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Steve Metz @stevemetz.bsky.social · Jun 3

Dr Andrew Sneddon @drandrewsneddon.bsky.social · May 31

What did I do with my Saturday am (early), cleaned up old #gameboy, replaced screen and now looking good. Next gameboy colour and gameboy advance! The ds’s are all done. Achievements come in weird and wonderful ways!

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · May 29

Newcastle University staff invited to a ‘Doodling for Wellbeing’ session (‘Let your pen dance across the page' in 'a perfect escape from the everyday hustle and bustle'. Invites sent on same day 153 academics were informed of their location in 'redundancy pools', with 38 redundancies planned. 1/2

Exterior view of Armstrong Building, Newcastle University, red brick, neo-Gothic-ish architecture with many windows.

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Dr Andrew Sneddon @drandrewsneddon.bsky.social · May 21

Thanks Shannon!

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Ulster Society for Irish Historical Studies @usihs.bsky.social · May 21

Brilliant news for our committee member (and past president) @drandrewsneddon.bsky.social !

Dr Andrew Sneddon @drandrewsneddon.bsky.social · May 13

It’s now official! I’ve been awarded a 12 month @leverhulme.ac.uk Trust research fellowship to look at disability and the supernatural in the early modern world. Quite chuffed tbf @usihs.bsky.social @ulsteruni.bsky.social @irishhistsoc.bsky.social

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Dr Andrew Sneddon @drandrewsneddon.bsky.social · May 13

Thanks Peter!

Dr Andrew Sneddon @drandrewsneddon.bsky.social · May 13

It’s now official! I’ve been awarded a 12 month @leverhulme.ac.uk Trust research fellowship to look at disability and the supernatural in the early modern world. Quite chuffed tbf @usihs.bsky.social @ulsteruni.bsky.social @irishhistsoc.bsky.social

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Dr Andrew Sneddon @drandrewsneddon.bsky.social · May 7

Or dm me, just followed you back

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Dr Andrew Sneddon @drandrewsneddon.bsky.social · May 7

See link to research profile in my blurb, it’s on there but it’s [email protected]

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(Dr) Rena Maguire @justrena.bsky.social · May 7

Absolute snaps to @drandrewsneddon.bsky.social and co-author Dr Victoria McCollum for taking a murky bit of nordie history, which shows the damage one attention-seeking 'ho can do) and making it into something to catch the imagination of younger wans
w1711.org/graphic-novel/

GRAPHIC NOVEL

A brand new supernatural graphic novel that is absolutely loaded with haunting visuals set in a misty isolated town off the coast of County Antrim. It’s 1711, a woman with demons of her own –…

w1711.org

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Dr Andrew Sneddon @drandrewsneddon.bsky.social · May 7

Thanks Rena, much appreciated

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NearlyKnowledgeable @g0blinegg.bsky.social · May 5

The Shropshire Witches Podcast is a romp through History, Folklore and the Wyrd via the lanes of Shropshire. We are passionate about forgotten narratives and hidden histories inside and outside of the County! ✨️💀🪦👻

rss.com/podcasts/the...

#Folklore #History #Podcast
#Witchsky #Pagansky #Witches

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Julia Round @hypnojoo.bsky.social · Apr 22

Very excited to be heading to University of Ulster next week to give the keynote talk at the On The Margins #comicsstudies conference! I’m speaking about ‘Playing the Game’ and sports stories in British girls’ comics - so many fab stories to unveil!! www.ulster.ac.uk/faculties/ar...

On the Margins: Comics, Gender, Identity & Subversion

This two-day event focuses on exploring the intersections of comics, gender, identity, and subversion.

www.ulster.ac.uk

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Vault of Culture @vaultofculture.bsky.social · Apr 24

The 1981 Grove paperback edition of Alexander Trocchi’s Cain’s Book (1961) features string on its collage cover: www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/20...

NST #1169: Cain's Book (1960/1981) — The Vault of Culture

The 1981 Grove paperback edition of Alexander Trocchi’s Cain’s Book (1961) features string on its collage cover.

www.vaultofculture.com

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Dr Andrew Sneddon @drandrewsneddon.bsky.social · Apr 15

Get you tickets now for a conference I am organising with Bob Curran & Victoria McCollum,
‘On the Margins: Comics, Gender, Identity & Subversion’
Explores the intersections of comics, gender, identity, and subversion
2-3 May, Ulster University, Coleraine
www.ulster.ac.uk/faculties/ar...

On the Margins: Comics, Gender, Identity & Subversion

This two-day event focuses on exploring the intersections of comics, gender, identity, and subversion.

www.ulster.ac.uk

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Dr Andrew Sneddon @drandrewsneddon.bsky.social · Apr 23

Wild ponies in the Mourne Mountains, Co. Down

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Dr Andrew Sneddon @drandrewsneddon.bsky.social · Apr 23

Heading up Slieve Donard looking down on Newcastle, County Down, NI

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Bert’s Books @bertsbooks.bsky.social · Apr 22

Good morning. We are open. 📖☕️

One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple. - Jack Kerouac

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Physicians' Gallery @physiciansgallery.bsky.social · Apr 22

Unicorn, from the work of 16thc physician Conrad Gesner. He wrote that unicorn horn, combined with wine, could counteract poisons and could cure a range of conditions including epilepsy

Page of a book with a black and white illustration of a unicorn standing next to a small waterfall.

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Emily Rowe @emilyrowe1.bsky.social · Apr 14

We’ve extended the deadline to submit an abstract for our colloquium on early modern war narratives! Please share widely and send us your abstracts!

#earlymodern #history

CEMS KCL @cemskcl.bsky.social · Apr 14

Deadline Extension! CEMS Colloquium on Early Modern War Narratives. Send us your abstracts by this Friday (18th)!

kingsearlymodern.co.uk/events/lamen...

@emilyrowe1.bsky.social @hsmurphy.bsky.social @kingsartshums.bsky.social

Early Modern War Narratives - Annual CEMS Colloquium — CEMS KCL Blog

Join CEMS for our annual colloquium. This year's theme is early modern war narratives. CfP deadline: 11th April.

kingsearlymodern.co.uk

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · Apr 15

'Making the Case for History: A View from the Royal Historical Society': bit.ly/4cRjK37

The Society's President, Lucy Noakes, writes today on the profession and discipline @historywo.bsky.social

#skystorians

Graphic for RHS article in History Workshop, 'Making the Case for History: A View from the Royal Historical Society'.

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Ramazan Hakkı Öztan @roztan.bsky.social · Apr 14

The Department of History at Trinity College Dublin @historytcd.bsky.social is seeking a historian specializing in the 19th-century Europe. Come and join us! Please see below for details.

Assistant Professorship in Nineteenth-Century European History at Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin

Explore an exciting academic career as a Assistant Professorship in Nineteenth-Century European History. Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.

www.jobs.ac.uk

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Dr Andrew Sneddon @drandrewsneddon.bsky.social · Apr 15

Get you tickets now for a conference I am organising with Bob Curran & Victoria McCollum,
‘On the Margins: Comics, Gender, Identity & Subversion’
Explores the intersections of comics, gender, identity, and subversion
2-3 May, Ulster University, Coleraine
www.ulster.ac.uk/faculties/ar...

On the Margins: Comics, Gender, Identity & Subversion

This two-day event focuses on exploring the intersections of comics, gender, identity, and subversion.

www.ulster.ac.uk

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American Historical Association @historians.org · Apr 7

Explore the AHA’s Resource Library, with hundreds of resources developed or vetted by the AHA and our partners. Our resources range from classroom syllabi, to archival documents from the Civil War, to standards and guidelines for the discipline, and more. 🗃️

AHA Resource Library - AHA

Explore All Resources Search Resource Type Thematic AHA Topics Geographic K-12 Education Undergraduate Education Graduate Education Professional & Career Resources Academic Department Resources Histor...

www.historians.org

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · Apr 6

Young Hare, Albrecht Dürer, 1502

(Albertina, Vienna)

The artist died #otd 6 Apr 1528.

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