Social History Society
Promoting the research, teaching and sharing of social and cultural history since 1976.
- 📣Bookings now open! 👉Celebrating 50 years of the Social History Society with our 'Festival of Social History' @ihr.bsky.social Panels, zine-making stall, tours, lunch, a roundtable, & keynote by Naomi Tadmor 📅 24 Apr 2026 💷 from £10 for members All welcome! socialhistory.org.uk/events/festi...
- 📣New blog! Sophia Lambert (@sophialambert100.bsky.social) on 'Crossing Borders: Expressing National Identity Through Headstones in the Bradford Reform Jewish Cemetery, 1877 to 1935' #History #Memorial #Migration #Bradford 19thc 20thc 🗃️ 👉Read online here: socialhistory.org.uk/shs_exchange...
- 📣Apply for Small Grants Funding! Are you looking to conduct research into social or cultural history? Do you need support with archival visits, organising a conference, or buying specialist equipment? ⏰Our next funding deadline is 1 March socialhistory.org.uk/funding/smal...
- 📣You now have until Friday 23 January to get your proposals in - we look forward to seeing many of you in Lancaster in July!✨
- 📣DEADLINE EXTENDED! We are delighted to announce that we're extending the deadline for applications to our 50th anniversary conference! At this busy time, we want as many people as possible to have the chance to apply. Now accepting applications until 23 Jan! socialhistory.org.uk/events/confe...
- 📣DEADLINE EXTENDED! We are delighted to announce that we're extending the deadline for applications to our 50th anniversary conference! At this busy time, we want as many people as possible to have the chance to apply. Now accepting applications until 23 Jan! socialhistory.org.uk/events/confe...
- 📣The deadline for applications to our 50th anniversary conference closes TOMORROW! We really look forward to seeing many of you there!
- 📣You have just under a month to send in your proposal for our 2026 Social History Society Conference - where we will be celebrating out 50th anniversary! 👉Find out more here: socialhistory.org.uk/conference/s...
- 📣New blog! Nicholas Collins reflects on 'The Industrial Revolution, AI, and the Past and Future of Leisure' This blog gives insight into Collins' latest article published in @cultsochistory.bsky.social! socialhistory.org.uk/shs_exchange...
- 📣3 days to go until the deadline - we can't wait to see you for our 50th anniversary in Lancaster!
- 📣You have just under a month to send in your proposal for our 2026 Social History Society Conference - where we will be celebrating out 50th anniversary! 👉Find out more here: socialhistory.org.uk/conference/s...
- What's your favourite thing about the SHS Conference? As our applications are currently *OPEN*, we look back at what some of 2025's attendees loved about the SHS Conference! (No fairground this year, but lots of 50th anniversary celebrations!)
- 📣You have just under a month to send in your proposal for our 2026 Social History Society Conference - where we will be celebrating out 50th anniversary! 👉Find out more here: socialhistory.org.uk/conference/s...
- 🚨 Call for Papers! 🚨 📣Join us @lancasteruni.bsky.social 1-3 July 2026 as we return to our original home to celebrate our 50th anniversary! We welcome proposals from historians at all career stages across 8 thematic strands. 📅 CfP deadline: 16/01/26 🔗 socialhistory.org.uk/events/confe... #CFP 🗃️
- 📅 Save the Date! 🎉 To mark 50 years of the Social History Society, we’re hosting a Social History Festival with @ihr.bsky.social! 🗓️ Fri 24 April 2026 📍 Senate House, University of London Panels, a keynote + hands-on activities! 💡 Want to contribute? 👉socialhistsoc@gmail.com More info coming soon!
- CFP: Gender, Violence and the Early Moderns 🗓️ 22 May 2026 📍 European University Institute, Florence 👩🏫 Organiser: Dr Giada Pizzoni 🎤 Keynote: Dr Jonathan Davies (Warwick) Submit abstracts (≤300 words) by 20 Dec 2025 👉 socialhistory.org.uk/shs_event/ge...
- 📢 Applications are now open for the Joint BME Small Grants scheme, supporting research, events & activities by BME historians or on BME histories. 💸 Grants up to £1000. ⏰Deadline: 27 Nov 2025. #history #apply #funding #opportunity socialhistory.org.uk/funding/bme-...
- 📣Fellowship and grant opportunity! @chuarchives.bsky.social has multiple by-fellowships & research grants currently open for applications✨ 🕰️Different deadlines on 31 October, 31 December & 31 May. 👉More info: archives.chu.cam.ac.uk/about/resear...
- 📢 The Social History Society Book Prize 2026 is now open for nominations! Now in its 8th year, the prize celebrates the best books in social history & cultural history✨ More information here: socialhistory.org.uk/2025/09/24/b...
- 📣Reminder that the deadline is coming soon!
- 📢 Reminder: the deadline for the Social History Society Small Grants is coming up soon! 💷 Up to £1000 available to support research, events & activities in social & cultural history 🗓️ Apply by 1 October for events Dec–Apr 🔗 socialhistory.org.uk/funding/smal... ✨Apply today!
- 📢 Reminder: the deadline for the Social History Society Small Grants is coming up soon! 💷 Up to £1000 available to support research, events & activities in social & cultural history 🗓️ Apply by 1 October for events Dec–Apr 🔗 socialhistory.org.uk/funding/smal... ✨Apply today!
- 📣New book in social history! 'Made in Swindon: A Social History, 1840s-1940s', edited by Philip Garrahan (Hobnob Press), explores how the GWR turned a rural Wiltshire settlement into one of Britain’s great company towns 👉Read more here: socialhistory.org.uk/shs_exchange...
- ⏰This time one month ago we were gearing up for the beginning of our annual conference! We had a fantastic time and look forward to seeing many of you again at our conference next year. socialhistory.org.uk/2025/07/10/s...
- 📣We are delighted to announce that our outgoing Chair, Professor Naomi Tadmor, has been elected Honorary Vice President of the Society. This role is given as a mark of distinction to those who have made an outstanding contribution to the Society. 👇Read here: socialhistory.org.uk/2025/07/24/o...
- 📣We are thrilled to announce the winner of the 2025 Social History Society's Pamela Cox Public History Prize! 👇Read more below: socialhistory.org.uk/2025/07/23/w...
- 📣We are delighted to announce the results of the Postgraduate Paper Prize 2025! 👇Read all about it below: socialhistory.org.uk/2025/07/21/w...
- 📣We are delighted to announce the results of our Committee Elections! 👇Read more below! socialhistory.org.uk/2025/07/14/c...
- 📣We are delighted to announce that Prof. Michael Roper has been awarded the Social History Society's Book Prize for 'Afterlives of War: A Descendants' History' (MUP, 2023)! Prof. Laura Kelly (@tortietabby.bsky.social) won the Runner's Up Prize. Read more below! socialhistory.org.uk/2025/07/11/r...
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- Thank you for coming!🤩
- We are delighted to say that #SHSConf2025 was an immense success! Please read more about it here - and stay tuned for more information and announcements from the conference!✨ socialhistory.org.uk/2025/07/10/s...
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- We're so glad to hear you enjoyed it!
- Thrilled to be listening to Prof Karen Harvey, who is giving the keynote at #SHSConf2025! Fascinating discussion of the ways in which letter-writers in 18th-century Britain 'belittled' their letters - and why! 🗃️✉️📜
- Now enjoying our fish & chip tea @bclivingmuseum.bsky.social! 🐟🍟🍺
- Fantastic roundtable at the #SHSConf2025 on material culture! Featuring four fabulous speakers - @simonbriercliffe.bsky.social on @bclivingmuseum.bsky.social; @timhitchcock.bsky.social on convict tokens; @anahowie.bsky.social on portraiture & pearl fisheries & Simon Morgan on radical pottery✨
- We can't wait to welcome all our attendees at #SHSConf2025 (this is our official hashtag for the event, please feel free to use it when posting!) ⏰Registration starts from 12pm on Monday 7 July 🕐AGM is at 4.15pm on Tuesday 8 July ⏲️Conference ends 5pm Wednesday 9 July
- 📣New blog! How can a map of medieval homicides help teach about law, violence and society? @stephemmabrown.bsky.social shows how mapping coroners’ rolls from London, York & Oxford can give new insights into the realities of medieval urban life 📜 Read more: socialhistory.org.uk/shs_exchange...
- 📣Upcoming workshop: Reproductive Politics, Activism and Global Solidarity, 1970–Present ⏰28th May, 9.00am-5.30pm 🏢University of Glasgow & Zoom This workshop was supported by a BME Small Grant, administered by the SHS & supported by our partners✨
- 📣The SHS extends its warm thanks to Professor Phillipp Schofield, outgoing President of the Economic History Society, for his outstanding service as the Economic History Society representative on the Social History Society Committee. Read more below👇 socialhistory.org.uk/2025/05/13/f...
- 📣Call for participants for oral history project! “Ito ang aming mga kwento”: building an oral history archive of Filipino migration to Britain, 1974-present 📜 👉Led by Francesca Humi (@francescahumi.bsky.social) 🌟Looking for interviewees & volunteers Read more: socialhistory.org.uk/shs_exchange...
- 📣New book alert! Michael Ward’s (@michael954.bsky.social) 'Unceasing War on Poverty: Beatrice and Sidney Webb and their World' represents the first dedicated biography of the Webbs for forty years 📚 Read more about it here: socialhistory.org.uk/shs_exchange...
- 📢Would you like to help shape the Social History Society? We're looking for one Ordinary Member to join the team! ⭐️Gain committee experience ⭐️Build your academic network ⭐️Advocate for social history ⭐️Contribute to annual conference 👉Read more: socialhistory.org.uk/2025/02/26/c...
- 📣New book alert! Alan Cleaver's (@postalpathsguy.bsky.social) 'The Postal Paths' (2025) explores a forgotten slice of social history - the tales of postmen and women traversing the many rural paths that connect Britain's communities📮✉️ 👉Read about it here: socialhistory.org.uk/shs_exchange...
- 📣Committee nominations open now! ✨We are looking for nominations for 2 posts - PGR Rep & Ordinary Member! 👉Help shape the Society's future 👉Gain valuable experience with event organisation & cross-institutional collaboration 👉Expand your network 🗃️ ⏰By 7 April socialhistory.org.uk/2025/02/26/c....
- 📣The programme for our 2025 conference is out now! 👉Read it here (scroll down to 'Conference Programme'): socialhistory.org.uk/events/confe... ✨Take a look at the amazing array of social & cultural history on show!🗃️
- 📢Bookings for our 2025 conference are now open! ⏰7-9th July 2025 🏢Black Country Living Museum, Dudley 🗣️Biggest gathering of social & cultural historians in the UK 👉Book online here: socialhistory.org.uk/membership/a... 🗃️ History Humanities
- 📢Want to help shape the future of the Social History Society? 🗳️ Nominations for our committee elections are now open! We have started the search for a new Chair, as well as: 1x Ordinary Member 1x PGR Representative ⏰Deadline: 7 April 2025 More info here: socialhistory.org.uk/2025/02/26/c... 🗃️
- We are delighted to offer 12 PGR and ECR bursaries for people presenting at our 2025 conference! ⏰Deadline to apply: 31 March 2025 🌟Bursary: Free registration and £220 towards costs of accommodation & travel For more information and to apply: socialhistory.org.uk/events/bursa... 🗃️
- 📣Applications to our Public History Prize are open! The Pamela Cox Public History Prize (open to PGRs and ECRs) recognises activities that enhance public understanding of social and cultural history✨ 👉More info & apply here: socialhistory.org.uk/prizes/publi... ⏰Deadline 24 March 2025 🗃️
- 📣We are delighted to announce the 2025 recipients of the Joint BME Small Grants! This scheme is supported by @histedsocuk.bsky.social, EHS; History UK; @historywo.bsky.social, @royalhistsoc.bsky.social; @sslh.bsky.social and @womenshistnet.bsky.social!✨ socialhistory.org.uk/2025/02/10/b...
- 📣Reminder that you still have until the 24th January to submit a paper or panel proposal to our 2025 conference! socialhistory.org.uk/events/confe...
- ✨The Radical North, 1779-1914: A Symposium in Memory of Malcolm Chase 👉Read more about this SHS-supported event here: socialhistory.org.uk/shs_exchange...
- 📢CfP deadline extended! We are extending the deadline for applications to our 2025 Conference (which takes place 7-9 July). ⏰You now have until 24 January to apply! 👉https://socialhistory.org.uk/2025/01/17/social-history-society-2025-conference-cfp-deadline-extended/
- 📢You have less than a week to make a paper or panel submission to our 2025 conference! ⏰Apply by 17 January! socialhistory.org.uk/conference/s...
