Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!

Join and help to lead the Constitution Unit! @uclspp.bsky.social is looking for a Lecturer in British and Comparative Politics who will also join our senior team and contribute to our research and impact activities. Applicants must have, or be near to finishing, a PhD. Apply 👇

What makes historic collections difficult? And how do researchers work with “difficult” collections? New CFP from Paper Trails here: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/special-coll... Deadline for proposals 31/1/2026 🗃️

How did I miss this!?!?! @noctambulate.bsky.social was audacious enough to support me, a young scholar writing in a foreign language, by editing/publishing my first book. A truly remarkable human being with a trajectory worthy of very few! He's done more than most to keep the humanities alive.

Art history A-level is extinct in Scotland and Wales and nearly extinct in England. The UK has the third-biggest art market in the world ($11bn-ish), if you need a business case to prove its value.

First Issue of the Journal for New Narratives in the History of Philosophy The first issue of the Journal for New Narratives in the History of Philosophy is out. This new journal is published online as an annual volume, with articles published on a rolling basis. Volume one so far contains…

Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.

This is what happens when political thought is driven by the demagogic rhetoric of Nigel Farage, amplified by thousands of Russian bots circulated by Elon Musk, with a response from Labour which is sheer nit-wittery. The truth is suffocated.

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There's still time to apply to contribute a chapter to our edited volume 'L’Éducation et l’Autre pendant le long XVIIIe siècle (1693–1811)'. The deadline for submitting abstracts (c.500 characters) is December 15th. We will accept submissions in both French and English! More info: bit.ly/4ol1vXE

This is really important--and terrifying.

Coming up @goetheuni.bsky.social and @dfg.de Graduiertenkolleg "Konfigurationen des Films" / "Configurations of Film" from January 29 through 31, 2026: MOVING IMAGE REMAINS: ON THE REFUSAL TO DISAPPEAR An International conference – Campus Westend, Kino Naxos, Orpheus Erben in Frankfurt

What great news! My colleague & I had submitted an abstract based on a class we designed and co-taught (public health in the francophone world) to the Society for French Historical Studies. They will create a special roundtable session! “French History in the Small Liberal Arts College Classroom”

Literally buying one copy of a book at your local indie bookstore can mean the difference in whether they buy future books from that author.

Are you a PhD student & interested in using museum collections in your teaching or research? We're running a *free* doctoral training programme for students at any institution to learn about working with collections. Find out more: collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/

The docs also reveal the number of hours the FBI devoted to the project, which required some agents to work nights and weekends. The FBI paid personnel $851,344 in overtime for working on the Epstein files between March 17 and March 22.

I can't believe *Scientific American* wrote this tripe. Haven't they seen the *West Wing* ep. abt the Butterball Hotline? www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQsv... That hotline still exists!We don't need AI to tell us to hallucinate incorrect ways to make turkey.Hotline links here: www.bhg.com/butterball-t...

Hello historians 🗃️! Planning on attending #AHA26 and have book ideas in mind? Now is a good time to start thinking about contacting editors to meet with in Chicago. It's fun, it's easy, and you'll be chatting with people who love to chat about books! 👇

My new & first book, Selling Out Santa, is Open Access! If you like what you read and can, please consider buying a copy for you and maybe one for a history/film lover at Christmas (it's 40% off)! It'll likely be my only income in over 2 years once royalties pay next July, so please consider it!

dear men: plz find a route to self-actualization that doesn’t run through someone else’s uterus

Saturday morning someone sent me a screenshot of Google AI discussing the Cal-Stanford Big Game. It closed by saying that Cal had won it. The game had not been played yet. And when it was, Cal lost :-( "Demand," my ass. No one wants their garbage.

Government has today published its consultation into "earned settlement", the forward alone contains a hot mess of misrepresentation of the current system by the Home Secretary. I would strongly urge anyone affected by the current system to respond. assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/691edd...

Finally: 🚨The link above is for the consultation document, however the actual consultation can be accessed via the link below. 🚨Use your own judgement. I am a policy specialist with academic qualifications in refugee law, not a lawyer. 11/ www.gov.uk/government/c...

🚨The supporting consultation document is riddled with errors, misinformation, and flat out lies, all wrapped up in some truly heinous and biased rhetoric. That seems to clearly be to generate a particular response from people who are not deeply aware of the issues in the existing system. 3/

If you are U.K. based and angered by Shabana Mahmood's latest efforts to make migrants lives even more difficult (and I know some of you will be), please do take the time to submit a response to the Home Office consultation. Dan's advice below is excellent as a guide on how to respond.

I have been looking at Black Friday sales for a week but I do not actually need anything so instead I closed all those tabs and bought a Polaroid for a foster kid in Florida who uses photography to deal with big feelings. Perhaps you would like to do the same for one of the kids at the link below?

🧵 We are, in fact, doing the thing again for @onesimplewish.bsky.social. In 2024, the kind people of this community put the money cannon on blast to help grant $75K in wishes for children in foster care. Toys, tech, a suit for job interviews. Here we go again! 👇 www.onesimplewish.org/giving/megwa...

LAST DAY TO REQUEST YOUR REPLACEMENT BALLOT! yoursay.ucu.org.uk/s3/wearetheu... Join us in helping to get staff a voice again.

This is a lovely article. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

We've all been there

My mantra when talking to students: you don’t *want* to use it, because you want to be among the people who control the AI when you have graduated, not those who are controlled by it because you’re unable to construct an argument.

"Climate disaster is not an act of God, and it’s not romantic ambiance. It’s the outcome of specific decisions, made by specific people, including the one Nuzzi calls “the Politician.” If you’re going to wrap your love story in fire, fine. At least be honest about who helped light the match."

Great article. The last paragraphs are esp. good. Men like Summers as the "tax on women." what others like that did he use his power to tolerate or even encourage?Jorge Dominguez? Comaroff? Jules Brody?Of course those are the ones whose names we know. But what abt the taxation no one dared speak of?

This proposed plan (not finalized?) at Montclair State to eliminate departments and disciplines is indeed “insane,” as English professor Adam Rzepka says in this truly wild article www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/n...

Very sad to learn of the passing of Michèle Audin, whose research on the Commune (macommunedeparis.com ) as well as her memoirs about her martyrized father in Algeria, were so brilliant. This should be a gift link from *LIberation*: www.liberation.fr/culture/livr...

Ghouls. All of them. Not surprisingly. But still ghouls.

This book has been a labor of love! It's Linda Williams' final writing alongside brilliant essays by great scholars, examining the role of melodrama in current life and politics across the globe. Available for pre-order from the always-wonderful @dukepress.bsky.social

The fact that no one in the room stood up for her says a lot about how we got here bsky.app/profile/pale...

great parody of the un-readable O.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren said Harvard University should sever ties with Larry Summers, the school’s former president and one of its most prominent faculty members to hold Summers accountable for his intimate friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. https://cnn.it/4oLRqEo

So, Trump is asking the DOJ to investigate Epstein's connection to prominent Democrats. But wasn't Trump himself a "prominent Democrat" for a big chunk of that time?

There it is. Ghouls. Ghouls manipulating ghouls. Ghouls protecting ghouls. Sick of ghouls.

There have been at least 154 cases in which federal district courts have issued preliminary relief against a Trump administration policy. Those rulings have come from 121 *different* judges appointed by seven presidents (including 15 appointed by Trump) sitting in 29 district courts in 10 circuits:

Was he her former PhD dissertation director or on her committee? Just because he wasn't teaching her anymore does not make this okay. And the racist codename. Just vile. Also just gross for the Crimson to publish the name of a harassment survivor without her consent.

NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen. Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

Women's problem is not meeting the same standards as men. We do that every day, and often exceed expectations. But if you're expected to fuck Larry Summers to get ahead, it's no surprise that women might fall behind men, who are not expected to do this.

Just 6 days left to get your #RSVP2026 proposals in! We hope you'll contemplate "Movements & Migrations" in and through the #19thC periodical press with us this summer @tcddublin.bsky.social. Our CFP deadline is THIS upcoming Friday, 21 November!

7/🧵 The loudest voices aren't the most representative. Every generation has extremists, but social media amplifies fringe movements beyond their size. A handful of young white nationalists create viral moments that crowd out broader trends. We mistake the exception for the rule.

ugh. just ugh.