Louise Miskell

Swansea University historian interested in towns and industries from eighteenth to twentieth centuries, especially communities built around copper and steel.

[Louise Miskell @louisemiskell]

I’ve recently joined @olearypaulb & Prof Huw Pryce as co-editor of this terrific journal. Have an idea for an article, review essay or special issue?I’d love to hear from you. ⁦@UniWalesPress⁩ ⁦@UWPcommission⁩
The Welsh History Review | UWP https://t.co/wOhDFDqjWK

[BBC Wales Politics @WalesPolitics]

Joining @VaughanRoderick on #sundaysupplement at 8am @BBCRadioWales tomorrow are @MadeleineMoon @deianhopkin @Alex__Clegg from @resfoundation @RhunapIorwerth @Plaid_Cymru and @JamesEvansMS @WelshConserv. Papers with @Byron_Davies @louisemiskell Listen in! https://t.co/dGmeCDeJaO

[Louise Miskell @louisemiskell]

What a book! My copy arrived yesterday and I am hooked. A must-read for anyone interested in 20C British history.

[Barnaby Raine @BarnabyRaine]

I made an excellent last minute decision to go to Liverpool to see @samwetherell launch his new book, a history that treats racialised experiences of obsolescence - not the welfare state - as the twentieth century lesson for us now. Read read read!

[Steve Rosenberg @BBCSteveR]

For St David’s Day we present our latest Channel 4 News/BBC News long-distance musical collaboration. Ciaran Jenkins (cello) is in Glasgow and I’m in Moscow (on the piano). Together we play Myfanwy. @C4Ciaran @BBCNews @Channel4News @BBCRadio3 @BBCBreakfast @BBCWales

[Dr Ryan Sweet @RyanCSweet]

Pls repost: It's Legless in London launch week!!! Check out the trailer for @FocusGames new #disability #history role-and-move strategy #boardgame below and join us at Common Meeple #Swansea on Wednesday (26 Feb) from 7pm to play for FREE and enjoy some complementary refreshments

[Louise Miskell @louisemiskell]

Travelling to Leicester today to contribute to this great looking seminar series…

[Centre for Regional and Local History @CRLHLeicester]

We're pleased to announce our spring seminar series, in partnership with @CUHLeicester!

[Louise Miskell @louisemiskell]

The latest issue of Welsh History Review is out now, featuring some great articles and reviews, including studies of the Russian Flu pandemic, the anti-Jewish Riots of 1911, and Gruffudd ap Llywelyn:

[Louise Miskell @louisemiskell]

Very sad news. I was lucky to have been taught by him - a kind and encouraging teacher who knew how to get the best out of his students. Sincere condolences to his family and friends.

[Aberystwyth University @AberUni]

We are very saddened by the death of Prof Geraint H. Jenkins who taught in our Dept of Welsh History from 1968-93. A greatly respected Welsh historian and a prolific writer, he will also be remembered as a witty and entertaining lecturer. Our heartfelt condolences to his family.

[West Glamorgan Archive Service @WestGlamArchive]

This charter is our link with the Welsh Lordship of Afan, 200 years after the Norman invasion Glamorgan. Granted in 1308 by Lord of Afan Leysan ap Morgan, it is the only local example of a borough being created by a Welsh lord.

[Dr Ryan Sweet @RyanCSweet]

Pls RT: Here we go! @FocusGames and my #Disability #boardgame Legless in London is available on pre-sale from today! To celebrate @UKDHM, we are offering a 15% discount on the RRP. To find out more, please visit https://t.co/PZc3yojb5O.

[Louise Miskell @louisemiskell]

So pleased to see this article, which I co-wrote with two terrific colleagues, out in print. And it’s open access:
Art as industrial heritage: deindustrialisation and public sculpture in Britain’s steel-making regions, 1976–2020 https://t.co/kf8xQHtzPh

[Ben Curtis @DrBCCurtis]

Very pleased to announce that this year's @SWalesRecordSoc volume, edited by Kirsti Bohata, will be published soon: 'The Diary of Amy Dillwyn, 1863-1917'! 😀📚🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[Dan Moffat @Dan_Moffat1998]

This morning @BBCRadioWales Breakfast with Dot Davies and @jamswilliams85 comes live from Port Talbot on an historic day.

Reaction from @SteffMess @huwthomas @CommunityUnion @SKinnock @louisemiskell and those at the heart of the steelworks.

0700-0900 📻
https://t.co/Ubu0dMeQky

[Uni of Wales Press @UniWalesPress]

Coming soon in Open Access!

‘Welsh Not’ by @martinjohnes is a study of how and why children were punished for speaking Welsh in nineteenth-century Wales, and the role of education in spreading the English language in Wales.

For more information, visit:
📕https://t.co/sY9iXfeMgo

[Louise Miskell @louisemiskell]

Huge thanks to everyone who attended the workshop for contributors to the Routledge Handbook of Welsh History, held ⁦⁦@SwanseaHistory⁩ yesterday. There was some great discussion and plenty of exciting plans for the future. Watch this space!

[Climate Centre @ClimateCentreUK]

It's a tough day for the British steel industry with the confirmation that around 2,500 jobs are to be lost at the Port Talbot works in South Wales.

It's just the latest chapter in a long story of decline at the site, according to historian Dr Bleddyn Penny👇

[Louise Miskell @louisemiskell]

@GWR1982 Thanks for those suggestions George. I will follow them up.

[Louise Miskell @louisemiskell]

Q for the historians: Can anyone recommend publications dealing with the housing of car factory workers in inter war / post war Britain?

[Louise Miskell @louisemiskell]

@DrDenisemary Ah yes, thanks Denise. I’m keen to read that one. It’s not in our library sadly, though I may try to get it via inter-lib loan

[Louise Miskell @louisemiskell]

@malcolmjnoble Many thanks Malcolm - that does look useful. I will check it out 👍

[Louise Miskell @louisemiskell]

Just spent a lovely couple of hours speaking to some of the new students who will be coming to @SwanseaHistory in Sept. Well done to everyone who has a place. If you’re still considering your options why not give our clearing team a call. We’d love to hear from you!