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Dr Eve Hayes @evehayes123.bsky.social · 9h

A fantastic welcome to new PhD researchers in history and related disciplines today hosted by the Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social with contributions from @ihrhistorylab.bsky.social & @royalhistsoc.org colleagues.

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Dr Eve Hayes @evehayes123.bsky.social · 2d

🤣 Well it was about bloody time!

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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.bsky.social · 4d

Digital IDs

💸 Will cost billions
⚠️ Will be riddled with errors
❌ Won’t reduce irregular migration at all.

Tell Starmer to scrap his scheme ⬇️
https://goodlaw.social/j2ld

Keir Starmer: ID cards are a recipe for repression | Good Law Project

Digital IDs don’t reduce migration but they do open the door to authoritarian control – it’s time to fight back

goodlaw.social

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Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies @ilcs.bsky.social · 5d

📢 Sign up now for our training sessions this term!

Our first session is on 22 Oct:

🎙️'Podcasts to Engage Audiences in Languages, Cultures and Societies Research and Practice': ilcs.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

ilcs.sas.ac.uk/research-pol...

ILCS Research Training Programme

Training Programme

ilcs.sas.ac.uk

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Dr Joanne Norcup @drjn.bsky.social · 5d

First seminar of the academic year for the Yesu Persaud Centre for Caribbean Studies on Tuesday 28th October sees YPCCS alumni, Professor Alison Donnell taking about her internationally acclaimed 2025 publication 'Lost and Found' (Papillote Press). Please share. All welcome.

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Dr Joanne Norcup @drjn.bsky.social · 5d

The annual Walter Rodney Lecture (hosted by the Yesu Persaud Centre for Caribbean Studies, University of Warwick) will be given this year by Professor David Scott (Columbia University) on the 25th November 2025. Please share. All welcome.

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Dr Eve Hayes @evehayes123.bsky.social · 7d

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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Dr Eve Hayes @evehayes123.bsky.social · 8d

My daughter’s birthdays are joyous yet always tainted with a hint of sadness. 5 years ago today we were both close to leaving this world. The trauma, in the midst of the pandemic shortly after escaping my violent abuser, transformed our lives. Together, we have built a beautiful life & a happy home.

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Dr Eve Hayes @evehayes123.bsky.social · 9d

A video I recorded w/Women in Identity underlining the dangers of universal #digitalidentity, the significant impact of these rapidly evolving technologies & the (un)intended consequences they will have in challenging people's right to exist & citizenship. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBV1...

Talking Legal Identity, Race and Belonging with Dr Eve Hayes de Kalaf

YouTube video by Women in Identity

www.youtube.com

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Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social · 13d

What can you expect to find at #HistDay25 our celebration of history collections with @senatehouselib.bsky.social? Come along and find out on 4 Nov. Book your free space here www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

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Dr Eve Hayes @evehayes123.bsky.social · 10d

Sign up for our next CLACS Caribbean Studies Seminar, 21 Oct:

Jamaica’s “Bitter Medicine”: Education and Women Teachers in Debt and Austerity w/ Shari-Lee Carter, NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, & Human Development

@ilcs.bsky.social / @soccaribbeanuk.bsky.social

shorturl.at/BLplw

Caribbean Studies Seminar

ilcs.sas.ac.uk

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Dr Eve Hayes @evehayes123.bsky.social · 11d

Digital identity is integral to the UN 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. It began with providing the income poor with a legal identity (i.e. birth certificate) and has morphed into an international effort to identify every living person on the planet. This is not just about the UK - it’s GLOBAL.

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Dr Eve Hayes @evehayes123.bsky.social · 12d

Digital infrastructures are complex, contradictory & problematic. They can work well but if weaponised, poorly conceived and/or driven by outsider interests they run the risk of becoming downright dangerous. An article I wrote years ago @uk.theconversation.com

theconversation.com/how-some-cou...

How some countries are using digital ID to exclude vulnerable people around the world

When it comes to civil registrations, some states are using exclusionary mechanisms to block anyone it considers undesirable, as happened to Dominicans of Haitian descent.

theconversation.com

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Dr Eve Hayes @evehayes123.bsky.social · 12d

Some years ago I warned:

“For people who find themselves excluded from this new digital age, daily life isn’t just difficult, it is almost impossible.”

theconversation.com/how-some-cou...

How some countries are using digital ID to exclude vulnerable people around the world

When it comes to civil registrations, some states are using exclusionary mechanisms to block anyone it considers undesirable, as happened to Dominicans of Haitian descent.

theconversation.com

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Dr Eve Hayes @evehayes123.bsky.social · 12d

theconversation.com/how-some-cou...

How some countries are using digital ID to exclude vulnerable people around the world

When it comes to civil registrations, some states are using exclusionary mechanisms to block anyone it considers undesirable, as happened to Dominicans of Haitian descent.

theconversation.com

Dr Eve Hayes @evehayes123.bsky.social · 12d

Digital ID isn’t about inclusion, it’s about those left behind, invisibilised & excluded. There is ample evidence that digital infrastructures can have dire (un)intended consequences for documented people w/ VALID claims to citizenship. Think statelessness, children born to migrants, Windrush, etc.

Dr Eve Hayes @evehayes123.bsky.social · 13d

Having studied #digitalID in depth for my PhD and written a book about this way before anyone had even flagged it as a problem - this a TERRIBLE idea. We have been warning the UK government about the dangers of digital ID for years. No one listened. #digitalidentity www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Keir Starmer to announce plans for digital ID scheme

The prime minister believes a new scheme would help crack down on illegal working in the UK.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Dr Eve Hayes @evehayes123.bsky.social · 12d

I finally got my books to my office @ihr.bsky.social

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Catherine Clarke @cathamclarke.bsky.social · 12d

My colleague @evehayes123.bsky.social is an internationally-regarded expert on #digitalidentity. Her thoughts are worth paying attention to...

Dr Eve Hayes @evehayes123.bsky.social · 13d

Having studied #digitalID in depth for my PhD and written a book about this way before anyone had even flagged it as a problem - this a TERRIBLE idea. We have been warning the UK government about the dangers of digital ID for years. No one listened. #digitalidentity www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Keir Starmer to announce plans for digital ID scheme

The prime minister believes a new scheme would help crack down on illegal working in the UK.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Dr Eve Hayes @evehayes123.bsky.social · 13d

Having studied #digitalID in depth for my PhD and written a book about this way before anyone had even flagged it as a problem - this a TERRIBLE idea. We have been warning the UK government about the dangers of digital ID for years. No one listened. #digitalidentity www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Keir Starmer to announce plans for digital ID scheme

The prime minister believes a new scheme would help crack down on illegal working in the UK.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Hannah Elias @hannahelias.bsky.social · 13d

The IHR Black British History Seminar is now on Bluesky, thanks to @oliviawyatt1999.bsky.social! Give a follow for updates:

IHR Black British History Seminar @ihrblackbritish.bsky.social · 13d

The IHR Black British History seminar series is now on BlueSky!

Follow us for updates and keep your eyes peeled for information about our upcoming seminars 👀

@ihr.bsky.social #BlackBritishHistory #historians #academia

Photograph of the Black People’s Day of Action, March 1981

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Dr Eve Hayes @evehayes123.bsky.social · 15d

Today! Our first CLACS Caribbean Studies Seminar Series 2025/26!

“The Long Road from Bog Walk: Electricity and Electrification in Jamaica, 1890s–1970s” with Andrew Williams, University of the West Indies (Mona)

@ilcs.bsky.social @soccaribbeanuk.bsky.social

ilcs.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

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Claire Langhamer @clairelanghamer.bsky.social · 16d

I really cannot recommend this more highly - from my brilliant IHR colleague @cathamclarke.bsky.social
Catch her on Start the Week today too!
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

A History of England in 25 Poems by Catherine Clarke - 1: Vikings - 'The Battle of Maldon' - BBC Sounds

A history of England exploring the ways in which poetry has shaped English identity.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Dr Eve Hayes @evehayes123.bsky.social · 19d

I recently entertained using ChatGPT for some research I was doing. It was inevitably riddled with factual errors, inaccuracies & contradictions. Imagine this experience for students who are seeking to critique and acquire new forms of knowledge. It’s a disaster in the making.

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Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social · 21d

Are you starting a research degree in history and/or history-related fields in 2025? If so, please join us on 8 October to learn about the wide range of resources we have on offer to support postgraduate students. Meet our staff and fellow PhD students too.
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

IHR Workshop for New Research Students in History | 2025

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www.history.ac.uk

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Dr Eve Hayes @evehayes123.bsky.social · 21d

I am sitting on my hands, resisting the urge to post my real thoughts on this…

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