Appel à communications – Colloque “Agriculture et environnement en Europe de l’Antiquité à nos jours” Date : 6-7 février 2025 Lieu : université Bordeaux-Montaigne Date limite pour soumettre une proposition : 31 août 2024 ajch.hypotheses.org/6263

📣 Call for Papers 📣 Species on the Move: Historical Perspectives on Invasive Species 11–12 November 2024, University of Zurich, Switzerland infoclio.ch/de/cfp-%EF%BB%…

.Dr Ayamba recently wrote a piece for RamblersGB on racism in the countryside. Read it here: ramblers.org.uk/feature/person…

Looking for early twentieth-century local histories of village agriculture? This month’s additions to our online Library of Rural and Agricultural Literature include Arthur H. Savory’s ‘Grain and Chaff from an English Manor’ (1920)—and much more! bahs.org.uk/libral-adds-15…

🗓️ On 13 & 14 September, join the Islands Book Trust for a conference on the dramatic modern and medieval history of Balephuil, Tiree (Inner Hebrides). ‘In Search of Balephuil’s Hidden Past’ is in person and online: cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1276…

If the Director of the BM thinks there are only about 15 objects affected by prospective repatriation claims or requests for return then I fear he’s in for a shock. Also, loans won’t right wrongs. museumsassociation.org/museums-journa…

Save the date! 📅 The 2025 BAHS Spring Conference will take place on 25 and 25 April in the beautiful Bury St Edmunds Guildhall and Food Museum. bahs.org.uk/bahs-spring-co…

Welcoming the new, updated website for rural history diaries! A unique resource - 243 diaries of rural life, more than 1/3 written by women. The first began in 1789. More added every month. ruraldiaries.uoguelph.ca

The Rural Museums Network hosts two brilliant lectures this autumn—one featuring our own Deputy Chair, Dr Sarah Holland! 10 October: Mental Health in Rural Communities > eventbrite.co.uk/e/mental-healt… 7 November: Tackling the Climate Crisis with the Power of Rural Museums > eventbrite.co.uk/e/tackling-the…

🔔 Reminder: the Call for Sessions for Rural History 2025 (Coimbra, Portugal - ruralhistory2025.org/call-for-sessi…) closes tomorrow!

The Joan Thirsk Memorial Prize is now open for books published in 2024! 🏅 bahs.org.uk/joan-thirsk-me… The prize is offered yearly for the best book in British and Irish rural or agrarian history.

Agricultural History Review, Volume 72.2, is now online! 🌾 bahs.org.uk/AGHR/articles.… 🌾