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- Huge congratulations to our brilliant colleague Dr Alex Langlands for his work on this project - the whole department is delighted by this exciting news www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
- Reposted by History at Swansea UniversityThis is a very, very cool day for Archaeology press releases, between this and Port Talbot's village! @swanseahistory.bsky.social
- NEW: An Anglo-Saxon burial site with remarkable similarities to Sutton Hoo has been discovered at the development of the Sizewell C nuclear power station www.thetimes.com/article/1528... #history #archaeology #anglosaxons
- Reposted by History at Swansea UniversityBraf iawn i glywed Dr Alex Langlands @ajlanglands.bsky.social o @swanseahistory.bsky.social ar BBC Radio Cymru, yn trafod y darganfyddiadau Rhufeinig ym Margam (36 munud mewn i'r rhaglen) www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
- JOIN US: apply for a two-year postdoctoral research fellowship, researching the history of the fiefs of Jersey and the island’s seigneurial institutions and culture, from the Norman ducal period to the English Civil War. Details: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPI170/p...
- 📣 The GENCAS Autumn 2025 Termcard is here! 🍂 Co-organised with Dr Sarah Crook from Swansea’s History, Heritage and Classics Department, this term’s line-up features seminars, supportive workshops, and guest speakers exploring gender from fresh academic perspectives. ✨ Full details below ⬇️
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- 📣 Happening TOMORROW! We'll be there! ✨ History and Heritage Fair ✨ 📍 National Waterfront Museum, Swansea 🗓️ 27 September 2025 ⏰ 10–4 💷 Free entry & open to all Discover local and family history with a day of expertise, information, and talks. #Swansea #HistoryFair #Heritage #LocalHistory
- Reposted by History at Swansea UniversityIt's a privilege to welcome @sarahcrook.bsky.social as our keynote speaker for this conference. Sarah's paper is drawn from her new book 'Unhappy Mothers: Women, motherhood, and social change in postwar Britain' which is available to read Open Access.
- We're pleased to share this call for papers for our upcoming conference! 📍Online via Zoom 🗓️Thursday 5 - Friday 6 February 2026 ⏱️Abstract deadline Saturday 1 November 2025 See our website for full details 👇 voicesofmotherhood.wp.worc.ac.uk/index.php/news-and-resources/updates-from-the-project
- Reposted by History at Swansea UniversityWe're pleased to share this call for papers for our upcoming conference! 📍Online via Zoom 🗓️Thursday 5 - Friday 6 February 2026 ⏱️Abstract deadline Saturday 1 November 2025 See our website for full details 👇 voicesofmotherhood.wp.worc.ac.uk/index.php/news-and-resources/updates-from-the-project
- Delighted that our Head of Department, Dr Matthew Stevens, will be a commissioner on the International Commission for the History of Towns. Who else will be at the assembly later this month?
- We're so looking forward to talking to everyone at the @amgueddfacymru.bsky.social History and Heritage Fair at the National Waterfront Museum later this month! Come find our stall, we'd love to meet you.
- Swansea History students take on the world! We all wish Dylan the very best of luck as he heads off to the World Para Swimming Championships in Singapore! www.instagram.com/reel/DNF1crV...
- Reposted by History at Swansea UniversityJust two weeks to submit your abstracts for the 'Medieval Wales and the March' International Medieval Congress sessions sponsored by the Mortimer History Society. Deadline for submissions is 15 September 2025. @imc-leeds.bsky.social #IMC2026 #medievalsky #skystorians #academicsky
- Reposted by History at Swansea UniversityThe Welsh North American Association celebrates its 96th North American Festival of Wales this week! Based in the US? Browse UWP's virtual booth with @uchicagopress.bsky.social and receive 30% off a selection of Wales Studies books 📚 Code: FESTWALES30 press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/vi...
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- Reposted by History at Swansea UniversityDelighted to be part of this roundtable on US 'Universities and the State' now available open access with @hisjournalha.bsky.social History Roundtable on US Universities and the State: Episodes from the Twentieth Century - History onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
- This looks like a magnificent event!
- Registration is open for the @WomensHistScot Annual Conference 2025! Exploring new directions in women’s & gender history in Scotland. Sat 13 Sept, Kinning Park Complex, Glasgow. Learn more: womenshistoryscotland.org/projects-and... #WomensHistory #GenderHist #ScottishHistory
- You can access the recording of Professor David Turner's paper here, too! #disabilityhistory
- Are you a recent Swansea History grad? We'd love to hear about your experiences with us! Scan the QR code to share your thoughts about our community.
- Are you or a loved one looking for a History place this autumn? Give our clearing line a call on 0808 175 3071 - we have three fab lecturers waiting to talk to you about how you can join our community! More info about Clearing is here: www.swansea.ac.uk
- We're always pleased to see another #swanseahistory publication out in the wild!
- We can't wait to welcome our incoming class of 2025. If you (or a loved one!) are looking for a home to study history, don't hesitate to contact us. Our clearing line is open bright and early tomorrow ⭐️🌿🌱🫶 tel:08081753071
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- Great to see Dr Tomas Irish's book, Feeding the Mind, out in paperback. You can find out about it here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/f...
- We're pleased that this collection will be out soon. Keep an eye on your favourite bookseller to grab your copy of Tomás Irish, Simon John and Hannah Lyons (eds), Contested Histories: Global Perspectives on the Past, Present and Future of Public Monuments (London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2026).
- Congratulations @simonajohn.bsky.social, @tomasirish.bsky.social, Hannah Lyons, and the contributors! We're looking forward to seeing the volume when it's in print.
- Submitted to the publisher this morning: 'Contested Histories: Global Perspectives on the Past, Present and Future of Public Monuments', edited by myself, @tomasirish.bsky.social and Hannah Lyons. Could also have been titled 'Colston Five Years On' @swanseahistory.bsky.social
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- Reposted by History at Swansea UniversityNews | Caerphilly Castle to reopen following two-year restoration – elsewhere, Cyfarthfa Castle and Shire Hall Museum receive funding for transformative projects
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- Just over a week to go until the closing date for this...
- Do you have a fabulous MA student who is interested in the 1990s? Send this fully-funded 4 year AHRC doctoral studentship their way. They'll get to work with me (yay?) and the fabulous @jessamycarlson.bsky.social (yay!) www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate...
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- 👇 Another great review of a recent publication by one of the @swanseahistory.bsky.social team 👇
- Delighted with the latest review of Feeding the Mind, this time by Daniel Gorman in the Journal of Modern History who calls it 'an impressive work of transnational history.' doi.org/10.1086/735207 doi.org/10.1017/9781...
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- Join us! We are advertising two part-time, paid Editorial Fellowships at History Workshop in 2025-27. Our fellowships support early career historians to develop expertise in public, radical and digital history & to gain experience of working in an editorial team. www.historyworkshop....
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- A call for help from @swanseahistory.bsky.social's Gethin Matthews @ww1cymru-wales.bsky.social.
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- We’ve launched a new collection of openly accessible videos, Interviews with Historians, in which prominent 20th century historians reflect on their lives and professional practices. Access the collection here: www.history.ac.uk/library-digi...
- Fantastic opportunity to work with @sarahcrook.bsky.social here:
- Do you have a fabulous MA student who is interested in the 1990s? Send this fully-funded 4 year AHRC doctoral studentship their way. They'll get to work with me (yay?) and the fabulous @jessamycarlson.bsky.social (yay!) www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate...
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- #History #SkyStorians 2025 @hisjournalha.bsky.social Research Bursary scheme is now open! Available: 1 ECR award & 1 mid-career researcher award, each worth up to £1,500. Deadline *15 August*. For further particulars & downloadable application form, see www.history.org.uk/higher-ed/re...
- Reposted by History at Swansea UniversityBrilliant freelance curator project for @rcn.org.uk in Wales. Develop an exhibition celebrating the history of Ty Maeth, the RCN's HQ. £3k, til September, freelance. The history of nursing in Wales is fascinating - can't wait to see the eventual show! museum-services-jobs.le.ac.uk/job/exhibiti...