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Sara-Jane Vigneault

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PhD candidate @camhistory.bsky.social | Intimacy between French colonised soldiers/workers and Europeans in France & Germany (1914-1950) Co-convenor of Ambivalent Archives (CRASSH) https://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/people/sara-jane-vigneault

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Sara-Jane Vigneault @sjvigneault.bsky.social · Nov 18

Bonjour, Hi! Since I have gained many new followers over the last few days, I thought I would introduce myself. My name is Sara-Jane (she/her), and I am a PhD candidate in Modern French History at the University of Cambridge.

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Sara-Jane Vigneault @sjvigneault.bsky.social · 2h

It's been over two hours now, friend - get some food and a treat 👀🍫

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 3d

It will also disconnect students from each other—and in a world fractured by various flavors of technofascism, I cannot think of a more disastrous thing (which is likely partly why AI fetishists are pushing for AI in schools and universities)

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 3d

“One of the negative consequences AI is having on students is that it is hurting their ability to develop meaningful relationships with teachers, the report finds. Half of the students agree that using AI in class makes them feel less connected to their teachers.”

Rising Use of AI in Schools Comes With Big Downsides for Students

A report by the Center for Democracy and Technology looks at teachers' and students' experiences with the technology.

www.edweek.org

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Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power @identitiesjournal.bsky.social · 2d

Our next #IdentitiesEvent!

'From Colonial Subjects to #Black Nations: Racializing the Caribbean within Global #Blackness'

@uofgsociology.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social @uofgsocsci.bsky.social @nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @jamellag.bsky.social

Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk...

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Dónal Hassett @donalh.bsky.social · 4d

A great new post on researching the history of former Ascari in Eritrea by our own @camilleriana.bsky.social. colvet.eu/338-2/

Dr Nicola Camilleri, ‘Former Eritrean Soldiers in the Italian Colonial Army: Fragments of Life and Documentation’. | Colvet.eu

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Sébastien Tremblay @sebboo.bsky.social · 5d

This has been a journey! @christopherewing.bsky.social and I are proud to announce the forthcoming publication (with Palgrave) of "Reading Queer Media in the German Speaking World" bringing together the work of brilliant historians and German studies scholars working on queer 🇦🇹🇩🇪🇨🇭 printed media

Cover of the edited volume Reading Queer Media in the German Speaking World: New Approaches to print Sources published by Palgrave. The cover image is a 35mm black and white photo of a show in a queer club with two individuals in pup wear reading media during the performance.

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Sam Rutherford (he/him) @echomikeromeo.bsky.social · 10d

We're starting a new 'ArtsLab' (research network) in trans studies at Glasgow! It's very exciting and I hope that in time we can become a real centre for research in this field. Find out more - including details of our upcoming launch event - on our website: www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/art...

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Dr. T. Flo @tnflorvil.bsky.social · 17d

Remembering the black history of Weimar Berlin: www.the-berliner.com/politics/bla...

Remembering the black history of Weimar Berlin - The Berliner

Three Cameroonian Berliners from a century ago were key figures in Berlin's black history, remembered for their fight for self-determination.

www.the-berliner.com

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Sam Rutherford (he/him) @echomikeromeo.bsky.social · 18d

I wrote something quite personal about what use trans history In These Times:

History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 18d

The summer has seen anti-trans campaigns across the UK and US, alongside a crisis in healthcare. But what use could trans history have in these time, beyond proving 'we have always been here'?

Sam Rutherford @echomikeromeo reflects on Imagining Trans Futures:
www.historyworkshop....

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Dr. Donna J. Drucker @histofsex.bsky.social · 18d

I am saddened and angered to hear this news. “Indian Sex Life” is a game-changing book in the history of sexuality, and Mitra deserves a secure place from which she can continue to develop her already-field-defining scholarship.

vijay iyer @vijayiyer.bsky.social · 19d

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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Jen Evans @jennifervevans.bsky.social · 22d

Really great conference opportujnity in Bergen, Norway by the Queerdom research initiative.

www4.uib.no/en/research/...

Mundane Queer History Conference 2026 | UiB

www4.uib.no

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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 23d

The Trump administration’s decision to remove depictions of slavery from National Historic Parks isn’t just about revising history. It’s about reshaping America.

Read my latest at @liberalcurrents.com

www.liberalcurrents.com/maga-is-revi...

MAGA Is Revising the Past to Create the Future They Want

They are aiming to build the future they want by rewriting history.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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Dónal Hassett @donalh.bsky.social · 22d

I wrote this short blog on the discriminatory demobilisation of French colonial troops for the Returning Soldier network: returningsoldier.co.uk/2025/09/18/n...

No Right to Return or Remain: French Colonial Soldiers and Discriminatory Demobilization

This post explores experiences of veterancy for those who had served in France’s colonial Forces.

returningsoldier.co.uk

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Dónal Hassett @donalh.bsky.social · 23d

Bumping this up again. Deadline for applications is October 3rd.

Dónal Hassett @donalh.bsky.social · Sep 4

🚨JOB Alert🚨 We are looking for another postdoctoral researcher to cover the history of veterans in the British colonies of Southern and/or East Africa in the interwar period. 24 month contract, deadline October 03. Please share widely. universityvacancies.com/maynooth-uni...

Post-Doctoral Researcher, Specified Purpose, Department of History and the Arts and Humanities Institute | University Vacancies Ireland

universityvacancies.com

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Dónal Hassett @donalh.bsky.social · 26d

🚨Call for Papers🚨Delighted to share the CfP for next year's meeting of @frenchcolonial.bsky.social which we will be hosting in Maynooth June 25-27. The theme is "Après la tempête: Afterlives of Colonial Crisis and Conflict". Deadline for submissions is November 14 frenchcolonial.org/annual-meeti...

Annual Meeting – French Colonial Historical Society

frenchcolonial.org

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Lucy Delap @lucydelap.bsky.social · Sep 9

Museum of Cambridge are looking for a #Disability Heritage Research Volunteer, to work remotely, creating histories of people with disabilities in Cambridgeshire. www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/wp-content/u...

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Sara-Jane Vigneault @sjvigneault.bsky.social · Sep 9

www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

Desiring Whiteness by Caroline Séquin | Hardcover | Cornell University Press

Winner of the Alf Andrew Heggoy Book PrizeDesiring Whiteness uncovers the intertwined histories of commercial sex and racial politics in France and the French Empire. Since the French Revolution of...

www.cornellpress.cornell.edu

Sara-Jane Vigneault @sjvigneault.bsky.social · Sep 9

My review of @carolinesequin.bsky.social's excellent, award-winning book Desiring Whiteness is out! www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journal... @berghahnbooks.bsky.social

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Matt Houlbrook @tricksterprince.bsky.social · Sep 9

It is twenty years today since my first book Queer London: Perils and Pleasures in the Sexual Metropolis, 1918-57 was published by @uchicagopress.bsky.social and I am feeling contemplative.

press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

Queer London

In August 1934, young Cyril L. wrote to his friend Billy about all the exciting men he had met, the swinging nightclubs he had visited, and the vibrant new life he had forged for himself in the big ci...

press.uchicago.edu

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Berghahn Books @berghahnbooks.bsky.social · Sep 9

The latest issue of French Politics, Culture & Society has been published! View the TOC and more for Volume 43, Issue 1 here: bit.ly/42lnGVo

Featuring book reviews by @micahalpaugh.bsky.social and @sjvigneault.bsky.social!

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Dónal Hassett @donalh.bsky.social · Aug 28

🚨JOB POSTING🚨 We are currently looking for a postdoctoral researcher to cover the history of veterans among the colonized population/Indigenous population of the interwar imperial polity of the United States of America. 18 month contract, deadline October 03. universityvacancies.com/maynooth-uni...

Post-Doctoral Researcher (Specified Purpose Contract), Department of History, Maynooth University | University Vacancies Ireland

universityvacancies.com

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Terrence Peterson @tgpeterson.bsky.social · Aug 27

Do I know anyone on here currently working at ANOM in Aix-en-Provence who might be willing to photograph some documents for me? Please send me a DM if so!

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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · Aug 21

If you make a mistake 83% of the time the mistake is what you wanted

Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · Aug 21

An internal Israeli intelligence database reveals 83% of those killed by the IDF in Gaza were civilians, contradicting public claims to the contrary.

www.972mag.com/israeli-inte...

Data from an internal Israeli intelligence database indicates that at least 83 percent of Palestinians killed in Israel’s onslaught on Gaza were civilians, an investigation by +972 Magazine, Local Call, and the Guardian can reveal.

Figures obtained from the classified database — which records the deaths of militants from Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) — contradict by a huge margin the public statements of Israeli army and government officials throughout the war, which have generally claimed a 1:1 or 2:1 ratio of civilian to militant casualties. Instead, the classified data backs up the findings of several studies suggesting Israel’s bombardment of Gaza has killed civilians at a rate with few parallels in modern warfare.

The Israeli army confirmed the existence of the database, which is managed by the Military Intelligence Directorate (known by the Hebrew acronym “Aman”). Multiple intelligence sources familiar with the database said the army views it as the only authoritative tally of militant casualty figures. In the words of one of them: “There’s no other place to check.”

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Josh Shepperd @joshshepperd.bsky.social · Aug 19

Resonance (UC Press) is looking for humanities research across the following topics: Sound in Political Crisis, Sound and Social Justice, Experiments in Sound, Sound Archives and Preservation, and we're convening a permanent series that'll examine "Film and Cinema Sound" in 2026. Please circulate!

Resonance | University of California Press

online.ucpress.edu

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Sara-Jane Vigneault @sjvigneault.bsky.social · Jul 21

Buddy is for sure looking forward to your return!

Sara-Jane Vigneault @sjvigneault.bsky.social · Jul 21

Thank you, @brionyneilson.bsky.social! I'm so glad to have met you and learned more about your research. Congratulations once again on your new book! 👀