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André Loez & podcast Paroles d’histoire @andreloez.bsky.social · 16h

Vous reprendrez bien un peu d'altérité dix-huitiémiste en podcast?
Antoine Lilti (TahLilti?) demain dans Paroles d'histoire, pour parler du voyage de Mai, Ahutoru, Tupaia, les polynésiens venus en Europe dans les années 1760-70, sujet de son superbe livre @editionsflammarion.bsky.social

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Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 16h

"Why travel all the way to Italy when you can visit a place much closer by that is shaped like Italy?"

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poster of great western railways visit cornwall it better than italy advertising campaign

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Richard Hornsey @hornseyhq.bsky.social · 19h

Just out: Factory tourism in inter-war Britain: the spectacular construction of social-democratic mass production: academic.oup.com/tcbh/article...

Factory tourism in inter-war Britain: the spectacular construction of social-democratic mass production

Abstract. In the 1920s and 1930s, British mass-manufacturers opened their factories to hundreds of thousands of ordinary consumers. As the market for brand

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 1d

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 1d

Rothbard is a patron saint of the Broligarchs' efforts to establish their own personal empires offshore-which is why the subtitle of my new(ish) book is "The New Colonialism."
Rothbard-inspired techbros are styling themselves as imperial potentates.
See also, @raycraib.bsky.social's cool history.

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Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com · 4d

Canadians: The federal government is seeking public input on how AI should be developed and used in business, research, and the military.

If this scares the shit out of you, please let them know:

Help define the next chapter of Canada's AI leadership

Current status: Open from October 1 to October 31, 2025 Canada helped invent modern AI. To stay a leader—and protect our digital sovereignty—we're running a 30-day national sprint to shape a renewed...

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Natalia Cecire @ncecire.bsky.social · 2d

Either it's a video of you saying stuff you didn't say, which is violently problematic, or it's a video of you saying stuff you did say, in which case what was the purpose of the AI bit?

Martin Nutbeem @martinnutbeem.bsky.social · 2d

Nothing could possibly go wrong with this. Creating a lifelike digital avatar on a third party platform will definitely not open teaching staff up to career destroying issues in the event of that platform being hacked.

Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social · 2d

Exclusive: Teachers will use 'deepfake' technology to create an AI avatar of themselves to deliver catch-up lessons for pupils who have missed school

Watch one of the school’s ‘deepfake’ teachers in our story below

schoolsweek.co.uk/schools-trus...

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Alexia Yates @ayates.bsky.social · 2d

I had a great time presenting at the @lseechist.bsky.social faculty seminar yesterday; grateful for their tolerance of my cultural history (including invocations of Benjamin…).

Best of all: thanks to their PhD students, who were fantastic!

www.lse.ac.uk/economic-his...

Economic History Seminars 2025-26

Economic History Seminars 2025-26: Sharing global expertise

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Dr Laura Sangha @lsangha.bsky.social · 3d

Many congratulations to my colleagues in the Forms of Labour project team on the publication of their new monograph! 🗃️👏🎉

Brilliantly, The Experience of Work in #EarlyModern England is available open access:

www.cambridge.org/core/books/e...

news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...

A woman’s place was not in the home: New book challenges assumptions about women’s work in early modern history

New research has revealed that women played a fundamental role in the development of England’s national economy before 1700. Far from being the unpaid homemakers and housewives of traditional historic...

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EUI Department of History @eui-history.bsky.social · 2d

Our researcher Fotis Papadopoulos defends his #PhD thesis on the history of Greek communities in colonial Zimbabwe and Tanganyika, 1890s-1960s 👉 loom.ly/H0qb3FE

🎓 #MigrationHistory #ColonialHistory #skystorians

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Ria Kapoor @riakapoor.bsky.social · 3d

I have a new article out.

TLDR: Actively courting deportation by air is a way to claim rights as a stateless person and even as a refugee.

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Air Travel, Statelessness, and the Rights Claims of Ugandan Asians, c.1973*

Abstract. In the aftermath of Idi Amin’s expulsion of Uganda’s South Asians in 1972, some of those made technically stateless arrived in India unsupported

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Michael Goebel @mgoebel.bsky.social · 7d

Of Bridgeheads and Breakwaters: The Making of a Special Issue @urbanhistory.bsky.social . New blog post by Christian Jones on shorturl.at/EKABu This way to the special issue itself: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Of Bridgeheads and Breakwaters: The Making of a Special Issue

This article relates to a new special issue published in Urban History titled ‘Bridgeheads and Breakwaters: The Socio-Environmental History of Port Cities after the Global Turn’. The issue was edit…

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LadyGiada @ladygiada.bsky.social · 4d

Call for Papers📣: Gender, Violence and the Early Moderns. Join us in Florence. We look forward to hosting you in May 2026😎☀️ @eui-history.bsky.social #skystorians #academicsky #earlymodern

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 5d

A groundbreaking history of Africa’s looted architectural heritage—and a bold proposal for the repatriation of the continent’s stolen cultural artifacts.

Africa's Buildings by Itohan I. Osayimwese is now available (2 Dec UK pub).

Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

Africa's Buildings: Architecture and the Displacement of Cultural Heritage by Itohan I. Osayimwese

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Olivier Tesquet @oliviertesquet.bsky.social · 6d

Record battu !

Annonce de la démission de Sébastien Lecornu

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Alexia Yates @ayates.bsky.social · 9d

Surely @stschrader1.bsky.social has a couple dozen syllabi on the topic…

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ianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · 9d

In memoriam...

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Alexia Yates @ayates.bsky.social · 9d

Please consider this news in light of statements like these from the ostensible heights of Canadian politics.

The Daily News is a lifesaver for news from the Left. Take a listen!

A CBC news story in which Pierre Poilievre claims Christians may be the group most victimized by hate crimes in Canada.

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Alexia Yates @ayates.bsky.social · 9d

Firenze is shining.

Protest march against the illegal detainment of the humanitarian flotilla by Israel, showing students with a giant Palestinian flag.

Protest march against the illegal detainment of the humanitarian flotilla by Israel, showing a crowded street in Florence with peace flags.

Protest march against the illegal detainment of the humanitarian flotilla by Israel, with crowds of supporters and Palestinian flags.

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AAUP chapter @UT Austin @utaustinaaup.bsky.social · 9d

It’s a 1️⃣-2️⃣punch: The State of Texas, the Regents, & the President dissolve the Faculty Council. Then Trump offers a compact that will affect academic freedom, curriculum, student recruitment, research priorities, the future of academic programs. Once faculty had a voice in such decisions. No longer.

AAUP chapter @UT Austin @utaustinaaup.bsky.social · 15d

✴️For the first time since 1945, UT does not have a representative faculty council.

Our press release on the replacement of an elected Faculty Council with faculty advisory bodies composed entirely of appointees of President Davis.

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Press Release 9.27.2025.docx

PRESS RELEASE American Association of University Professors (AAUP) chapter at The University of Texas at Austin Contact: Pauline Strong, PhD, Chapter President, [email protected] _________________...

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 9d

#OtD 3 Oct 1937 almost a year after their defeat at Cable St, Mosley's Blackshirts attempted to march through Bermondsey, South London. Met with strong local opposition and barricades in the streets, the march never arrived at its intended destination workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e35-...

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 10d

But I Am A Free Man On Sunday, painting by Clare Allan. Footpath leading to Kinder Scout, inspired by the 1932 Mass Trespass. #WomensArt #NorthernArt

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Alexia Yates @ayates.bsky.social · 11d

There are some things I really admire about Italy, like these spontaneous demonstrations in piazze all over the country right now.

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Jana Bacevic @unsocialtheory.bsky.social · 11d

Israel has intercepted and bombed the Sumud flotilla www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...

‘Kidnapping’: Israel intercepts Gaza flotilla; detains activists, Thunberg

Activists on board Global Sumud Flotilla report interceptions after Israeli vessels approached.

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Nanjala @nanjala.bsky.social · 12d

Two people in my extended circle are on the Global Sumud Flotilla, aiming to break the siege on Gaza. They are asking us all for increased vigilance as the flotilla enters the high risk zone. You can follow the progress of the flotilla at www.globalsumudflotilla.org/live

WE ARE LESS THAN 160NM FROM GAZA, 10NM FROM THE HIGH RISK ZONE STAY ALERT
Witness brings protection. g ww.globalsumudflotilla.org/live

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