'The goal is continuity. To be a peasant is to hand some small thing on: a cottage, a plot, a chest of linen, a well-thumbed prayer book'

Dr Will Pooley (Historians @ Bristol now on Mastodon too) considers the lost peasant identity in a new piece for The TLS

the-tls.co.uk/articles/remem…

#ICYMI : Dr Amy Edwards (Historians @ Bristol now on Mastodon too) introduced us to her new Arts and Humanities Research Council project which will explore the history of women's self-employment between 1970 and 2000

Read more about the project, including how you could potentially get involved! 👉 brnw.ch/21wHH0W

In-person tickets open: The Western Magical Tradition

Book for free via: gres.hm/western-magic

Professor Ronald Hutton* looks at learned ceremonial #magic in Europe throughout history, and demonstrates what makes it distinctive

*also of Historians @ Bristol now on Mastodon too
#paganism

📌 Dr Evan Jones (Historians @ Bristol now on Mastodon too) has uncovered evidence which identifies the exact location of Bewell's Cross, a long-lost monument which marked the boundary of Bristol and which was the site of a gallows

Find out more about this fascinating discovery 👉 brnw.ch/21wIe0g

To celebrate #InternationalWomensDay , Dr Amy Edwards (Historians @ Bristol now on Mastodon too) tells us about her project which will explore the history of women's self-employment between 1970 and 2000

Read how the project is using archival research and oral history interviews 👉 brnw.ch/21wHH0W

This week, Professor Ronald Hutton reflects on the life & legacy of a former colleague & historian of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Dr John Leslie. John’s picture hangs in Ronald’s office & he tells its story here for #LGBTplusHM

“A Picture on a Wall”
…storiansatbristol.blogs.bristol.ac.uk

🔥 Prof Ronald Hutton (Historians @ Bristol now on Mastodon too) joins Channel 5 to consider the Great Fire of London and the importance of preventing the fire spreading to the Tower of London

Watch the full programme 👉 brnw.ch/21wGTJQ

📖 Teaching the History of Sexuality with Images
🖋️ Sarah Jones - Sarah Jones
🏫 University of Bristol - Historians @ Bristol now on Mastodon too
📔 Radical History Review
🔗 doi.org/10.1215/016365…

From the current issue: “Doubt and the dislocation of magic: France, 1790–1940”

#OpenAccess

by William Pooley (Historians @ Bristol now on Mastodon too)

doi.org/10.1093/pastj/…

We recently awarded Ideas Exchange funding to 'Nightwalker'.

The team aim to understand, challenge & experience nightwalking from an historical, environmental & feminist viewpoint.

bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/resea…

Historians @ Bristol now on Mastodon too Bristol Uni Theatre Dr Eleanor Rycroft (ellierycroft.bsky.social) Arts Matter Bristol

Our Ronald Hutton CBE in action on a screen near you

In 'The Germs of Doubt'

The first blog post stemming from an article published in our Feb 2024 issue (No. 262)

Will Pooley (Historians @ Bristol now on Mastodon too) considers the theoretical underpinnings of his article 'Doubt and the dislocation of magic: France, 1790–1940'

pastandpresent.org.uk/germs-of-doubt/

Led by Prof Hilary Carey & Sumita Mukherjee (Historians @ Bristol now on Mastodon too), this Arts and Humanities Research Council project will consider religion, race and empire and the histories of missions to seamen in British ports

Find out more about the project's two key strands 👉 brnw.ch/21wGLaU

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⚓️⛵️ Ahoy There! Mariners Project is excited to announce the launch of their new website!

Explore the histories of British sailors and lascars in the ports of Bristol, Hull, Liverpool and London

Discover more 👉 brnw.ch/21wGLaU

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Our Vivian Kong is the subject of this first in a series profiling people exploring Hong Kong's history. It's a collaboration between the department's Hong Kong History Centre centre and the Society for Hong Kong Studies

In his post for The Process Blog, dedicated to exploring the process of doing history and the multifaceted ways of engaging with the U.S. past, Dr Stephen Mawdsley looks at responses - acceptance, hesitancy and resistance - to the first polio vaccine.

processhistory.org/mawdsley-hesit…

📻 Professor Tim Cole joins BBC Free Thinking to trace the history of tourism and travel in 20th-century Britain, with special reference to the 1951 Festival of Britain

Listen below 👇

bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

On advance access: 'Women, Hospitality and The Intimate Politics of International Socialism, 1955–1965'

by Su Lin Lewis (@UoBrisHistory)

#OpenAccess

#CulturalHistory #SocialHistory #twitterstorians

doi.org/10.1093/pastj/…

Congratulations to Professor Ronald Hutton (Historians @ Bristol now on Mastodon too) who has been awarded a CBE for services to history in the King's New Year Honours list 🥳

Professor Hutton is a leading authority on the history of the British Isles in the 16th and 17th centuries

Read more 👇

How has Mahatma Gandhi influenced Indian history since his death?

Professor Sumita Mukherjee (Historians @ Bristol now on Mastodon too) joins History Today to consider the 'interesting and important directions' historians have responded to him and his politics

Read more 👉 bit.ly/3Hd6K8A