Lynn Abrams

Today we also posted on the work of Prof Wendy Davies, an RHS Workshop Grant recipient in 2026. Wendy's project is a study, with colleagues, of ‘Making and Moving Consumables in Early Medieval Europe: From the Local to the Wider World’ bit.ly/4iJfnLN #Skystorians

We officially launched Knitting in Scotland: Culture, Craft, Industry into the world @glasgow.ac.uk on a wet and windy day - perfect for knitwear. You can read it for FREE here www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?do... or purchase the illustrated hardback at all good vendors.

IHR-RHS DC Thomson Applied History Fellowships launch today. Scheme for UK-based recent post-1500 British or Irish History PhDs, providing a 6-month bursary of £12,250 to expand their career opportunities while applying their historical skills in a workplace. #Skystorians

📢 Applications are officially OPEN! We’re excited to launch our latest round of Fellowships, Prizes, and Bursaries ! Whether you're a early career scholar, or established historian, discover how our funding can support your research, travel, and publications. 🗓️ Apply: buff.ly/2aZE829

womenshistorynetwork.org/womens-histo... We are delighted to have teamed up with @womenshistnet.bsky.social for this years WHN Book prize. Congratulations @sarahcrook.bsky.social and @echomikeromeo.bsky.social on winning the book prize.

Applications are open for this year's Brotherton Fellowship @universityofleeds.bsky.social ! This short term postdoctoral fellowship involves working with our amazing Cultural Collections. Deadline 9 November 2026. All details at lahri.leeds.ac.uk/brotherton-f...

The Disability History association is seeking new board members! We're looking for a new Director of Membership and a graduate student to serve as our Director of Student Affairs. More info at the links. Questions? Email us! dishist.org/call-for-app... and dishist.org/call-for-app... #dishist 🗃️

Perhaps it's time to listen to reason, values and evidence?

Can’t believe I got the title of my own book wrong! Culture, craft and industry !🤭

Good to see @historytoday.com making the case for history in universities.

Knitting in Scotland: Craft, Culture, Community is now available in illustrated hardback from Bloomsbury at a discount - £59.50 instead of £85. Still pricey I know!

It would be a terrible shame if this resource was lost for want of an archive - this stuff is still of major interest to policymakers today and is a crucial part of the social history that made the Britain of today (HT @municipaldreams.bsky.social )

If you haven’t already done so, please sign the petition to save the Philosophy programme at Dundee. c.org/5Smh96VnfG

Calling all historical fashion students, costume makers and re-enactors! I am delighted to announce a new series of 18th Century Gown-Making Workshops in Scotland next spring. Please spread the news... and start stitching those undergarments! 😉 www.timesmith.co.uk/scotland-wor...

Thank you to the @royalhistsoc.org for sharing @mbhjournal.bsky.social's forthcoming Pimlott memorial lecture, given this year by Prof. William Whyte on 6 October at KCL - join us! royalhistsoc.org/calendar/the...

A fantastic organisation. Historians together strong. 🗃️

A real actual RA post on the history of Scottish literature: strathvacancies.engageats.co.uk/Vacancies/W/...

📣Are you ready to get your disco on? After our conference's anniversary gala dinner (2 July), we will be having a 70s-themed disco to celebrate our 50th anniversary! Flares, long-collars and tie-dye encouraged!!🪩

📣We're so excited to welcome you to our 50th anniversary conference today!✨ Check out our fabulous programme here: socialhistory.org.uk/wp-content/u...

⚔️The conference has got off to a cracking start with some medieval re-enactment out on the lawn! We'd love to hear about your conference (panels, papers, entertainment etc.!) - please #SHS2026 ✨

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"The Univ. of Hertfordshire has decided to close all eight Humanities undergraduate programmes in English Language and Linguistics, English Literature, Creative Writing, History and Philosophy.... PLEASE sign this petition to support staff and students in Humanities" www.change.org/p/save-the-h...

There’s a permanent modern British history post going at Manchester 🎉Come and join a great department and please share with anyone who might be interested. (Don’t let the short deadline put you off). #skystorians 🗃️

‘Universities that aren’t fully committed to arts and humanities as a flourishing part of their science offering aren’t committing to the future.’ @christophersmith.bsky.social anatomiesofpower.wordpress.com/2026/06/28/w...

This is so so lovely

Finally got to see the hardback of our new book. Lovely production and fully illustrated. Also available open access @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social

The story of Scottish knitting and knitwear with loads of illustrations. We loved researching it - hope you love reading it

Also now available: the 2026 call for applications for the Society's annual Funded Book Workshops - for historians writing a 2nd or 3rd monograph bit.ly/4uwep8C. Grants enable authors to hold a day workshop with specialist readers to discuss a manuscript in detail before submission #Skystorians

I am looking for someone fab to join me at Strathclyde on a funded PhD studentship on the history of unorthodox health activism. If you are that person, or know someone who is, there's a month left to apply! #HistMed www.strath.ac.uk/studywithus/...

It’s a bit hot for knitwear but not for a book on knitwear. Here it is available Open Access now from bloomsburycollections.com with illustrated hardback to follow soon.

The Society's President and Council have released the following statement on the proposed closure of undergraduate degrees at the University of Hertfordshire, in #History and the wider humanities bit.ly/4dmV5oO This comes at a time of further bad news from Essex and Nottingham #Skystorians

The situation for WC academics is worse now than it was 20-30 years ago. I was able to get a permanent job, buy a house etc within 2 years of my PhD - probably vanishingly rare today.

Reminder!

📢JOB ALERT 📢 We are looking to appoint a F/T open-ended Lecturer in Late Medieval / Early Modern History (1400-1700) @lancasteruni.bsky.social. This is an amazing opportunity that we are very proud to announce, so please spread the word far and wide! www.hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

Applications are still open for the British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants. These grants help to support primary research in the humanities and social sciences. Apply now: https://bit.ly/4t0MDRl

Why would we want to learn from our pasts, or ponder the power of the written and spoken word, or explore the deep questions of humanity? According to the University of Hertfordshire, we wouldn't. They've just cut all of our undergrad Humanities programmes

The Government ten days ago released a new strategic vision for archives which makes a strong and convincing case for their central importance. Using it as a yardstick shows just how far short of best practice the BBC Written Archives Centre falls. www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/new-strategi...

My article on 1970s feminists, spycops, and if feminist historians can use materials extracted by undercover police officers is out in History Workshop Journal doi.org/10.1093/hwj/...

This conference we are supporting in Birmingham in June has an amazing mix of 40 panels - a veritable Choose your Own Adventure through modern British studies. It’s also the inaugural event of the Association of Modern British Studies! Great stuff here www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/briti...

Interesting-sounding PhD position in Bern: architectural history of the Swiss women's movement 1870-1930.

Last week we launched a new programme to help historians, resident outside the UK and Ireland, to undertake research in the UK. Closing date: Friday 8 May #Skystorians

Free to join across the UK. Members have access to funding for projects as well as travel to events. If you've gained a PhD or equivalent research experience in the Arts, Humanities or Social Sciences within the last 10 years (excluding career breaks) check it out. You deserve to be invested in.

FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS: Celebrating the Centenary of the Women’s Library and 100 Years of Women’s History (1926-2026). 3-4 September 2026, LSE & Friends House (Euston Road) More information is on our website: womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-annual-c...

Pleased to see our article published in TEXTILE which discusses practice-based research on modern hand knitting drawing on volunteers skills. Huge thanks to all the volunteers and to the ‘Fleece to Fashion’ team at University of Glasgow eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

Support the development of our major exhibition on the Norman Conquest through this extraordinary PhD placement opportunity. Available to students currently registered at a UK HEI, three full-time, six-month placements. Applications open until Monday 6 April. Find out more: link.bl.uk/dnv