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News and events in modern British history at @CamHistory.
Cambridge, England
Joined July 2015
It was fantastic to attend the final @NYCTC_History conference last weekend, hosted by @JesusCollegeCam . The group has been an extremely important part of my PhD experience, and I would like to thank everyone at @Columbia, @nyuniversity and @Cambridge_Uni for all their work!
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Great to see the amazing Caribbean elements of the Royal Commonwealth Society collection @theUL for @NYCTC_History, introduced by @mpijoseph
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On #WorldPopulationDay influential Cambridge research group @CamUniCampop marks its 60th anniversary with new 'Top of the CamPops' blog, busting the biggest myths about life in England since the Middle Ages: everything from sex before marriage to migration https://t.co/owCnI5SJkU
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CALL FOR PAPERS We're delighted to release our Call for Papers for Michaelmas Term. Our workshop is a great opportunity for postgrads to present research in a friendly space - with refreshments! Deadline: 1st September 2024
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A few reflections on running the 50 stories for 50 years series to mark the 50th Anniversary of @ChuArchives over the last year.⬇️
As we bring our 50 stories for 50 years series to a close, we reflect on some of the stories told by our researchers, staff, & volunteers about the Archives Centre.🎉 Thank you to all of our wonderful contributors!🌟 #AC50 #archives
https://t.co/tLj7oXGJB9
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We at the Modern British History Workshop would like to thank all the amazing contributors who have made the 2023/24 workshop such a success! It’s been a joy to hear so many exciting and fascinating papers.
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I'm very pleased to share that yesterday I passed my viva! 🎉 A huge thank you to my examiners @PeterMandler1 and Penny Tinkler for a stimulating discussion about scrapbooking.📚✂️ Thank you also to my wonderful supervisor @suff66 for her expertise, support and inspiration.
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Beyond excited to share my first article on the history of biodiversity and @kewgardens 🌺 Grappling with the question of how the biodiversity crisis has been both a great responsibility and a valuable opportunity for botanic gardens 👀 #envhist #envhum #history #biodiversity
Ahead of new print alert! You can now read @isobelakerman's "'A Great Responsibility': Biodiversity Crisis in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew" from the July 2024 issue. #envhist #envhum #biodiversity
https://t.co/LeYWWIkoBv
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Wonderful reflections from Simon Szreter at his valedictory lecture, on growing up with a Warsaw uprising father and civic roles for history
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And that’s a wrap! The four of us have now signed off as conveners of the @CamCulturalHist ! Thank you to everyone involved in the last two years! #cambridge #culturalhistory #workshop
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We have organised BSL interpreters from @MCRDeafCentre (Alex McDonald and Russ Andrews) and STTR (live text). Please join us in person or online to find out more about Deaf, Disabled and Neurodivergent histories ✨
We will be closing registration for in-person attendees tomorrow! You will still be able to register for online attendance though!
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In this week’s blog post, Rebecca Goldsmith (@relgoldsmith) considers the nature of popular testimony in the Mass-Observation archive' ?
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‘A crowd’s-eye view’. Our latest blogpost looks at a newly acquired photograph of the notorious @Cambridge_Uni vote on women’s degrees that took place on this day, 21 May 1897. https://t.co/CtAncwPx4K
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We are looking forward to another meeting of the workshop this Thursday. @Molly_Groarke and @dmajer347 will be speaking. 5pm, Arthur Quiller-Couch Room in the St John’s Old Divinity School.
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Proofs corrected and sent! It’s been fun working with Paul R and the contributors (incl @history_griffin @Gentlemanrower @HistorianHelen @TomCrewe1 @KathrynRix @MLedgerLomas @joannalewisnews), all of whom have delivered the goods in the best tradition of our honorand @JonParryHis
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The Modern British History Seminar is back this week with a paper from @Emily_Baughan entitled 'Neonates, neoliberalism and nurseries in contemporary Britain'. Join us on Thursday at 5pm in the Lightfoot Room at the Old Divinity School @stjohnscam
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Do register if you’re interested in institutional cultures & storytelling. I will be talking about diplomatic life-writing as ‘para-history’
Registration still open for the latest in our @HistoryPolicy @ihr_history @FCDOHistorians 'Official Histories' online seminar series, tomorrow, 15 May. We'll be discussing the memoirs of public servants with @HistorianHelen & Dennis C Grube @BennettInst.
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Very excited about today's lecture mapping the @camhistory Regius Chairs in History - the fabulous Ludmilla Jordanova: ‘The Monarch’s History Men: What Has Changed Over Three Centuries?’ Buckingham House, Murray Edwards 5pm. All welcome
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EASTER TERM CARD We are delighted to reveal our programme for the Easter term. Our workshops are at 5pm on Thursdays in the Arthur Quiller-Couch Room in the Old Divinity School at St John's. All are warmly welcome to attend!
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The Modern British History Seminar is back this week with a paper from Syeda Ali (@furwa) entitled '(Re)constructing Collective Memory: Cultural Representations of Section 28'. Join us on Thursday at 5pm in the Castlereagh Room! @stjohnscam
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