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The Journal of African History @thejah.bsky.social · 1h

Read the new OA article by Agata Błoch, Guillem Martos Oms, and Clodomir Santana on #archives, #DigitalBias, #AI, and the production of historical narratives:

bit.ly/4q4UGvD

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 1d

“These findings follow previous research which concluded that the more people learn about how AI works, the less they trust it. The opposite was also true — AI’s biggest fanboys tended to be those who understood the least about the tech.”

The More Scientists Work With AI, the Less They Trust It

A preliminary report shows that researchers' confidence in AI software dropped off a cliff over the last year.

futurism.com

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Vincent Hiribarren @bixhiribarren.bsky.social · 1d

On Wednesday!

Digital Futures Institute @ King's College London @kings-dfi.bsky.social · 18d

🏛️ What does the future of history look like in a digital age?

Join us on 15 October for The Digital Futures of History and explore how emerging technologies are reshaping the way we study, preserve and engage with the past ⬇️

@stuartdunn.bsky.social @kingsdh.bsky.social @kingshistory.bsky.social

The Digital Futures of History | King's College London

Join us in The Digital Futures of History in looking forward to the new ways in which we may soon be looking back.

www.kcl.ac.uk

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Benjamin Brillaud @notabenemovies.bsky.social · 7d

Dans le dernier entretien disponible sur le podcast, on revient sur une triste histoire avec Camille Lefebvre, celle de la colonisation du Sahel. Alors comment cela s'est-il passé ?
https://music.amazon.fr/podcasts/0303c8b3-c2a2-4aa0-9543-af3252c87fc3/nota-bene?refMarker=null

Nouvel entretien sur le podcast Nota Bene à propos de l'histoire de la colonisation du Sahel en compagnie de Camille Lefebvre. Détail d'un dessin de 1885 issu d'un numéro du journal "L'Illustration". On y voit Otto von Bismarck, alors chancelier d'Allemagne, coupant un gâteau sur lequel est écrit « Afrique ». Il est posé sur une table autour de laquelle sont assis les représentants d'autres puissances européennes.

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Guillaume Blanc @guillaumblanc.bsky.social · 12d

Empires. Une histoire sociale de l'environnement. Sortie du livre aujourd'hui, après deux ans de travail avec le camarade Antonin Plarier !
Inde, Vietnam, Madagascar, Tanzanie, Mozambique, Zambie... des textes pionniers traduits et commentés en français.
www.cnrseditions.fr/catalogue/hi...

Empires - Une histoire sociale de l'environnement - CNRS Editions

Empires - Une histoire sociale de l'environnement (EAN13 : 9782271151889) édité par CNRS Editions - Qu’est-ce que les empires et le colonial font aux environnements qu’ils rencontrent, conquièrent pui...

www.cnrseditions.fr

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IHR Black British History Seminar @ihrblackbritish.bsky.social · 14d

Kicking off our fantastic line up with a showcase of new research! Get in touch if you are a postgraduate or early career researcher who would like to introduce their work to the field.

📍 Hybrid: N304, IHR, Senate House, WC1E 7HU and Online
📅 Thursday 16th October, 2025
⏰ 17:30
🔗 bit.ly/3INwCfO

Email Olivia.Wyatt@ed.ac.uk or Meleisa.Ono-George@history.ox.ac.uk to present online or in-person

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N16Breda Corish @n16breda.bsky.social · 21d

📢 This looks like a great opener for the upcoming @ihr.bsky.social Digital History Seminar - "Digitising Death: Gender, Genealogy, and the Experimental Recovery of Women’s Histories in Early Modern Ireland"
👉 21 Oct, 5.30 pm, online, FREE
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

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Vincent Hiribarren @bixhiribarren.bsky.social · 28d

Come and work with me! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOR768/p...

PhD Studentship: Wordsworth Blackwell Mather PhD Studentship (UK Home Students only) at King's College London

Explore a PhD Studentship: Wordsworth Blackwell Mather PhD Studentship (UK Home Students only). Apply today and discover more PhD opportunities at jobs.ac.uk.

www.jobs.ac.uk

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The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · 29d

New in the Fontes Historiae Africanae series, ‘Great Sogolon’s House: The Epic of Manden According to the Condé of Fadama (Guinea)’. This epically narrated transcription and translation of the Sunjata epic is rich with detail and rooted in cultural memory.

Discover more ⬇️
https://bit.ly/4nm0IWh

Promotional image for a new book titled "Great Sogolon: Mandé Epic from the Bondo Birds of Fadama (Guinea)" from British Academy Publishing, featuring a cover image of a traditional mask.

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King's Arts & Humanities @kingsartshums.bsky.social · Aug 18

📻 Listen to Dr Vincent Hiribarren on BBC Focus on Africa discussing Emmanuel Macron's response to France's colonial era crimes in Cameroon ⬇️

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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Agence France-Presse @afp.com · Aug 13

A qui appartient une pierre tombée du ciel? Le débat est relancé après la récente vente à New York de la plus grande météorite martienne jamais retrouvée, aujourd'hui revendiquée par le Niger. L'article : ➡️ u.afp.com/SQZ6

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Vincent Lemire @vincent-lemire.bsky.social · Jul 28

⚠️ Tout a basculé en 48h, avec une pression tout azimut sur Netanyahu contre la famine, pour le cessez-le-feu et pour la reconnaissance de l'État palestinien:

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Camille Lefebvre @camillelefebvre.bsky.social · Jul 8

[on X @theKanemBorno made a great thread👇]

A Hidden Story in African Linguistics & History

In 1904, two scholars met at Al-Azhar Mosque in Cairo:
Al-Hajj Musa, a Kanuri scholar from Borno and Rudolf Prietze, a German linguist.

They collaborated for 10 years, producing hundreds of pages in Kanuri.

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Vincent Hiribarren @bixhiribarren.bsky.social · Jul 1

Very happy to see @abdulwando.bsky.social's research on #aid in #Borno published!

Dr. Abdul Wando @abdulwando.bsky.social · Jul 1

Pleased to share my recent Development in Practice publication which examines impartiality and humanity in Borno's humanitarian response. Utilising in-depth interviews with humanitarian and government workers, and Borno residents-

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Vincent Hiribarren @bixhiribarren.bsky.social · Jun 26

'Digital Humanities #DH and #AI in #AfricanStudies: Opportunities, Challenges, and Decolonial Perspectives'. Double panel today at #ECAS2025 organised with @fmadore.bsky.social www.ecasconference.org/2025/

Home - ECAS 2025

www.ecasconference.org

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Journal of Digital History @jdighist.bsky.social · Jun 24

What can hacked websites tell us about the history of the web?
From online activism to digital vandalism, political web defacements were part of shaping the early internet. We just published a new article in the JDH diving into this fascinating and underexplored archive. journalofdigitalhist...

Journal of Digital History

The Journal of Digital History (JDH) is an international, academic, peer-reviewed and open-access journal. JDH will set new standards in history publishing based on the principle of multi-layered articles.

journalofdigitalhistory.org

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Vincent Hiribarren @bixhiribarren.bsky.social · Jun 21

Well done to Rasheed Olaniyi! boydellandbrewer.com/978184701428...

Migration and Diaspora Identity in Northern Nigeria and Ghana, 1900–1970 - Boydell and Brewer

This book uncovers the driving forces and mechanisms through which Yoruba migrant communities in Kano, the largest commercial and administrative city in nort...

boydellandbrewer.com

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Vincent Lemire @vincent-lemire.bsky.social · Jun 18

• Défendre quoiqu’il en coûte le droit international, s’opposer à l’annexion (Ukraine), au nettoyage ethnique (Gaza) et aux guerres "préventives" (Iran) c’est sauvegarder la possibilité d’un monde habitable 🌏 mais c’est aussi sauver la possibilité d’un projet européen 🇪🇺.

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Marielle Debos @debos.bsky.social · Jun 19

After years of research, I’m thrilled to share my article on biometric voting in Africa.
I focus on the companies who sell the tech. They have become key actors for both election management and citizen identification. Yet we know little about them.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

A Postcolonial Card Cartel: How European Companies Sold Biometric Voting in Africa

Biometrics companies see Africa as the ‘ultimate frontier’ — a relatively untapped market, yet to be fully captured. Although there is now a substantial critical literature on identification technolo...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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The Onion @theonion.com · Jun 11

Amazon Teases Next James Bond Will Face Off Against Threat Of Collective Bargaining theonion.com/amazon-...

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Samuël Coghe @samuelcoghe.bsky.social · Jun 6

Très heureux de pouvour participer à une autre conférence d'histoire à l'Université d'Antananarivo, sur le rôle des chiffres dans l'histoire/historiographie de Madagascar.

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Vincent Hiribarren @bixhiribarren.bsky.social · May 28

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Eric Morier-Genoud @emorier.bsky.social · May 26

** JOB ALERT **
Research position (3 years) at Queen's University Belfast to conduct research on project “Governing Jihad in Africa”. This position is to do comparative fieldwork on the ideology of at least two jihadi groups in Africa. Details here: hr.apps.qub.ac.uk/jobs/job_des...

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Jane Winters @jfwinters.bsky.social · May 23

We’ve just launched a free online course on ‘Born-digital research in the humanities’ reshaped.sas.ac.uk. It covers key concepts, ethics, copyright & accessing, collecting and analysing born-digital data. You can browse the course with guest access or create an account. All CC-BY-NC licensed!

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Vincent Hiribarren @bixhiribarren.bsky.social · May 22

www.prodig.cnrs.fr/seance-2-ate...

Séance 2 – Atelier Humanités environnementales : "Humanités environnementales et numériques" - UMR 8586 PRODIG

16/06/2025 de 15h à 18h

www.prodig.cnrs.fr

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