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Nathan Cardon @ncardon.bsky.social · 3d

I was lucky enough to read a draft chapter of this over the summer, looking forward to reading the whole thing next summer!

Tom Cutterham @tomcutterham.bsky.social · 3d

In 1776, a Scottish housepainter called James Aitken set out on a secret mission to destroy the British navy and win the War of Independence for the United States. His story is the core of my book, EMPIRE ABLAZE: The American Revolution and the Atlantic Working Class, out next summer with Verso!

The cover of "Empire Ablaze: The American Revolution and the Atlantic Working Class," which features an image of an eighteenth-century building on fire, with small sailing boats visible on a river in the foreground.

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Tom Cutterham @tomcutterham.bsky.social · 3d

In 1776, a Scottish housepainter called James Aitken set out on a secret mission to destroy the British navy and win the War of Independence for the United States. His story is the core of my book, EMPIRE ABLAZE: The American Revolution and the Atlantic Working Class, out next summer with Verso!

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 3d

UK Universities cut 12,000 jobs, more on the way.

40% of Unis in financial crisis.

Major exporter destroyed by successive govts

Obstacles for foreign students.
Low fees in England, lack of govt funding.
£267bn student debt.
Home student numbers down.

How will the UK compete with other nations?

Thousands more university jobs cut as financial crisis deepens

University workers will vote on national strike action this month over a 1.4% pay offer made in the summer.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Dr. Heather Dichter @hdichter.bsky.social · 4d

One week left to apply for these awesome @shafrhistorians.bsky.social awards - including the Hogan Language Fellowship. I’m a previous Hogan winner & I have the honor of chairing the Hogan committee this year so apply or tell your PhD students to apply! #SHAFR #skystorians 🗃️

SHAFR @shafrhistorians.bsky.social · Sep 8

🚨 Reminder: SHAFR January awards deadline is Oct 15! Apply now for the Bernath Lecture Prize, Williams Emerging Scholar Grant, Hogan Language Fellowship & grad dissertation grants. Details: tinyurl.com/5n6e6h8z

#SHAFR #HistoryAwards #AcademicSky #skystorians

October 15 Deadline - Apply for SHAFR Awards

www.shafr.org

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Nathan Cardon @ncardon.bsky.social · 6d

Low speeds save lives; asking for higher speeds is a pro-death position, especially for your children and elderly family.

John Munro @johnmunro.bsky.social · 6d

In light of the clear evidence that introducing reasonable speed limits means less people killed and seriously injured, politicians threatening to reverse these improvements should be worried about getting sued for knowingly putting people in harm's way.

Graph indicating an immediate drop in road casualties in Wales after speed limits were lowered.

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 7d

💚 Greens are on the rise everywhere!

📈 New polling from YouGov shows the Green Party is viewed more favourably than any other party in London and among younger voters.

💪 And we're just getting started. Join the Green Party today ⤵️

Greens most popular party in London
Green Party 27%
Labour 20%
Reform 16%
YouG0v
REAL HOPE. REAL CHANGE.
Green Party
Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

With photo of Dalston in the background

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Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 7d

This is incredible camera work

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Kings Heath United Against Racism @khuar.bsky.social · 10d

Flags went up in Stirchley a few days ago & were taken down by local residents the same evening.

The men returned with a cherry picker and coned off parts of the road with police accompanying them as they put up new flags along the High Street.

Residents who object have been met with verbal abuse.

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Elisabeth Piller @elisabeth-piller.bsky.social · 11d

Dream PhD opportunity! We are recruiting another doctoral researcher in our @erc.europa.eu synergy project BLOCKADE - this one is on interwar blockades and sanctions. 4 years, fully funded at @uvahumanities.bsky.social and supervised by the amazing and super kind @samuelkruizinga.bsky.social

Samuël Kruizinga @samuelkruizinga.bsky.social · 11d

See the full vacancy text here: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

Vacancy — PhD position - Benign Blockades? Blockades and sanctions, 1919-1939

The Amsterdam School for Historical Studies (ASH) invites applications for a fully funded PhD position (4 years, 1.0ft). This position is part of the ERC Synergy-funded research programme BLOCKADE, wh...

werkenbij.uva.nl

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Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · 17d

We need an associate lecturer in history of modern science @stsucl.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

www.ucl.ac.uk

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IHR Black British History Seminar @ihrblackbritish.bsky.social · 18d

The IHR Black British History seminar series is now on BlueSky!

Follow us for updates and keep your eyes peeled for information about our upcoming seminars 👀

@ihr.bsky.social #BlackBritishHistory #historians #academia

Photograph of the Black People’s Day of Action, March 1981

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John Munro @johnmunro.bsky.social · 17d

Our conversation with @mykaabramson.bsky.social about her terrific new book, Cartographies of Empire.

With @nedra-abada.bsky.social, Kafui Attoh (@cunyslu.bsky.social), George Edwards (@zetkincollective.bsky.social), & @lclaberge.bsky.social.

Hosted by me and @yosra999.bsky.social.

New Routes in Transnational American Studies #3 - Cartographies of Empire

YouTube video by John Munro - University of Birmingham

www.youtube.com

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Nathan Cardon @ncardon.bsky.social · 17d

This was a fantastic discussion last night! I kept having to stop making dinner to take notes. Kudos to @mykaabramson.bsky.social (Warwick) for a brilliant book; and @johnmunro.bsky.social (Birmingham) and @yosra999.bsky.social (Carthage) for hosting!

Tunisian Association for American Cultural Studies - TAACS @taacs.bsky.social · Sep 7

📢Next in TAACS Seminar Series 📢

New Routes in Transnational American Studies continues with:
📖 Cartographies of Empire: The Road Novel & American Hegemony by Myka Tucker-Abramson
🗓 Sept 25, 2025
⏰ 6–8 PM GMT+1
🔗 Register here: bit.ly/4gijMmi

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Ben Whitham @drbenwhitham.bsky.social · 17d

Starmer will chiefly be remembered for failing to stand up for Black and Brown people when they were attacked in their streets and homes, capitulating to rather than countering the politics of the far right when they mobilised at unprecedented scale, and furthering instead of undoing austerity.

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Nathan Cardon @ncardon.bsky.social · 18d

Today!

Tunisian Association for American Cultural Studies - TAACS @taacs.bsky.social · Sep 7

📢Next in TAACS Seminar Series 📢

New Routes in Transnational American Studies continues with:
📖 Cartographies of Empire: The Road Novel & American Hegemony by Myka Tucker-Abramson
🗓 Sept 25, 2025
⏰ 6–8 PM GMT+1
🔗 Register here: bit.ly/4gijMmi

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Nicholas Guyatt @nicholasguyatt.bsky.social · 20d

Cambridge is *hiring* in post-1920 US political history and/or history of the US in the world. Closing date October 27. Please spread the word or, if you're an early career scholar in those fields, TELL NO ONE but please apply!

networks.h-net.org/jobs/69140/u...

University of Cambridge - UK - Assistant Professor, History of the United States since 1920 | H-Net

networks.h-net.org

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Nathan Cardon @ncardon.bsky.social · 20d

I must say, campus felt safer and looked better with drivers' parked cars removed today. I hope it's a permanent change to improve the health and safety of our university community!

Image of a safe and friendly university campus when drivers' cars are removed.

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Kate Smith @kateesthersmith.bsky.social · 24d

Huge congratulations to our University of Birmingham colleague Andrew Bayliss on the publication of Sparta: The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Superpower!

Image of boom: Sparta: The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Superpower by Andrew Bayliss

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Nathan Cardon @ncardon.bsky.social · 25d

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Caroline Dodds Pennock @carolinepennock.bsky.social · 25d

Screw that. My content belongs to me. And so, despite the fact that a lot of material in my field is only available via academiaDOTedu, I have just deleted my account.

If you want to know how to do it without accepting the new terms and conditions, the info is here: bsky.app/profile/dani...

Ordinary Notes @hystericalblkns.bsky.social · 25d

If you’re on academia dot edu, let me suggest that you strongly consider deleting your account.

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 25d

Sharing again, so the sweet sweet scent of techbro failure and fear can grace your morning as it has mine.

Shacknews @shacknews.com · 25d

LiveAI demo fails on the first prompt at Meta Connect 2025. #Meta #AI #LiveAI

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Sadiah Qureshi @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · 25d

‘UK respondents dramatically overestimate how many immigrants there are and how many of them are Muslim. They overestimate what proportion of immigrants are from north Africa by a factor of 10, and from the Middle East by a factor of two, and underestimate how many are from North America.’

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 25d

The UK’s problems aren’t caused by immigration on.ft.com/46p3BPl

The UK’s problems aren’t caused by immigration

It’s not hard to see how so many came to worry about the issue. But the data isn’t there

on.ft.com

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Daniel Rowe @danrowe.bsky.social · Sep 12

We’re advertising for a 30 month postdoc position in US Politics (very broadly construed).

The role is mainly research, but allows the holder to gain experience teaching UK and US undergraduates. Happy to answer any and all questions.

Application deadline 27/10. (Start date early 2026.)

Winant-Kinder Career Development Fellow in US Politics at University of Oxford

Recruiting now: Winant-Kinder Career Development Fellow in US Politics on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job opportunities on the top job board

www.jobs.ac.uk

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Mo Moulton @momoulton.bsky.social · 26d

On 1 July, we lauched our Sites of Fracture project with a day of archival exploration and discussion at the Co-operative Archive. www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/pro... @cooperativesuk.bsky.social @ukri.org

At the margins of capitalism: useful histories at the Co-op Archive - University of Birmingham

Jade Burnett reports on the 'Sites of fracture' launch event held in Manchester on 1 July 2025.

www.birmingham.ac.uk

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Nathan Cardon @ncardon.bsky.social · 26d

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

Nearly 900 fewer people injured since 20mph introduction in Wales

Figures show a 25% reduction in the number of injuries on Wales' roads in the past 18 months.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Matt Houlbrook @tricksterprince.bsky.social · 26d

The launch of my new @manchesterup.bsky.social book Songs of Seven Dials will be at 6pm, Tues 21 Oct, at Waterstones Covent Garden. I'll be in conversation with the wonderful @julialaite.bsky.social.

Please do come along. Free tickets, but register in advance

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/songs-of-s...

An advertising banner for Matt Houlbrook's book Songs of Seven Dials: An Intimate History of 1920s and 1930s London. The banner includes an image of the front cover of the book (a blue map on a pink background) and a blurb from the historian Julia Laite, which describes Songs of Seven Dials as 'a poetic exploration of London's most iconic neighbourhoods'.

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