The Social History Society is delighted to announce that Professor Naomi Tadmor will become an Honorary Vice President of the Society. At the Annual General Meeting at the Social History Society Conference in July 2025, members voted for Naomi to be awarded this role, in recognition for her outstanding work and contribution to the Society.

Naomi is a distinguished historian whose work has profoundly shaped the field of social history. Currently Professor of History at the University of Lancaster, she is widely recognised for her influential research on kinship, households, and the social languages of early modern Britain. Her publications, including Family and Friends in Eighteenth-Century England and The Social Universe of the English Bible, have helped redefine how scholars approach the history of language, social structures and family life.

Since 2019, Naomi has served two consecutive three-year terms as Chair of the Social History Society. During this time, Naomi helped steer the Society through a period of great change and uncertainty, as we confronted the challenges of the global COVID-19 pandemic, the negotiations for a new journal contract, and the need to review our funding model. Throughout her tenure, Naomi’s leadership has been marked by thoughtfulness, integrity, and a deep commitment to the Society’s mission and values. She has worked tirelessly to support our members, strengthen our community, and champion the importance of social and cultural history at every level.

According to the Society’s Constitution, the title and role of Honorary Vice President ‘is usually [given] as a mark of honour and distinction to members of the Society, especially those who have held office in the Society and/or have been long-serving Members of the Committee’.

On being elected to this role, Naomi expressed that:

I am delighted to be elected as Honorary Vice President. It was an honour and a pleasure to serve as the Social History Society’s Chair, and it is wonderful to have this opportunity to continue to contribute to the Society’s activities.

We are enormously grateful to Naomi for her service, and delighted that we can mark her contribution in this way. We also look forward to Naomi’s continued involvement in the life of the Society.