Dr Sian Roberts
@sianllroberts
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Histories of education, childhood, refugees, Quaker women in education, transnational relief & social justice. Lecturer @esj_bham Cymraes
Birmingham
Joined January 2015
Very pleased to have a chapter on Birmingham Quaker women in this exciting new publication and it's open access
With @RuthDavidson99 & @EveColpus we happy to announce publication of new co-ed collection #EverydayWelfare published by @Palgrave. The book demands re-think of histories of welfare in modern Britain. @LSBU @LSBU_LSS View & download all 16 chapters here:
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RT @TheIronRoom: #FoBAH are looking for an experienced, trustworthy volunteer as treasurer. If interested, please email Friends of Birmingh…
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RT @Witney_Antiques: Quaker girl Sarah Sheppard Bell stitched this lovely map sampler in Tottenham in 1792. Tottenham was the site of at le…
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RT @TheIronRoom: #PhotoFriday The original Blue Coat School founded in 1722 at 5 St Philip's Place with extensions made in the 1790s. The s…
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RT @FESkillsHistory: Pin badge. Bournville Day Continuation College made by Fattorini & Sons, Birmingham #histed #FE #bournville
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A reminder that you have just under two weeks to get your application in for the #histed doctoral summer school in Oslo supported by @PH_Journal @HistEdSocUK @ISCHE_org @ECER_EERA
The #histed doctoral summer school 2025 will be in Oslo, supported by @PH_Journal @HistEdSocUK @ISCHE_org @ECER_EERA and local organisers. Also of interest to #histchild phds. Details and application form at this link
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RT @TheIronRoom: WM Fire Service is giving a talk at the library this Saturday from 12 pm. Come and experience memorabilia and materials fr…
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RT @justine_s_pick: On #InternationalBankDay the Unlocking the Vaults Project is launched! A volunteer research group will join me in the a…
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RT @TheIronRoom: 2024 marks the 300th anniversary of Blue Coat Charity School admitting its first pupils. With the pupil records dating fro…
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RT @coralsphotos: Student high-jinks whilst fundraising for the Birmingham University Carnival, 1946. #Birmingham #…
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RT @wrkclasshistory: #OtD 26 Nov 1938 a football team of Basque boys who were Republican refugees from the Spanish Civil War played a frien…
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RT @HistoryAtSoton: Check out this fascinating new post by Soton historian @PistolRachel, mapping for the first time where German and Austr…
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RT @wienerlibrary: From our collections... A pamphlet advertising a protest meeting in Golders Green #OnThisday in 1938 Following the hor…
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The #histed doctoral summer school 2025 will be in Oslo, supported by @PH_Journal @HistEdSocUK @ISCHE_org @ECER_EERA and local organisers. Also of interest to #histchild phds. Details and application form at this link
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RT @JamesKel1: I was going to post something today about Joseph Southall, but @BM_AG has done it better than I could so please enjoy their…
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RT @DomusUoB: Just a reminder that you can register to attend Mati Keynes' talk on reparative histories either online or in person. Details…
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RT @TheIronRoom: #MapOnATuesday Today, we bring you this 1938 Birmingham Education Department map showing the acreage of playing fields in…
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RT @HeatherLWEllis: Calling #histed and #foodhist people! Important @ESRCSchoolMeals event in Wolverhampton 12 December. Register below.
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