Camb British History

News and events in modern British history at @CamHistory.

[Alex Robertson @alexVR727]

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!

[[email protected] @suff66]

Great to see the amazing Caribbean elements of the Royal Commonwealth Society collection @theUL for @NYCTC_History, introduced by @mpijoseph

[Cambridge History @CamHistory]

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

[Cambridge Modern British History Workshop @modern_british]

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

[Cherish Watton-Colbrook @CherishWatton]

A few reflections on running the 50 stories for 50 years series to mark the 50th Anniversary of @ChuArchives over the last year.⬇️

[Cambridge Modern British History Workshop @modern_british]

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.

[Cherish Watton-Colbrook @CherishWatton]

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.

[Isobel Akerman @isobelakerman]

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

[[email protected] @suff66]

Wonderful reflections from Simon Szreter at his valedictory lecture, on growing up with a Warsaw uprising father and civic roles for history

[Alex Robertson @alexVR727]

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

[Doing History in Public @historyinpublic]

In this week’s blog post, Rebecca Goldsmith (@relgoldsmith) considers the nature of popular testimony in the Mass-Observation archive' ?

[Cambridge UL Special Collections @theULSpecColl]

‘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

[Cambridge Modern British History Workshop @modern_british]

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.

[Geraint Thomas @GeraintLThomas]

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

[Camb British History @CamModBrit]

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

[Helen McCarthy @HistorianHelen]

Do register if you’re interested in institutional cultures & storytelling. I will be talking about diplomatic life-writing as ‘para-history’

[[email protected] @suff66]

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

[Cambridge Modern British History Workshop @modern_british]

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!

[Camb British History @CamModBrit]

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