Jack O'Connor
@jackstanoconnor.bsky.social
Cultural Historian
New project researching 1980s Hulme, Manchester - https://www.library.manchester.ac.uk/rylands/about/our-people/institute-staff/hulme-manchester/
History PhD from Sussex Uni on the New Universities of the 1960s.
New project researching 1980s Hulme, Manchester - https://www.library.manchester.ac.uk/rylands/about/our-people/institute-staff/hulme-manchester/
History PhD from Sussex Uni on the New Universities of the 1960s.
Pinned
Competing narratives for a new university: Student press at Sussex and Essex, 1960–1979
This article explores how the student press at the New Universities of Sussex and Essex functioned as a key source of expression for the student body, revealing how students developed a sense of id...
www.tandfonline.com
Might as well start with a bit of self promotion.
I have an article out on student histories at @sussexuni.bsky.social and @universityofessex.bsky.social.
'Competing narratives for a new university: Student press at Sussex and Essex, 1960–1979'
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
I have an article out on student histories at @sussexuni.bsky.social and @universityofessex.bsky.social.
'Competing narratives for a new university: Student press at Sussex and Essex, 1960–1979'
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Expand the New University research for the forthcoming book. Nice morning for it in York.
October 22, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Expand the New University research for the forthcoming book. Nice morning for it in York.
“Today, as universities falter and plutocratic inequality towers over Asa’s England, will anyone draw a new Map of Learning?”
Professor Heathrow www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Professor Heathrow www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Neal Ascherson · Professor Heathrow: Asa Briggs says yes
Asa Briggs used sweeping educational change to increase equality in England. He helped to make history, as well as...
www.lrb.co.uk
October 15, 2025 at 8:33 PM
“Today, as universities falter and plutocratic inequality towers over Asa’s England, will anyone draw a new Map of Learning?”
Professor Heathrow www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Professor Heathrow www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Reposted by Jack O'Connor
A weird time to be a historian of multiculturalism, who grew up in Birmingham as one of a handful of white kids at school, who has also written a book on Handsworth. My thoughts on Robert Jenrick’s unabashed racism in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social
www.thenewworld.co.uk/kieran-conne...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/kieran-conne...
What Robert Jenrick doesn’t understand about Birmingham
I was one of a handful of white kids at my school in the city. It enriched my life and worldview
www.thenewworld.co.uk
October 7, 2025 at 3:26 PM
A weird time to be a historian of multiculturalism, who grew up in Birmingham as one of a handful of white kids at school, who has also written a book on Handsworth. My thoughts on Robert Jenrick’s unabashed racism in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social
www.thenewworld.co.uk/kieran-conne...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/kieran-conne...
Some images from the great Neither Factory Records nor Madchester: Rethinking Manchester’s Musical and Subcultural Histories conference last week.
June 24, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Some images from the great Neither Factory Records nor Madchester: Rethinking Manchester’s Musical and Subcultural Histories conference last week.
Conference coming up later this month, lots of great papers, including one from me. @manmetuni.bsky.social www.schoolofdigitalarts.mmu.ac.uk/events/neith...
Neither Factory Records nor Madchester: Rethinking Manchester’s Musical and Subcultural Histories - School of Digital Arts (SODA) – Manchester Metropolitan University
Cities tell stories about themselves. Manchester likes to tell a story about itself that’s often summed up in the alleged words of Tony Wilson, founder of
www.schoolofdigitalarts.mmu.ac.uk
June 6, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Conference coming up later this month, lots of great papers, including one from me. @manmetuni.bsky.social www.schoolofdigitalarts.mmu.ac.uk/events/neith...
Might as well start with a bit of self promotion.
I have an article out on student histories at @sussexuni.bsky.social and @universityofessex.bsky.social.
'Competing narratives for a new university: Student press at Sussex and Essex, 1960–1979'
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
I have an article out on student histories at @sussexuni.bsky.social and @universityofessex.bsky.social.
'Competing narratives for a new university: Student press at Sussex and Essex, 1960–1979'
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Competing narratives for a new university: Student press at Sussex and Essex, 1960–1979
This article explores how the student press at the New Universities of Sussex and Essex functioned as a key source of expression for the student body, revealing how students developed a sense of id...
www.tandfonline.com
December 3, 2024 at 9:30 PM
Might as well start with a bit of self promotion.
I have an article out on student histories at @sussexuni.bsky.social and @universityofessex.bsky.social.
'Competing narratives for a new university: Student press at Sussex and Essex, 1960–1979'
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
I have an article out on student histories at @sussexuni.bsky.social and @universityofessex.bsky.social.
'Competing narratives for a new university: Student press at Sussex and Essex, 1960–1979'
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Checking out what is going on over here...
December 3, 2024 at 9:27 PM
Checking out what is going on over here...