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...
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...
Helen Gittos
‘A mix between arcane procedure and schoolboy-ish behaviour’? Westminster as told to the History of Parliament’s Oral History Project
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
Robert Saunders
Robert Saunders
madeline odent
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...
Only just come across this recent blog about books to read when you want to learn something new, featuring Vanished. 🐯
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‘A mix between arcane procedure and schoolboy-ish behaviour’? Westminster as told to the History of Parliament’s Oral History Project
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
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.
Sad news that Carlo Ginsburg, an important figure in microhistory research, has passed:
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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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Robert Saunders
for the history feeds, follow my skeets in this thread #comfas 🗂️
Liburd’s 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 ‘The White...
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Italian culture, history, and scholarship are poorer today with the passing of Carlo Ginzburg, the renowned Italian historian and essayist
🟦 BREAKING NEWS 🚨 | The £400m new London Museum at Smithfield Market will open to the public on Saturday 28 November
Liam J. Liburd
Sadiah Qureshi 🦈
Joe Borsato
Laura Tisdall
Katie Murphy
Rachel Moss
maxwell museums
It’s 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 💪🏼
