FCDO Historians

The latest volume of Documents on British Policy Overseas - ‘The Lancaster House Conference and the Independence of Zimbabwe, 1979’ - is now available to read or download for FREE at issuu.com/fcohistorians/…

Nowość wydawnicza w @BibliotekaPISM Kolejny tom opublikowany w ramach serii "Documents on British Policy Overseas" @FCDOHistorians "The Lancaster House Conferenceand the Independence of Zimbabwe, 1979" Zachęcamy do lektury!

The summer term's final #InternationalHistorySeminar 17 June 6 pm BST: @AndrewHarrison_ "#Britain & #Yugoslavia in an age of #détente & non-alignment: Reflections on an unconventional relationship". Online via Zoom. Register to attend by clicking the link: history.ac.uk/events/britain…

Serie Dokumentów Dyplomatycznych Baza @BibliotekaPISM zawierająca informacje o dostępności poszczególnych tomów dokumentów dyplomatycznych w polskich bibliotekach - aleph.pism.pl/fdp/?_gl=1*xk4… Informacja m. in. o tomach @dodis @FCDOHistorians @HistoryAtState i wiele innych

Including the former archivist at the VEC here in Rome. Many congratulations Prof. Maurice Whitehead MBE. From all those you have worked with @UKinHolySee @FCDOHistorians @pontificalbeda

New publication alert! We are pleased to announce the publication of our latest volume of ‘Documents on British Policy Overseas’ covering the Lancaster House Conference and the Independence of Zimbabwe, 1979.

Next #InternationalHistorySeminar Tues 3 June 6pm BST. @mari_hadji: "The British ‘Soldier-Aesthete’ in Cyprus at the End of Empire: Durrell, Cardiff, Leigh Fermor & Stark". Online only. To register to attend, please click the link: history.ac.uk/events/british…

Please note that next Tuesday's seminar with @LindsayAqui will be held both in-person & online. The in-person event will be held in the Wolfson Room @ihr_history: history.ac.uk/events/british…

Next #InternationalHistorySeminar Tues 20 May, 18.00 BST. @LindsayAqui @UniWestminster: "The #British Presence in the @EU_Commission, 1973–97: At the Margins of #Europe". Online only. To register to attend, please click the link below. history.ac.uk/events/british…

📢 CfP Extended! Join us for the 33rd BIHG Conference at UEA, 3–5 Sept 2025. 🗓 New deadline: 21 May 🐦 Early bird: by 15 June 🎤 Keynote: Prof. Thomas Otte Submit your abstract + CV to [email protected] 🌍 No remote presentations—on-site only!

We are delighted to announce our new exhibition - Happy & Glorious - opening on 2 May with @GovArtCol. Work by artists from across the UK, commissioned for the Coronation of Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla, will go on show for the first time (1/3)

I thoroughly enjoyed this discussion about 'International perspectives on Official History', and sharing some insights into Australian official histories (@AWM_OHP), with the folks at @HistoryPolicy and @FCDOHistorians - you can watch the video at youtu.be/sPnRdHtsWEU?fe…

Next International History Seminar 25 March 2025, 18.00 GMT. Rod Thornton @KingsCollegeLon "Seizing Mosul: Why did British troops capture the city after the First World War was over?". Via Zoom & in person. To register to attend, click the link below: history.ac.uk/events/seizing…

The Convenors of the #InternationalHistorySeminar are saddened to report the passing of Dr Effie Pedaliu, one of the founding convenors. She was an internationally acknowledged doyenne of the discipline. She leaves an enormous gap, in our hearts, and in our professional lives.

Next #InternationalHistorySeminar Tues 25 Feb 6pm GMT. Judith Rowbotham @uniplymouth: "Queenly Interventions: role of Queen Mary in the management of #Britain’s #Royal #Diplomacy 1918-39". Online via Zoom. To attend, please click the link below. history.ac.uk/events/queenly…

Next International History Seminar Tues 11 Feb, 6pm GMT. James Brocklesby @sheffhallamuni: "Echoes of Empire: Imperial remnants in a post-decolonisation world". Online via Zoom. To register, please click the link below: history.ac.uk/events/echoes-…

Step inside the extraordinary world of MI5 at a groundbreaking new exhibition opening at The National Archives this spring. 5 April - 28 September 2025. Find out more: nationalarchives.gov.uk/mi5-official-s…

Next International History Seminar, Tues 28 Jan, 6pm GMT, Niall Gray @UniStrathclyde: "Edinburgh Conversations: Scotland, the Soviet Union & Cold War cultural diplomacy". Online via Zoom. Register to attend by clicking the link below history.ac.uk/events/edinbur…

📣 New file release from MI5! Over 100 Security Service (MI5) files have been released today. In a new blog, our Records Specialist Mark Dunton summarises some of the fresh perspectives they contain on the notorious Cambridge Five spy ring: blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/confessions-fr…

“A frightful day in which everyone lays hand on every box they can find, crams into it all the worst and most complicated files, and throws them at my head” From the diaries of Foreign Office Permanent Under-Secretary Sir Alexander Cadogan, 84 years ago today.