Beautiful bijou LEONORA CARRINGTON exhibition (THE SYMPTOMATIC SURREAL) at London’s Freud Museum yesterday. Carrington’s drawings (sketched during the time she spent in a Spanish sanatorium) are ghostly and ethereal. DOWN BELOW (1940) is also on display - so haunting and surreal. #Art #ArtSky

It is National Indigenous History Month! Today we highlight Shawnadithit, the last known survivor of the Beothuk, the First Nations inhabitants of Newfoundland. www.biographi.ca/en/bio/shawn... #NIHM2026 🎨 by Shawnadithit / @library-archives.canada.ca

#OtherEverests book out & about in #Langtang #Nepal via @pdpbasyal.bsky.social #Himalaya #Mountains @peterhhansen.bsky.social @ankitbabuadhikari.bsky.social @sarahmpicks.bsky.social @waymarks.bsky.social @ruthgamble.bsky.social @ss7.bsky.social @profpitches.bsky.social @7mmrope.bsky.social

The Weekly Read is "The Climate Trial" by Noah Walker-Crawford, which is a gripping journey through a landmark climate lawsuit that reveals how global warming reshapes moral responsibility in a changing world. Read it now for free. buff.ly/EOIX81u

🗻 Still dreaming of Mountains of Greece? Catch up on the @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social podcast now! Further to the great success of the conference "Mountains of Greece" held at the BSA in October 2025, we are delighted to share the new podcast with you here 🗻

👏🏽 one of our esteemed Fellows - we look forward to David Cooper’s publication in September ! 🙌🏼💫⬇️

Yep "When stochastic history circulates in classrooms, policy research and public media, non-specialists encounter pasts stripped of contingency and contestability – pasts that naturalize present arrangements rather than rendering them open to challenge." onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Our SHAPE Involve and Engage 2027-28 programme is now open for applications, offering an exciting opportunity for humanities and social sciences researchers to engage with the public. Apply now: https://bit.ly/43JR4oA

In order to keep its border areas inhabited and therefore alert to cross border intrusion from #China, #India is building its First Model Border Village in #Ladakh, a settlement located 16,700 feet above sea level in eastern Ladakh’s Changthang region. www.tibetanreview.net/building-of-...

So excited to read this!

What do frictions in the founding story of a missionary women's college in colonial India reveal about Indian women's struggles for education and internationalism? Sneha Krishnan unpacks the history of the Women's Christian College in Madras.

Still time to book for this free online IHR Research Training session, Decolonising Society and Politics - Historical Perspectives. 3 June, 14:00 - 15:00 BST. Explore decolonial approaches in research & teaching with leading scholars. Booking essential. www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Delighted to have a piece in the new History Today magazine (@historytoday.com), on Fascist rural aristocrats. Hats off to the picture editor for finding this cartoon of Mosley addressing the farmyard.

Reflections from the Global Sumud Flotilla and the Palestinian struggle -- June 4th, 4-6pm, University of St Andrews and online rul.st-andrews.ac.uk/flotilla-and...

Diego Morales reviews Marta Halina's Animal Minds (CUP) doi.org/10.1080/0951... #booksky #philsky #philpsy #AnimalCognition 2/2

“For data on the AIS-off events and movement near undersea cables, we obtained additional data support from Starboard Maritime Intelligence, a platform utilized by government agencies, defense forces and critical infrastructure operators to analyze maritime risks” pulitzercenter.org/resource/how...

On the edge of Arctic eschatology... #Canna bound on a north-west wind we were joined on Eda Frandsen by a #PomarineSkua #SaveTheBirds #MigratingBirds

‘The REF has now morphed into a hugely expensive, attention-engrossing status marker. Few things would improve the intellectual culture of universities more quickly than the complete abolition of this flawed and coercive exercise.’ Stefan Collini on universities www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

On the edge of Arctic eschatology... #Canna bound on a north-west wind we were joined on Eda Frandsen by a #PomarineSkua #SaveTheBirds #MigratingBirds

.@James_J_Conway on Magnus Hirschfeld's pioneering 1904 study of queer Berlin: https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/out-on-the-town

Sir Hector MacDonald (1853-1903) was a Scottish soldier celebrated by the British Empire. He was also, as this article clearly demonstrates, using the remarkable location of sources previously thought lost, a sexual predator who molested young boys. muse.jhu.edu/pub/15/artic...

If you need a grounded and yet ultimately upbeat analysis of the Humanities in the age of crisis and AI, this Rethink by @benansell.bsky.social with Elif Shafik, Sean Kelly, @hetanshah.bsky.social , Peter Sutoris and Marion Thain is a great listen. 1/2

New podcast! Faidon Moudopoulos-Athanasiou talks about his work as a landscape archaeologist in Zagori. @staclassics.bsky.social @futuremountain.bsky.social @britschoolathens.bsky.social mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2026/05/23/u...

“Westminster needs to wake up…” An important statement from the RHS today on the unfolding situation in UKHE.

When the Assad regime crumbled and I went to Syria for the first time, I immediately noticed some Uyghur fighters among the rebels. I wanted to know more. www.npr.org/2026/05/17/g...

BREAKING: Today, the US District Court for the District of Columbia granted emergency relief in the AHA and American Oversight’s lawsuit concerning compliance with the Presidential Records Act. 🗃️

It's publication day for The Broken Machine (@mitpress.bsky.social)! The book explores the intertwined histories of breaking machines, social order, and the self in the modern Atlantic, revealing how failing technologies have also shaped our world. mitpress.mit.edu/978026255334... #sts #histtech

Bosnian women’s tattoos have lately made it to Eurovision, become popular in the diaspora, and even caused a brief spat with Turkish media. I wrote about how they fold back into familiar tropes about the Balkans, the Ottoman past, and Christian-Muslim relations: newlinesmag.com/essays/the-o...

A brilliant article on queerness, power and privilege in Edwardian Chelsea. I loved working on this with @jo-bd.bsky.social!

China’s #DeepZang is being billed as a #Tibetan language AI tool. But Indian intelligence sources warn it may also deepen Beijing’s digital control in #Tibet: shaping narratives, normalising “Xizang,” & embedding state-approved views & #surveillance into everyday AI use. theprint.in/world/narrat...

Particularly pleased to see this storymap published - any excuse to talk about Phyllis Wager's boots! I especially wanted to make sure we included the Kalaallit women who worked on this expedition - Paula, Victoria, Widinma and unnamed others - alongside their British female colleagues

A well illustrated review of the new 'Sea stories' exhibition at Stromness Museum, which includes some of our TRANSECTS project research on whaling. The minke-under-the-table finally has its story told!

New podcast! Julian Hoffman talks about his book Lifelines, and about his latest project on the Aoos/Vjosa river. @staclassics.bsky.social @futuremountain.bsky.social @julianhoffman.bsky.social @britschoolathens.bsky.social mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2026/05/16/l...

Goodness, this special issue looks interesting.

“Nepal has, for the first time, established a ministry explicitly recognising sexual minorities as the country continues its march toward liberal policies for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, and Queer (LGBTIQ) community.” Some encouraging news from Nepal. 🇳🇵🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

Such a pleasure talking about the Greek mountains, the Prespa lakes and the unique Aoos-Vjosa river system spanning Greece and Albania for the brilliant Mountain Stories, Mountain Futures podcast. @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social @futuremountain.bsky.social msmf.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2026/05/13/l...

We curated an exhibition with The Confluence Collective, Kalimpong, India, sharing archive images of Indigenous high-altitude workers from the @rgs.org with Indigenous communities. बाउ को धुरी छैन “Father Has No Roof over his head” Kalimpong, India 21-27 February 2026. VIDEO: shorturl.at/pdt3D

We created a new film score for 'Climbing Mount Everest' (1922) composed by musicians @affenaudio.bsky.social & Ferenc Gyemant, featuring the Tibetan Buddhist monks of Tashilhunpo Monastery. TY to Paul Scully for premiering this at @kendalmountainfest.bsky.social VIDEO: shorturl.at/unQqB

Partnering with the National Trust we curated an exhibition 'Other Everests: One Mountain, Many Worlds' at #WrayCastle #LakeDistrict highlighting the hidden histories if Indigenous high-altitude workers on Everest. Big TY to Harvey Wilkinson at NT! @researchnt.bsky.social VIDEO: shorturl.at/xhYBn

Very honoured to have won the RGS-IBG Geographical Engagement Award 2026 @rgs-ibghe.bsky.social shorturl.at/Sj4Uc Thank you to all the project partners on the AHRC funded #OtherEverests project @ukri.org @christophersmith.bsky.social We did some cool stuff with some very talented people...

Very honoured to have won the RGS-IBG Geographical Engagement Award 2026 @rgs-ibghe.bsky.social shorturl.at/Sj4Uc Thank you to all the project partners on the AHRC funded #OtherEverests project @ukri.org @christophersmith.bsky.social We did some cool stuff with some very talented people...

Very honoured to have won the RGS-IBG Geographical Engagement Award 2026 @rgs-ibghe.bsky.social shorturl.at/Sj4Uc Thank you to all the project partners on the AHRC funded #OtherEverests project @ukri.org @christophersmith.bsky.social We did some cool stuff with some very talented people...

Dr Jonathan Westaway @jonwestaway.bsky.social is this year's recipient of the Geographical Engagement Award which recognises excellence in public engagement in relation to geographical issues and/or geography through the media, design or other means. @unilancashire.bsky.social

Congratulations to this year’s Society medal and award recipients, recognised for their outstanding contributions to geographical research. Learn more about some of this year’s recipients, working across the geography academic community, below 👇

Sign up for the EurAsia Summer Academy taking place from September 14th to September 26th at the Chhahari Retreat in Budhanilakantha, Kathmandu. Applications are open until June 5th, 2026. Applications and queries should be sent to: [email protected]

This is very exciting! Can't wait to read it...

It’s remarkable in this day and age to hear a politician anywhere say the following: “Support for a diverse, rigorous and accessible body of historical scholarship should be a much greater priority for democratic governments even at a time of stretched budgets.“

More sad news from #Everest #Chomolungma + a rare mention of caste in the context of high-altitude work in Nepal #CriticalCasteStudies #HighAltWork #Himalaya

Coming up: Tues. May 12 ~ 2pm ET / 7pm UK "The Philosophy Behind Palantir" Alexis Papazoglou with Moira Weigel and Anthony Burton Palantir's manifesto makes broad claims about the role of AI and Silicon Valley in national defence. Find out more: www.thephilosopher1923.org/events/the-p...