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Matthew Hurst @mrmhurst.bsky.social · 12h

In my post for Imperial & Global Forum (@exeter.ac.uk), I compare how different colonial governments handled records towards the end of the British Empire imperialglobalexeter.com/2025/10/16/d...

Based on my paper in 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 (OA) doi.org/10.1080/0308...

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Mark Williams @mrfw17thc.bsky.social · 9h

How was Robert Knox, son of an EIC Captain and captive in Sri Lanka for nineteen years, immediately identified as an outsider aboard ship when it was inspected on his arrival in England in September 1680?

His beard was long and old-fashioned. #earlymodern #skystorians

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ICHO @histocean.bsky.social · 23h

“The indirect nature of our knowledge about oceans means that imagination and media and aesthetics, things like that, loom large in shaping our understanding of the oceans’’ @oceanhistories.bsky.social www.une.edu/node/121269

Ocean historian shows how humanities and science together can heal ocean systems in annual UNE lecture

In the University of New England’s annual Connections Lecture hosted by the College of Arts and Sciences on Oct. 9, ocean historian Helen M. Rozwadowski’s, Ph.D., explained how history can be a powerf...

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Ciaran O'Neill @ciaranon.bsky.social · 3d

4x4-year, fully-funded PhD opportunities to work with an interdisciplinary group at Trinity College Dublin 2026-2030.

One of these is to work with me on a public history and cultural heritage PhD, in collaboration with one of Dublins most interesting neighbourhoods.

www.tcd.ie/graduatestud...

PhD Opportunity - Trinity East - Graduate Studies | Trinity College Dublin

Professor Timothy Stott and his team are inviting applications to doctoral research on the heritage of Trinity East in Grand Canal Dock, Dublin.

www.tcd.ie

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CSN-RÉC @csnrec.bsky.social · 1d

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TENURE-TRACK ASSISTANT PROFESSOR POSITION IN HEALTH AND THE LIFE COURSE OR WORK AND THE ECONOMY

Sociology, Western U

Review of applications will commence on November 6th, 2025, and will continue until the position is filled.

csn-rec.ca/job-postings...

@csa-scs.bsky.social #cdnsoci

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Mary Dudziak @marydudziak.bsky.social · 1d

Wow!

VolkswagenStiftung @volkswagenstiftung.de · 28d

New opportunity for professors in the humanities & social sciences in the US: Our Transatlantic Bridge Professorships support research & exchange in Germany & the US (€300,000 for up to 3 years). Apply from Jan 15, 2026. 🌉🇩🇪🇺🇸 More: 👉 www.volkswagenstiftung.de/en/funding/f...

Transatlantic Bridge Professorships

The programme is aimed at professors at US universities who are conducting research on the future of democracy, fundamental rights and academic freedom, or the future of transatlantic relations and wh...

www.volkswagenstiftung.de

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David Veevers @davidveevers.bsky.social · 1d

Just discovered that Mademoiselle de Roselan, wife of the French governor of St Lucia in the 1650s, was, in fact...Indigenous Kalinago! I've read of European men cohabitating with Kalinago in the Caribbean, but not formal marriages where Caribbean women are acknowledged by their husband's titles. 🤯

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CSN-RÉC @csnrec.bsky.social · 1d

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Researcher

Willow Springs Strategic Solutions is seeking a candidate to fill a challenging position within a social science & environmental research company that works with & for Indigenous communities in Alberta & elsewhere in Canada.

csn-rec.ca/job-postings...

@peterfortna.bsky.social

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Churchill Archives Centre @chuarchives.bsky.social · 1d

💾 Our Digital Archivist Chris Knowles is supporting the Future Nostalgia project, led by our friends at the @theul.bsky.social.

🕵️The project brings together old hardware to read rare and unusual floppy disks.

Discover how this work is helping prevent a digital dark age in this BBC feature. ⬇️

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Dreadnought Holiday @dreadships.bsky.social · 1d

Littoral Combat Ships

doctober @docseuss.bsky.social · 2d

lets say a wizard has cursed you with a lot of money. you are going to become permanently brain damaged simply by being in possession of so much money. the only way out of it is to spend a lot of money on something ridiculous and not at all useful

what would you buy to break the curse?

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Matthew McCormack @historymatt.bsky.social · 1d

On 20 November, I'm giving a lunchtime lecture at the V&A about my book Shoes and the Georgian Man. It's free, do come along!
#skystorians @bloomsburyfashion.bsky.social @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social
www.vam.ac.uk/event/xd9XBD...

Lunchtime Lectures: Shoes and the Georgian Man - V&A Academy Talk at V&A South Kensington · V&A

This talk is part of the free Lunchtime Lecture programme. No booking is required.

www.vam.ac.uk

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Dr Cathryn Pearce @cathrynpearce.bsky.social · 1d

#NavalHistory #CFP

uopmaritime @uopmaritime.bsky.social · 1d

CALL FOR PAPERS: Aftermath of the 1956 Suez Crisis: Global Ramifications and Reflections for Dockyards and Shipyards, National Dockyards Society 30th Annual Conference (hybrid), National Maritime Museum,Greenwich,28 March 2026.Deadline for proposals:15 December 2025 navaldockyards.org/conferences

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Karl Bell @karlbell.bsky.social · 21d

Delighted to be involved in developing future collaborations between Royal Museums Greenwich, and @uopmaritime.bsky.social - www.port.ac.uk/news-events-... Really enjoyed the research workshop at the National Maritime Museum last week. #maritimehistory #research #heritage

University of Portsmouth joins forces with Royal Museums Greenwich

A new collaboration has been formed between Portsmouth’s Centre for Port Cities and Maritime Cultures and Royal Museums Greenwich with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).

www.port.ac.uk

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Moose Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 1d

You don't need to have read it to get the joke

www.worldofmoose.com/products/tri...

Cartoon. Venn diagram of two circles intersecting. The left circle contains the text 'Tristram Beer', the right circle contains the text 'Tristram lemonade'. There is no text in the intersection, leaving the reader to fill in the gap.

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Arn Keeling @arnkeeling.bsky.social · 2d

#Yellowknife people: We're in town for the launch of The Price of Gold: Mining, Pollution, and Resistance in Yellowknife! If you're in town, join us at the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Thursday Oct. 16 at 6:30 p.m. for a discussion of the book with the authors and local guests.

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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 2d

This, from @catherinedevries.bsky.social, is really useful advice for young (and, tbh, old!) academics. Worth passing on if you know any, maybe? catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/fail-bette...

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Lloyd's Register Foundation @lr-foundation.bsky.social · 2d

How do new technologies affect the safety and welfare of people working at sea? A new project, led by The Nautical Institute in collaboration with Lloyd’s Register Foundation, is exploring the real-world impact of new systems and working practices on seafarers. Find out more: https://loom.ly/vs4BM50

The Nautical Institute and Lloyd’s Register Foundation investigate the impact of technology on seafarers

How do new technologies affect the safety and welfare of people working at sea? A new project, led by The Nautical Institute in collaboration with Lloyd's Register Foundation, is exploring the real-world impact of new systems and working practices on seafarers.

www.lrfoundation.org.uk

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Lloyd's Register Foundation @lr-foundation.bsky.social · 3d

A new report, commissioned by Lloyd's Register Foundation in partnership with The Alan Turing Institute and the University of Strathclyde, examines the role of #data and information in managing and maintaining critical #infrastructure in the UK. Read now 🔗 https://loom.ly/cXYyqpU

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Lisa Smith @historybeagle.bsky.social · 3d

Pleased to see that an article I wrote w/ Rachel Rich, @adamcrymble.bsky.social and @sarahfoxhistory.bsky.social is out! We look at George III's use of food for masculine self-fashioning. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Self-Fashioning, Food, and Masculinity in George III’s Monarchy | The Historical Journal | Cambridge Core

Self-Fashioning, Food, and Masculinity in George III’s Monarchy

www.cambridge.org

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 3d

Today's background listening while working.

Music for Resilience on 19th Century Lute - "Invitation" - Nao Sogabe

YouTube video by Music for Spirit - Nao Sogabe

www.youtube.com

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Sue Wilkes @suewilkesauthor.bsky.social · 3d

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #windpower

The century-old ship sail technology finally catching on

The rotors, first used in 1925 on a journey to Scotland, are being revived to help emissions in shipping.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 3d

More seriously: this is a great review essay from the late (and great) Nicholas Crafts on the Mokyr & Allen debate on the origins of the Industrial Revolution.

warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/econ...

Explaining the First Industrial Revolution: Two Views

10/2010 Nicholas Crafts, This review essay looks at the recent books on the British Industrial Revolution by Robert Allen and Joel Mokyr. Both writers seek to explain Britain’s primacy. This paper off...

warwick.ac.uk

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Susan Klaiber @susanklaiber.bsky.social · 21d

Now available!

Bernini`s Architectural Drawings - An Extended Edition of Brauer and Wittkower’s Catalogue of 1931 (Römische Forschungen der Bibliotheca Hertziana, Band 38)

#earlymodern #baroque #architecture #drawings

www.hirmerverlag.de/de/titel-32-...

View of book covers for two-volume set of Bernini's Architectural Drawings, edited by Tod A. Marder and published by Hirmer on behalf of the Bibliotheca Hertziana. Volume 1 (visible) has ink and red chalk drawing for the crowning feature of the Baldacchino in St. Peter's.

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Lloyd's Register Foundation Heritage Centre @lrfheritage.bsky.social · 3d

A technical drawing from the late 1800s shows a sailor of the time carrying out a crucial activity that he must carry out frequently to ensure the very integrity and safety of the entire vessel. 🚢👏

Watch the drawing come to life 🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnIPdvuhSIg

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Ian McClellan @ianmac.bsky.social · 3d

#NavalHistory
#MaritimeHistory

Philip K. Allan - Author @philipkallan.bsky.social · 3d

In 1794, British privateers captured French scientist Joseph Dombey sailing to the US. He was coming at the invitation of Thomas Jefferson with kilogram and meter standards to introduce the newly developed metric system there, but never arrived.

#USA #FrenchNavy #RoyalNavy

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