Closing next Friday (16th): 'History and Archives in Practice' 2027. Calls for panels invited for our annual meeting of historians and archivists, with @ihr.bsky.social and TNA.

HAP27 focuses on connecting past and future with sessions on advocacy & applied history bit.ly/3RGHbWy #Skystorians

Upcoming #Migration&Mobility Seminar from our friends @ihr.bsky.social on 'Race and the Rent Collector' exploring the changing relationship between housing and migration in modern Britain.

The @ihr.bsky.social, @senatehouselib.bsky.social and SAS are excited to welcome you to History Day 2026 - "Grassroots History, Grassroots Collections"!

Join us in Senate House on Wednesday 18 November for this celebration of all things history.

🔗 Book your free place https://bit.ly/4in3vQ6

Still time to book for this important conference at @ihr.bsky.social on 26 October examining how history can help make sense of global challenges and assist in conflict-resolution. Speakers include Timothy Garton Ash, Michael Cox & Caoimhe Nic Dháibhéid. historianswithoutborders.fi/en/tapahtuma...

You can also explore BBIH's free online reading list 'Researching Black British History': buff.ly/8JFtG1o

Are you studying, researching or teaching Black British histories? Try using the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH). It contains 680,000+ resources from 55 BCE to today!

Watch our video 'Researching the history of race and ethnicity in BBIH' to learn more buff.ly/iXI2MwX

@royalhistsoc.org looks forward to taking part at this very helpful annual event for new researchers.

It's an excellent orientation to the many ways @ihr.bsky.social and other organisations can support new graduates as you begin your research #Skystorians

Have you recently started your PhD in history and/or a related discipline? Would you like to hear more about the incredible resources the IHR has to offer history students in the heart of Bloomsbury? Join us on 7 Oct!

www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

@royalhistsoc.org @ihrhistorylab.bsky.social

The 2026 annual Dr Williams's Library Lecture, hosted by the @ihr.bsky.social, will be given by Dr James Vigus on 'The 'idle' life of Henry Crabb Robinson: Suffolk dissenter, European traveller, lawyer, literator'. 28th October 2026, 5.30pm. Sign up online: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

In our latest On History blog, @zoejackson.bsky.social discusses how they used two petitions as a starting point to reflect on environmental history as a field, and the usefulness of the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) for researching environmental histories buff.ly/9yxpTE4

Starting your studies, research or teaching in the histories of Britain or Ireland? Join our and @brepols.net free BBIH webinar tomorrow.

Date: October 2, 2026
Time: 14:00 (London, UK) / 09:00 AM (Eastern Time, USA) / 15:00 (Brussels)
Duration: 15-20 minutes

Register today: buff.ly/QwhXi5R

📢📅 Thurs 8th Oct!

Open to UOL & federation staff, students & the public, the SAS Festival of Research & Engagement will be a chance to meet the people behind SAS’s research, explore books & collections, try interactive activities & hear researchers share their work.

www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

Or why not free join one of free IHR seminars on religious or medieval history? Our full seminar program is available here www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

September 29 is St. Michael’s Day, or Michaelmas.
Read about the history of St. Michael in IHR Fellow Michael Carter’s blog blog.history.ac.uk/2026/09/mich...
Find out more in the IHR Library’s Religious History Collections www.history.ac.uk/library/coll...

On 5 November our Trades Union and Employment Forum is hosting a day conference on the employment implications of moves to a net zero economy. We have a terrific programme of speakers. Either in-person or online registration is available via the link below. share.google/7lNgXh5D2k5Q...

For anyone without access via university affiliation then membership to the British Association for Local History @balhnews.bsky.social entitles you to a discounted subscription of this fantastic database of published historical research. www.history.ac.uk/resources/on...

On Friday I gave a @royalhistsoc.org lecture about the battle for rights of way in England and Wales: you can watch and listen here! Many thanks to the @ihr.bsky.social for hosting, and to @ukri.org for funding the project. Much more to come on this front.
royalhistsoc.org/glen-ohara-g...

@bshsnews.bsky.social @rigb.org @royalhistsoc.org @ihrhistorylab.bsky.social @historylabplus.bsky.social

Does your research touch on science or science history? Come to this free training session led by IHR Research Partners @sciencemuseum.org.uk on Oct 14 14:00-16:00 at the IHR. Learn about Science Museum Group collections, the SMG Research and Public History team, and grant funding.
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