🗓 ONLINE EVENT 25 Nov 1–2pm Research, archives and inspiration
Caitríona Beaumont reflects on how The Women's Library archives have shaped research on histories of women’s activism in modern Britain #TheWomensLibraryat100
@womenshistnet.bsky.social @fotwl.bsky.social
www.lse.ac.uk/library/what...
Caitríona Beaumont reflects on how The Women's Library archives have shaped research on histories of women’s activism in modern Britain #TheWomensLibraryat100
@womenshistnet.bsky.social @fotwl.bsky.social
www.lse.ac.uk/library/what...
Research, archives and inspiration: reflections on The Women's Library
Explore stories from The Women's Library with Caitriona Beaumont at this online talk.
www.lse.ac.uk
November 2, 2026 at 10:32 AM
On 18 November, we're having a Late and you're invited! Explore our galleries after dark, have a few drinks, and eat cheese. Iconic.
merl.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/win...
merl.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/win...
Winter Late (18+)
Experience The MERL after hours in an evening of tours, crafts and drinks.
merl.reading.ac.uk
November 2, 2026 at 8:37 PM
I tried to post something on Facebook first thing today on Andy Burnham, apologies and reparations but they seem to have acquired a word limit so I turned it into a blog. Here it is. thecamelsback.org/2026/10/31/b... #historyeducation
Burnham and the Looting
Sam Sharpe Memorial and The Cage, Montego Bay, Jamaica.Credit: Martin Falbisoner, March 2016. Shared on a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. Andy Burnham, the curre…
thecamelsback.org
November 2, 2026 at 12:09 AM
question for my #FrenchHistory peeps: I'm searching for an online inflation calculator and not finding any data series that go back earlier than 1901.
If I want to get even a rough ballpark figure of how much sums from the Napoleonic era would be worth, where should I look?
If I want to get even a rough ballpark figure of how much sums from the Napoleonic era would be worth, where should I look?
November 2, 2026 at 3:11 PM
So, my book has made its Amazon debut and is already taking pre-orders. It’s becoming a real thing!
A History of Uncertainty: Science between the Ottoman Empire and Early Modern Europe.
a.co/d/0efw9QYd
A History of Uncertainty: Science between the Ottoman Empire and Early Modern Europe.
a.co/d/0efw9QYd
A History of Uncertainty: Science between the Ottoman Empire and Early Modern Europe: Yildirim, Duygu: 9780822968870: Amazon.com: Books
Buy A History of Uncertainty: Science between the Ottoman Empire and Early Modern Europe on Amazon.com ✓ FREE SHIPPING on qualified orders
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October 30, 2026 at 11:56 PM
London parents, Docklands Museum is the best place for kids, and not just the Mudlarks play are with its model port, rope hauling & softplay, there’s so much throughout the building and it’s always fairly quiet. AND unlike most modern museums there’s actually loads of stuff / artefacts / models etc
October 30, 2026 at 9:30 AM
This Halloween I got to appear on one my favourite podcasts, the BBC's More or Less (I'm a loyal listener!). If you want a quick primer on the stats behind the #earlymodern #hextag witch trials, then have a listen to this! 😊
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
More or Less - Europe's witch trials: The numbers behind the myth - BBC Sounds
Were nine million people executed during Europe's witch trials?
www.bbc.co.uk
October 31, 2026 at 1:22 PM
And what's more, there is an extensive, accessible historical literature on this topic. Knowledge about the fate of 'liberated Africans' is not new, but it is increasingly better. #Skystorians
The Bonds of Freedom - Yale University Press London
The story of the long fight for freedom of African captives rescued from the illegal slave trade only to be forced back into bondageA Times Literary Suppleme...
yalebooks.co.uk
November 3, 2026 at 12:30 PM
This evening, 6pm, we host the the Royal Historical Society's 2026 Public History Lecture with @greshamcollege.bsky.social
Our speaker is Sathnam Sanghera on ‘What History is NOT’ bit.ly/4smNxZc
In person attendance at Gresham College is now fully booked but online remains available #Skystorians
Our speaker is Sathnam Sanghera on ‘What History is NOT’ bit.ly/4smNxZc
In person attendance at Gresham College is now fully booked but online remains available #Skystorians
What History is NOT
In the past, history was presented to us as a settled story: a pile of dates to memorise, a handful of “great men” to admire, a heritage of statues and plaques to defend from “erasure”. In the 21st ce...
bit.ly
November 3, 2026 at 9:45 AM
We’re so pleased to share that the UK Web Archive has been restored and available to use 💻
You can now search millions of archived UK websites. Find out more about the archive and how to use it on our website
link.bl.uk/mis
You can now search millions of archived UK websites. Find out more about the archive and how to use it on our website
link.bl.uk/mis
UK Web Archive restored
We’re pleased to share that the UK Web Archive is back and that you can now search millions of archived UK websites.
link.bl.uk
October 28, 2026 at 11:52 PM
To celebrate this occasion, a new blog post with an interactive network graph of Alice's people (well, some of them): inhermindseye.github.io/mindseye/posts…
November 3, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Do join us in person at the IHR London or online on Zoom Tuesday 10 November for Kimberley Glassman's 'Plants on the Page: Reconstructing Harriet Sheppard’s Botanical Practice through the Archives'. Free and welcoming to students and the interested public, but please register in advance.
Plants on the Page: Reconstructing Harriet Sheppard’s Botanical Practice through the Archives
London Group of Historical Geographers
www.history.ac.uk
November 3, 2026 at 9:44 AM
It's cold and dark out there. Warm up and light up this summer with a festival of history convened jointly by the Institute of Historical Research and the Royal Historical Society. #Skystorians
Festival of History
Celebrate the craft and practice of history at the Festival of History, running 5–16 July 2027 across the UK.
www.history.ac.uk
October 29, 2026 at 4:25 PM
1/4 With reparations in the news again, the assertion that Britain spent 2% of its GDP & half its naval budget suppressing slavery is being repeated again. IT’S NOT TRUE. I initially corrected the “mistake” here, yet it’s part of anti-reparative folklore:
alanlester.co.uk/blog/the-wes...
alanlester.co.uk/blog/the-wes...
alanlester.co.uk
November 2, 2026 at 10:06 AM
Do join us on Wednesday for Angela McShane on 'What should we do with drunken sailors? The conflicted politics of drink & drunkenness in the Royal Navy, c. 1660-1689'. Free and very open to students and the public, but please book in advance. In person at the IHR, London and online on Zoom.
‘What should we do with drunken sailors? The conflicted politics of drink and drunkenness in the Royal Navy, c.1660-1689.’
www.history.ac.uk
October 30, 2026 at 5:22 PM
We are kicking off the new academic year with a PGR Sharing Event - see poster for details!
October 30, 2026 at 9:28 AM
really looking forward to this with @sathnam.bsky.social - online attendance still available 🗃️
Next Tuesday we host the Society's 2026 Public History Lecture with @greshamcollege.bsky.social: 6pm on Tuesday 3 November.
We welcome Sathnam Sanghera who will speak on ‘What History is NOT’ bit.ly/4smNxZc
In person attendance is now fully booked but online remains available #Skystorians
We welcome Sathnam Sanghera who will speak on ‘What History is NOT’ bit.ly/4smNxZc
In person attendance is now fully booked but online remains available #Skystorians
October 27, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Emails have just been sent to HTEN members about the upcoming November conference and commitee meeting. Please do check your email and if you'd like to join us or have changed email addresses let us know if you've not received the mailing: HTENUK@outlook.com
#historyteacher #HistoryEducation
#historyteacher #HistoryEducation
November 3, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Emails have just been sent to HTEN members about the upcoming November conference and commitee meeting. Please do check your email and if you'd like to join us or have changed email addresses let us know if you've not received the mailing: HTENUK@outlook.com
#historyteacher #HistoryEducation
#historyteacher #HistoryEducation
Pleased to see my new article published open access in @urbanhistory.bsky.social - it combines local, national and global scale to argue that Derby's exhibition at the British Empire Exhibition used urban heritage to create civic narratives of political continuity www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
‘Derby days at Wembley’: urban heritage, civic narratives and political continuity at the British Empire Exhibition of 1924 | Urban History | Cambridge Core
‘Derby days at Wembley’: urban heritage, civic narratives and political continuity at the British Empire Exhibition of 1924
www.cambridge.org
October 27, 2026 at 12:30 AM
📢 Coming in 2027: Anglo-Saxon England 📢
Rediscover Anglo-Saxon England.
Featuring spectacular jewellery, weapons and treasures alongside the latest archaeological discoveries and research, this exhibition will shed new light on England's origins.
Rediscover Anglo-Saxon England.
Featuring spectacular jewellery, weapons and treasures alongside the latest archaeological discoveries and research, this exhibition will shed new light on England's origins.
October 26, 2026 at 6:25 PM
I tried to post something on Facebook first thing today on Andy Burnham, apologies and reparations but they seem to have acquired a word limit so I turned it into a blog. Here it is. thecamelsback.org/2026/10/31/b... #historyeducation
Burnham and the Looting
Sam Sharpe Memorial and The Cage, Montego Bay, Jamaica.Credit: Martin Falbisoner, March 2016. Shared on a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. Andy Burnham, the curre…
thecamelsback.org
October 31, 2026 at 1:17 PM
I tried to post something on Facebook first thing today on Andy Burnham, apologies and reparations but they seem to have acquired a word limit so I turned it into a blog. Here it is. thecamelsback.org/2026/10/31/b... #historyeducation
For a recent class about the Civil War in the West, I showed a lithograph of the US military's mass execution of Dakota men at Mankato, Minn, in Dec 1862.
Our discussion led to a question: who would have bought something like this?
www.loc.gov/item/2004667...
Our discussion led to a question: who would have bought something like this?
www.loc.gov/item/2004667...
October 28, 2026 at 12:31 AM
Have ordered this book based on just this article. #historyteacher www.bbc.co.uk/culture/arti...
'Medieval women could make accusations': The true story of a 15th-Century sexual assault survivor's quest for justice
A new book gives a remarkable account of one woman's legal battle after suffering a brutal attack in 1472 in the French city of Dijon. It defies assumptions about women's lives then.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 25, 2026 at 11:10 AM
Funnily enough, this classic episode of In Our Time featuring Pat Hudson did rather come to mind: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
In Our Time - The Industrial Revolution - BBC Sounds
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Industrial Revolution.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 26, 2026 at 4:07 PM
🗃️ Call for Papers: Journal of American History Textbooks and Teaching section, 2028
We invite submissions for the March 2028 Textbooks and Teaching section of the Journal of American History.
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We invite submissions for the March 2028 Textbooks and Teaching section of the Journal of American History.
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October 23, 2026 at 11:48 PM