@RE_histories

Lecturer and (Public) Historian of Madness, Mental ill-health and institutions @HistoryManMet. Visiting Research Fellow @Mhmwakefield. KTP lead @Pennineheritage

Joined August 2016
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The Voices volume has arrived! @DrSarahKendal @Steve_J_Taylor @CathyColeborne @mpcsmith Thanks to all the contributors for their fresh insights that stretch from the early modern period to the c21st and include case studies from four continents. Voices II, anyone?
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For International Women's Day: a plaque in Marsden to the remarkable Dora Marsden: suffragette, writer, teacher, modernist, philosopher and long stay patient at the Crichton Royal. Congratulations to Roger Logue and Marsden, long campaigning to honour her. crichton.co.uk/the-crichton-…
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Out on the 6th of March with @ProfileBooks Huge thanks to @MichaelWoodMV for the endorsement, and the team at Profile for the gorgeous design. If you are interested in finding out more about the history of pilgrimage, you can pre-order now #pilgrimage #pilgrimage2025 #publishing
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Woo-hoo, the project we co-produced with @YCCC_YCF is now online. It complements the physical exhibition which launched earlier this year and is a forerunner to this year’s project with @ManMetUni @HistoryManMet. Huge thanks to the wonderful @CLH1192. yorkshireccc.com/community/y…
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Excited that my first trade book, Holy Places, will be out with Profile in March 2025. Too early for Christmas, but you are very welcome to pre-order for some springtime reading! profilebooks.com/work/holy-p… #pilgrimage #pilgrims #tradebook
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This is the consultation on the future of @LeedsMuseums Abbey House #Museum which is threatened with closure to save £160,000. Please do respond if you can: museumsandgalleries.leeds.go…... – at Leeds, England
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Sending big thanks to Rob Ellis for working with us again for the second year of a partnership in telling hidden stories of Yorkshire Cricket. We can't wait to get started with our student team! #Yorkshirefamily
Rob Ellis@RE_histories6 Dec 2024
Great to be working with @YCCC_YCF and @YorkshireCCC again. This year’s focus is Disability and Sport, with input from @ManMetUni @HistoryManMet History students Ellya, Ethan, Jamie and Rosie. Thanks to Charlotte for the tour and inspiration.
Four people stand in front of a sign for the Yorkshire Cricket Museum at Headingley Cricket Ground.

ALT Four people stand in front of a sign for the Yorkshire Cricket Museum at Headingley Cricket Ground.

Three undergrads take inspiration from an exhibition showing the history of women and cricket.

ALT Three undergrads take inspiration from an exhibition showing the history of women and cricket.

Three undergrad history students explore the Cricket Museum.

ALT Three undergrad history students explore the Cricket Museum.

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Great to be working with @YCCC_YCF and @YorkshireCCC again. This year’s focus is Disability and Sport, with input from @ManMetUni @HistoryManMet History students Ellya, Ethan, Jamie and Rosie. Thanks to Charlotte for the tour and inspiration.
Four people stand in front of a sign for the Yorkshire Cricket Museum at Headingley Cricket Ground.

ALT Four people stand in front of a sign for the Yorkshire Cricket Museum at Headingley Cricket Ground.

Three undergrads take inspiration from an exhibition showing the history of women and cricket.

ALT Three undergrads take inspiration from an exhibition showing the history of women and cricket.

Three undergrad history students explore the Cricket Museum.

ALT Three undergrad history students explore the Cricket Museum.

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Find me on the other place at @re-histories.bsky.social.
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After an eventful few months, I’m now happy to have joined the team @HistoryManMet and continuing with funded and other projects.
Campus building at Manchester Metropolitan University

ALT Campus building at Manchester Metropolitan University

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Indoor fireworks (using an app) @PennineHeritage. Inspired stuff from @123McTom for Bonfire Night.
An computer generated image of a night time firework display.

ALT An computer generated image of a night time firework display.

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Seen at the Birchcliffe Centre @PennineHeritage
The word ‘love’ in small but colourful lettering is propped against a wall. In the background is a green bush, a tree and the Birchcliffe Centre, a former Baptist Chapel.

ALT The word ‘love’ in small but colourful lettering is propped against a wall. In the background is a green bush, a tree and the Birchcliffe Centre, a former Baptist Chapel.

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Thanks to the team for an excellent overview of the painstaking research behind this project. Their exhibition is at the HCN until November.
Holocaust Centre North@holocaustnorth30 Sep 2024
Join us on the 2nd of October at 6pm for an event featuring Dr Helen Atherton, Dr Simon Jarrett, and Professor Paul Weindling. The panel will tell the story of British-born victims of the Nazi-led killing programme targeted at disabled people. 👉️ holocaustcentrenorth.org.uk/…
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Replying to @profbarrydoyle @Verusca @RE_histories
"Layers of history" (and paint and wallpaper.....) in the Infirmary and the Workhouse, from this morning's visit @NTWorkhouse! – at Nottingham, England
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Thank you to @RoyalHistSoc for putting @Dawnyprawnypie @sundaegirl and myself's call for papers on their website: Sixty years on from the London County Council: Legacy, Impact, Learning – CALL FOR PAPERS | RHS (royalhistsoc.org)
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Call for papers: ‘Sixty years on from the London County Council: legacy, impact, learning’. Organising with @sundaegirl @Dawnyprawnypie and held at @LSofARCH @TheLdnArchives in March 2025. DM me for the full call for papers. Deadline for abstracts is 16th October 2024 #LCC60
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Look forward to Doors Open Day 7th September: we'll welcome guests in Grierson House. Heritage Officer @Val_Bold talks about 'The Crichton & War'; @CrichtonTrust Head of Research @JennifChallinor guides a building tour. Refreshments provided. All free: doorsopendays.org.uk/regions…
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Good to see the new name at the recently rebranded @TheLdnArchives. We’re working with them on our Asylum project and a great trip with @uteoswald. Thanks to Tom and the collections team for their help with access to important archival resources.
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Brilliant visit to @bethlemmuseum with @uteoswald for the Asylum project. Huge thanks to @dgowerluck for helping to make the day such a productive one.
Signage for Bethlem Royal Hospital and the Museum of the Mind

ALT Signage for Bethlem Royal Hospital and the Museum of the Mind

A building which houses the Museum of the Mind

ALT A building which houses the Museum of the Mind

Two statues in the entrance to the Museum of the Mind

ALT Two statues in the entrance to the Museum of the Mind

A foundation stone of Bethlem Hospital dated 8 July 1930.

ALT A foundation stone of Bethlem Hospital dated 8 July 1930.

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Would love to be an ‘Official Historian’.
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I know this is a *brilliant* time to be asking this, but if anyone knows of any hourly paid teaching or research assistant work available from the autumn, whether that be in modern history, politics, media, sociology etc, please do let me know. All reposts much appreciated. X
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