Northern History
@NorthernHist
Academic journal that publishes work on the history of the seven historic Northern counties of England. Northern History is published by @RoutledgeHist.
We'd like to invite submissions to the Gordon Forster Essay Prize. It is open to postgraduate students and ECRs. The winner will receive £200 and their essay will be considered for publication in the journal. Deadline: 1 March 2025. Please repost! tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
There’s 10 days until the deadline for the journal’s Essay Prize. Full details are available on our website. Please repost! tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
Excited to share my research on Victorian author ✍️ Isabella Banks, and her links to Chester at the upcoming Chester Festival of Ideas. Visit the website for more details: festivalofideas.chester.ac.uk/event/places-i…
Here's a look back at the 2024 #chesterfestivalofideas and we're now looking forward to this year's festival on 3-6 July - in the splendour of Chester Town Hall and across #chester @Go_CheshireWest #cheshire @uochester : youtube.com/watch?v=zhEHZo…
There isn’t long until the deadline for submitting to the Gordon Forster Essay Prize (1 March!). The prize is open to ECRs and postgraduates. The prize is £200 and the essay will be considered for publication in Northern History. Please repost! tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
✨The Radical North, 1779-1914: A Symposium in Memory of Malcolm Chase 👉Read more about this SHS-supported event here: socialhistory.org.uk/shs_exchange/t…
Clare Downham Prof Martin Heale (University of Liverpool) is giving a talk "Hospitality and Display: The House and Household of the Abbots of Chester" in Chester on Tues 21 Jan 2025, 12pm. Tickets are free but booking is required chestercathedral.com/events/event...
'Weavers' cottages and loomshops in the Huddersfield area' - an online talk by Colum Giles on Thu 16 Jan 2025 at 7.30pm. Weavers' cottages are found widely in the West Riding of Yorkshire and give a distinct character to the area's landscape. Free, book at yvbsg.org.uk/events.html
1066 and all that? Here in the North West it's 1092 that matters - when the Kingdom of Cumbria south of Hadrian's Wall fell to the Normans. Fiona Edmonds @VCH_Cumbria & I @LancasterHistor discuss for @HistoryExtra - including new work on the important Norman site @lowthercastle!
On the podcast | Sophie Ambler (@RG1253) and Fiona Edmonds reveal how William Rufus led a second Norman Conquest in Cumbria, several decades after 1066: bit.ly/4htubM5
There's still time to sign up for my talk on Bradford's Reform Jewish Burial Ground, taking place Friday 10th January ONLINE @11am Sign up via the link below: tinyurl.com/33yysa2r @JewishStudiesUK @JHSEngland #jewishhistory
Join me online at 11am on Friday 10th January for a FREE talk on the fascinating history of The Bradford Reform Jewish Burial Ground. 🪦 Sign up via Abraham Events mailing list 👇 tinyurl.com/33yysa2r @bradford2025 #jewishhistory @NGG_JHSE #cemet
Free online talk introducting manors and their documents All Manor of Things 30 Jan 2025 7pm Update on Everyday Life in a Northumbrian Manor project. Also findings from the documents to inspire your manorial research. eventbrite.co.uk/e/1142741062279 #archives @HeritageFundUK
🚨 28th Jan virtual event!!! 🚨 Sharing the option to sign up for a 1-1 with a commissioning editor about your research and book idea. To sign-up for an afternoon appointment with Emily Russell + Lucy Kidwell in advance, email [email protected]. #publishing #phd
There’s just under 2 months until the deadline for the Gordon Forster Essay Prize. This prize is open to postgraduate students and ECRs. The winner will receive £200 and their essay will be considered for publication. Deadline: 1 March 2025 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
This new year's blogpost opens with a coincidence involving a new year's gift and offers reflections on a recent symposium celebrating the life and work of Malcolm Chase. @vjc_torianist @NorthernHist @socialhistsoc rachelhammersley.com/new-blog/2024/…
🔔 Would you like to do a PhD in this amazing library? 👉 There is a fully-funded scholarship available to work on ‘Hidden voices of early printed books’ with @OfficialUoM 📍 Closes 25/01 Find out more ➡️ tinyurl.com/2s3y9v34
If you'd like to join @royalhistsoc as a Fellow, Associate Fellow, Member / PGR Member, we welcome applications at any time bit.ly/45lOzr0 Membership is for #History professionals in HE - worldwide, at all career stages - and in related sectors. Next deadline: 13 Dec.
A plaque was unveiled in Leeds today to mark the Chartist newspaper Northern Star, and our branch is pleased to have chipped in £50 to help make it happen. Here are a few snaps. Well played, @LeedsCivicTrust, @unitecomleeds, @Commonerschoir and @vjc_torianist
Our event “The Radical North” is happening today! The sky was very impressive this morning as I made my way into Leeds. Looking forward to meeting everyone later on this morning!
Crime and criminals in medieval East Yorkshire with our @CrimSocHull own @StephEmmaBrown #crimehistory #HCnet #crimimology bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…
Our Small Grants Programme is now live! If you have a project that supports the study, enjoyment and dissemination of local history we'd love to hear from you. Find out more: ow.ly/cVKf50TUhP2 #WeAreLocalHistory #LocalHistoryForAll