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QMCBS

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Queen Mary Centre for British Studies Website being developed at: https://projects.history.qmul.ac.uk/qmcbs/

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Modern British Studies Association
@modbritstud.bsky.social

Histories from Here, the MBSA blog, offers reflections on a variety of 'heres' - different points in time and space, career stage, life course and identity. We're delighted to launch with contributions from @kieranconnell.bsky.social and @owenjdowling.bsky.social modbritstud.org.uk/blog/

modbritstud.org.ukHistories from Here | The Modern British Studies AssociationRead accessible, original research on modern Britain from scholars worldwide. Explore Histories from Here, or pitch your own idea for a blog post.

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Margot Finn
@eicathomefinn.bsky.social

Matthew Hilton's Charity after Empire: British Humanitarianism, Decolonisation and Development (Cambridge UP, 2026) launches at the IHR in London (and online) this Thursday at 5:30pm. Free (the launch, not the book). Be there or be under-illuminated. #Skystorians @universitypress.cambridge.org

history.ac.ukBook launch of Charity after Empire: British Humanitarianism, Decolonisation and DevelopmentBritain at Home and Abroad since 1800 Seminar

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Shivaji Shiva
@shivajishivalaw.bsky.social

A delightful Sunday just got better. I have a copy of Matthew Hilton's book Charity After Empire. I look forward to reading about what Catherine Hall describes as 'the messy, complicated, ambivalent, classed, racialised and anti-racial histories of charities ... from post-1945 [onwards]'.

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Colm Murphy
@colmpm.bsky.social

I'm really looking forward to chairing this launch for Matthew Hilton's excellent new book, Charity After Empire, for the @ihrbritainseminar.bsky.social, on 14 May. Come one come all! Details and sign up are included in the link below.

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Roundtable on Matthew Hilton's Charity After Empire, with Susan Pedersen, @asobocinska.bsky.social, @emma-edin.bsky.social; and Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite, chaired by @colmpm.bsky.social 5.30pm, 14 May at IHR @ihrbritainseminar.bsky.social: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

history.ac.ukBook launch of Charity after Empire: British Humanitarianism, Decolonisation and Development

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Lucy Delap
@lucydelap.bsky.social

Anyone working in history of comedy/satire, television, modern British politics - there's a fully funded PhD to research the Spitting Image archive @theul.bsky.social, with supervision at Exeter Uni. All disciplines considered, pls do share widely. www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...

exeter.ac.ukPhD: AHRC CDP Studentship | University of ExeterThe University of Exeter (UoE) alongside University of Cambridge Libraries and Archives (CULA) are pleased to announce a fully-funded Collaborative doctoral studentship, from 1 October 2026, under the...

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The English Historical Review
@enghistrev.bsky.social

John Davis reviews 'Colonized by Humanity: Caribbean London and the Politics of Integration at the End of Empire', by Rob Waters @qmcbs.bsky.social academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-... @academic.oup.com

academic.oup.comColonized by Humanity: Caribbean London and the Politics of Integration at the End of Empire, by Rob WatersThis subtle and original work is the first focused analysis of those men and women who responded to the tensions created by large-scale immigration in the

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Colm Murphy
@colmpm.bsky.social

QMUL is advertising an exciting opportunity: a fully funded PhD studentship, working on European politics, ideology, and political 'myths' with @karlpike.bsky.social and @timbale.bsky.social. Details below. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRB421/p...

jobs.ac.ukPhD Studentship: Politics and Mythmaking: Disentangling Myth from Ideology at Queen Mary University of LondonExplore a PhD Studentship: Politics and Mythmaking: Disentangling Myth from Ideology. Apply today and discover more PhD opportunities at jobs.ac.uk.

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Robert Saunders
@robertsaunders.bsky.social

This was a really fun episode to take part in. The "Parliament Matters" podcast is really good - do give it a try if you're looking for something new!

Hansard Society@hansardsociety.bsky.social

5 top episodes to try...... 1/ Is being Prime Minister an impossible job? A conversation with political historian Dr Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social 🎧 buff.ly/gxanXtN

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Liesbeth Corens
@onslies.bsky.social

Replying to @onslies.bsky.social

“It is a social history of charity; charity cannot just be a thing but has to be a relationship. So the book tries to understand the dynamics of that relationship.” — Matthew Hilton

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@qmcbs.bsky.social

Book launch 1. Leslie James' The Moving Word: How the West African and Caribbean Press Shaped Black Political Thought: this Thursday 4 March, 6pm QMUL Graduate Centre, 7th Floor in conversation with Musab Younis (Oxford)

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Raphael Samuel History Centre
@rshc.bsky.social

History PhD students and postdocs: join us for ‘How to Publish Your Research: a workshop for Early Career Researchers’ with Profs Stephen Legg, Elisabeth Leake, Matthew Hilton & Erez Manela 18 March, Birkbeck, Bloomsbury More info here www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event... @jessicareinisch.bsky.social

bbk.ac.ukHow to Publish Your Research: a workshop for Early Career ResearchersWith Prof Stephen Legg, Prof Elisabeth Leake, Prof Matthew Hilton and Prof Erez Manela

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Raphael Samuel History Centre
@rshc.bsky.social

Deploying History for Change: A Public Lecture Davarian Baldwin (Trinity College, Connecticut) 1st April, 5.30pm Queen Mary University of London, E1 4NS Book here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/deploying-history-for-change-a-public-lecture-tickets-1983359946992 @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social

eventbrite.co.ukDeploying History for Change: A Public LectureCo-hosted with the Raphael Samuel History Centre and the QMUL Centre for the Study of Race, Class and Empire
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@qmcbs.bsky.social

Not quite QM British Studies but @smidbob.bsky.social is a wonderful neighbour & ally. Congratulations!

Andrew WM Smith@smidbob.bsky.social

My new book arrived in the post from @manchesterup.bsky.social! Pleased to see it for real! Make cheese not war: Transnational resistance and the Larzac in Modern France manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526175878/ 🗃 #skystorians

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Liam J. Liburd
@liamliburd.bsky.social

Next week, I'm speaking at The Mix in Bethnal Green as part of an event on the history of the inner workings of the Home Office. I'll be speaking about the letter signed by 38 immigration officers at London Heathrow airport in support of Enoch Powell in the wake of his 1968 'Rivers of Blood' speech.

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Together with @rshc.bsky.social QMCBS's Rob Waters is involved in a great event on 24 Feb at Rich Mix, Bethnal Green on the history of the Home Office and border control, featuring @liamliburd.bsky.social, @juanitacox.bsky.social and Bobby Phe Amis

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Hannah Elias
@hannahelias.bsky.social

If you’re planning to be in Sheffield in April, @ihr.bsky.social @royalhistsoc.org and @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy are hosting the annual History & Archives in Practice conference, registration now open! www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/professional...

nationalarchives.gov.ukHistory and Archives in PracticeHistory and Archives in Practice is where historians and archivists come together to consider shared interests in archive collections.