Connecting historians, policymakers and the media. Based at the Institute of Historical Research @ihr_history
Joined September 2009
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8 Jan 2025
We conclude our @ihr_history @FCDOHistorians seminar series on official history on Weds 29 Jan with a special event in Senate House featuring a lecture by Professor Sir Lawrence Freedman & a panel discussion. Register below to join us in person or online.history.ac.uk/events/taking-…
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History & Policy retweeted
13 Dec 2024
Join us in Senate House on 29 January for a special @ihr_history @FCDOHistorians lecture 'Reflections of an Official Historian' by Sir Lawrence Freedman followed by a round table discussion with panellists including @HistorianHelen. Register below: history.ac.uk/events/taking-…
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History & Policy retweeted
2 Dec 2024
Join us on Wednesday 4th at 5.30pm for some Reflections on Official History, with FCDO Chief Historian Patrick Salmon and Professor Thomas Otte.
Register for the online seminar here: history.ac.uk/events/reflect…
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History & Policy retweeted
25 Oct 2024
Great to see our Dr Mike Esbester is one of the speakers at this @ihr_history @HistoryPolicy Trade Union Forum event, a month from now!
Health & Safety At Work Act - 50 Years On Still fit for purpose?
25 November 2024
10am-4pm
London
Bookings here:
history.ac.uk/events/health-…
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History & Policy retweeted
26 Oct 2024
New blog post! As Rachel Reeves prepares to deliver her first budget, what might she learn from William Ewart Gladstone - the man who invented the modern role of Chancellor of the Exchequer?
gladstonediaries.blogspot.co…
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History & Policy retweeted
21 Oct 2024
Call for Papers! 📢
@SchoolsofEmpire and @ihr_history are hosting a one-day research conference on 20 June 2025 in London and warmly invite proposals for research papers.
Deadline: 15 January 2025
More information: royalhistsoc.org/calendar/sc…
#histed #phd #education #cfp
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History & Policy retweeted
14 Oct 2024
Join us on the 25 November for the @HistoryPolicy Conference on the Health & Safety At Work Act- as we ask: Is the Act still fit for purpose?
Register today: buff.ly/4dHLXbo
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History & Policy retweeted
4 Oct 2024
On 25 November, our Trades Union and Employment Forum will be hosting a conference on health and safety in the workplace. See below for some reflections by one of our keynote speakers, Dame Judith Hackitt, and for details of the programme & registration.
historyandpolicy.org/news/ar…
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1 Oct 2024
Details of a forthcoming workshop on anti-corruption and good governance, online and in person @UniLeidenNews in partnership with @StirUni which should be of interest to followers of H&P and @ihr_history
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History & Policy retweeted
18 Sep 2024
It's over half a century since the 1970 Equal Pay Act was passed. But as this new opinion article for @HistoryPolicy by Prof Susan Milner @UniofBath argues, actually proving unfair treatment remains difficult. historyandpolicy.org/opinion…
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6 Sep 2024
With the advent of a new school year and a new government, the issue of improving the nutrition of schoolchildren is back on the agenda. A timely policy paper by John Stewart @CaledonianNews traces the long history of state intervention in this area. historyandpolicy.org/policy-…
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History & Policy retweeted
31 Jul 2024
And here's a taster of the sorts of things that might come up in November - in @ConversationUK, written by @UoP_History & the Railway Work, Life & Death project's Mike Esbester:
theconversation.com/the-uks-…
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History & Policy retweeted
23 Jul 2024
On 25 November we mark the 50th anniversary of the introduction of the Health & Safety at Work Act with a conference @ihr_history asking if the Act is still fit for purpose. Speakers include Dame Judith Hackitt, past Chair of the H&S Executive. Book now:
history.ac.uk/events/health-…
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