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...and cars parked on the pavement, on double yellow lines, on street corners, and blocking kerb drops. Bring on the charges, tow the lot. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The Danish model (in practice) is life in limbo. House of Commons library.

We are disgusted by the latest cruel and inhumane anti-asylum policy announced by the Home Secretary. Limiting refugees to 30 months before needing to re-apply undermines their ability to rebuild their lives, to feel safe and secure, all while increasing Home Office bureaucracy and costs.

Today is a dark day for anyone who believes in sanctuary in the UK. People who've fled war and torture should be able to rebuild their lives in peace and security - not live under a constant threat of removal. We must not stop fighting these appalling anti-refugee laws.

You shouldn't have to be a significant person in the history of disability arts in order to get ATW ... but it's pretty telling of what the DWP are up to when they slash such a notable person's ATW.

Genuinely, if you live in the UK you should so the consultation just to find out some of the unbelievable details of what's being proposed. Even with their spin and obfuscation it's shocking

this saturday! I haven't heard it yet, but there's not only interviews with Carolyn Steedman and Miriam Stoppard, but also live audio of me attempting to get my kids out the door for school in the mornings www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

There's always a lot of bad news on here, but as of yesterday the sun sets after 5pm each day in Glasgow until next autumn, and as of tomorrow the sun rises before 8am.

Lots of new radical history tours open for booking over the next few months including Queer Glasgow, radical West End and Migrants Made Glasgow. Free tickets always available if cost is a barrier, just drop us a line. See you in the streets! radicalglasgowtours.com

I wrote about how all our politicians and media are incompetent. I guess that means I’m officially back in the writing game

Happy 50th birthday, HWJ! Being a member of the History Workshop collective has shaped the kind of historian I am (& want to be). I'm so proud to have helped edit this 100th issue of History Workshop Journal, which includes reflections on History Workshop for these turbulent times; on HW's past;...

The new issue of History Workshop Journal is out: issue 100, marking 50 years of the journal's existence. It's more necessary than ever. academic.oup.com/hwj/issue/10...

"Our AI has turned your thesis about oxygen evolution electrocatalysis into rage bait preloaded with one hundred racist and transphobic comments." buff.ly/1mFcco3

The deadline for this funded PhD is this Fri 23 Jan, for anyone interested in housing, heritage, and climate change (especially if you're an enthusiast for Scottish tenements!) ⬇️

A good thread on chaotic mismanagement at the University of Edinburgh. Solidarity to my colleagues and friends there.

Perhaps you were wondering about this year's Wolfson History Prize shortlist. - Cambridge (UG, PGT, PhD), Oxford (postdoc) - Cambridge (UG, PGT, PhD, JRF, job, 'bye-fellow') - Birmingham (?, PGT, PhD) - Lancaster (UG), Nottingham (MA, PhD) - Cambridge (at least UG) - Cambridge (UG), Oxford (PhD)

This is so problematic. Creating big-money grants (7m EUR!) is such a travesty. Instead of funding 1 researcher, why not fund 25 with smaller grants? It would create more ideas, secure more careers, and create so much more innovative knowledge. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...

Perhaps you were wondering about this year's Wolfson History Prize shortlist. - Cambridge (UG, PGT, PhD), Oxford (postdoc) - Cambridge (UG, PGT, PhD, JRF, job, 'bye-fellow') - Birmingham (?, PGT, PhD) - Lancaster (UG), Nottingham (MA, PhD) - Cambridge (at least UG) - Cambridge (UG), Oxford (PhD)

📢 We are thrilled to announce the #CfP for the Sixth International Seminar in Historical #Refugee Studies, which will be held at the University of Vienna, Sept 28-Oct 1, 2026! Deadline is December 20, 2026. For more information, see rhs.hypotheses.org and CfP below:

This afternoon an incredibly important principle is being debated in the House of Lords We know people die at our border & in our asylum system at a horrifying rate, but shockingly the govt does not record how many, who, or how. @asylummatters.bsky.social are campaigning to #KnowTheirNames

the amount of academic research now using llms in research (synthetic data generation, to classify, annotate, or analyse large scale data, etc) is astounding. remember, just cus use of llms in research is becoming normalised does NOT erase the fact it degrades the research & undermine your results

Rhys Machold in Jewish Currents on the myth of Israeli "security innovation": jewishcurrents.org/the-myth-of-...

New post on refugeehistory.org: were there refugees in 16thC England? Answer: it's complicated - migrants and the state were in the process of negotiating a form of refugee protection, which helps us to complicate notions of Britain's "proud history of welcome": tinyurl.com/bdyevr4d

Amazing resource just in time for dissertations this year.

This PhD on a reparatory history of the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, exploring the legacies of empire is open for applications. It features a great supervisory team (moi, Kerry Pimblott, and Sadia Habib) and fabulous public history opportunities. Please share. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

I have a new article out. TLDR: Actively courting deportation by air is a way to claim rights as a stateless person and even as a refugee. academic.oup.com/past/advance...

📣 New post on RefugeeHistory.org! As UNHCR prepares to appoint a new High Commissioner, @jfcrisp.bsky.social looks back on how the process played out 25 years ago and asks: has anything changed? ⬇️ refugeehistory.org/blog/2025/10...

Lawyers and NGO's are calling for Nicole de Moor's candidacy for the position of UN High Commissioner for Refugees to be rejected. After having significantly weakened refugee rights in Belgium during her term of office, it is inconceivable to allow her to lead @unhcr.org tinyurl.com/yx5jp257

📣 New post on RefugeeHistory.org! As UNHCR prepares to appoint a new High Commissioner, @jfcrisp.bsky.social looks back on how the process played out 25 years ago and asks: has anything changed? ⬇️ refugeehistory.org/blog/2025/10...

'Key Isssues in Global Refugee Policy: Analysis, Commentary and Advocacy, 2015-2025'. A compilation of e-links to around 80 articles I've published over the past decade, most of them brief and easily readable! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

I can't be the only person to have thought of this.

I very highly recommend this article on genocide, historicide, and the archives of UNRWA. doi.org/10.1093/hwj/...

How can trans history facilitate knowledge and solidarity beyond the 'existence' of trans people? Sam Rutherford @echomikeromeo argues for trans history as a tool of political education, through the history of access to healthcare:

A first post of the new academic year for RefugeeHistory.org: refugeehistory.org/blog/2025/9/...

A first post of the new academic year for RefugeeHistory.org: refugeehistory.org/blog/2025/9/...

A final repost for this:

For the evening crowd.

Archaeology’s tools were forged in war: from spy planes to satellites, the line between research and militarisation has always been thin. Benjamin Thomas White (@btwhite.bsky.social) considers the role of Antoine Poidebard in pioneering aerial archaeology.

I’ve heard much about this project as it develops, and it is amazing! A preview of the bigger story here.

From spy planes to satellites, archaeology has long shared a sky with empire. What does that mean for the knowledge it produces? Benjamin Thomas White (@btwhite.bsky.social) considers the colonial history of aerial archaeology.

I've written a piece about the bomber's view of the past: how aerial archaeologists of the Middle East have looked at the region's past through the eyes (and lenses) of people who bomb it in the present. In fact they're sometimes the same people. www.historyworkshop.org.uk/empire-decol...

I've written a piece about the bomber's view of the past: how aerial archaeologists of the Middle East have looked at the region's past through the eyes (and lenses) of people who bomb it in the present. In fact they're sometimes the same people. www.historyworkshop.org.uk/empire-decol...

Aerial archaeology began not in neutral curiosity but in the violence of colonial Syria. Benjamin Thomas White (@btwhite.bsky.social) traces its entanglement with empire.

I think I won't.

A super helpful thread for anyone updating course materials etc ahead of the new academic year.

"As ever, my goal is not to measure fantasy against historical accuracy as some sort of purity test. But rather to challenge us to interrogate the meaning behind the design." This is a FANTASTIC watch. Highly recommend. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGr5...

Just sharing the “Xtreme endnotes” assignment @parisnoire.bsky.social mentions here in case anyone else finds it helpful as we begin a new academic year. FWIW, it’s a purely analog exercise in an AI-freaky world & my students have never not had fun doing it.✌🏽 www.historians.org/perspectives...

Very few people seem to understand university finances and, distressingly, this includes many academics and most policymakers. This is an attempt to condense the key points you need to know. open.substack.com/pub/profseri...

To my astonishment, my new book Vanished has been shortlisted for the Royal Society’s Trivedi Science Book Prize. Thankful to all the roarsome people who helped make it happen, from the Royal Society and judges to many beloveds. Roaring! 🐯 #Extinction #BookSky #HPS #Skystorians