Contemporary British History seminar
@cont-brit-hist.bsky.social
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Fortnightly seminars, alternating between in-person and online. Follow us for details of our programme and other related talks and events that may be of interest.
Fortnightly seminars, alternating between in-person and online. Follow us for details of our programme and other related talks and events that may be of interest.
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Contemporary British History
The Contemporary British History seminar seeks to explore all aspects the recent past of the British Isles from a historical point of view.
www.history.ac.uk
Here's the full seminar programme for autumn 2025. Seminars are either hybrid or online only so plenty of opportunities for those not local to London to join us.
Please sign up using the links for any papers you'd like to come to.
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Please sign up using the links for any papers you'd like to come to.
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Still time to sign up for our seminar tomorrow, Wed 5th Nov, with Katerina Papakonstantinou, who will be speaking on 'Greek Cypriot Migration to London in the 1960s: Women’s Voices and Experiences'
5.30pm UK time, online and at @ihr.bsky.social.
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
5.30pm UK time, online and at @ihr.bsky.social.
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Greek Cypriot Migration to London in the 1960s: Women’s Voices and Experiences
www.history.ac.uk
November 4, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Still time to sign up for our seminar tomorrow, Wed 5th Nov, with Katerina Papakonstantinou, who will be speaking on 'Greek Cypriot Migration to London in the 1960s: Women’s Voices and Experiences'
5.30pm UK time, online and at @ihr.bsky.social.
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
5.30pm UK time, online and at @ihr.bsky.social.
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
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Looking forward to this!
If you missed me at the Women's History Conference it's a welcome chance to discuss the world of activism and collecting digital #archives ✊
If you missed me at the Women's History Conference it's a welcome chance to discuss the world of activism and collecting digital #archives ✊
Thank you to @katrinanavickas.bsky.social for a brilliant start to our seminar series last night!
Next session is 22 Oct, 5.30pm UK time, online/in-person when @dohertyta.bsky.social will speak on The Fragility of Feminist Futures in Digital Collections.
Sign up: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Next session is 22 Oct, 5.30pm UK time, online/in-person when @dohertyta.bsky.social will speak on The Fragility of Feminist Futures in Digital Collections.
Sign up: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
The Fragility of Feminist Futures in Digital Collections
www.history.ac.uk
October 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Looking forward to this!
If you missed me at the Women's History Conference it's a welcome chance to discuss the world of activism and collecting digital #archives ✊
If you missed me at the Women's History Conference it's a welcome chance to discuss the world of activism and collecting digital #archives ✊
Thank you to @katrinanavickas.bsky.social for a brilliant start to our seminar series last night!
Next session is 22 Oct, 5.30pm UK time, online/in-person when @dohertyta.bsky.social will speak on The Fragility of Feminist Futures in Digital Collections.
Sign up: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Next session is 22 Oct, 5.30pm UK time, online/in-person when @dohertyta.bsky.social will speak on The Fragility of Feminist Futures in Digital Collections.
Sign up: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
The Fragility of Feminist Futures in Digital Collections
www.history.ac.uk
October 9, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Thank you to @katrinanavickas.bsky.social for a brilliant start to our seminar series last night!
Next session is 22 Oct, 5.30pm UK time, online/in-person when @dohertyta.bsky.social will speak on The Fragility of Feminist Futures in Digital Collections.
Sign up: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Next session is 22 Oct, 5.30pm UK time, online/in-person when @dohertyta.bsky.social will speak on The Fragility of Feminist Futures in Digital Collections.
Sign up: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
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On Weds we welcome @katrinanavickas.bsky.social to IHR @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social seminar
Katrina will talk abt "Public space + popular protest in 20thC England: enclosure, resistance + commoning"
In-person/hybrid. All welcome, register here!
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
@ihr.bsky.social
Katrina will talk abt "Public space + popular protest in 20thC England: enclosure, resistance + commoning"
In-person/hybrid. All welcome, register here!
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
@ihr.bsky.social
Public space and popular protest in 20th century England: enclosure, resistance and commoning
This session draws from the book, Contested Commons: a History of Protest and Public Space in England
www.history.ac.uk
October 6, 2025 at 8:11 AM
On Weds we welcome @katrinanavickas.bsky.social to IHR @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social seminar
Katrina will talk abt "Public space + popular protest in 20thC England: enclosure, resistance + commoning"
In-person/hybrid. All welcome, register here!
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
@ihr.bsky.social
Katrina will talk abt "Public space + popular protest in 20thC England: enclosure, resistance + commoning"
In-person/hybrid. All welcome, register here!
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
@ihr.bsky.social
And sign up here for the discussion of In Solidarity and Under Suspicion: The British Far Left from 1956 with Daniel Frost, @evansmithhist.bsky.social and others: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
October 1, 2025 at 11:26 AM
And sign up here for the discussion of In Solidarity and Under Suspicion: The British Far Left from 1956 with Daniel Frost, @evansmithhist.bsky.social and others: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
You can sign up to attend @garylove.bsky.social's online paper here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
October 1, 2025 at 11:24 AM
You can sign up to attend @garylove.bsky.social's online paper here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
New addition to the programme: Katerina Papakonstantinou will be joining us on 5th November to discuss her research on Greek Cypriot Women and migration to London in the 1960s. In-person and online: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Greek Cypriot Migration to London in the 1960s: Women’s Voices and Experiences
www.history.ac.uk
October 1, 2025 at 11:23 AM
New addition to the programme: Katerina Papakonstantinou will be joining us on 5th November to discuss her research on Greek Cypriot Women and migration to London in the 1960s. In-person and online: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Sign up for @dohertyta.bsky.social 's paper here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
October 1, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Sign up for @dohertyta.bsky.social 's paper here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
You can sign up for Katrina's paper here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
October 1, 2025 at 11:17 AM
You can sign up for Katrina's paper here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Here's the full seminar programme for autumn 2025. Seminars are either hybrid or online only so plenty of opportunities for those not local to London to join us.
Please sign up using the links for any papers you'd like to come to.
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Please sign up using the links for any papers you'd like to come to.
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Contemporary British History
The Contemporary British History seminar seeks to explore all aspects the recent past of the British Isles from a historical point of view.
www.history.ac.uk
October 1, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Here's the full seminar programme for autumn 2025. Seminars are either hybrid or online only so plenty of opportunities for those not local to London to join us.
Please sign up using the links for any papers you'd like to come to.
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Please sign up using the links for any papers you'd like to come to.
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
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This year’s programme for our IHR seminar in Contemporary British History is coming together
This side of Xmas we’re excited to welcome @katrinanavickas.bsky.social @garylove.bsky.social @evansmithhist.bsky.social @dohertyta.bsky.social
If you’d like to present next spring/summer, drop me a line!
This side of Xmas we’re excited to welcome @katrinanavickas.bsky.social @garylove.bsky.social @evansmithhist.bsky.social @dohertyta.bsky.social
If you’d like to present next spring/summer, drop me a line!
A new academic year is here, and so is our autumn term programme! A thread of our speakers follows.
Sign-up links available soon but note dates in diaries now! 📆
Sign-up links available soon but note dates in diaries now! 📆
September 24, 2025 at 4:20 PM
This year’s programme for our IHR seminar in Contemporary British History is coming together
This side of Xmas we’re excited to welcome @katrinanavickas.bsky.social @garylove.bsky.social @evansmithhist.bsky.social @dohertyta.bsky.social
If you’d like to present next spring/summer, drop me a line!
This side of Xmas we’re excited to welcome @katrinanavickas.bsky.social @garylove.bsky.social @evansmithhist.bsky.social @dohertyta.bsky.social
If you’d like to present next spring/summer, drop me a line!
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Woo hoo!
I'm also going to be revealing some of the research I've been doing this year on the 1980s, unpublished work in progress, to get feedback from you contemporary historians out there.
I'm also going to be revealing some of the research I've been doing this year on the 1980s, unpublished work in progress, to get feedback from you contemporary historians out there.
.@katrinanavickas.bsky.social will be speaking on 8th October at 5.30pm on work arising from her soon-to-be-released book! Join us for “Public space and popular protest in 20th century England: enclosure, resistance and commoning”. This is a hybrid event. reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/contest...
Contested Commons | Reaktion Books
A radical history of England, Contested Commons is a gripping overview of increasingly restrictive policing and legislation against protest in public spaces. It tells the long history of contests over...
reaktionbooks.co.uk
September 24, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Woo hoo!
I'm also going to be revealing some of the research I've been doing this year on the 1980s, unpublished work in progress, to get feedback from you contemporary historians out there.
I'm also going to be revealing some of the research I've been doing this year on the 1980s, unpublished work in progress, to get feedback from you contemporary historians out there.
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Excited to give the @royalhistsoc.org's public lecture this December: 'Hunger, Health and Hope: A History of School Meals in Britain' @sheffielduni.bsky.social @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social #histed
📅 Tuesday 10 December, 6pm
🎟️ Free, all welcome. Register here
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hunger-hea...
📅 Tuesday 10 December, 6pm
🎟️ Free, all welcome. Register here
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hunger-hea...
Hunger, Health and Hope: A History of School Meals in Britain, IN-PERSON
Royal Historical Society public lecture at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Institute of Education, UCL
www.eventbrite.co.uk
September 24, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Excited to give the @royalhistsoc.org's public lecture this December: 'Hunger, Health and Hope: A History of School Meals in Britain' @sheffielduni.bsky.social @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social #histed
📅 Tuesday 10 December, 6pm
🎟️ Free, all welcome. Register here
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hunger-hea...
📅 Tuesday 10 December, 6pm
🎟️ Free, all welcome. Register here
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hunger-hea...
A new academic year is here, and so is our autumn term programme! A thread of our speakers follows.
Sign-up links available soon but note dates in diaries now! 📆
Sign-up links available soon but note dates in diaries now! 📆
September 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
A new academic year is here, and so is our autumn term programme! A thread of our speakers follows.
Sign-up links available soon but note dates in diaries now! 📆
Sign-up links available soon but note dates in diaries now! 📆
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We're very much looking forward to having @garylove.bsky.social join us for the @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social seminar on 19 November!
Sign-up links for this and the rest of our programme this term coming very soon.
Sign-up links for this and the rest of our programme this term coming very soon.
Finally got my hands on a copy. I will discuss the book & my work in this area at the Contemporary British History Seminar at the IHR on 19 November. Sadly I’ll have to do it online because I’ve used up my travel quota (have a small baby). But thanks to @helenglew.bsky.social for the invitation
September 13, 2025 at 11:16 AM
We're very much looking forward to having @garylove.bsky.social join us for the @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social seminar on 19 November!
Sign-up links for this and the rest of our programme this term coming very soon.
Sign-up links for this and the rest of our programme this term coming very soon.
On Tues 8 April at 1pm BST we have an exciting additional seminar on our programme: thanks to funding from the IHR@ Series, we are holding a hybrid event at the University of Wolverhampton and online.
April 4, 2025 at 2:55 PM
On Tues 8 April at 1pm BST we have an exciting additional seminar on our programme: thanks to funding from the IHR@ Series, we are holding a hybrid event at the University of Wolverhampton and online.
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Great to have this additional paper for our Term 2 programme for @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social seminar @ihr.bsky.social . Seminar is hybrid & can be booked via link below. Thanks to co-convenor @gcgosling.bsky.social for idea & planning of this 'out of London' seminar 🙂.
IHR-funded PG/ECR bursaries to attend a special hybrid seminar at Wolverhampton Uni on April 8th
Dr Jennifer Wallis: The most offensive thing in the world? Post mortems in private houses in the 19th & 20th centuries
Register: www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Dr Jennifer Wallis: The most offensive thing in the world? Post mortems in private houses in the 19th & 20th centuries
Register: www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
March 21, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Great to have this additional paper for our Term 2 programme for @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social seminar @ihr.bsky.social . Seminar is hybrid & can be booked via link below. Thanks to co-convenor @gcgosling.bsky.social for idea & planning of this 'out of London' seminar 🙂.
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📢 Wowzers 😮! What a line up we have for @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social Term 3. Fab speakers incl: @racheljcollett.bsky.social @nataliethomlinson.bsky.social @lauratisdall.bsky.social Lucy Robinson Lukas Herde + Jennifer Wallis. Join us via link below 👇 www.history.ac.uk/seminars/con...
April 3, 2025 at 6:59 PM
📢 Wowzers 😮! What a line up we have for @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social Term 3. Fab speakers incl: @racheljcollett.bsky.social @nataliethomlinson.bsky.social @lauratisdall.bsky.social Lucy Robinson Lukas Herde + Jennifer Wallis. Join us via link below 👇 www.history.ac.uk/seminars/con...
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Ethics in historical research is becoming ever more important. Hear @tomhulme.bsky.social @earner.bsky.social Kate Chatfield, Holly Smith & me tease out some of the challenges on @ihr.bsky.social @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social roundtable. @royalhistsoc.bsky.social.
www.history.ac.uk/podcasts/res...
www.history.ac.uk/podcasts/res...
December 17, 2024 at 6:55 PM
Ethics in historical research is becoming ever more important. Hear @tomhulme.bsky.social @earner.bsky.social Kate Chatfield, Holly Smith & me tease out some of the challenges on @ihr.bsky.social @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social roundtable. @royalhistsoc.bsky.social.
www.history.ac.uk/podcasts/res...
www.history.ac.uk/podcasts/res...
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Great piece by @kconnel.bsky.social of @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social on meaning of multiculturalism & how #familyhistory can be utilised effectively to break down barriers between 'us' & 'them' by recognising 'how common it is becoming for immigration to be a central feature of our family trees'.
I have a piece in today’s Guardian based on my book in which I argue for an expanded, more inclusive definition of multiculturalism as a way out of the culture wars
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
White British people aren’t under threat from multicultural Britain – they are part of it | Kieran Connell
Reform would have you believe that multiculturalism is an act of exclusion. In fact, the opposite is the case, says historian and writer Kieran Connell
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2024 at 10:31 AM
Great piece by @kconnel.bsky.social of @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social on meaning of multiculturalism & how #familyhistory can be utilised effectively to break down barriers between 'us' & 'them' by recognising 'how common it is becoming for immigration to be a central feature of our family trees'.
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Term 2 of our @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social seminar series at @ihr.bsky.social kicks off on Weds 22 Jan, 5.30pm at the IHR. ECR Brett Morritt will speak about his PhD research. Click on link to find out more & register. Do come along 🙂.
www.history.ac.uk/events/race-...
www.history.ac.uk/events/race-...
Race and Equal Opportunity Policies at English Clearing Banks, 1965-1990
www.history.ac.uk
January 13, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Term 2 of our @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social seminar series at @ihr.bsky.social kicks off on Weds 22 Jan, 5.30pm at the IHR. ECR Brett Morritt will speak about his PhD research. Click on link to find out more & register. Do come along 🙂.
www.history.ac.uk/events/race-...
www.history.ac.uk/events/race-...
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📢 What a line-up for Term 2 @ihr.bsky.social @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social seminar series. 4 fab papers + 1 roundtable. Take a look at what is on offer & sign up for seminars via link: www.history.ac.uk/seminars/con.... We look forward to welcoming you (Cait, Helen, Pat, Dan, Kieran, George & Ben).
December 6, 2024 at 2:21 PM
📢 What a line-up for Term 2 @ihr.bsky.social @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social seminar series. 4 fab papers + 1 roundtable. Take a look at what is on offer & sign up for seminars via link: www.history.ac.uk/seminars/con.... We look forward to welcoming you (Cait, Helen, Pat, Dan, Kieran, George & Ben).
After a fantastic line-up of speakers in term 1, very excited to say that our programme for term 2 is already out! www.history.ac.uk/seminars/con...
Contemporary British History
The Contemporary British History seminar seeks to explore all aspects the recent past of the British Isles from a historical point of view. Image credit: Lucy Thane.
www.history.ac.uk
December 6, 2024 at 2:51 PM
After a fantastic line-up of speakers in term 1, very excited to say that our programme for term 2 is already out! www.history.ac.uk/seminars/con...
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All welcome to tomorrow's online seminar with @shahmimaakhtar.bsky.social - just sign up at the link below. 5.30pm UK time. See you there!
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Our next seminar features Dr @shahmimaakhtar.bsky.social (Univ of Birmingham), who'll be presenting on her work on Ireland's Worlds Fairs.
Join us online, 5.30pm UK time, on Wednesday 4th December. Link to sign up: www.history.ac.uk/events/cead-...
Join us online, 5.30pm UK time, on Wednesday 4th December. Link to sign up: www.history.ac.uk/events/cead-...
Céad míle fáilte: Ireland in World’s Fairs
www.history.ac.uk
December 3, 2024 at 1:34 PM
All welcome to tomorrow's online seminar with @shahmimaakhtar.bsky.social - just sign up at the link below. 5.30pm UK time. See you there!
bsky.app/profile/cont...
bsky.app/profile/cont...
All welcome to tomorrow's online seminar with @shahmimaakhtar.bsky.social - just sign up at the link below. 5.30pm UK time. See you there!
bsky.app/profile/cont...
bsky.app/profile/cont...
Our next seminar features Dr @shahmimaakhtar.bsky.social (Univ of Birmingham), who'll be presenting on her work on Ireland's Worlds Fairs.
Join us online, 5.30pm UK time, on Wednesday 4th December. Link to sign up: www.history.ac.uk/events/cead-...
Join us online, 5.30pm UK time, on Wednesday 4th December. Link to sign up: www.history.ac.uk/events/cead-...
Céad míle fáilte: Ireland in World’s Fairs
www.history.ac.uk
December 3, 2024 at 1:34 PM
All welcome to tomorrow's online seminar with @shahmimaakhtar.bsky.social - just sign up at the link below. 5.30pm UK time. See you there!
bsky.app/profile/cont...
bsky.app/profile/cont...