Dr Jenny Woodley
@jennywoodley.bsky.social
Historian and Lecturer. US History. Race and Memory. Current project: Mourning at the Museum
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1/5 It was entirely predictable that The Telegraph would jump on @DavidOlusoga’s Empire series to fight its right wing culture war for control of our public history. Let’s see what they’ve done:
November 27, 2025 at 8:28 AM
1/5 It was entirely predictable that The Telegraph would jump on @DavidOlusoga’s Empire series to fight its right wing culture war for control of our public history. Let’s see what they’ve done:
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new favourite New York Times term for a British thing just dropped
November 26, 2025 at 10:05 AM
new favourite New York Times term for a British thing just dropped
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One might well also ask what David Lammy, as Foreign Secretary & Justice Secretary, is supposed to have done to farmers, except be Black in public...
I think at this point if you're including Diane Abbott - a woman who has never held government office, has been a backbencher since 2020, and is scarcely a government ally - on your list of political wrongdoers, we all know exactly what your real concerns are
November 26, 2025 at 3:05 PM
One might well also ask what David Lammy, as Foreign Secretary & Justice Secretary, is supposed to have done to farmers, except be Black in public...
I think it's going to be a challenge to interpret this barn as a memorial site to Emmett Till. It's part of the same story but a very different space to the current ETIC and the Sumner courthouse.
“Seventy years ago, Mamie Till said, ‘Let them see.’ And today, with the preservation of the barn by the Emmett Till Interpretive Center, the world will see,” Shonda Rhimes said in a statement that the Emmett Till Interpretive Center given to the Mississippi Free Press on Nov. 24.
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Barn Where White Men Murdered Emmett Till to Be Preserved as a ‘Reverent, Sacred Site’
The barn in Drew, Miss., where two white men murdered 14-year-old Emmett Till in 1955 will be preserved as a “sacred site.”
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
I think it's going to be a challenge to interpret this barn as a memorial site to Emmett Till. It's part of the same story but a very different space to the current ETIC and the Sumner courthouse.
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The BAAS PG Symposium is happening THIS WEEK! Just 2 days to book your spot!
Get your tickets now while they're still there to get!
Check the @officialbaas.bsky.social link below for more details!
See you soon!
baas.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Get your tickets now while they're still there to get!
Check the @officialbaas.bsky.social link below for more details!
See you soon!
baas.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
THIS WEEK: The 2025 BAAS Postgraduate Symposium - British Association for American Studies
The 2025 BAAS Postgraduate Symposium is taking place on November 26th as a hybrid event at Teesside University. You can register for the event on EventBrite. If you are a BAAS member, you can get a di...
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November 24, 2025 at 11:11 AM
The BAAS PG Symposium is happening THIS WEEK! Just 2 days to book your spot!
Get your tickets now while they're still there to get!
Check the @officialbaas.bsky.social link below for more details!
See you soon!
baas.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Get your tickets now while they're still there to get!
Check the @officialbaas.bsky.social link below for more details!
See you soon!
baas.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
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When I was 14, my dad drove me and my older brother from Durham to Leeds for my first gig.
30 years later (almost to the day), I got to see them on-stage again. Incredible.
30 years later (almost to the day), I got to see them on-stage again. Incredible.
November 23, 2025 at 12:38 AM
When I was 14, my dad drove me and my older brother from Durham to Leeds for my first gig.
30 years later (almost to the day), I got to see them on-stage again. Incredible.
30 years later (almost to the day), I got to see them on-stage again. Incredible.
When I was 14, my dad drove me and my older brother from Durham to Leeds for my first gig.
30 years later (almost to the day), I got to see them on-stage again. Incredible.
30 years later (almost to the day), I got to see them on-stage again. Incredible.
November 23, 2025 at 12:38 AM
When I was 14, my dad drove me and my older brother from Durham to Leeds for my first gig.
30 years later (almost to the day), I got to see them on-stage again. Incredible.
30 years later (almost to the day), I got to see them on-stage again. Incredible.
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It is indisputable that Brexit has been an economic disaster, and notable that none of its political architects have paid any price.
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist
Brexit Hit to UK Economy Double Official Estimate, Study Finds
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist.
bloom.bg
November 21, 2025 at 10:15 AM
It is indisputable that Brexit has been an economic disaster, and notable that none of its political architects have paid any price.
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I am absolutely over the moon that my book “The Republican House Divided: Civil War Memory, Civil Rights, and the Transformation of the GOP” is officially published TODAY!
After years of hard work, I am incredibly proud. Thank you to everyone who has made this possible 📚🐘🗃️
@uscpress.bsky.social
After years of hard work, I am incredibly proud. Thank you to everyone who has made this possible 📚🐘🗃️
@uscpress.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I am absolutely over the moon that my book “The Republican House Divided: Civil War Memory, Civil Rights, and the Transformation of the GOP” is officially published TODAY!
After years of hard work, I am incredibly proud. Thank you to everyone who has made this possible 📚🐘🗃️
@uscpress.bsky.social
After years of hard work, I am incredibly proud. Thank you to everyone who has made this possible 📚🐘🗃️
@uscpress.bsky.social
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The petition has reached 1500 signatures but let’s get more!!
RED ALERT: the University of Nottingham is threatening to close its Department of American Studies, putting all staff at risk of redundancy, and ending any American specialist knowledge in the Faculty of Arts.
Sign the petition here to save jobs:
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SAVE AMERICAN STUDIES TEACHING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM
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November 18, 2025 at 8:13 PM
The petition has reached 1500 signatures but let’s get more!!
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Exactly one woman has won the Booker in the past six years www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 16, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Exactly one woman has won the Booker in the past six years www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Confiscating jewellery from survivors of a war zone makes you look like a fucking Nazi. And the obscene thing is, that is the intention. It's there to look appropriately harsh. Indecent. Filthy. A moral stain. And no-one of good character would have ever proposed such a thing in the first place.
November 17, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Confiscating jewellery from survivors of a war zone makes you look like a fucking Nazi. And the obscene thing is, that is the intention. It's there to look appropriately harsh. Indecent. Filthy. A moral stain. And no-one of good character would have ever proposed such a thing in the first place.
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"Given that the UK needs more graduates with languages qualifications, the task of universities is not to accelerate the decline of language learning but to find ways to bolster their student intakes."
The universities of Nottingham and Leicester are taking a swing at language departments. But those proposing closures have taken their eye off the ball, say four linguists
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/latest-threat-uk-modern-languages-yet-another-faux-pas
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/latest-threat-uk-modern-languages-yet-another-faux-pas
November 14, 2025 at 9:58 AM
"Given that the UK needs more graduates with languages qualifications, the task of universities is not to accelerate the decline of language learning but to find ways to bolster their student intakes."
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I'm an American Studies grad from Nottingham, and the beneficiary of an AmStuds/History fellowship that launched me into grad school in the U.S. I literally wouldn't have the career I have without it.
Please support and share this petition to help save American Studies teaching at The University of Nottingham. Staff are facing redundancy. The expertise that would be lost would be monumental. Please sign.
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SAVE AMERICAN STUDIES TEACHING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM
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November 11, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I'm an American Studies grad from Nottingham, and the beneficiary of an AmStuds/History fellowship that launched me into grad school in the U.S. I literally wouldn't have the career I have without it.
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Please support and share this petition to help save American Studies teaching at The University of Nottingham. Staff are facing redundancy. The expertise that would be lost would be monumental. Please sign.
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SAVE AMERICAN STUDIES TEACHING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM
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November 11, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Please support and share this petition to help save American Studies teaching at The University of Nottingham. Staff are facing redundancy. The expertise that would be lost would be monumental. Please sign.
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As a graduate of the BA, MRes and PhD programmes, the department has a special place in my heart and has been instrumental in my career.
Please support and share this petition to help save American Studies teaching at The University of Nottingham. Staff are facing redundancy. The expertise that would be lost would be monumental. Please sign.
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SAVE AMERICAN STUDIES TEACHING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM
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November 11, 2025 at 7:53 PM
As a graduate of the BA, MRes and PhD programmes, the department has a special place in my heart and has been instrumental in my career.
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American and Canadian Studies at Notts have been so important for so long. Our colleagues there have a plan to save jobs and teaching provision and management are not considering it. Please sign and share.
Please support and share this petition to help save American Studies teaching at The University of Nottingham. Staff are facing redundancy. The expertise that would be lost would be monumental. Please sign.
c.org/26qjPmffNy
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This campaign needs you now
SAVE AMERICAN STUDIES TEACHING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM
c.org
November 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
American and Canadian Studies at Notts have been so important for so long. Our colleagues there have a plan to save jobs and teaching provision and management are not considering it. Please sign and share.
This little creature landed on my parents' window... Looks kind of weird... And then I zoomed in...
November 9, 2025 at 7:54 PM
This little creature landed on my parents' window... Looks kind of weird... And then I zoomed in...
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There are no words for how evil this is
November 7, 2025 at 1:36 AM
There are no words for how evil this is
Loved that Celebrity Traitors final. We weren't sure the 'end game' was gonna bring the drama, but oh boy,it did! My daughter in actual tears at the betrayal and then Nick's "hopeful little face" at the end 😂
November 6, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Loved that Celebrity Traitors final. We weren't sure the 'end game' was gonna bring the drama, but oh boy,it did! My daughter in actual tears at the betrayal and then Nick's "hopeful little face" at the end 😂
Appalling and short-sighted decisions at Nottingham. So sad to see the American Studies programme that saw me through from undergrad to PhD is being closed. Thinking about and sending solidarity to colleagues over the river.
'Music and modern foreign languages degrees are among courses being suspended at the University of Nottingham, with the institution saying it “cannot rely on additional income” from the coming tuition fee rises.' 1/3
Nottingham suspends music, language and nursing courses
University says financial uncertainties continue as government’s proposed student levy will ‘wipe out any benefits’ from rising tuition fees
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Appalling and short-sighted decisions at Nottingham. So sad to see the American Studies programme that saw me through from undergrad to PhD is being closed. Thinking about and sending solidarity to colleagues over the river.
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Devastated to share the news that was broken to colleagues in Music (and other departments) at the University of Nottingham yesterday. This is obviously a very difficult time for us and our students.
Please contact us on [email protected] if you would like to be involved.
Please contact us on [email protected] if you would like to be involved.
November 6, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Devastated to share the news that was broken to colleagues in Music (and other departments) at the University of Nottingham yesterday. This is obviously a very difficult time for us and our students.
Please contact us on [email protected] if you would like to be involved.
Please contact us on [email protected] if you would like to be involved.
My daughter has been learning languages at school and is loving it. By the time she leaves, I wonder if there will be any language provision left at universities in the UK...
Solidarity with colleagues at Nottingham in the wake of these awful decisions.
Solidarity with colleagues at Nottingham in the wake of these awful decisions.
I am hearing that @uniofnottingham.bsky.social is suspending (i.e shutting down) *all modern language courses* in 2026-27. One of the largest departments in the UK. A shocking short sighted move that damages regional and national prospects @britishacademy.bsky.social @hetanshah.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 4:05 PM
My daughter has been learning languages at school and is loving it. By the time she leaves, I wonder if there will be any language provision left at universities in the UK...
Solidarity with colleagues at Nottingham in the wake of these awful decisions.
Solidarity with colleagues at Nottingham in the wake of these awful decisions.
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THIS IS SO GOOD
November 6, 2025 at 4:42 AM
THIS IS SO GOOD