Dr Huw Halstead

Lecturer in Public History, University of Edinburgh. He/him.

[Miniatures: Small Stories | Big Histories @EDP_UStA]

🎙️New Miniatures Alert🎙️

Happy belated Miniatures Monday! For our first episode of 2024, @DrabbleHistory is joined by @ClaireLanghamer and Hester Barron to discuss their book, Class of 37: Voices from Working-Class Girlhood (2022). Don't miss this!
https://t.co/FkyJCEe5Ap

[St Andrews History @StAndrewsHist]

Calling everyday life scholars! Contributors wanted for major new primary source collection The Everyday Life History Reader. Work on Latin American, South Asian, and North American histories especially welcome. Details here: https://t.co/sA96E2xhGg #twitterstorians

[Dr Huw Halstead @DrabbleHistory]

Proposals welcome both from historians and those from adjacent disciplines (social anthropology, sociology, literature, IR, human geography, etc)

[Dr Huw Halstead @DrabbleHistory]

Calling everyday life scholars! Contributors wanted for major new primary source collection The Everyday Life History Reader. Work on Latin American, South Asian, and North American histories especially welcome. Details here: https://t.co/YKcvonaVMp #twitterstorians

[Dr Huw Halstead @DrabbleHistory]

What is the 18th century equivalent of Twitter? And how much room for manoeuvre does a Scotch egg provide? Join me, Kate Ferris, and Emma Hart on Miniatures to find out! https://t.co/tw6Nu3igKI #twitterstorians @StAndrewsHist

[Daniel Willis @not_DJW]

🧵🇵🇪 Peru's elections have again revealed its vast geographical divisions.

These socio-spatial divisons also shape how Peru remembers episodes of violence, even when this commemoration happens online.

My latest research article for @memorystudies: https://t.co/iW9CWrGwFO

[Memory Studies @memorystudies.bsky.social @memorystudies]

Great special issue and editorial by Huw Halstead @DrabbleHistory

https://t.co/dolgTZ3pVJ

[Dr Huw Halstead @DrabbleHistory]

Out today, my edited special issue of @memorystudies on Locating Placeless Memories. Great papers for anyone interested in memory, place identity, digital technology, heritage + museums. https://t.co/CBX45hLDVK

[Andrew Hoskins @andrewhoskins]

Grey Memory, covid-19 and the new memory boom.

out next week!

[Dr Huw Halstead @DrabbleHistory]

Fellow #twitterstorians, please consider signing to show solidarity with @UniShefArch, international leader in its field + great supporter of local heritage & history – threatened with closure https://t.co/pqMPkJDasp

[Yannis Hamilakis @yannishamilakis]

@UniShefArch, a great archaeology department with international reputation, and my own Uk alma mater, is under severe threat of closure. The University administration is going to take a vote on Tuesday. Please write to register your protest, and support our colleagues...

[Dr Huw Halstead @DrabbleHistory]

A landlady whose miniature island provoked an imperial spat, a Scottish noblewoman who masterminded a daring abduction, and a clumsy potter whose thumbprint survived the ages. Relive the Miniatures podcast recorded live @BeingHumanFest! #twitterstorians https://t.co/pazvrC0Ir4

[St Andrews History @StAndrewsHist]

What’s it like to live in a country dealing with the traumatic aftermath of genocide? And in a country that also criminalises most public expressions or discussions of ethnicity? Join Dr Meghan Laws on Miniatures to find out. https://t.co/xHRNTJRyW8 @StAndrewsIR #twitterstorians

[Dr Huw Halstead @DrabbleHistory]

What happened to the farmer working a miniature island between two empires? And who could resist opening the archival box marked 'happiness'? Join Miniatures live on Wednesday 18 November at Being Human (free virtual event) https://t.co/85505KGZQq #BeingHuman2020 #twitterstorians

[Dr Huw Halstead @DrabbleHistory]

Miniatures is going 'on tour'! Join the podcast live at the Being Human festival (18 November) where we'll be diving into new miniature historical worlds! Free virtual event https://t.co/85505KGZQq #BeingHuman2020 #twitterstorians

[St Andrews History @StAndrewsHist]

What happened to the Algerian WW1 soldiers who stole 99 bottles of alcohol? Or to the soldier who accidentally shot a comrade? @ElDrClaire (@LeedsUniHistory) takes us through some dusty but emotional archives. https://t.co/Z8sO35lDeX #twitterstorians

[St Andrews History @StAndrewsHist]

Need something spooky scary to listen to for #Halloween?

Check out the new episode of alumna Dr Kimberly Sherman's podcast Historia Mortis (ft PhD student Emily Betz) to learn more about early modern ghosts!!

https://t.co/O2KMbyFL7I @kb_sherman @EmilyBetz13 #twitterstorians

[Dr Huw Halstead @DrabbleHistory]

Archives may be dusty, but as @ElDrClaire (@LeedsUniHistory) shows us they are far from dry & emotionless. On Miniatures we hear the voices of postcolonial migrants and WW1 Algerian soldiers hauled before military tribunals. https://t.co/wJWKXr9jd0 @StAndrewsHist #twitterstorians

[St Andrews History @StAndrewsHist]

Tomorrow's ITSH workshop @ 10 - 1 will be given by Craig Griffiths (Manchester Metrop.), Kristoff Kerl (Copenhagen), Nikolaos Papadogiannis (Bangor) on “Tourism and Sexuality in West Germany” via Zoom. Please contact @kmlawson (on twitter) or email kml8…-andrews.ac.uk

[Dr Huw Halstead @DrabbleHistory]

Is leisure just about having fun? Not necessarily, according to Dr Nikos Papadogiannis (@BangorHistory) who in this episode of Miniatures takes us on a journey into youth culture, politics, and sexuality in Cold War Greece. https://t.co/vliAZrxSbT @StAndrewsHist #twitterstorians