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Where I try to explain why France is not going through an ordinary political crisis but that the Fifth Republic is a regime in crisis. 🇫🇷 #france #politics 👇 👇 👇 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social

Delighted to announce I’ve been elected as a Council member to @royalhistsoc.org until 2029. Thank you for the confidence you’ve put in me to advocate for our colleagues & our discipline. Looking forward to working with other members, including Dr Stella Fletcher and @davidhitchcock.bsky.social

Wisdom, moral imagination, an enlarged sympathy for those who live or have lived differently from yourself. This is what you get from studying the Humanities. So quite important, actually.

The history graduate and the Sundance Kid 🤠

Today is the anniversary of the 1962 signing of the New York agreement between Indonesia and the Netherlands, leading to the recolonisation of West Papua. In my Humanity article, I explore the events leading up to this: humanityjournal.org/issue13-1/a-... Message me if you want a copy!

The UK Parliament is the core of the British political system and a subject of relentless scrutiny. Here at Humanities & Social Sciences Cornwall we teach and research our legislature in collaboration with Parliament itself. Find out more in our new video series: youtu.be/sRui4vRGChE?...

Say it again for those in the back: HUMANITIES USUALLY SUBSIDIZE STEM at most R1s. Yes we have receipts.

We are showcasing the work of our interdisciplinary experts in the University of Exeter’s Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Cornwall. Today our next video features Dr. Xianan Jin's work on gender. To find out more visit: hass-cornwall.exeter.ac.uk/research/

The world faces many complex, interconnected problems. We believe the solutions can only come from different perspectives. Find out how our research explores these connections in the pursuit of environmental justice, socio-ecological resilience, and sustainability. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXJZ...

Falling youth turnout is an existential threat to our democracies. @hass-cornwall.bsky.social are studying how volunteering can reconnect young people from the poorest backgrounds with elections. Find out more in our new ‘Research Shorts' series. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vgS...

Everyone on Earth is a collection of stories. At @hass-cornwall.bsky.social we identify missing and neglected stories and encourage aspiring writers to shape new ones in compelling ways. Find out more in our new ‘Research Shorts' www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZ2g... @exeter.ac.uk @cornwall.exeter.ac.uk

Nature is under threat. At HaSS Cornwall we work together across the Humanities to tackle big questions relating to climate and environmental change, nature regeneration and societal resilience. We advocate for nature. Find out more: youtu.be/c6KazFlQObs?...

Next in our series of Research Shorts is Prof. Jamie Hampson on rock art. Humans have been creating rock art for more than 70,000 years. At HaSS Cornwall we consider why, and think about how understanding art helps us understand what it means to be human. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAf0...

The world faces many complex problems. In HaSS Cornwall, we believe the solutions can only come from different perspectives. Find out how our exciting research joins the dots in pursuit of social and environmental justice. Change requires understanding. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MF1X...

Tradition is not only about continuity – it can also be about change. At @hass-cornwall.bsky.social historians explore how continuous ritual traditions have been interpreted in radically different ways across the centuries. Find out more in our new Research Shorts. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pj-n...

'Reindustrialisation’ is now a buzzword across the political spectrum. At @hass-cornwall.bsky.social we are surrounded by resurgent industries rooted in place and strategically pivotal to security & sustainability. Hear more in our new 'Research Shorts' series of videos: youtu.be/oPIDKPX7jcc?...

History is as much about remembering as forgetting. At @hass-cornwall.bsky.social historians explore the intentional forgetting that reveal more about society's political choices than any moment of collective remembering. Find out more via our new ‘Research Shorts’: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCjj...

And so it begins…first day today as APVC Research & Impact for the Faculty of HASS. Looking forward to working with colleagues across all our ten departments to support their research and impact work. Here’s to a curious, supportive, and kind research culture.

Our problems are not a shortage of money. Our problems are a shortage of humanity.

RHS badges alert!

Good Letter of the Day in @thetimes.com this morning:

'A pioneering project to fill gaps in Irish history is making 175,000 more records and millions more words of searchable content freely available to researchers and members of the public.' 1/2

Earlier this year @teachlearnwar.bsky.social and myself published an article examining the British media coverage of the Iraq War at the 20th anniversary. I imagine it'll make for some relevant reading today... www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#booksky #writingcommunity

Following our visit from the @royalhistsoc.org last month, one of our brilliant students was invited to write a reflective piece on her time studying History and Politics in our interdisciplinary Department of Humanities and Social Sciences @hass-cornwall.bsky.social - what a lovely write-up!

Marci Shore on her emigration from the US: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

'“GCSEs are failing the fairness test,” says Lee Elliot Major, a professor of social mobility at the University of Exeter. “We must face up to the stark truth that they reward children not just for what they know, but for the resources their families can draw upon'.

Research England have announced today that Professor Claire Langhamer is to be Deputy Chair for the REF2029 History sub-panel. Claire, who is Director @ihr.bsky.social, will work with Professor Jonathan Morris (Hertfordshire) whose appointment as Chair was announced last month #Skystorians 1/2

Excellent news.

The Belfast News Letter is digitised! If you ignore the bit where someone seems to forget desperate poverty lives with us still, a lovely ode to a newspaper

We were delighted to visit historians @hass-cornwall.bsky.social last week to learn about their many initiative and public partnerships. Our thanks to @exeter.ac.uk staff and students who attended, and especially Prof Catriona Pennell for hosting the visit. @teachlearnwar.bsky.social #skystorians

The RHS – the UK’s largest and oldest membership organisation for professional historians – spent two days visiting the University Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Cornwall (HaSS Cornwall), last week, meeting staff and students. news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...

It was a pleasure to showcase the excellent work of our History and Humanities colleagues @hass-cornwall.bsky.social this week during our ‘royal’ visit from @royalhistsoc.org. Particularly lovely that some of our UG finalists in BA (Hons) History and Politics joined us, making us all very proud.

We’re looking forward to welcoming @lucynoakes1.bsky.social and the @royalhistsoc.org to @hass-cornwall.bsky.social - safe travels!

This week we also opened booking for our 2025 Prothero Lecture, on 2 July, with Professor Peter Gatrell. Peter will speak on 'Refugee World(s): a Twentieth-Century Retrospective' and reflect on a career dedicated to refugee and migration history bit.ly/44Q4MYT All are very welcome #skystorians

Not surprised that this editorial, which embodies a liberal reading of the end of WWII, makes no reference to colonial violence, even though it was foundational to the postwar order. For example, May 08 1945 looks very different from North Africa... www.irishtimes.com/opinion/edit...

For anyone interested in this topic, Dan Todman @qmul.ac.uk and I co-edited a Special Issue of @tandfresearch.bsky.social War & Society on this in 2020. 📣 And it’s Open Access 📣 www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

Blinne Ní Ghrálaigh speaking with a moral clarity and authority that has been so sadly lacking among most global political leaders and among sections of the academic community. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP4F...

On Sunday 11 May, I’m attempting the Plymouth Half Marathon in aid of Medical Aid for Palestinians - a charitable cause very close to my heart. Please help me to help them do whatever they can to alleviate the humanitarian crisis that is unfolding in Gaza. Thank you.

Today, Humanities educators welcomed @jaynekirkhammp.bsky.social MP for Falmouth and Truro to @hass-cornwall.bsky.social. Using the recent @royalhistsoc.org report, we discussed the value of History degrees and ways to tackle current challenges in UK Humanities HE.

At the 110th anniversary of the 1915 Gallipoli landings, humanitarian crisis unfolds, in Gaza, Sudan, and Ukraine. It feels important to remember today is also the 110th anniversary of the Armenian genocide. This ANU Anzac Day broadcast helps us to consider both moments in context and in dialogue.

'Making the Case for History: A View from the Royal Historical Society': bit.ly/4cRjK37 The Society's President, Lucy Noakes, writes today on the profession and discipline @historywo.bsky.social #skystorians

The Society for Military History is now archiving historical materials related to military history that are disappearing from federal or state websites. We are open to submissions, anonymously or otherwise. Please see www.smh-hq.org/archivedreso... and note there the submission links.

We are seeking a passionate Lecturer to join our Law team at the Penryn Campus. The ideal candidate will have an academic or professional background and be able to teach Corporate Law and Contract Law. jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr... #LawJobs #HigherEd #Cornwall #LecturerRole

On Weds 21 May, the Society is delighted to be visiting historians at the Cornwall Campus @exeter.ac.uk. The visit includes a public event, 'Cultural Memory and the Two World Wars in Britain' (4.30pm), with Lucy Noakes and Catriona Pennell bit.ly/4j2po4B. All welcome to join us #skystorians 1/2

Ango-Boer war whistleblower Emily Hobhouse celebrated in Cornish home.