It's here!!

*The Power of Petitioning in Early Modern Britain*

Published #OpenAccess by UCL Press, chapters from Lloyd Bowen 🇺🇦, Elly Robson, Sharon Howard, Hannah Worthen, Imogen Peck, Karin Bowie, Professor Ann Laura Hughes, & J. Peacey: petitioning.history.ac.uk/blog/2024/05/n…

#PowerOfPetitioning

roll up, roll up, sign up for this interdisciplinary workshop at Sheffield next month! come for the papers, stay to watch the practice-as-research workshop investigating the experience of early modern arrest! free to attend, lunch is provided.

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Looking forward to talking (online) about my new book Female Servants in Early Modern England with NACBS in conversation with Prof Julie Hardwick Julie Hardwick/[email protected] and Prof Steve Hindle. Join us! Sign up below👇
📆 Thurs 30 May
⏰9am PT/noon EDT/5pm BST
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It's almost as if universities have done what they were told to do by the Secretary of State for Education

📣 #AnneLister journal transcripts 19 & 20 now posted by West Yorkshire Archive Service! 📚 BRAVA!! Literary history is being made in real time, as this masterpiece of English writing emerges in more accessible form. 🙏 Thank you to all the ver. fine contributors to this landmark project! 💫

How can a child in care cost £281,000 a year? Ask the wealth funds that have councils over a barrel | George Monbiot theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Modern French history position, 3-year fixed term at the University of Manchester. A slant to the economic/capitalism. Please circulate and apply, despite the ludicrously short deadline (May 31)
jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?…

Heads should roll.

They won't. But they should.
theguardian.com/society/articl…

If anyone in a post-92 would like me to talk to their dept about how to engage media with their research I’ll come & do it for free. Email me at [email protected]

How can we identify disability in the ancient world and what does this mean for our history writing?

Alexandra F. Morris (Dr. Alexandra F. Morris) explores the evidence that disabled people existed, thrived and were incorporated into society in ancient Egypt.
historyworkshop.org.uk/disability-his…

Delusional right-wing cranks cranking hard again.

There is not now, NOR WILL THERE EVER BE, an economic place in the world for a country with a rapidly-ageing population and a younger generation who have received LESS education than their international competitors.

An amazing opportunity to work on The National Archives medieval Jewish and Common Law records. As Miri Rubin says, this is fully funded. You'll be embedded within both institutions and hopefully add value to us both. Enquiries to The Prof and to me - send us a DM I'd interested.

in-person registration is open for this exciting workshop, featuring papers from Lily Freeman-Jones, Dr Laura Flannigan, Richard Bell, Mark Jones, Amy Louise Smith, Lucy Ryell and Anastasios Vavalis, and a practice-as-research workshop on arrests by yours truly! eventbrite.co.uk/e/experiencing…

The Raheem Sterling Scholarships are open to Black British students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds from the Greater London area. It is worth up to £16,250 per year. Deadline: 30 May kcl.ac.uk/study-legacy/f…

My talk on the 20th of May will be online! 'Queer Kin, Mushrooms, and Dairy Cooperatives: On the Trans and Non-Binary Possibilities of a New History of Communal Life' and yes I promise to talk about ALL THOSE THINGS (goddess help me)

Can a possible future Labour government learn from the history of Labour in the past? King's History is hosting a series of lectures about Labour governments, from 1924 to 2007. Join us, kicking off with Prof Clare Griffiths on 1945 on 15 May: kcl.ac.uk/events/series/…

For anyone interested in histories of child labour & poor laws:

I'll be sharing research into C18th pauper apprenticeships tomorrow 8 May at 5:30pm (IHR), available online.

Re-reading my own summary and realising I may have oversold some claims...

history.ac.uk/events/binding…

North East – Khan increases his 2021 lead from 57k to 93k. Results are like a dream for him.

In 2024:
Sadiq Khan: 127,455
Susan Hall: 34,099

Versus 2021 first prefs:
Sadiq Khan: 111,359
Shaun Bailey 44,233

Superb news!

📣 Funding Opportunity 📣

The Society for Renaissance Studies (Renaissance SRS) are inviting applications for their Scholars of Colour MA Scholarship. In 2024, SRS plans to offer two awards of £4,000 each, towards the costs of postgraduate studies.

emsoc.co.uk/news-projects/…