Tickets available now for this online discussion on âexperimental histories in the Anthropoceneâ Oct 30, 14-16:00 GMT, feat. @brdemuth.bsky.socialwww.eventbrite.co.uk/e/anthropoce...
Are you commencing your studies, research, or teaching in the histories of Britain or Ireland? Give the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) a try! This valuable resource encompasses over 650,000 sources spanning from 55 BCE to the present day https://buff.ly/3sA1x71
The Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) is the most extensive guide available to what's been published on British and Irish history.
Really looking forward to this. The excellent Amy Edwards will speak to our research seminar next week on 'The Housewife's Hustle: Direct Sales and the rise of Flexible Labour in Post-War Britain'. 4pm, Wed 9 Oct, via Zoom. Register here for the link: forms.office.com/e/kSyWhdaJbw All welcome! đď¸
It's out! 'Migrant Voices in Multilingual London, 1560-1600', open access in Transactions of the Royal Historical Society. Read to find out how insults and information moved between the city's languages, and to think about how linguistic diversity shaped urban life. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
I'm really happy to see this article out in History Workshop Journal. It explores the history of an inspiring group of young volunteers who ran a sexual health phoneline in 1980s Ireland. Huge thanks to my interviewees and the HWJ editors who were very supportive. academic.oup.com/hwj/advance-...
Abstract. In October 1984 the Irish Family Planning Association (IFPA) established a youth group of volunteers aged 16-20. One of the groupâs main initiati
Just a reminder that there are a couple of days left for abstracts! #skystorians#earlymodern#RenSA25
FROZEN 3 announced. It's a documentary-style examination of the 19th century Norwegian ice harvesting industry. Lots of long takes: blacksmiths preparing tools, farriers seeing to the reindeer, and of course the harvesting of the ice itself. No interviews, very little dialogue. Almost poetic in tone
The diaries of gay linen merchant, David Strain, who chronicled his everyday life and loves in the 1920s and 30s, were discovered by my colleague Dr Tom Hulme in Belfast. They now form the basis of a new BBC radio drama. www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
The new drama series sheds light on the lives of gay people living in Belfast in the 1930s
I can't claim I discovered these gay diaries - they're referenced briefly in another book, though only 1 of 45 (!) volumes was used. But they really are an unappreciated treasure trove! I have spent 100s of hours transcribing. Thrilling to see them as a (semi fictionalised) BBC radio series.
The diaries of gay linen merchant, David Strain, who chronicled his everyday life and loves in the 1920s and 30s, were discovered by my colleague Dr Tom Hulme in Belfast. They now form the basis of a new BBC radio drama. www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
The new drama series sheds light on the lives of gay people living in Belfast in the 1930s