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Sean Irving @seanirving.bsky.social · 7d

Thrilled to have another piece out on the history of economic republicanism! In the 19th century, republican ideas were mobilised to argue for popular economic self-government, ideas that still have much to offer in our own age of oligarchy.

read.dukeupress.edu/hope/article...

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Stuart Jones @stuartjones.bsky.social · 1d

Published 30 Oct ... I'm in vol 5, expertly edited by @heatherlwellis.bsky.social and @capandgown.bsky.social
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/cultural-...

A Cultural History of Higher Learning

How has higher learning been shaped by people, ideas and knowledge? In a work that spans 2,500 years, 67 experts chart across the social and cultural dynamics o…

www.bloomsbury.com

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David Klemperer @dmk1793.bsky.social · 3d

I enormously enjoyed this conversation with David Runciman about the history of compulsory voting, how it came to be adopted in countries like Belgium and Australia, and what it could for British politics today.

Past Present Future Podcast @ppfideas.bsky.social · 3d

NEW EPISODE OUT NOW!

In today’s episode David talks to political historian @dmk1793.bsky.social about whether voting should be required by law and what might change if non-participation was no longer an option. Why have some countries made voting compulsory?

Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com

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Stuart Jones @stuartjones.bsky.social · 2d

Ha ha ... indeed, he crops up in so many places

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Stuart Jones @stuartjones.bsky.social · 2d

forgot to tag @princetonupress.bsky.social

Stuart Jones @stuartjones.bsky.social · 2d

My almost-published book on Bryce is reviewed in distinguished company by Greg Conti here doi.org/10.1080/0191...

Worlds of Liberalism

This essay analyses two outstanding recent books on the history of British Liberalism: H.S. Jones's “Liberal Worlds: James Bryce and the Democratic Intellect” and Jonathan Parry's “Liberalism.” The...

doi.org

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Stuart Jones @stuartjones.bsky.social · 3d

Shabana Mahmood has deported them back to Vega

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Stuart Jones @stuartjones.bsky.social · 6d

It's genuinely important

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Stuart Jones @stuartjones.bsky.social · 6d

and places to eat

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Stuart Jones @stuartjones.bsky.social · 7d

How is it possible to fall short of the standards of the Conservative Party?

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Stuart Jones @stuartjones.bsky.social · 8d

Sartor Resartus

Le Monde en Feed - non-officiel @lemonde.skyfleet.blue · 8d

Taylor Swift dévoile « The Life of a Showgirl », son douzième album

www.lemonde.fr

Stuart Jones @stuartjones.bsky.social · 10d

A symposium on Georgios Varouxakis, The West: A History of an Idea

Date: 24 Oct • 15:00

Location: 327 Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-symposiu...

A symposium on Georgios Varouxakis, The West: A History of an Idea

Georgios Varouxakis Symposium

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Stuart Jones @stuartjones.bsky.social · 13d

'We apologise for the late arrival of the 1931 Quinta do Noval'

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Stuart Jones @stuartjones.bsky.social · 18d

I've heard we do some great work on medieval divination. But everything else, yes

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Stuart Jones @stuartjones.bsky.social · 19d

'hard-won race-based rights'

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Stuart Jones @stuartjones.bsky.social · 20d

I've never heard him say anything about terrorism or show any interest in or knowledge of the subject. He can always be relied on for a far right talking-point about 'transgenderism', however

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Stuart Jones @stuartjones.bsky.social · 23d

Lincoln!

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Stuart Jones @stuartjones.bsky.social · 23d

The things that don't get funded won't be internationally competitive. So we'll know the right decision was made

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Jan-Werner Mueller @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social · 27d

First historian who claims Lee Harvey Oswald and John Wilkes Booth were radicalized at university will get the Presidential Medal for Freedom (and possibly prime time interview on CBS).

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Stuart Jones @stuartjones.bsky.social · 27d

Not in his political lifetime, we can agree. Maybe next week, though?

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Stuart Jones @stuartjones.bsky.social · 29d

The vice-chancellors' shop steward

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Stuart Jones @stuartjones.bsky.social · 29d

I had the pleasure to attend this wonderful new book by the inimitable @georgiosvarouxakis.bsky.social press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

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Stuart Jones @stuartjones.bsky.social · Sep 11

30 Oct, Senate House - symposium on Collini's History of English Studies in Britain

🎤 Speakers inc Carole Atherton, Gail Marshall, Ronan McDonald, Christopher Stray, Stuart Jones, & Stefan Collini

Free (booking required)👉 tinyurl.com/43z9mxnc [tinyurl.com]

#EnglishStudies #Humanities #Literature

The History of English Studies in Britain: a Symposium

tinyurl.com

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Stuart Jones @stuartjones.bsky.social · Sep 10

Perfect for a university that might not exist in 8 months...

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Cllr Brian Wernham 🔶 C.Eng. MA History @brianwernham.bsky.social · Sep 9

Irony of this article about giving better coverage to Lib Dems (and others)…

…doesn't mention Lib Dems

www.theguardian.com/media/2025/s...

BBC not ‘trying to ingratiate’ itself to Reform UK, Tim Davie tells MPs

Director general says broadcaster is ‘trying to get the balance right’ amid increased coverage

www.theguardian.com

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