Fantastic PhD opportunity with Loughborough Uni looking at artefacts associated with D-Day, their place in British social history, and how this knowledge can help museums broaden our telling of D-Day stories 👇 lboro.ac.uk/study/postgrad…

Last time I’ll be sharing this! Free online talk on Friday 12th July speaking about top secret WW2 unit MI9 - saved 35,000 Allied airmen. Get your ticket: bit.ly/45c5pdJ

Clive HARRIS is giving greater context to Army football prior to, leading up to and during WW1

📣We need Sunday #Volunteers! Do you enjoy working as part of a team? Are you eager to learn about Jewish food & culture? We're looking for Cafe Volunteers and Welcome Desk volunteers to support us on Sundays. To apply e-mail us at [email protected]

Great to get up to Scotland and see the amazing new Cold War Scotland exhibition at National Museums Scotland before travelling over to Glasgow to see @RASmithPSL to discuss his PhD progress. Both projects part of the fantastic wider research community that RAF Museum is engaging with

#Twitterstorians! Registration for our 2024 conference will close at 23:59 tomorrow (18 July)! You can still join us for FREE at Wilberforce Institute next week to explore #c18th+ colonial & labour exploitation & the whys hows & politics of doing/sharing this history work for #ECRs👇

🚨 JOB ALERT!! 🚨 We are hiring a full-time, fixed term Lecturer in History. The successful candidate will be responsible for planning and delivering a range of modules. The closing date for applications is Monday 5th August. More details here: jobs.ac.uk/job/DIT205/lec…

Applications are now open for BCA's Youth Programme! Join a community of like-minded young people for fortnightly meetings at the home of Black British history, & develop transferrable skills for a career in the arts & heritage sector. Info & application buff.ly/3CZVGd4

A reminder for my lecture on Tuesday. Discover how the RAF's desire for its own museum dates back to the early 1930s. Gasp at the grumpiness of 1950s civil servants, and cheer the recent change of policy that makes it easier for volunteer-run museums to acquire aircraft!

✍️ Call for Contributions We're looking for writers, journalists, historians and other creatives to contribute to a project we're working on. Topic: Football History, Heritage and Identity Interested? For more details, send us an email ⬇️ [email protected]

Starting the last day of my holiday with a visit to the amazing International Bomber Command Centre Incredibly moving to see the names of all those who died serving or supporting Bomber Command during the SWW

Catching up with the recording now, always enjoy engaging with Samuel Oyewole research and how effective he is in re-centring focus on African strategy and unpacking its significance.

🚀 Don't miss the RAF Museum Conference 2024: The Future of Air Power! 🚀 📅 5-6 Sep 📍 London Explore the evolution of air forces since the 1980s. 🎫: In-person (£60/£40) or livestream on Crowdcast. 🔗 In-person: digitickets.pulse.ly/9yw1kuus5o 🔗Virtual: crowdcast.pulse.ly/vri1swws0p

With chapters from Michael Terry, John Alexander, Harry Raffal, @CliveRi78382251, Samuel Oyewole, et al. Thanks @Mars_Clio and RAF Museum for hosting the March 2023 conference, and Helion & Company Ltd for publishing the proceedings.

Great to be at the RAF Museum for the annual academic conference which has a fantastic programme put together by @MeganEKelleher exploring the RAF since 1980 You can watch along live online crowdcast.io/c/rafm-confere…

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