Laura King (she/her)
@lauracking.bsky.social
Historian, latest book Living with the Dead (open access, OUP, 2025). Interested everyday life, emotional relationships, and how history gets passed on.
Love collaborating with people in and outside the University
Love collaborating with people in and outside the University
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Tomorrow, @writersmosaic joins @OffTheShelfFest for 'Diverse Islands' - a vital conversation on race, identity & multiculturalism across the UK & Ireland. 🌍📚
With Kieran Connell, Emer O’Neill, Charlotte Rea-Patel & host John Siddique. In partnership with @SpeakVolumes.
With Kieran Connell, Emer O’Neill, Charlotte Rea-Patel & host John Siddique. In partnership with @SpeakVolumes.
October 24, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Tomorrow, @writersmosaic joins @OffTheShelfFest for 'Diverse Islands' - a vital conversation on race, identity & multiculturalism across the UK & Ireland. 🌍📚
With Kieran Connell, Emer O’Neill, Charlotte Rea-Patel & host John Siddique. In partnership with @SpeakVolumes.
With Kieran Connell, Emer O’Neill, Charlotte Rea-Patel & host John Siddique. In partnership with @SpeakVolumes.
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Looking forward to co-convening this with Kat Rawling and an awesome bunch of colleagues.
The 2026 SSHM Conference will be @universityofleeds.bsky.social. The theme will be In/Out and we are inviting papers that consider experiences of being in and/or out of health or health care in any period or geographical location. #HistMed #HistSTM
sshm.org/sshm-2026/
sshm.org/sshm-2026/
SSHM 2026: In/Out
Location: University of Leeds Dates: 30 June to 3 July 2026 Submission Deadline: 5.00pm (GMT) 11th January 2026 Conference Co-Convenors: Dr Alexia Moncrieff & Dr Katherine Rawling Conference Co…
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October 14, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Looking forward to co-convening this with Kat Rawling and an awesome bunch of colleagues.
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Applications now open for 4 short-term postdoctoral fellowships working with materials in Cultural Collections and Galleries @universityofleeds.bsky.social. Deadline 29 September 2025. Find out more about the Brotherton and Bedford Fellowships and how to apply here: lahri.leeds.ac.uk/opportunities/
Opportunities | Leeds Arts and Humanities Research Institute
lahri.leeds.ac.uk
September 2, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Applications now open for 4 short-term postdoctoral fellowships working with materials in Cultural Collections and Galleries @universityofleeds.bsky.social. Deadline 29 September 2025. Find out more about the Brotherton and Bedford Fellowships and how to apply here: lahri.leeds.ac.uk/opportunities/
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Are you an early-career historian interested in radical, public and digital history?
We are currently looking for two part-time, paid Editorial Fellows to join History Workshop.
Deadline is at midnight on 15th August. See below for more details!
www.historyworkshop....
We are currently looking for two part-time, paid Editorial Fellows to join History Workshop.
Deadline is at midnight on 15th August. See below for more details!
www.historyworkshop....
Call for Applications: Editorial Fellowships at History Workshop, 2025
History Workshop is advertising two part-time, paid Editorial Fellowships in 2025, open to early career historians.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
August 6, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Are you an early-career historian interested in radical, public and digital history?
We are currently looking for two part-time, paid Editorial Fellows to join History Workshop.
Deadline is at midnight on 15th August. See below for more details!
www.historyworkshop....
We are currently looking for two part-time, paid Editorial Fellows to join History Workshop.
Deadline is at midnight on 15th August. See below for more details!
www.historyworkshop....
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🚨 Are you a first-time author in women or gender history?
The WHN Annual Book Prize offers £500 for the best debut monograph in this field published in the UK (2023–2024).
Deadline: 15 August 2025
Open to WHN members.
Details: womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-annual-b...
#WHNBookPrize #GenderHist
The WHN Annual Book Prize offers £500 for the best debut monograph in this field published in the UK (2023–2024).
Deadline: 15 August 2025
Open to WHN members.
Details: womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-annual-b...
#WHNBookPrize #GenderHist
July 29, 2025 at 10:15 AM
🚨 Are you a first-time author in women or gender history?
The WHN Annual Book Prize offers £500 for the best debut monograph in this field published in the UK (2023–2024).
Deadline: 15 August 2025
Open to WHN members.
Details: womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-annual-b...
#WHNBookPrize #GenderHist
The WHN Annual Book Prize offers £500 for the best debut monograph in this field published in the UK (2023–2024).
Deadline: 15 August 2025
Open to WHN members.
Details: womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-annual-b...
#WHNBookPrize #GenderHist
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In a new policy paper John Stewart argues that debates around blood supply to the NHS have been proxies for fundamental disagreements about the nature of British society. Read it here: historyandpolicy.org/policy-paper...
The Price of Blood? Historical Issues in Blood Donation - History & Policy
John Stewart argues that debates around blood supply to the NHS have been proxies for fundamental disagreements about the nature of British society, specifically whether it should operate on the basis...
historyandpolicy.org
July 25, 2025 at 10:39 AM
In a new policy paper John Stewart argues that debates around blood supply to the NHS have been proxies for fundamental disagreements about the nature of British society. Read it here: historyandpolicy.org/policy-paper...
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📣 call for applications 📣
Two part-time, paid Editorial Fellowships at History Workshop.
Our fellowships support early career historians to develop expertise in public, radical and digital history & to gain experience of working in an editorial team.
Please share widely!
www.historyworkshop....
Two part-time, paid Editorial Fellowships at History Workshop.
Our fellowships support early career historians to develop expertise in public, radical and digital history & to gain experience of working in an editorial team.
Please share widely!
www.historyworkshop....
Call for Applications: Editorial Fellowships at History Workshop, 2025
History Workshop is advertising two part-time, paid Editorial Fellowships in 2025, open to early career historians.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
July 16, 2025 at 11:15 AM
📣 call for applications 📣
Two part-time, paid Editorial Fellowships at History Workshop.
Our fellowships support early career historians to develop expertise in public, radical and digital history & to gain experience of working in an editorial team.
Please share widely!
www.historyworkshop....
Two part-time, paid Editorial Fellowships at History Workshop.
Our fellowships support early career historians to develop expertise in public, radical and digital history & to gain experience of working in an editorial team.
Please share widely!
www.historyworkshop....
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NEW DATASET - OUT NOW!
A massive 69,000 records added to the Railway Work, Life & Death project, covering English & Welsh railways, 1855-1929.
Download our free database from our website - & please spread the word!
#Railway200
A massive 69,000 records added to the Railway Work, Life & Death project, covering English & Welsh railways, 1855-1929.
Download our free database from our website - & please spread the word!
#Railway200
www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk
June 5, 2025 at 10:31 AM
NEW DATASET - OUT NOW!
A massive 69,000 records added to the Railway Work, Life & Death project, covering English & Welsh railways, 1855-1929.
Download our free database from our website - & please spread the word!
#Railway200
A massive 69,000 records added to the Railway Work, Life & Death project, covering English & Welsh railways, 1855-1929.
Download our free database from our website - & please spread the word!
#Railway200
Okay #skystorians... I have a great MA student writing an essay on historians and subjectivity. Can you think of any good examples of migration histories by academic historians which write from some kind of personal perspective?
June 5, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Okay #skystorians... I have a great MA student writing an essay on historians and subjectivity. Can you think of any good examples of migration histories by academic historians which write from some kind of personal perspective?
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What does family history mean to you? Why not take a look at @lauracking.bsky.social 'Loose Ends' project? It might inspire you to start a family history project of your own.
lahri.leeds.ac.uk/news/a-new-t...
lahri.leeds.ac.uk/news/a-new-t...
A new take on family history? | Leeds Arts and Humanities Research Institute
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May 22, 2025 at 9:39 AM
What does family history mean to you? Why not take a look at @lauracking.bsky.social 'Loose Ends' project? It might inspire you to start a family history project of your own.
lahri.leeds.ac.uk/news/a-new-t...
lahri.leeds.ac.uk/news/a-new-t...
Such wonderful news! Congratulations Dr Turbutt - it's a fantastic piece of work.
Words cannot express how overwhelming it feels to announce that I passed my PhD viva today! I am beyond grateful to my wonderful examiners: Pamela Radcliff & @lauracking.bsky.social.
May 20, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Such wonderful news! Congratulations Dr Turbutt - it's a fantastic piece of work.
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Heartened to see that close to 900 fellow academics and educators have already signed our letter in support of trans rights, trans wellbeing & trans inclusion, and against essentialist, anti-scientific, racialised & regressive views of womanhood. Please do read, share & sign! tinyurl.com/mud7va29
April 30, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Heartened to see that close to 900 fellow academics and educators have already signed our letter in support of trans rights, trans wellbeing & trans inclusion, and against essentialist, anti-scientific, racialised & regressive views of womanhood. Please do read, share & sign! tinyurl.com/mud7va29
What should the government do about the huge problem of homelessness? Nick Crowson and David Christie have some great suggestions in this new @historyandpolicy.bsky.social paper: historyandpolicy.org/policy-paper...
New Labour and Street Homelessness 1997-2010 - History & Policy
The Labour governments of 1997-2010 were highly successful in reducing the numbers of rough sleepers and in enabling resettled homeless people permanently to escape from the streets. Nicholas Crowson ...
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April 4, 2025 at 2:38 PM
What should the government do about the huge problem of homelessness? Nick Crowson and David Christie have some great suggestions in this new @historyandpolicy.bsky.social paper: historyandpolicy.org/policy-paper...
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I edit book reviews for Gender & History (post-1800). Please get in touch with your monographs/volumes. It does not need to be in English!
April 1, 2025 at 10:22 AM
I edit book reviews for Gender & History (post-1800). Please get in touch with your monographs/volumes. It does not need to be in English!
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How do bonds of solidarity forged during the miners' strike live on today?
Laura King (@lauracking.bsky.social) on her family's memories of social clubs, selfies and friendship.
www.historyworkshop....
Laura King (@lauracking.bsky.social) on her family's memories of social clubs, selfies and friendship.
www.historyworkshop....
The Big K, The Jubilee, and the Miners’ Strike of 1984-85
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Miners' Strike (1984-5). Laura King traces a story of solidarity and friendship in the archives of art collective Jubilee Arts, and the archives of her family.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
March 29, 2025 at 10:00 AM
How do bonds of solidarity forged during the miners' strike live on today?
Laura King (@lauracking.bsky.social) on her family's memories of social clubs, selfies and friendship.
www.historyworkshop....
Laura King (@lauracking.bsky.social) on her family's memories of social clubs, selfies and friendship.
www.historyworkshop....
Such a lovely chance to reflect back on a little bit of my family's history, and a connection with the city I've ended up calling home #familyhistory #skystorians
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Miners' Strike (1984-5).
Laura King (@lauracking.bsky.social) traces a story of solidarity and friendship in the archives of art collective Jubilee Arts, and the archives of her family.
www.historyworkshop....
Laura King (@lauracking.bsky.social) traces a story of solidarity and friendship in the archives of art collective Jubilee Arts, and the archives of her family.
www.historyworkshop....
The Big K, The Jubilee, and the Miners’ Strike of 1984-85
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Miners' Strike (1984-5). Laura King traces a story of solidarity and friendship in the archives of art collective Jubilee Arts, and the archives of her family.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
March 25, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Such a lovely chance to reflect back on a little bit of my family's history, and a connection with the city I've ended up calling home #familyhistory #skystorians
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Great to see the first of this new suite of videos about our undergraduate degrees in History at Leeds launched. Featuring brilliant colleagues @sarakbarker.bsky.social & @lauracking.bsky.social and our wonderful students & alumni, plus me making the case for the value and joy of a History degree.
Studying Undergraduate History at the University of Leeds #UniversityOfLeeds #HistoryBA
YouTube video by University of Leeds
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March 21, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Great to see the first of this new suite of videos about our undergraduate degrees in History at Leeds launched. Featuring brilliant colleagues @sarakbarker.bsky.social & @lauracking.bsky.social and our wonderful students & alumni, plus me making the case for the value and joy of a History degree.
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Today we launch a new funding programme: Scouloudi Public History Grants bit.ly/4bF4zJK
Grants will support collaborative projects between historians in Higher Education and those in the galleries, libraries, archives and museums sectors, as well as community history groups.
#Skystorians 1/2 👇
Grants will support collaborative projects between historians in Higher Education and those in the galleries, libraries, archives and museums sectors, as well as community history groups.
#Skystorians 1/2 👇
March 18, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Today we launch a new funding programme: Scouloudi Public History Grants bit.ly/4bF4zJK
Grants will support collaborative projects between historians in Higher Education and those in the galleries, libraries, archives and museums sectors, as well as community history groups.
#Skystorians 1/2 👇
Grants will support collaborative projects between historians in Higher Education and those in the galleries, libraries, archives and museums sectors, as well as community history groups.
#Skystorians 1/2 👇
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It never fails to amaze me how rude some academic staff can be when they think you are a member of professional services or admin staff rather than another academic. The golden rule for all academics: just don't be a dick.
March 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
It never fails to amaze me how rude some academic staff can be when they think you are a member of professional services or admin staff rather than another academic. The golden rule for all academics: just don't be a dick.
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New post-doc opportunity at the University of Utrecht researching colonial history of botanical gardens. Looks fascinating www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
Postdoctoral Researcher: Colonial History of Botanic Gardens
Interested in colonial history, botanical gardens and decolonisation? Join our international team of scholars!
www.uu.nl
March 4, 2025 at 9:34 AM
New post-doc opportunity at the University of Utrecht researching colonial history of botanical gardens. Looks fascinating www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
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Today's university slashing and burning is Edinburgh, where about 10% of the budget will be cut. There'll be another case every single day until UK govts actually do something. A country so stupid it actively trashes one of things it's good at and famous for.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Edinburgh University to seek £140m in savings
Unions said the plans would result in "devastating cuts" and called for Edinburgh University to use some of its assets instead.
www.bbc.com
February 25, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Today's university slashing and burning is Edinburgh, where about 10% of the budget will be cut. There'll be another case every single day until UK govts actually do something. A country so stupid it actively trashes one of things it's good at and famous for.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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📣 WE ARE RECRUITING A 3-YEAR POST-DOC RESEARCHER 📣 to work on the new @leverhulme.bsky.social project 'Weaponised Pasts: The Evolution of Heritage-based hostility on social media', with myself and @acerbialberto.com, based at @uoe-sps.bsky.social. Apply by 24/03/25: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLZ921/p...
February 25, 2025 at 2:42 PM
📣 WE ARE RECRUITING A 3-YEAR POST-DOC RESEARCHER 📣 to work on the new @leverhulme.bsky.social project 'Weaponised Pasts: The Evolution of Heritage-based hostility on social media', with myself and @acerbialberto.com, based at @uoe-sps.bsky.social. Apply by 24/03/25: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLZ921/p...
Julie-Marie Strange and I have written about the assisted dying debate - and how thinking about a 'good death' and palliative care in the past might help us think through some of the issues, most notably around tackling inequity
In a new opinion article for us, @lauracking.bsky.social and Julie-Marie Strange discuss the passionate debate around assisted dying & the importance of recognising the ways in which health inequities continue to affect access to high-quality palliative care. www.historyandpolicy.org/opinion-arti...
The debate on assisted dying: history tells us to put equity at the centre of decision-making
The debate around the Termanlly Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, which has provoked strong reactions both for and against assisted dying, is complicated by the deep health equalities in the UK and the l...
www.historyandpolicy.org
February 26, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Julie-Marie Strange and I have written about the assisted dying debate - and how thinking about a 'good death' and palliative care in the past might help us think through some of the issues, most notably around tackling inequity