@ruthdav.bsky.social
Historian of women, welfare and activism. Currently researching working class women’s welfare campaign’s in twentieth century Britain. IHR Fellow 2024/25
@caitbeaumont.bsky.socialReposted by @ruthdav.bsky.social📣 For our new @womenshistoryrev.bsky.social #SpecialIssue Women’s Grassroots Activism: New Histories of Female Activism in Twentieth-Century Britain & Ireland, Jessica White of @liverpooluni.bsky.social provides a timely reflection on intersection of race and whiteness & #womensgrassrootsactivism.
@caitbeaumont.bsky.socialReposted by @ruthdav.bsky.socialThis @womenshistoryrev.bsky.social #SpecialIssue on #womensgrassroots is co-edited by @caitbeaumont.bsky.social @annefhlogan.bsky.social @ruthdav.bsky.social @racheljcollett.bsky.social & Anna Muggeridge & emerges out of our @ukri.org #AHRC project #womensgrassrootsactivism. More articles coming...
@caitbeaumont.bsky.socialReposted by @ruthdav.bsky.social📣 Booking for the always brilliant @ruthdav.bsky.social paper to the @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social seminar @ihr.bsky.social on Weds 21 Oct 5.30pm is now open 📣. Click below to get your free ticket 🎟️. In-person only @ihr.bsky.social
@historyworkshop.org.ukReposted by @ruthdav.bsky.socialAfter three brilliant years, @beckierutherford.bsky.social's fellowship is coming to an end. A historian of health, gender, and activism in modern Britain, Beckie has edited a selection of incredible articles focused on the experiences and ideas of disabled people.
@ruthdav.bsky.socialI am really looking forward to presenting my recent research at the CBH seminar. If you are in London on the 21st October do come along to the IHR at 5.30. Please do share this with anyone you think might be interested in women’s welfare activism across the twentieth century.
@tomchidwick.bsky.socialReposted by @ruthdav.bsky.socialNext month, I'm going to be launching my new @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social book at the @mileendinstitute.bsky.social!
Speakers include the voice of Radio 4 Carolyn Quinn, @politicalquarterly.bsky.social's Ben Jackson and a MYSTERY Scottish politician. Do come!
@helenglew.bsky.socialReposted by @ruthdav.bsky.socialStill time to sign up!
@emilyrobinson.bsky.socialReposted by @ruthdav.bsky.socialWow 😍
@nataliethomlinson.bsky.socialReposted by @ruthdav.bsky.socialbrilliant special issue of CBH here on writing labour histories in Brexit Britain, featuring great people like @emilyrobinson.bsky.social, @diarmaidkelliher.bsky.social and @ewangibbs.bsky.social
@royalhistsoc.orgReposted by @ruthdav.bsky.socialAt 6pm on Tuesday 3 November we welcome Sathnam Sanghera to give the 2026 RHS Public History Lecture @greshamcollege.bsky.social. Sathnam's lecture is entitled 'What History is NOT'.
In-person booking at Gresham opens tomorrow (3 October) bit.ly/4xURpl1 Online booking is also available #Skystorians
@jcrangle.bsky.socialReposted by @ruthdav.bsky.socialLooking forward to chairing this online seminar on Wednesday. All welcome. Registration required.
@robertsaunders.bsky.socialReposted by @ruthdav.bsky.socialJoin our fantastic roster of speakers - @stephanomics.bsky.social @will-davies.bsky.social @colmpm.bsky.social & Kathleen Burk - to explore everything from the 1976 crisis & the 1997 Asian crash to the 2007 Financial Crisis & the 2022 mini-budget.
Tickets free!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/politics-a...
@emilyrobinson.bsky.socialReposted by @ruthdav.bsky.socialNew article klaxon!! And it’s an exciting one — my first academic piece on Ravenser Odd. Co-authored with the brilliant Kathryn Maude. Hopefully more to follow… www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/...
@caitbeaumont.bsky.socialReposted by @ruthdav.bsky.socialFascinating lecture by @gsoh31.bsky.social hosted by @royalhistsoc.org at @ihr.bsky.social. Loved that Glen highlighted importance of voluntarism re work of the Central Rights of Way Ctte (CROW) & acknowledged participation of @womensinstitute.bsky.social in this work. #EnvironmentalHistory
@ruthdav.bsky.socialCongratulations Emily
@uk.theconversation.comReposted by @ruthdav.bsky.socialEmily Robinson from the University of Sussex and Alison Garden from Queen’s University Belfast are winner and runner up in The Conversation Prize for writers 2026.
@sarahcrook.bsky.socialReposted by @ruthdav.bsky.socialI have a new article in @genderandhistory.bsky.social on efforts for forge a new, popular, mainstream and appealing feminism in the 1990s and its connections to the wider atmosphere of the moment. Read it here - doi.org/10.1111/1468...
@gsoh31.bsky.socialReposted by @ruthdav.bsky.socialTHIS FRIDAY: I'll be giving a public lecture for the @royalhistsoc.org on rights of way and the struggle for the land in post-war England and Wales... It's at Senate House in London at 6pm, and there are still a few tickets left! Also an online option:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rhs-lectur...
@dohertyta.bsky.socialReposted by @ruthdav.bsky.socialGreat to see a local #archives in the news for an improved catalogue! ✊
@lottelydia.bsky.socialReposted by @ruthdav.bsky.socialWhat a great photo!