Linsey Robb

Associate Professor in Modern British History @ Northumbria University. Likes to talk about WW2. Scotswummin.

[Linsey Robb @Linseyrobb]

@RobYeldham Also, if he worked in Civil Defence it might be worth checking the local council archives where he worked to see if they have any record of him. I think that’s everything I can think of off the top of my head but hopefully something fruitful will come up. Good luck!

[Linsey Robb @Linseyrobb]

@RobYeldham That would be easier if you have some sense of when and where he was likely to have had tribunal (easiest if you have a record or find him in the newspapers) otherwise it’s a long slog. CBCO records are held at Friends House in London which has a very friendly team. 3/?

[Bloomsbury History @BloomsburyHist]

British Humour and the Second World War: ‘Keep Smiling Through’ edited by Juliette Pattinson & @Linseyrobb is a collection of essays on the neglected but important topic of humour in Britain in WW2 edited by established scholars.

Out now in paperback! https://t.co/8k8PxW2tmb

[Linsey Robb @Linseyrobb]

@LouBell Not surprised in the least but absolutely delighted for you

[Northumbria History @NorthumbriaHist]

We're hiring! Just advertised a new Research Fellow post - 3 years, £40,247/annum - funded via the AHRC-DFG project ‘University Students as Migrants: A New History of Educational Mobility in Western Europe, 1960s–1980s’. Deadline for application is 2 Jan. https://t.co/WcxABmnUvw

[Owen Dowling @owenjdowling]

CALL FOR INTERVIEWEES
I'm looking to conduct research interviews with people who were involved in Anti-Apartheid, anti-Vietnam War, &/or Chile solidarity politics in Britain, for my PhD on international solidarity & the Cold War-era UK left (see below).
PLEASE SHARE/get in touch!

[Linsey Robb @Linseyrobb]

@GrahamTaylor42 @rgethompson91 Thanks Graham. That’s very kind.

[Linsey Robb @Linseyrobb]

Thanks largely to the hard work of @rgethompson91 our co-authored article on the post-war memorialisation and cultural representations of WW2 COs is now out in @JWCS_Journal. Open access here: https://t.co/yBWdS4nUWv
Delighted to see this out!

[Dr Margot Tudor @MargotTudor]

🚨CFP "Counter-Hegemonic Internationalisms" @NorthumbriaUni, 20/21 March 2025. Pls send abstracts by 20 Nov to Daniel Laqua. This is the 1st of our @ahrcpress 'Rethinking Internationalism' events - we're looking forward to your proposals and esp. encourage PGRs/ECRs submissions!

[Prof Wendy Ugolini @wugolini]

CFP: 1945/2025. Reflections on the Second World War.
One-day colloquium @SWWStudiesEdin Edinburgh, 9 May 2025. Keynote @CPenistonBird. Deadline for abstracts 6 Dec 2024; details below:

[Matthew Grant @mgrnt]

Coming in February!

[Rosemary Rich @RosemaryAHRich]

Our conscientious objectors of WWII database project featured in The Friend, as did the paper presented by ⁦@JuliaHope2⁩ and me at the Protesting War conference at ⁦@NorthumbriaUni⁩ - 'Friends compile CO database'⁩ #wwii #pacifism #peace https://t.co/Js01ZxFudb

[Linsey Robb @Linseyrobb]

An excellent opportunity to work with a fantastic colleague on an excellent project.

[Northumbria History @NorthumbriaHist]

Great job opportunity - please share widely: two-year post on the project 'Global Governance, Trust and Democratic Engagement in Past and Present'! https://t.co/QFOLU4pyXK

[Rebecca Wright @rebkwright]

A week left to apply to the Research Fellow position on “Carbon Bodies” (deadline the 12th). If you are interested in energy, the body, and its relationship to public health policy, do consider applying. https://t.co/OuhbdYbwcI #envhist #envhums #histtech #medhums #healthhums

[The Returning Soldier @thereturningso1]

CALL FOR PAPERS:
"'Demobbed': The Social, Cultural, Political, and Economic Legacies of Military Service" - examining the experiences of veterans in the post-service landscape, 30-31 May 2025.
Details below 👇

[Northumbria History @NorthumbriaHist]

Wonderful to see that our former PhD student, Dr Ann-Marie Foster's debut monograph is coming out next month. 'Family Mourning After War and Disaster in Twentieth-Century Britain' is published by @OUPAcademic. https://t.co/y2j7vayJZp

[Imperial War Museums @I_W_M]

We are recruiting participants for a Disability Focus Group to create a forum for discussion about what can make research at IWM more accessible. https://t.co/ROK0bbcr72

There's just a few days left to sign up. Find full details here: https://t.co/qEsLxqloU1

[Linsey Robb @Linseyrobb]

Come work with our fantastic colleague on a really exciting and relevant project!!

[Northumbria History @NorthumbriaHist]

We are currently advertising for a Research Fellow post on Dr Rebecca Wright's @wellcometrust-funded project, ‘Carbon Bodies: Warmth and Fuelling Health in Britain, 1918 to 2022’. 36 month post from October 2024, full-time, £39,347 to £44,262. https://t.co/AdsrsSF0Fk