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This will be great fun, drawing on interviews stretching from 1952 to 2024.
What was it like to be blind, gay or a pioneering woman in Parliament?
What really happens in the bars & smoking rooms?
How does the building shape our politics, & how has "modernisation" changed Parliament?
All welcome!
GERONIMOOOOO
Come & hear about @histparl.bsky.social's Oral History of Parliament on 24 June @19:00.
With clips from David Blunkett, Malcolm Rifkind, Gisela Stuart & others,the session explores who makes it to Westminster, how Parliament has changed & who challenged its ways
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for the history feeds, follow my skeets in this thread #comfas šļø
Only just come across this recent blog about books to read when you want to learn something new, featuring Vanished. šÆ
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My new short article is now out in no. 3-4, vol. 59 of @pop-jrnl.bsky.social. In the piece, I reflect on the experience of designing & delivering what was *probably* the first module on whiteness in modern British history in a UK university history department. The module is running again in 2026-27.
Two-year early modern English job, at Oriel College and the Oxford English Faculty, starting October. Happy to field any questions!
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Sad news that Carlo Ginsburg, an important figure in microhistory research, has passed:
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This looks fascinating and a must read.
We have an 18-month temporary lectureship in early modern British and European history just advertised at Newcastle - closing date 9th July www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRW166/l... #skystorians
āA mix between arcane procedure and schoolboy-ish behaviourā? Westminster as told to the History of Parliamentās Oral History Project
Liburdās Commentary considers the place of whiteness in the teaching and research of modern British history. It does so through a reflection on the experience of designing and delivering āThe White...
Itās COMFAS time!! We got off to a strong start with COMFAS co-founder Aristotle Kallis reminding us of our moral as well as academic duty to understand, explain and combat the far right šŖš¼
Come & hear about @histparl.bsky.social's Oral History of Parliament on 24 June @19:00.
With clips from David Blunkett, Malcolm Rifkind, Gisela Stuart & others,the session explores who makes it to Westminster, how Parliament has changed & who challenged its ways
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/westminste...
š¦ BREAKING NEWS šØ | The Ā£400m new London Museum at Smithfield Market will open to the public on Saturday 28 November
āA mix between arcane procedure and schoolboy-ish behaviourā? Westminster as told to the History of Parliamentās Oral History Project
www.eventbrite.co.uk
Robert Saunders
Rehabilitating Wilfrid! New from Peter Darby in @ihr.bsky.social Historical Research.
'The 2 Wilfridian petitions provide evidence that a sophisticated & learned community, inc skilled administrators... was fostered by Wilfrid [which]... endured across at least 3 decades...' doi.org/10.1093/hisr...
