“As a history student, my world view was shaped by photo[s]: I saw the violence humans were capable of, & it horrified me…Being against war is like being against clouds – it’s so much part of human existence, & it always will be until it destroys the last of us & leaves only the cockroaches behind.”

Another week, another R&I interdisciplinary networking event! This time bringing together our expertise across @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social in AI & Data Science. Working with industry experts from IBM, Hertzian AI, & South West AI to consider @ukri.org priorities in AI & contribution of HASS.

@cornwall.exeter.ac.uk @uniofexeternews.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social

Bombs are terrifying no matter where they fall. While many UK newspapers focus on British residents in Dubai, this footage is from my friend in Saida, southern Lebanon this morning.

'Her eight-year-old daughter Heather had just died in hospital, two weeks after playing in the sea on the beach at Dawlish Warren in Devon, where she contracted E coli O157, a bug which comes from raw sewage.' www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I think about this Tony Benn speech much more than I used to

Feels like the article by @teachlearnwar.bsky.social and myself on how the press covered the 20th anniversary of the Iraq War is relevant again today… www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Imperialism in all its forms and by all imperial powers has contempt for national sovereignty and international law. Despicable- and some would have us join a military alliance with the US.

Also if anyone is interested in the history of the United States' attempts to topple leaders in South America and install more friendly dictators then you can - and I'm not joking here - download the files from the CIA website.

Spray paint a plane and they'll detain you without trial and call you a terrorist. Kidnap a foreign head of state - and Keir Starmer will make it clear we've played no part in it but will wait for the scheduled press conference in a few hours before potentially condemning it

Check out a new collaboration between HaSS Cornwall and the National Maritime Museum, Cornwall. On 25 April 2026, a new University of Exeter/NMMC Masterclass will run on the topic of ‘World War 2, the Fall of France, and Cornwall’s Covert Special Operations’. nmmc.co.uk/university-o...

#OpenAccess! CAPTURING COMMEMORATION: Reflections on the First World War Centenary in Britain by Noakes, Pennell @teachlearnwar.bsky.social, Hanna, Hughes @lornamhughes.bsky.social, Kempshall @chriskempshall.bsky.social & Wallis has now been published! Find out more : bit.ly/47FiHAL #WWIStudies

Publication alert! A collaborative reflection on the UK’s biggest public history event - the centenary of the First World War. Thanks to @ukri.org for funding & my fellow co-authors @lucynoakes1.bsky.social @chriskempshall.bsky.social @lornahughes.bsky.social James Wallis and Emma Hanna.

The inherent tension between war and remembrance.

New blog from IHR Director @[email protected] reflecting on how historians can advocate for history through our practice, and defend the important historical work that goes on within universities as well as beyond them. blog.history.ac.uk/2025/11/advo...

📣 Just landed today: my interview on ‘Media, Memory and the War in Iraq’ as part of 🇨🇦 The Culture and Conflict Podcast. Discussing work by myself & @chriskempshall.bsky.social as part of @ukri.org ‘Ephemera and writing about war in Britain, 1914 to the present’. Enjoy! @hass-cornwall.bsky.social

📣 Delighted to announce that @hass-cornwall.bsky.social, with Trebah Garden, have launched the Tony Hibbert Prize: aimed at secondary school students in Cornwall with an interest in the legacies of 20th conflict and the challenges the world faces today. hass-cornwall.exeter.ac.uk/tony-hibbert...

Yesterday members of @hass-cornwall.bsky.social represented our faculty to visiting members of @exeter.ac.uk Council. They showcased world-leading research that engages with the Critical Minerals agenda from the perspectives of History, Archaeology, Law & Political Science. They did us proud.

Entering Gaza earlier today. Amid practical work to save lives, we also bear witness.

It’s official…

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.

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