Very happy with the new acquisition at our Textile Conservation Library thanks to a generous donation. A late 19 century swatch book registering the synthetic dye industry in Europe (Germany). We love those donations THANK YOU 😊

Very much looking forward to Mary O'Connor's talk this evening - Was it politics? The Conceptualisation of Extra-Parliamentary Campaigning, 1775-1832 IHR British History in the Long C18th Seminar All welcome, either in person or online - history.ac.uk/events/was-it-…

#twitterstorians Transkribus Tim Hitchcock

THIS is the way to address simplistic claims about the imperial/colonial contribution to British economic growth - but not easy to convey with a social media thread. Read some of the works he cites before you opine!

Alot of effort has been put into this article.

An equal level of effort will be put in this thread، one of my most longest, but most important, worth reading threads.

This thread is a full critique of the article and it's theory.

Thread 🧵

Not a bad view for lunch

Just getting stuck into the XRchiving conference at King's

Friend of the Court Briefs Filed in Internet Archive’s Appeal — Hundreds of librarians joined prominent library organizations & non-profits in filing amicus briefs in Hachette v. Internet Archive. Read why they believe our appeal should succeed: blog.archive.org/2023/12/29/fri…

Today, we filed our final brief in Hachette v. Internet Archive, the publishers’ lawsuit against our library. For 4 years we've been fighting for library rights—what our founder Brewster Kahle calls “a battle for the soul of libraries in the digital age.” blog.archive.org/2024/04/19/int…

Old England in Colour Rhoda Nielson Amazon Sathnam Sanghera bronwen everill Adele Perry Sean Carleton Omeasoo Wahpasiw Prof. Andrea Major Gareth Knapman No, serious historians would never think it reasonable, helpful or rational to say whether a vast sweep of history involving trillions of diverse & largely unrecorded experiences was ‘good’ or ‘bad’.

I think that the reason why you and many others are invested in such a simple,

Historic directories are often available at local reference libraries and record offices. The University of Leicester have a fantastic digital collection of Historical Directories of England & Wales. #FamilyHistory #FamilyHistory Friday #TopTip

What can a flurry of petitions and counter-petitions about Thomas Morely's disorderly alehouse tell us about popular politics?

Find out in my *new* #OpenAccess article in Journal of British Studies on the #PowerOfPetitioning in early modern England: cambridge.org/core/journals/…

'Nasturtium' pattern c.1933, a design of Clarice Cliff (1899 – 1972), influential English ceramic artist and designer #WomensArt

Good morning with good news: There is a 70% chance global CO2 emissions start falling in 2024 says research by Climate Analytics. Wind & solar growth could peak coal in 2023 and gas in 2024. EV growth may cause peak oil in 2025.

50 countries peaked total GHG emissions by 2015!

The almost sacred perfection of a bunch of asparagus, 1697, by Adriaen Coorte. It’s been his day today.

Egon Schiele

Wonderful fully funded PhD in early modern English history: work with a great team, learn new skills and change how we understand the global past. 1 May deadline: exeter.ac.uk/study/funding/…

Trending in #History :
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1) Caught off guard? How experts warned about Russia’s war on Ukraine (@intelnatsecjnl)

2) Phantoms in & of the Archive: Mary Cudmore’s Encounters with a Ghost in Cork, 1688-9 (@historicaljnl)

3) Towards an Energetics of Class:

‘A new abyss’ the brilliant Rashid Khalidi on
Gaza and the hundred years’ war on Palestine

While much has changed since 7 October, the horrific events of the past six months are not unique, and do not stand outside history

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Great opportunity for a funded PhD in disability history with a brilliant team at a great department Swansea History MHRCSwansea