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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Joined March 2016
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⏱️ FULL-TIME: City 2️⃣ @NFFC 2️⃣ (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 👏 #ECFC #SemperFidelis
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FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1981, EXETER CITY ARE IN THE FOURTH ROUND OF THE FA CUP AFTER A SENSATIONAL PERFORMANCE! 😍 #ECFC #SemperFidelis | @EmiratesFACup
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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 CLaSP’s research themes. More info and guidelines here: claspblog.org/contributions-…
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William Morris’s own copy of Marx’s Capital, bounded especially for him.
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If you’re thinking about PhD study, please consider doing so with my colleagues in Queen Mary’s Centre on Labour, Sustainability, and Global Production (CLaSP). Full details are below.
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Very pleased to see this in print. I’m grateful to @HisJournalHA for publishing it and particularly @JayneGifford for her support. I’d highly recommend publishing with History! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/shar…
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⏱️ FULL-TIME | City 1️⃣ @RotherhamUnited 0️⃣ Start as we mean to go on... 😍 #ECFC #SemperFidelis
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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/yldn20/4… 🧵
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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-f…
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.@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/r… More info on applications: qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate/rese…
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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 Queen’s and Embassy Chapels, 1603-42. IHR Room NB01 and online booking here: history.ac.uk/events/reconsi… All welcome!
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At the next IHR British History in the C17th Seminar, we welcome Gabriel Groz (Chicago) on ‘Absolutism and the Politics of Fiscal State-Building in Restoration England’. Thurs 23 Nov, 5.30GMT. Bloomsbury Room, Senate House + online. Booking: history.ac.uk/events/absolut… 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 ‘Singing to Please and to Persuade: Performing Seditious Ballads in Mid-17th-century England history.ac.uk/events/singing…
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Join us in person/online for the next IHR British History in the 17th Century seminar: Elizabeth Hines (Chicago), ‘Anglo-Dutch Imperial Experiments, 1636-44’, Thursday 26th October, 5.30pm. Details here: history.ac.uk/events/anglo-d…
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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/briti…
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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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Britain in Revolution Seminar | MONDAY 24 APRIL - 17.00 Ed Legon @Ed_Legon (@QMUL): '"Rebells by their Trade"? Revisiting Clothmaking and Parliamentarianism' intellectualhistory.web.ox.a…
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QMUL is looking to appoint a Lecturer in Business History and Heritage in the School of Business and Management. I’m happy to chat if you’re interested in applying. qmul.ac.uk/jobs/vacancies/it…
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