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Laura King

@DrLauraKing

Historian of everyday life in modern Britain. Working on families' remembrance of the dead and family history practices. Based @LeedsUniHistory. She/her.

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linkhttp://www.leeds.ac.uk/arts/people/20041/school_of_history/person/1779/laura_king calendar_today17-11-2011 09:04:58

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Rebellion To Romance our 2022 ode to 2nd generation West Indians in 70s & 80s lives on @ Leodis the city's photo archive w. a selection of images curated by susan pitter and portraits by the great Vanley Burke
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Rebellion To Romance our 2022 ode to 2nd generation West Indians in 70s & 80s #Leeds lives on @ Leodis the city's photo archive w. a selection of images curated by @susanpitter and portraits by the great @vanleyburke ⬇️⬇️ tinyurl.com/23ys26y2 #heritagefund #outofmanyfestival
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Julia Laite (julialaite@bsky.social)(@JuliaLaite) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I'm really excited about this! And also a little daunted, because I'll be speaking about my new project on colonial Newfoundland, which is new and also so important to me. It's both online & in person, come one and all.

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History at Leeds(@LeedsUniHistory) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Join @drlauraking and Ellie Harrison for their seminar, 'Journey with Absent Friends: Art, History and Collaboration.'

They'll talk about their work together and the rewards of an academic-artist collaboration.

Find out more:
ahc.leeds.ac.uk/events/event/3… Dr Katie Carpenter

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Prof Caitríona Beaumont(@caitbeaumont) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Interested in ? Check out recording of our Institute of Historical Research @IHR_ContBritHist roundtable where Julia Laite ([email protected]) Matt Houlbrook Laura King, Prof Mike Roper & me share experiences of using our own family histories to inform our historical practice.
history.ac.uk/podcasts/round…

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Dr Charlotte Lydia Riley(@lottelydia) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This book is now out! Get your histories of men and masculinities in modern Britain here, OPEN ACCESS and free to download: manchesterhive.com/display/978152…

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The Swine That Dines(@SwineThatDines) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We believe we’re one of the best value restaurants around, Wednesday Pies / Schnitzel/ Chicken Shop etc are £25. Saturday lunches are 2 for £18/ 3 for £22.50. Haven’t upped the price on this years Burns Night or Valentines. We’re not just for Jan. We’re good value all year round!

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Kathleen Stewart, Worlding

This event took place as a Series funded event, as part of our programme

In this video, Professor responds to ‘the now’ with selected readings from her forthcoming book

youtube.com/watch?v=UW_a0D…

Kathleen Stewart, Worlding This event took place as a #SadlerSeminar Series funded event, as part of our #WritingTheNow programme In this video, Professor #KathleenStewart responds to ‘the now’ with selected readings from her forthcoming book #Worlding youtube.com/watch?v=UW_a0D…
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Please share.

125th Anniversary Scholarships for Black British Researchers at University of Birmingham.

I'm so pleased this scheme exists!

birmingham.ac.uk/study/postgrad…

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Philip Murphy(@philipvmurphy) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Responding to the growing controversy around protests planned for 11 November, History & Policy Institute of Historical Research publishes this important intervention by Adrian Gregory pointing to the complex and contested nature of Remembrance and its regular reinvention.
historyandpolicy.org/opinion-articl…

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Philip Murphy(@philipvmurphy) 's Twitter Profile Photo

In response to Rishi Sunak's Dance of the Seven Bins Henry Irving Leeds Beckett has written this new Opinion Article for History & Policy pointing to the dangers of playing politics with waste and recycling. historyandpolicy.org/opinion-articl…

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The Grief Series(@GriefSeries) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We’re doing a screening of the documentary we’re making with the lovely @Brettinthecity @staticflowprod Joseph Mercier on Nov 4th as part of All That Lives commissioned by @Leeds2023. Tickets go on sale this Thursday so here’s a little peek into the process

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