A call for papers for a one-day workshop on Wednesday 10th July 2024 at NTU exploring past, present and future research into drinking spaces and places.

It has been a very long time in the making, but I have pressed send on the final manuscript for Growing Up and Going Out.

It's a book about youth culture, leisure, and the remaking of the post-war city. Coming to a library shelf near you soon!

Absolutely. The impact this is having on research of all kinds is huge and ongoing, and it is staggering that a cyber attack on one of our biggest national research libraries has been met with silence.

CFP for sex, scandal, and sensation conference at Falmouth next year. Great topic! Get your abstracts in by 14th Feb 2024. More details here:

darkeconomies.co.uk/sex-scandal-an…

Tempted to give a paper on this wonderful cartoon which baffles and amuses me whenever I see it.

Call for evidence by a parliamentary inquiry on children, young people and the built environment. Great to see they are explicitly asking 'how has this changed over the years?' I'm hoping that #twitterstorians of UK cities will respond!
History & Policy
committees.parliament.uk/call-for-evide…

Call for papers!
The New Voices in Midlands History Conference will take place on Saturday 8th June 2024. Proposals are invited from postgraduates, early career or independent scholars, & heritage, museum & archive professionals researching the history of the Midlands.
#cfp

Lovely academics, does anyone know who is working on 1990s feminisms/women's movements in Britain? I'm sure there is some wicked work going on about this... Asking for the Routledge handbook I'm co-editing with Sarah Kenny @drsarahlkenny.bsky.social!

I am reliably informed it's publication day! I've written about teenage magazines, sexuality, and the 'new morality' of 1960s Britain, but you should read everybody else's excellent chapters. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526159984/…

Not a tablecloth, but the ACTUAL RED FLAG that flew over Sheffield Town Hall on May Day 1983 - a notorious episode during the Socialist Republic of South Yorks years. I stood here yesterday talking about youth culture during those times - thanks Sheffield Transformed for the invite!

Looking forward to discussing youth, the new urban left, and cultural renewal in 1980s Sheffield tomorrow - promises to be a really interesting afternoon.

Are you interesting in doing a PhD or MA by Research in History, Classics, Archaeology, Anthropology, or African Studies Uni of Birmingham? Find out more at my 'Pondering Postgrad Study' events:

8 Nov, 4pm, online
25 Nov, 1:15pm, on campus TLB119

[email protected] for more info

I am delirious with a cold, but so delighted to have received the readers report for my manuscript back from MUP. Very positive, and my relief is palpable!

Like many others, I have all but abandoned here. If anyone has codes for the other place, I'd be very grateful!

It's an exciting (and slightly overwhelming) week as I get ready to step into my new roles of Assistant Professor of Modern British Studies and Director of ModernBritishStudies. Not quite sure how I managed either, but I'm excited to get started.

Professor ⁦Hakim Adi⁩ discusses the importance of donating to the Save the ⁦Chichester History of Africa & African Diaspora⁩ Defence Fund: gofundme.com/f/save-the-mre…

⁦Young Historians Project⁩ ⁦A to the S⁩ ⁦@MKentake⁩ ⁦Marlene Worrell⁩ ⁦Rey Bowen⁩ ⁦Aleja ዓለጃ⁩ ⁦

Any archivists out there interested in the papers of Stuart Hall? New job (full time, 3 years) edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candidat…

Two-year, full time lectureship in Twentieth-Century European History (enhanced research) here at Swansea swansea.ac.uk/jobs-at-swanse… come and join us!

We deeply regret the University of Chichester's decision to suspend recruitment to two important history programmes, the unique MRes in the History of Africa and the African Diaspora and the BA Modern History.

Find out more here:

socialhistory.org.uk/2023/08/03/cut…