Lovely to have so many ⁦School of Humanities at University of Southampton⁩ colleagues at the fabulous ⁦Centre for Higher Education Practice (CHEP)⁩ writing retreat at Chilworth Manor Hotel over the past couple of days.

So sad to see the recent news from my alma mater, first the pay and jobs freeze and now this ⬇️

NEWS:

Due to problems with our site upgrade, we are dropping the paywall, allowing full access to all our material.

british-history.ac.uk

Additionally, due to problems with search, we are temporarily making available the old version of our site.

archive.british-history.ac.uk

Yet more devastating news for the Humanities

Our fantastic MA Holocaust programme is accepting applications for 2024-25

Job klaxon! Uni of Shef History is advertising 2 x 3-year fixed term posts in early modern and modern history to replace myself and Professor Phil Withington while we take up Leverhulme Major Research Fellowships from September. jobs.ac.uk/job/DGK071/lec… and jobs.ac.uk/job/DGM356/lec…

Lovely evening speaking to the very engaged audience of the Bournemouth Historical Association about ‘Punishing the criminal in the eighteenth century’. Even the horrible weather and major train problems couldn’t keep them, or me, away

A further 15 people from Rwanda have been granted asylum in the UK, at the same time that the Government has argued it is a “safe” third country to send asylum seekers.

Poppy Wood in i newspaper ✍️⬇️

inews.co.uk/news/politics/…

The number of trans women held in British women's prisons, as stated in the article itself, is five.

Not five hundred. Not five in each prison. Just five.

telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/02/2…

FUNDED PHD: Four years of AHRC funding for a project on the suppression of the underground press in Restoration England, in collaboration with the Stationers' Company. Please pass on to any interested MA students or grads.
jobs.ac.uk/job/DEW494/ahr…

Wonderful 13th Southampton Stonewall Lecture yesterday by Jennifer Evans on Queer Kinship in German History. Thank you! University of Southampton University of Southampton History Department Dr Julie Gammon 💙 Stonewall

Read about a 'Day in the Life' of a Parkes Institute MA student on the 'Holocaust: History, Heritage, Experience' course, by Alex Potter 👩‍💻 parkesinstituteblog.wordpress.com/2024/02/22/day…

➡️Applications open now for September 2024 entry: southampton.ac.uk/courses/holoca…

Really sad to report that my former York colleague Jim Sharpe, author of nine books and innumerable articles on early modern social and cultural history, as well as a great colleague, died last night. Many condolences to his friends and family.
york.ac.uk/history/people…

Greece legalises same-sex marriage bbc.in/3uxdD27

Oh deep joy, it’s one of ‘those’ days when someone has clearly sent an email to ‘all staff’ in error and now everyone and their dog is using ‘reply-all’ to ask people to stop using ‘reply-all’… we haven’t had one for a while I guess

This year's Stonewall Lecture, on Thurs. 22nd Feb., is a fantastic chance to hear Prof. Jennifer Evans, leading historian of sexuality, gender issues, and modern Germany: book (free) tickets here! tinyurl.com/47ety5md

📢JUST ANNOUNCED📢

Our 2024 Undergraduate Open Days will be taking place on:

📅Saturday 6 July
📅Sunday 7 July
📅Sunday 8 September
📅Saturday 5 October
📅Sunday 6 October

🔗Register your interest now👉bit.ly/47R8Oy8

I am sure this opportunity will be of interest to some University of Southampton History Department students