William Carruthers
@williamcarruthers.bsky.social
Lecturer in Heritage @phaisessex.bsky.social . ‘Flooded Pasts: UNESCO, Nubia, and the Recolonization of Archaeology’ out now with Cornell UP. Fellow, RHistS. https://williamcarruthers.co.uk // williamcarruthers.wordpress.com
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In better news my book is coming out in paperback next March (pre-orders now available)! www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
Flooded Pasts by William Carruthers | Hardcover | Cornell University Press
Flooded Pasts examines a world famous yet critically underexamined event—UNESCO's International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia (1960–80)—to show how the project, its genealogy, and its...
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Going to re-post this occasionally, with added mention that I’m very happy to do more talks about it
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This is an interesting study but historians came to this same conclusion a decade or more ago.
Climate data offers clues to what might have happened to people of the Indus River Valley during the civilization’s existence between 3000 and 1000 B.C. and how that might relate to our own warming world.
Scientists may have solved why this ancient, advanced civilization vanished
Climate data offers clues to what might have happened to people of the Indus River Valley and how that might relate to our own warming world.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:12 AM
This is an interesting study but historians came to this same conclusion a decade or more ago.
Lovely to see the old ‘talk about/don’t talk about your students’ fight springing into action again…
November 30, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Lovely to see the old ‘talk about/don’t talk about your students’ fight springing into action again…
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always worth reminding that Blue Labour aren't just conservatives, they are actually insane people.
Not sure - 14 years into project - Blue Labour ever previously set out actual proposals before, so this is new
1. Abolish Treasury
2. Leave ECHR
3. Closr/refound half of unis
4. Double army size for anti-EU alliance with Ukraine
5. PM to lead grooming inquiry with arrest powers + televised trials
1. Abolish Treasury
2. Leave ECHR
3. Closr/refound half of unis
4. Double army size for anti-EU alliance with Ukraine
5. PM to lead grooming inquiry with arrest powers + televised trials
November 30, 2025 at 2:08 AM
always worth reminding that Blue Labour aren't just conservatives, they are actually insane people.
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The issue with using those consultancy firms is that they are creating bubbles. Demand for the "in high demand" courses may fall in a few years, and then we will be back in the same situation, except worse. 1/2
And the problem of all senior managers in #UKHE taking the exact same market advice & data from about three consultancies…
A national strategy and stable funding would put an end to these perverse incentives.
A national strategy and stable funding would put an end to these perverse incentives.
November 30, 2025 at 10:52 AM
The issue with using those consultancy firms is that they are creating bubbles. Demand for the "in high demand" courses may fall in a few years, and then we will be back in the same situation, except worse. 1/2
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A Your Party insider tells PolHome: "The entire thing makes an excellent case for left Labourism and highlights the positive side of the constraints imposed by a) the whip, b) the ability to face outwards always, rather than fight to the death with your ostensible comrades."
Chaos has engulfed the first 24 hours of the inaugural 'Your Party' conference in Liverpool, with Zarah Sultana boycotting the first day of the event, Jeremy Corbyn facing "witch-hunt" allegations, and an entryism row
@siennarodgers.bsky.social & @tomscotson.bsky.social report from Merseyside
@siennarodgers.bsky.social & @tomscotson.bsky.social report from Merseyside
“End The Witch-hunt”: The First 24 Hours At The Chaotic ‘Your Party’ Conference
Chaos has engulfed the first 24 hours of the inaugural conference of ‘Your Party’, the new political party being founded by Jeremy Corbyn, Zarah Su...
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November 29, 2025 at 6:53 PM
A Your Party insider tells PolHome: "The entire thing makes an excellent case for left Labourism and highlights the positive side of the constraints imposed by a) the whip, b) the ability to face outwards always, rather than fight to the death with your ostensible comrades."
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*chef's kiss*
November 30, 2025 at 10:51 AM
*chef's kiss*
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And the problem of all senior managers in #UKHE taking the exact same market advice & data from about three consultancies…
A national strategy and stable funding would put an end to these perverse incentives.
A national strategy and stable funding would put an end to these perverse incentives.
April 4, 2025 at 9:23 AM
And the problem of all senior managers in #UKHE taking the exact same market advice & data from about three consultancies…
A national strategy and stable funding would put an end to these perverse incentives.
A national strategy and stable funding would put an end to these perverse incentives.
Congratulations to the Times property section for finding someone named Jackson-Stops ‘who works in property’
November 30, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Congratulations to the Times property section for finding someone named Jackson-Stops ‘who works in property’
Tfw you read exceptionally poor work put out by very senior people and someone must have waved it through review
November 30, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Tfw you read exceptionally poor work put out by very senior people and someone must have waved it through review
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Perfect Tom Stoppard story from DTel obituary:
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
November 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Perfect Tom Stoppard story from DTel obituary:
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
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RIP Tom Stoppard, among many other things the writer on BRAZIL who came up with the Tuttle/Buttle angle, which gave the film its spine. Plus if he wrote every line in LAST CRUSADE he's the one to thank for "I should have mailed it to the Marx Brothers." www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/ar...
Tom Stoppard, Cerebral Storyteller for Stage and Screen, Dies at 88
The British playwright won acclaim for 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead,' 'The Real Thing' and 'Leopoldstadt' and received an Oscar for 'Shakespeare in Love.'
www.hollywoodreporter.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:20 PM
RIP Tom Stoppard, among many other things the writer on BRAZIL who came up with the Tuttle/Buttle angle, which gave the film its spine. Plus if he wrote every line in LAST CRUSADE he's the one to thank for "I should have mailed it to the Marx Brothers." www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/ar...
This is very good
I have been reading all the "students these days" threads from various sides and I have an essay's worth of thoughts -- there's a lot of complexity and heterogeneity that is hard to communicate on social media. There are a couple of things I will say here though. 1/
November 29, 2025 at 5:35 PM
This is very good
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Vote over party name completely unnecessary, as there will be three or four different parties by this evening.
November 29, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Vote over party name completely unnecessary, as there will be three or four different parties by this evening.
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We've got some HUGE news! We've DOUBLED in size overnight! Not only have we added "some" more Cairo Genizah fragments, but "ALL" of them @theul.bsky.social !!!
This now brings the total number of items in Cambridge Digital Library to OVER 160,000!
cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/...
This now brings the total number of items in Cambridge Digital Library to OVER 160,000!
cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/...
November 28, 2025 at 10:06 AM
We've got some HUGE news! We've DOUBLED in size overnight! Not only have we added "some" more Cairo Genizah fragments, but "ALL" of them @theul.bsky.social !!!
This now brings the total number of items in Cambridge Digital Library to OVER 160,000!
cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/...
This now brings the total number of items in Cambridge Digital Library to OVER 160,000!
cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/...
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One of the many astonishing revelations in @marklewisohn.bsky.social’s masterpiece.
February 2, 2025 at 5:19 PM
One of the many astonishing revelations in @marklewisohn.bsky.social’s masterpiece.
Who is reviewing this?
"Runctitiononal features"? "Medical fymblal"? "1 Tol Line storee"? This gets worse the longer you look at it. But it's got to be good, because it was published in Nature Scientific Reports last week: www.nature.com/articles/s41... h/t @asa.tsbalans.se
November 28, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Who is reviewing this?
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November 28, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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There was no state. Who does she think crucified him, an anarchist collective?
November 28, 2025 at 11:22 AM
There was no state. Who does she think crucified him, an anarchist collective?
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Not sure I can deal with listening to this, but if you’ve never been in there…
The latest episode of Monstrosities Mon Amour is out! Join the magnificent @rosamundlilywest.bsky.social and I to explore the wonders of the Blackwall Tunnel and the historical quirks of Wetherspoons johngrindrod.substack.com/p/monstrosit...
Monstrosities Mon Amour: Blackwall Tunnel with Rosamund Lily West
#12. John Grindrod meets Dr Rosamund Lily West to discover the subterranean charm of the Blackwall Tunnel and the unexpected historical niceties of Wetherspoons
johngrindrod.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Not sure I can deal with listening to this, but if you’ve never been in there…
Locals call it Mount Serco. If you’re going to clear the leaves… just dump the bags for weeks.
November 28, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Locals call it Mount Serco. If you’re going to clear the leaves… just dump the bags for weeks.
Above all else, I really resent being seen as a content provider
November 28, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Above all else, I really resent being seen as a content provider
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The removal of individual institutions’ student number caps was a disaster.
'Bols and Maguire trace the current financial problems higher education institutions are facing back to the government’s decision to remove the limit on student numbers in 2015-16 and deregulate student recruitment, while maintaining caps on tuition fees, thus limiting universities’ income.' 2/3
November 28, 2025 at 8:59 AM
The removal of individual institutions’ student number caps was a disaster.
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Somehow this got missed off the "Benefit Street" front pages today
70% of the additional spending from removing the two-child limit will go to families who are in work. This is targeting support for low-income working households who are being priced out of a decent standard of living despite doing everything asked of them.
November 27, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Somehow this got missed off the "Benefit Street" front pages today
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'The British Academy has redoubled its call for a “comprehensive” review of higher education funding in the wake of the government’s levy on international student fees.' 1/3
Calls for higher education funding review grow after levy decision.
Funding maintenance grants with levy is “risky and unsustainable”, British Academy president says.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
Funding maintenance grants with levy is “risky and unsustainable”, British Academy president says.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
Calls for higher education funding review grow after levy decision - Research Professional News
Funding maintenance grants with levy is “risky and unsustainable”, British Academy president says
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:25 AM
'The British Academy has redoubled its call for a “comprehensive” review of higher education funding in the wake of the government’s levy on international student fees.' 1/3