Cher•e•s ami•e•s, j’ai le plaisir de vous partager l’appel du colloque « MARITIMITÉ(S) CARAÏBE » que je coorganise avec Jean-Sébastien Guibert et Boris Lesueur ! Nous attendons vos propositions pour le 1er avril !

Please help spread the news far and wide! We have a new, full-time, permanent Lecturer in Global History of Science job @stsucl.bsky.social Don't be fooled by the application of deadline of only 9 June 2026. This is an open search #histsci #skystorians www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

"Y'all are in a death spiral. That's why you have to redistrict. That's why you have to cheat." Watch this man.

Yesterday Kier Starmer announced Labour will nationalise British Steel, and save 2700 jobs. Today, the Uni of Nottingham put 2700 staff at risk of redundancy. This is just one university. Across the UK 15,000 higher education jobs need saving. Where is the rescue package for our universities?

Don't forget to apply for our #BSECS-Northumbria Fellowship. Travel, accommodation, and related expenses of up to £4,000 to support a visiting scholar of the #18thC at @northumbriauni.bsky.social, deadline 26 June 2026 #skystorians 🗃️ Details below! www.bsecs.org.uk/prizes-and-a...

📢 Undergraduate Dissertation Prize 2025–2026 The Women’s History Network is awarding £250 for the best dissertation in women’s and/or gender history. womenshistorynetwork.org/undergraduat... #WomensHistory #GenderHistory #AcademicTwitter #UndergradResearch #history

What the hell www.newyorker.com/culture/prog...

Keen to meet a new generation of historians researching British history in the (very) long 18th century? Join us for our annual Lightening Talks presentations and Q&A on 29 April at 5:30pm. All welcome. Free. In person at the Institute of Historical Research in London or online on Zoom. #Skystorians

glossy spread on the BBC for the Foo Fighters as good a time as any to remind everyone that they are AIDS denialists medium.com/the-monthly/...

If this seems like your sort of thing, you can read the whole thing for free #OpenAccess here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/e...

The language in this X post is horrendous. Other than the obvious cruel nature of such rhetoric, student visa ‘crackdown’ is an act of self-destruction. The UK higher education sector is suffering because of this mindless mimicking of Reform.

David van der Linden - Remembering the Wars of Religion Conflict and Coexistence in Early Modern France À paraître en juin aux Oxford UP

there's so much bad in the world but there's also people who lift up and carry an elderly bat around every day so he can pretend he's flying again, and that's the part of the world I think is worth fighting for

The Spectator published this attack on me & colleagues just as the High Court is considering Sussex’s request for review of the Office for Students fine. It accuses us of ‘repressing’ our students. The magazine ignored my request for to reply. Please disseminate. alanlester.co.uk/blog/smearin...

Another very attractive job offer (only two years, alas) to join the Faculty of History in Cambridge! www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...

Another very attractive job offer (only two years, alas) to join the Faculty of History in Cambridge! www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...

Do you want to teach wonderful students alongside great colleagues? Look no further and apply! www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...

Do you want to teach wonderful students alongside great colleagues? Look no further and apply! www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...

Curling community: we’re here to sweep away ICE

CALL FOR PAPERS - Modern British History and the 'Environmental Turn'. A two-day workshop organised by @maxlong.bsky.social and myself at Lincoln College, Oxford, 16-17 September. Deadline for abstracts is 15 May. Details in poster below, please share.

And if you’re a British citizen who is finding themselves Very Upset about all this, reminder that the right time to act is NOW, not later when all you can do is be sad about deportations. Respond to the consultation ASAP: vanessaganguin.com/news/how-to-...

CITY OF HEROES, my song celebrating the courage of the people of Minneapolis defending their community from Tяump's goons, is now available to stream on numerous platforms via this link: bbragg.lnk.to/cityofheroes

Rachel Reeves: "It is not right that people who don't go to university bear the cost for others to." I don't use local leisure centres and I don't drive, so will I be made exempt for taxation that pays for all that stuff? Or is it only education we'll be going after

This sounds great! #histchild #skystorians royalhistsoc.org/calendar/gen...

Early Modern World History Seminar – Lent Term 2026 Programme 🌏

Spain gets it: “The Spanish government on Tuesday unexpectedly issued a decree that gives undocumented migrants a path out of legal limbo, putting Spain at odds with many countries around the world that have grown increasingly tough on illegal immigration.” Gift link www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/w...

The SSFH conference bursary is now covering requests up to 500£ for PGs to attend the SSFH annual conference! frenchhistorysociety.co.uk/grants/confe... so submit your proposals and join us in Groningen this summer! frenchhistorysociety.co.uk/conference2/

It’s one of the great cons of history that this man, who services billionaires, science-denying fossil fuel lobbyists and the very Tories who, he says, “broke Britain”, still gets away with presenting himself as the great outsider and disruptor. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

The JHoK 2025 special issue "Knowledge and Power: Projecting the Modern World" is now out in full! The issue is accompanied by the seven blog posts, where authors reflect on their articles and share a behind-the-scenes look at the research process. 📖 Happy reading! 1/8

The very stable geniuses of British politics should not be allowed to forget their sycophancy towards Trump.

VERY excited we get to discuss Mélanie Lamotte's book @ihreurope1500.bsky.social with @lrhodges.bsky.social & @juliehardwick.bsky.social and Mélanie herself! 18 May, 17:30 @ihr.bsky.social Get your copy @harvardpress.bsky.social: www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067... #EarlyModern #SkyStorians

yas king (of the galette) crowning an evening kicked off by @renaudmorieux.bsky.social wonderful SSFH/ASMCF annual lecture on dislocated families in India during the age of revolutions #GaletteDesRois

JOB ALERT! 3-year postdoc at @girtoncollege.bsky.social - research anything you like in History, Archaeology or Anthropology in a wonderful, welcoming scholarly community. PLEASE SHARE! Closes 12 January www.girton.cam.ac.uk/job-vacancie...

Claire's beloved horse Tango died in terror when holiday-makers set off a firework display at a nearby cottage. Sign her petition to protect animals and vulnerable people from the shock and terror of unexpected explosions. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ba...

Merry Christmas, everyone!

Not just a national asset but an international asset. Trashed, ignored, diminished.

London-area friends: I’m looking forward to launching the UK edition of my book THE CROWN’S SILENCE at Waterstones @ Gower St on Jan 30th with Labour MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy @bellribeiroaddy.bsky.social Please help spread the word! www.waterstones.com/events/the-c... www.waterstones.com/events/the-c...

Our latest Behind the Scenes is here! Don't miss @renaudmorieux.bsky.social's "The Present is a Foreign Country," a reflection on categorization and #deportation in the past and present, and colonial documents as "dynamic and always in-the-making." sites.lsa.umich.edu/cssh/2025/12...

I don't think a lot of people get quite how bad the situation has got with targeted attacks on the migrants rights and refugee sector. My wife would be very happy if I left the sector I know that for sure. It's also just getting worse, stoked in no small part by government rhetoric and policies.

Ongoing decimation of British universities part 252: Apx. 1000 academic staff at University of Essex just received formal ‘risk of redundancy’ letters via email. Please share @ucuessex.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk

Belle expo, étonnamment émouvante, qui donne des visages aux statistiques et aux grandes tendances de l’histoire sociale. www.carnavalet.paris.fr/expositions/...

Graduate of the American Studies programme that the University of Nottingham wishes to close wins 2025 Wolfson History Prize for Survivors: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the Atlantic Slave Trade. History, it's a long game. Divest in haste, repent for the longue durée.

Congratulations to Katie Donington, Abdul Mohamud, Robin Whitburn, Nicholas Draper and their contributors! Their #OpenAccess book Teaching Slavery published today. Read and download free at: bit.ly/48vnDdJ #Education #Colonialism #Slavery #Racism

On advance access: "The Promises and Perils of Periodization in Global History: Lessons from the Inter-War Era" by Andrew Denning (@kuhistorydept.bsky.social) and Heidi J S Tworek (University of British Columbia) doi.org/10.1093/past...

We were honoured to welcome Secretary @hillaryclinton.bsky.social to St John's this week, in collaboration with @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social, for two days of events celebrating the Hillary Rodham Clinton Chair of Women’s History, held by Professor Sarah Knott. www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/new...

Please join us *today* 27 Nov for the next Core Seminar. 5:15pm in St John's Lightfoot Room. Gareth Austin (Cambridge) will speak about 'Coercion & Markets: reconciling economic & social explanations of slavery in precolonial West Africa, c1450-c1900'. Abstract: talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/2...