Alice Christensen
@alicerc.bsky.social
Interminably Germanist / Reading+London, UK
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Of course it does
“We recently conducted three separate searches for Data Scientist positions. Each received more than 500 applications… But the problem was not just the number. It was how alike they all felt.” #higheredjobs
When AI Makes You Average: Lessons from Our Data Scientist Job Search
<p>Artificial intelligence has reshaped nearly every industry, and hiring is no exception. A chief analytics officer shares a cautiona
www.higheredjobs.com
January 4, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Of course it does
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So clever of US, UK and European universities, with ample encouragement from their governments, to have been closing down Area Studies, History, Languages and Politics & International Relations programmes, so clearly irrelevant to the world in the second half of the 21st century.
A key question is ‘whether Trump’s appetite for military adventurism will continue to spread. He has advertised designs on Canada, Panama, Greenland and the Gaza Strip. On Saturday, he implied Mexico was also in his sights’
Quick insight from @edwardluce.bsky.social
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Quick insight from @edwardluce.bsky.social
as.ft.com/r/f047cbcd-9...
Trump now owns Venezuela
[FREE TO READ] The US president has a growing appetite for military adventure
as.ft.com
January 4, 2026 at 11:52 AM
So clever of US, UK and European universities, with ample encouragement from their governments, to have been closing down Area Studies, History, Languages and Politics & International Relations programmes, so clearly irrelevant to the world in the second half of the 21st century.
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Graduate of the American Studies programme that the University of Nottingham wishes to close wins 2025 Wolfson History Prize for Survivors: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the Atlantic Slave Trade.
History, it's a long game. Divest in haste, repent for the longue durée.
History, it's a long game. Divest in haste, repent for the longue durée.
The Wolfson History Prize - Celebrating Outstanding History
The Wolfson History Prize is awarded annually to promote and recognise outstanding history written for a general audience.
www.wolfsonhistoryprize.org.uk
December 3, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Graduate of the American Studies programme that the University of Nottingham wishes to close wins 2025 Wolfson History Prize for Survivors: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the Atlantic Slave Trade.
History, it's a long game. Divest in haste, repent for the longue durée.
History, it's a long game. Divest in haste, repent for the longue durée.
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Apply for a History of Biology internship at the APS!
Interns will conduct research using the rich archival collections at both the APS and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. https://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/apscshl-undergraduate-summer-internship-history-biology
#internship #history #undergraduates
Interns will conduct research using the rich archival collections at both the APS and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. https://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/apscshl-undergraduate-summer-internship-history-biology
#internship #history #undergraduates
November 14, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Apply for a History of Biology internship at the APS!
Interns will conduct research using the rich archival collections at both the APS and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. https://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/apscshl-undergraduate-summer-internship-history-biology
#internship #history #undergraduates
Interns will conduct research using the rich archival collections at both the APS and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. https://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/apscshl-undergraduate-summer-internship-history-biology
#internship #history #undergraduates
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go, student newspaper of Notre Dame and Saint Mary
"employ in-class essays, oral exams+ rigorous discussions — that are far more difficult to use AI tools to complete. a close reading of the text should constitute the bulk in any introductory humanities class."
www.ndsmcobserver.com/article/2025...
"employ in-class essays, oral exams+ rigorous discussions — that are far more difficult to use AI tools to complete. a close reading of the text should constitute the bulk in any introductory humanities class."
www.ndsmcobserver.com/article/2025...
Editorial: AI-proof the Core Curriculum
The Core Curriculum is an essential part of a Catholic education that must be saved from AI.
www.ndsmcobserver.com
October 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
go, student newspaper of Notre Dame and Saint Mary
"employ in-class essays, oral exams+ rigorous discussions — that are far more difficult to use AI tools to complete. a close reading of the text should constitute the bulk in any introductory humanities class."
www.ndsmcobserver.com/article/2025...
"employ in-class essays, oral exams+ rigorous discussions — that are far more difficult to use AI tools to complete. a close reading of the text should constitute the bulk in any introductory humanities class."
www.ndsmcobserver.com/article/2025...
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Gillian Rose's on law, history, and Marxism.
This should be an essential workshop with deep intellectual and theoretical engagement that is becoming rarer by the day in UK legal academia. Organised by the wonderful Rosie Woodhouse. Registration and more info here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/law/...
This should be an essential workshop with deep intellectual and theoretical engagement that is becoming rarer by the day in UK legal academia. Organised by the wonderful Rosie Woodhouse. Registration and more info here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/law/...
September 17, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Gillian Rose's on law, history, and Marxism.
This should be an essential workshop with deep intellectual and theoretical engagement that is becoming rarer by the day in UK legal academia. Organised by the wonderful Rosie Woodhouse. Registration and more info here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/law/...
This should be an essential workshop with deep intellectual and theoretical engagement that is becoming rarer by the day in UK legal academia. Organised by the wonderful Rosie Woodhouse. Registration and more info here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/law/...
Still thinking about (digesting?) last week's fantastic Association for German Studies annual conference. Many thanks to the organisers!
After an aperitif in the charming courtyard, dinner in the elegant dining hall of St John’s College
September 9, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Still thinking about (digesting?) last week's fantastic Association for German Studies annual conference. Many thanks to the organisers!
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“Just when you think you’ve seen it all, social insects reveal another surprise.” https://scim.ag/47sVFyS
Ant queen lays eggs that hatch into two species
Bizarre discovery of interspecies cloning “almost impossible to believe,” biologists say
scim.ag
September 5, 2025 at 8:12 PM
“Just when you think you’ve seen it all, social insects reveal another surprise.” https://scim.ag/47sVFyS
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Das Buch zu diesem tollen Cover ist nun OA erschienen, d.h. es kann heruntergeladen & gelesen werden. Korrigieren begreifen wir darin als Kulturtechnik, die Produktionsverhältnissen unterliegt, aber auch selbst zur Produktion & Veränderung von Texten beiträgt.
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
July 26, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Das Buch zu diesem tollen Cover ist nun OA erschienen, d.h. es kann heruntergeladen & gelesen werden. Korrigieren begreifen wir darin als Kulturtechnik, die Produktionsverhältnissen unterliegt, aber auch selbst zur Produktion & Veränderung von Texten beiträgt.
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
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Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Every British person on the internet is complaining about you
July 13, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Every British person on the internet is complaining about you
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CALL FOR SUPPORT: Secure the Future of BHL
Following the Smithsonian Institution’s decision to conclude its long-standing role as BHL’s host on 1 January 2026.
#HistSTM #HistSci #Biodiversity #Ecology #EnvHist #NatHist #EnvironmentalStudies
about.biodiversitylibrary.org/call-for-sup...
Following the Smithsonian Institution’s decision to conclude its long-standing role as BHL’s host on 1 January 2026.
#HistSTM #HistSci #Biodiversity #Ecology #EnvHist #NatHist #EnvironmentalStudies
about.biodiversitylibrary.org/call-for-sup...
July 2, 2025 at 10:55 PM
CALL FOR SUPPORT: Secure the Future of BHL
Following the Smithsonian Institution’s decision to conclude its long-standing role as BHL’s host on 1 January 2026.
#HistSTM #HistSci #Biodiversity #Ecology #EnvHist #NatHist #EnvironmentalStudies
about.biodiversitylibrary.org/call-for-sup...
Following the Smithsonian Institution’s decision to conclude its long-standing role as BHL’s host on 1 January 2026.
#HistSTM #HistSci #Biodiversity #Ecology #EnvHist #NatHist #EnvironmentalStudies
about.biodiversitylibrary.org/call-for-sup...
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My article for #PhilosophyCompass on the Metaphysics of Pregnancy has been accepted for publication! It has been the result of some years of teaching and I think it’s such a cool topic. 🎉 Here is the link to the AAM version: philpapers.org/rec/BELTMO-20
@assemblinglife.bsky.social 🦋
@assemblinglife.bsky.social 🦋
Francesca Bellazzi, The Metaphysics of Pregnancy - PhilPapers
Pregnancy is a one of the most complex phenomena of life and is essential to the life cycle of mammals. Pregnancy is also a crucial aspect of humans’ life and experience. ...
philpapers.org
February 24, 2025 at 3:10 PM
My article for #PhilosophyCompass on the Metaphysics of Pregnancy has been accepted for publication! It has been the result of some years of teaching and I think it’s such a cool topic. 🎉 Here is the link to the AAM version: philpapers.org/rec/BELTMO-20
@assemblinglife.bsky.social 🦋
@assemblinglife.bsky.social 🦋
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If you are able and willing to do so, could you please add your voice to our wall of support at the Save Cardiff Modern Languages website: www.savecardifflanguages.org
The more voices we have on there from across the world, the better! Thanks and love to all.
The more voices we have on there from across the world, the better! Thanks and love to all.
www.savecardifflanguages.org
February 7, 2025 at 11:58 AM
If you are able and willing to do so, could you please add your voice to our wall of support at the Save Cardiff Modern Languages website: www.savecardifflanguages.org
The more voices we have on there from across the world, the better! Thanks and love to all.
The more voices we have on there from across the world, the better! Thanks and love to all.
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An ammonite fossil, probably carved into a face during the Late Iron Age / Romano British period, with hair ingeniously styled from the shell
A #FindsFriday / #FossilFriday crossover 🤩
📷 Feb 2022
Found at Great Bedwyn and a favourite find in the always excellent @wiltshiremuseum.bsky.social
A #FindsFriday / #FossilFriday crossover 🤩
📷 Feb 2022
Found at Great Bedwyn and a favourite find in the always excellent @wiltshiremuseum.bsky.social
January 24, 2025 at 8:48 AM
An ammonite fossil, probably carved into a face during the Late Iron Age / Romano British period, with hair ingeniously styled from the shell
A #FindsFriday / #FossilFriday crossover 🤩
📷 Feb 2022
Found at Great Bedwyn and a favourite find in the always excellent @wiltshiremuseum.bsky.social
A #FindsFriday / #FossilFriday crossover 🤩
📷 Feb 2022
Found at Great Bedwyn and a favourite find in the always excellent @wiltshiremuseum.bsky.social
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Is the 'deadly double' – living in Clapham, working in Canary Wharf – the most depressing life a Londoner can lead?
www.the-fence.com/the-deadly-d...
www.the-fence.com/the-deadly-d...
The Deadly Double
Organised fun in east London.
www.the-fence.com
December 17, 2024 at 10:40 AM
Is the 'deadly double' – living in Clapham, working in Canary Wharf – the most depressing life a Londoner can lead?
www.the-fence.com/the-deadly-d...
www.the-fence.com/the-deadly-d...
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so much of teaching is teaching students that they are worth taking seriously, that they should take themselves seriously, that the world is in their hands, that they are up to its challenges
(this will be my only contribution to the current discourse about ai in the classroom)
(this will be my only contribution to the current discourse about ai in the classroom)
December 15, 2024 at 4:11 PM
so much of teaching is teaching students that they are worth taking seriously, that they should take themselves seriously, that the world is in their hands, that they are up to its challenges
(this will be my only contribution to the current discourse about ai in the classroom)
(this will be my only contribution to the current discourse about ai in the classroom)
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The closure of humanities & social science departments is very short-sighted, and we will come to regret it, but the closure of an English department at an English university is incomprehensible to me. I just tried to picture a German university closing down German Studies or a French one French...
The Guardian view on humanities in universities: closing English Literature courses signals a crisis
The Guardian view on humanities in universities: closing English Literature courses signals a crisis
With degrees disappearing and reading rates plummeting, the arts face a critical moment in education and culture
The announcement that Canterbury Christ Church University in Kent is to stop offering English literature degrees has set several hares…
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2024 at 8:06 AM
The closure of humanities & social science departments is very short-sighted, and we will come to regret it, but the closure of an English department at an English university is incomprehensible to me. I just tried to picture a German university closing down German Studies or a French one French...
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📣Great opportunity for students in #HistSci & #PhilSci: Spring School on Forms of Knowledge and Values in Science and Society at @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social next April! 🤓 Find all information here: utrechtsummerschool.nl/courses/huma...
Deadline for application: 13/12/24
Please repost and share 🙏
Deadline for application: 13/12/24
Please repost and share 🙏
November 20, 2024 at 2:01 PM
📣Great opportunity for students in #HistSci & #PhilSci: Spring School on Forms of Knowledge and Values in Science and Society at @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social next April! 🤓 Find all information here: utrechtsummerschool.nl/courses/huma...
Deadline for application: 13/12/24
Please repost and share 🙏
Deadline for application: 13/12/24
Please repost and share 🙏
Greetings colleagues-friends. What a dream to open this app and see lots of lovely people and also that I’ve been followed by the Hebbel-Gesellschaft. 🤝
November 16, 2024 at 9:14 AM
Greetings colleagues-friends. What a dream to open this app and see lots of lovely people and also that I’ve been followed by the Hebbel-Gesellschaft. 🤝