I would not be the historian I am today without the American and Canadian Studies Department at the University of Nottingham. My time studying for a PhD in this department was an incredible experience.

We were thrilled to host former congressmen Mike Ross & Jeff Duncan at DMU today for a dynamic talk on leadership, global affairs and much more. Thanks to everyone who joined! 🌟 #DMUPolitics #Congress @usainuk.bsky.social

Furious at this indefensible decision.

Episode 4 of 'Glimpses of German History' is now LIVE! In this episode @profpanayi.bsky.social shows us a picture book depicting the work of German missionaries in nineteenth century India. Check out the video on our YouTube channel here: youtu.be/IPHH-uPr8KA

Another story about university leadership appears in the Leicester Gazette: www.leicester.news/de-montfort-...

Solidarity to all our nottingham colleagues as they continue strike action! ✊

🚀 Dr. Luis da Vinha (DMU Politics & IR) co-authors a new International Relations (Q1) article: “‘Active Non-Alignment’ in Outer Space: Brazil’s Hedging Strategy in the Sino-American Space Race.” It explores how Brazil balances between the U.S. and China in the new space race!

Our Senior Lecturer, Dr. Simon Stevens, was interviewed by The Big Issue on hostile architecture — and how it even appears in the world of Pokémon Legends: Z-A. A fascinating take on how politics, design, and culture intersect. Read here: www.bigissue.com/culture/poke...

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

Private Eye once again reporting on the DMU leadership. Credit to the Leicester Gazette @leicestergazette.leicester.news who first broke the story.

Been saying this repeatedly - it's not a 'bit', I genuinely don't understand why we waste our time teaching students about research ethics if we're encouraging them to use tools that ignore every single one of those requirements. If we support skipping ethics why just for genAI? sheer hypocrisy.

Our branch is proud to stand with our colleagues at @leicesterucu.bsky.social

The link might be tenuous, but I believe my position on the dangers of GenAI is partly influenced by my own historical research. Back in 2020 I published an article that explored the ways in which the development of early aviation in the U.S. was partly guided by Pan-Americanism. [1]

A *permanent* US history job! Goes without saying that this will be highly competitive, but the US history faculty at Cambridge are some of the most supportive colleagues you can ask for. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOT902/a...

Fresh from the September Passport issue: We are honored to publish a roundtable on the Cold War International History Project and the many wonderful things it has done! www.shafr.org/assets/docs/...

“Unfortunately, we have a Labour government seemingly determined to outflank Reform on immigration . . .These attacks are having a severe impact on the financial health of the sector” - @drjogrady.bsky.social in the @theipaper.com today inews.co.uk/news/flag-wa...

I contributed to a roundtable review of Tore Olsson's book Red Dead History in SHAFR's latest issue of Passport. shafr.memberclicks.net/passport-sep...

Thanks again to @leicestergazette.leicester.news for following up on this story. £5m spent on consultants. www.leicester.news/de-montfort-...

The first annual CSE Midlands Group Conference is happening on Tuesday 16 Sept at the University of Birmingham:"Britain’s financialised capitalism & the politics of change". Free, in-person, no registration. DMU Politics' Pinar Donmez is one of the contributors: Full programme: tinyurl.com/ytvk54p5

A reminder that the Leicester Branch's first free talk of the year will take place online at 6pm on Tuesday 9th September. Andy Chapman, the Hon. Secretary of the Northamptonshire Archaeological Society, will be speaking about Excavations at St James’s Abbey in Northampton.

How much are gaming CEOs making compared to the people they've been firing? Ellen went rooting around in some financial statements to find out... youtu.be/V-dYttts94o

Migrants didn't cut council funding. Migrants didn't cut NHS funding. Migrants didn't close youth centres. Migrants didn't sell off council houses. Migrants aren't filling our rivers with sewage. Farage and co. will tell you to point the finger at migrants. Don't fall for it.

The fact that Kelley has had to leave it's an absolute disgrace and a testament of the state of the university. PHRC will continue, in spite of all, but this is outrageous britishphotohistory.ning.com/profiles/blo...

Solidarity with our East Midlands colleagues. We are also experiencing this loss at present, with more to come. UK HE is in a terrible state and some urgent action is needed.

The Leicester Branch of the Historical Association is delighted to announce its programme of events for the 2025/26 academic year. This year's programme will be held in collaboration with the Northampton Branch. www.history.org.uk/branches/cat...

Do you want to study History but are worried about clearing? Please consider checking out our History degree courses at De Montfort University. You can find information about the clearing process and our history offerings at our website.

If I have to explain to you why it's a bad idea to use a machine that makes shit up 15-80% of the time AND destroys the environment AND contributes to rising fascism and genocide AND puts brilliant skillful creatives out of work by stealing their work, then we're already speaking different languages

Reminder that from the end of summer I’m available for work! Writing, narrative design, historical and narrative consultancy, research etc. I’ve got a PhD, 5 academic publications (another on the way), 3 shipped games (3 more on the way), lots of experience collaborating with cultural institutions

Losing teaching and research resources without any consultation really hurts.

Surreal to finally see our edited collection on US imperialism in the long nineteenth century up on Routledge’s website, with a list of the sources we’ve compiled. Out in December - nothing says Christmas like overpriced academic books! www.routledge.com/American-Imp...

Huge picket at Lincoln💪 Time for management to listen to our members: Stop the cuts!

Today we sent an open letter to DMU Leadership asking, once again, for them to engage in a good faith consultation process.

“Considering the drastic plans for job losses and restructuring, we are left with no alternative in order to protect the jobs.” Lopa Leach @uonucu.bsky.social on the YES vote to strike action. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

DMU has made it back into Private Eye's latest edition thanks to the legal situation around its Dubai campus. As noted by @privateeyenews.bsky.social the apparent lack of due diligence on this matter is deeply troubling.

Thank you to all who attended our protest against DMU cuts held at Trinity House this afternoon, students, staff, members of the public. The message was clear: #DefendDMU

Today staff and students came together to defend our jobs. It was an honour to listen to so many students defending their education. So proud of each and every one of them. WE are the university! #DefendDMU

Engagement from our students is deeply encouraging: we are fighting these cuts because staff working conditions are student learning conditions. #DefendDMU

“What really motivated me to put it out now before waiting for a full peer review is that I am afraid in 6-8 months, there will be some policymaker who decides, ‘let’s do GPT kindergarten.’ I think that would be absolutely bad and detrimental,” she says. “Developing brains are at the highest risk.”

Our #sportshistory book recommendation to mark #WorldBicycleDay is 'Cycling and the British - A Modern History' by Dr Neil Carter @carterneil.bsky.social - www.bloomsbury.com/uk/cycling-a... #cycling

It’s never been about protecting women, it’s always been about policing the boundaries of womanhood.

Every time I open a dissertation to mark, Adobe Acrobat suggests 'This appears to be a long document. Save time by reading a summary.' Very cool! And certainly not something we should be worried about!

I am in tears at the end of Episode 8 of Andor S2. I'm sure anyone who's watched it will know why.

Say it with me everyone: GenAI is shite.

Say it after me: Chat GPT is not a search engine. It does not scan the web for information, it just generates statistically likely sentences. You cannot use it a search engine, or as a substitute for searching. Now. Please never use an LLM for information searches ever again.

OPEN LETTER: HISTORIANS FOR TRANS RIGHTS Are you a historian in the UK or working on UK history fed up at seeing the history of LGBTQIA+ discrimination repeat itself? Sign this open letter to MPs demanding they stand up for trans rights now! Letter: tinyurl.com/879vuver Sign: tinyurl.com/4p7wktrn

I continue to be impressed by Andor. Yes, it's ultimately a piece of Star Wars media, but the second season continues to build upon the first in every way. An incredible reflection of the messages Star Wars tells us about imperial power that are always timely.

UCU stands with trans people, today and every day. The Supreme Court ruling is not just wrong, it’s dangerous. We will never stop fighting for trans rights and equality. #TransRightsAreHumanRights #Solidarity

In December, I wrote a piece about people's declining ability to process information, to distinguish fact from opinion, etc, and how this might soften us up to become overly-dependent on AI. You could read it, but this guy just summarised it in two tweets!