Lucy Delap
@lucydelap.bsky.social
Historian of feminisms, labour and disability at University of Cambridge. Fellow of Murray Edwards college. Lover of nyckelharpa and uilleann pipes. She/her
Great chance to get immersed in these fantastic collections, and have some quiet writing time in a beautiful Cambridge setting.
📚 Whether you're an undergraduate, postgraduate, academic, or independent researcher, our research grants and By-Fellowships are designed to support work using our collections here at Churchill Archives Centre.
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November 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Great chance to get immersed in these fantastic collections, and have some quiet writing time in a beautiful Cambridge setting.
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Every day, 137 women and girls are killed by intimate partners or family members internationally - one death every 10 minutes, according to the UN, who released their annual femicide report today.
Today is International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women #speirgorm jrnl.ie/6884469
Today is International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women #speirgorm jrnl.ie/6884469
One woman or girl killed every ten minutes by intimate partners or family members, UN says
Today is International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, but according to the UN the number of women and girls killed intentionally remains unchanged.
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November 25, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Every day, 137 women and girls are killed by intimate partners or family members internationally - one death every 10 minutes, according to the UN, who released their annual femicide report today.
Today is International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women #speirgorm jrnl.ie/6884469
Today is International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women #speirgorm jrnl.ie/6884469
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Seeking reading material?
For UK Disability History Month 2025 (20 November to 20 December), staff at LSE recommend eight powerful books about disability and neurodiversity and books sharing the experiences of disabled and neurodiverse people @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social
For UK Disability History Month 2025 (20 November to 20 December), staff at LSE recommend eight powerful books about disability and neurodiversity and books sharing the experiences of disabled and neurodiverse people @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social
Eight books to read for UK Disability History Month - LSE Review of Books
For UK Disability History Month the LSE community recommends eight books about disability & neurodiversity and the experiences of disabled & neurodiverse people
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November 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Seeking reading material?
For UK Disability History Month 2025 (20 November to 20 December), staff at LSE recommend eight powerful books about disability and neurodiversity and books sharing the experiences of disabled and neurodiverse people @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social
For UK Disability History Month 2025 (20 November to 20 December), staff at LSE recommend eight powerful books about disability and neurodiversity and books sharing the experiences of disabled and neurodiverse people @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social
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On behalf of the family, can I extend our thanks to the Faculty, Trustees and Board of
@camhistory.bsky.social @lucydelap.bsky.social
at the announcement of the Permanent " Childers Chair " of Irish History. My grandfather was incredibly proud to be an alumnus
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at the announcement of the Permanent " Childers Chair " of Irish History. My grandfather was incredibly proud to be an alumnus
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Tánaiste announces endowment of Chair of Irish History at University of Cambridge
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November 14, 2025 at 8:33 PM
On behalf of the family, can I extend our thanks to the Faculty, Trustees and Board of
@camhistory.bsky.social @lucydelap.bsky.social
at the announcement of the Permanent " Childers Chair " of Irish History. My grandfather was incredibly proud to be an alumnus
www.gov.ie/en/departmen...
@camhistory.bsky.social @lucydelap.bsky.social
at the announcement of the Permanent " Childers Chair " of Irish History. My grandfather was incredibly proud to be an alumnus
www.gov.ie/en/departmen...
If you're a student who works with radio or podcasts, take a look at the Charles Parker prize. Brilliant opportunity for oral historians
www.cpatrust.org.uk/prize
www.cpatrust.org.uk/prize
Charles Parker Prize | Showcase Your Audio Talent — Charles Parker Archive Trust
Discover top student audio features and enter the Charles Parker Prize for a chance to broadcast on BBC Radio 4.
www.cpatrust.org.uk
November 11, 2025 at 7:33 AM
If you're a student who works with radio or podcasts, take a look at the Charles Parker prize. Brilliant opportunity for oral historians
www.cpatrust.org.uk/prize
www.cpatrust.org.uk/prize
Great to be at the launch of Desi Queers, new intersectional oral history collection, with legendary founders of queer antiracist organisations Naz & Shakti
November 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Great to be at the launch of Desi Queers, new intersectional oral history collection, with legendary founders of queer antiracist organisations Naz & Shakti
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This week we also announced plans for a new Applied History Fellowship 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. Launch event: 2.30pm, 19 Nov, online #Skystorians
Fellowships will develop historical skills for use in workplaces beyond higher education. Launch event: 2.30pm, 19 Nov, online #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 1, 2025 at 11:34 AM
This week we also announced plans for a new Applied History Fellowship 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. Launch event: 2.30pm, 19 Nov, online #Skystorians
Fellowships will develop historical skills for use in workplaces beyond higher education. Launch event: 2.30pm, 19 Nov, online #Skystorians
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We are delighted to announce that MBS2026 will be held at the University of Birmingham, 3-5 June 2026!
Papers may consider the opening day's theme of 'Polycrisis', but we also welcome all submissions related to modern British studies.
For any questions please contact mbs2026@contacts.bham.ac.uk
Papers may consider the opening day's theme of 'Polycrisis', but we also welcome all submissions related to modern British studies.
For any questions please contact mbs2026@contacts.bham.ac.uk
Modern British Studies Conference 2026 - University of Birmingham
Conference information
www.birmingham.ac.uk
October 17, 2025 at 9:12 AM
We are delighted to announce that MBS2026 will be held at the University of Birmingham, 3-5 June 2026!
Papers may consider the opening day's theme of 'Polycrisis', but we also welcome all submissions related to modern British studies.
For any questions please contact mbs2026@contacts.bham.ac.uk
Papers may consider the opening day's theme of 'Polycrisis', but we also welcome all submissions related to modern British studies.
For any questions please contact mbs2026@contacts.bham.ac.uk
If you're in Cambridge next Wednesday, do join me for the History and Politics seminar, where I'll be talking about the politicisation of disability in early to mid twentieth-century Britain through print culture, marches, charters and defiant visual culture.
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www.polis.cam.ac.uk/events/histo...
History and Politics Seminar Series | Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS)
Michaelmas Term Seminars All meetings will take place in the Knox Shaw Room at Sidney Sussex College on Wednesdays at 5:30pm, except for the conference on 13 November, which will be held at Churchill ...
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October 17, 2025 at 11:57 AM
If you're in Cambridge next Wednesday, do join me for the History and Politics seminar, where I'll be talking about the politicisation of disability in early to mid twentieth-century Britain through print culture, marches, charters and defiant visual culture.
www.polis.cam.ac.uk/events/histo...
www.polis.cam.ac.uk/events/histo...
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We're excited to announce the call for papers for #MBS26, the next Modern British Studies conference, at Birmingham in June 2026. We'll be launching the #MBS Association at this event, to support further regular conferences in Modern British Studies.
www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/moder...
www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/moder...
Modern British Studies Conference 2026 - University of Birmingham
Conference information
www.birmingham.ac.uk
October 16, 2025 at 8:47 PM
We're excited to announce the call for papers for #MBS26, the next Modern British Studies conference, at Birmingham in June 2026. We'll be launching the #MBS Association at this event, to support further regular conferences in Modern British Studies.
www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/moder...
www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/moder...
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Join us for 'The 1985 Anglo-Irish Agreement in historical perspective' a two day conference to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of the signing of this momentous document.
🗓️ 13th-14th November
📍 Churchill College
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🗓️ 13th-14th November
📍 Churchill College
🎫 buff.ly/s3lf071
October 13, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Join us for 'The 1985 Anglo-Irish Agreement in historical perspective' a two day conference to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of the signing of this momentous document.
🗓️ 13th-14th November
📍 Churchill College
🎫 buff.ly/s3lf071
🗓️ 13th-14th November
📍 Churchill College
🎫 buff.ly/s3lf071
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PhD student Kirstie Stage spent five months at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History thanks to a @ukri.org Fellowship.
Researching histories of Deaf & disabled people between the UK & US, she conducted archival work, presented at conferences & learnt American Sign Language (ASL). ⬇️⬇️
Researching histories of Deaf & disabled people between the UK & US, she conducted archival work, presented at conferences & learnt American Sign Language (ASL). ⬇️⬇️
October 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
PhD student Kirstie Stage spent five months at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History thanks to a @ukri.org Fellowship.
Researching histories of Deaf & disabled people between the UK & US, she conducted archival work, presented at conferences & learnt American Sign Language (ASL). ⬇️⬇️
Researching histories of Deaf & disabled people between the UK & US, she conducted archival work, presented at conferences & learnt American Sign Language (ASL). ⬇️⬇️
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This is Trevor Fisher, speaking to @channel4news.bsky.social from Arthur Rank Hospice in Cambridgeshire this week.
As a palliative care specialist, Trevor’s interview has devastated me.
His hospice has just been told Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust is withdrawing £800k of funding. 🧵
As a palliative care specialist, Trevor’s interview has devastated me.
His hospice has just been told Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust is withdrawing £800k of funding. 🧵
October 4, 2025 at 2:38 PM
This is Trevor Fisher, speaking to @channel4news.bsky.social from Arthur Rank Hospice in Cambridgeshire this week.
As a palliative care specialist, Trevor’s interview has devastated me.
His hospice has just been told Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust is withdrawing £800k of funding. 🧵
As a palliative care specialist, Trevor’s interview has devastated me.
His hospice has just been told Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust is withdrawing £800k of funding. 🧵
Two days of tributes to @petermandler.bsky.social as he moves on from @camhistory.bsky.social to new vistas. We could scarcely cover all his interests, mentorship and provocations if we had two years
September 27, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Two days of tributes to @petermandler.bsky.social as he moves on from @camhistory.bsky.social to new vistas. We could scarcely cover all his interests, mentorship and provocations if we had two years
A dream team of colleagues with which to spend yesterday discussing labour history, disability and the shape of the twentieth century. My book draft will be SO much better for their input. A huge thanks to all
September 26, 2025 at 10:56 AM
A dream team of colleagues with which to spend yesterday discussing labour history, disability and the shape of the twentieth century. My book draft will be SO much better for their input. A huge thanks to all
Come and work with our fab Americanists - a dynamic (and super nice!) group within @camhistory.bsky.social. We're hiring for a permanent position in twentieth century US history.
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...
Assistant Professor, History of the United States since 1920
The Faculty of History is seeking to appoint an Assistant Professor in post-1920 U.S. political history and/or the history of the United States in the World since 1920, beginning 1 October, 2026. The
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September 19, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Come and work with our fab Americanists - a dynamic (and super nice!) group within @camhistory.bsky.social. We're hiring for a permanent position in twentieth century US history.
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...
Museum of Cambridge are looking for a #Disability Heritage Research Volunteer, to work remotely, creating histories of people with disabilities in Cambridgeshire. www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/wp-content/u...
September 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Museum of Cambridge are looking for a #Disability Heritage Research Volunteer, to work remotely, creating histories of people with disabilities in Cambridgeshire. www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/wp-content/u...
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Had heaps of fun organising this event, which I'm super excited for. Please join us on Wednesday 10 September 2025 at 4pm UK time to hear our panel of inter-disciplinary experts discuss 'Lesbian Histories and the Long View'.
The sign up link for our roundtable 'Lesbian Histories and the Long View', ft. @elizabethlovatt.bsky.social, @vickyig.bsky.social, @norenashopland.bsky.social, @sazwingrove.bsky.social, and Prof Lisa Weston, is now LIVE. Please visit our website to register: womenshistorynetwork.org/sign-up-now-...
August 27, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Had heaps of fun organising this event, which I'm super excited for. Please join us on Wednesday 10 September 2025 at 4pm UK time to hear our panel of inter-disciplinary experts discuss 'Lesbian Histories and the Long View'.
If you love women's history, sign up for the Women's History Network @womenshistnet.bsky.social annual conference. Running over 4-5 Sept, it's free, online, & packed with great panels on activism, archives, the arts and fashion, economic life, sexualities
womenshistorynetwork.org/the-womens-h...
womenshistorynetwork.org/the-womens-h...
The Women’s History Network Annual Conference
Women’s History Network 33rd Annual Conference Online via Zoom Thursday 4 & Friday 5 September 2025 Hidden in Plain Sight: Women in Archives, Libraries, Museums and Personal Collections Reg…
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August 26, 2025 at 8:15 AM
If you love women's history, sign up for the Women's History Network @womenshistnet.bsky.social annual conference. Running over 4-5 Sept, it's free, online, & packed with great panels on activism, archives, the arts and fashion, economic life, sexualities
womenshistorynetwork.org/the-womens-h...
womenshistorynetwork.org/the-womens-h...
Recording a podcast today with Angela de Souza (Women's Business Club) & @somsproject.bsky.social on disabled women's working lives. I'll be talking about how 'work' spanned paid and unpaid, informal and formal, & included radical commitments to rest & recovery we could learn a lot from today.
August 20, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Recording a podcast today with Angela de Souza (Women's Business Club) & @somsproject.bsky.social on disabled women's working lives. I'll be talking about how 'work' spanned paid and unpaid, informal and formal, & included radical commitments to rest & recovery we could learn a lot from today.
In its day, the largest organ in Sweden. Built 1728 in Lövstabruk, it still has its original 1500 pipes.
August 4, 2025 at 5:52 PM
In its day, the largest organ in Sweden. Built 1728 in Lövstabruk, it still has its original 1500 pipes.
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Can we have a chat about what causes the disruption in Canada & Australia, not ruled by Trump?
That volatility of hypermarketised & underfunded HE is also happening here, and the government may want to think about the need to stabilise in order to remain attractive. www.ft.com/content/c074...
That volatility of hypermarketised & underfunded HE is also happening here, and the government may want to think about the need to stabilise in order to remain attractive. www.ft.com/content/c074...
July 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Can we have a chat about what causes the disruption in Canada & Australia, not ruled by Trump?
That volatility of hypermarketised & underfunded HE is also happening here, and the government may want to think about the need to stabilise in order to remain attractive. www.ft.com/content/c074...
That volatility of hypermarketised & underfunded HE is also happening here, and the government may want to think about the need to stabilise in order to remain attractive. www.ft.com/content/c074...
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"Jonathan Caravello...was reportedly “piled on by multiple agents all at once” as “he tried to help a man in a wheelchair” who was having difficulty moving after...[ICE] agents threw canisters of tear gas"
our colleague is still missing as of the last info I got
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our colleague is still missing as of the last info I got
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Philosophy Professor Reportedly Assaulted & Abducted During ICE Raid on Farm - Daily Nous
Jonathan Caravello, a lecturer in philosophy at California State University Channel Islands, was reportedly "piled on by multiple agents all at once" as "he tried to help a man in a wheelchair" who wa...
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July 12, 2025 at 3:45 PM
"Jonathan Caravello...was reportedly “piled on by multiple agents all at once” as “he tried to help a man in a wheelchair” who was having difficulty moving after...[ICE] agents threw canisters of tear gas"
our colleague is still missing as of the last info I got
dailynous.com/2025/07/12/p...
our colleague is still missing as of the last info I got
dailynous.com/2025/07/12/p...
Domestic servant, au pair, char, cleaner, treasure.... Historical change, but similar dynamics of outsourcing dirty work. Good to discuss this with Ros Taylor
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Servants
“No matter how hard you work or how capable you are, you can't do it all yourself. You have to seek reliable help.” Those were Margaret Thatcher’s words in...
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July 4, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Domestic servant, au pair, char, cleaner, treasure.... Historical change, but similar dynamics of outsourcing dirty work. Good to discuss this with Ros Taylor
morejamtomorrow.com/episode/serv...
morejamtomorrow.com/episode/serv...
Does your toothpaste, shampoo, conditioner, body lotion, dish washer products have dangerous PFA levels? Check here. If governments won't ban them, we can at least stop buying these toxic items.
www.ewg.org/skindeep/
www.ewg.org/skindeep/
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July 2, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Does your toothpaste, shampoo, conditioner, body lotion, dish washer products have dangerous PFA levels? Check here. If governments won't ban them, we can at least stop buying these toxic items.
www.ewg.org/skindeep/
www.ewg.org/skindeep/