Shane Ewen
Professor of urban history @lbu-rae.bsky.social, ed. @urbanhistory.bsky.social, trustee @historictownstrust.bsky.social
Before Grenfell - free OA uolpress.co.uk/book/before-grenfell/
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- Our latest story map for the Trailblazers project is out! Ahead of the 50th anniversary of the Kirkgate Market fire, you can read about 3 firefighters who attended the call and are members of the Leeds Fire Heritage Group. The story map is here: space2.org.uk/heritage-rec... @lbu-rae.bsky.social
- Read this excellent feature piece by Laura Reid in today’s Yorkshire Post (behind a paywall or why not buy a copy): www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage-and...
- Excellent performance of Trailblazers: Women Have Always Been Firefighters, tonight at Chapel FM in Seacroft. Audience v appreciative of the interlinked stories and a lively Q&A to end.
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- Reposted by Shane Ewen📣 We're looking for a new Bibliographer to join the #UrbanHistory team! This is a great opportunity to get involved with a world-leading academic journal and find out about the latest urban history publications. Apply by 5pm on Friday 6 November. Contact Roey Sweet for more details.
- Please read and help @justicesummerland.bsky.social to overturn a 50-year long miscarriage of justice, if you can www.crowdjustice.com/case/summerl...
- Nice to receive author copies of the new 3-volume Cambridge Urban History of Europe today. I have a chapter in vol. 3 on the growth and internationalisation of the field. Let me know if you use it in teaching #urbanhistory
- Blue plaque’s up at Gipton Old Fire Station! With thanks to @leedscivictrust.bsky.social
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- Latest version of What is Urban History?, published in Korean! A true transnational volume,
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- Reposted by Shane EwenPublished today: 'Waterscapes: Reservoirs, Environment and Identity in Modern England and Wales', by Andrew McTominey bit.ly/4n4LkxB 'Waterscapes' is the 23rd title in the Society's New Historical perspectives book series, published @uolpress.bsky.social. Available free Open Access and in print 1/2
- Women have always been firefighters. A story of 3 firefighters, all women, all wanting to make a difference, all ahead of their time, all facing challenges beyond fire. The premiere is on 20th Sept. Book your tickets here: lnkd.in/eW663jW6
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- Reposted by Shane EwenIt’s here! Objects of Poverty: Material Culture in Britain from 1700 www.bloomsbury.com/uk/objects-o...
- New publication! “Objects of Poverty: Material Culture in Britain from 1700” is edited by Joe Harley & Vicky Holmes. Our chapter is on the fireguard - a consistent absence in the archival record - and the campaign to introduce it into working-class homes. Order the book here: lnkd.in/eMz2kfkd
- Reposted by Shane Ewen📣 Registration is now open for #UHG2025! We're excited to welcome you to our first conference organised with the Pre-Modern Towns Group. The Urban Commons: Rights and Citizenship in the City from the Medieval to the Modern 🗓️ 4-5 September 2025 📍 University of Leicester
- My university is looking to appoint 3 Research Officers (1Yr Fixed) to help develop research impact and engagement projects in the following areas Social Sciences English & Creative Writing History Closing date: Friday 25 July 2025 Link: vacancies.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/ce0984li_web...
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- Shared a room with peace campaigner Bill Laithwaite today.
- Spent the evening at Bradford City Hall for the launch of the @historictownstrust.bsky.social map of Bradford, with a series of fascinating talks in conjunction with the Bradford Literature Festival. Get your copy of this beautifully crafted map here: www.historictownstrust.uk/maps-nop/an-...
- Good to see all the misfits out in Manchester last night: second set bangers aplenty from Pulp
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- I’ve attended my School’s PGR Conference today. Great to hear such eclectic research. V proud supervisor as two of my students presented. One of these, Will Sanders, was also one of the core organisers. Here he is pictured chairing a session before speaking abt aerial threat in c.20th urban Britain
- My brilliant third year students researched and created the following StoryMaps, sharing the stories of trailblazing women volunteers for the #Leeds Auxiliary Fire Service in the Second World War. Do check them out! #publichistory #urbanhistory #womenshistory space2.org.uk/trailblazers/
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- Reposted by Shane EwenHow did the definition of the 'urban' and the 'suburban' affect the lives of residents? Antoni Porayski-Pomsta (@camhistory.bsky.social) addresses this important question through his research on early twentieth century Warsaw
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- This is the best piece I’ve read all week about the Bradford fire and its legacy. Helped by the fact that Rick Broadbent is a football fan and Yorkshireman. I was happy to discuss our research with him for Forged by Fire. It’s behind a paywall but IFYKYK. www.thetimes.com/sport/footba...
- 🕺 Tea Dance at The Old Fire Station! 💃 Join us on Sat 10th May, 2–5pm for an afternoon of music, cake & history at The Old Fire Station Leeds 🪩 Dance workshops at 2:30pm & 3:30pm 🫖 Tea and cake 🔥 Discover the stories of Leeds' women firefighters during WW2 This is a free event open to all ages!
- A great project to be involved with - collaboration with a really engaged local community, families and schoolchildren 👏🏻 www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/scottis...
- Tomorrow we will unveil a red plaque at West Primary School in Paisley in dedication to David Wilson, aged 30, & John Sydney Farrow, aged 16, who died when a landmine bomb was dropped on the school in 1941. @reinarz.bsky.social & I worked with Scottish FRS & P6a pupils to honour both. All welcome.
- Reposted by Shane Ewen"Placemaking and place-shaping initiatives which look to urban history and people’s connections to it are thus becoming ever more important to the contemporary city" Charlotte Tomlinson on placemaking, #UrbanHistory, and stories of post-industrial #Hull
- Reposted by Shane EwenRegister now! A workshop for early career urban historians on preparing article manuscripts for journal submission + seeking funding for turning a thesis into a book. Free & open to all scholars in the field. globalurbanhistory.org/content.aspx?page_id=331&club_id=803980&item_id=37685
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- Join us at Leeds Minster for this commemorative concert in memory of VE Day!
- Listen as we learn about life as a Land Girl, a firefighter in Leeds as bombs rained down on the city and hear what life was like and how Loiners celebrated in 1945. my.leedstickethub.co.uk/29884?queuei...
- Do you like tea? ☕️ Do you like dancing? 💃 Are you interested in social history? Join us at Old Fire Station in Gipton on Sat 10th May from 3PM for our Tea Dance to commemorate the 80th anniversary of VE Day. And see what our Leeds Beckett History students have been doing. @lbu-rae.bsky.social
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- Reposted by Shane Ewen‘The city had, by virtue of aerial threat and the suffering of bombardments between 1914 and 1918, been transformed into a new battlefront. From this point onwards, the protection of the city and its inhabitants was included in the list of defensive concerns to Britain at war’ New, by Will Sanders
- New blog post by Will Sanders on 'Aerial Threat and the City' Sanders discusses his doctoral research on aerial warfare during the Second World War, the importance of #UrbanHistory approaches, and the work of the Lviv Center for Urban History in documenting the invasion of Ukraine
- Listen as we learn about life as a Land Girl, a firefighter in Leeds as bombs rained down on the city and hear what life was like and how Loiners celebrated in 1945. my.leedstickethub.co.uk/29884?queuei...
- Am attending the NFCC ACER Fire Related Research Conference for the next two days. Currently listening to a frank & refreshing keynote from Justin Johnston, former CFO at Lancashire FRS. Will be speaking about storied-learning as community engagement tomorrow. Say hello if you’re here.
- Do give @justicesummerland.bsky.social a follow and support their important campaign for a fresh inquest and for justice for the survivors and families
- Wonderfully exhausting but inspiring few days at West Park Primary School in Paisley with @reinarz.bsky.social for Forged by Fire. Great group of creative P6 10 year olds. Back to the grind tomorrow.
- Hunting wartime memorials and sites of remembrance in a sunny Paisley for a forthcoming FBU Red Plaque
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- New @apta.bsky.social is music for the soul 👏🏻
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- Nice to visit the Royal Armouries today with our first years. I especially liked these commemorative woodcuttings for the two World Wars.
- Hard Truths poses some hard questions for its audience. An engrossing, accomplished film from Leigh et al.
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- At the Leeds Record Fair: waste of time really, records all overpriced. Dilettante’s in store at jumbo records was much more fun and her album reasonably priced
- Reposted by Shane EwenCall for Sessions - EAUH 2026 Conference City Networks in Europe and Beyond 17th International Conference on Urban History Barcelona, 2-5 September 2026 Call closes on 15 April 2025 More information: www.uantwerpen.be/en/centres/e....
- Reposted by Shane EwenIf you can't wait for #EAUH2026 in Barcelona, there's still plenty of time to submit your abstracts for our conference in Leicester later this year as well. The weather's pretty much the same urbanhistorygroup.wordpress.com/2024/11/15/c...
- Call for Sessions - EAUH 2026 Conference City Networks in Europe and Beyond 17th International Conference on Urban History Barcelona, 2-5 September 2026 Call closes on 15 April 2025 More information: www.uantwerpen.be/en/centres/e....
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- Northern Life magazine covers our red plaque ceremony at Leeds train station 👍🏻 northernlifemagazine.co.uk/new-plaque-u...
- It was lovely to see past and present students in attendance at this morning’s red plaque ceremony at Leeds train station. Thanks to all for coming to help remember James Potter Schofield. Write-up on the BBC website here: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
- Tomorrow at 11 at Leeds train station for anyone in the vicinity #Leeds 🚒
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