Andrew WM Smith
@smidbob.bsky.social
Historian of Modern France at QMUL
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Andrew WM Smith
@smidbob.bsky.social
· Oct 18
Manchester University Press - Terror and terroir
Terror and terroir - Browse and buy the Paperback edition of Terror and terroir by Andrew W. M. Smith
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My first book - Terror and terroir: the winegrowers of the Languedoc & modern France - is about what happens when a region of monoculture goes through an economic transition, & the intersections of regional, national, & European identities & structures
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526131898/
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526131898/
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The Royal Historical Society has published a very helpful guide to its various membership categories, including the Fellowship. If you're engaged in History study, research or teaching (including in public history, journalism & GLAM) & keen to support the discipline, do have a look. #Skystorians
Joining the Fellowship of the Royal Historical Society: a brief guide if you’re considering an application | Historical Transactions
blog.royalhistsoc.org
November 24, 2025 at 10:07 AM
The Royal Historical Society has published a very helpful guide to its various membership categories, including the Fellowship. If you're engaged in History study, research or teaching (including in public history, journalism & GLAM) & keen to support the discipline, do have a look. #Skystorians
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Latest update from @britishlibrary.bsky.social says they are launching a new version of their main catalogue on Monday 8 December and around that time also launch an interim version of their Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue. Hooray!
www.bl.uk/stories/news...
www.bl.uk/stories/news...
Restoring our services – November 2025 update
In the coming weeks and months we will be restoring a number of key functions.
www.bl.uk
November 22, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Latest update from @britishlibrary.bsky.social says they are launching a new version of their main catalogue on Monday 8 December and around that time also launch an interim version of their Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue. Hooray!
www.bl.uk/stories/news...
www.bl.uk/stories/news...
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Happy 10th birthday to @ageofrevolutions.bsky.social. Kudos to everyone who has worked on it and here's to the next decade!
We published our first essay 10 years ago today on @ageofrevolutions.bsky.social. It was based on a side idea I had for my dissertation that would explore news of Franklin’s death around the revolutionary Atlantic. ageofrevolutions.com/2015/11/21/f...
“Franklin is Dead”: Celebrity, Genius, and Religion in the Age of Revolutions
By Bryan A. Banks On June 11, 1790, an emotionally wrought Mirabeau took to the rostrum of the National Constituent Assembly after numerous days away suffering from ophthalmia to announce Benjamin …
ageofrevolutions.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Happy 10th birthday to @ageofrevolutions.bsky.social. Kudos to everyone who has worked on it and here's to the next decade!
Got the first Eurostar over to Paris to teach at ULIP today. We'll be going to the Musée de l'homme, then in class we'll be talking about the 1956 Congress of black writers and artists
November 21, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Got the first Eurostar over to Paris to teach at ULIP today. We'll be going to the Musée de l'homme, then in class we'll be talking about the 1956 Congress of black writers and artists
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🗃️#FRHistory
We are delighted to share details of the 16th Douglas Johnson Memorial Lecture, organised by @frenchhistory.bsky.social & @asmcf.bsky.social to be held on Monday 12th January 2026, at the Institut Français, London.
November 20, 2025 at 1:42 PM
🗃️#FRHistory
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We are delighted to share details of the 16th Douglas Johnson Memorial Lecture, organised by @frenchhistory.bsky.social & @asmcf.bsky.social to be held on Monday 12th January 2026, at the Institut Français, London.
November 19, 2025 at 2:29 PM
We are delighted to share details of the 16th Douglas Johnson Memorial Lecture, organised by @frenchhistory.bsky.social & @asmcf.bsky.social to be held on Monday 12th January 2026, at the Institut Français, London.
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There are only a few days left to apply for our Public Humanities Fellowship! Applications are invited from those at the forefront of shaping the future of Public Humanities.
Application window closes this Friday 21 November: www.sas.ac.uk/research-eng...
Application window closes this Friday 21 November: www.sas.ac.uk/research-eng...
Public Humanities Fellowship
Our Public Humanities Fellowship stimulates new ideas and conversations around public humanities.
www.sas.ac.uk
November 19, 2025 at 1:30 PM
There are only a few days left to apply for our Public Humanities Fellowship! Applications are invited from those at the forefront of shaping the future of Public Humanities.
Application window closes this Friday 21 November: www.sas.ac.uk/research-eng...
Application window closes this Friday 21 November: www.sas.ac.uk/research-eng...
What a game, that was class. 3 genuine worldies
Genuinely unreal goal for Scotland!
November 18, 2025 at 9:49 PM
What a game, that was class. 3 genuine worldies
Genuinely unreal goal for Scotland!
November 18, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Genuinely unreal goal for Scotland!
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The Royal Historical Society has published its strategy for the next few years today. Access it here. #Skystorians
Strategy 2026-2028 - RHS
On 18 November 2025, the Royal Historical Society launches its new Strategy 2026-2028. How the Society supports history and historians is closely shaped by the environment in which we work. Our new st...
royalhistsoc.org
November 18, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The Royal Historical Society has published its strategy for the next few years today. Access it here. #Skystorians
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📢 New publication! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
In this article, just published in @politicsgenderj.bsky.social, I look at representative claims made on behalf of women in French parliamentary debates.
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In this article, just published in @politicsgenderj.bsky.social, I look at representative claims made on behalf of women in French parliamentary debates.
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Complex, Conditional, and Contested: Substantive Representation and Representative Claims in French Parliamentary Debates | Politics & Gender | Cambridge Core
Complex, Conditional, and Contested: Substantive Representation and Representative Claims in French Parliamentary Debates
www.cambridge.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
📢 New publication! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
In this article, just published in @politicsgenderj.bsky.social, I look at representative claims made on behalf of women in French parliamentary debates.
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In this article, just published in @politicsgenderj.bsky.social, I look at representative claims made on behalf of women in French parliamentary debates.
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Budget as paraklausithyron?
"Reeves was pictured leaving Downing Street earlier this month with her diary on display, with a single word written in relation to a meeting: 'Thresholds.'"
www.ft.com/content/6cbb...
"Reeves was pictured leaving Downing Street earlier this month with her diary on display, with a single word written in relation to a meeting: 'Thresholds.'"
www.ft.com/content/6cbb...
Starmer and Reeves drop proposal to increase income tax rates in the Budget
U-turn on measures to raise revenue to fill fiscal hole sparks sell-off in gilt market
www.ft.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Budget as paraklausithyron?
"Reeves was pictured leaving Downing Street earlier this month with her diary on display, with a single word written in relation to a meeting: 'Thresholds.'"
www.ft.com/content/6cbb...
"Reeves was pictured leaving Downing Street earlier this month with her diary on display, with a single word written in relation to a meeting: 'Thresholds.'"
www.ft.com/content/6cbb...
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Now open: call for the Royal Historical Society's First Book and Early Career Article Prizes, 2026.
Eligible titles, published in 2025, may be submitted by the author before the closing date of 15 December. Further details and how to apply: bit.ly/3KnR47v
#Skystorians
Eligible titles, published in 2025, may be submitted by the author before the closing date of 15 December. Further details and how to apply: bit.ly/3KnR47v
#Skystorians
Royal Historical Society Book and Article Prizes, 2026: submissions now invited - RHS
The Royal Historical Society invites applications for its First Book Prize, 2026 and Early Career Article Prize, 2026. The call for submissions opens on Monday 29 September 2025 and runs to Monday 15 ...
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November 14, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Now open: call for the Royal Historical Society's First Book and Early Career Article Prizes, 2026.
Eligible titles, published in 2025, may be submitted by the author before the closing date of 15 December. Further details and how to apply: bit.ly/3KnR47v
#Skystorians
Eligible titles, published in 2025, may be submitted by the author before the closing date of 15 December. Further details and how to apply: bit.ly/3KnR47v
#Skystorians
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I wrote a piece for @frenchhistory.bsky.social about the 40th anniversary of the French bombing of the "Rainbow Warrior."
Huge thanks to @eldrclaire.bsky.social @donalh.bsky.social @meghankroberts.bsky.social & the journal's extremely patient staff.
doi-org.proxy.lib.sfu.ca/10.1093/fh/c...
Huge thanks to @eldrclaire.bsky.social @donalh.bsky.social @meghankroberts.bsky.social & the journal's extremely patient staff.
doi-org.proxy.lib.sfu.ca/10.1093/fh/c...
November 13, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I wrote a piece for @frenchhistory.bsky.social about the 40th anniversary of the French bombing of the "Rainbow Warrior."
Huge thanks to @eldrclaire.bsky.social @donalh.bsky.social @meghankroberts.bsky.social & the journal's extremely patient staff.
doi-org.proxy.lib.sfu.ca/10.1093/fh/c...
Huge thanks to @eldrclaire.bsky.social @donalh.bsky.social @meghankroberts.bsky.social & the journal's extremely patient staff.
doi-org.proxy.lib.sfu.ca/10.1093/fh/c...
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We have lots of student notebooks containing sketches on anatomy, diseases etc, however, this one is by far our favourite. It shows Joseph Lister, father of antiseptic surgery, disappearing through a trapdoor after his lecture in Glasgow in 1868. Now that's how to make an exit!
#Museum30 #Sketchbook
#Museum30 #Sketchbook
November 4, 2025 at 12:02 PM
We have lots of student notebooks containing sketches on anatomy, diseases etc, however, this one is by far our favourite. It shows Joseph Lister, father of antiseptic surgery, disappearing through a trapdoor after his lecture in Glasgow in 1868. Now that's how to make an exit!
#Museum30 #Sketchbook
#Museum30 #Sketchbook
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NEW EPISODE OUT NOW!
Today’s episode is the second part of David’s conversation with historian Julian Jackson about the case of Marshal Pétain and the crimes of the Vichy regime. Did Pétain really play a ‘double game’ in which he tried to deceive the Nazis?
Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
Today’s episode is the second part of David’s conversation with historian Julian Jackson about the case of Marshal Pétain and the crimes of the Vichy regime. Did Pétain really play a ‘double game’ in which he tried to deceive the Nazis?
Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:47 AM
NEW EPISODE OUT NOW!
Today’s episode is the second part of David’s conversation with historian Julian Jackson about the case of Marshal Pétain and the crimes of the Vichy regime. Did Pétain really play a ‘double game’ in which he tried to deceive the Nazis?
Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
Today’s episode is the second part of David’s conversation with historian Julian Jackson about the case of Marshal Pétain and the crimes of the Vichy regime. Did Pétain really play a ‘double game’ in which he tried to deceive the Nazis?
Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
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I've been watching back videos from when I sailed from Dives-sur-Mer to Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, following the route of the Norman invasion fleet in 1066. 130km of c. 70m chalk cliffs in a strong N/NE wind that turned into a gale just before we reached Fécamp. Similar conditions to 1066 #MedievalSky
November 12, 2025 at 11:46 AM
I've been watching back videos from when I sailed from Dives-sur-Mer to Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, following the route of the Norman invasion fleet in 1066. 130km of c. 70m chalk cliffs in a strong N/NE wind that turned into a gale just before we reached Fécamp. Similar conditions to 1066 #MedievalSky
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2 Bretagnes better than 1? Maybe not.
Don't use genAI to make maps.
Don't use genAI to make maps.
Le degré de nullité d'une ministre pas FOUTUE de prévoir LE ONZE NOVEMBRE un message où la France n'a pas deux Bretagne et dont le Poilu ne porte pas un casque allemand.
November 11, 2025 at 8:41 PM
2 Bretagnes better than 1? Maybe not.
Don't use genAI to make maps.
Don't use genAI to make maps.
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Do you hold collections that relate to the Holocaust, whether that be its prehistory, its aftermath, or the role of antisemitism before, during and after WWII?
The European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI) are keen to hear from you... (1/3)
The European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI) are keen to hear from you... (1/3)
November 11, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Do you hold collections that relate to the Holocaust, whether that be its prehistory, its aftermath, or the role of antisemitism before, during and after WWII?
The European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI) are keen to hear from you... (1/3)
The European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI) are keen to hear from you... (1/3)
There was a moving remembrance ceremony in the Octagon library today @qmul.bsky.social, remembering the stories of students who fell in both world wars and all those affected by conflict
November 11, 2025 at 11:29 AM
There was a moving remembrance ceremony in the Octagon library today @qmul.bsky.social, remembering the stories of students who fell in both world wars and all those affected by conflict
Back in 2022, I went to Duisans graveyard near Arras to visit the grave of my Gran's uncle Allan McAskill, killed on 13th April 1917 while fighting with 6th Cameron Highlanders. His siblings back in Kintail were given Gaelic Bibles from his remaining regimental pay in his memory
#armistice
#armistice
November 11, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Back in 2022, I went to Duisans graveyard near Arras to visit the grave of my Gran's uncle Allan McAskill, killed on 13th April 1917 while fighting with 6th Cameron Highlanders. His siblings back in Kintail were given Gaelic Bibles from his remaining regimental pay in his memory
#armistice
#armistice
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Ghostly pallor - but a great pod. @QMUL's finest, @robertsaunders.bsky.social talking Britain going berserk. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQ8q...
Nick Cohen talks to academic & author Robert Saunders about the bizarre state of UK politics
YouTube video by LowdownNickCohen
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November 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Ghostly pallor - but a great pod. @QMUL's finest, @robertsaunders.bsky.social talking Britain going berserk. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQ8q...
I was invited along to attend the commemorative Vitrine unveiling ceremony at the Lycée Charles de Gaulle in South Ken. Brigitte Williams, pictured laying a wreath with the ambassador, has curated a display on the Volontaires féminines of Free France 🗃 #skystorians
November 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I was invited along to attend the commemorative Vitrine unveiling ceremony at the Lycée Charles de Gaulle in South Ken. Brigitte Williams, pictured laying a wreath with the ambassador, has curated a display on the Volontaires féminines of Free France 🗃 #skystorians
I'll always tune in to hear my PhD supervisor talk about his research. His book on Pétain's trail is a brilliant one and well worth your time
NEW EPISODE OUT NOW!
Today’s episode is the 1st of two on the extraordinary trial of Marshal Pétain in summer 1945 that ended up putting wartime France in the dock. David talks to historian Julian Jackson about how Pétain found himself so quickly charged with treason.
Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
Today’s episode is the 1st of two on the extraordinary trial of Marshal Pétain in summer 1945 that ended up putting wartime France in the dock. David talks to historian Julian Jackson about how Pétain found himself so quickly charged with treason.
Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:27 AM
I'll always tune in to hear my PhD supervisor talk about his research. His book on Pétain's trail is a brilliant one and well worth your time
This is an important worked example of how systems thinking can help make the case for the humanities (in the face of rushed and shallow political scrutiny)
What's lost when we lose staff, departments, programmes and faculties in Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, and what's that got to do with organ donation?
Amid the looming losses faced by Cardiff, Edinburgh, Lancaster, Leicester and Nottingham (among many others), here's a worked example. 1/8
Amid the looming losses faced by Cardiff, Edinburgh, Lancaster, Leicester and Nottingham (among many others), here's a worked example. 1/8
The organ donation ‘opt-out’ has been a fatal failure | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 10:26 AM
This is an important worked example of how systems thinking can help make the case for the humanities (in the face of rushed and shallow political scrutiny)