I'm hoping this talk might be recorded/streamed as for the first time since 2018 I won't be in the east end

This looks like an AMAZING job! Hex is super-friendly and intellectually curious, apply apply apply

love books? love gowns? you need… a BOOKGOWN

Proposals for a new LTN are welcome. Next: a borough-wide 20mph speed limit as a necessary part of creating a healthier urban environment in Newham London 💙 - including Romford Road! It's working in Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Camden Council etc

What a great conference! Speakers and attendees might well be interested in this #DisHist job Hex in #Finland academicpositions.com/ad/tampere-uni… closing on 30 Sept

We want to hear your views on Canning Town Old Library and plans to bring the building back to life as a hub for caring for our heritage and giving digital opportunities for all. Read more and complete the survey for chance to win a £50 shopping voucher: orlo.uk/uuEDM

#play based learning in the 1760s: “Elizabeth spent 2 years, not in learning tasks, but in receiving more instructive lessons from nature: fording the burns [rivers] in Summer, or sliding over their frozen surface in Winter” access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ar…

thanks to British Library digital collections this account of Elizabeth Hamilton's early life is freely accessible #digitalhumanities

Is it a book? Is it embroidery? It's both! This rare and large embroidered binding shows the "soft self-wounding pelican", an emblem of sacrifice, wrought in beautiful silver thread. (E185 1629 [**]) #TextileTuesday #rarebooks #bookbindings

Thanks for a wonderful seminar Dr Emily Vine - find me @emilymayvine.bsky.social and the rest of the Social Bodies in British Letters, 1680-1820 team - your reflections on scholars' duties of care, attention and sympathy were very powerful

#CFP International workshop "Gender and Emotion in Japanese Christianity (1549-1638)" 7th February 2023 // in person and online Deadline for abstracts: 13th November 2022. Email to: [email protected] and [email protected] Please retweet and share!

Lots of great examples to inspire us to reimagine Romford Road, Katherine Road, Balmoral Road and the rest of our borough, NewhamCouncil Better Streets for Newham

I’m organising a conference next year on the history of women and gardens! Submit your proposals before 12th December! It will be held @EH_WrestPark on 28th March 2023🌷🌹🌸🌼 English Heritage

Fantastic news for East End family and local historians! 👇 The Eastern Argus and Borough of Hackney Times (incorporating the Bethnal Green Times) is now searchable on The British Newspaper Archive, covering the years 1877-1912 🔎📰

What to do next?

Please sign this petition to support English, Theatre and Creative Writing at Birkbeck. Despite coming SECOND in REF 2021, and being a world-leading department, it is threatened with devastating cuts. Power to creative intellect in the heart of London.

come to QMUL English & Drama to hear @SuzanneHobson4, Prof Cathy Shrank 🕷️ #ImmodestWoman, @FelicityPL, Nil Palabiyik and Adam Budd on Tues 9 May: eventbrite.com/e/forms-of-unb…

Like #VirginiaWoolf? Feeling hopeful? Join @ShoelessBruno and @qmcrle ONLINE on Tues 13 June 15.00BST (3pm) to discuss Woolf and Critique of Secular Hope. Click here to book: eventbrite.com/e/seminar-virg…