Historian of production/trade politics | Textile workers | Heritage and memory | Co-Director, MA Heritage Management, QMUL | Co-Director, CLaSP | he/him
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Ed Legon retweeted
11 Feb 2025
ā±ļø FULL-TIME: City 2ļøā£ @NFFC 2ļøā£ (2-4 Pens)
Heartbreak for the Grecians on penalties. It was an incredible performance from City who played for 40 minutes with ten men and pushed a team third in the Premier League to the limit!
A performance to be proud of š
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Ed Legon retweeted
11 Jan 2025
FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1981, EXETER CITY ARE IN THE FOURTH ROUND OF THE FA CUP AFTER A SENSATIONAL PERFORMANCE! š
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Ed Legon retweeted
29 Oct 2024
If you are an early career scholar or a PhD student wanting to showcase your work, we - at CLaSP Blog (@clasp_qmul) - welcome essay submissions on a range of issues related to CLaSPās research themes.
More info and guidelines here: claspblog.org/contributions-ā¦
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Ed Legon retweeted
26 Oct 2024
William Morrisās own copy of Marxās Capital, bounded especially for him.
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Very pleased to see this in print. Iām grateful to @HisJournalHA for publishing it and particularly @JayneGifford for her support. Iād highly recommend publishing with History!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/sharā¦
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Ed Legon retweeted
10 Aug 2024
ā±ļø FULL-TIME | City 1ļøā£ @RotherhamUnited 0ļøā£
Start as we mean to go on... š
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Ed Legon retweeted
28 Jul 2024
Our new issue of The London Journal - Vol. 49, No. 2 - is now out. A thread of what you can find in this issue follows. All reposts much appreciated. tandfonline.com/toc/yldn20/4ā¦
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Ed Legon retweeted
2 Jan 2024
FUNDED PHD: Four years of AHRC funding for a project on the suppression of the underground press in Restoration England, in collaboration with the Stationers' Company. Please pass on to any interested MA students or grads.
jobs.ac.uk/job/DEW494/ahrc-fā¦
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Ed Legon retweeted
9 Dec 2023
āHistory is too important to be left just to professional historians.ā
It was 27 years ago today, on the 9th December 1996, that Raphael Samuel, one of the great historians of the twentieth century, died.
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Ed Legon retweeted
1 Dec 2023
.@clasp_qmul invites PhD applications on areas of expertise of its faculty members (see image). Internal funding options available for UK & int'l students. Deadlines in late Jan.
More on CLaSP: qmul.ac.uk/busman/research/rā¦
More info on applications: qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate/reseā¦
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Thursday 7th December, 5.30pm GMT: The IHR 17thC British History seminar warmly welcomes @markdallen23 (Cambridge) on Reconsidering Tolerance, Catholicism, and the Queenās and Embassy Chapels, 1603-42. IHR Room NB01 and online booking here: history.ac.uk/events/reconsiā¦ All welcome!
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Ed Legon retweeted
17 Nov 2023
First copies in of the new collection of Raphael Samuelās historical essays! Out January, from @VersoBooks
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At the next IHR British History in the C17th Seminar, we welcome Gabriel Groz (Chicago) on āAbsolutism and the Politics of Fiscal State-Building in Restoration Englandā. Thurs 23 Nov, 5.30GMT. Bloomsbury Room, Senate House online. Booking: history.ac.uk/events/absolutā¦ See you there!
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Next IHR British History in the 17th Century seminar: Thursday 9th November, 5.30pm GMT (Hybrid: Zoom/Wolfson Room NB01)
We welcome @angela_mcshane (Warwick) on āSinging to Please and to Persuade: Performing Seditious Ballads in Mid-17th-century England
history.ac.uk/events/singingā¦
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Join us in person/online for the next IHR British History in the 17th Century seminar: Elizabeth Hines (Chicago), āAnglo-Dutch Imperial Experiments, 1636-44ā, Thursday 26th October, 5.30pm. Details here: history.ac.uk/events/anglo-dā¦
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The IHR British History in the 17th Century Seminar returns this coming Thursday (12 Oct) at 5.30pm when we welcome Joyce Macadam on the Parliamentary press and Oliver Cromwell's image as a military hero. Full semester line up/hybrid booking details here: history.ac.uk/seminars/britiā¦
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Ed Legon retweeted
12 Sep 2023
Fab event @thehacbow @QMUL #OnePlaceStudy HolyTrinityBowWest Church supported Masters; @J_J_McIntosh MC- student scholarships,multidisciplinary approach - Student @CianHodge Supervisors @Ed_Legon & @LondonCurious & @AlistairHackney - reach out for #FamilyHistory #EastEndDiaspora
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