On eve of #IWD2026 am delighted to share project webpage for #womensgrassrootsactivism & link to download #Activism100+ Toolkit ahead of launch on Tuesday 10 March, 5.30pm via Zoom. Take a look to find out more. @whaireland.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social
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Donald Trump says of Starmer:"This is not Winston Churchill we're dealing with".
So what happened when Churchill travelled to Fulton, Missouri in 1946 to chart a new course for the UK-US relationship? What can we learn from that today?
Join us tomorrow for an event that could hardly be more timely
Come to the online launch of Law and Justice in the 1950s! I'll be speaking about the Wolfenden Report, alongside editors Fiona Cownie and Rosemary Auchmuty and fellow contributors @paradoxbridge.bsky.social, Emma Jones, Sally Wheeler and more.
#LegalHistory
There is a February sale on at @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social which means you can get my book Radical Acts: HIV/AIDS Activism in Late Twentieth-Century England for just over £16. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/radical-a...
"An iron curtain has descended across the Continent".
On 5 March we'll mark 80 years of Churchill's "Sinews of Peace" speech at Fulton Missouri.
Join the brilliant @patporter76.bsky.social & @sophgaston.bsky.social to explore its history & the lessons for today
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Wonderful - congratulations!
Looks very interesting - thanks for sharing!
Interested in writing as a way of 'doing' politics? Then read this new collection of essays, Writing Politics in Modern Britain, edited by @richardtoye.bsky.social & @garylove.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/books/w...
Delighted to launch the new King’s Contemporary British History x The Strand Group history research seminar. Huge thanks to our first speakers, newly minted PhDs Charlotte Cull and Paul Finer, & to Chair Prof David Edgerton @davidedgerton.bsky.social @charlottecull.bsky.social
It was a great paper and a lovely event. Looking forward to the next one!
Really looking forward to the upcoming seminars in this series! It was so nice to present some of my research at KCL and I'm very grateful for the thoughtful questions from the audience
Look forward to you guiding us through this on the pod 😳
Join us live at the IHR and online. Free registration: tinyurl.com/24pxj5we
@lauragowing.bsky.social @clairelanghamer.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social @carmenmangion.bsky.social @dralanagharris.bsky.social @harkaway1.bsky.social @womenshistoryrev.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social
Our programme for this term's @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social seminars at @ihr.bsky.social is now available! Please do join us in-person or online.
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🌍 King's Department of History has launched a new Modern World History MA, now open for September 2026 intake.
Find out more👇
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-l...
A poster advertising the By-Fellowships and Research Grants offered by Churchill Archives Centre. The text included on this image can be found at the link in the main post.
📚 Whether you're an undergraduate, postgraduate, academic, or independent researcher, our research grants and By-Fellowships are designed to support work using our collections here at Churchill Archives Centre.
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A student unlocking Winston Churchill's dispatch box.
2 students looking at a photograph album in the reading room.
James Greenhalgh talking about his academic research.
5 students in our sorting room.
We loved hosting our annual visit for students studying the Modern British History MPhil here in Cambridge.
In our 2 hour session, we worked with students to explore what it means to look after collections, from when they enter our sorting room to going out to researchers in our reading room!
Less than a week away!
Unmissable keynote for historians: Charlotte Smith of @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy will talk about the Denning Committee and the importance of engaging with how archival management shapes our work.
You will be brilliant!!!
Thank you for your service.
You’re the best Chris, it’s brilliant 🤗
Loved the farming family reveal this morning!
Looking forward to reading it!
Delighted to see my article exploring how Britons planned for retirement in the mid-to-late 20th century out in the world! It tries to capture the mixed feelings prompted by ageing & retirement whilst connecting those themes to wider histories of social democracy, selfhood & financialisation.
@alicefraser.bsky.social
Hey Alice,
I just listened to the cast about your book. I am so sorry that has happened to you.
I think your audiobook idea was brilliant. Perfect format for your existing audience too. I went bought a copy right away.
It’s only 15 usd which is a steal!
It’s so wonderful! I found it too from Backlisted.
Or never existed
Pleased to be an Associate Fellow!
That is a massive room! But sounds like a great event and helpful context for everyone.
Earlier this year I was next to a date where one party’s best foot forward involved a detailed explanation of arcane points of EU law - gripping for the wrong reason ….
