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Geographer, social scientist, student of politics
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Helen McCarthy
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My Pimlott lecture is available to read open access! It argues two things: that everyday understandings of old age are profoundly shaped by family relationships; and that how we narrate those intimate ties has changed in important ways over the past fifty years.
academic.oup.com/tcbh/article...
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Family stories: retirement, old age, and generational thinking in Britain since the 1970s
Abstract. When we look for everyday understandings of retirement and old age in the recent past, what we frequently find are family stories: of a grandfath
https://academic.oup.com/tcbh/article/37/1/hwag021/8691008#563586830
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11 days ago
Rhythm Colour no. 1076 (1939) by Sonia Delaunay, painter and designer
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Mass Observation Archive
12 days ago
It was a busy 12th May for this particular diarist! Don't forget that tomorrow is our national diary day! We welcome contributions from all ages, especially when they are recounting days as busy as this one! Find out more about how to submit your diary at
massobs.org.uk/12th-may/
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12th May - Mass Observation Archive
Our 12th May diary day is your chance to be part of recording everyday life. Sending us your dairy helps us record everyday life in the UK.
https://massobs.org.uk/12th-may/
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Janet Few
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Don't forget that it is
@massobsarchive.bsky.social
diary day. Anyone can contribute to this wonderful social history archive - anyone in the UK can submit
massobs.org.uk/12th-may/
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12th May - Mass Observation Archive
Our 12th May diary day is your chance to be part of recording everyday life. Sending us your dairy helps us record everyday life in the UK.
https://massobs.org.uk/12th-may/
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Will Coldwell
11 days ago
One good thing you can say about the UK is that we're spoilt for metaphors
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Lawrence McKay
14 days ago
I spent way too long this weekend correlating 81 census variables with local election results, so you don't have to. Enjoy!
datawrapper.dwcdn.net/QQQ3D/7/
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Local elections 2026: aggregate-level correlations | Created with Datawrapper
Pearson correlation coefficients between aggregate-level census data and the 2026 local election vote share and swing for each party, for the electoral ward or County Electoral District.
https://www.datawrapper.de/_/QQQ3D/?v=5
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Chris Dillow
14 days ago
You don't need to "unify the country" to win elections. You just need 35% of the vote & ignore everyone else - as Thatcher knew.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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These election results don’t mean tacking left or right, but delivering for the whole country | Keir Starmer
In the coming days I will be setting out our path to break with the status quo once and for all by building a stronger and fairer UK, says the prime minister, Keir Starmer
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/08/election-results-left-right-uk-keir-starmer
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Leonardo Carella
14 days ago
Manchester's map looks a bit like Berlin's and Vienna's - green core with social democratic red ring around it, radical right in the poor suburbs, traditional right in the rich ones..
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Rob Ford
16 days ago
I fear Labour people risk falling into an ecological fallacy visible from space when reacting to these results. Here is what is very clear in results so far: Labour are losing *seats* to Reform, but... Labour are losing *votes* to the Greens Greens split the vote, Ref comes thru middle
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Amanda Tattersall
24 days ago
Seven years in the making –
@kurtiveson.bsky.social
and I are thrilled to share that our book, People Power in Cities, is about to be released with Oxford University Press - out in print 3 June 2026.
academic.oup.com/book/62529
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Ben Zaranko
20 days ago
Headline measures of wealth inequality haven't meaningfully changed since the 1980s, but it's harder to work and save your way up the ladder than it used to be. Meanwhile, inheritances are becoming ever more important. Me for this weekend's Observer:
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Jo Wolff
23 days ago
The way things are going it won’t be long before each academic has their own personal regulator.
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Margot Finn
24 days ago
'Perhaps most damaging for the regulator meant to oversee freedom of speech, the accusation of bias in the process was also upheld. Mrs Justice Lieven said the OfS had "closed its mind" to anything that would lead to not finding failure to uphold freedom of speech and therefore fine the university.
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University of Sussex wins landmark free speech case against universities regulator
A record fine had been issued by the Office for Students over the university's trans and non-binary inclusion policy.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp8pnwyy0zjo
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Emma Peplow
25 days ago
Loved writing this piece on drinking in Westminster. It's one of those topics that really highlights how our oral history project gets behind the scenes into the culture in parliament. There's so much on this in the archive, considering writing it up in a full article.
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Thomas Dekeyser
26 days ago
New paper with
@casey-lynch.bsky.social
on AI refusal, an introduction to our special issue on the topic. We examine cultural practices as potentially privileged, if messy and imperfect, sites of AI refusal. DM me for a PDF
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Sam Freedman
27 days ago
I'm in
@theobserveruk.bsky.social
today looking at why so many unis are in financial trouble and what the government needs to do to save HE.
observer.co.uk/news/columni...
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Why saving universities is far more than academic
Modern Britain needs young people with degrees – here’s how to make sure they still have somewhere to study them
https://observer.co.uk/news/columnists/article/why-saving-universities-is-far-more-than-academic
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Toby Nangle
about 1 month ago
The pay premium of the median teacher, or university lecturer, has also fallen
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Nick Hubble
about 1 month ago
My new book Culture Wars in Britain is out today in e-book forms. Currently ÂŁ13.48 on Kindle at Amazon (with the paperback which publishes on 13 May, available to pre-order at ÂŁ14.19). You can also order direct from publisher at my pinned post.
#Sociology
#CultureWars
#Britain
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Culture Wars in Britain: The Myth of Exceptionalism and the Reality of Division (SocietyNow)
Culture Wars in Britain: The Myth of Exceptionalism and the Reality of Division (SocietyNow) eBook : Hubble, Nick: Amazon.co.uk: Books
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Culture-Wars-Britain-Exceptionalism-SocietyNow-ebook/dp/B0G2ZJT2YC
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Mass Observation Archive
about 1 month ago
A reminder that we have this event coming up in conjunction with
@amsruk.bsky.social
which is sure to be fascinating!
www.eventbrite.com/e/1982182572...
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The Way We Lived Then: Post‑War to the 1970s Gender, Generation and Change
Learn more about the ways our lives changed from the end of the war to the 1970s, exploring gender and generation changes.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1982182572433?aff=oddtdtcreator
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Centre for Modern British Studies
about 1 month ago
Registration for MBS2026 is now open! Registration link and the conference programme can be found here:
www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/moder...
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Modern British Studies Conference 2026 - University of Birmingham
Conference information
https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/modern-british-studies-conference-2026
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Chris Dillow
about 1 month ago
New substack: whereas well-functioning markets can make bad people do good things, political systems can make even good people do bad things.
chrisdillow.substack.com/p/in-it-for-...
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"In it for themselves"
The problem isn't that politicians are in it for themselves; it's that they have bad incentives.
https://chrisdillow.substack.com/p/in-it-for-themselves
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Thomas Dekeyser
about 2 months ago
Rather excited to see my book reviewed in the
@newyorker.com
by the excellent
@chaykak.bsky.social
. "Dekeyser offers a tidy manifesto that may urge us on: “There is insufficient hatred for this technological world.” I could get a tattoo of that line, or at least use it as my iPhone background."
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Mass Observation Archive
about 2 months ago
It’s nearly time for our national diary day! Every 12th May we ask people to write down what they got up to. This year we’re also really interested in experiences of nature and wellbeing, as well as what else you get up to on the day!
#diary
#journal
#nature
#skystorians
#write
#Archive
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about 2 months ago
Rug design by Bauhaus artist Anni Albers (1899 – 1994) pioneer in modern weaving
#WomensArt
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Tim Bale
about 2 months ago
Love the daily Freecycle email. Every one a slice of life.
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Peter Allen
about 2 months ago
My department
@uniofbath.bsky.social
is looking to appoint a Lecturer in Environmental Politics on an open-ended teaching and research contract. I and other colleagues will be at PSA next week if anybody wants to chat informally about the position. Deadline is 14/4.
www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...
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ED13504 Lecturer in Environmental Politics - Jobs at Bath
lecturer
https://www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy.aspx?ref=ED13504
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The British Academy
about 2 months ago
JĂĽrgen Habermas FBA believed in critical dialogue, reasoned debate and the possibility of a better future. Following his recent passing, British Academy President Professor Susan Smith reflects on why his ideas matter now more than ever. Read the full article in The Conversation.
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JĂĽrgen Habermas: a philosopher whose hopes for a better future are more important than ever
Habermas was unshakeable in his conviction that people have minds of their own and are free to hope for a better future.
https://theconversation.com/jurgen-habermas-a-philosopher-whose-hopes-for-a-better-future-are-more-important-than-ever-279020
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Mass Observation Archive
about 2 months ago
Yesterday we sent out our latest directive! For Spring 2026 we have a combination of collaborative topics and in-house questions. Part one is a collaboration with Dr Ellen Pilsworth from
@uniofreading.bsky.social
, and is on 'Seeking Asylum', part of a 4-year research project, 'Nation of Refuge'.
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Job opportunity: Teaching Fellow in Human Geography, University of Southampton. Please share.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQW415/t...
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Teaching Fellow in Human Geography at University of Southampton
Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Teaching Fellow in Human Geography on jobs.ac.uk!
https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQW415/teaching-fellow-in-human-geography
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Colin McFarlane
2 months ago
New piece in Progress in Human Geography, 'Crisis-thinking and critical urbanism'. What might crisis-thinking be doing to how the urban is conceived, researched, and politicised? How might it impact how we see urban possibility? Open access here:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Sage Journals: Discover world-class research
Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/03091325261435173?_gl=1*jptss7*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTMxMjA1NjEzOS4xNzc0MzY0MjE1*_ga_60R758KFDG*czE3NzQzNjQyMTQkbzEkZzAkdDE3NzQzNjQyMTQkajYwJGwwJGgyMDc3Njk0MjQ2
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James Baker
2 months ago
📢 If you missed Vincent Hiribarren's recent
@ihr.bsky.social
Digital History seminar 'Historian vs AI: who reads and analyses archives best', the talk is now on our YouTube channel
youtu.be/VO26YAK1mu0
#dhist
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Vincent Hiribarren: Historian vs AI: who reads and analyses archives best
YouTube video by IHR Digital History Seminar
https://youtu.be/VO26YAK1mu0
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Thomas Dekeyser
2 months ago
Officially released today!đź’ĄTechno-Negative: A Long History of Refusing the Machineđź’Ą Tracing the refusal that haunts the history of tech, my book offers a source of inspiration for those looking for a new tech politics beyond reform/acceleration.
www.upress.umn.edu/978151791773...
Buy w/ discount👇
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Mass Observation Archive
2 months ago
We're excited for this online talk! We'll be hearing from Ben Highmore (Emeritus Professor of Cultural Studies,
@sussex.ac.uk
), Phyllis MacFarlane (Head of Content,
@amsruk.bsky.social
) & Stella Moss (Lecturer in Modern British History,
@royalholloway.bsky.social
). Book here:
tinyurl.com/37sdd74x
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The Way We Lived Then: Post‑War to the 1970s Gender, Generation and Change
Learn more about the ways our lives changed from the end of the war to the 1970s, exploring gender and generation changes.
https://tinyurl.com/37sdd74x
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Job opportunity: Teaching Fellow in Human Geography, University of Southampton. Four-month post to cover my teaching from Sept 2026. Deadline for applications: 13 April.
jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
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Job Opportunity at the University of Southampton: Teaching Fellow in Human Geography
The School of Geography & Environmental Science at the University of Southampton is seeking to appoint a full time Teaching Fellow in Human Geography for a fixed term contract from 01/09/26 to 22/01/2...
https://jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=3368926WR
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Job opportunity: Teaching Fellow in Human Geography, University of Southampton. Please share.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQW415/t...
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Teaching Fellow in Human Geography at University of Southampton
Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Teaching Fellow in Human Geography on jobs.ac.uk!
https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQW415/teaching-fellow-in-human-geography
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Per Engzell
2 months ago
This is a very rich resource for sociologists as well
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Colm Murphy
2 months ago
Very useful piece by Nick Clarke, Alex Hill and Jonathan Moss on an archive heavily used by historians of modern Britain - and underutilised by scholars of British politics.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Mass Observing British politics - British Politics
British Politics - The current political moment in Britain is characterised by disaffection, affective polarisation, and populist mobilisation of these (dis)affections. How best to research these...
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41293-026-00304-0
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Rishika
2 months ago
We are looking to appoint a full-time Teaching Fellow in Human Geography for a fixed term contract to cover
@nickclarkegeo.bsky.social
's teaching. Details below. Please share.
jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
@sotongeogenviron.bsky.social
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Job Opportunity at the University of Southampton: Teaching Fellow in Human Geography
The School of Geography & Environmental Science at the University of Southampton is seeking to appoint a full time Teaching Fellow in Human Geography for a fixed term contract from 01/09/26 to 22/01/2...
https://jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=3368926WR
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Thomas Dekeyser
2 months ago
I have a short Chapter out on why cultural geographers need to take the premise of abolitionism seriously, part of the wonderful new 'Handbook of Cultural Geographies' by
@ajsecor.bsky.social
P Merriman ans S Sumartojo. Message me for scans of the chapter.
www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...
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Job opportunity: Teaching Fellow in Human Geography, University of Southampton. Four-month post to cover my teaching from Sept 2026. Deadline for applications: 13 April.
jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
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Job Opportunity at the University of Southampton: Teaching Fellow in Human Geography
The School of Geography & Environmental Science at the University of Southampton is seeking to appoint a full time Teaching Fellow in Human Geography for a fixed term contract from 01/09/26 to 22/01/2...
https://jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=3368926WR
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Chris Dillow
2 months ago
New substack: wherein I compare prices now to those in 1939:
chrisdillow.substack.com/p/housing-co...
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Housing costs: now vs 1939
Houses used to be cheap - but still unattainable for many.
https://chrisdillow.substack.com/p/housing-costs-now-vs-1939
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Glen O'Hara
2 months ago
Today I'll mainly be looking at my public lecture for the
@royalhistsoc.org
in London on 25 Sept... One thing I'll be talking about then will be the rapid growth of mapping techniques and geographical approaches in the study history. Just a snippet from my list below. 👇
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Eugene McCann
2 months ago
In new issue of Progress in Human Geography: "Moving ideas: An agenda for expanding the political scope of the policy mobilities approach." Connects policy mobilities & social movements studies. Focus on geogs of counterhegemonic ideas. Abstract 👇
#academicsky
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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New paper: Mass Observing British Politics On what Mass Observation might contribute to political studies (and what political studies might contribute to Mass Observation). With
@jmoss88.bsky.social
and Alex Hill. Also paging
@massobsarchive.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Mass Observing British politics - British Politics
British Politics - The current political moment in Britain is characterised by disaffection, affective polarisation, and populist mobilisation of these (dis)affections. How best to research these...
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41293-026-00304-0
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New paper: Mass Observing British Politics On what Mass Observation might contribute to political studies (and what political studies might contribute to Mass Observation). With
@jmoss88.bsky.social
and Alex Hill. Also paging
@massobsarchive.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Mass Observing British politics - British Politics
British Politics - The current political moment in Britain is characterised by disaffection, affective polarisation, and populist mobilisation of these (dis)affections. How best to research these...
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41293-026-00304-0
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Helen McCarthy
3 months ago
We are advertising a two-year lectureship in Modern British History at University of Cambridge, please spread the word!
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...
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Assistant Professor of British History [Temporary Cover]
The Faculty of History wishes to recruit a Temporary Assistant Professor in Modern British History. This is a fixed term 24 month Temporary Assistant Professorship. To cover the academic leave of the
https://www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assistant-professor-of-british-history-temporary-cover-jj48700
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Nick Hubble
3 months ago
All seven volumes to date in the
#MassObservation
Critical Series
@massobscritical.bsky.social
are also currently at attractive prices in the
@bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social
sale until Sunday
@bloomsburyhist.bsky.social
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The Mass-Observation Critical Series: Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) - Bloomsbury
The Mass-Observation Critical Series pairs innovative interdisciplinary scholarship with rich archival materials from the original Mass-Observation movement and…
https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/series/the-massobservation-critical-series/
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As good as people say it is
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Felicity Callard
3 months ago
We're looking for a new editor for
@histhum.bsky.social
's para-site
histhum.com
(founding editor
@desfitzgerald.bsky.social
; subsequent editors
@sarahvmarks.bsky.social
@hhnnccnnll.bsky.social
), who will also be the journal's social media editor Honorarium Deadline: 9 March 2026 Please circulate
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