Oooh! New material on scandalous Victorians from rosalindcrone in the latest issue of HistoryExtra #mustread

Think that conspiracy theories about 'royal malady' are a product of social media? Indeed not! Here's our colleague Natalee Garrett on conspiracies about royal illnesses in the time of George III. theconversation.com/how-conspiracy… OU Arts & Social Sciences The Conversation

Interested in Stuart history? Find out more about the Charles 400 project, which held its first workshop on 15 March, led by Sara Wolfson, Charlotte Brownhill and Chris Langley: fass.open.ac.uk/research/proje…

Great blog from our colleague Richard Marsden on the connections between heritage and identity, and finding those untold stories of the past. OU Arts & Social Sciences

Thrilled to have Daniel Grey with us this afternoon as a guest speaker at our first MA History Study Day on campus in Milton Keynes. And thrilled to have so many students here! OU Arts & Social Sciences

New exhibition LSE curated by OU History PhD student Gareth Bryant, examining the anti-nuclear movement in Britain - 'A Say in the End of the World: Solidarity and Nuclear Defence in the Cold War' is open until September in the LSE Library lse.ac.uk/library/whats-…

Here's a short piece by Katie Donington on women's resistance to the French colonization of Algeria open.edu/openlearn/mod/… [Check out the rest of the Empires short course via that link too!] #IWD

Have you heard of the French Revolutionary activist Olympe de Gouges? Here's a quick intro by our colleague Anna Plassart youtube.com/watch?v=Kths4O… #IWD [And here is a link to Olympe de Gouges' Declaration of the Rights of Women, 1791 revolution.chnm.org/d/293/]

Here's a recent piece by Dr Natalee Garrett interrogating the crafting of the public image Queen Charlotte onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… #IWD

What do we know about the limits of 'radical' imagination and gender in the 1960s? Sinead McEneaney has some thoughts on this here oro.open.ac.uk/67358/

In her 2023 book, Susan Woodall explores the ideals of nineteenth century 'moral reform' and how so-called 'fallen women' experienced the materiality of reforming institutions google.co.uk/books/edition/… Palgrave Macmillan

Our colleague Becca Harrison has some thoughts on feminist historiography (and early film star Mabel Normand) -- you can access this as an OU student here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Perhaps not entirely within the spirit of #iwd , but if you're not following BBC Radio 4's Lady killers (featuring our colleague rosalindcrone), today might be the day to start! connect.open.ac.uk/history-and-th…

This year, the United Nations has chosen the theme of 'Invest in Women... accelerate progress' to mark #IWD news.un.org/en/story/2024/…

As we mark International Women's day, our colleague Helen O'Shea encourages us to think beyond the hashtag, and challenge the gender inequality and and discrimination that still exist euppublishingblog.com/2024/03/06/int…

Like Irish military history? Like interactive maps? Then this newly launched interactive Army Barracks of Ireland map might be for you! Co-developed by our History colleague Suzanne Forbes.
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This looks great!

New book announcement! Niall Oddy's book 'Writing Europe in Renaissance France: travels in reality and imagination' is out now with Edinburgh University Press. Find out more here: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-writing-e…

ICYMI: Our colleague Susan Woodall published her first book late last year with Palgrave Macmillan. Details about the book 'Material Setting and Reform Experience in English Institutions for Fallen Women, 1838-1910' here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…

18 January 1919: opening of the Paris Peace Conference, leading to the Treaty of Versailles. If you are a #historyteacher or want to learn more about WWI, check out this resource on OpenLearn open.edu/openlearn/educ…