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Sarah Wride
@srwride.bsky.social
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Cultural & intellectual historian @york.ac.uk, @ihr.bsky.social, & in the wild | hows, whys, & effects of re-imagining historical homicides | #YWES editor | committee @historylabplus.bsky.social & @capnetwork.bsky.social | sarahwride.co.uk/historianforhire
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Sarah Wride @srwride.bsky.social · Sep 3
A HUGE thank you to @ihr.bsky.social for welcoming me into its fellowship community while I work on two big #publichistory projects 2025/26! So excited to get started. If you’re also a #histparl & #truecrime #history & #ethics buff, watch this space!

#ECRs #skystorians #humanities
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Catherine Clarke @cathamclarke.bsky.social · 9d
I'm hugely honoured and very excited to be giving this year's Historical Research #Lecture at @ihr.bsky.social, on 'Can popular #history be radical? Historical research and writing for the #public'. Tuesday 4 November, all welcome. More info in AltText. Book here: www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
In this lecture, Catherine Clarke will re-visit the question of what makes history radical, asking what kind of radical history we need in our public life and contemporary context today. In particular, she’ll explore ways in which popular history – trade publishing for a wide public audience – has the capacity to be radical, drawing on experiences and examples from her own new book A History of England in 25 Poems (Penguin Allen Lane, September 2025). Catherine’s lecture will move towards a manifesto for how research-led, scholarship-driven popular history can and does make necessary, vital public interventions – from opening inclusive conversations and confronting the rise of AI, to modelling radical empathy and imagination.
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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 2d
Alt text: Two images. 1. A headline. The leader of the Conservative party saying, "We need to curb students taking rip off degrees such as English." 2. A bar of chocolate they gave away at the Tory Party conference that says, "When Labour negotiates Britain loses." Britain is spelt B-R-I-T-I-A-N.
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Marc Morris @marcmorris.bsky.social · 2d
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Dr Eve Hayes @evehayes123.bsky.social · 8d
It was an absolute pleasure to welcome the new IHR fellows today alongside @ihr.bsky.social colleagues, led by Jade Chesterton. Such fascinating, rich and necessary research in history and beyond. Find out more: www.history.ac.uk/fellowships
Fellowships
Our Fellows are an essential part of the IHR's vibrant research community.
www.history.ac.uk
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The Pembroke Center at Brown University @pembrokecenter.bsky.social · 2d
Applications open for 26-27 postdocs. Welcoming apps from any field that relates to the theme of the Seminar, "The Meanings of Merit: Labor, Categories of Difference, and the Creation of Knowledge." See: pembroke.brown.edu/funding-oppo.... Due 11/24. @pajaf.bsky.social @brownanthro.bsky.social
2026-27 Postdoctoral Research Fellowships at the Pembroke Center. Applications Now Open. Applications due Monday Nov 24 2025. Complete applications must include curriculum vitae, cover letter, writing sample.
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Sarah Wride @srwride.bsky.social · 1d
A Google 'AI overview' gem is foisted upon me as I try to identify the backing dancer in Fun magazine's April 1884 May Day satire...
#c19th 🗃️ #folklorethursday
Search terms: "gladstone cabinet 1884 fun" Google AI Overview starts with the following sentence: "There was no specific 'fun' associated with Gladstone's 1884 cabinet, which was instead a serious, high-stakes government focused on significant political reforms, most notably the Reform Act of 1884, which extended the right to vote to approximately two-thirds of adult males in Britain."
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Pam Lock @pamplemoussepam.bsky.social · Sep 10
Bristolians interested in Spontaeous Human Combustion or the history of our medical understanding of alcohol's history on the body and mine might like to sign up to my talk at the brilliant @glensidehospmuseum.bsky.social next month: glensidemuseum.org.uk/spontaneous-...
Did Victorians believe heavy drinking caused Spontaneous Human Combustion? (A talk on 16th Oct)
In this slightly bizarre talk at Glenside Hospital Museum Dr Pam Lock, Senior Lecturer at the University of Bristol will share her research on Victorian theories about spontaneous human combustion and...
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Joan Passey @joanpassey.bsky.social · 16d
I'm doing a talk in Bath! Come and join me at Komedia on the 4th November 2025 for a whistlestop tour of women in the Gothic across four delirious centuries! It will be fast, furious, and hair raising! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gothic-fic...
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Alexandre Klein @alexandreklein.bsky.social · 16d
(Talk) Scotland's Opium Secrets histoiresante.blogspot.com/2025/09/les-... #histSTM
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Sarah Wride @srwride.bsky.social · 2d
I'm so disappointed that I can't attend this!
For any other #skystorians or #academicsky researchers interested in better connecting with the TV industry, catch #AHTV2025 @conwayhall.bsky.social on 5 November 👉 www.thetvfestival.com/tv-foundation/career-development/ahtv/
Funding available!
AHTV - The TV Festival
Engaging Academia in TV Are you an academic interested in how you could work with or in the TV industry? Or are you looking for access to the latest academic research for your TV production? This is t...
www.thetvfestival.com
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Clare Stainthorp @claregs.bsky.social · 18d
Check out this new podcast for ECRs - I’m proud to have been one of the guests on episode 3, where we talk about the importance of networks and mentors, and where to find them!
Episode 3 - Two heads are better than one: Networking and mentors in academia. Screenshot of podcast page banner with photo of three women (including me) in green tops smiling and talking in a relaxed podcast studio.
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Moose Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 3d
Comedy = tragedy + time

Scarborough Fair = parsley, sage, rosemary + thyme
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History Lab Plus @historylabplus.bsky.social · 4d
HL+ committee members Dr Alex Rigg & Dr Michael Reeve have written a blogpost about the Teaching in a Time of Crisis Conference 2025 at University of Warwick. Have a read! historylab.plus/blog/

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About | Events | Meet us | Contact | Join BLOG: Teaching in a Time of Crisis conference, 29 May 2025 – reasons to be cheerful? Alex Riggs Regional Ambassador, Midlands and Michael Reeve Co-Ch…
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Simon HB @norock.bsky.social · Aug 31
Actually, Frankenstein is a doctor success at the Venice film festival
BBC News headline: Frankenstein is monster success at Venice film festival
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CSHHH @cshhh.bsky.social · 3d
We are thrilled to announce that @joannabourke.bsky.social and Tracey Loughran will be helping us to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the @cshhh.bsky.social. Come along on the 29th of October to hear two fantastic public lectures and to raise a glass with us. Register here:
tinyurl.com/4k98rn7w
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Rachel Moss @menysnoweballes.bsky.social · 6d
Self promo plug to say if you’re interested in this & wanna invite me to your dept, esp if your city is nice - then invite me!! I am a good value seminar guest 😅
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Rachel Moss @menysnoweballes.bsky.social · 15d
Our History Research Seminar @uninorthampton.bsky.social kicks off next Wed 1 Oct with a talk by me on my new project 'Medievalism, gender and politicised nostalgia in the British extreme right, 1962 – 1982'. It will be at 12pm UK time and on Teams. Email rachel.moss @ northampton.ac.uk for a link.
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Sarah Wride @srwride.bsky.social · 6d
You know when anyone tries to reboot AI assistant Janet in The Good Place & she's programmed to stop them by pleading for her life in ever more extreme ways? THIS is how attempting to leave McAfee is starting to feel.
a woman is holding a red button on the beach .
Alt: Eleanor Shellstrop from The Good Place moves towards a big red button on a beach in the 'Good Place' neighbourhood. As her hand approaches the big red button, Janet ever more aggressively tries to emotionally blackmail her into stopping: she's now holding up a photograph of her "three beautiful children", captioned "we love you mommy", and screaming "look at them!". Eleanor backs off.
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Sarah Wride @srwride.bsky.social · 7d
👇'Feuding in the Streets? Gender, Crime, and Conflict in Scottish Towns, c. 1500-1600' by @kiritekatawa.bsky.social, online & in person. This looks to be great.
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Scottish Historical Review @scottishhistreview.bsky.social · Aug 29
OOOOOOOOH, news of our third Jenny Wormald Lecture has dropped just in time for the weekend. Are you excited? See more information below:

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scottish-h...
Scottish Historical Review Trust: The 3rd Annual Jenny Wormald Lecture
Professor Elizabeth Ewan (University Of Guelph): 'Feuding in the Streets? Gender, Crime, and Conflict in Scottish Towns, c. 1500-1600'
www.eventbrite.co.uk
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Darrell Z. Grizzle @dzgrizzle.bsky.social · 7d
“The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.”
~ G.K. Chesterton
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Jo (unfunded hobbyist) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @hagenilda.bsky.social · Jan 22
Now Costa Coffee needs to do State Papers Online
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Richard Carr @richardcarr.bsky.social · Jan 15
This is both an incredibly niche thing but I think it should be more of a thing. Caffè Nero subscribes to the British Newspaper Archive so it’s all free on their wifi. There. I said it.
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Sarah Wride @srwride.bsky.social · 8d
I can't stop thinking Inigo Jones and the Temple of Doom.

(I know, I know: the massive boulder wasn't in that one.)
Image from The Designs of Inigo Jones (1727), showing Jones's design for a simple circular temple with steps and a small colonnaded portico, including an elevation and (of particular interest to me here) a top-down view, basically a massive, bold circle, with a lighter rectangle protruding from its base ...as though falling on the page's final elevation...
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Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social · 13d
🎉The call for participation for #HAP26 is now open!

Alongside @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy, @royalhistsoc.org & @unisheffieldlib.bsky.social we invite you to explore the theme 'Shaping Societies, Improving Lives: The Impact of Archives and Historical Research'.

Apply today: bit.ly/46VfEVY
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Hannah Elias @hannahelias.bsky.social · 9d
Are you an emerging scholar researching Black British history and looking for opportunities to share your research? Please get in touch with @oliviawyatt1999.bsky.social or Meleisa Ono George via contact info below to take part in this ⚡️ talks session @ihr.bsky.social (and please share widely!)
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IHR Black British History Seminar @ihrblackbritish.bsky.social · 9d
Kicking off our fantastic line up with a showcase of new research! Get in touch if you are a postgraduate or early career researcher who would like to introduce their work to the field.

📍 Hybrid: N304, IHR, Senate House, WC1E 7HU and Online
📅 Thursday 16th October, 2025
⏰ 17:30
🔗 bit.ly/3INwCfO
Email Olivia.Wyatt@ed.ac.uk or Meleisa.Ono-George@history.ox.ac.uk to present online or in-person
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Duncan Hamilton @dnhamilton.bsky.social · 11d
Manchester historians!

@historylabplus.bsky.social and @porticolibrary.bsky.social are uniting again for another History Open Mic Night! Come down on Dec 11th to hear brilliant speakers from the Manchester history scene on a range of topics - book below!

www.theportico.org.uk/event-calend...
FastHistory — The Portico Library
Listen to a series of quickfire talks with specially invited guests from across the history and heritage sector, then take to the stage yourself to share your own historical passions!
www.theportico.org.uk
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Sarah Wride @srwride.bsky.social · 10d
YES.
This is definitely a thing.
Part of the floorplan, showing an L-shaped "Lounge/Diner" measuring in at a whopping 12.66m by 3.76m. The other end of the same room, also packed with the owner's lovely things: a dining area, separated from the longer lounge area by Gothic style wooden paneling. An unexpectedly long and narrow lounge area, with the owner's lovely things, and glowing with sunlight. The chairs are lined up along each of the long walls, Plato's-cave-style.
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Sarah Wride @srwride.bsky.social · 12d
Haunted house horror meets detective mystery AND kooky Mrs Bradley humour… my favourite crime novel of recent years. I really hope that you enjoy it as much as I do!
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