📢CfP: Oral History and the History of Childhood: A One-Day Workshop 4 April 2025, Uni of Sheffield CfP deadline: 20 Sept 2024 Organisers: Heather Ellis (@educationsheff) and Nazan Çiçek (Ankara University) #histed #oralhistory @histedsoc Children's History Society SHCY SSCIP

Sign up for our online symposium Crime, Death and the Gothic Imagination, 9 September 2-6pm BST Prof Ruth Penfold-Mounce eventbrite.co.uk/e/crime-death-…

We're delighted to be a part of Heritage Open Days this year. The James Reckitt Reading Room at Central Library will be open from 10am -12pm tomorrow and Saturday. Drop in and explore some of our collections!

On 6 Sept 1849, Maria and Frederick Manning appeared together at Southwark Police Court for the first time, charged with the murder of Patrick O’Connor, a month earlier in Bermondsey. The 29 witness statements put the couple firmly in the frame for murder shorturl.at/7raBn

Today marks the start of #HeritageOpenDays. 🙌 From now until the 15th of September free-to-access events that celebrate our heritage will be happening across the country. 👀 From walking tours to interior openings, discover an event near you ➡️ brnw.ch/21wMpqR

Applications for the Stuart Hall Fellowship at School of Media, Arts and Humanities are now open. The Fellowship will run during the spring term of the 2024/25 academic year, with a funding award totalling to £5000 to support the fellow in devising several works. Learn more: stuarthallfoundation.org/opportunities/…

The word is spreading. Here is my #HeritageCrime article in Professional Moutaineer Autumn magazine. We can all help protect our past for the future. CIfA Heritage Crime Special Interest Group HE Heritage Crime Rob Simpson

We never tire of seeing rope marks along our canals, they're a step into the past. Imagine how many horse-drawn boats it took to make these! Have you ever spotted any? 🐴 📍 Braunston, Grand Union Canal 📍 Bunbury, Shropshire Union Canal 📍 Netherton, Dudley No 2 Canal

Not long to go now! If you're starting at the University of Hull this September, we're sure you're curious about what life's going to look like. To help, we asked one of our students Hayley, to share what her first few weeks of uni were like! Read now: hull.ac.uk/faculties/subj…

Babies born to mums detained in any institution & #adopted needs to be investigated across the globe! Here in Ont most #adoptees would not gain knowledge if they were born while their mum was confined. If mum was a “juvenile delinquent” definitely not disclosed. #ForcedAdoptions

Heritage Open Days Bishop Asbury Cottage, Newton Road, Great Barr. Open Days - FREE Visit the tiny home of Francis Asbury, one of the most famous people you may never heard of! Wednesday 11 September: 3:30-6:30pm. Friday 13 September: 10am-12pm (just drop in). Steps to door

I was just on BBC Radio Ulster, being interviewed by William Crawley about "Hidden Belfast, Forbidden Love" - a new drama series about David Strain, a forgotten gay diarist who lived in Northern Ireland a 100 years ago...

I've been so delighted to be part of this wonderful team. It's a great book... Watch this space!

On #WorldSuicidePreventionDay2024 we remember the hundreds of prisoners incarcerated in Kilmainham Gaol for attempted suicide in the 19th and early 20th centuries, including a 24-year-old waistcoat maker, Anne O'Toole, who spent 2 months in the Gaol for attempted suicide in 1861

On this day, in 1984, Leicester University scientist Alec Jeffreys discovered DNA Fingerprinting. First utilised by Leics Police as a tool in the hunt for a double murderer, it changed police investigations across the globe.

Solving a family mystery and discovering her Jamaican heritage - don't miss the next episode of the latest series of #WDYTYA featuring Olympic gold medallist Dame Jess Ennis-Hill. Tomorrow night at 9pm on BBC One.

London: The popular idea of ‘Greater Britain' - Victorians thought sending poor children to the colonies saved them from poor nutrition & health issues, also providing 'fresh materials' for the Empire (Australia, SA, NZ & Canada) Wed 16 Oct 7 - 8pm GMT+1 eventbrite.co.uk/e/family-histo…

📖🥂 As a former Institute of Historical Research JRF, I am so excited to be launching my latest book 'Deserted Wives and Economic Divorce in 19th-Century England and Wales' at the IHR Women's History Seminar's History Seminar on Friday 6th December, followed by a drinks reception 🧵1/4