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New IHR Research Training: Media and Memory: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
17 June, 14:00 - 15:00 (Zoom)
Join Dr Fransiska Louwagie & Dr Hans Hönes (University of Aberdeen) to explore how media shapes identity and collective memory. Free - booking essential:
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
An excellent argument for the value of historical research skills from @royalhistsoc.org
📣CFPs 📣London Foundling Hospital Conference
16 October 2026 @ihr.bsky.social
Hidden Identities in the London Foundling Hospital Archives, New Questions and Discoveries
Deadline for proposals 1 August
#histmed
Are you researching the history of monarchy and coronations in Britain and Ireland? The Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) offers two free reading lists on medieval monarchy and on the monarchy from the Tudor to Windsor periods. Access them: buff.ly/RqsH6Gz
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, the first woman to obtain a formal medical education in Britain, was born on this day in 1836. Through the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH), you can research Anderson and other incredible female pioneers in the history of medicine.
This will be followed by a 'Publishing in journals' workshop led by @eldrclaire.bsky.social & @siobhanhearne.bsky.social
(@frenchhistory.bsky.social @conteurohistory.bsky.social). All welcome! Full info here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Good Morning Historians, Archivists and allied trades!
Want to develop your #Latin? Improve your #Palaeography? Be able to understand the documents you want to use (for whatever purpose), more readily?
Available at the end of July? Then can we recommend a #SummerSchool for you! #Skystorians
Coming to you all, histories of dozens of English places from prehistory to the present, sometime early in 2027. #Skystorians #LocalHistory
Very much looking forward to chairing our next @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social seminar at @ihr.bsky.social on 🗓️Weds 10 June: 5.30pm (in-person only). Dr Katja Seidel will be sharing her fascinating research into gender, expertise & foreign policy. Click on the image below to book your free spot today!
'What’s the value of a History PhD? A view from business' bit.ly/4elv1cW
In this new post, Richard Marks charts the skills gained from completing a doctorate. From project design & management to data retrieval & analysis, History PhDs bring capacity and experience that are in demand #Skystorians
Do you want to learn to read old documents? Do you need to learn some Latin? The 49th Palaeography Summer School is for you! 👇 Tell all your friends. #palaeography #Skystorians #MedievalSky
palaeography.uk/study/short-...
Victoria County History
Caitríona Beaumont
The School, formerly the Keele Latin and Palaeography Summer School, returns for its 49th year. In 2025 The Ranulf Higden Society took over the organisation of the Latin and Palaeography Summer Sch…
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That's TWO @vch-home.bsky.social #BigRedBooks submitted to our friends @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social in the last few days, one for the East Riding of Yorkshire, focused on the town of #Pocklington, and the second for #Oxfordshire on the area to the south and west of Chipping Norton. 🗃️
