ihrlifecycles.bsky.social - Profile | ThreadSky | a Reddit-style client for Bluesky

Next week will be the penultimate seminar of the term already! Join us to hear Chandini Jaswal present 'Insān-i Kāmil: The ‘Perfect Woman’ Of The Mughal Empire'. 4th. March 2025, 17:30-19:00 GMT, online or meet at the Institute of Education in London. www.history.ac.uk/events/insan...

submitted 23 hours ago • 0 comments

Today! From 17:30 to 19:00. Join us to hear Berry Pillot de Chenecey present 'No Place to be a Child? The Persistence and Peculiarities of Children’s Play during the Second World War in London and Liverpool'. We'll be at Senate House but you can also join us online.

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Tomorrow! 18th February, 17:30 to 19:00. Join us to hear Berry Pillot de Chenecey present 'No Place to be a Child? The Persistence and Peculiarities of Children’s Play during the Second World War in London and Liverpool'. We'll be at Senate House but you can also join us online.

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

18th February, 17:30 to 19:00 - our next seminar! Join us to hear Berry Pillot de Chenecey present 'No Place to be a Child? The Persistence and Peculiarities of Children’s Play during the Second World War in London and Liverpool'. We will be at Senate House but you can also join us online.

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

Childhood history conference in Aarhus (DK)--theme "Children and Climate Change" (other topics welcome too). 📆Conference dates: 25-27 June 📆Deadline for abstracts: 4 April 👩‍🎓 Keynotes: @kalexand.bsky.social & @sheinalew.bsky.social conferences.au.dk/sscip-2025/c...

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

18th February, 17:30 to 19:00 - our next seminar! Join us to hear Berry Pillot de Chenecey present 'No Place to be a Child? The Persistence and Peculiarities of Children’s Play during the Second World War in London and Liverpool'. We will be at Senate House but you can also join us online.

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

Tuesday 18th. February, 17:30 - 19:00 GMT: Berry Pillot de Chenecey will present 'No Place to be a Child? The Persistence and Peculiarities of Children’s Play during the Second World War in London and Liverpool'. Join us at the IHR or online. www.history.ac.uk/events/no-pl...

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

What is the value and use of history in contemporary society and culture? We're delighted to launch a new OA short-form book series - 'Elements in History and Contemporary Society', with @cambridgeup.bsky.social - to explore this question. Proposals now invited bit.ly/4aqCiG4 1/2 👇 #Skystorians

submitted 23 days ago • 2 comments

4th. February - today, at 5.30, @drtahaneyalghrani.bsky.social will talk to us about her recently published book, 'Wayward Girls in Victorian and Edwardian England, Pathways in and out of Juvenile Institutions,1854-1920'. Join us in room 541 at the Institute of Education (WC1H OAL) or through Zoom.

submitted 23 days ago • 2 comments

4th. February from 17:30GMT - @drtahaneyalghrani.bsky.social will present work from her book, 'Wayward Girls in Victorian and Edwardian England, Pathways in and out of Juvenile Institutions,1854-1920'. Join us through Zoom or room 541 at the Institute of Education, WC1H OAL. Details in the link

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

What is the value and use of history in contemporary society and culture? We're delighted to launch a new OA short-form book series - 'Elements in History and Contemporary Society', with @cambridgeup.bsky.social - to explore this question. Proposals now invited bit.ly/4aqCiG4 1/2 👇 #Skystorians

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

History & the Humanities Research Training for Feb - March 2025. Our 4th online session on the 4 March will focus on Podcasting for Historians with @clairelanghamer.bsky.social, @deannalyncook.bsky.social, @rozierhistorian.bsky.social, Samuel Hume and Izzy Conn. www.history.ac.uk/events/podca...

submitted 27 days ago • 1 comment

CfP for the 2025 @histchildoxford.bsky.social Colloquium is on. Do submit your #histchild papers for this fascinating event on ‘Becoming Human? Childhood, Development & the Human Sciences’. Deadline is 7 March!

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

Our next seminar will be with @drtahaneyalghrani.bsky.social, who will talk about her (quite) new book, 'Wayward Girls in Victorian and Edwardian England, Pathways in and out of Juvenile Institutions,1854-1920'. 4th. February, 17:30 GMT - see you there! www.history.ac.uk/events/waywa...

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

This evening you're invited, in-person/online, to the launch of the latest book in the Royal Historical Society's 'New Historical Perspectives' Series: bit.ly/3Q4a3nn Join the editors as they discuss their new collection: 'Adulthood in Britain and the United States from 1350 to Generation Z' 1/2

submitted 37 days ago • 1 comment

Today, 21st. January from 17:30! Join us to hear @mariacannon.bsky.social and Laura Tisdall launch their book, 'Adulthood in Britain and the United States from 1350 to Generation Z'. We will be at Senate House and online. Everyone is welcome to join us. www.history.ac.uk/events/book-...

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

Next Tuesday, 21st January '25, 17:30-19:00. Join us online or in Senate House for a book launch! @mariacannon.bsky.social & Laura Tisdall will present their book, Adulthood in Britain & the United States from 1350 to Generation Z. Further details are in the link. www.history.ac.uk/events/book-...

submitted 43 days ago • 0 comments

The Children's History Society (#histchild) now has a Starter Pack to help members connect! go.bsky.app/Q8pibDm If you would like to become a member, head here www.histchild.org (Membership runs from January-January each year.) Happy New Year to one and all!

submitted 44 days ago • 4 comments

CHS Winter Warmer! ❄️ Join us online (via Zoom) on Tuesday, 14th January 2025, 5–6.30 pm (UK time) for a cosy get-together hosted by the CHS ECR Committee! #histchild #histed

submitted 48 days ago • 1 comment

So many new followers - what a lovely surprise! Hello!🙂 We'll start the new term on 21st January with a book launch! Not just any book but that of one of our convenors and her colleague. Join us in London or online from 17:30 GMT. Further details in the link. www.history.ac.uk/events/book-...

submitted 48 days ago • 0 comments

NEW: On New Labour politicians on Desert Island Discs, and what their musical choices said about their taste, identities and political beliefs, and their professional and private lives. All reposts (and subscriptions) much appreciated. x #skystorians🗃️ #polisky

submitted 51 days ago • 2 comments

As today (the first Monday of the year) is known as #DivorceDay our latest blog looks at a case from the Victorian Divorce Court that began in early January 1898 tinyurl.com/hcvb49n8 #Divorce #Separation #LegalHistory #History #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #TheNationalArchivesUK #Ancestry

submitted 52 days ago • 0 comments

Are you working on an essay, dissertation, research project or conference proposal? Check out our videos and guides on using the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH)

submitted 51 days ago • 0 comments

The programme for the new term is here! We start on 21st January with a book launch for our convenor @_mariacannon and her colleague @TisdallLaura. Join us at Senate House or online from 17:30 to hear about and celebrate their work. www.history.ac.uk/events/book-...

submitted 51 days ago • 0 comments

You have until the end of tomorrow to submit your 300 word abstract. That is, Sunday 5th January.

submitted 54 days ago • 0 comments

www.gre.ac.uk/research/act... There is only the weekend left to get your abstracts written and submitted!

submitted 55 days ago • 0 comments

www.gre.ac.uk/research/act... There are three weeks until the deadline for abstracts for our joint conference with the University of Greenwich. Please follow the link for further details. Maybe we will meet on the banks of the Thames next summer.

submitted 76 days ago • 0 comments

You can explore every issue of the Oxford Undergraduate Journal from 1866-81 on the Bodleian Digital Editions website here: digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/partners/oxf... #skystorians 🗃️ #c19th .

submitted 83 days ago • 2 comments

Re-upping this for the Monday crowd. Again, all reposts (and subscriptions) much appreciated. x

submitted 87 days ago • 0 comments

Join us at Warwick or online for what looks to be a fabulous conference on 31st Jan. Registration closes on 23rd Dec so if you are interested in anxiety/fear please sign up! #skystorians

submitted 87 days ago • 1 comment

First mini 🧵 I’m currently researching masculine expressions of needlework in the mid-Victorian period, and was struck by this engraving Joseph McBrinn includes in his introduction of Queering the Subversive Stitch: Men and the Culture of Needlework.

submitted 87 days ago • 1 comment

This is such an interesting blog on Archival Silences. A must read for librarians, archivists, historians, anti-colonialists, educators and anyone interested in sociopolitics: blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/theconveyor/

submitted 87 days ago • 0 comments

www.history.ac.uk/events/scrap... Join us tomorrow at 17:30 online to hear Cherish Watton's paper, 'Scrapbooking on the Royal Family: self-fashioning and family archiving in modern Britain'. Everyone is welcome, just follow the link to register for the Zoom details.

submitted 87 days ago • 0 comments

#skystorians 🗃️

submitted 90 days ago • 0 comments

Delighted to be sharing some thoughts on what we can learn from anxiety in 18th century letters in today’s world as part of this fantastic event. If you want to join us, details below 👇 #skystorians #18c #19c #anxiety #history

submitted 91 days ago • 2 comments

Exciting news from one of our convenors!

submitted 90 days ago • 0 comments

www.gre.ac.uk/research/act... Next July we are co-hosting a conference at the University of Greenwich on the lovely Old Royal Naval College site by the Thames in Greenwich. Follow the link to see the CFP and maybe we'll see you there.

submitted 90 days ago • 0 comments

Celebrate the fabulous History Day held earlier this month with these videos and blog post, and discover every collection who attended in person or online #HistDay24. https://buff.ly/4fJHnv0 Look out for details about History Day North at #DCDC25...

submitted 93 days ago • 0 comments

Each year, Archives and Special Collections at the University of Glasgow advertises several Fellowships for visiting researchers. The application deadline for 2025 is 6th January. It’s an amazing collection, especially for medievalists and early modernists - apply! www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/li...

submitted 93 days ago • 3 comments

search.app?link=https%3... Join us online on Tuesday 3rd December from 17.30 to 19.00 to hear Cherish Watton's paper, 'Scrapbooking on the Royal Family: self-fashioning and family archiving in modern Britain' and then enjoy a friendly discussion about it. Everyone is welcome!

submitted 92 days ago • 0 comments

My department are hosting The Britain and the World conference, 25-27 June 2025. It ‘is concerned with interactions between Britain&the wider world, past&present,&will highlight the importance of transnational perspectives.’ Come to Liverpool #skyhistorians! britainandtheworld.org/2025 #BATW2025

submitted 93 days ago • 1 comment

www.history.ac.uk/events/scrap... Next Tuesday, 3rd December, will see the last seminar of the term. What a wonderful selection of papers we have enjoyed! For further details, follow the link. If you know of someone who would be interested, let them know.

submitted 94 days ago • 0 comments

📢 @jbhist.bsky.social & I are very pleased to announce that we are seeking a f/t 2-year Research Associate in Victorian Cultural and Material History to join our major @ahrcpress funded research project on the Victorian Hand. Closes 6 December. Spread the word!!! hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

submitted 101 days ago • 1 comment

I've been trying to re-find @ihrlifecycles.bsky.social followers for the new account. It's time consuming. If you are interested in histories across the life course, any time, any place and like the idea of free online/hybrid seminars showcasing new research, please take a look!

submitted 101 days ago • 0 comments

A cold dreary day in London. Let's think about next summer! We're holding an in person conference at the University of Greenwich from 7th to 9th July. Further details to follow....

submitted 101 days ago • 0 comments