Dr Rebekah Hodgkinson

There are more than 260,000 items of human remains held by UK museums, universities & councils, including thousands from former British colonies. Thanks to @profdanhicks.bsky.social & @rebekah-hodgkinson.bsky.social for their expert analysis of my FoI data.

Which human remains are held in UK museums – and where? Institutions including the Natural History Museum and Cambridge University hold more than 263,000 human remains, Guardian investigation finds

This investigation by the Guardian has revealed the scale of overseas human remains held in UK museums, as well as those with no known provenance. The findings are troubling and demonstrate a clear need for updated DCMS guidance and regulation across the sector. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Vast scale of overseas human remains held in UK museums decried by MPs and experts Exclusive: Guardian study finds UK museums hold more than 260,000 items of remains, often in sacrilegious ways

Assisting with the collation and analysis of this data over the past two years has been a privilege. I'm excited to see this work out in the world and hope it helps make change.

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Call for Applications: Editorial Fellowships at History Workshop, 2025 History Workshop is advertising two part-time, paid Editorial Fellowships in 2025, open to early career historians.

Join us! We are advertising two part-time, paid Editorial Fellowships at History Workshop in 2025-27.

Our fellowships support early career historians to develop expertise in public, radical and digital history & to gain experience of working in an editorial team.
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One week to go until ‘Curzon, Contacts & Contexts: Engaging with Imperial Histories at Kedleston Hall’ organised by the brilliant @rebekah-hodgkinson.bsky.social, Oliver Godsmark and @charjoyjohnson.bsky.social

India tries to halt auction of Piprahwa gems found with Buddha’s remains Ministers claim sale in Hong Kong is unlawful and are demanding repatriation of relics buried in third-century BC

India tries to halt auction of Piprahwa gems found with Buddha’s remains

My Brain Finally Broke Much of what we see now is fake, and the reality we face is full of horrors. More and more of the world is slipping beyond my comprehension.

Jia Tolentino writes about how Donald Trump and “his lieutenant content-generator Elon Musk” harness the internet to damage our sense of the real.

Very special to see this in its physical form! Congratulations again @profdanhicks.bsky.social

Contested Heritage: A Discussion This discussion brings together experts from a variety of heritage-related sectors, to discuss how these developments have shaped their own work and vision.

Looking forward to speaking among great company at this workshop next week - come hear from researchers working on contested heritage at the @ox.ac.uk and on the fab Cast in Stone project! Sign up here: www.stx.ox.ac.uk/event/contes...

Lecturer in Early Modern History (Education and Scholarship) at University of Exeter Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Lecturer in Early Modern History (Education and Scholarship) on jobs.ac.uk!

Thanks to my department for combining my and my colleague's Leverhulme Trust teaching buy out into an almost full time (0.9) 1 year post 👇

- Application deadline 16th April

#EarlyModern 🗃️

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Ever had a “404 page not found” message?

Link rot is widespread and according to recent research nearly 40% of 2013 websites are now inaccessible www.pewresearch.org/data-labs/20...

It's all part of #DigitalPreservation to ensure the historical record is preserved, regardless of format

#404Day

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Please do feel free to get in touch with the editors with questions about this position! #FrenchRevolution #18thC 🗃️

So lovely to be back on campus at @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social speaking with final year global sustainable development students about rural heritage tourism in the UK, just as spring finally arrives! 🪻🌻🌷

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The Society welcomes applications to join from those who research and practice history.

Our professional historians work in higher education (in and outside #History depts) as well as sectors such as archives, museums and heritage bit.ly/45lOzr0

Next deadlines for applications: 24 March & 26 May.

📣 Final call for abstracts for this exciting workshop! 📣 We want to hear from people with a wide range of expertise so please share widely.

See the CFP for further details - closing this Friday. Feel free to contact me or @charjoyjohnson.bsky.social or send us an email if you have any questions!

I’m hosting a day of lectures, discussion & support for people in the educational, heritage or cultural sectors involved in educating about slavery, colonialism & Empire, or anyone else who wants hear about the scholarship. Sat 21 June, Sussex. Book here:

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IHR Internships IHR Internships support new researchers to develop their skills and broaden their experience within and beyond the historical research community.

Our IHR 2025 internships are now live! This year we are offering two opportunities: Reviews in History Taxonomy Internship and Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) Internship. Applications open until 31st March. #internship #skystorians

📣 Final call for abstracts for this exciting workshop! 📣 We want to hear from people with a wide range of expertise so please share widely.

See the CFP for further details - closing this Friday. Feel free to contact me or @charjoyjohnson.bsky.social or send us an email if you have any questions!

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Part-time qualitative postdoctoral research fellow sought for Race & Class in UK Religious Studies & Theology Project. Grade 6 scale (£37,999–45,163) per annum pro rata negotiable; an average of 3.5 hours per week). Based at University of Aberdeen. 10 March deadline. www.abdn.ac.uk/dhpa/discipl...

Departmental Lecturer in Bibliography and Modern Book History at University of Oxford Discover Departmental Lecturer in Bibliography and Modern Book History jobs and more in higher education on jobs.ac.uk. Apply for further details on the top job board.

Departmental Lecturer in Bibliography and Modern Book History
University of Oxford - English Faculty #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLU941/d...

CHPPC Training & Events Archive The Centre for the History of People, Place and Community Training and Events Archive includes our past workshops, seminars, training sessions and lectures.

Did you know that we have an online ‘archive’ of recordings of our seminars, events & training sessions? It’s full of great stuff about #people, #place & #community. Check it out here: www.history.ac.uk/chppc-traini...

Are you putting in a paper for the 2025 @anzamems.bsky.social conference? (Deadline Friday!) Is your research related to historiography or political power/legitimation?

@elisabethrolston.bsky.social and I are looking for another person to be in a panel - DM one of us if you're interested!

Fellowship opportunities!📢

MUP and the Society for the Study of French History have announced TWO book development fellowships for early-career researchers preparing their first book for publication.

Includes:

- Mentoring from editors
- £1000 grant

Apply now: tinyurl.com/53amvrv7

1 month left to send us an abstract for the workshop Curzon, Contacts & Contexts: Engaging with Imperial Histories at Kedleston Hall.
If you have any questions feel free to send us an email or contact @charjoyjohnson.bsky.social or myself directly.

Please share widely!

I thought it was already a bit on the nose that a major monument of the USA was created by disfiguring a sacred natural edifice with high explosive, compromising its integrity and leaving a vast spoil heap

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Do you have a proposal for an innovative new seminar to join the IHR Research Seminar programme? We are looking for 3 fresh seminar series to launch in 2025-26. Applications are open now - deadline of 31 March. Full details of what we are looking for and how to apply here:

Lost Voices: The Insides of History Joe Moran on what is lost and what is left behind in history, through imagining the voice of his grandfather.

What might be found in 'the insides of history', the knotty details of a life that don't make it into the archives?

Joe Moran imagines the voice of his grandfather, questioning what histories might be lost and writing the histories left behind:

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Museum Ideas 2025 Conference, London – 9 Oct - Museum-iD Connect with like-minded museum colleagues from around the world, share experiences, and gather actionable ideas to enrich your work

Shaping the Future Together: join us to explore how museums can be reimagined as co-created, people-focussed, community-led organisations in a time of growing inequality, environmental emergency and political crisis museum-id.com/museum-ideas... #MuseumIdeas

Small Boats Past Rob Waters considers the rhetoric of the 'small boat' in the modern history of British immigration politics.

'Stop the boats' - a term former British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak revived in 2023 in an attempt to signal control of the border.

Rob Waters traces the history behind the image and rhetoric of the 'small boat', and their social and political effects in Britain:
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