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lesleyhoskins.bsky.social
19th and early 20th century British social history, especially how people lived. Wallpapers. Censuses. Rural life. Possessions, spaces …
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I have a fully-funded, 4 yr AHRC collaborative PhD studentship 'Soundscapes of domesticity: music and lived experiences in non-elite English homes, 1780–1870' supervised by myself and Matt Ingleby with colleagues at The Museum of the Home. Deadline 23 May See: www.qmul.ac.uk/geog/postgra...

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The number of amazing historical research projects which worked hard to make their sources available online, but had no mechanism/funding to keep their websites going is so depressing. Came across so many dead links today following up mentions of oral history and childhood sources.

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Great to find out about the TUC Library Collections initiative to digitise the papers of Gertrude Tuckwell, a significant figure in women’s trade unionism for forty years or more. sslh.org.uk/2025/03/30/g...

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PIP is an in-work benefit to support disabled people who work. But I only know this from reading posts here. It’s psychotic that the government is relying on the understandable lack of public knowledge on this to lie and lie and lie their way through these cuts.

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Home working had a different meaning in the late 19th/early 20th century, with many women juggling hard, repetitive work with childcare & other commitments Our digitised collection on the 'Sweated Trades' includes firsthand accounts of working lives warwick.ac.uk/services/lib... #WomensHistoryMonth

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Rate Books, by Simon Fowler. Rate books offer an insight into the houses people lived in and the taxes they paid. They are therefore a valuable resource for local and family historians, although they are often overlooked. howtohistory.substack.com/p/rate-books

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#skystorians - It's my day off and I'm spending it appropriately. What papers, books, and longitudinal studies can you recommend that make good use of the UK census? Or actually, ANY census data? Open to any and all suggestions. Please share!

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'The American state has been captured by a group of people who do not see the world as we do, who are hostile to the world as we want it to be. We must see them for what they are to their credit they don’t pretend to be anything else. To our discredit we lie to ourselves that they do'. Excellent.

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Our edited collection is published Open Access by @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social on 6 February! We have wonderful chapters exploring inherited objects and stories! We loved putting it together @katieebarclay.bsky.social @tanyaevans.bsky.social @ashleybarnwell.bsky.social @lauracking.bsky.social

submitted 65 days ago • 5 comments

This new collaborative CDP PhD between York and @nationaltrust.bsky.social on the material culture of Angelica Kauffman sounds excellent!

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I am thrilled to announce that we're offering a funded collaborative PhD studentship between the University of Leeds and Ripon Musuems Trust! The project explores the history of the gaol and police station in the 19th/20th C alongside contemporary representations of policing (e.g. in periodicals):

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So pleased my article on geo-coding addresses of 121 million + people in British censuses 1851-1911 is now out with Historical Methods! #openaccess - map any census info (ages, occupations, birthplaces etc) by address - link census to other spatial datasets Get the code and data 👇

submitted 80 days ago • 12 comments

This is both an incredibly niche thing but I think it should be more of a thing. Caffè Nero subscribes to the British Newspaper Archive so it’s all free on their wifi. There. I said it.

submitted 86 days ago • 44 comments

Great to have been awarded a fully-funded collaborative PhD to work with @MuseumoftheHome and @matthewingleby on 'Soundscapes of domesticity: music and lived experiences in non-elite English homes, 1780–1870'. Details to follow -- we'll be advertising for student in new year!

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We're looking to put together a starter pack of scholars working on London from different disciplinary perspectives - history, literature, geography, film, politics etc. If you work on London and would like to be added, or know of someone else who should be, please do let us know!

submitted 116 days ago • 17 comments

Thoroughly enjoyed the Morbid Anatomy online lecture/talk tonight by Paul Koudounaris on pet cemeteries. Some astonishing, funny, and deeply touching tales from the history of pet mourning. Looking forward to getting my paws on his book on the subject.

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Call for students interested in working with us at RHUL on botany & the Chinese Maritime Customs Service. Please share! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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Public service announcement that Charles Booth's 'Maps Descriptive of London Poverty, 1898-9' have been uploaded by LSE archive online to be viewed and reproduced freely. 🗃️ unsplash.com/collections/...

submitted 135 days ago • 43 comments

About time too...

submitted 141 days ago • 7 comments

Looking for recommendations for memoirs that deal with health and gender (and/or sexuality, disability) that have come out in last couple of years. Updating my masters class syllabus (session/assessment on health narratives) so please let me know if you’ve read a good one recently! #histmed #medhums

submitted 142 days ago • 40 comments

'The job requires excellent writing skills, judgement and tact, as well as a good knowledge of 19th century architecture. A genuine interest in architecture and historic building conservation is essential.' FT, 26-30k p.a.

submitted 159 days ago • 2 comments

Researching my next book on queer lives in the British suburbs. Looking for interviewees across the LGBTQ+ community to speak about their varied experiences of suburbia. If you or someone you know might fit the bill do get in touch! johngrindrod.co.uk/lgbtqsuburbia (and please share! x)

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