Visiting the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich today together with colleagues from the Port Cities and Urban Cultures research centre. Always nice to get away from the office, talk about research, and discuss collaborations with museum curators.
Are you looking for a PhD studentship? The National Maritime Museum & Royal College of Art are offering an amazing opportunity to study the design & material culture of Thames sail barges under the AHRC CDP scheme. Sign up for tomorrow's webinar at 1pm zoom.us/webinar/regi... . Deadline: 30.06.2025.
Join us in Portsmouth for the exciting Port Cities & Maritime Cultures International Conference, 10-11 June. Learn about sailortown, maritime museums, the modern waterfront & more: www.port.ac.uk/news-events-... . @uopmaritime.bsky.social's first event is sponsored by @lr-foundation.bsky.social.
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Image shows Milldam Quad under a blue sky
Image shows a pergola covered in flowering wisteria and trees in the first flush of growth
Milldam Quad is looking beautiful in the spring sunshine #spring
1. I’m not sure this will be much of an escape from the horror of global events – sorry! But it is World Book Day & the advance copies of my @yalebooks.bsky.social are here: tinyurl.com/4v2w2x95
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Image shows the Hard with the Spinnaker Tower on the left and HMS Warrior on the right
Image shows South Parade Pier under a blue sky
Image shows the History subject stand with the admissions tutor on the left and two student guides on the right
Well, that's a wrap! Thank you to everyone who came to see us today. We hope you enjoyed your time at the university and in Portsmouth. If you have any questions, please do get in touch with us
Image shows a stand with books and leaflets. The History recruitment lead is at the stand with too student guides
All set up and ready to meet our guests at today's Open Experience Day
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Wishing everyone a lovely Easter weekend #Easter2025
Make no mistake. This IS what the dark-money funded History Reclaimed, Restore Trust etc astroturfers in the UK want to happen to our museums and heritage orgs.
This is the AIM of the RW culture war on professional historians of empire, slavery, women, LGBTQ+, working classes, etc.
We must resist.
An exciting arrival today - congratulations to @andrekeil.bsky.social . Studies in German History is a great series (even better with Andre’s book in it!) that I edit with Bridget Heal. If you also fancy writing, then do take a look at the OUP page: global.oup.com/academic/con...
Image shows HMS Warrior, small boats and the Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth harbour at dusk
It's Friday evening! Wishing everyone a lovely #weekend
The mania is international....
"Oxford historian faces deportation from UK after doing research on India … in India"
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Our Centre for Port Cities and Maritime Cultures is offering a fully-funded PhD scholarship. Supervised by my brilliant colleagues, the project focuses on Macau and the transition from sail to steam. Deadline 31 March 👇
www.port.ac.uk/news-events-...
#MaritimeHistory #FundedPhD #skystorians
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Good morning #Portsmouth
Clear sky today #ThursdayMotivation
I am part of the 2nd generation born in the so-called "Recovered Territories"– formerly German lands that are now part of Poland.
In the spirit of Lower Silesian pride, I'd like to give you an idea of what it means to live surrounded by traces of a foreign population.
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Brilliant to see this, Rob. Congratulations to you and Martin 👏 👏 👏 Looking forward to reading it!
Plakat mit Namen und Gesichtern der ermordeten.
#saytheirnames
A pink postal vote envelope for the German federal elections 2025
Ready for one of post-war Germany's most important elections #noAfD
Join us on 27.2. at 5:30pm for a GHIL Lecture in co-operation with the Modern History Research Seminar (@oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social) given by Maren Röger (Leibniz-Institut für Geschichte und Kultur des östlichen Europa - GWZO) on '(Cold) War Games: Scenarios on Both Sides of the Iron Curtain'!
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Southampton docks: 21st-century port city architecture
📣 Job alert! Come and lead our faculty!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLS987/e...
Historic houses along the river in Tübingen, Germany
In #Tuebingen for a conference on the complexities and dynamics of #neighbourhoods, presenting on #sailortown. Lots of interesting papers from all over the globe - from techno music in Downtown Detroit to residential segregation in Lagos to activism in Mumbai.
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Dramatic storms in #Portsmouth today. Photo courtesy of our excellent English Literature colleague @christopherpittard.bsky.social
This year #HolocaustMemorialDay marks 80 years since the Liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau
Visit #TheHolocaustExplained to learn more about conditions in the camp, key events such as the Sonderkommando uprising, and the liberation #OnThisDay in 1945 🔗 https://buff.ly/3CeRb1t
The German History Society is on Bluesky!
The GHS is a registered charity and offers events, prizes, and a range of funding opportunities for scholars and members of the public interested in German history
Give us a follow and visit our website at www.germanhistorysociety.org for more information
17 December 1957: Lok Leipzig somehow find the ball in the snow while beating Dynamo Berlin 2:1 in an East German FDGB-Pokal semi-final (via Bundesarchiv)
PhD Fully Funded Scholarship Opportunity! Anyone fancy writing on the history of war graves and commemoration? We have a great collaborative PhD lined up with Chester and @cwgc.bsky.social Full details here or DM me: www.chester.ac.uk/study/resear...
Different words for a Christmas tree in the German-speaking countries (via 'Atlas zu deutschen Alltagssprache') atlas-alltagssprache.de/runde-5/f01a/
Another example of how we and our students work with external organisations to widen knowledge about the past. Well done @robtjames.bsky.social on helping to get this over the line. Looking forward to seeing how the relationship develops in the future
Graffiti wall. Text in German, translated: "After all that sh**, we're going on a trip. Stuttgart International"
To celebrate #VfB Stuttgart's first home win in the #UCL after 15 years, a photo of the graffiti I came across last week at Stuttgart Airport
