Director of the Institute of Historical Research. Sometimes writes about history and feeling.
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Royal Historical Society"Details, in their singularity and idiosyncrasy, point to the capaciousness of human experience." New today in the Society's journal 'Transactions': Joe Moran 'On Detail in Historical Writing': bit.ly/44UMi8C Now available OA @joemoransblog.bsky.social @massobsarchive.bsky.social #Skystorians 1/2
Lovely lecture by my fab colleague Adam Chapman on the VCH: ‘Part of the project’s role should be to advocate for archives that speak to their places and communities.’
Liverpool University PressArchives | Most Read 'The Maurice Bond Lecture 2024. Placing Archives: The Victoria County History and Archival Landscapes' by @adamchapman.bsky.social ➡️ Read it online: bit.ly/Archives-Chapman @internetarchiveca.bsky.social @araukie.bsky.social @humanitiesall.bsky.social @britrecs.bsky.social
‘This direction of travel risks irreversible damage to UK higher education and research, to scholarship, and to our capacity to shape the future…diminishing opportunities for students, widening regional inequalities, and the erosion of knowledge, evidence and expertise on which the UK depends.’
Margot FinnBritish Academy President's statement on the UK's higher education crisis, July 2026.
Being at Chalke History Festival reminds me yet again how interconnected university-based history and other forms of history-making are. The thing we do in one place explicitly supports the thing we do in another. University cuts, closures and job losses harm the entire history eco-system.
Advocating for History by Doing History - On HistoryThis blog was written by Claire Langhamer, Director of the IHR Historians are very good at crafting arguments and in recent times very many people have advanced very many arguments about why history m...blog.history.ac.ukA job in modern British History. At Manchester. www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Lecturer in Modern British History (post-1800):Oxford Roadwww.jobs.manchester.ac.ukThis.
Royal Historical SocietyThe Society's President and Council have released the following statement on the proposed closure of undergraduate degrees at the University of Hertfordshire, in #History and the wider humanities bit.ly/4dmV5oO This comes at a time of further bad news from Essex and Nottingham #Skystorians
On protecting what matters. @ihr.bsky.social @royalhistsoc.org @histassoc.bsky.social History UK www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Protecting What Matters: A joint statement by the Historical Association, History UK, Royal Historical Society and the IHRProtecting what matters: A joint statement by the Historical Association, History UK, Royal Historical Society and the IHRwww.history.ac.ukDo come along if you are in the Humberside area!
Emily Robinson1 April: exactly 52 years since Humberside was created. 30 years since it was abolished. Free exhibition and events this spring! Starting with talks @northlincsmuseum.bsky.social 13 Apr & @hullhistorycentre.bsky.social 14 Apr. All welcome! @clairelanghamer.bsky.social @tricksterprince.bsky.social
On Thursday I will be chairing our online session on writing history aimed at a wider audience with guests Elliot Prior and Sabhbh Curran from Curtis Brown Literary Agency. All welcome - sign up here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
How to Reach a Broader Audience: An Introduction to Non-Fiction Trade Publishing in 2026www.history.ac.uk