Preserving Our Past

Newsflash: all History departments in the UK have good people in them. The ridiculous academic job market in our subject is such that cuts to any department will have an effect on the health of our discipline, and who gets to be taught it. It’s everyone’s fight now.

Keep registering for #prisonshist conference, New Histories of Impris in England, 1500-1850(ish), @KebleOxford! See poster below for speakers + details ⬇️ Free to attend: https://t.co/LY2m5Zr8dD

Pleased to work alongside Rachel Wood at @saltairestories to launch a competition aimed at Y9 Bradford pupils to create a graphic novel story for @BurnsHistory on the unsung heroes of the Bradford City Stadium fire. Please RT @becketthistory @leedsbeckett @WYFRS @BradfoBurnsUnit

Over on our Research Exchange blog, @janetlweston has been reflecting on the limits of thinking about HIV/AIDs as a matter of human rights in the 1990s, and the place of this within the dynamic history of prisons.

https://t.co/Oe0qHWm1dy

New book available to pre-order https://t.co/Z7Hde3LQPw

We are delighted to confirm that @lizzieevens won the SHS Poster Prize at #SHS2019. You can find a copy of the winning poster in our official announcement #twitterstorians #phdchat

https://t.co/AP0A2Ar8XQ

In 1909 @leicspolice Boro PC John Mason was presented with a silver tipped walking cane by Leicester Boro Police Band. In 1960 his family loaned the cane to Leicester City Police as part of an exhibition, and was never seen again.

Just in case you missed it earlier we have launched our 1893 Special Edition #Saltaire map today. Prices start at just £10. Further details can be found at our website: https://t.co/Z8axm687wX Please ReTweet 😃
#localhistory #familyhistory #genealogy #ancestry #maps #Yorkshire

A little obsessed with prison plans at the moment...here’s a sketch by George Dance of the new Newgate (c.1770s) held at @LdnMetArchives that I wish I could use in my thesis but probably won’t as I need the more detailed, final version (sob)