Just about to get started on tonight's @ihr_history 'Historians across Boundaries' #HistoriansCollaborate seminar - and a wonderfully international crowd in, from Canada, via Europe, to Australia.

We're looking at historical collaboration has been carried out across the world! First up, @familyhistorysh ... ah, should have been, but his laptop's just crashed! So Mary Stewart @BL_OralHistory is stepping in - thanks Mary!

Mary's discussion is 'Distant cousins, but somewhat estranged? Family interviews recorded by oral historians & by family researchers'

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How do we do history?
And who does it?

Big questions to start with! But I want us to think methods.

In this paper I'll be looking at railway history, but it applies to all 'types' of history really.

I want to make the case for collaboration & breaking barriers.

#NTiHoR 2/15 I'm thinking from an academic & a British context - but we see hints there may be similarities elsewhere (@DrJSchramm's paper, next, is a good fit!).

We're fortunate so many people are interested in railway history - a great advantage over other topics.

#NTiHoR

On the humanities. A THREAD

- for Mike's friends & colleagues at Portsmouth Uni in English Lit @UOP_EngLit, threatened with redundancy. It's proposed to slash the team by 60%.

Potentially 8 people will lose their jobs.

Please sign this petition -

change.org/p/vice-chancel… But why should you?

If the Uni proposes it, it's necessary - that's the logic?

The business case that's been put forward seems to have some grave holes in it. I can't say any more about that, as I don't want to prejudice that route of challenge. But it certainly appears flawed