£77,816 er annum. What an exciting post.

Academia.edu is changing its Terms and Conditions, and they're so outrageous (AI training; signing over ownership to them etc) I closed my account today. A thread with some practical tips if you want to delete your account (5 steps):

📣Calling all new research students in history & historical subjects. Do you want to learn how the IHR can help you during your studies? Join us on the 8 October to find out more. @royalhistsoc.org @ihrhistorylab.bsky.social @historyandpolicy.bsky.social @chppc.bsky.social bit.ly/41UPOyG

Obviously we all know Bluesky is a retirement home for elder millennials but, if you happen to know any 18-30 people who might like to take a shot at this, do pass it on!

This really shouldn't even need saying, let alone agitating for. It is a truism more than a proposition.

Our fab Community History Hub website has just had a refresh, thanks to the lovely Laura Spence @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social! There's lots of #localhistory talks, plays & celebrations happening in #Oxford this Sept & Oct - don't miss out on the knowledge or the fun! www.communityhistory.ox.ac.uk

Labour wants to speak for "ordinary working people". It wants to be the party of patriotism & "national renewal". It badly needs a purpose & a moral mission. Well here it is. It is way past time to "speak for Britain" against billionaire-backed movements that want to terrorise ordinary Britons.

And so it begins… is this the start of a new era for British universities, with their increasingly broken financial models? In any case, good luck to the new ’London & South East’ university! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Centre for Cities will present findings from its recent analysis of universities' local economic impacts and answering your questions online tomorrow 📆 www.centreforcities.org/event/briefi... With that, best of luck to teachers and university staff handling clearing and the start of term.

The UK is a country with a rapidly ageing population that needs vast numbers of jobs filling. For it to crash all migration downwards because the public are enraged about small boats is the definition of national madness. www.bearlypolitics.co.uk/p/nans-not-b...

This 'Reform are inevitable' narrative is rubbish. Fewer than a quarter of voters think they'd do a good job. Almost all their policies are hated. Their leader isn't liked. Even when the focus is on migration most reputable polls give them only a small overall majority. yougov.co.uk/politics/art...

Pleased to see this compelling research study coming out of Oxford on teenage period pain & its potential long-term impacts. As someone who has long suffered with painful periods, I welcome such research & hope to see medical interventions coming out of it too! www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-09...

Just a shout out to #skystorians #academicsky #historians #historyteacher #18c #c18 #georgians #history of #Caribbean #slavery people that my new book #Heiresses is out now. You can read more about it here: www.heiresses.co.uk/about-heires...

Such important truth written in this article, but will Keir Starmer and the govt listen and take a more constructive course on the immigration debate? Or will we continue to see more division and hate-mongering in our communities? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A couple of weeks after posting this, I’ve just seen via the @royalhistsoc.org newsletter that the BL are running a training session for students on the East India Company & India Office archives! Really great idea for students planning their theses this term: royalhistsoc.org/calendar/int...

I was at the British Library on Fri & missed their online Archives & Manuscript catalogue so much. It was so handy for searching collections & planning research trips - full of useful info & saving research time. I feel bad for PhD students navigating huge collections without such tools! 1/3

As I said on day one, the first day that the Times broke the story about the gangs: the idea that the police were too petrified to investigate sexual offences by Asian men because they might be perceived as racist did not pass *the laugh test*, never mind the smell test.

Hello, quite new here, so introducing myself 👋 I’m a historian of #BlackBritishHistory @icws-sas.bsky.social, living in North Wales. My first book was #BlackTudors and my new one #Heiresses, is about nine British women who inherited enslaved people and plantations in the Caribbean.

This week’s column is on people losing their minds, and insulting the public’s intelligence, over Mamdani. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A must-read piece by Suresh Grover, one of the leaders of the Southall Youth Movement, on why it’s so dangerous to proscribe Palestine Action. He even points out that Keir Starmer once defended other activists for v similar tactics back in 2003! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

So looking forward to chairing this discussion about Nicole Ranganath's wonderful new book! It's all about the music-making of Sikh/Punjabi migrant women in California. Hear some of their songs & join me in conversation with Nicole in Oxford, on 13 June! Register here: forms.office.com/e/wpDPzC37E8

Up to 9k signatures now - nowhere near enough. If you’re a writer, translator or literary creative of any sort, you should be signing this.

👇 www.thebookseller.com/news/society...

I’m a writer who has had work pirated by LibGen & scraped without license by #MetaBookThieves to train their AI. My book was based on PhD research funded with great difficulty, thanks to lack of grants for #Humanities students. Posting in solidarity with the Society of Authors’ campaign today. 1/3

If you're an affected author, here's a template (by all means make it your own) to send a letter to Meta: actionnetwork.org/letters/auth...

And here's a list of planned action from the Society of Authors (UK) specifically for action on April 3rd including delivering the letter to Meta's offices: mailchi.mp/societyofaut...

PhD Studentship available! @ihr.bsky.social and Historic Royal Palaces AHRC CDP project on the Tower of London and Londoners, late medieval and Tudor. Focus on looking at everyday people supplying the Tower, especially migrants, also global commodities. Full fees + stipend - UK or international

Silvia Galandini: “We live in the 6th-richest country in the world where billionaires alone saw their wealth soar by £11bn last year. It is morally repugnant that children, disabled people and carers are the ones who are taking the hit.” No-one voted for this! www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Today we launch a new funding programme: Scouloudi Public History Grants bit.ly/4bF4zJK Grants will support collaborative projects between historians in Higher Education and those in the galleries, libraries, archives and museums sectors, as well as community history groups. #Skystorians 1/2 👇

So excited for this amazing workshop, organised by the wonderful Saima Nasar! Some spaces are still available, so do get in touch with Saima if you’re interested in attending.

Apply now to be one of our first Koch Fellows in History! Deadline: Wednesday 26 February 2025 Find out all the details here: www.history.ox.ac.uk/event/koch-j...

Thanks to Ruth & the @ihr.bsky.social for a fab online seminar last night. Really enjoyed our chat about the practicalities of community-uni partnerships in all their messy glory! Lots of work still to be done to enable sustainable, well-paid & egalitarian collabs between historians all of stripes.

Everyone is really welcome at our next event on Wednesday 5th Feb. Join us online at 5.30pm to explore Ethical Community History with @priyaatwal.bsky.social & colleagues from @ox.ac.uk #community #history hub. Sign up for this free event here www.history.ac.uk/events/ethic...

Really great to see such wonderful writers, Preeti Dhillon, @lucyfulford.bsky.social & Sheela Banerjee, offering this helpful workshop for people looking to write a non-fiction book proposal! Their books on British South Asian histories are amazing. www.eventbrite.com/e/how-to-wri...

Looking forward to talking about the power of #Humanities research in contributing towards #policy development & tackling environmental issues with @vbivar.bsky.social and @torchoxford2013.bsky.social! Come join us in #Oxford for this fab lunchtime event on 30 Jan.

I guess I spoke too soon - didn’t expect #ElonMusk to be so fickle! One can only hope that these far-right thugs tear each other apart.

Applications invited for the Society's Workshop Grants, 2025. Grants provide £1,000 for historians to come together to pursue a project relating to their work bit.ly/3Omeg4T Closing date: Friday 24 January Not just research, but also grant writing, networking, teaching and more. #Skystorians 1/2

Mark Zuckerberg: I built this platform to give the people a voice Me: okay but actually you built it to rate how hot the woman at your school were

The Royal Historical Society is very pleased to be here, from today, @royalhistsoc.bsky.social We look forward to engaging with you to support and promote History and historians together. The Society is led by Prof Lucy Noakes, who began her Presidency of the RHS on 22 November royalhistsoc.org

“Two years after capturing the public’s imagination, it seems ChatGPT’s main legacy has been in padding the finances of tech’s biggest players.” This piece is magnificent, filled with exactly the right data 📈

It’s truly alarming to read this and think about the possible impact of Elon Musk giving £100m to Nigel Farage’s Reform ‘Party’. Let’s not forget that Reform is set up as a private limited company & the majority of its shares were owned by Farage until recently. theconversation.com/elon-musk-wa...

In case you missed it and are after some Sunday morning listening (or would enjoy a chat about Benjamin Disraeli), my life goal of being invited to speak on In Our Time was recently realised! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

When we spend too much time thinking about our fears, they grow stronger and take over our thoughts. There's a simple way to manage them: getting your body moving. Whether you choose to exercise, dance, or just take a walk, physical activity helps by taking your mind off your worries.

Hello, Bluesky! We are the Humanities Division at the University of Oxford, home to the faculties of @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social, @engfac.bsky.social, @torchoxford.bsky.social and @theruskin.bsky.social. Follow us for events, opportunities and exciting new research in the humanities.

Also here @layersoflondon.bsky.social. Do say hello!

Great to hear that the last few asylum seekers on the notorious Bibby Stockholm have largely had their asylum claims approved & have been moved off the ship. What a horrific plan it was from Day 1 for this barge to be used to hold people! www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...

⚠️ Pontypridd has been hit by devastating floods and our wonderful independent bookshop, Storyville Books, has seen much of its stock destroyed. If you’re able to buy a book from them, this would go such a long way to help support them rebuild in the aftermath. 👉 uk.bookshop.org/shop/Storyvi...

Hey #academicsky, there's a great opportunity for a visiting fellowship for someone from the Global South in Arts and Humanities, to spend time at Cambridge. Do pass on! www.cai.cam.ac.uk/vacancies/vi...

🚨 2 weeks to go 🚨 The School of Advanced Study has launched a new Public Humanities Fellowship! The Fellowship seeks to foster new ideas around public #humanities and connect creative approaches to the public value of #research. Apply by 6 December: www.sas.ac.uk/research-eng...