Dr. Philippa Hellawell

I'm very pleased to share news of a new project I am leading @UkNatArchives PASSAGE combines archival research on the transatlantic trade of enslaved people with an international programme that centres the research of West African & Caribbean scholars. shorturl.at/XLyC8

The AHA seeks to collect information about the working conditions of historians employed as contingent faculty. We hope the survey results will empower faculty to engage in evidence-based negotiations about their working conditions. historians.org/community-care…

Join us for a lived experience focus group on LGBTQ+ history at The National Archives! 🌈📚 🗓 Jan 31, 2025 🕒 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM GMT 📍 Kew, Surrey Funding available. eventbrite.co.uk/e/focus-group-… #LGBTQHistory #Archives #Research #QueerHistory

700 years of the Thames: a document display & talks Drop in to our site in Kew to explore records charting what life, work & play looked like beside London's iconic river. From Chaucer to the Empire Windrush in 1948. @BeingHumanFest 7 November, 3-7pm eventbrite.co.uk/e/700-years-of…

After reading @corinne_fowler's Our Island Stories and attending @UkNatArcRes Methodologies event with her, I embarked on the "The Labourers’ Walk" at @UkNatArchives . Along the way, I was joined by colleague historians to unpick and reveal some records. tinyurl.com/bdne767a

Thrilled to announce a new opportunity for postgrads to present papers at @Cambridge_Uni! Our @CamHistory workshop on the Long Eighteenth Century invites PhD & Master's students from any institution to present their work. See our call for papers & please help us spread the word!

@jamesofputney @UkNatArchives @USNatArchives Thanks, a point I should have made myself!

We have an exciting one-year post at The National Archives for an 18th century researcher to shape our public engagement programme in the lead up to the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution. Please share and get in touch if you have questions! civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi?j…

@LHaasis @Oj_finn @Prize_Papers @UkNatArchives @OIEAHC That would be great! Be interesting if you could do an American Revolution themed session!

@LHaasis @Oj_finn @Prize_Papers @UkNatArchives @OIEAHC I wish I could hear all these papers! I imagine there is no way to join online?

Registration is now open for Age and Health 1500-1800 🗓️24 June 2024 Open to All #histmed

@agnesjuliet I foolishly presumed my little boy would be sleeping through the night by the time I returned to work... How wrong I was! I feel you.

Okay so, hear me out: Pregnant = seat on the tube Carrying baby = seat on the tube Back to work post-mat leave = seat on the goddamn tube I’m so tired 😪

Job opportunity! We are looking for no less than 3 PhD candidates investigating histories of enslavement, slavery and racialization through early modern court records from across the early modern European colonial (French, Portuguese and Spanish empires)👇iisg.amsterdam/en/blog/3-phd-…

AHRC-funded Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) PhD Studentship at University of Central Lancashire @UCLAN and The British Library @britishlibrary: 'Creative Writing and Atlantic Slavery Through Library Collections' jobs.ac.uk/job/DHF582/ahr…

Exciting new PhD project researching the role and perception of disabled seafarers and workers in the Stuart navy. Fully funded under @ahrcpress Collaborative Doctoral Partnerships scheme. Supervised by @clairejowitt, Dr Robert Blyth (@RMGreenwich) and I. findaphd.com/phds/project/d…

Find out about Ravenser Odd. ⤵️ Join Dr Katheryn Maude from @UKNatArchives and Dr Emily Robinson from the University of Sussex for their talk "Ravenser Odd: Revisiting Hull's Sunken Twin". 📅 9 April ⏰ 12:30 – 1:30pm 📍 Hull History Centre @hullhistorynews

📢Reminder: we are offering a funded PhD studentship on global commodities in #EarlyModern wills! This post shows the scope a student would have to shape their research & the other resources at their disposal - pls share! #PhD #twitterstorians #History sites.exeter.ac.uk/materialcultur…

📢CALL FOR PAPERS! #twitterhistorians The Workshop for the Early Modern Period invites applications for Easter Term (April-June 2024) from postgraduate students working on any aspect of of the early modern period (c. 1450-1800). Deadline: 15 April 2024 👇