Feminist, gardener, knitter, cyclist. Professor of Modern History Uni of Glasgow, gender history, oral history, textiles esp knit
Lynn Abrams
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It’s a bit hot for knitwear but not for a book on knitwear. Here it is available Open Access now from bloomsburycollections.com with illustrated hardback to follow soon.
Applications are still open for the British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants. These grants help to support primary research in the humanities and social sciences. Apply now: https://bit.ly/4t0MDRl
Also now available: the 2026 call for applications for the Society's annual Funded Book Workshops - for historians writing a 2nd or 3rd monograph bit.ly/4uwep8C.
Grants enable authors to hold a day workshop with specialist readers to discuss a manuscript in detail before submission #Skystorians
Permanent lectureship in Modern British History at the University of Manchester. FT, £42-58k, closing date 30 June 26, starting Sept 26 onwards.
For international people, this is equivalent to a tenure-track Assistant Lectureship.
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
#SkyStorians
I am looking for someone fab to join me at Strathclyde on a funded PhD studentship on the history of unorthodox health activism. If you are that person, or know someone who is, there's a month left to apply! #HistMed www.strath.ac.uk/studywithus/...
Reminder!
The situation for WC academics is worse now than it was 20-30 years ago. I was able to get a permanent job, buy a house etc within 2 years of my PhD - probably vanishingly rare today.
The story of Scottish knitting and knitwear with loads of illustrations. We loved researching it - hope you love reading it
Lynn Abrams
The Society's President and Council have released the following statement on the proposed closure of undergraduate degrees at the University of Hertfordshire, in #History and the wider humanities bit.ly/4dmV5oO
This comes at a time of further bad news from Essex and Nottingham #Skystorians
📢JOB ALERT 📢 We are looking to appoint a F/T open-ended Lecturer in Late Medieval / Early Modern History (1400-1700) @lancasteruni.bsky.social. This is an amazing opportunity that we are very proud to announce, so please spread the word far and wide!
www.hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
The Society’s Funded Book Workshops Grants support historians, currently working on a second or third major research project, and which will lead to publication of a monograph. The Book Workshops enab...
Even for those familiar with bleak times, this has been a particularly bad few weeks in UK higher education. Confirmed job losses at the University of Essex were followed by further bad news from Hert...
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The School of Global Affairs at Lancaster University is seeking to appoint a Lecturer in Late Medieval / Early Modern History (1400-1700). This is a 1.0 FTE indefinite appointment to start on 1 August...
2.5 year postdoc opportunity at CoE NARS, Tampere University. The focus is on the history of everyday nationalism and we encourage applications dealing with the history of childhood and youth. Please distribute far and wide and encourage great scholars to apply. tuni.rekrytointi.com/paikat/?o=A_...
Michael Brown
Hello Bluesky! Very pleased to say this is in the world, either in this fetching hardback or available for open access digital download! @lynncabrams.bsky.social @sallytuckett.bsky.social @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social
NEW on Wonkhe: Higher education institutions are still reluctant to discuss class, and how it plays out in academic careers. For Jamie Tully and Hazel Mycroft, it’s time to start talking buff.ly/StXE7Vt
