Stay safe, join a union!

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University vice-chancellor enjoys a 'bumper pay rise' amidst redundancies portsmouth.co.uk/education/univ…

Was the enlightenment a 'pretext for repression and violence'? Are all 'ideologies of progress' destined to produce abominations' as cold war liberals believed? Interesting LRB article after discussing 18th century racial schemas in my Beliefs, Communities and Conflict class.

TONIGHT!

Our super Dr Katy Gibbons is giving a public talk for the Historical Assoc #Chichester Branch:

“Fighting for the Faith”: The Life & Reputation of Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland

7.30pm, Friends’ Meeting House, Priory Road, Chichester

history.org.uk/branches/resou…

Our excellent Dr Zack White in action - congratulations Zack! 😃👍

Well worth a listen - if you missed it, fear not: it's available on BBC Sounds (with extras!).

Great to see Zack's expertise recognised & his work reaching so widely: deservedly so!

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Working conditions on C19th and early C20th railways were seldom pleasant, clean, or safe. One of the most complained about was the state of Brake Vans - often filthy, cold and unsanitary. One Goods Guard claimed to have found human excrament in one! Just three examples.

Dans Midi Libre Lozère : 'Prévenchères et le tunnel de l’Albespeyres, souterrain longtemps maudit par les cheminots' midilibre.fr/2024/03/29/sou…

🚨 #PhD klaxon🚨

Chance to work with my fabulous friend & Univ. Ports History colleague Robert James on a great fully-funded Arts and Humanities Research Council PhD.

Do share widely please - come & join our excellent team University of Portsmouth UoP_SASHPL!

#PhD Chat #PhD Life

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I'm lucky enough to have been supporting the Univ. Ports History students working on this with Dr Zack White.

It's such a great project & is producing some lovely outcomes: really looking forward to the final stages!

#PublicHistory #CivicUniversity Heritage Hub UoP_SASHPL

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This is going to be a great weekend!
History exhibition at Scampston Garden's community weekend | York Press #LocalHistory #FamilyHistory #OnePlaceWednesday ⁦Scampston⁩ gazetteherald.co.uk/news/24254407.…

This is a great item, in the collections National Railway Museum !

Thanks to Peter Thorpe for alerting us to it. 👍👏

But now want to know more about what happened ...

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Good morning #Portsmouth #ThursdayMotivation

BREAKING 🚨 | Bosses will no longer able to punish striking workers, thanks to UNISON's Supreme Court win.

This is another crushing defeat for the government in court over its oppressive strike laws.

Monumental victory for UNISON - and the whole union movement!

To find out about Swansea’s once vast & thriving copper industry at Hafod Morfa Copperworks, join us this Sat 20 April for a free guided tour. The tour starts at 11am & lasts for 2 hrs, meet opposite Landore Park & Ride at the chimney sculpture. SA1 2JT.

Pix from 1864 Stratford Works, 1822 Hetton Colliery, Chester & Doncaster. There's a #railway200 story for every image here. OldRailwayAccidents David Stevenson 💙 Anthony Coulls robert gwynne London North Eastern Railway Greater Anglia Justin on eurostar Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council City of Doncaster Council Lord Peter Hendy Robert Humm & Co

Historians - rare opportunity to join the wonderful history team and a diverse welcoming intellectual community @mansfieldoxford

An exciting opportunity to join the 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿'Mapping the March'🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 team with a UKRI-funded PhD studentship at
University of Bristol has just been made live!

Please apply via the link provided in the application description.

Closing date for applications: 7th May 2024 at 5pm BST

For our final year students, or anyone considering study at Masters level - join us to find out more!
port.ac.uk/is-masters-stu…
UoP_SASHPL UoP Humanities and Social Sciences

The destruction by fire of Copenhagen's historic Børsen is truly shocking. It seems unthinkable. But large urban conflagrations used to be ubiquitous. If you haven't already, read this brilliant new piece on fire and American capitalism in Past and Present
academic.oup.com/past/advance-a…

Absolutely fascinating thread from Arthur Émile - even with my poor French skills 😞 I got lots from this!

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