Nobody executes a “madman” theory of foreign policy when they’re winning—and Donald Trump’s use of it signals his desperation, @davidfrum.bsky.social argues. theatln.tc/6UbhSLEr 📸: Nathan Howard / Getty

The British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants is now open for applications, supported by DSIT, @leverhulme.ac.uk and @wellcometrust.bsky.social. Apply now: https://bit.ly/4t0MDRl

History matters — in classrooms, in communities, and in public life. The AHA promotes historical thinking, defends academic freedom, supports teaching and scholarship, and sets professional standards for the field. See what we’ve been doing recently to advocate for historians and educators:

You can now order the paperback directly from @princetonupress.bsky.social at a 30% discount by entering the code PUP30 on their order form!

May I interest you in £10k for humanities or social science research? Our small grants scheme is open. Apply by 3rd June. We allocate through partial randomisation - awarding randomly between all applications that meet our quality threshold www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...

In a few days I will be in Catania with two lectures (in Italian) for master's students and colleagues on women, Enlightenment and Catholicism, and on islands and imaginary travels. Do join us if you happen to be in the city on 16th and 17th April! @inthiseui.bsky.social @eui-history.bsky.social

New article in 'Transactions of the Royal Historical Society'. 'Louis XIV’s Attitude to the Chinese Rites Controversy': bit.ly/47NYgmk Dr Sean Heath offers an exploration of ecclesiastical policy in the making under the Sun King. Sean's article is now freely available Open Access #Skystorians 1/2

Rightwing dudes: "Women shouldn't be in leadership. Women shouldn't vote. They're not rational like men." Also, somehow, rightwing dudes: "The hand of God teleported me to a Waffle House."

Three postdoctoral research positions (35 months each) are available on the project 'Travellers’ interactions in early modern Italy' (TRAVEL), working with @toffolosandra.bsky.social at the Italian-German Historical Institute in Trento. Apply by 8 May 2026 #Skystorians #EarlyModern bit.ly/4djmUPc

oooooo! This will be such an exciting Masterclass to participate in. Run, don't walk, #earlymodern #SkyStorians in Nordic countries, if you're a PhD student yourself or have PhD students who should apply.

sites.google.com/view/whai202... We are delighted this afternoon to present the final programme for our conference in May. Registration and further details will be made after Easter.

Job opportunity with manuscripts and early printed books! Librarian at Lincoln Cathedral – Cathedral Library £43,722 - Full time applicaiton DL: 14 April 2026 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQX901/l...

Yep. In fact, the real failing of students was when we stopped requiring them to regularly search a library catalogue for their reading and instead produced lists with hyperlinks that students simply had to click. As soon as they have to go off list, they’re lost.

“Help or we take Greenland” is a wild escalation ladder.

Donald Trump straight out of the traps with this extremely dignified and presidential tribute to a lifelong public servant. (I took this screenshot from truth social personally. It's real.)

aren't you all forgetting something

Incredibly funny that the president of the United States can do this and retain command of the American Armed Forces, but I said it about a literal Nazi and got fired from a job writing superhero comics.

Deadline Tomorrow! EHS Conference Registration closes Friday, 20 March! It will celebrate the Society’s 100th anniversary and be held at the Cheng Kin Ku (CKK) building, London School of Economics, 10–12 April. The booking fee is £170 for Members, and £195 for Non-Members. ehs.org.uk/conference/

That's a one-finger salute from a reading lady of the 1770s with a fancy headdress. 🖕 #skystorians

Jürgen Habermas, whose work on communication, rationality and sociology made him one of the world’s most influential philosophers and a key intellectual figure in his native Germany, has died. He was 96.

Hear ye, hear ye! My book is in production! www.routledge.com/Unconventual...

The ERC project PROXISENSES - Entangled Histories of the Proximal Senses (1350-1650): A Mediterranean History of (Subjective) Knowledge is hiring 3 PhD fellows. Projects focus, respectively, on the history of salt, grapes & fish in the Renaissance Mediterranean. www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...

I think about that every day.

CfP for #skystorians: "So Far Apart, So Close. #Italy, the #Mediterranean and #Africa from the #14thC to the #20thC"; Rome 19-21 Oct 2026. #earlymodern & #modern history Deadline: 15 June tinyurl.com/5338f7zx

In 1626, a Cambridge fishwife sliced open a cod, only to find a gelatinous, half-dissolved manuscript inside. It was published the next year under the name "Vox Piscis or, the Bookfish." At this point, why not get your news from inside a dead fish? #earlymodern #bookfish archive.org/details/bim_...

10/10 take. no notes

Which one is your favourite? #skystorians @royalhistsoc.org

Charis Messis reviews 'Masculinity in Byzantium, c.1000–1200: Scholars, Clerics and Violence', by Maroula Perisanidi @maroulix.bsky.social academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-... @universitypress.cambridge.org

Job! A 21-month postdoc at Birmingham on French-language print publications in England to 1685 led by the marvellous team of Peter Auger and Suzanne Jones. International applicants are welcome and Birmingham can support a visa application where required. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQN896/r...

Richard Kagan introducing our roundtable commemorating Katie Harris and reflecting on a life of scholarship. #RenSA26 @rsaorg.bsky.social

While the deadline for AHA joint panels for the 2027 Annual Meeting in New Orleans has passed, there is still plenty of time to submit to the ACHA. To submit and view the full call, visit achahistory.org/neworleans20....

The decline of cursive instruction in schools has left students unable to parse archival documents written in script, Drew Gilpin Faust wrote in 2022. Can you study history if you can’t read cursive? theatln.tc/EMDGBBry

In this #MyEUIResearch story, Aliesia Soloviova @eui-history.bsky.social traces how gender expectations and Soviet ideology shaped everyday family life and why they still resonate today. 🔗 https://loom.ly/XUrX_F4

We are advertising 4 jobs at York for historians (1 year medieval, 2 years modern Britain and public history, 3 years modern China, and open ended modern Middle Eastern) features.york.ac.uk/history-jobs/

Ladies and gentlemen, the President of the United States.

I would like to remind the International Olympic Committee that sport is outside politics, but not outside ethics.

My hands on this beauty @historianjen.bsky.social @janmachielsen.bsky.social

Friends, can I ask you to spread the word that we have a THREE-YEAR postdoc in American history at Cambridge up for grabs - ANY field, but applications are due March 1 so don't delay - apply, apply, apply! networks.h-net.org/jobs/69790/u...

BASH: Is this measles outbreak a consequence of the administration undermining support for vaccines? DR OZ: I don't believe so. Secretary Kennedy has been advocating for measles vaccines BASH: Oh, come on

This week’s Just for Skeets and Giggles is out! Have a great weekend. open.substack.com/pub/statusku...

Our conference #cfp is now live! This year's conference, "Embodied Histories: Body, Mind and Experience" will take place on 17th July 2026 at University of Birmingham! Keep on reading to find out more...(1/9)

Come work with us! Two fully funded 36-month PhD positions in the history of medicine at Charité Berlin. The positions are part of the EU-funded Gender Insight network researching biopsychosocial aspects of diverse hormonal transitions. Deadline 28 Feb 2026 #histmed genderinsight.eu

Liam is home now and we are grateful to @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social for traveling to Minneapolis with him and his dad. Welcome home Liam ❤️❤️

More people not in the Epstein Files: - Joe Biden - Barack Obama - Kamala Harris - Tim Walz - Bernie Sanders - AOC - Zohran Mamdani - You - Me - Everyone who isn’t a greedy disgusting money hoarding pedo

What a post! This would be fascinating. Lead Curator: Modern Archives & Manuscripts (1601 – 1800) - British Library #skystorians 🗃️#earlymodern #c18th www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQH179/l...