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Religious Archives Group
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The Religious Archives Group (RAG) is a voluntary organization supporting the archives of all faith communities in the UK, including those of secularist organizations.
https://religiousarchivesgroup.org.uk
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We're very excited to announce our collaborative PhD with @qubhistory.bsky.social on the residents of The Salvation Army's Bethel Rescue Home in Belfast in the C19th. Supervised by @elainefarrell.bsky.social (@badbridgetbook.bsky.social)
Applications by 13 Jan 2026.
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
REF: CSHIS01 - HIS-PHD | Courses | Queen's University Belfast
www.qub.ac.uk
November 21, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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ehri-uk.bsky.social
The Second Call for EHRI-UK National Research Fellowships is live 📅 Apply by 30 Nov 2025
Find out more 👇
www.ehri-uk.org/ehri-uk-fell...
@wienerlibrary.bsky.social @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy @hgrporg.bsky.social @holocaustnorth.bsky.social @biahs1.bsky.social @parkesinstitute.bsky.social
EHRI-UK Fellowships | EHRI-UK
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October 27, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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kentarchives.bsky.social
Now booking: Canterbury Medieval Weekend
Friday 1st - Sunday 3rd May 2026

Join leading historians and writers as they uncover the ideas, people and events that shaped the Middle Ages.

📍 University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NU
ℹ️ For details and tickets: history-weekends.org
Shown here is a promotional graphic for Canterbury History Weekend 2026. The weekend offers a fascinating programme of 20 in-person talks at the University of Kent, bring together leading historians, lively discussion, and fresh insights into the Middle Ages. Attendees can create their own itinerary using a pick-and-mix booking system, selecting from a range of talks covering four main themes: Religion and the Arts, Royalty and Nobility, War and Politics, and Social History. Among this year’s speakers include Helen Castor, Marc Morris, Rachel Koopmans, David Carpenter and Caroline Barron. Tickets are priced at £10.00 per person, per event. Discounts for students and bulk purchasing are available – visit history-weekends.org for more information. The weekend is organised by the Canterbury Association for Medieval and Early Modern Studies (CAMEMS) in collaboration with the Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies at the University of Kent.
November 21, 2025 at 9:49 AM
religiousarcgrp.bsky.social
Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe have introduced a Collaborative Fellowship in Jewish Heritage for universities and heritage institutions to jointly recruit a PhD student or postdoctoral fellow. Application deadline 13 Jan 2026.

rothschildfoundation.eu/grants-page/...
November 21, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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Grant applications for Academic Jewish Studies from the Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe are now open rothschildfoundation.eu/grants-page/...
Academic Jewish Studies - Rothschild
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November 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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ehri-uk.bsky.social
Contact us to tell us about the wonderful collections you hold!
uknatarcsector.bsky.social UK Archive Sector Leadership @uknatarcsector.bsky.social · 11d
Do you hold collections that relate to the Holocaust, whether that be its prehistory, its aftermath, or the role of antisemitism before, during and after WWII?

The European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI) are keen to hear from you... (1/3)
A person removing a labelled carboard box from a large row of shelves containing similar cardboard boxes.
November 13, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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New issue of Manuscript Studies: A Journal of the @sims-mss.bsky.social Vol. 10, No. 2 (2025) muse.jhu.edu/issue/55895 #openaccess @pennpress.bsky.social @projectmuse.bsky.social @lisafdavis.bsky.social @borizzle.bsky.social @teachingcodex.bsky.social
Front and back cover image: Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, LJS 459, fol. 1r (front cover) and fol. 128v (back cover).
November 17, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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uknatarcsector.bsky.social
Do you hold collections that relate to the Holocaust, whether that be its prehistory, its aftermath, or the role of antisemitism before, during and after WWII?

The European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI) are keen to hear from you... (1/3)
A person removing a labelled carboard box from a large row of shelves containing similar cardboard boxes.
November 11, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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eccleshistsoc.bsky.social
#Historians, mark your calendars!

Our 2026 Summer Conference will be held on 13-15 July at @royalholloway.bsky.social. The Call for Papers will open in January 2026.

#churchhistory #Skystorians #cfp
November 11, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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histfest.bsky.social
*TONIGHT*

ISLAM & MEDIEVAL ENGLAND
Mon 10 Nov | British Library

What was premodern England’s relationship like with the wider Islamic Worlds? Join Medieval & Early Modern Orients & HistFest for a special event.

Book now events.bl.uk/events/islam...
Event poster for Islam and Medieval England. Headshots of speakers on the right and the title on the left.
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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lampallib.bsky.social
📢 Invitation to tender: we are inviting tenders for a consultancy to advise on the replacement of our current collections management system for archives and manuscripts.

Deadline for applications:

Closing date: 23:00, Thursday 27th November 2025

www.lambethpalacelibrary.info/about-lambet...
A long exposure photo of the front of Lambeth Palace Library.
November 10, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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eccleshistsoc.bsky.social
Call for papers: PG Symposium 2026 on 'Theories, Frameworks and Concepts'

Submit any applications to organisers via email: aude.de-mezerac@univ-lille.fr and mcf24@st-andrews.ac.uk

Plenary lecture by Professor Miri Rubin (QMUL)

Abstract deadline: 19 December 2025

#History #CFP #ChurchHistory
November 3, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Only one more week left to visit this excellent exhibition @lampallib.bsky.social. Like all their exhibitions it is small, thoughtfully curated, no need to book and free. Highly recommended to anyone interested in choral music.
lampallib.bsky.social Lambeth Palace Library @lampallib.bsky.social · Jul 31
Today, we proudly opened our exhibition, Sing Joyfully: Exploring Music in Lambeth Palace Library, to the public! 🎉

👉 Learn more on our Sing Joyfully homepage: www.lambethpalacelibrary.info/sing-joyfully/

#SingJoyfully #LambethPalaceLibrary
Image of exhibition case and contents for the 'Sing Joyfully' exhibition.
October 31, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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lampallib.bsky.social
Further information on our upcoming Careers Open Day on Thursday 30 October!

Book your space here 👇
www.lambethpalacelibrary.info/event/lambet...
October 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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cecs-york.bsky.social
📢 Bookings are open for the 2025 Annual Dr Williams’s Lecture, delivered by our own Prof Mary Fairclough @maryfairclough.bsky.social at CECS & @uoyenglishrl.bsky.social

Book your place for this exciting event on 29 October at the School of Advanced Study, London:
www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Annual Dr Williams’s Lecture 2025 | Anna Laetita Barbauld and Dissenting Hymns
www.sas.ac.uk
October 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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anguslibrary.bsky.social
You are warmly invited to our next FOTA seminar when Dr Lee Spitzer Research Fellow for the IBTS Amsterdam & Historian at the BWA will be giving his talk,
'Sharing Jesus with the World: 120 Years of Baptist World Alliance Reflection and Witness'
Please join us online 7.30 on the 13th of November
October 27, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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eccleshistsoc.bsky.social
Our Winter Meeting 2026 is on 'Creeds, Councils and Canons'.

Make sure to apply by 31 October to give a paper at our online session on 10 January 2026.

More info: ecclesiasticalhistorysociety.com/26-winter-me... #churchhistory #skystorians
October 14, 2025 at 5:34 PM
religiousarcgrp.bsky.social
This fundraiser for @mind.org.uk is in memory of Rachel Cosgrave, the Senior Archivist at @lampallib.bsky.social who died last year. Rachel was a former committee member and Chair of the Religious Archives Group.
araukie.bsky.social Archives and Records Association UK and Ireland @araukie.bsky.social · Jul 14
Many in the UK record-keeping sector will remember Rachel Cosgrave who was lately Senior Archivist at Lambeth Palace Library. Her recent, sudden death has been a shock to the community. If you would like to help her family raise funds in her memory, click this link www.justgiving.com/team/running...
Running for Rachel
Help Talitha Wachtelborn raise money to support Mind
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October 14, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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amarc.bsky.social
🚨AMARC GRANTS: upcoming deadline🚨

We give grants of up to £500 to projects that promote the accessibility, preservation and study of manuscripts and archives.

📅Deadline: 1 November

Read more on our website: amarcsite.wordpress.com/grants/
Grants
AMARC awards small grants in support of initiatives that are in line with our objective of promoting the accessibility, preservation and study of manuscripts and archives of all periods. AMARC invi…
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October 14, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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lampallib.bsky.social
🎓Join us for our Careers Open Day - a chance to explore exciting roles, meet the team and discover how to enter these professions.

📅What's on📅
👤Chat with staff!
📚Book a Library tour!
🕰Enjoy our collections!
🤝Meet professional bodies and learn about the wider sector!
🎶Explore our current exhibition
Picture of the reading room with yellow text over the top, reading Lambeth Palace Library Career Open Day, for ages 16-18 plus undergrads and career changers, 30th October opening times 10am-4pm, 15 Lambeth Palace Road, SE1 7JT
October 8, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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BREAKING: The next Archbishop of Canterbury is to be the Rt Revd Sarah Mullally, the Bishop of London since 2018, Downing Street has announced. She is to be the first woman to hold the post

#archbishopofcanterbury #nextABC #Archbishop106

www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
First woman appointed to be the next Archbishop of Canterbury
The Bishop of London, the Rt Revd Sarah Mullally, has been announced as the next Primate of All England
www.churchtimes.co.uk
October 3, 2025 at 9:05 AM
religiousarcgrp.bsky.social
What a great day @thelondonarchives.bsky.social for our #RAG2025 conference. Thanks to all the speakers and to everyone who came along.
October 2, 2025 at 5:59 PM
religiousarcgrp.bsky.social
If you're coming to our annual conference on archives digitisation today, you'll also get a chance to see this exhibition @thelondonarchives.bsky.social!

#RAG2025
thelondonarchives.bsky.social The London Archives @thelondonarchives.bsky.social · Oct 2
London in the Second World War - EXTENDED--> 03/02/26

This free exhibition explores the experiences of Londoners during the Second World War and the effect it had on the city they knew.

More info and FREE tickets: www.thelondonarchives.org/visit-us/exh...
October 2, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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We're back! 🎉 And we're thrilled to announce our term card for Autumn 2025! Our first event is on Thursday 16 October at 5.30 pm. Lyndal Roper will be discussing 'Turbulence and the German Peasants' War of 1524-6'. You can register to attend the event at: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
To attend, please register at the event of your choice here. If you have signed up but suddenly find yourself unable to make it, you can relinquish your spot by emailing: ihr.events@sas.ac.uk. If you would like to attend in-person and the event reads as fully booked, please do drop by anyway as we can always find some extra chairs! Thursday 16 October, 5.30 pm to 7.30 pm Lyndal Roper (University of Oxford), Turbulence and the German Peasants’ War of 1524-6 Please register here if you would like to attend. Hybrid. Online-via Zoom & Room 243, Second Floor, Senate House Thursday 30 October, 5.30 pm to 7.30 pm Emily Vine (University of Exeter), Birth, Death and Domestic Religion in Early Modern London Please register here if you would like to attend. Hybrid | Online-via Zoom & IHR Wolfson Room NB02, Basement, IHR, Senate House Thursday 27 November, 5.30 pm to 7.30 pm Nailya Shamgunova (University of East Anglia), ‘English and Scottish Scholars at the Global Library, c. 1500-1700’ Please register here if you would like to attend. Hybrid | Online-via Zoom & IHR Wolfson Room NB02, Basement, IHR, Senate House
September 25, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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There is just a week left to book your place for this year’s Religious Archives Group conference on the theme of digitisation in archives of religion and belief

The one-day in-person conference will take place on 2 October at The London Archives

To book, please visit: ticketlab.app/event/31944-...
Religious Archives Group Conference 2025
. Booking is now open for this year’s Religious Archives Group conference on the theme of digitisation in archives of religion and belief.We will hear about three recent digitisation projects:Th...
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September 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM