The new BIPOC Scholars Prize from the Nineteenth-Century Studies Association (🎉!) has motivated me to finally make a round-up (not exhaustive) of some major conference prizes in the #19thcentury/#Victorian field. See links for further info 👇 Feel free to post any I've missed!

It might just look like a lead box with some sides missing, but appearances can be deceptive. This is the 'camera' with which Astbury & Florence Bell took 1st X-ray pics of DNA. Big thanks to Dr Mike Finn Museum of HSTM for this at last Saturday's visit by @Clothworkers_Co

The Opening Cricket Match, Ilkley, 2022, by Jo Dexter, opera singer turned artist. Olicanian Cricket Club. #WomensArt #NorthernArt

Greg Radick will be giving the first New York History of Science lecture for Fall 2024, talking about his book Disputed Inheritance – details for joining in person or online can be found at eventbrite.com/e/gregory-radi…

Thanks to all who came to last night's launch of Some New World. It was a great evening and good to catch up with the previous Idreos Profs and many other friends. Big thanks also to Jane Shaw, Principal of Harris Manchester and CUP's Alex Wright (and to Andrej Zeman for the photos)!

⭐️We are hiring! ⭐️ Do you have a passion for historic documents? The Whipple Museum is seeking an archivist with experience working with historic documents to catalogue the Museum's archival material to sector standards. Apply below: jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/47610/

Life is (or can be) long - and full of twists and turns. BBC News - 'I got no GCSEs and cleaned pubs - now I'm a uni lecturer' bbc.com/news/articles/…

SSHM's Roy Porter Essay Competition 2024/5 £500 first prize plus opportunities for publication in SHM, mentoring and to deliver a plenary at the biennial conference! Deadline for entries 1 February 2025 #histmed #histSTM #humanities sshm.org/portfolio/priz…

Today I led a packed debate in Parliament on the crisis in provision for children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities. The last Tory Government's policies caused so much harm to 100,000s of children. Tackling this must be a priority for the new Labour Government.

Gosh what a great group of grassroots campaigners coming to our conference on Cleaning up our rivers lakes and seas -The Answers. cleanriverslakesseas.blog

Who is keen to review Jon Topham's book Reading the Book of Nature (press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book…). Contact [email protected]

At last! This conversation is long overdue (and others like it). 👏

An event of interest for many in our orbit, we imagine!

I'm told Darwinism's Generations is at the printers, and author's copies might be sent out within the next fortnight, which is pretty exciting. So here is a promo code giving 30% off, for anyone interested in buying or recommending a purchase.

UK! My biography of Henri Bergson – Herald of a Restless World – is out today!!! I am feeling quite emotional, a mix of pride, joy and nervousness! I hope you will be as inspired by Bergson's life and thought as I am! basicbooks.uk/titles/emily-h…

Did you catch the announcement on Mersenne about research funding opportunities Leeds Uni PRHS? We'd love to hear from you if you are interested in exploring the possibility of postgraduate study with us. jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-jis…

Looking to expand your scholar network? Linda Hall Library fellows are welcomed into an academic network where they can connect with other scholars, attend special lectures and events, and engage in intellectual discussions. LEARN MORE: bit.ly/3vcydVn

Today we’re welcoming Dr Edward Gillian for our HPS Visiting Speaker Seminar: “William Whewell and the Science of Architectural History” #histsci 3.15pm at Botany House, 1.03

It was great to have you here in person Edward, but you made a very big virtual impact in the darkest hours of Covid-19 too!

The advert for our Research Associate post in Victorian Cultural and Material History is now on jobs.ac.uk - jobs.ac.uk/job/DKS158/res… Please spread the word!!!