Zoe Thomas
@zoethomas.bsky.social
Historian researching work, gender, & the arts in the Anglo-American world, c 19th & 20th centuries
Deputy Editor @ WomensHistoryReview
Deputy Editor @ WomensHistoryReview
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Zoe Thomas
@zoethomas.bsky.social
· Mar 12
I have a new open access article out @historicaljnl.bsky.social 🤩 “Marriage, collaboration, and the literary mass market in the English-speaking world, c. 1870-1939” www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
MBS2026 MBS2026 MBS2026!
We are delighted to announce that MBS2026 will be held at the University of Birmingham, 3-5 June 2026!
Papers may consider the opening day's theme of 'Polycrisis', but we also welcome all submissions related to modern British studies.
For any questions please contact [email protected]
Papers may consider the opening day's theme of 'Polycrisis', but we also welcome all submissions related to modern British studies.
For any questions please contact [email protected]
Modern British Studies Conference 2026 - University of Birmingham
Conference information
www.birmingham.ac.uk
October 17, 2025 at 9:49 AM
MBS2026 MBS2026 MBS2026!
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We're starting a new 'ArtsLab' (research network) in trans studies at Glasgow! It's very exciting and I hope that in time we can become a real centre for research in this field. Find out more - including details of our upcoming launch event - on our website: www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/art...
October 1, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We're starting a new 'ArtsLab' (research network) in trans studies at Glasgow! It's very exciting and I hope that in time we can become a real centre for research in this field. Find out more - including details of our upcoming launch event - on our website: www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/art...
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#OpenAcess so spread the word! The article 'Harriet Martineau and her Wars of Opinion' by Petros Spanou doi-org.may.idm.oclc.org/10.1080/0961...
October 7, 2025 at 5:35 PM
#OpenAcess so spread the word! The article 'Harriet Martineau and her Wars of Opinion' by Petros Spanou doi-org.may.idm.oclc.org/10.1080/0961...
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'An essential insight into the voices that are often silenced by a city’s ego, and a timely spotlight on a political agenda that is ever-present today.'
Thanks @thecrackmagazine.bsky.social for this review of 'Songs of Seven Dials', publishing next month: www.thecrackmagazine.com/view-editori...
Thanks @thecrackmagazine.bsky.social for this review of 'Songs of Seven Dials', publishing next month: www.thecrackmagazine.com/view-editori...
Songs of Seven Dials by Matt Houlbrook | The Crack Magazine
I’m always amazed by the stories that are forgotten when writing history, which is why I loved reading Matt Houlbrook’s latest ‘Songs of Seven Dials’. It’s a brilliant re-telling of the Seven Dials ne...
www.thecrackmagazine.com
September 30, 2025 at 2:14 PM
'An essential insight into the voices that are often silenced by a city’s ego, and a timely spotlight on a political agenda that is ever-present today.'
Thanks @thecrackmagazine.bsky.social for this review of 'Songs of Seven Dials', publishing next month: www.thecrackmagazine.com/view-editori...
Thanks @thecrackmagazine.bsky.social for this review of 'Songs of Seven Dials', publishing next month: www.thecrackmagazine.com/view-editori...
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I’m honoured that my book, MULTICULTURAL BRITAIN: A PEOPLE’S HISTORY has been shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize. Hugely grateful to the judges and the many people who have supported this work along the way
@wolfsonhistory.bsky.social
www.wolfsonhistoryprize.org.uk/2025-wolfson...
@wolfsonhistory.bsky.social
www.wolfsonhistoryprize.org.uk/2025-wolfson...
2025 Wolfson History Prize shortlist announced
The Wolfson History Prize has revealed its 2025 shortlist, with six books in contention for the UK's most prestigious history writing prize.
www.wolfsonhistoryprize.org.uk
September 30, 2025 at 8:14 AM
I’m honoured that my book, MULTICULTURAL BRITAIN: A PEOPLE’S HISTORY has been shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize. Hugely grateful to the judges and the many people who have supported this work along the way
@wolfsonhistory.bsky.social
www.wolfsonhistoryprize.org.uk/2025-wolfson...
@wolfsonhistory.bsky.social
www.wolfsonhistoryprize.org.uk/2025-wolfson...
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This year’s programme for our IHR seminar in Contemporary British History is coming together
This side of Xmas we’re excited to welcome @katrinanavickas.bsky.social @garylove.bsky.social @evansmithhist.bsky.social @dohertyta.bsky.social
If you’d like to present next spring/summer, drop me a line!
This side of Xmas we’re excited to welcome @katrinanavickas.bsky.social @garylove.bsky.social @evansmithhist.bsky.social @dohertyta.bsky.social
If you’d like to present next spring/summer, drop me a line!
A new academic year is here, and so is our autumn term programme! A thread of our speakers follows.
Sign-up links available soon but note dates in diaries now! 📆
Sign-up links available soon but note dates in diaries now! 📆
September 24, 2025 at 4:20 PM
This year’s programme for our IHR seminar in Contemporary British History is coming together
This side of Xmas we’re excited to welcome @katrinanavickas.bsky.social @garylove.bsky.social @evansmithhist.bsky.social @dohertyta.bsky.social
If you’d like to present next spring/summer, drop me a line!
This side of Xmas we’re excited to welcome @katrinanavickas.bsky.social @garylove.bsky.social @evansmithhist.bsky.social @dohertyta.bsky.social
If you’d like to present next spring/summer, drop me a line!
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🚨 Academic Conference Alert! 🚨
Keynote title for our Opposition to Thatcher conference by the amazing Dr Amy Edwards: 'Begrudging bedfellows and oppositional allies: Thatcherism and the limits of Popular Capitalism'
It will be great. See all speakers & sign up 👇 forms.cloud.microsoft/e/WFugaYiSyh
Keynote title for our Opposition to Thatcher conference by the amazing Dr Amy Edwards: 'Begrudging bedfellows and oppositional allies: Thatcherism and the limits of Popular Capitalism'
It will be great. See all speakers & sign up 👇 forms.cloud.microsoft/e/WFugaYiSyh
September 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
🚨 Academic Conference Alert! 🚨
Keynote title for our Opposition to Thatcher conference by the amazing Dr Amy Edwards: 'Begrudging bedfellows and oppositional allies: Thatcherism and the limits of Popular Capitalism'
It will be great. See all speakers & sign up 👇 forms.cloud.microsoft/e/WFugaYiSyh
Keynote title for our Opposition to Thatcher conference by the amazing Dr Amy Edwards: 'Begrudging bedfellows and oppositional allies: Thatcherism and the limits of Popular Capitalism'
It will be great. See all speakers & sign up 👇 forms.cloud.microsoft/e/WFugaYiSyh
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New release: https://bit.ly/4oJCR4i
Coal in Modern Britain is the first book to examine the social and cultural significance of coal in Britain. Charles-François Mathis explores the coal industry from the early 19th century through to the ‘coal-minded’ society of the 1940s.
Coal in Modern Britain is the first book to examine the social and cultural significance of coal in Britain. Charles-François Mathis explores the coal industry from the early 19th century through to the ‘coal-minded’ society of the 1940s.
September 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
New release: https://bit.ly/4oJCR4i
Coal in Modern Britain is the first book to examine the social and cultural significance of coal in Britain. Charles-François Mathis explores the coal industry from the early 19th century through to the ‘coal-minded’ society of the 1940s.
Coal in Modern Britain is the first book to examine the social and cultural significance of coal in Britain. Charles-François Mathis explores the coal industry from the early 19th century through to the ‘coal-minded’ society of the 1940s.
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Nice surprise to see my article on Capenhurst Women’s Peace Camp is out today - have a read if interested in space, the weirdness of the Wirral, local feminisms and anti-nuclear activism in Merseyside, and global solidarity movements in the 1980s academic.oup.com/tcbh/article...
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September 23, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Nice surprise to see my article on Capenhurst Women’s Peace Camp is out today - have a read if interested in space, the weirdness of the Wirral, local feminisms and anti-nuclear activism in Merseyside, and global solidarity movements in the 1980s academic.oup.com/tcbh/article...
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This is incredibly bleak, and incredibly sad. How is it possible to do responsible research assessment when research is produced and assessed in inherently exploitative and inequitable contexts? Is it possible?
“Cataclysmically bad”
This new series of ECR blog posts on the French History Network makes for grim reading, perhaps grimmer even than some in UK #FrenchHistory might have realised.
1st post, anon ECRs in French History on what it’s like right now out there:
frenchhistorysociety.co.uk/6691/
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This new series of ECR blog posts on the French History Network makes for grim reading, perhaps grimmer even than some in UK #FrenchHistory might have realised.
1st post, anon ECRs in French History on what it’s like right now out there:
frenchhistorysociety.co.uk/6691/
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ECR in 2025: Part One- What is it like? – SSFH
frenchhistorysociety.co.uk
September 17, 2025 at 10:29 AM
This is incredibly bleak, and incredibly sad. How is it possible to do responsible research assessment when research is produced and assessed in inherently exploitative and inequitable contexts? Is it possible?
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“it seems probable that the few historians who will still be able to have meaningful academic careers in, say, ten years’ time will all be able-bodied, childless British citizens from upper-class families.”
This is so real. The situation really is this bleak.
This is so real. The situation really is this bleak.
“Cataclysmically bad”
This new series of ECR blog posts on the French History Network makes for grim reading, perhaps grimmer even than some in UK #FrenchHistory might have realised.
1st post, anon ECRs in French History on what it’s like right now out there:
frenchhistorysociety.co.uk/6691/
🗃️
This new series of ECR blog posts on the French History Network makes for grim reading, perhaps grimmer even than some in UK #FrenchHistory might have realised.
1st post, anon ECRs in French History on what it’s like right now out there:
frenchhistorysociety.co.uk/6691/
🗃️
ECR in 2025: Part One- What is it like? – SSFH
frenchhistorysociety.co.uk
September 17, 2025 at 10:08 PM
“it seems probable that the few historians who will still be able to have meaningful academic careers in, say, ten years’ time will all be able-bodied, childless British citizens from upper-class families.”
This is so real. The situation really is this bleak.
This is so real. The situation really is this bleak.
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I of course welcome the recognition of the state of Palestine.
And there won't be a Palestinian state left if government's continue enabling Israel's unfolding genocide.
Labour can't credibly support Palestinian statehood whilst also continuing to arm Israel.
And there won't be a Palestinian state left if government's continue enabling Israel's unfolding genocide.
Labour can't credibly support Palestinian statehood whilst also continuing to arm Israel.
September 21, 2025 at 12:52 PM
I of course welcome the recognition of the state of Palestine.
And there won't be a Palestinian state left if government's continue enabling Israel's unfolding genocide.
Labour can't credibly support Palestinian statehood whilst also continuing to arm Israel.
And there won't be a Palestinian state left if government's continue enabling Israel's unfolding genocide.
Labour can't credibly support Palestinian statehood whilst also continuing to arm Israel.
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do you work in a university/faculty/school in the UK that abolished “departments”? willing to share experiences (by DM if preferred)? RTs also appreciated
September 18, 2025 at 3:52 PM
do you work in a university/faculty/school in the UK that abolished “departments”? willing to share experiences (by DM if preferred)? RTs also appreciated
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Cover reveal for my forthcoming book, WE HAVE COME TO BE DESTROYED: GROWING UP IN COLD WAR BRITAIN which tells the history of Cold War Britain (c.1956-89) through the eyes of children & young people! Out with @yalebooks.bsky.social 28 April 2026 #booksky #skystorians yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...
September 16, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Cover reveal for my forthcoming book, WE HAVE COME TO BE DESTROYED: GROWING UP IN COLD WAR BRITAIN which tells the history of Cold War Britain (c.1956-89) through the eyes of children & young people! Out with @yalebooks.bsky.social 28 April 2026 #booksky #skystorians yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...
It’s here! @fredrikjonsson.bsky.social so excited to get reading on my commute, thank you so much!
September 18, 2025 at 6:01 PM
It’s here! @fredrikjonsson.bsky.social so excited to get reading on my commute, thank you so much!
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Can't resist the temptation to offer some historical context on this, also! (Rutherford, Teaching Gender, p. 84)
September 10, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Can't resist the temptation to offer some historical context on this, also! (Rutherford, Teaching Gender, p. 84)
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28 September. More reason than ever to join this ride.
September 16, 2025 at 1:15 PM
28 September. More reason than ever to join this ride.
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Julia Wedgwood (1833-1913) was an intellectual icon of the Victorian era ✍️
Alison Stone has created a fantastic #openaccess resource containing many of her diverse writings, inc lots of newly attributed journalism, plus a short biography and comprehensive bibliography.
www.juliawedgwood.org
Alison Stone has created a fantastic #openaccess resource containing many of her diverse writings, inc lots of newly attributed journalism, plus a short biography and comprehensive bibliography.
www.juliawedgwood.org
September 4, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Julia Wedgwood (1833-1913) was an intellectual icon of the Victorian era ✍️
Alison Stone has created a fantastic #openaccess resource containing many of her diverse writings, inc lots of newly attributed journalism, plus a short biography and comprehensive bibliography.
www.juliawedgwood.org
Alison Stone has created a fantastic #openaccess resource containing many of her diverse writings, inc lots of newly attributed journalism, plus a short biography and comprehensive bibliography.
www.juliawedgwood.org
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Today is #WIDay2025 🥳. Am all set to give the @womensinstitute.bsky.social WIDay talk celebrating 110 years of the WI. Join us this evening at 7.30pm online (book your place 👇) to learn more on #womensgrassrootsactivism learninghub.thewi.org.uk/at-home/cour.... @womenshistnet.bsky.social #LSBU
September 16, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Today is #WIDay2025 🥳. Am all set to give the @womensinstitute.bsky.social WIDay talk celebrating 110 years of the WI. Join us this evening at 7.30pm online (book your place 👇) to learn more on #womensgrassrootsactivism learninghub.thewi.org.uk/at-home/cour.... @womenshistnet.bsky.social #LSBU
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If you need a good spot for a field trip or your students want internships we would be delighted to hear from you at the Art Gallery & Museum in Leamington! Lots of exciting and relevant work coming up in our programme over the next few years.
September 15, 2025 at 11:03 AM
If you need a good spot for a field trip or your students want internships we would be delighted to hear from you at the Art Gallery & Museum in Leamington! Lots of exciting and relevant work coming up in our programme over the next few years.
Who knew this would be the summer I would get absolutely obsessed with the history of the Salvation Army? Endlessly fascinating #researchpivot
September 16, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Who knew this would be the summer I would get absolutely obsessed with the history of the Salvation Army? Endlessly fascinating #researchpivot
So grateful to everyone who sent in proposals for this from around the world (we had over 40 amazing proposals sent in). We are working on finalising the programme and will be in touch with everyone asap. 🌟 ✨
Noch bis zum 1.9. freuen wir uns auf Einreichungen für unseren Workshop #PowerCouples im Mai 2026 an der @unihalle.bsky.social; organisiert gemeinsam mit @zoethomas.bsky.social. Die bisherigen Vorschläge versprechen ein faszinierendes & internationales Programm! www.hsozkult.de/searching/id...
September 15, 2025 at 10:47 AM
So grateful to everyone who sent in proposals for this from around the world (we had over 40 amazing proposals sent in). We are working on finalising the programme and will be in touch with everyone asap. 🌟 ✨
Such exciting news! There is going to be a new Gender & Sexuality MA at University of Birmingham led by Professor Mo Moulton and with the expertise of so many different interdisciplinary scholars. Things like this give me hope ♥️
Some big news: the University of Birmingham is launching a new MA in Gender & Sexuality. It's interdisciplinary, with a focus on combining theory & practice. It's going to be amazing. I'm convening it: message or email with questions. www.birmingham.ac.uk/study/postgr... @unibirmingham.bsky.social
Gender and Sexuality MA - University of Birmingham
Course information for prospective postgraduate students on our MA History taught masters degree programme at the University of Birmingham.
www.birmingham.ac.uk
September 15, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Such exciting news! There is going to be a new Gender & Sexuality MA at University of Birmingham led by Professor Mo Moulton and with the expertise of so many different interdisciplinary scholars. Things like this give me hope ♥️
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Thank you, Ireland.
RTÉ: Ireland threatens to withdraw from Eurovision if Israel participates
The Irish broadcaster said that Ireland's participation in the contest
www.bbc.co.uk
September 11, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Thank you, Ireland.
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A huge moment -- Melvyn Bragg steps down from In Our Time after over a quarter of a century. What a programme and what a legacy! Just a model for how to make great, clever, engaging radio, and a twenty-seven-year experiment that proves there's a huge global audience for smart, scholarly programming.
Melvyn Bragg decides to step down from presenting In Our Time
After 26 years on the programme, the legendary presenter bids farewell to the series
www.bbc.co.uk
September 3, 2025 at 10:48 AM
A huge moment -- Melvyn Bragg steps down from In Our Time after over a quarter of a century. What a programme and what a legacy! Just a model for how to make great, clever, engaging radio, and a twenty-seven-year experiment that proves there's a huge global audience for smart, scholarly programming.