Dr James Peate
@jamesepeate.bsky.social
Social/Cultural Historian.
Press/populism/Romani history.
Press/populism/Romani history.
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Dr James Peate
@jamesepeate.bsky.social
· Oct 24
Apart from sharing bits of research I'll mostly be inactive here.
With the lack of any interest anywhere for a Leverhulme application or any university role in general for Romani history its probably time to explore different things.
With the lack of any interest anywhere for a Leverhulme application or any university role in general for Romani history its probably time to explore different things.
When Romani history & culture is not considered valuable, interesting or worthwhile racism can grow into policy like this.
There are no positions, prizes or fellowships specifically for Romani history in British universities.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
There are no positions, prizes or fellowships specifically for Romani history in British universities.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
New Slovenian law treats entire Romany minority ‘as a security threat’
Parliament approves law giving police powers to raid and surveil homes in what are demarcated as security risk areas
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:46 PM
When Romani history & culture is not considered valuable, interesting or worthwhile racism can grow into policy like this.
There are no positions, prizes or fellowships specifically for Romani history in British universities.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
There are no positions, prizes or fellowships specifically for Romani history in British universities.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Wholeheartedly recommend any historians & especially PhD/ECRs think about submitting an abstract.
In a dark, isolating & stressful field SHS conferences have always been welcoming beacon of light. They're full of great research & actually really fun.
In a dark, isolating & stressful field SHS conferences have always been welcoming beacon of light. They're full of great research & actually really fun.
🚨 Call for Papers! 🚨
📣Join us @lancasteruni.bsky.social 1-3 July 2026 as we return to our original home to celebrate our 50th anniversary!
We welcome proposals from historians at all career stages across 8 thematic strands.
📅 CfP deadline: 16/01/26
🔗 socialhistory.org.uk/events/confe...
#CFP 🗃️
📣Join us @lancasteruni.bsky.social 1-3 July 2026 as we return to our original home to celebrate our 50th anniversary!
We welcome proposals from historians at all career stages across 8 thematic strands.
📅 CfP deadline: 16/01/26
🔗 socialhistory.org.uk/events/confe...
#CFP 🗃️
SHS Annual Conference 2026
Our 50th anniversary conference will be held at Lancaster University, the academic home of the Social History Society. A Significant Milestone The Social History Society was founded at Lancaster Un…
socialhistory.org.uk
November 27, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Wholeheartedly recommend any historians & especially PhD/ECRs think about submitting an abstract.
In a dark, isolating & stressful field SHS conferences have always been welcoming beacon of light. They're full of great research & actually really fun.
In a dark, isolating & stressful field SHS conferences have always been welcoming beacon of light. They're full of great research & actually really fun.
Reposted by Dr James Peate
CFP: Romani Responses to Persecution: Transnational Histories of Repression and Resistance (1850–1950)
https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-158984
Washington, DC, 13.07.2026-24.07.2026, The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies, United States Holocaust Memorial …
https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-158984
Washington, DC, 13.07.2026-24.07.2026, The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies, United States Holocaust Memorial …
www.hsozkult.de
November 25, 2025 at 4:16 PM
CFP: Romani Responses to Persecution: Transnational Histories of Repression and Resistance (1850–1950)
https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-158984
Washington, DC, 13.07.2026-24.07.2026, The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies, United States Holocaust Memorial …
https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-158984
Washington, DC, 13.07.2026-24.07.2026, The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies, United States Holocaust Memorial …
Easy ways to improve access: Actually get uni's & funders to hire working class and British BAME academics. Put quotas of private school entries at all levels as their % of population. Bring numbers controls back.
Pay for maintaince (and more) by not paying interest on central bank reserve.
Pay for maintaince (and more) by not paying interest on central bank reserve.
'It was “not easy” to convince the Treasury to bring back maintenance grants, according to Jacqui Smith, who said she would “run screaming” if people continued to criticise [the]...proposed...levy without offering an alternative way of funding widening access.'
Fines for illegal AI scraping?
Fines for illegal AI scraping?
Levy criticism ‘makes me want to run screaming’, says Smith
Skills minister says convincing the Treasury of the importance of maintenance grants was difficult to get over the line
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Easy ways to improve access: Actually get uni's & funders to hire working class and British BAME academics. Put quotas of private school entries at all levels as their % of population. Bring numbers controls back.
Pay for maintaince (and more) by not paying interest on central bank reserve.
Pay for maintaince (and more) by not paying interest on central bank reserve.
Reposted by Dr James Peate
Finally getting round to playing Kingdom Come Deliverance II and it features Romanies so a short thread perfectly shows how well established & accepted anti-Romani racism is.
The game camp features a 'Nomad' camp complete with Romanies - which is well done with great bits of language thrown in. 1/4
The game camp features a 'Nomad' camp complete with Romanies - which is well done with great bits of language thrown in. 1/4
November 17, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Finally getting round to playing Kingdom Come Deliverance II and it features Romanies so a short thread perfectly shows how well established & accepted anti-Romani racism is.
The game camp features a 'Nomad' camp complete with Romanies - which is well done with great bits of language thrown in. 1/4
The game camp features a 'Nomad' camp complete with Romanies - which is well done with great bits of language thrown in. 1/4
Finally getting round to playing Kingdom Come Deliverance II and it features Romanies so a short thread perfectly shows how well established & accepted anti-Romani racism is.
The game camp features a 'Nomad' camp complete with Romanies - which is well done with great bits of language thrown in. 1/4
The game camp features a 'Nomad' camp complete with Romanies - which is well done with great bits of language thrown in. 1/4
November 17, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Finally getting round to playing Kingdom Come Deliverance II and it features Romanies so a short thread perfectly shows how well established & accepted anti-Romani racism is.
The game camp features a 'Nomad' camp complete with Romanies - which is well done with great bits of language thrown in. 1/4
The game camp features a 'Nomad' camp complete with Romanies - which is well done with great bits of language thrown in. 1/4
Reposted by Dr James Peate
I'm not sure any amount of prior awareness actually prepares you emotionally for how few opportunities there are immediately post-PhD atm, especially in the humanities
Early career researchers feel sharp end of jobs crisis.
As universities shed jobs, those setting out in academia are feeling pain of diminished prospects.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
As universities shed jobs, those setting out in academia are feeling pain of diminished prospects.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
November 12, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I'm not sure any amount of prior awareness actually prepares you emotionally for how few opportunities there are immediately post-PhD atm, especially in the humanities
Apart from sharing bits of research I'll mostly be inactive here.
With the lack of any interest anywhere for a Leverhulme application or any university role in general for Romani history its probably time to explore different things.
With the lack of any interest anywhere for a Leverhulme application or any university role in general for Romani history its probably time to explore different things.
October 24, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Apart from sharing bits of research I'll mostly be inactive here.
With the lack of any interest anywhere for a Leverhulme application or any university role in general for Romani history its probably time to explore different things.
With the lack of any interest anywhere for a Leverhulme application or any university role in general for Romani history its probably time to explore different things.
One of the worst things about the academic job market is the creepy & frankly racist obession with posh white academics hiring other posh,white academics to whitesplain racial and colonial histories over minority academics.
Its not progressive, its not post colonial - its just colonial.
Its not progressive, its not post colonial - its just colonial.
October 14, 2025 at 1:42 PM
One of the worst things about the academic job market is the creepy & frankly racist obession with posh white academics hiring other posh,white academics to whitesplain racial and colonial histories over minority academics.
Its not progressive, its not post colonial - its just colonial.
Its not progressive, its not post colonial - its just colonial.
Anyone interested in the history of London, Romanies/Gypsies or theatre and literature in the Eighteenth Century? My new article has been published in London Journal! #skystorians #18c
NEW ARTICLE: 'A Romani Capital? Romanies and London in the Eighteenth Century', by @jamesepeate.bsky.social: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
November 19, 2024 at 2:38 PM
Anyone interested in the history of London, Romanies/Gypsies or theatre and literature in the Eighteenth Century? My new article has been published in London Journal! #skystorians #18c
Reposted by Dr James Peate
Really pleased to have my new article on Romanies & London in eighteenth century published by @thelondonjournal.bsky.social. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.....
A Romani Capital? Romanies and London in the Eighteenth Century
The history of Romanies in England during the eighteenth century has been largely neglected by existing historical scholarship. Yet, the Romani experience of and in London had a notable impact on t...
www.tandfonline.com
November 15, 2024 at 11:38 AM
Really pleased to have my new article on Romanies & London in eighteenth century published by @thelondonjournal.bsky.social. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.....
Really pleased to have my new article on Romanies & London in eighteenth century published by @thelondonjournal.bsky.social. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.....
A Romani Capital? Romanies and London in the Eighteenth Century
The history of Romanies in England during the eighteenth century has been largely neglected by existing historical scholarship. Yet, the Romani experience of and in London had a notable impact on t...
www.tandfonline.com
November 15, 2024 at 11:38 AM
Really pleased to have my new article on Romanies & London in eighteenth century published by @thelondonjournal.bsky.social. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.....