'The Historian's Craft & Practice: new writing on history teaching and historical research' bit.ly/45l8I2M Selected recent articles from the Society's journal, 'Transactions', on the practice of pedagogy and research. All content available Open Access. New article submissions invited #Skystorians

just got an email from my (former) chair that the university has acted & the state has approved the formal closure of my department. this was done without any faculty input on the decision or the process, & has ended a vibrant, growing (!), humanities department that won teaching and research awards

And on The Tube in London... the people speak out.

Tale of royal dog aboard sinking ship #Gloucester to be told as part of #NorwichHistoryFestival TODAY 🐶⚓ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Universities That Targeted Pro-Gaza Students Deepen Links to Arms Trade | Novara Media share.google/a3avQiIqfe75...

Reading minutes from meetings of the Society of Antiquaries in the 1720s and 1730s and so much of it is "hey guys, I found a cool rock!" "Would you look at this weird coin?" or "My cousin told me about a dead body he saw one time." We need to bring back adult show and tell. I'm serious about this.

What happens if we place the UK university crisis in the Humanities (and some Social Sciences) within the context of students with known disabilities? We know that regional cold spots increasingly limit HE choices for many disadvantaged students. What do the stats suggest for disability? A 🧵 1/5

Echinoderms have pentaradial (5-fold) symmetry but DNA tells us that echinoderms are part of the animal group Bilateria, animals with bilateral symmetry. Associate Doctoral Researcher @lej-palaeo.bsky.social is uncovering the evolutionary steps involved in this transformation body plans

Just had meeting with kiddo's school. She has been fully supported, treated with full equality & dignity for years. All of that changes from September. Full segregation & humiliation across the board. The school staff cried in the meeting. This will absolutely lead to children's deaths 1/2

The Government has confirmed that the EHRC’s new Code of Practice on Services will come into force on 5 August. If this results in you experiencing discrimination when accessing services, pls contact my clerks at [email protected]. 🏳️‍⚧️❤️‍🔥🧑‍⚖️ #TransRights #EqualityAct #HumanRights #LGBTQ #CommunityMatters

Congratulations to the government on saving 2700 jobs by nationalising British Steel. Now, about the 18,000 university jobs lost in the last 18 months, with more coming…

I am both proud and incredibly grateful that the national UCU Women Members' committee has signed this. The support of union sisters means so much. Thank you to @drgillhistory.bsky.social and @rullsenberg.bsky.social amongst others for their work on making this possible.

A fascinating thread. @rebeccajanemorgan.bsky.social's book Deviants and Trailblazers sheds a lot of light in the longer history of trans acceptance (and otherwise): www.plutobooks.com/product/devi...

Now do universities

Maria Sibylla Merian’s early 18thc natural history illustrations, she was a major contributor to #entomology – particularly with her research on the metamorphosis of butterflies

Really delighted to say that our article critiquing the Cass Review from Archaeological, Historical, Mythological, and Heresiological perspectives has been published in the Bulletin of Applied Transgender Studies. You can freely read it below 👇 bulletin.appliedtransstudies.org/article/5/1-...

Don't fall for this. Rowling wants trans people to self censor and to stop sharing the report. If this report really was as defamatory as she claims, she wouldn't be cheering on its spread. What she really wants is a costly settlement from AI UK, humiliating apology, and permanent silence.

We have expanded our online capacity so if you'd like to join our amazing online programme hosts @dmeissler.bsky.social and @mikagratzke.bsky.social on 24th July - then please grab the last few tickets: tvcebirkbecksymposium.eventbrite.com

Advance notice of the British Academy reports published to be tomorrow (Wednesday) and their findings. It does not make happy reading if you value UK higher education and research.

Sent off the final proofs of my, Esme Cleall & Fae Dussart's edited collection, 'Troubling the Island Story: the impact and legacy of Catherine Hall's historical work in and beyond Britain.' Full of joyful, thoughtful & insightful essays on Catherine Hall's work: share.google/LB8ZsycJpXdm...

And there it is. JK Rowling personally and publicly offering to bankroll litigation against Amnesty International using her massive wealth.

The Huntington is advertising fellowships again www.huntington.org/research-and...

Worth a read web.archive.org/web/20260709...

The Anne Frank Trust has reminded everyone that dehumanising attacks on the LGBT community are exactly the sort of attacks that Nazis used to dehumanise Jews like Anne Frank.

Please sign this petition to reject plans to close Modern Languages & Cultures at UoN & adopt the alternative proposal pit together by staff & aligned with the university's strategic aims. forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/respon...

Good morning to everyone, but especially to all the capybaras, for today is their special day! For Capybara Day, here's an engraving from the book ' The Illustrated Natural History' (1863) by J. G. Wood. 📷 Reserve 590.2/WOO #CapybaraAppreciationDay #NationalCapybaraDay #CapybaraDay #RareBooks

A fantastic opportunity for a medievalist working across regions & cultures and/or with interdisciplinary connections. Glasgow is one of my favourite cities, the department is brilliant. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSF052/l...

The 40-day scrutiny period for the EHRC's code of practice ends today - 166 MPs tried to stop it It doesn't come into force immediately, but the minister can choose to implement it after today What next? Join 10K readers who'll understand Sat in our free newsletter 📩 wearequeeraf.com/subscribe

In any other business these would be record breaking 'customer satisfaction' scores. In ours, it's the background music in the VC's "hey well done everybody anyway about the closures job losses and 'voluntary' redundancy schemes ps: you didn't make your research income targets this year lol" email.

How are specimen collections used by CSIRO (Australia's national science agency) researchers to help save the world? I reviewed Andrea Wild's book "Wild Collections" (@csiropublishing.bsky.social) for Archives of Natural History (@sochistnathist.bsky.social): www.euppublishing.com/doi/10.3366/...

In this climate, wishing you 'all the best for your future career' feels like a passive aggressive sign-off. How about 'as an institution dedicated to research and educational excellence, we will do everything we can to support UK academia beyond our own hallowed halls', instead?

Good job @uonucu.bsky.social

'Politicians from the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Modern Languages have told the university’s executive “in the strongest possible terms to reconsider” the plans, in a letter seen by Times Higher Education.' 1/3

18 days to go! Trans people and friends - please can you help us find the volunteers we need to carry the @transunityquilt.bsky.social?

Just realised it's graduation season so I should probably share these cool pins I make again. They make great gifts and help to fund my transition canopyrobin.etsy.com/listing/1841...

reminder that despite valiant efforts and alternative proposals, the University of Essex now only offers Spanish & French to new students — cutting German, Portuguese and Italian + our all non-credit language classes many of our students are local & many are the first in their families to go to uni

Nottingham is the only Russell Group university that will have no modern language provision at all. The East Midlands is becoming a language cold spot. It's not too late to reverse the cuts and closures. @uonucu.bsky.social has a fully-costed plan to save our university.

When trans culture's vitality should be celebrated more than ever, Roz Kaveney @rozkaveney.bsky.social publishes her wonderful new book of poetics: "We’re in a war... share my darlings share listen and read Our texts our bodies all we are and need." Review here: www.ginamaya.co.uk/books-music/...

5 July 1779: birth of fossil collector Elizabeth Philpot, the third of five children of John and Margaret Philpot who lived at 25 Red Lion Square, Holborn from 1776. In about 1805 Elizabeth and two of her sisters, Mary and Margaret, moved to Lyme Regis where they befriended a young Mary Anning.

ONE WEEK LEFT!!!! Don’t let it come down to the wire!!! Don’t give me an aneurysm!!! You helped Retaj survive a bullet to the brain. Her brother’s humble ask is to help him finish his college semester so he can find an online job and support his fam himself. 377/635. tiny.cc/SerajSmile

This petition needs as many signatories as the Exeter one. Please sign and share — don’t let Hertfordshire managers get away with this just because a Russell Group one took the spotlight. #UKHE

We voted on the offer, this time through a simple online survey. Again, it was overly rejected (87% voted no). We also provided a space in the survey for members to comment on the offer. Here is a word cloud of their responses.

Suffering from a gouty disposition? According to 18thc physician William Cullen the best treatment was opium, brandy and a little amusement cullenproject.ac.uk/docs/3910/

Delighted that my podcast for @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social is now available. Check it out here for more on the entangled histories of extinction and empire in the making of the modern world drawing from my book Vanished. newbooksnetwork.com/vanished

Travelling back from my very first @socialhistsoc.bsky.social conference in Lancaster. Such a lovely, welcoming group of people and excellent, wide ranging papers from early career, independent, and established scholars. Amazingly varied historical work on parenthood, disability & anti-racism.

The dismantling of UKHE continues. Solidarity with all at University of Lincoln

Gianamar's article, ‘Colonial world-making and global knowledges at the early modern Cape of Good Hope‘, bit.ly/4vcU20i is described by the judges as 'a brilliant article that fundamentally challenges our understanding of early modern geography and knowledge production.' @gianamar97.bsky.social 2/4