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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 1d

The October updates include, for example, 162 titles about the history of Wales, 229 records re histories of African nations, 359 publications re Scottish history, 448 records discuss the histories of the Americas and Atlantic Ocean, 468 publications focusing on Irish history, and much more.

Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social · 2d

The Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) has recently been updated with 5000+ new references. Discover further details about this update in this On History blog blog.history.ac.uk/2025/10/bibl... @brepols.net

Bibliography of British and Irish History October 2025 update - On History

What’s new in BBIH?  The October 2025 update to the Bibliography of British and Irish History adds over 5,000 new publications. The new update includes books, journal articles, book chapters and…

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St John's College, Oxford @stjohnsox.bsky.social · 2d

We’re honoured to be welcoming Lord Simon Woolley as our speaker for this year’s Black History Month Lecture: “In a climate of fear of ‘the other’, new leaders must emerge.”

📅 30th Oct, 5:00pm
📍 Garden Quad Auditorium, St John’s College
➡️ Register now for a free ticket

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Radical Online Archives @radonlinearchives.bsky.social · 3d

Hello BlueSky! Starting this account to showcase the ever growing list of radical online archives and collections. Nearly 1000 collections from the around the world are listed at the link below.

Please follow for updates and collection highlights!

hatfulofhistory.com/radical-onli...

radical online collections and archives

I am very interested in the growing amount of radical literature from around the world that is being scanned and digitised. As there are so many and from many different places, I thought it would b…

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Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social · 2d

The Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) has recently been updated with 5000+ new references. Discover further details about this update in this On History blog blog.history.ac.uk/2025/10/bibl... @brepols.net

Bibliography of British and Irish History October 2025 update - On History

What’s new in BBIH?  The October 2025 update to the Bibliography of British and Irish History adds over 5,000 new publications. The new update includes books, journal articles, book chapters and…

blog.history.ac.uk

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Oxford Academic @oxfordacademic.bsky.social · 2d

October’s ODNB update has four new articles on historic figures in Britain of African or part-African descent, including Yorke, Lecesne, Lewis, and Durham. Plus a survey of the sitters in the painting of the 1840 Anti-Slavery Convention.

Read the stories on #ODNB: oxford.ly/46VduWJ

Henry Redhead Yorke; Louis Celeste Lecesne; Edmonia Lewis; Jimmy Durham, and the painting of the 1840 Anti-Slavery Convention.

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FES history @feshistory.bsky.social · 3d

Das Protokoll dieses wie auch aller anderen Parteitage bis 1959 könnt ihr auf unserem Portal abrufen:

library.fes.de/parte...

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Open Culture @openculture.bsky.social · 4d

The Medieval Masterpiece, the Book of Kells, Is Now Digitized and Available Online

If you know nothing else about medieval European illuminated manuscripts, you surely know the Book of Kells. “One of Ireland’s greatest cultural treasures” comments Medievalists.net, “it is set apart ...

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Isabel Holowaty @iholowaty.bsky.social · 3d

Oh, this is just wonderful! 😂 #libraryhistory

Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 4d

"Do not bring dogs within the portals" and other Library Rules.

Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 4d

Hertfordshire County Council rules for library use, 1930

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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 3d

The archive was opened to researchers in 2007. It includes:

➡️ Documents on incarceration in concentration camps, ghettos and prisons
➡️ Documents on forced labour
➡️ Documents on Displaced Persons camps and emigration
➡️ Documents on Jewish and other victims of Nazi persecution

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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 3d

We’re proud to be the sole point of access in the UK to the International Tracing Service – a remarkable archive of over 30m pages of Holocaust-era documents relating to the experiences of 17.5m people

📸 The ITS Archive Manager, Elise, supports attendees of a recent AJR event

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Monica H Green @monicamedhist.bsky.social · 7d

#histmed

British History Online @bho.bsky.social · 7d

Bulletin of the John Rylands Library goes #OpenAccess

manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2025/10...

#History 🗃️

BJRL Goes Open Access: Professor Carsten Timmermann on Manchester's Medical History - Manchester University Press

BJRL 87:1 is now Open Access on Manchesterhive.

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Bodleian Humanities Library @bodhumslib.bsky.social · 6d

A is for Accessibility!

The Humanities Library has:
🛗 Step-free access
🪑 Ergonomic chairs & height-adjustable desks
✍️ 6 study rooms
📖 Bookstands
🎨 Coloured acetate sheets
🤫 Earplugs
🔎 Magnifiers

And more! Speak to a member of staff or see our webstie for more information: tinyurl.com/3sekr7am

A photograph of some accessibility equiptment, including earplugs, a magnifying glass, coloured acetate sheets, reading rulers, and a bookstand

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Isabel Holowaty @iholowaty.bsky.social · 8d

Next up: the amazing Schwarzman Centre to talk about libraries & resources for history of science, medicine & technology. Super keen students! 🥳 looking forward to supporting them. 👍

#travellinglibrarian

Photo of the Great Hall, Schwarzman Centre

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Bodleian Humanities Library @bodhumslib.bsky.social · 8d

Got something to say? We want to hear it! 📣

We've put up a feedback wall to gather your thoughts on our new library. We want to hear from you, whether you have compliments or constructive criticism!

Feel free to express yourself with handwritten notes or dot voting 🚥✍️💚

A photograph of a feedback wall. The sign reads 'Welcome to the Humanities Library! Tell us what you think', with space for post-it notes and colourful dot voting.

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Isabel Holowaty @iholowaty.bsky.social · 8d

Today I am a travelling librarian, giving new @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social graduate students a 'Welcome to @bodleian.ox.ac.uk' talks. This morning it was @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social 😍 to talk about Oxford's excellent resources for economic & social history.

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George Marshall Medical Museum @gmmedicalmuseum.bsky.social · 12d

New #HistPsych webpages now online supported through National Lottery by @artscouncilengland.bsky.social

The Annual Reports for the Asylum show post mortem examinations were undertaken in order to observe differences in the brain that might explain mental conditions.

Post-mortem kit — Worcester Medical Museums

medicalmuseum.org.uk

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Richard Ovenden @richove.bsky.social · 11d

Huge congratulations to the @bodhumslib.bsky.social team for such a successful opening of the New Humanities Library at the Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities this week! Wonderful feedback for readers and such happy staff!

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 12d

We've updated our three BlueSky starter packs for historians.

Our principal list now includes details of 130+ societies and networks, based in the UK and Ireland, that advance the study, research and promotion of history go.bsky.app/AZaYQDd

Please let us know if there are gaps.
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Bodleian Humanities Library @bodhumslib.bsky.social · 12d

Good news - we've extended our opening hours! 🔔

For all readers, we're open: Monday - Friday, 9am-8pm

Further hours (including weekends!) are available for the Humanities Division, the Oxford Internet Institute, and Joint Schools in Philosophy. Full details: www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/libraries/hu...

Humanities Library

Information for the Bodleian Humanities Library, part of the Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities

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Bodleian Humanities Library @bodhumslib.bsky.social · 14d

We've been delighted that so many of you have come to see the new library! If you haven't had a chance to make it yet, here's a little sneak peek of our new library for you ✨📚✨

A photograph of the entrance to the Bodleian Humanities Library. The entrance is a wood-pannelled interior door with chairs arranged outside

A photograph of a central chamber in the Bodleian Humanities Library. There is soft lighting, wooden panelling, and chairs and tables.

A photograph of the second floor reading room in the Bodleian Humanities Library: you can see an array of seating, tables, and a view of a nearby college

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 16d

RHS First Book and Early Career Article Prizes, 2026.

We invite submissions for the Society's book and article prizes: for eligible titles published in 2025. Further details and how to apply: bit.ly/3KnR47v

Submissions are by self-nomination by an author. Closing date: 15 December #Skystorians

Royal Historical Society Book and Article Prizes, 2026: submissions now invited - RHS

The Royal Historical Society invites applications for its First Book Prize, 2026 and Early Career Article Prize, 2026. The call for submissions opens on Monday 29 September 2025 and runs to Monday 15 ...

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Warwick History Post-Doc Club @post-doc-club.bsky.social · 15d

Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month

www.jstor.org/action/showL...

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 19d

Eighteenth-century precedents and 21st-century threats.

Vaccination and the price of forgetting

History shows how dangerous anti-vax sentiment can prove

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Isabel Holowaty @iholowaty.bsky.social · 22d

And finally:
Lara Putnam, The Transnational and the Text-Searchable: Digitized Sources and the Shadows They Cast, The American Historical Review, Volume 121, Issue 2, April 2016, Pages 377–402, doi.org/10.1093/ahr/...

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Isabel Holowaty @iholowaty.bsky.social · 22d

Also: Gerben Zaagsma, Digital History and the Politics of Digitization, Digital Scholarship in the Humanities, Volume 38, Issue 2, June 2023, Pages 830–851, doi.org/10.1093/llc/...

Thylstrup, Nanna Bonde. The Politics of Mass Digitization. Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2019.

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