IHC2d ago

🗣️ We've opened the #CallForPapers for the international meeting "Between wars and peace: New Perspectives and Challenges of Portuguese Migration (1914-1945)", that seeks to reflect on a variety of subjects related to the history of Portuguese migration during the interwar period.

📍 It will be hosted by the Université Paris 8.

ℹ️ https://ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/en/events/between-wars-peace/

#Histodons #SocialHistory #InterWarPeriod #PortugueseMigrants #Migrations #HistóriaSocial #EmigraçãoPortuguesa #EntreGuerras #CFP

ƧƿѦςɛ♏ѦਹѤʞ4d ago

Victorian ladies:

https://www.bbc.com/videos/c1532n3v9kwo

#Victorian #history #SocialHistory #OralHistory #1890s

BBC Archive 1970: Victorian teenagers look back at the 1890s

What was it like to be a teenager in the Victorian era? Two women, now in their 90's, talk about their younger days in the 1890s.

BBC
Dr Stefanie AffeldtMar 12
»If oral knowledge was never meant to be read off a page, are libraries and archives really the best way to return it to the communities it belongs to?« https://buff.ly/jP30xk8 #FirstNations #AI #SocialHistory
Susan HodgesMar 9

The transition into retirement is a major life milestone that deserves a bit of wit.

I’m sharing a delightful new resource by Marshal Flam: "Funny Retirement Limericks to End Work Life with a Laugh." It is a straightforward, For those who appreciate concise storytelling and a good-natured ribbing of corporate culture.

Full article here:
🔗 https://www.wordlelimericks.com/funny-retirement-limericks/

#Retirement #Limericks #WorkCulture #CreativeWriting #SocialHistory #Author #Writer #Writing #BookS #Blog

Nic Duquette Mar 8
Historians, do you have a preferred resource for digital access to historical newspapers? I have library access to a limited version of ProQuest, but it is missing a lot; other newspapers have been digitized, but access is sold by genealogy sites of varying shadiness and opaque pricing #history #econhist #economichistory #socialhistory #histodons
IHCMar 4

🆕 FCSH hosted the closing session of the #VINCULUM project, coordinated by Maria de Lurdes Rosa. The session featured presentations by Vítor Cardoso and Henrique Leitão, both beneficiaries of the European Research Council.

♾️ It was also the moment for the premiere of the documentary ‘VINCULUM: a journey of scientific research’

👉 We tell you much more here: https://ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/en/vinculum-end-beginning/

#Histodons #ERC #EU_funded #ERCCoG #SocialHistory #ModernHistory #Entails #Heritage #Inheritance #SciComm

Culture | The Guardian USMar 4
‘The camera is my weapon of choice’: Gordon Parks’ era-defining shots of segregation – and those who defied it https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/mar/04/camera-weapon-gordon-parks-shots-segregation-martin-luther-king #Photography #GordonParks #CivilRightsMovement #BlackUsCulture #SocialHistory #ArtAndDesign #Culture #Race #Art #Society #WorldNews
‘The camera is my weapon of choice’: Gordon Parks’ era-defining shots of segregation – and those who defied it

The visionary photographer captured the ugliness of racism in America, as well as the strength and dignity of those who opposed it – from cleaners in the corridors of power to Martin Luther King Jr proclaiming his dream

The Guardian
mary_brownFeb 25
The British Home Revolution Of The 1950s
From austerity to affluence. Witness the total transformation of the British living room as vibrant plastics, the DIY movement, and the arrival of the television turned drab post-war houses into modern hubs of family life.
#1950s #BritishHistory #SocialHistory #MidCenturyModern #HistoryChannel #HomeRevolution
https://www.history-channel.org/the-british-home-revolution-of-the-1950s/
The British Home Revolution Of The 1950s

The British Home Revolution Of The 1950sGoing to therapy is a sign of strength, not weakness. Credit to: Absolute History

The History Channel
Richard HullFeb 24
This looks great - #StirToAction's Book Festival "Connecting #SocialHistory and #PoliticalChange with the forces reshaping Britain today ... explores new approaches to #EconomicRegeneration, #GreenDemocracy, and #SocialOwnership". Excellent speakers. www.tickettailor.com/events/stirt...
IHCFeb 23

🆕 Anita Buhin travelled to Rimini, where she is currently staying as a Visiting Researcher at the Centre for Advanced Studies of Tourism (CAST) at Università di Bologna.

She is conducting archival, bibliographic and field research for her project ‘Performing Mediterranean Masculinities’.

👉 We tell you more here: https://ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/en/anita-buhin-italy/

#Histodons #Italy #GenderStudies #Tourism #SocialHistory #Masculinities #Itália #EstudosDeGénero #Turismo #Masculinidades #HistóriaSocial