Contemporary British History seminar

Contemporary British History The Contemporary British History seminar seeks to explore all aspects the recent past of the British Isles from a historical point of view.

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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Roundtable with editors and authors of In solidarity, under suspicion The British far left from 1956 (Manchester University Press, 2025

Still time to register for the final seminar of the term. Online at 5.30pm UK time tomorrow (Wed 3rd Dec). @d-j-frost.bsky.social will be joined by contributors to his & @evansmithhist.bsky.social's new edited collection about the British far left since 1956.

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We do, yes - just register via the IHR website.

Roundtable with editors and authors of In solidarity, under suspicion The British far left from 1956 (Manchester University Press, 2025

Sad to miss next Weds & last online seminar for Term 1 of @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social at @ihr.bsky.social due to hols 🙁. It's a good one with editors @evansmithhist.bsky.social & @d-j-frost.bsky.social + contributors to their new book. Register now 🎟️ & come along!
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No, don't worry - email on its way! See you tomorrow!

Researching Conservatism and Christian Democracy in Britain and North-West Europe, 1945-91: comparative and transnational perspectives Professor Gary Love will present his research on Conservatism and Christian Democracy in Britain and North-West Europe, 1945-91

Still time to sign up for @garylove.bsky.social's online seminar tomorrow on Researching Conservatism and Christian Democracy in Britain and North-West Europe, 1945-91: comparative and transnational perspectives

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Greek Cypriot Migration to London in the 1960s: Women’s Voices and Experiences

Still time to sign up for our seminar tomorrow, Wed 5th Nov, with Katerina Papakonstantinou, who will be speaking on 'Greek Cypriot Migration to London in the 1960s: Women’s Voices and Experiences'

5.30pm UK time, online and at @ihr.bsky.social.

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Looking forward to this!
If you missed me at the Women's History Conference it's a welcome chance to discuss the world of activism and collecting digital #archives ✊

The Fragility of Feminist Futures in Digital Collections

Thank you to @katrinanavickas.bsky.social for a brilliant start to our seminar series last night!

Next session is 22 Oct, 5.30pm UK time, online/in-person when @dohertyta.bsky.social will speak on The Fragility of Feminist Futures in Digital Collections.

Sign up: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Public space and popular protest in 20th century England: enclosure, resistance and commoning This session draws from the book, Contested Commons: a History of Protest and Public Space in England

On Weds we welcome @katrinanavickas.bsky.social to IHR @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social seminar

Katrina will talk abt "Public space + popular protest in 20thC England: enclosure, resistance + commoning"

In-person/hybrid. All welcome, register here!
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

@ihr.bsky.social

And sign up here for the discussion of In Solidarity and Under Suspicion: The British Far Left from 1956 with Daniel Frost, @evansmithhist.bsky.social and others: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

You can sign up to attend @garylove.bsky.social's online paper here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Greek Cypriot Migration to London in the 1960s: Women’s Voices and Experiences

New addition to the programme: Katerina Papakonstantinou will be joining us on 5th November to discuss her research on Greek Cypriot Women and migration to London in the 1960s. In-person and online: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Sign up for @dohertyta.bsky.social 's paper here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

You can sign up for Katrina's paper here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Contemporary British History The Contemporary British History seminar seeks to explore all aspects the recent past of the British Isles from a historical point of view.

Here's the full seminar programme for autumn 2025. Seminars are either hybrid or online only so plenty of opportunities for those not local to London to join us.

Please sign up using the links for any papers you'd like to come to.

www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

This year’s programme for our IHR seminar in Contemporary British History is coming together

This side of Xmas we’re excited to welcome @katrinanavickas.bsky.social @garylove.bsky.social @evansmithhist.bsky.social @dohertyta.bsky.social

If you’d like to present next spring/summer, drop me a line!

Woo hoo!
I'm also going to be revealing some of the research I've been doing this year on the 1980s, unpublished work in progress, to get feedback from you contemporary historians out there.

Hunger, Health and Hope: A History of School Meals in Britain, IN-PERSON Royal Historical Society public lecture at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Institute of Education, UCL

Excited to give the @royalhistsoc.org's public lecture this December: 'Hunger, Health and Hope: A History of School Meals in Britain' @sheffielduni.bsky.social @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social #histed

📅 Tuesday 10 December, 6pm
🎟️ Free, all welcome. Register here
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Manchester University Press - In solidarity, under suspicion In solidarity, under suspicion - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of In solidarity, under suspicion by Daniel Frost

Finally, on 3rd December Daniel Frost and @evansmithhist.bsky.social, editors of another @manchesterup.bsky.social book - In Solidarity and Under Suspicion - will be joined by some of their contributors to discuss the book. 5.30pm UK time, online.

manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526179593/

Manchester University Press - Conservatism, Christian Democracy and the dynamics of transformation Conservatism, Christian Democracy and the dynamics of transformation - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of Conservatism, Christian Democracy and the dynamics of transformation by Gary Love

On 19th November at 5.30pm @garylove.bsky.social will be presenting online on Researching Conservatism and Christian Democracy in Britain and North-West Europe, 1945-91: comparative and transnational perspectives, part of his recent co-edited volume manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526176851/

On 22nd October @dohertyta.bsky.social will join us to discuss 'The Fragility of Feminist Futures in Digital Collections'. You can attend in-person at @ihr.bsky.social or join us on zoom at 5.30pm.

.@katrinanavickas.bsky.social will be speaking on 8th October at 5.30pm on work arising from her soon-to-be-released book! Join us for “Public space and popular protest in 20th century England: enclosure, resistance and commoning”. This is a hybrid event. reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/contest...

A new academic year is here, and so is our autumn term programme! A thread of our speakers follows.

Sign-up links available soon but note dates in diaries now! 📆

We're very much looking forward to having @garylove.bsky.social join us for the @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social seminar on 19 November!

Sign-up links for this and the rest of our programme this term coming very soon.

‘The most offensive thing in the world’? Post mortems in private houses in the 19th and 20th centuries

Jennifer Wallis (Imperial College, London) will speak on ‘"The most offensive thing in the world"? Post mortems in private houses in the 19th and 20th centuries". You can sign up here for either in-person or hybrid attendance: www.history.ac.uk/events/most-...

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On Tues 8 April at 1pm BST we have an exciting additional seminar on our programme: thanks to funding from the IHR@ Series, we are holding a hybrid event at the University of Wolverhampton and online.

Great to have this additional paper for our Term 2 programme for @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social seminar @ihr.bsky.social . Seminar is hybrid & can be booked via link below. Thanks to co-convenor @gcgosling.bsky.social for idea & planning of this 'out of London' seminar 🙂.

📢 Wowzers 😮! What a line up we have for @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social Term 3. Fab speakers incl: @racheljcollett.bsky.social @nataliethomlinson.bsky.social @lauratisdall.bsky.social Lucy Robinson Lukas Herde + Jennifer Wallis. Join us via link below 👇 www.history.ac.uk/seminars/con...

Ethics in historical research is becoming ever more important. Hear @tomhulme.bsky.social @earner.bsky.social Kate Chatfield, Holly Smith & me tease out some of the challenges on @ihr.bsky.social @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social roundtable. @royalhistsoc.bsky.social.
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