This year’s overused/misused word across undergraduate dissertations is ‘poignant’. I genuinely don’t know what students think it means from the context in which they have used it, but none are accurate so far. 🤔 #marking #aclife

Job klaxon - 13 month post (we give job security over the summer months) in Contemporary British History QUB History Apply now.

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Three-year fixed-term lectureship in C20th history just been advertised here at Newcastle! Closing date 20th May. jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastle-… #twitterstorians

I appear to have just sent the abstract for my inaugural lecture to my director of research.😬 More details to follow soon… #aclife

🚨Early Career Research Award🚨 We are delighted to announce that applications are now being accepted for our new Early Career Research Award. Apply for upto £1,500 of funds. Deadline is 15th May 2024. Apply here history.org.uk/higher-ed/cate…

The 2024 nomination period for our three awards has now opened and, if you are a PhD or ECR member of the society we strongly recommend you take a look at each one and consider an application. The awards exist to recognise the wonderful #FWW work the next generation is producing!

The Society is announcing a new series of online events that will take place at least once a month designed for our members. These events are designed to enhance the skills, opportunities, and knowledge for all FWW Studies Society members.

If you're not a member of @FWWSoc already but have considered it, then there may be no better time to join that right now. We're currently unveiling our plans to hold online workshops, sessions, and more for all of our members every month from now on.

Oh! What a Lovely Podcast Allison L. Bennett Great episode, such a lot of detail. Need to listen again,

Looking forward to our online training The National Archives - still some places available! Join us for sessions on Black History , tracing people’s lives through the past, modern health and the state, hidden medieval voices and early modern colonial history! nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/our-rese…

In this week’s newsletter: discover how charities like St Dunstan's – now Blind Veterans UK – kept blinded #FirstWorldWar veterans in public view.

📬 Sign up for Miscellanies at buff.ly/3Uzi5b1 and we’ll send it to you on Thursday. #fww

Great conference coming up…details below on submitting your abstract
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UK Disability History and Heritage Hub Louise Bell Michael Robinson VAHS British Commission for Military History (BCMH)

Deadline Approaching: 1 March! Join Jessica Meyer nick bailey Dr Paul Huddie 🇪🇺🇺🇦 andany more at University of Leeds this June for the #MWHN conference. Pitch your abstract today on your #milwelfhist research! #welfare #veterans #histmed #disabilityhist #nursinghist

Happy new episode day everyone! This month we took control of #FWW medicine in War Hospital! We'll talk evacuation, ethical binds, and why Chris' conscience is completely clear! Share this episode with its secret phrase on social media and you can also win a free copy!

Can anyone suggest any good teaching texts on the correct use of the comma? This year's overuse in student essays appears to be more marked than normal. #marking #aclife #twitterstorians

Useful thread on the generating ideas behind Men and Masculinities in Modern Britain (which, incidentally, is going to be very useful for my AcademicArchers paper this spring).

Such a delight and honour to have my provocation on male life cycle published in this collection. Thank you so much to the editors for their persistence, dedication and hard work in making this happen!