Artificial Intelligence: A Warning for History
Does A.I. have the potential to simplify, and ultimately impoverish, our study of the past? Gordon McKelvie considers the recent explosion in A.I. and what it means for historians facing the current H...
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November 12, 2025 at 8:46 PM
This is very good and you should read it.
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The private company Restore Trust’s attempt to take over the @nationaltrust.org.uk failed again. Will they stop now? No, because they are part of the well-funded nexus of right wing activist organisations that’s determined to control national institutions.
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
Voting results from the AGM
Read about the National Trust's 2025 Annual General Meeting and the results from the day.
www.nationaltrust.org.uk
November 9, 2025 at 4:26 PM
The private company Restore Trust’s attempt to take over the @nationaltrust.org.uk failed again. Will they stop now? No, because they are part of the well-funded nexus of right wing activist organisations that’s determined to control national institutions.
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
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Join your next Chester Beatty talk from anywhere in the world for just €5 - plus take part in a historian-led Q&A! 😍 ow.ly/ZMHM50XeN2g @migrationhistorian.bsky.social
#empire #ayahs #womenshistory #digitalevent
#empire #ayahs #womenshistory #digitalevent
Interested in the history of women, workers, caregivers or empire? Do we have the Zoom talk for you!
Join Dr Arunima Datta for 'Travelling Ayahs, Migration and Care Labour in the Age of Empire' on November 12 at 6pm GMT / noon CST. Book here: ow.ly/ZMHM50XeN2g
#labourhistory #migrationhistory
Join Dr Arunima Datta for 'Travelling Ayahs, Migration and Care Labour in the Age of Empire' on November 12 at 6pm GMT / noon CST. Book here: ow.ly/ZMHM50XeN2g
#labourhistory #migrationhistory
November 5, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Join your next Chester Beatty talk from anywhere in the world for just €5 - plus take part in a historian-led Q&A! 😍 ow.ly/ZMHM50XeN2g @migrationhistorian.bsky.social
#empire #ayahs #womenshistory #digitalevent
#empire #ayahs #womenshistory #digitalevent
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It's that moment again for National Trust members to vote to keep the entryists out.
Quick and easy to vote and please do so by 31st of October
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Quick and easy to vote and please do so by 31st of October
Quick Vote link keeps the AstroTurfers out.
Then share. Thank you.
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October 25, 2025 at 10:11 AM
It's that moment again for National Trust members to vote to keep the entryists out.
Quick and easy to vote and please do so by 31st of October
Quick Vote link keeps the AstroTurfers out.
Then share. Thank you.
secure.cesvotes.com/V3-3-0/nt25/...
Quick and easy to vote and please do so by 31st of October
Quick Vote link keeps the AstroTurfers out.
Then share. Thank you.
secure.cesvotes.com/V3-3-0/nt25/...
My great-great grandfather, Evan Roberts, was elected as a Labour councillor in Llanelli after WW1. These local elections were a seismic shift to the Labour Party in Wales and he unseated an independent candidate in 1919. Today's victory for Plaid really is the end of the road for Labour in Wales.
Evan Roberts (rugby union) - Wikipedia
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October 24, 2025 at 4:08 PM
My great-great grandfather, Evan Roberts, was elected as a Labour councillor in Llanelli after WW1. These local elections were a seismic shift to the Labour Party in Wales and he unseated an independent candidate in 1919. Today's victory for Plaid really is the end of the road for Labour in Wales.
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Great 12-month opportunity for an historian. Salary: £36,799 (Grade 5: Development Worker grade). Edinburgh/hybrid. Closing date 21 October.
Vacancy: Legacy of Slavery Research Project Officer - The Scottish Episcopal Church
Salary: £36,799 (Grade 5: Development Worker grade)Contract: Fixed term for 12 months Hours: Fulltime, 35 hours a week (.8 FTE or 28 hours will also be considered). Some occasional evening or weekend ...
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October 22, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Great 12-month opportunity for an historian. Salary: £36,799 (Grade 5: Development Worker grade). Edinburgh/hybrid. Closing date 21 October.
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Now in its second edition, 'Essential Shakespeare: The Arden Guide to Text and Interpretation' by Pamela Bickley & @drjennyst-hann.bsky.social is the go-to guide to help undergraduates navigate their way through university Shakespeare, examining 16 key plays.
https://bit.ly/46sx506
https://bit.ly/46sx506
October 16, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Now in its second edition, 'Essential Shakespeare: The Arden Guide to Text and Interpretation' by Pamela Bickley & @drjennyst-hann.bsky.social is the go-to guide to help undergraduates navigate their way through university Shakespeare, examining 16 key plays.
https://bit.ly/46sx506
https://bit.ly/46sx506
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👏 "We've lived here all our lives. And I have never felt so unwelcome in my own hometown as I do since your party came into Caerphilly."
"With all the rhetoric that you bring in, I have to say to my sons, please don't go there. Please don't do this."
"I blame you for that."
"With all the rhetoric that you bring in, I have to say to my sons, please don't go there. Please don't do this."
"I blame you for that."
October 16, 2025 at 10:40 AM
👏 "We've lived here all our lives. And I have never felt so unwelcome in my own hometown as I do since your party came into Caerphilly."
"With all the rhetoric that you bring in, I have to say to my sons, please don't go there. Please don't do this."
"I blame you for that."
"With all the rhetoric that you bring in, I have to say to my sons, please don't go there. Please don't do this."
"I blame you for that."
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RHS funding opportunity: David Berry Fellowship in the History of Scotland and the Scottish People.
The Society's Fellowship, for up to £2500, supports research by historians of Scotland at any career stage: bit.ly/4ns6LJj
Closing date for the 2026 Fellowship: 6 March 2026
The Society's Fellowship, for up to £2500, supports research by historians of Scotland at any career stage: bit.ly/4ns6LJj
Closing date for the 2026 Fellowship: 6 March 2026
David Berry Fellowship in the History of Scotland and the Scottish People - RHS
Launched in 2023, the David Berry Fellowship provides an annual award of up to £2,500 to undertake research on the history of Scotland and the Scottish people worldwide. Applications for the 2026 Fell...
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October 1, 2025 at 8:00 AM
RHS funding opportunity: David Berry Fellowship in the History of Scotland and the Scottish People.
The Society's Fellowship, for up to £2500, supports research by historians of Scotland at any career stage: bit.ly/4ns6LJj
Closing date for the 2026 Fellowship: 6 March 2026
The Society's Fellowship, for up to £2500, supports research by historians of Scotland at any career stage: bit.ly/4ns6LJj
Closing date for the 2026 Fellowship: 6 March 2026
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BOOK LAUNCH. This looks interesting - tomorrow night at the Georgian House, Charlotte Square, Edinburgh.
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October 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
BOOK LAUNCH. This looks interesting - tomorrow night at the Georgian House, Charlotte Square, Edinburgh.
eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
NEW PROGRAMME! What an exciting one it is!
We're looking forward to thinking with @eicathomefinn.bsky.social, Sari Nauman, @rogerleejesus.bsky.social & @araujohistorian.bsky.social
Mondays, 17:30 @ihr.bsky.social & zoom. All very welcome! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #EarlyModern #SkyStorians
We're looking forward to thinking with @eicathomefinn.bsky.social, Sari Nauman, @rogerleejesus.bsky.social & @araujohistorian.bsky.social
Mondays, 17:30 @ihr.bsky.social & zoom. All very welcome! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #EarlyModern #SkyStorians
September 27, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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History curious? You don't need to be in London (or the UK) to attend many Institute of Historical Research seminars, although if you're in Bloomsbury you'll enjoy doing so. Most are hybrid (online/in person). They're free, usually fortnightly and open to the public.
Starting this week:
Starting this week:
Events
Stay up to date with the upcoming events organised or hosted by the Institute of Historical Research
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September 22, 2025 at 12:33 PM
History curious? You don't need to be in London (or the UK) to attend many Institute of Historical Research seminars, although if you're in Bloomsbury you'll enjoy doing so. Most are hybrid (online/in person). They're free, usually fortnightly and open to the public.
Starting this week:
Starting this week:
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Join us, at 6.30pm on Friday 12 September, for our next RHS Lecture: Professor Yasmin Khan on 'Mars and Britannia: the British Imperial Way of Warfare' bit.ly/3Hv2jK8
Booking for in-person and online attendance is now open. All are very welcome #Skystorians
Booking for in-person and online attendance is now open. All are very welcome #Skystorians
‘Mars and Britannia: the British Imperial Way of Warfare’: in-person event
‘Mars and Britannia: the British Imperial Way of Warfare’, a Royal Historical Society Lecture with Professor Yasmin Khan, 12 September 2025
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September 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Join us, at 6.30pm on Friday 12 September, for our next RHS Lecture: Professor Yasmin Khan on 'Mars and Britannia: the British Imperial Way of Warfare' bit.ly/3Hv2jK8
Booking for in-person and online attendance is now open. All are very welcome #Skystorians
Booking for in-person and online attendance is now open. All are very welcome #Skystorians
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⏰ Don’t miss out! Registration for the Women’s History Scotland Conference closes Friday 5 September!
Join us for a fascinating day! 👉 www.tickettailor.com/events/women...
Join us for a fascinating day! 👉 www.tickettailor.com/events/women...
Buy tickets – Women’s History Scotland Conference: New Directions in Women’s and Gender History in Scotland – Kinning Park Complex, Glasgow
Women’s History Scotland are delighted to announce their one-day conference is taking place on Saturday 13 September 2025 at th...
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September 1, 2025 at 9:13 PM
⏰ Don’t miss out! Registration for the Women’s History Scotland Conference closes Friday 5 September!
Join us for a fascinating day! 👉 www.tickettailor.com/events/women...
Join us for a fascinating day! 👉 www.tickettailor.com/events/women...
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'Across this work, I’ve seen echoes of the same tactics once used by big tobacco (on health): manufacture doubt to delay regulation and market uncertainty as progress....the evidence base for ed tech is narrow, industry-driven and shaky at best.'
I’ve seen how big tech has transformed the classroom – and parents are right to be worried | Velislava Hillman
I’ve examined how commercial technologies reshape education – often in ways parents instinctively resist, but are told to ignore, says academic Velislava Hillman
www.theguardian.com
September 1, 2025 at 11:41 AM
'Across this work, I’ve seen echoes of the same tactics once used by big tobacco (on health): manufacture doubt to delay regulation and market uncertainty as progress....the evidence base for ed tech is narrow, industry-driven and shaky at best.'
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Hi everyone!
I am beginning my search for prospective PhD supervisors for a September 2026 start. If you specialise in Caribbean slavery and/or the East India Company, and are interested in supervising my doctoral research, I would be delighted to hear from you! #Skystorians #AcademicSky
I am beginning my search for prospective PhD supervisors for a September 2026 start. If you specialise in Caribbean slavery and/or the East India Company, and are interested in supervising my doctoral research, I would be delighted to hear from you! #Skystorians #AcademicSky
August 28, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Hi everyone!
I am beginning my search for prospective PhD supervisors for a September 2026 start. If you specialise in Caribbean slavery and/or the East India Company, and are interested in supervising my doctoral research, I would be delighted to hear from you! #Skystorians #AcademicSky
I am beginning my search for prospective PhD supervisors for a September 2026 start. If you specialise in Caribbean slavery and/or the East India Company, and are interested in supervising my doctoral research, I would be delighted to hear from you! #Skystorians #AcademicSky
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What was it like to be a teenage boy in Soviet #Russia? A remarkable trove of never-before-studied diaries reveal tales of love, lust, boredom, famine, exile, conscription and much more.
Slavonic Studies expert Ekaterina Zadirko from Trinity College, Cambridge shares her insights 👇
#History
Slavonic Studies expert Ekaterina Zadirko from Trinity College, Cambridge shares her insights 👇
#History
Teenage diaries from Stalin’s Russia reveal boys’ struggles with love, famine and Soviet pressure to achieve
Diaries written by teenage boys in 1930s Russia reveal relatable perspectives on love, lust, boredom, and pressure to achieve; but also experience of famine, exile and conscription under Stalin.
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July 21, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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Award-winning, open access article on the absurdity of anti-immigration populism from my collage James Hampshire:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
‘Full‐Fat, Semi‐Skimmed or Skimmed?’ The Political Economy of Immigration Policy since Brexit
Since the European Union referendum in 2016, UK net migration has increased to record levels. Despite the Leave campaign's promise to ‘take back control’—and a Conservative government that has adopte...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
July 9, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Award-winning, open access article on the absurdity of anti-immigration populism from my collage James Hampshire:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Starting to put together "hey I wrote a book" speaking events for the 2025/6 academic year by the way.
If you have a seminar/relevant discussion event/podcast/open mic night where I won't get thrown out for talking about the historical significance of leeks let me know, I'm taking bookings!
If you have a seminar/relevant discussion event/podcast/open mic night where I won't get thrown out for talking about the historical significance of leeks let me know, I'm taking bookings!
My book, "Welsh Revivalism in Imperial Britain" (or "True Britons and Celtic Empires", if you'd prefer) is now AVAILABLE FOR HARDBACK PREORDER
Your library needs more about bardic antislavery, imperial complicity, and druids with telescopes, no?
boydellandbrewer.com/978183765195...
Your library needs more about bardic antislavery, imperial complicity, and druids with telescopes, no?
boydellandbrewer.com/978183765195...
June 30, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Starting to put together "hey I wrote a book" speaking events for the 2025/6 academic year by the way.
If you have a seminar/relevant discussion event/podcast/open mic night where I won't get thrown out for talking about the historical significance of leeks let me know, I'm taking bookings!
If you have a seminar/relevant discussion event/podcast/open mic night where I won't get thrown out for talking about the historical significance of leeks let me know, I'm taking bookings!
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There is still time to sign up for the Impeachment of Warren Hastings conference.
3-4 July - Worcester, UK
Organised by @histparl.bsky.social @georgianlords.bsky.social & Uni of Worcester.
Sponsored by @pastandpresent.bsky.social & @parlhistjournal.bsky.social
Keynote: Dame Linda Colley
3-4 July - Worcester, UK
Organised by @histparl.bsky.social @georgianlords.bsky.social & Uni of Worcester.
Sponsored by @pastandpresent.bsky.social & @parlhistjournal.bsky.social
Keynote: Dame Linda Colley
May 4, 2025 at 10:55 AM
There is still time to sign up for the Impeachment of Warren Hastings conference.
3-4 July - Worcester, UK
Organised by @histparl.bsky.social @georgianlords.bsky.social & Uni of Worcester.
Sponsored by @pastandpresent.bsky.social & @parlhistjournal.bsky.social
Keynote: Dame Linda Colley
3-4 July - Worcester, UK
Organised by @histparl.bsky.social @georgianlords.bsky.social & Uni of Worcester.
Sponsored by @pastandpresent.bsky.social & @parlhistjournal.bsky.social
Keynote: Dame Linda Colley