Tim Hitchcock

@timhitchcock.bsky.social

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Historian of 18th century London; Professor Emeritus of Digital History at the University of Sussex. Just coughing in the ink to the end of time.

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Tim Hitchcock @timhitchcock.bsky.social · 3h

/2 Just as an example of the sort of thing I think should be emerging, I like James Baker's work in catalogue studies - particularly on the BL catalogue. And archival science throws up some great work (though the institutional framing gets in the way).

Tim Hitchcock @timhitchcock.bsky.social · 3h

I wish I had strong recommendations on this. Most of the DH stuff is pretty inward looking, and the more critical stuff coming from media studies is concerned with either content or genre rather process. As a result I just end up complaining into the ether.1/

Tim Hitchcock @timhitchcock.bsky.social · 4h

Just to be clear, there was no intention to dismiss those fields of study, but to imply that they are doing the work of critiquing the modern online textual landscape is not right. Sorry if the tone feels combative, it is not meant to be.

Tim Hitchcock @timhitchcock.bsky.social · 4h

Thanks for the pidgeon hole! I try and follow all those fields (at a distance). Book history in partiucular has gained a huge filip from digitisation (throwing the form into strong relief). It is the lack of a critique of image and text on screen, and the uses historians make of it, that irritate.

Tim Hitchcock @timhitchcock.bsky.social · 9h

Historians have been ignoring all this shit since before Google. We are avoiding developing a good analysts of the relationship between text and a knowable past, fit for the the post digital world.

Tim Hitchcock @timhitchcock.bsky.social · 1d

Definitely the same exhibition. It is good. It was great to see some of the pieces I remember making in the day.

Tim Hitchcock @timhitchcock.bsky.social · 1d

Just posted a review - a reflection really - of the exhibition of Ruth Asawa's work at SFMOMA on my rather neglected blog - historyonics.blogspot.com/2025/11/ruth...

Ruth Asawa at SFMOMA - a reflection

I had the great privilege of seeing the Ruth Asawa exhibition at the SFMOMA just before it finished in early September. I thought it was...

historyonics.blogspot.com

Reposted by Tim Hitchcock, Martin van Gelderen, Catriona Seth

Voltaire Foundation @voltaire.ox.ac.uk · 1d

For all postdocs and ECRs: don't miss out on this great opportunity with the Turin Humanities Programme!

voltaire.ox.ac.uk/news-item/tu...

TURIN HUMANITIES PROGRAMME: 6th CALL FOR APPLICATIONS - 2025

TURIN HUMANITIES PROGRAMME 6th CALL FOR APPLICATIONS – 2025 2026-2028 RESEARCH CYCLE The full call can be found here as pdf file. Terms and Conditions (pdf) Project Description (pdf) Flyer (pdf)…

voltaire.ox.ac.uk

Tim Hitchcock @timhitchcock.bsky.social · 1d

If you want extreme sugar culture look into 17th century Holland. Sugar and salt were the main preservatives in pre modern Europe, expensive but ubiquitous.

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MarineLives @marinelives.bsky.social · 2d

I am relaunching the ai-and-history collaboratory I ran last December. First meeting Tuesday, December 9th 2025. Then roughly monthly by ZOOM. Let me know if you are interested. github.com/Addaci/ai-an... #ai #history @timhitchcock.bsky.social

GitHub - Addaci/ai-and-history-collaboratory: online forum with synchronous and asynchronous components for the discussion of the application of ai to historical research

online forum with synchronous and asynchronous components for the discussion of the application of ai to historical research - Addaci/ai-and-history-collaboratory

github.com

Reposted by Karin Wulf

Tim Hitchcock @timhitchcock.bsky.social · 3d

Really pleased to see that Helen Esfandiary's excellent talk last week to @long18thsem.bsky.social is now available on the @ihrlibrary.bsky.social website: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

‘Such a silly fellow I fear his making some mistake’: The convergence of medical and maternal approaches to domestic childcare in Georgian England

British History in the Long 18th Century Seminar Session

www.history.ac.uk

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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 5d

Part 218 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg dnd

Ceramic hedgehog dated to the Neolithic period found at the Hamin archaeological site near Shebotu Town in Inner Mongolia, China

Reposted by Margot C. Finn, Tim Hitchcock

Internet Archive @archive.org · 7d

The Wayback Machine, openlibrary.org, and some other archive.org functions are offline because some network gear has failed.

We apologize and are working on it. More as it happens.

Tim Hitchcock @timhitchcock.bsky.social · 8d

Helen Esfandiary giving a great paper on elite maternal authority over the care of children in the context of the professional medical market place in the 18th c. @long18thsem.bsky.social @ihrlibrary.bsky.social

A woman standing at a podium delivering a lecture. A power point is on the right

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 8d

Just a reminder that if you're attending our seminar in person rather than online this evening, we're in the Institute of Education rather than at the IHR (which is closed for Founders' Day). All welcome! #Skystorians

‘Such a silly fellow I fear his making some mistake’: The convergence of medical and maternal approaches to domestic childcare in Georgian England

www.history.ac.uk

Reposted by Lesley A. Hall, Tim Hitchcock

Prof. Elaine Chalus @profelainechalus.bsky.social · 9d

Research Fellow x2 (109856-1125)
University of Warwick - #History - #skystorians 🗃️ www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPK288/r...

Research Fellow x2 (109856-1125) at University of Warwick

An academic position as a Research Fellow x2 (109856-1125) is being advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Click now to find more details and explore additional academic job opportunities.

www.jobs.ac.uk

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 9d

I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...

The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?

The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity

www.cityam.com

Reposted by Tim Hitchcock

Sharon Howard @sharonhoward.bsky.social · 12d

It's sobering to reflect on how much work and how many people have been involved in creating those datasets. Here's MOLA's *long* write-up of the creation of the LLP map data (and that was in part enhancing data previously laboriously made by Patrick Mannix): www.locatinglondon.org/about/mappin...

Locating London's Past

Map data on historic maps of London

www.locatinglondon.org

Reposted by Margot C. Finn, Tim Hitchcock

Sharon Howard @sharonhoward.bsky.social · 13d

I thought I would mark the occasion by making an interactive dashboard of the London Lives Westminster Coroners Inquests. sharonhoward.github.io/mindseye_of/...

Reposted by Tim Hitchcock

ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 13d

Ellen Thesleff
(Finnish, 1869 - 1954)
"Echo"
1891
61 x 43.5 cm.
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt

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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 13d

Isaac Levitan (Russian, 1860-1900)
"Moonlit Night, Highroad," 1897-98
Oil on canvas
32.62 x 34.62 in
The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt

Tim Hitchcock @timhitchcock.bsky.social · 14d

Please note that for this session only, we are at a different venue - Room 828, Institute of Education, 20 Bedford Way, WC1H 0AL

Reposted by Lesley A. Hall

Tim Hitchcock @timhitchcock.bsky.social · 14d

Very much looking forward to Helen Esfandiary's talk next week on medical and maternal approaches to domestic childcare in Georgian England. All welcome either in person or online @long18thsem.bsky.social @ihrlibrary.bsky.social But please register www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

‘Such a silly fellow I fear his making some mistake’: The convergence of medical and maternal approaches to domestic childcare in Georgian England

www.history.ac.uk

Reposted by Tim Hitchcock

Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 14d

Long ago on the hell site I made long list of historically interesting things to use in dnd ttrpgs and I'll start dragging them over here starting with

2000 years-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, depicting his fourth wife Caesonia.

Blue stone surrounding a gold metal core

Reposted by Martin Paul Eve, David Underdown

Tim Hitchcock @timhitchcock.bsky.social · 15d

Applications for the Caird Fellowships at Royal Museums Greenwich are now open - www.rmg.co.uk/collections/... It looks like a great opportunity to work on a fantastic collection and collaborate with some brilliant staff.

Fellowships at Royal Museums Greenwich

Apply for funding to support research at Royal Museums Greenwich through our Caird Research Fellowships

www.rmg.co.uk

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 16d

Stunning portrait of a woman in a plumed blue hat from 1740 by William Hogarth, who was born on this day in 1697. Totally love this one.

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Jane Winters @jfwinters.bsky.social · 18d

You hear so much negativity about the NHS, but we had such a wonderful social worker who pulled out all the stops to let my dad go home with proper support. And on the weekend too.

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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 19d

Claude Francis Barry’s paintings of WW1 are amongst the most accomplished of his works, with his images of searchlights across London being the most evocative - here (1918) he used small concentrated dots of colour to create an atmospheric haze of light.

Reposted by Lesley A. Hall, Tim Hitchcock

Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 20d

The Worshipful Company of Curriers essay prize on London for early career scholars, in association with The London Journal Trust and the Institute of Historical Research.

The author of the winning submission will receive £1,000, and publication, subject to peer review, in The London Journal.

Curriers' Essay Prize | The London Journal

The author of the winning submission will receive £1,000, and publication, subject to peer review, in The London Journal. Other promising entries may also be considered for publication.

www.thelondonjournal.org

Tim Hitchcock @timhitchcock.bsky.social · 20d

I see what you mean.

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