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Roz
@rozsro.bsky.social
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History ABD at Duke / visiting researcher at Cambridge Writing a diss on consumer spaces & material culture in early modern Madras & Pondicherry 🍷🖼️🌴🕰️
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Roz @rozsro.bsky.social · Mar 19
Today's most adorable research find: A child's message scrawled at the bottom of this c1700 letter from Madras, asking their dad to come home

#earlymodern
17th century letter reading "papa vené (papa, come)" in child's handwriting and "mon cher cest de la petite main de notre enfan (my dear, it's from the little hand of our child" below in the mother's writing.
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H-Soz-Kult @hsozkult.bsky.social · 4h
CFP: Objects in Transit: Dutch Trading Companies and the Circulation of Things as Knowledge Practice (17th-19th Centuries)

https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-158238

Saarbrücken, 25.02.2026-26.02.2026, Susanne Friedrich, FU Berlin Philip Hahn / Alexander Stoeger, Saarland University, …
www.hsozkult.de
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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshksi.bsky.social · 5h
looks like there are two Britain/British empire jobs this cycle, both of them modern. networks.h-net.org/jobs/search?...
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IMEMS Durham @imems.bsky.social · 1d
📢 Fully Funded PhD Opportunities The Times University of the Year Durham University's Institute of Medieval and Early Modern Studies📢

www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...

🎨Daphne and Her Sisters www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...

🌎Imagining Alternatives www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...
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katherineschof8.bsky.social
Prof Katherine Schofield 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇪🇺 @katherineschof8.bsky.social · 1d
Woke up to the absolutely shocking news that my colleague Francesa Orsini, renowned scholar of Hindi literature and a mild and diplomatic person, has been deported from Delhi even though she had a valid visa. No reason was given. Report and opinion in @thewire.in

thewire.in/rights/globa...
Globally Renowned Scholar of Hindi Deported from Delhi Airport Despite Valid Visa
Francesca Orsini is perhaps the fourth foreign scholar with a valid visa to be denied entry in recent years.
thewire.in
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Christina Welsch @christinawelsch.bsky.social · 2d
🗃️ Very pleased that my new article "‘Tippoo…Was Just Such a Man As I Am’: Protest, Rebellion and Military Labour in South India" is now available via early access in South Asia www.tandfonline.com/eprint/ZEFEU....
‘Tippoo…Was Just Such a Man As I Am’: Protest, Rebellion and Military Labour in South India
The East India Company’s expansion over South India profoundly disrupted economic networks. Scholarship on this ‘colonial transition’ has shown that colonial subjects challenged the Company’s rule ...
www.tandfonline.com
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Roz @rozsro.bsky.social · 2d
It was soooo fun !
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Lewis Wade 🗃️ @wadehistory.bsky.social · 2d
Had *so* much fun seeing ABBA Voyage with @rozsro.bsky.social yesterday! The show is 10/10, no notes. If you have the opportunity to go, run, don't walk
The ABBA Voyage arena near Stratford
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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 3d
Political parties must shift immediately and dramatically to the left to avoid alienating these frustrated and abandoned young women. Am I doing this right?
19thnews.org 19thnews @19thnews.org · 3d
Our recent poll found that women 28 and younger skew substantially more left than the national average. Nearly 80 percent of Gen Z women want abortion to be legal and seven in 10 want gender-affirming care to be accessible for trans adults.
Gen Z women are the most liberal group in the country
On issues like abortion and gender-affirming care, women 28 and younger skew substantially more left than the national average.
19thnews.org
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 5d
'We are told that universities are seething hives of (sigh) ‘woke’; that every campus is a zombie apocalypse swarming with Stepford Students in search of their next cancellation...and that when they do bother to attend lectures they are being indoctrinated in postmodern anticolonial Marxism'. 1/3
The joy of university
For those who are privileged to go to university, they get three years suspended between childhood and the adult world
www.spectator.co.uk
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 7d
'The British Library...has taken years to recover from a major cyberattack that disrupted its services and restricted access to its collections. The walkout is set to take from 27 October to 9 November, coinciding with the two-year anniversary of the cyberattack.'
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The Prize Papers Project @prizepapers.bsky.social · 15d
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Lewis Wade 🗃️ @wadehistory.bsky.social · 21d
Take good care of yourselves, seek out community, and know when to leave – some great advice here for PhD students and ECRs

(My full response follows tomorrow!)
willpooley.bsky.social will o’the wisp pooley @willpooley.bsky.social · 21d
“Know how to make this work for you.”

This is the last set of posts from the French History Network ECR in 2025*

We asked what advice ECRs would give to other ECRs or PG students.

🗃️

frenchhistorysociety.co.uk/6695/
ECR in 2025: Part Three- Advice to ECRs – SSFH
frenchhistorysociety.co.uk
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Roz @rozsro.bsky.social · 21d
"Trump’s return to power marked a “turning point”" in attacks on academic freedom, "eliminating diversity and gender equity programming... the freezing of billions in federal research funds."

Plus, USAID cuts "devastated higher education and research initiatives from Africa to Afghanistan."
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Terrence Peterson @tgpeterson.bsky.social · 21d
So UNC is pro-racism and pro-fascism?

Don't gloss over the fact that this is the result of more astroturfed bullshit from TP_USA

www.dailytarheel.com/article/2025...
UNC professor placed on leave following alleged affiliation with 'anti-racist, anti-fascist' organization
Dwayne Dixon, a professor of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, has been placed on administrative leave effective immediately.
www.dailytarheel.com
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Europe & the World at the IHR @ihreurope1500.bsky.social · 23d
JUST A WEEK FROM NOW! We'll host the marvellous Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social who will speak about "At the Cusp of the Modern? Tipu Sultan, the Family & East India Company Rule"

6 Oct, 17:30 @ihr.bsky.social & on zoom (www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...) #EarlyModern #SkyStorians
ihreurope1500.bsky.social Europe & the World at the IHR @ihreurope1500.bsky.social · 25d
NEW PROGRAMME! What an exciting one it is!
We're looking forward to thinking with @eicathomefinn.bsky.social, Sari Nauman, @rogerleejesus.bsky.social & @araujohistorian.bsky.social

Mondays, 17:30 @ihr.bsky.social & zoom. All very welcome! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #EarlyModern #SkyStorians
Europe and the world, 1500-1800, IHR seminar, Mondays, 17:30. 6 October: Margot Finn: At the Cusp of the Modern? Tipu Sultan, the Family & East India Company Rule 10 November: Sari Nauman: Between Categories: Migration, War, and Refuge in the Early Modern Baltic Sea 17 November Roger Lee Jesus: Colonialism and Land: Rethinking Imperial and Local Agency in the Portuguese Empire in Asia 1 December: Ana Lucia Araujo: Dahomey: A West African Kingdom in the Centre of the World During the Eighteenth Century
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Roz @rozsro.bsky.social · 24d
These complications make the calculations of if/when to have children (or freeze eggs) significantly more difficult
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Roz @rozsro.bsky.social · 24d
“À cette étape de la carrière des doctorantes ou jeunes docteures, les injonctions à devenir une femme et une chercheuse totales entrent alors en contradiction.”

Resonates w/US, where precarious women researchers also may not have health insurance or access to abortion
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Dr Aurélie Chatenet-Calyste @achatenetc.bsky.social · 24d
"En tant que femmes, la société incite les doctorantes et jeunes docteures à être performantes à tous les niveaux. Elles doivent être des « femmes totales », à savoir des professionnelles efficaces, des conjointes attentives et des mères dévouées."
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Europe & the World at the IHR @ihreurope1500.bsky.social · 25d
NEW PROGRAMME! What an exciting one it is!
We're looking forward to thinking with @eicathomefinn.bsky.social, Sari Nauman, @rogerleejesus.bsky.social & @araujohistorian.bsky.social

Mondays, 17:30 @ihr.bsky.social & zoom. All very welcome! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #EarlyModern #SkyStorians
Europe and the world, 1500-1800, IHR seminar, Mondays, 17:30. 6 October: Margot Finn: At the Cusp of the Modern? Tipu Sultan, the Family & East India Company Rule 10 November: Sari Nauman: Between Categories: Migration, War, and Refuge in the Early Modern Baltic Sea 17 November Roger Lee Jesus: Colonialism and Land: Rethinking Imperial and Local Agency in the Portuguese Empire in Asia 1 December: Ana Lucia Araujo: Dahomey: A West African Kingdom in the Centre of the World During the Eighteenth Century
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ding @not.dingherself.com · Aug 27
An actual job ad: “When we refer to ‘women’ we mean those assigned female at birth. . . . Successful candidates will be asked to produce [a] passport or full birth certificate. . . . It is expected that this documentation will be in the female gender.”

What a disgrace @newnhamcollege.bsky.social
Screenshot of part of a job ad posted on the website of Newnham College, University of Cambridge: “Following the Supreme Court’s decision in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers [2025], when we refer to ‘women’ we mean those assigned female at birth. . . . The successful candidate will be asked to produce identification documentation (e.g. passport or full birth certificate). It is expected that this documentation will be in the female gender.”
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Durba Mitra @durba.bsky.social · 29d
for the archive
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vijay iyer @vijayiyer.bsky.social · Sep 22
Everyone in academia should read this piece about our dear, brilliant colleague @durba.bsky.social

www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
A Surprise Tenure Denial in Harvard’s Gender Studies Program Leaves Some Faculty Shaken | News | The Harvard Crimson
Durba Mitra’s colleagues thought she was a near-perfect tenure candidate. When her bid was shot down in June, they were left questioning the process.
www.thecrimson.com
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Abigail Swingen @abigailswingen.bsky.social · Sep 19
I'm teaching a grad seminar on early modern British history for the first time in 7 years in the spring. I usually do a mix of "classics" and newer stuff. What new-ish books would you recommend? 🗃️
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theonion.com
The Onion @theonion.com · Sep 18
Report: You To Be Fired For Reading This Headline About Charlie Kirk
Report: You To Be Fired For Reading This Headline About Charlie Kirk
NEW YORK—Insisting your fate was sealed the moment you clicked the link, a report released Tuesday found that you will be fired for reading this headline about Charlie Kirk. “Shortly after you navigat...
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nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social · Sep 17
We cannot make the headlines blunter people www.theverge.com/policy/77979...
Republicans are honoring Charlie Kirk’s memory by declaring war on the First AmendmentThe guardians of ‘free speech’ sure had a change of heart.
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