Oooh. Good shout!

Judging by my timeline, it seems like I need to share this while making a neutral comment, but definitely making sure to share this.

Calling early career #historians 📢 Royal Historical Society is holding an online workshop on publishing your first #History monograph. Join us at 2pm BST on Friday 14 June to learn more about the publishing process from PhD to book. Booking now: bit.ly/4cQD9k1 #twitterstorians

Happy to share our forthcoming #EverydayWelfareModBritHist cover with the world 🥳Dr Ruth Davidson Eve Colpus Charlotte Clements Aaron Andrews Dr Hannah J Elizabeth Dr Sian Roberts Jennifer Crane Michael Lambert Sarah Crook C. Millard, K. Bradley, A. Davies, J. White + P. Thane. Palgrave Macmillan

I am so sorry to hear this. Jonathan’s work contributed so much. I've enjoyed sharing his writing with students and was really looking forward to his book on birdwatching. I didn't know him very well, but he was always a really lovely person to run into. Condolences to his family

Oh, yikes, UK Higher Education has unlocked a whole new type of academic event. You've heard of seminars, of conferences, of inaugurals, of prize ceremonies, may we introduce: the wake for a shuttered previously stellar department? (the dates 😰 nearly 60) kent.ac.uk/philosophy/cel…

FAO Charles West

Israel bombed this school while kids played football. At least 29 have so far been reported killed, many of them children. Don't look away.

.Royal Historical Society is deeply concerned by the scale and speed of further #History redundancies Goldsmiths, University of London. These cuts will remove student choice, wreak havoc on careers, and end specialist teaching and research. Our statement: bit.ly/3zO2nAF #twitterstorians 1/5 🧵⬇️

.Royal Historical Society invites applications for its Funded Book Workshops, 2024-25 bit.ly/4bZMNjI Workshops are for mid-career historians writing a 2nd or 3rd monograph. Awards support full day seminars with 6 specialists to discuss a project / text in detail #twitterstorians

Thinking of setting up a broadly-defined Humber Studies Network to continue some of the brilliant chats I've been having with excellent colleagues recently -- would be informal, fun, & (at least initially) largely online. Let me know if you'd like to be involved...

cc Claire Langhamer

The limit appeal of hardline racism & exclusionary identities in the UK. Asked: 'Do you have to be white to be British?' a total of 3% strongly agree. Racists do not speak for more than a tiny part of the population of the UK. Via Ipsos UK

If you didn't get chance to see our exhibition Hull History Centre in the spring, you can catch a new version (with added Holderness content) at Spurn Yorkshire Wildlife Trust from 10 Sept & then Withernsea East Riding Libraries from mid-Oct... PLUS family craft day THIS SUN at Spurn Discovery Centre

Exciting Ravenser Odd news! #Hull's lost neighbour is returning (closer to) home! And here's the link to the YouTube version of Kathryn Maude and Emily Robinson 's talk about Ravenser Odd given here in March. youtu.be/_JfqvAcwiwE Hull City Council Hull Libraries Hull Maritime

Spent the day planning my next talk about #ravenserodd -- which will be at the Spurn Point Discovery Centre, overlooking the possible site of the lost town! 🌊🌊🌊Sat 14 Sept, 5.30pm. Book a free ticket here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/ravenser-odd… Yorkshire Wildlife Trust Hull Maritime