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In the @ihr.bsky.social Historical Research annual lecture this evening, my colleague @cathamclarke.bsky.social asks ‘can popular History be radical?’ (Short answer - Yes!)
November 4, 2025 at 5:48 PM
In the @ihr.bsky.social Historical Research annual lecture this evening, my colleague @cathamclarke.bsky.social asks ‘can popular History be radical?’ (Short answer - Yes!)
History Day 2025 @ihr.bsky.social is now in full swing.
November 4, 2025 at 12:21 PM
History Day 2025 @ihr.bsky.social is now in full swing.
The concluding round table panel of what has been a really fascinating conference @ihr.bsky.social today on the history of Employment Tribunals organised by our Trades Union & Employment Forum.
October 30, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The concluding round table panel of what has been a really fascinating conference @ihr.bsky.social today on the history of Employment Tribunals organised by our Trades Union & Employment Forum.
Opening session of our Trades Union & Employment Forum conference on Industrial/Employment Tribunals with excellent presentations by Prof Susan Corby and Adrian Williamson QC, ably chaired by Sarah Veale.
October 30, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Opening session of our Trades Union & Employment Forum conference on Industrial/Employment Tribunals with excellent presentations by Prof Susan Corby and Adrian Williamson QC, ably chaired by Sarah Veale.
Book now for a special day conference @ihr.bsky.social on Thursday 30 October organised by our Trades Union & Employment Forum to mark the 60th anniversary of the introduction of industrial tribunals in the UK. You can register for it via the following link: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
September 30, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Book now for a special day conference @ihr.bsky.social on Thursday 30 October organised by our Trades Union & Employment Forum to mark the 60th anniversary of the introduction of industrial tribunals in the UK. You can register for it via the following link: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Book now for a special day conference @ihr.bsky.social on Thursday 30 October organised by our Trades Union & Employment Forum to mark the 60th anniversary of the introduction of industrial tribunals in the UK. You can register for it via the following link: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
September 29, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Book now for a special day conference @ihr.bsky.social on Thursday 30 October organised by our Trades Union & Employment Forum to mark the 60th anniversary of the introduction of industrial tribunals in the UK. You can register for it via the following link: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
On Thursday 30 October our Trades Union & Employment forum is hosting a special conference @ihr.bsky.social to mark the 60th anniversary of the introduction of industrial tribunals in the UK. You can register for it now via the following link: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
September 23, 2025 at 8:27 AM
On Thursday 30 October our Trades Union & Employment forum is hosting a special conference @ihr.bsky.social to mark the 60th anniversary of the introduction of industrial tribunals in the UK. You can register for it now via the following link: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
On Thursday 30 October our Trades Union & Employment forum is hosting a special conference @ihr.bsky.social to mark the 60th anniversary of the introduction of industrial tribunals in the UK. You can register for it now via the following link: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
September 22, 2025 at 12:49 PM
On Thursday 30 October our Trades Union & Employment forum is hosting a special conference @ihr.bsky.social to mark the 60th anniversary of the introduction of industrial tribunals in the UK. You can register for it now via the following link: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Wonderful launch this evening at @ihr.bsky.social of ‘A History of England in 25 Poems’ @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social by
@cathamclarke.bsky.social. Catherine was discussing the book with the poet Hannah Lowe, and the discussion was chaired by IHR director @clairelanghamer.bsky.social.
@cathamclarke.bsky.social. Catherine was discussing the book with the poet Hannah Lowe, and the discussion was chaired by IHR director @clairelanghamer.bsky.social.
September 9, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Wonderful launch this evening at @ihr.bsky.social of ‘A History of England in 25 Poems’ @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social by
@cathamclarke.bsky.social. Catherine was discussing the book with the poet Hannah Lowe, and the discussion was chaired by IHR director @clairelanghamer.bsky.social.
@cathamclarke.bsky.social. Catherine was discussing the book with the poet Hannah Lowe, and the discussion was chaired by IHR director @clairelanghamer.bsky.social.
Introduction by sabineclarke.bsky.social in the rather magnificent setting of York’s Guildhall to a @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded @yorkuniversity.bsky.social workshop on ‘Learning from the C20 Agricultural Revolution’.
September 4, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Introduction by sabineclarke.bsky.social in the rather magnificent setting of York’s Guildhall to a @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded @yorkuniversity.bsky.social workshop on ‘Learning from the C20 Agricultural Revolution’.
The latest episode of Izzy Conn’s remarkable documentary series Leading Labour is now available. Izzy discusses the career of James Callaghan with guests including Lewis Baston, John Edmonds, Steven Fielding, Tom McNally, David Owen, Pat Thane and Stephen Wall: open.spotify.com/episode/0ZyU...
July 29, 2025 at 8:17 AM
The latest episode of Izzy Conn’s remarkable documentary series Leading Labour is now available. Izzy discusses the career of James Callaghan with guests including Lewis Baston, John Edmonds, Steven Fielding, Tom McNally, David Owen, Pat Thane and Stephen Wall: open.spotify.com/episode/0ZyU...
The latest episode in Izzy Conn’s amazing documentary podcast series, Leading Labour, is released today. It focuses on Harold Wilson with guests including Alan Johnson, Neil Kinnock, David Owen, Helen Parr, & Charlotte Lydia Riley. Listen to it here: open.spotify.com/episode/2lNE...
July 22, 2025 at 11:12 AM
The latest episode in Izzy Conn’s amazing documentary podcast series, Leading Labour, is released today. It focuses on Harold Wilson with guests including Alan Johnson, Neil Kinnock, David Owen, Helen Parr, & Charlotte Lydia Riley. Listen to it here: open.spotify.com/episode/2lNE...
Really fabulous @ihr.bsky.social Derek Keene London Lecture this evening by Professor Matt Worley entitled ‘“I think punk is an overused word, as a matter of fact”: London, England, 1975–76’.
July 16, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Really fabulous @ihr.bsky.social Derek Keene London Lecture this evening by Professor Matt Worley entitled ‘“I think punk is an overused word, as a matter of fact”: London, England, 1975–76’.
Delighted to announce that the second episode of Izzy Conn’s podcast documentary series is now out. Guests including Lord Owen, Brian Brivati, Alan Johnson, Kevin Hickson, Stephen Wall, Scott Kelly and Edmund Fawcett discuss Hugh Gaitskell. Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/58GY...
July 16, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Delighted to announce that the second episode of Izzy Conn’s podcast documentary series is now out. Guests including Lord Owen, Brian Brivati, Alan Johnson, Kevin Hickson, Stephen Wall, Scott Kelly and Edmund Fawcett discuss Hugh Gaitskell. Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/58GY...
Delighted to announce that the second episode of Izzy Conn’s podcast documentary series is now out. Guests including Lord Owen, Brian Brivati, Alan Johnson, Kevin Hickson, Stephen Wall, Scott Kelly and Edmund Fawcett discuss Hugh Gaitskell. Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/58GY...
July 15, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Delighted to announce that the second episode of Izzy Conn’s podcast documentary series is now out. Guests including Lord Owen, Brian Brivati, Alan Johnson, Kevin Hickson, Stephen Wall, Scott Kelly and Edmund Fawcett discuss Hugh Gaitskell. Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/58GY...
On Thursday 30 October our Trades Union & Employment forum is hosting a special conference @ihr.bsky.social to mark the 60th anniversary of the introduction of industrial tribunals in the UK. You can register for it now via the following link: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
July 15, 2025 at 8:11 AM
On Thursday 30 October our Trades Union & Employment forum is hosting a special conference @ihr.bsky.social to mark the 60th anniversary of the introduction of industrial tribunals in the UK. You can register for it now via the following link: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
In the final session of a two-day conference @ihr.bsky.social celebrating the memory of Trevor Burnard, Paul Betts, Saul Dubow, Nick Evans and Simon Newman talk about Trevor’s career as a historian.
July 1, 2025 at 2:46 PM
In the final session of a two-day conference @ihr.bsky.social celebrating the memory of Trevor Burnard, Paul Betts, Saul Dubow, Nick Evans and Simon Newman talk about Trevor’s career as a historian.
The final panel of our conference ‘Schooling for Empire, 1750-1945’ chaired by Professor Catherine Hall who kindly gave our keynote lecture. Our partner for the event was Rugby School. A really rich collection of nearly 40 papers.
June 20, 2025 at 3:37 PM
The final panel of our conference ‘Schooling for Empire, 1750-1945’ chaired by Professor Catherine Hall who kindly gave our keynote lecture. Our partner for the event was Rugby School. A really rich collection of nearly 40 papers.
The final session of today’s really lively @ihrlibrary.bsky.social #IHR@Liverpool @liverpooluni.bsky.social workshop on ‘Difficult Histories’.
June 6, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The final session of today’s really lively @ihrlibrary.bsky.social #IHR@Liverpool @liverpooluni.bsky.social workshop on ‘Difficult Histories’.
A great honour to be able to hear first-hand testimony from survivors of the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki in August 1945 at a special event at the @daiwafoundation.bsky.social in London today. Chiyoko Motomura spoke incredibly movingly of her experiences as a six year old girl 80 years ago.
May 12, 2025 at 1:07 PM
A great honour to be able to hear first-hand testimony from survivors of the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki in August 1945 at a special event at the @daiwafoundation.bsky.social in London today. Chiyoko Motomura spoke incredibly movingly of her experiences as a six year old girl 80 years ago.
This afternoon saw the launch of the report ‘Measuring social and cultural infrastructure’ produced by the @bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk and funded by @britishacademy.bsky.social. You can read it here: www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/publications...
April 30, 2025 at 7:56 PM
This afternoon saw the launch of the report ‘Measuring social and cultural infrastructure’ produced by the @bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk and funded by @britishacademy.bsky.social. You can read it here: www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/publications...
A nice example from the Times letters column today of how historical analogies can help illuminate the present.
March 29, 2025 at 9:47 AM
A nice example from the Times letters column today of how historical analogies can help illuminate the present.
A letter from the director of History & Policy in The Times this morning, following press reports that the King might offer the US associate membership of the Commonwealth.
March 24, 2025 at 9:56 AM
A letter from the director of History & Policy in The Times this morning, following press reports that the King might offer the US associate membership of the Commonwealth.
Standing room only last night in Senate House, London to hear @sarahchurchwell.bsky.social interview Matt Frei @channel4news.bsky.social about the first dizzying seven weeks of the Trump 2.0 presidency.
March 13, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Standing room only last night in Senate House, London to hear @sarahchurchwell.bsky.social interview Matt Frei @channel4news.bsky.social about the first dizzying seven weeks of the Trump 2.0 presidency.
A full house at the @ihr.bsky.social British History in the Long C18 seminar this evening to hear a fascinating presentation by Prof Rebecca Earl on ‘The World of Jacob de Pinna, Notary and Culture-Broker: The role of eighteenth-century London notaries as intercultural go-betweens’.
March 5, 2025 at 5:50 PM
A full house at the @ihr.bsky.social British History in the Long C18 seminar this evening to hear a fascinating presentation by Prof Rebecca Earl on ‘The World of Jacob de Pinna, Notary and Culture-Broker: The role of eighteenth-century London notaries as intercultural go-betweens’.