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On 10 & 11 April, @kingshistory.bsky.social is hosting a symposium in honour of the historian Arthur Burns (1963-2023). It pays tribute to Arthur with a theme which runs throughout his own research: institutions and communities in modern Britain. Programme and booking: bit.ly/4bOC8cc #Skystorians

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Due to where Easter falls, our next USIHS event will be the J.C. Beckett Lecture which will be delivered by Prof. Laura Kelly @tortietabby.bsky.social on 22 May at PRONI. More information on the eventbrite www.eventbrite.ie/e/the-anti-a...

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This fantastic new Public History grant has just been launched by the @royalhistsoc.org - four awards of £1K to support historians working with & for public audiences royalhistsoc.org/research_fun...

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Today we launch our second new funding programme of the week: RHS Scouloudi Panel Grants bit.ly/4ky23ZP Grants will support the formation of panels to present, in-person, research on a shared historical topic at an academic conference between September 2025 and July 2026. #skystorians 1/3 🧵👇

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We're delighted to announce publication of 'Voice, Silence and Gender in South Africa’s Anti-Apartheid Struggle The Shadow of a Young Woman', by Rachel E Johnson bit.ly/4hMppbB Rachel's is latest title in our 'New Historical Perspectives' series with @ihr.bsky.social & @uolpress.bsky.social 1/3 👇

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📣The programme for our 2025 conference is out now! 👉Read it here (scroll down to 'Conference Programme'): socialhistory.org.uk/events/confe... ✨Take a look at the amazing array of social & cultural history on show!🗃️

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British History from the Middle of Nowhere Julia Laite (Birkbeck UoL) 1 May 2025, 6.00pm Venue: Queen Mary, University of London, E1 HistoryMiddleNowhereRSML25.eventbrite.co.uk @qmcbs.bsky.social @mileendinstitute.bsky.social @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @qmpoliticsir.bsky.social

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We're delighted to announce publication of 'Voice, Silence and Gender in South Africa’s Anti-Apartheid Struggle The Shadow of a Young Woman', by Rachel E Johnson bit.ly/4hMppbB Rachel's is latest title in our 'New Historical Perspectives' series with @ihr.bsky.social & @uolpress.bsky.social 1/3 👇

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Today we launch our second new funding programme of the week: RHS Scouloudi Panel Grants bit.ly/4ky23ZP Grants will support the formation of panels to present, in-person, research on a shared historical topic at an academic conference between September 2025 and July 2026. #skystorians 1/3 🧵👇

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Today we launch a new funding programme: Scouloudi Public History Grants bit.ly/4bF4zJK Grants will support collaborative projects between historians in Higher Education and those in the galleries, libraries, archives and museums sectors, as well as community history groups. #Skystorians 1/2 👇

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What's involved in membership of a REF subject panel? REF2029 is now inviting applications to join disciplinary sub-panels. We've created a guide to the #History sub-panel, following a recent RHS event with former panellists. It offers a balanced summary of what to expect bit.ly/43RJh9x 🧵1/4 👇

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Today we launch a new funding programme: Scouloudi Public History Grants bit.ly/4bF4zJK Grants will support collaborative projects between historians in Higher Education and those in the galleries, libraries, archives and museums sectors, as well as community history groups. #Skystorians 1/2 👇

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What's involved in membership of a REF subject panel? REF2029 is now inviting applications to join disciplinary sub-panels. We've created a guide to the #History sub-panel, following a recent RHS event with former panellists. It offers a balanced summary of what to expect bit.ly/43RJh9x 🧵1/4 👇

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The Society welcomes applications for Associate Fellowship from historians across a range of professions. Associate Fellows are academic historians beginning their careers, or those working in museums, heritage, publishing, teaching or public history. For more see bit.ly/3XXlXn7, 1/2 #Skystorians

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Interested in researching migration and refugee narratives? This online research training session will introduce participants to a wealth of resources and is free to attend. 🗓 20 March 2025 🕰 14:00-15:30 BST 🖥 Online Register today via: buff.ly/3ZgvjdC

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HDRs and ECRs are invited to apply for the NAA/AHA Scholarships, which help with the cost of copying records held in the National Archives (yay!). Check out the details here!

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📢Bookings for our 2025 conference are now open! ⏰7-9th July 2025 🏢Black Country Living Museum, Dudley 🗣️Biggest gathering of social & cultural historians in the UK 👉Book online here: socialhistory.org.uk/membership/a... 🗃️ History Humanities

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The Society welcomes applications for Associate Fellowship from historians across a range of professions. Associate Fellows are academic historians beginning their careers, or those working in museums, heritage, publishing, teaching or public history. For more see bit.ly/3XXlXn7, 1/2 #Skystorians

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Coming up this week, we have publication of the 21st title in our New Historical Perspectives book series, with @uolpress.bsky.social & @ihr.bsky.social 'Voice, Silence and Gender in South Africa’s Anti-Apartheid Struggle', by Rachel E Johnson bit.ly/4hMppbB Available OA from Thursday #Skystorians

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The Society welcomes applications for Fellowship from professional historians working in higher education and other sectors. Fellows are those who've made an original contribution to historical scholarship, typically - though not always - through publications. For more see bit.ly/4iOu51g, 1/2

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The Society welcomes applications for Fellowship from professional historians working in higher education and other sectors. Fellows are those who've made an original contribution to historical scholarship, typically - though not always - through publications. For more see bit.ly/4iOu51g, 1/2

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Coming up this week, we have publication of the 21st title in our New Historical Perspectives book series, with @uolpress.bsky.social & @ihr.bsky.social 'Voice, Silence and Gender in South Africa’s Anti-Apartheid Struggle', by Rachel E Johnson bit.ly/4hMppbB Available OA from Thursday #Skystorians

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We were very sorry to learn of the death last month of Marika Sherwood, a pioneer of Black British history. The scope, extent and impact of her work - as a historian and campaigner with the Black and Asian Studies Association - are well captured in this recent obituary by Hakim Adi bit.ly/4hAc85t

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Sign up now for our upcoming Short Writing Course designed specifically for PhD researchers in the humanities. We aim to help you with your writing skills with a particular emphasis on style and structure. Led by the historian and writer Lisa Pine.

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We were very sorry to learn of the death last month of Marika Sherwood, a pioneer of Black British history. The scope, extent and impact of her work - as a historian and campaigner with the Black and Asian Studies Association - are well captured in this recent obituary by Hakim Adi bit.ly/4hAc85t

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This International Women's Day use the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) to learn more about women’s history. In our subject tree, ‘women’ offers over 40,000 articles, chapters, and books – why not have a look for yourself? buff.ly/3L7a33B

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Still time to send us an application for a new IHR seminar series.

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CFP: Workshop on ‘The history of digital history between east and west’, Luxembourg, 10 March 2026 (CFP deadline 29 May 2025).

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Earlier this week the Society also released the March 2025 version of its 'Toolkit for Historians' bit.ly/3skly1l The toolkit is a set of RHS and external guides, resources and data for those working in #History in UK higher education, with a focus on advocacy for the profession. #Skystorians

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This week, the Royal Historical Society issued calls for its next round of research funding. Applications now invited for: - Postgraduate Research Support Grants - Early Career Research Support Grants - Martin Lynn Scholarship in African History Further details bit.ly/3ZnsQhv. #Skystorians

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There's still time to register for this workshop examining the challenges & opportunities faced by mid-career academics! More info: https://ies.sas.ac.uk/events/literature-engaged-research-and-wider-humanities-mid-career

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📣We are recruiting📣 Deadline is Monday We are looking for a new Archivist to join our team at the English Folk Dance and Song Society (EFDSS). The role, responsible for the cataloguing, organisation and preservation of the archives. The deadline for applications is 10am on Monday bit.ly/4hxsImw

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We are currently inviting applications from practitioners, policymakers and researchers in the social sciences and humanities subjects for the Call for Discussion Papers: Global (Dis)Order. Find out more:

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The AHA and the OAH have released a joint statement condemning recent efforts to censor historical content on federal government websites, at many public museums, and across a wide swath of government resources that include essential data. 🗃️

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The @austhistassoc.bsky.social has created a new advocacy toolkit for historians theaha.org.au/advocacy/ The Royal Historical Society's own 'Toolkit' bit.ly/3skly1l now includes details of the AHA resource as well as others from #History and humanities groups in the UK / RoW #skystorians 1/2 👇

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New on the RHS blog, Chakali Chandra Sekhar introduces his new article in 'Transactions @royalhistsoc.org': 'Rediscovering Hitavadi: A Forgotten Pioneer of Telugu Vernacular Print and Missionary Journalism' bit.ly/4hsJ53K Chakali's TRHS article is now available #openaccess bit.ly/3DxiPre 1/2

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The @austhistassoc.bsky.social has created a new advocacy toolkit for historians theaha.org.au/advocacy/ The Royal Historical Society's own 'Toolkit' bit.ly/3skly1l now includes details of the AHA resource as well as others from #History and humanities groups in the UK / RoW #skystorians 1/2 👇

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