ModernBritishStudies
@MBSBirmingham
Interdisciplinary research centre at the University of Birmingham. Tweets by Director @DrSarahLKenny. Writing at http://mbsbham.wordpress.com
Interested in joining Modern British Studies as a postgraduate? Find out more here or get in touch directly with any questions. birmingham.ac.uk/postgraduate/c…
Our autumn series begins this week. Dates and details are available through the link below, and sign-up options for our hybrid session in December are forthcoming. canva.com/design/DAGT6r3…
MBS is also on bluesky: @mbsbirmingham.bsky.social.
Apply for the British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship at the College of Arts and Law! Complete research and build your profile in arts, humanities, and social sciences. Apply by 23 Aug 2024. Details: birmingham.ac.uk/news/2024/coll… #Research #Postdoc #Academia #UoBArtsLaw
Delighted that my article ‘Remember Me Darling’: Memory, Masculinity and Morality in the Last Letters of RAF Bomber Command, 1939-1945 has been published in the Journal of Cultural and Social History! tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
Yesterday we were very fortunate to be able to come together and celebrate @Emma_Barrett7's new book, 'Survival capitalism' and the Big Bang. This is essential reading for those interested in Thatcherism and the cultures of finance in the 1980s.
‘Survival capitalism’ and the Big Bang doi.org/10.7765/978152… My book, 'Survival capitalism' and the Big Bang is now published with @ManchesterUP. New insights into #Thatcherism and the 1980s financial revolution. Fascinating oral histories with government and City insiders.
FAO #twitterstorians of modern Britain, particularly PGRs and ECRs
Excited to share a #cfp for our workshop on gender and sexuality in modern British history, taking place on the 3rd July at the University of Birmingham, abstracts deadline 27th April. Please share! #pgr #ecr #twitterstorians
We apologise for the harm caused by these activities and condemn sexual reorientation practices that are degrading, unethical and harmful birmingham.ac.uk/news/2022/univ…
Today the University has published a report into historic conversion therapy practices on our Edgbaston Campus. Please read the whole of this thread: birmingham.ac.uk/news/2022/univ…
We are hiring! Assistant Professor in British History (West Midlands focus) mbsbham.wordpress.com/2022/06/06/we-…
WE ARE HIRING! This is a permanent post in British History with a focus on the West Midlands. We're looking for someone with an interest in regional and local histories to bring this important part of our work forward. jobs.ac.uk/job/CQH100/ass… @TheNACBS
Call for Applications! Beyond Binaries: A Study Day on New Frameworks in Gender Studies mbsbham.wordpress.com/2021/12/20/cal…
We'll be here! Dr Mo Moulton will be on hand to answer all your questions about all our taught and research programmes.
Excited to share a #cfp for our workshop on gender and sexuality in modern British history, taking place on the 3rd July at the University of Birmingham, abstracts deadline 27th April. Please share! #pgr #ecr #twitterstorians
Interested in doing a PhD in Modern British Studies? Applications are now open. More on the Centre and its academic staff here: birmingham.ac.uk/research/mbs/m… Apply here: midlands4cities.ac.uk
Prizes! for books and essays on Ireland. Plus bursaries for postgraduates studying Ireland!
We are pleased to announce our book, essay and bursary prizes for 2022. The book prize deadline is 20th January and the deadline for both of our postgraduate prizes is 17th March. We welcome books, essays and bursary projects in the Irish language. bairishstudies.wordpress.com/prizes-and-fun…
Next Thursday afternoon, we'll hold the first of two online reading-group sessions on @onni_gust's Unhomely Empire. Do sign up and join us! birmingham.ac.uk/schools/histor…