The fifth international conference of the Military Welfare History Network will take place at the Babeș-Bolyai University in the city of Cluj-Napoca in Romania, on 18-20 June 2026 and has been organised around the theme of ‘Civil Society, Civic Engagement and Its Impact on Military Welfare’. This event is open to members and non-members of the … Continued

The editors of this special issue, Maurizio Cinquegrani, Yihong Zhu and Michael McCluskey invite submissions on the theme of London nights. This volume of the London Journal will examine the histories of the city after dark, from its origins in Roman London to the present. Often overlooked, night has long been an essential dimension of … Continued

The transformation of teaching into a professional discipline requiring qualifications has a history that dates back to the rapid expansion of male and female teacher training colleges from the 1830s into the early twentieth century. These colleges, designed to train those who would teach the rapidly growing population of boys and girls from the lower … Continued