I recently reviewed Mary Grover's wonderful new book, Steel City Readers, for Northern History. Lots here for those interested in #histchild and reading cultures more widely. A really fantastic example of urban social history. You can read my review here: doi.org/10.1080/007817…

New Discoveries at Yeavering, Northumberland-Sarah Semple and Roger Miket. Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne lecture. 26 June 2024, 6pm at The Lecture Theatre of The Common Room. Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne. NewcastleAntiquaries Ad Gefrin AASDN Durham Archaeology

New (open access) article online: Andrew A. Barnes, 'Reasserting Local Politics: The East Riding ‘War Ag’ during the Second World War' is available on our website. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Come along to this - we really want feedback on a draft Historical Map of Chester composed by the wonderful Hist&ArchChester students using Victoria County History work and to be published by HistoricTownsTrust ! 😀👇

An early career #twitterstorian working in #HigherEd &/or #Heritage? Interested in exploring #c18th+ colonial & labour exploitation? In the Yorkshire area this July & not averse to a free lunch? This conference is FREE & HYBRID & PACKED with research goodness. #PGRs #ECRs

There's a week until the #CfP deadline (28/6) for The Radical North, 1779-1914: A Symposium in Memory of Malcolm Chase (Leeds, 29/11/24). We're seeking proposals for 20min papers on radicalism in northern England from 1779-1914. Details are in the link. ahc.leeds.ac.uk/history/events…

New book review online - Graham Rawson's review of 'Knowing One’s Place: Community and Class in the Industrial Suburbs of Leeds during the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries' is available on our website. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

We are looking to recruit a new editor to our journal. The applicant should have broad expertise in modern history, especially Asia and/or Africa. The deadline for receipt of applications is midnight on 31 August 2023. Full details linked below: socialhistory.org.uk/2024/07/15/cal…

An #ECR with a #c19th focus? Want to gain editing skills, stay up-to-date w/relevant publications, & join a supportive community of lovely people? Apply to be BAVS Newsletter Asst/Editor! Do contact me/Clare Stainthorp if you're tempted ...but have questions! Deadline: nigh👇

😃📣We have a really exciting series of talks for this Autumn (Sep-Dec, + more in the new year): eventbrite.com/cc/online-talk… Topics : George Tate of Alnwick, Hexhamshire landscape, Elizabeth Montagu and the paper of William Henderson 👀

Congratulations to our colleagues Victoria County History and VCH_Cumbria on the submission for publication of a milestone for both projects: the 250th Big Red Book for the national project and the first for Westmorland and Cumbria!

I'm over the moon to report that Leeds is getting a new blue plaque, commemorating this important newspaper that integral to the Chartist movement and is a testament to working class literacy and history. We need your help to make it happen! crowdfunder.co.uk/p/a-blue-plaqu…

On 30 November 2024, a blue plaque to commemorate the Northern Star newspaper will be unveiled in Leeds. There is a crowdfunding campaign to support this project. Please repost! crowdfunder.co.uk/p/a-blue-plaqu…

The inimitable Jude Rowley investigates the story of a Cold War witch-hunt at Lancaster University. epoch-magazine.com/post/communist…

Our next meeting is on Sat 19 October: Outwood Memorial Hall 11am – 1pm, £3 "Sausages, Smoked Ham and Streaky Bacon Spelled Success for 19th Century Immigrants to Wakefield" by Karl-Heinz Wüstner. wakefieldhistoricalsociety.org.uk/whs-events/lec…

Just over a week until the deadline for our CfP for the MEMSA Seminar Series! IMEMS Durham Northern Early Modern Network Durham History Research in English At Durham MEMS Cambridge Early Modernists Durham Classics and Ancient History York CMS Northern Environmental History Network Early Modern World Edinburgh Early Modern Network Centre for Early Modern Studies at King's Oxford CEMS St Andrews History Exeter Medievalists

We're hoping to undertake an exciting project with TeesWomenPoets about local women based on our collections but we need your help first! SISTERHOOD magazine was published in the 1980s by the Cleveland Women's Centre. Were you involved, do you have copies? We'd love to hear from you!