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!
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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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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This looks fascinating and a must read.
for the history feeds, follow my skeets in this thread #comfas šļø
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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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.
āA mix between arcane procedure and schoolboy-ish behaviourā? Westminster as told to the History of Parliamentās Oral History Project
Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Lecturer in Early Modern British and European History on jobs.ac.uk!
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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...
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š¦ BREAKING NEWS šØ | The Ā£400m new London Museum at Smithfield Market will open to the public on Saturday 28 November
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...
Pauline Stafford
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Rachel Moss
āA mix between arcane procedure and schoolboy-ish behaviourā? Westminster as told to the History of Parliamentās Oral History Project
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
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...
