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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 7h

'prime minister Keir Starmer...confirmed that the University of Lancaster and the University of Surrey had been given approval to open new campuses in India while on a trade mission to Mumbai, joining six more institutions already in the country.' (Lancaster is mooting 20% academic redundancy) 1/3

Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · 1d

Expansion of UK universities in India ‘like California gold rush’.

University leaders embrace transnational education but warn it will not be a “replacement income stream”.

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...

Expansion of UK universities in India ‘like California gold rush’ - Research Professional News

University leaders embrace transnational education but warn it will not be a “replacement income stream”

www.researchprofessionalnews.com

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Alyssa S. @drsepinwall.bsky.social · 17h

🚨🚨30 years after coming out in English,

Michel-Rolph Trouillot's SILENCING THE PAST

est paru *enfin* en français!!!

Veuillez partager ces bonnes nouvelles avec vos meilleurs amis et collègues francophones! 🗃️🇭🇹

www.amitiefm.ht/post/michel-...

Michel-Rolph Trouillot : « Faire taire le passé », une autre approche de l’Histoire

Trente ans après sa parution en anglais, Silencing the Past de Michel-Rolph Trouillot (1949-2012) paraît enfin en français sous le titre Faire taire le passé – Pouvoir et production historique (Lux Éd...

www.amitiefm.ht

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Ryan Cordell @ryancordell.org · 1d

Experimenting with a new concept using @queermedieval.bsky.social’s Portland Frog woodcut. Embracing goofiness as protest.

A poster in green ink on off white paper. In the center is a woodcut style illustration of a protester wearing an inflatable frog costume standing up against two ICE agents. The text above and below reads:

VIVE LA
RIBBITSTANCE

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Mathilde Larrère @mathildelarrere.bsky.social · 20h

Octobre 2022

Collage
On sait plus quoi coller tellement vous merdez

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Katherine Ibbett @eparpillee.bsky.social · 22h

Je ne vais pas rire! C’est du sérieux!

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Katherine Ibbett @eparpillee.bsky.social · 22h

Omg le rêve jésuite

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David Monniaux @monniauxd.bsky.social · 22h

un PREMIER MINISTRE IN PETTO

Richard Coudrais @richardcoudrais.bsky.social · 22h

Peut-être qu’il l’a bien nommé à 20h00 mais qu’il veut pas nous dire qui c’est.

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Katherine Ibbett @eparpillee.bsky.social · 22h

Please pity poor Bertie, who was sleeping in a fleecy hammock but rudely awakened by the crashing of ice preparing for the maîtresse’s Friday martini. He has a hard life.

A cat who has been woken by cocktails, and isn’t even getting any himself

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Gabrielle Hecht has no more spoons @gabriellehecht.bsky.social · 1d

Timeline cleanse, watch whole thing

Bulldogs: dense and heavy

AmeriKraut @inchargeofthegirls.bsky.social · 1d

sherman, for the love of god!

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Trinity College, Oxford @trinityoxford.bsky.social · 1d

Sunrise hitting the chapel this morning 🌅

Thanks to our Head Gardener, Kate Burtonwood, for the beautiful photo

#sunrise #oxfordcollege

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Katherine Ibbett @eparpillee.bsky.social · 1d

Je connais les musées de Montréal et je choisirais plutôt le marché jean Talon ou bien cet endroit magnifique avec une très belle vue sur le Vieux Port botabota.ca

Spa Détente au Vieux-Port de Montréal | Bota Bota, spa-sur-l’eau

Spa détente au Vieux-Port de Montréal au Bota Bota, spa-sur-l’eau. Venez profiter de l’ambiance agréable et de la belle vue sur Montréal et le Fleuve.

botabota.ca

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 1d

There's nothing at all wrong with being Palestinian, and using "Palestinian" in this way is deeply racist against Palestinians, but it is also antisemitic, because it defines Jewishness as something that can be granted and removed for political reasons.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

JD Vance describes Chuck Schumer as "one of the most famous Palestinians in the world"

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Sadiah Qureshi @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · 1d

This collaborative PhD project with the LSE and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, on Planting Decolonization: Plantation Science and Empire in the Twentieth Century, sounds amazing.

I’m sure many of you might be interested.

#STS #HPS #HistSci

www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...

LSE Collaborative Studentship with Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

www.lse.ac.uk

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Katherine Ibbett @eparpillee.bsky.social · 2d

Seriously though: I need one whatever tears it costs me

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Katherine Ibbett @eparpillee.bsky.social · 2d

In the garden at Ham House: a Pierre Corneille pear. Que de maux et de pleurs nous coûteront nos poires!

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Katherine Ibbett @eparpillee.bsky.social · 2d

But also buy from De Jager, alarmingly/charmingly old school catalogue. Round my way, I think the big rains of recent years have not been good for some bulbs

Katherine Ibbett @eparpillee.bsky.social · 2d

I like Farmer Gracy

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Katherine Ibbett @eparpillee.bsky.social · 2d

Round where I grew up there’s a ferry that still crosses the river and today I took it there and back (with some 17thc joys in between): good for the soul

View from a Thames boat (hammerton’s ferry)

Detail on a 17thc staircase, Ham House: carved wooden fruit and flowers against a red wall

View from the river of the Star and Garter home, Richmond

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Katherine Ibbett @eparpillee.bsky.social · 2d

This is like my country uncle saying the best thing about Melbourne is the road out

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Katherine Ibbett @eparpillee.bsky.social · 2d

I also worry about the disappearance of bitter!

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 3d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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French Colonial Historical Society @frenchcolonial.bsky.social · 19d

Share widely!

We are now accepting paper and panel proposals for our 2026 Annual Conference in Ireland at Maynooth University taking place 25-27 June 2026!

The submission deadline is 14 November 2025, and you can read more information on our website!

frenchcolonial.org/annual-meeti...

Annual Meeting – French Colonial Historical Society

frenchcolonial.org

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Sarah-Maria Schober @smschober.bsky.social · 3d

Want to work on the history of hair? I am looking for a doc and postdoc to join my project team researching #earlymodern hair, race, trade and multispecies history at the University of Lucerne.

Do apply and spread the word!

www.unilu.ch/en/universit...

www.unilu.ch/en/universit...

PhD position in History (100%, 4 years) - Vacancies - University of Lucerne

Assistant or doctoral positions, employment or internship: Looking for a job at the University of Lucerne? Find our listed open positions and apprenticeships here.

www.unilu.ch

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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 3d

it's national taco day! stellar mexicanist ignacio sanchez prado has a new book right on time!

TACO, in the bloomsbury object lessons series.

chicago, go celebrate with a taco and support our neighbors in little village, pilsen, logan, everywhere

www.bloomsbury.com/us/taco-9798...

Taco

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.Taco is a deep dive into the most iconic Mexican food…

www.bloomsbury.com

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Oh God, What Now? – the politics podcast @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social · 4d

Well the Basil Brush Show has totally gone to shit.

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