@helenjuliapaul.bsky.social
Economic historian at the University of Southampton. Currently a member of council for the Royal Historical Society and trustee of MOSAF Deptford.
Monograph: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9780203842065/south-sea-bubble-helen-paul
Monograph: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9780203842065/south-sea-bubble-helen-paul
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I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
December 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
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Applications now invited for the Society's new Applied History Fellowships with @ihr.bsky.social and DC Thomson: bit.ly/4ijiuII
Fellowships support recent post-doc historians and demonstrate the appeal of historical skills for employers. £12,000 for 6 months. Closing date: 31 Jan 2026 #Skystorians
Fellowships support recent post-doc historians and demonstrate the appeal of historical skills for employers. £12,000 for 6 months. Closing date: 31 Jan 2026 #Skystorians
Society launches call for new Applied History Fellowships, with the Institute of Historical Research and DC Thomson - RHS
In November 2025, the Society joins with partners the Institute of Historical Research (IHR) and publisher DC Thomson to launch a new Applied History Fellowship programme to support recent post-doctor...
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December 2, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Applications now invited for the Society's new Applied History Fellowships with @ihr.bsky.social and DC Thomson: bit.ly/4ijiuII
Fellowships support recent post-doc historians and demonstrate the appeal of historical skills for employers. £12,000 for 6 months. Closing date: 31 Jan 2026 #Skystorians
Fellowships support recent post-doc historians and demonstrate the appeal of historical skills for employers. £12,000 for 6 months. Closing date: 31 Jan 2026 #Skystorians
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Fellows of the Royal Historical Society are historians working in a wide range of sectors (in and beyond education) in the UK and worldwide.
We've a new guide about becoming a Fellow: bit.ly/48iH0oG If you'd like to join a 4000+ community of historians, please consider an application #Skystorians
We've a new guide about becoming a Fellow: bit.ly/48iH0oG If you'd like to join a 4000+ community of historians, please consider an application #Skystorians
November 25, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Fellows of the Royal Historical Society are historians working in a wide range of sectors (in and beyond education) in the UK and worldwide.
We've a new guide about becoming a Fellow: bit.ly/48iH0oG If you'd like to join a 4000+ community of historians, please consider an application #Skystorians
We've a new guide about becoming a Fellow: bit.ly/48iH0oG If you'd like to join a 4000+ community of historians, please consider an application #Skystorians
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Join us online, 2.30pm Wednesday 19 November, for a launch event of our new joint Applied History Fellowships for postdoc historians, with @ihr.bsky.social and publisher DC Thomson bit.ly/4ofWArN
Fellowships will develop historical skills for use in workplaces beyond higher education #Skystorians
Fellowships will develop historical skills for use in workplaces beyond higher education #Skystorians
New programme of 'Applied History Fellowships': launch and introductory event - RHS
In 2025-26 the Institute of Historical Research (IHR), Royal Historical Society and DC Thomson will launch a new Applied History Fellowship partnership. Join us at this online session -- 2.30pm on Wed...
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November 3, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Join us online, 2.30pm Wednesday 19 November, for a launch event of our new joint Applied History Fellowships for postdoc historians, with @ihr.bsky.social and publisher DC Thomson bit.ly/4ofWArN
Fellowships will develop historical skills for use in workplaces beyond higher education #Skystorians
Fellowships will develop historical skills for use in workplaces beyond higher education #Skystorians
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RHS First Book and Early Career Article Prizes, 2026.
We invite submissions for the Society's book and article prizes: for eligible titles published in 2025. Further details and how to apply: bit.ly/3KnR47v
Submissions are by self-nomination by an author. Closing date: 15 December #Skystorians
We invite submissions for the Society's book and article prizes: for eligible titles published in 2025. Further details and how to apply: bit.ly/3KnR47v
Submissions are by self-nomination by an author. Closing date: 15 December #Skystorians
Royal Historical Society Book and Article Prizes, 2026: submissions now invited - RHS
The Royal Historical Society invites applications for its First Book Prize, 2026 and Early Career Article Prize, 2026. The call for submissions opens on Monday 29 September 2025 and runs to Monday 15 ...
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September 29, 2025 at 7:44 AM
RHS First Book and Early Career Article Prizes, 2026.
We invite submissions for the Society's book and article prizes: for eligible titles published in 2025. Further details and how to apply: bit.ly/3KnR47v
Submissions are by self-nomination by an author. Closing date: 15 December #Skystorians
We invite submissions for the Society's book and article prizes: for eligible titles published in 2025. Further details and how to apply: bit.ly/3KnR47v
Submissions are by self-nomination by an author. Closing date: 15 December #Skystorians
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VACANCY closing in one week: we invite applications for a new job at the Society: Events and Academic Engagement Officer (0.6 FTE) bit.ly/3V8q5PC
The post-holder will join our professional Office to help us support history and historians. £36,433 pro rata.
Closing date: Sunday 5 Oct #Skystorians
The post-holder will join our professional Office to help us support history and historians. £36,433 pro rata.
Closing date: Sunday 5 Oct #Skystorians
Vacancy: the Society seeks to appoint an Events and Academic Engagement Officer - RHS
The Royal Historical Society seeks to appoint an Events and Academic Engagement Officer (0.6 FTE) to join its professional Office based at University College London. The post will help support and dev...
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September 28, 2025 at 9:02 AM
VACANCY closing in one week: we invite applications for a new job at the Society: Events and Academic Engagement Officer (0.6 FTE) bit.ly/3V8q5PC
The post-holder will join our professional Office to help us support history and historians. £36,433 pro rata.
Closing date: Sunday 5 Oct #Skystorians
The post-holder will join our professional Office to help us support history and historians. £36,433 pro rata.
Closing date: Sunday 5 Oct #Skystorians
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VACANCY: we invite applications for a new job at the Society: Events and Academic Engagement Officer (0.6 FTE) bit.ly/3V8q5PC
The post-holder will join our professional Office to help us support history and historians. £36,433 pro rata.
Closing date: Sunday 5 October #Skystorians
The post-holder will join our professional Office to help us support history and historians. £36,433 pro rata.
Closing date: Sunday 5 October #Skystorians
Vacancy: the Society seeks to appoint an Events and Academic Engagement Officer - RHS
The Royal Historical Society seeks to appoint an Events and Academic Engagement Officer (0.6 FTE) to join its professional Office based at University College London. The post will help support and dev...
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September 23, 2025 at 11:54 AM
VACANCY: we invite applications for a new job at the Society: Events and Academic Engagement Officer (0.6 FTE) bit.ly/3V8q5PC
The post-holder will join our professional Office to help us support history and historians. £36,433 pro rata.
Closing date: Sunday 5 October #Skystorians
The post-holder will join our professional Office to help us support history and historians. £36,433 pro rata.
Closing date: Sunday 5 October #Skystorians
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If you're starting a postgraduate course in History this autumn, please do consider joining the Royal Historical Society bit.ly/41mTuck
Postgraduate Membership brings access to research funding, events, publications and networks. You'll join an international community of more than 6500 historians.
Postgraduate Membership brings access to research funding, events, publications and networks. You'll join an international community of more than 6500 historians.
August 28, 2025 at 10:15 AM
If you're starting a postgraduate course in History this autumn, please do consider joining the Royal Historical Society bit.ly/41mTuck
Postgraduate Membership brings access to research funding, events, publications and networks. You'll join an international community of more than 6500 historians.
Postgraduate Membership brings access to research funding, events, publications and networks. You'll join an international community of more than 6500 historians.
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Vacancy with the Royal Historical Society: Membership and Office Administrator bit.ly/46TgZNA
We look to appoint a Membership and Office Administrator (0.8 FTE) to join our professional Office to help us support history and historians. £31,904 pro rata. Closing date Monday 8 September #Skystorians
We look to appoint a Membership and Office Administrator (0.8 FTE) to join our professional Office to help us support history and historians. £31,904 pro rata. Closing date Monday 8 September #Skystorians
Vacancy: the Society seeks to appoint a Membership and Office Administrator - RHS
The Royal Historical Society seeks to appoint a Membership and Office Administrator (0.8 FTE) to join its professional Office based at University College London. The post will help support and develop...
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August 21, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Vacancy with the Royal Historical Society: Membership and Office Administrator bit.ly/46TgZNA
We look to appoint a Membership and Office Administrator (0.8 FTE) to join our professional Office to help us support history and historians. £31,904 pro rata. Closing date Monday 8 September #Skystorians
We look to appoint a Membership and Office Administrator (0.8 FTE) to join our professional Office to help us support history and historians. £31,904 pro rata. Closing date Monday 8 September #Skystorians
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I have a new hero.
This owl stole a child's hobby horse and flies around with it!
This owl stole a child's hobby horse and flies around with it!
June 10, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I have a new hero.
This owl stole a child's hobby horse and flies around with it!
This owl stole a child's hobby horse and flies around with it!
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If you have published your first book in women's or gender history in 2023 or 2024, please do consider putting it forward for the Women's History Network Book Prize. It's open to all who live in the UK or are affiliated to a UK university.
womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-annual-b...
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WHN Annual Book Prize
We are pleased to announce the annual WHN book prize, which awards £500 for an author’s first single-authored monograph in women’s or gender history. Entries close on 15 August 2025 for books publi…
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June 9, 2025 at 4:21 PM
If you have published your first book in women's or gender history in 2023 or 2024, please do consider putting it forward for the Women's History Network Book Prize. It's open to all who live in the UK or are affiliated to a UK university.
womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-annual-b...
womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-annual-b...
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The shortlist for the Society's 2025 Early Career Article Prize is now available bit.ly/4mS0hUz
Eight articles have been selected, following an open call for submissions. Two winners of the 2025 prize will be announced in July.
The RHS First Book Prize Shortlist is published tomorrow. #Skystorians
Eight articles have been selected, following an open call for submissions. Two winners of the 2025 prize will be announced in July.
The RHS First Book Prize Shortlist is published tomorrow. #Skystorians
May 28, 2025 at 7:40 AM
The shortlist for the Society's 2025 Early Career Article Prize is now available bit.ly/4mS0hUz
Eight articles have been selected, following an open call for submissions. Two winners of the 2025 prize will be announced in July.
The RHS First Book Prize Shortlist is published tomorrow. #Skystorians
Eight articles have been selected, following an open call for submissions. Two winners of the 2025 prize will be announced in July.
The RHS First Book Prize Shortlist is published tomorrow. #Skystorians
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🚨Job Opportunity!🚨
@sotonecon.bsky.social is hiring a Professor of Economics. Join a dynamic, growing team incl. new hires: Alex Gershkov, Oliver de Groot @francescafolia1.bsky.social, Marco Alfano & @tfwerner.com
📅 05/06/25
#econjobmarket #econsky
Apply here: jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
@sotonecon.bsky.social is hiring a Professor of Economics. Join a dynamic, growing team incl. new hires: Alex Gershkov, Oliver de Groot @francescafolia1.bsky.social, Marco Alfano & @tfwerner.com
📅 05/06/25
#econjobmarket #econsky
Apply here: jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
Job Opportunity at the University of Southampton: Professor of Economics
The University of Southampton’s Department of Economics invites applications for a Professorship position. This recruitment follows the successful hiring in Autumn 2024 of two Lecturers, one Associate...
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May 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
🚨Job Opportunity!🚨
@sotonecon.bsky.social is hiring a Professor of Economics. Join a dynamic, growing team incl. new hires: Alex Gershkov, Oliver de Groot @francescafolia1.bsky.social, Marco Alfano & @tfwerner.com
📅 05/06/25
#econjobmarket #econsky
Apply here: jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
@sotonecon.bsky.social is hiring a Professor of Economics. Join a dynamic, growing team incl. new hires: Alex Gershkov, Oliver de Groot @francescafolia1.bsky.social, Marco Alfano & @tfwerner.com
📅 05/06/25
#econjobmarket #econsky
Apply here: jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
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REMINDER: We offer bursaries of up to £500 per head to support UK-based postgraduate and early career researchers to arrange panels on London-related topics for academic conferences. See here for further details on how to apply (please repost to help spread the word!)
Conference Panel Bursary | The London Journal
The London Journal is eager to support early career scholars present their work on London at conferences and publish articles based on this work. To that end, the Journal is pleased to annouce a conference panel bursary.
www.thelondonjournal.org
May 20, 2025 at 9:43 AM
REMINDER: We offer bursaries of up to £500 per head to support UK-based postgraduate and early career researchers to arrange panels on London-related topics for academic conferences. See here for further details on how to apply (please repost to help spread the word!)
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History & Policy will shortly be unveiling the first publicly-searchable database of historians with policy-relevant expertise. If you are a professional historian who would like to engage more with policymakers, there's still time to submit a profile. Register your interest here: bit.ly/3YMcsXu
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May 16, 2025 at 10:27 AM
History & Policy will shortly be unveiling the first publicly-searchable database of historians with policy-relevant expertise. If you are a professional historian who would like to engage more with policymakers, there's still time to submit a profile. Register your interest here: bit.ly/3YMcsXu
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It's us!
We're a friendly team, set in a beautiful campus.
Apply!
We're a friendly team, set in a beautiful campus.
Apply!
Lecturer in Medieval and Early Modern History- Edge Hill University - Research Investment Fund (EXTERNAL) #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DND030/l...
Lecturer in Medieval and Early Modern History at Edge Hill University
Discover an exciting academic career path as a Lecturer in Medieval and Early Modern History at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!
www.jobs.ac.uk
May 21, 2025 at 8:20 AM
It's us!
We're a friendly team, set in a beautiful campus.
Apply!
We're a friendly team, set in a beautiful campus.
Apply!
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Submit an article to the Society's journal, Transactions. We welcome research articles and commentaries on historical debate / practice. Our journal covers all historical subjects, chronologies & geographies bit.ly/3OujmeL
Articles appear Open Access to ensure wide circulation #Skystorians 1/2
Articles appear Open Access to ensure wide circulation #Skystorians 1/2
May 21, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Submit an article to the Society's journal, Transactions. We welcome research articles and commentaries on historical debate / practice. Our journal covers all historical subjects, chronologies & geographies bit.ly/3OujmeL
Articles appear Open Access to ensure wide circulation #Skystorians 1/2
Articles appear Open Access to ensure wide circulation #Skystorians 1/2
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The journal's editors and editorial board offer a swift and supportive review process, and welcome submission of articles from historians at all career stages.
This includes those working professionally in history outside higher education - including independent historians 2/2
This includes those working professionally in history outside higher education - including independent historians 2/2
May 21, 2025 at 6:41 AM
The journal's editors and editorial board offer a swift and supportive review process, and welcome submission of articles from historians at all career stages.
This includes those working professionally in history outside higher education - including independent historians 2/2
This includes those working professionally in history outside higher education - including independent historians 2/2
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The Society welcomes applications for two Centenary Fellowships, 2025-26, to support PhD students in completing a doctorate in #history.
Fellowships are held in association with
@ihr.bsky.social and are for £8500 over 6 months. Applications, by 31 May, are via the IHR bit.ly/4mybVDV #Skystorians
Fellowships are held in association with
@ihr.bsky.social and are for £8500 over 6 months. Applications, by 31 May, are via the IHR bit.ly/4mybVDV #Skystorians
May 22, 2025 at 11:48 AM
The Society welcomes applications for two Centenary Fellowships, 2025-26, to support PhD students in completing a doctorate in #history.
Fellowships are held in association with
@ihr.bsky.social and are for £8500 over 6 months. Applications, by 31 May, are via the IHR bit.ly/4mybVDV #Skystorians
Fellowships are held in association with
@ihr.bsky.social and are for £8500 over 6 months. Applications, by 31 May, are via the IHR bit.ly/4mybVDV #Skystorians