Dr Katie McKeogh
@drklmckeogh.bsky.social
Historian of religion, culture, books, music | Postdoc KCL @DORMEME16 on music books | Early Modern Catholics | Sir Thomas Tresham | Antiquarianism | Soprano | Anglican
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Now available online! www.cambridge.org/core/books/h... 🌿📚💚🪲
November 28, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Now available online! www.cambridge.org/core/books/h... 🌿📚💚🪲
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Read our full response to the news from University of Nottingham ⬇️
University of Nottingham nursing course closure statement | News | Royal College of Nursing
RCN expresses deep concern over University of Nottingham's decision
www.rcn.org.uk
November 27, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Read our full response to the news from University of Nottingham ⬇️
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Protest over future of University of Nottingham language courses
George Torr,East Midlandsand Heidi Booth,Nottingham Heidi Booth/BBC The protest has received letters of support from the Spanish and Cuban ambassadors to the UK Students and lecturers held a protest over the potential future of…
George Torr,East Midlandsand Heidi Booth,Nottingham Heidi Booth/BBC The protest has received letters of support from the Spanish and Cuban ambassadors to the UK Students and lecturers held a protest over the potential future of…
Protest over future of University of Nottingham language courses
George Torr,East Midlandsand Heidi Booth,Nottingham Heidi Booth/BBC The protest has received letters of support from the Spanish and Cuban ambassadors to the UK Students and lecturers held a protest over the potential future of modern languages courses after a university suspended entry for new students. In April, the University of Nottingham announced more than 250 non-academic roles could be cut…
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November 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Protest over future of University of Nottingham language courses
George Torr,East Midlandsand Heidi Booth,Nottingham Heidi Booth/BBC The protest has received letters of support from the Spanish and Cuban ambassadors to the UK Students and lecturers held a protest over the potential future of…
George Torr,East Midlandsand Heidi Booth,Nottingham Heidi Booth/BBC The protest has received letters of support from the Spanish and Cuban ambassadors to the UK Students and lecturers held a protest over the potential future of…
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TODAY! I'm looking forward to speaking about my book **Paper and the Making of Early Modern Literature** at 5.15pm GMT - come along online or in person (Queen's College, Ox) @obs1922.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 11:44 AM
TODAY! I'm looking forward to speaking about my book **Paper and the Making of Early Modern Literature** at 5.15pm GMT - come along online or in person (Queen's College, Ox) @obs1922.bsky.social
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Our next @bodleian.ox.ac.uk #maps blog by @stuartackland.bsky.social features the "false" map of #Oxford from 1644. Look at this and be prepared to be confused!
blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/maps/. When is north not north? And who was Anthony Wood? @bcsmaps.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @bbcoxford.bsky.social
blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/maps/. When is north not north? And who was Anthony Wood? @bcsmaps.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @bbcoxford.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Our next @bodleian.ox.ac.uk #maps blog by @stuartackland.bsky.social features the "false" map of #Oxford from 1644. Look at this and be prepared to be confused!
blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/maps/. When is north not north? And who was Anthony Wood? @bcsmaps.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @bbcoxford.bsky.social
blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/maps/. When is north not north? And who was Anthony Wood? @bcsmaps.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @bbcoxford.bsky.social
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I’m so happy that it’s publication day for my monograph! As I’m on leave atm, there’s no book launch (yet…) but I’m celebrating with my little mascot who says it’s almost as good as their favourite Peekaboo Moon, which is towering praise from this fairly fierce book critic.
November 27, 2025 at 11:08 AM
I’m so happy that it’s publication day for my monograph! As I’m on leave atm, there’s no book launch (yet…) but I’m celebrating with my little mascot who says it’s almost as good as their favourite Peekaboo Moon, which is towering praise from this fairly fierce book critic.
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You know what we won't need once handwriting recognition software has done its thing? Archivists, curators, conservators, catalogers, codicologists, or paleographers. We won't need archives either. We won't need diplomatics, editorial theory, book or media history, or material culture studies 🗃️🧵
November 26, 2025 at 10:12 PM
You know what we won't need once handwriting recognition software has done its thing? Archivists, curators, conservators, catalogers, codicologists, or paleographers. We won't need archives either. We won't need diplomatics, editorial theory, book or media history, or material culture studies 🗃️🧵
This, from the rooftops.
Also, I remain sceptical that any HTR system can ever match proper palaeography
November 27, 2025 at 11:19 AM
This, from the rooftops.
Related to my rant about ill-informed music department discussion: 'oh, but learning a language is really important'. Friend: do you really think that people go to university to read French and Russian so they can order coffee confidently on their next mini-break to Paris? ...
November 27, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Related to my rant about ill-informed music department discussion: 'oh, but learning a language is really important'. Friend: do you really think that people go to university to read French and Russian so they can order coffee confidently on their next mini-break to Paris? ...
One of the most infuriating (amid hot competition) things about discussion of closing music departments is the plea 'oh but we love extra-curricular things like orchestras'. It's a wilfully ignorant reduction of what academic music depts do. High level performance is 1 component within ...
November 27, 2025 at 10:29 AM
One of the most infuriating (amid hot competition) things about discussion of closing music departments is the plea 'oh but we love extra-curricular things like orchestras'. It's a wilfully ignorant reduction of what academic music depts do. High level performance is 1 component within ...
Scholars of book culture, library building, collecting, book trade: roll up roll up!!
*small embarrassed voice*
A little plug for my article on Devon book sales c. 1700, which has gone online open access. tl;dr book auctions weren't just a London/Oxbridge thing: a flourishing second-hand book market centred on Exeter included auctions from the 1680s.
doi.org/10.1093/libr...
A little plug for my article on Devon book sales c. 1700, which has gone online open access. tl;dr book auctions weren't just a London/Oxbridge thing: a flourishing second-hand book market centred on Exeter included auctions from the 1680s.
doi.org/10.1093/libr...
A Provincial Market in Second-Hand Books: Book Sales in Devon, 1688–1725
Abstract. Comparatively little is known about England’s early book-auction trade outside of London and the university towns, with few catalogues surviving
doi.org
November 27, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Scholars of book culture, library building, collecting, book trade: roll up roll up!!
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November 26, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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"Protest over future of University of Nottingham language courses"
Protest over future of University of Nottingham language courses
The University of Nottingham has suspended entry for new students on modern language courses.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 10:15 AM
"Protest over future of University of Nottingham language courses"
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And still nobody cares
Chief exec of OfS 'said the OfS believes there are 24 institutions at risk of exiting the market in the next 12 months, seven of which are large providers with more than 3,000 students. There are another 25 or so institutions of various sizes at risk over a two- to three-year period, she added.'
Seven ‘large providers’ at risk of going under in the next year
Skills minister says no higher education institutions are at imminent risk of collapse this year but OfS confirms more than 20 providers are being closely monitored
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:58 AM
And still nobody cares
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‘More than ever before, we need British diplomats, spies and soldiers to speak the language of our adversaries.’
Stark piece from a former diplomat on how loss of language learning hits our defence & geopolitical capabilities
www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/proc... @timeshighered.bsky.social
Stark piece from a former diplomat on how loss of language learning hits our defence & geopolitical capabilities
www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/proc... @timeshighered.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 8:54 AM
‘More than ever before, we need British diplomats, spies and soldiers to speak the language of our adversaries.’
Stark piece from a former diplomat on how loss of language learning hits our defence & geopolitical capabilities
www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/proc... @timeshighered.bsky.social
Stark piece from a former diplomat on how loss of language learning hits our defence & geopolitical capabilities
www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/proc... @timeshighered.bsky.social
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7 x 3000+ students + 17 smaller institutions must mean 30,000+ affected students. That’s about the same size as Sheffield uni, which employs 8000ish staff. Why is the government tolerating the impending collapse of up to 24 related employers and 8000+ more lost jobs? Where is the sense of crisis?
Chief exec of OfS 'said the OfS believes there are 24 institutions at risk of exiting the market in the next 12 months, seven of which are large providers with more than 3,000 students. There are another 25 or so institutions of various sizes at risk over a two- to three-year period, she added.'
Seven ‘large providers’ at risk of going under in the next year
Skills minister says no higher education institutions are at imminent risk of collapse this year but OfS confirms more than 20 providers are being closely monitored
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:57 AM
7 x 3000+ students + 17 smaller institutions must mean 30,000+ affected students. That’s about the same size as Sheffield uni, which employs 8000ish staff. Why is the government tolerating the impending collapse of up to 24 related employers and 8000+ more lost jobs? Where is the sense of crisis?
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Come along to the @ihr.bsky.social on Thursday to hear @nailyas.bsky.social talk about her 'Global Libraries' project!
Our final event of term is happening this Thursday (27 November) Dr Nailya Shamgunova @nailyas.bsky.social on 'English and Scottish Scholars at the Global Library, c. 1500-1700'. ✨📚 This talk will be in-person only at the IHR. You can sign up here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
English and Scottish Scholars at the Global Library, c. 1500-1700
This talk introduces the UKRI-funded Future Leaders project, The Global Library project.
www.history.ac.uk
November 24, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Come along to the @ihr.bsky.social on Thursday to hear @nailyas.bsky.social talk about her 'Global Libraries' project!
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📣 The deadline to apply for our summer school on Greek-Latin bilingualism from antiquity to early modern times is approaching (Leuven, 12-18 July 2026). Please spread the word!
More information: www.dalet.be/Summer%20Sch...
@digneolatin.hcommons.social.ap.brid.gy
@neolatinsociety.bsky.social
More information: www.dalet.be/Summer%20Sch...
@digneolatin.hcommons.social.ap.brid.gy
@neolatinsociety.bsky.social
www.dalet.be
November 26, 2025 at 9:39 AM
📣 The deadline to apply for our summer school on Greek-Latin bilingualism from antiquity to early modern times is approaching (Leuven, 12-18 July 2026). Please spread the word!
More information: www.dalet.be/Summer%20Sch...
@digneolatin.hcommons.social.ap.brid.gy
@neolatinsociety.bsky.social
More information: www.dalet.be/Summer%20Sch...
@digneolatin.hcommons.social.ap.brid.gy
@neolatinsociety.bsky.social
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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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Finally, after the persistent problems with logistics that have beset my book since publication, I understand that copies are now in the country. The kind people at Blackwell's have been monitoring the situation for me. May I recommend you buy from them? blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/produ…
November 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Finally, after the persistent problems with logistics that have beset my book since publication, I understand that copies are now in the country. The kind people at Blackwell's have been monitoring the situation for me. May I recommend you buy from them? blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/produ…
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Are you in museums or galleries? Do you do Renaissance-era research? Think about applying NOW to the Society for Renaissance Studies award to support such a research project upto £1,000. Deadline 1 December! It could get you to that crucial archive or museum! www.rensoc.org.uk/funding-priz...
Museums & Galleries Research Award – Society for Renaissance Studies
www.rensoc.org.uk
November 24, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Are you in museums or galleries? Do you do Renaissance-era research? Think about applying NOW to the Society for Renaissance Studies award to support such a research project upto £1,000. Deadline 1 December! It could get you to that crucial archive or museum! www.rensoc.org.uk/funding-priz...
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Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
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This is the main thing I keep saying. I don’t presume to know whether AI is bad at EVERYTHING but the main thing it can’t do is what the powers that be in education want it to do and the reason I keep saying it is you don’t need any studies
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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November 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
This is the main thing I keep saying. I don’t presume to know whether AI is bad at EVERYTHING but the main thing it can’t do is what the powers that be in education want it to do and the reason I keep saying it is you don’t need any studies
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And the news is... We're recruiting! Applications are now open for our 2026 @leverhulme.ac.uk Doctoral Scholarships. So, if you want to study at PhD level pre-modern handwritten cultures and the organisation of knowledge and power within them, do investigate our refreshed website.
November 21, 2025 at 9:30 AM
And the news is... We're recruiting! Applications are now open for our 2026 @leverhulme.ac.uk Doctoral Scholarships. So, if you want to study at PhD level pre-modern handwritten cultures and the organisation of knowledge and power within them, do investigate our refreshed website.
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I've said it before and I will say it again many times, people using "AI" to design and deliver 'teaching' to students, to mark their work, and in this case to (!) generate literal voice overs are risking their jobs, and frankly they *should* be at risk if they do this sort of thing:
‘We could have asked ChatGPT’: students fight back over course taught by AI
Staffordshire students say signs material was AI-generated included suspicious file names and rogue voiceover accent
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:11 PM
I've said it before and I will say it again many times, people using "AI" to design and deliver 'teaching' to students, to mark their work, and in this case to (!) generate literal voice overs are risking their jobs, and frankly they *should* be at risk if they do this sort of thing: