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Dr Hannah Charnock
@hannahcharnock.bsky.social
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Historian researching sexuality, youth, gender & education in C20 Britain. Book ‘Teenage Intimacies’ out now! Editor of 'Modern British History'. Often still thinking about the pop culture of the 00s/10s. She/her.
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Dr Hannah Charnock @hannahcharnock.bsky.social · Mar 27
‘Teenage Intimacies’ is now officially out in the world! It’s a history of teenage sexuality in postwar England that speaks to ideas of growing up, adolescence, friendship, family, identity, culture and education. It’s been a long time coming but I’m really proud of the end result! 🗃️ #histsex
Picture of my book Teenage Intimacies: Young women, sex and social life in England 1950-80
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 20h
'It is not easy and never has been to show how one person might reproducibly read a sonnet of Shakespeare. Indeed to some extent the fact that we are still reading and rereading suggests that some art cannot be read reproducibly precisely because it is itself not reducible to a single reading.'
Gold Standard Science
Science is expensive – and increasingly so.  People need to be paid properly or they will find other things to do.  Equipment costs rise.  Mitigating the environmental impact of scie…
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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 1d
I cannot understand what these people think the purpose of human life is?

It is *not* "pursue joy, deal justly, love well, try to understand as much and see as much of this beautiful world and of the deepness, richness and variety of human culture and experience as you can before you die"?
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Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · 1d
How is this repeatedly made into a policy issue - by *all* parties - when the blunt fact of the matter is that grown adults who are obliged to pay for their own education, and relentlessly pursued to repay their loans, should be able to study whatever the fuck they want.
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Judith DeGroat @jdegroat.bsky.social · 1d
What a beautiful essay.
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Alex Shevrin Venet @asv.bsky.social · 1d
wowwww this is incredibly beautiful. tagging some friends who will love this: @ladyofsardines.bsky.social @heymrsbond.com @marcusluther.bsky.social

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Human Error Is the Point: On Teaching College During the Rise of AI - The Rumpus
My syllabus is a mess of half-remembered intentions. I re-use icebreakers that I know don’t work. I forget to grade the first assignment until Week Four. I write emails that begin with “So sorry for t...
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Laura Tisdall @lauratisdall.bsky.social · 2d
The call for papers for the @histchild.bsky.social 2026 conference at the University of Sheffield, 1-3 July, is now up on our website! Deadline 14 December www.histchild.org/pages/sheffi... #histchild #skystorians #histyouth
Fifth Biennial Conference | Children's History Society
University of Sheffield, 1-3 July 2026
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Dr Hannah Charnock @hannahcharnock.bsky.social · 6d
This looks fab Steve! I’ve just ordered an inspection copy so I can set it on my Special Subject!
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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 7d
“When Kyle Abbott pins me on the shin or Jonny Bairstow deposits me into the car park, I’m consoled by the knowledge that we are still paying the same at Fleet Pret A Manger”
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Callum May @callummay.co.uk · 7d
“Reality often wears a Greggs apron”. This is terrific and very funny about the reality of professional sport by Surrey’s Cameron Steel.

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The Great British Service Station: County Cricket's Great Equaliser
A roadside hymn to the County Grind
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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 7d
pitch perfect
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 7d
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 9d
How has paperwork served as a tool of empowerment for people who often find power elusive?

In our latest podcast, a group of historians, archivists, and activists met at the Raphael Samuel History Centre (@rshc.bsky.social) to discuss the hidden history of paperwork 🗃️🎙️
Changing The Record
How has paperwork served over time as a radical tool for empowerment and change?
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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 19d
🧵 Thread with my favourite quotes from:

📝 Guest, O., Suarez, M., Müller, B., et al. (2025). Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia. Zenodo. doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

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Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia
Under the banner of progress, products have been uncritically adopted or even imposed on users — in past centuries with tobacco and combustion engines, and in the 21st with social media. For these col...
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End Sexism In Schools @endsexisminschools.bsky.social · 15d
We’re launching the results of our research into gender balance in the History curriculum today.

The report - The Great History Heist: Reclaiming Women’s Place in the History Curriculum - found only 12% of History lessons feature women as their main focus. 59% featured no women at all.
Sexism in the History Curriculum - End Sexism in Schools
End Sexism In School’s second crowd research project is looking into the History curriculum taught at KS3 (years 7-9) in England and Wales.
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Dr Hannah Charnock @hannahcharnock.bsky.social · 17d
I’m on the move so don’t have links to hand but I think Rebecca Williams at Exeter has done work on this.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 22d
I want our young people to know that there is a path forward, that a better world is possible. I don't want them to give up, to become cynical. They deserve to be young and full of optimism. They are owed a world that supports and sustains optimism.
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Dr Hannah Charnock @hannahcharnock.bsky.social · 22d
This is such an amazing teaching resource! I’ve set the diaries as primary sources for student essays this term and I’m so excited to see what they make of them!
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Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick @mrcwarwick.bsky.social · 22d
During lockdowns in 2020/21 MRC staff joined together in their separate rooms to transcribe 22 diary volumes written by Eileen Younghusband during 1917-1930, when she was aged 15-28.

The diaries gave us an escape into a vividly described world 100 years ago ...

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Portrait of a young woman sitting in a chair. She is seen by the camera from side on and is gazing straight ahead of her.
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Lewis Wade 🗃️ @wadehistory.bsky.social · 27d
"Hobbyist" is a truly breathtaking choice of phrase. It encapsulates a profound sense of contempt for the labour of academics in the UK, who already have to navigate an underfunded system dominated by precarity and overwork. "Knows the price of everything but the value of nothing" springs to mind
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Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · 27d
Ministers ‘want to shift funds away from low-quality research’ .

Universities UK president says institutions cannot afford “unfunded hobbyist research”.

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Ministers ‘want to shift funds away from low-quality research’ - Research Professional News
Universities UK president says institutions cannot afford “unfunded hobbyist research”
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Dr Hannah Charnock @hannahcharnock.bsky.social · 29d
I’m so sorry to hear this Kate - it’s a really crappy way to treat staff. Sending solidarity to you and your colleagues.
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Matt Houlbrook @tricksterprince.bsky.social · 29d
It is twenty years today since my first book Queer London: Perils and Pleasures in the Sexual Metropolis, 1918-57 was published by @uchicagopress.bsky.social and I am feeling contemplative.

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Queer London
In August 1934, young Cyril L. wrote to his friend Billy about all the exciting men he had met, the swinging nightclubs he had visited, and the vibrant new life he had forged for himself in the big ci...
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Petra Boynton @petraboynton.bsky.social · 29d
New! Self-study course 'Introduction to Research Ethics'.
Free to LMIC scholars.

Covers everything from understanding ethics and examples of good practice to what not to do.

Also, I wrote it, so you know it'll be engaging and useful 😉

Please share #AcademicSky

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Rising Scholars - Announcement: New Self-Study Course! Introduction to Research Ethics
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Sam Rutherford (he/him) @echomikeromeo.bsky.social · Sep 9
This is of course deeply upsetting on its own terms; also, we should absolutely be worst-case-scenario contingency planning for how we are going to resist this kind of thing when it comes to UK universities.
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Dan Hirschman @asociologist.bsky.social · Sep 9
Texas A&M’s President just removed a dean and department head from their positions after they supported a professor whose lesson on gender was challenged by a student. www.kbtx.com/2025/09/09/a...
A&M Dean removed following student complaints over curriculum
The Department of Justice has also acknowledged the situation and said it would be investigating.
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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · Sep 6
Peer reviewers are exhausted. It's common to spend *months* inviting reviewers, getting refusals, inviting more, maybe 12 or more, then 2 agree but 1 doesn't complete, so you go again. That's why your paper is in limbo. I'm very sorry, it's awful, but it's also an untenable academic labour issue.
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Maud Anne Bracke @maudannebracke.bsky.social · Aug 30
Out now!
In this book I explore struggles for reproductive rights & liberty in postwar France - telling a different story about the era of sexual liberalisation & legal reform, avoiding a celebratory narrative but looking at persisting injustices and inequalities.
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Mike Dickison @adzebill.bsky.social · Aug 31
Wikipedia editors trying to fend off the onslaught of AI crap have crowdsourced some telltale signs of LLM-generated writing; it might be handy for editors and proofreaders generally. Thanks to @ellenrykers.com for pointing me to it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...
Wikipedia:Signs of AI writing - Wikipedia
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Evan @evansmithhist.bsky.social · Aug 28
I, for one, welcome scientists as the true historians
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Alexandra Lanes @ajlanes.bsky.social · Aug 28
This, from the Quakers, is a pretty good example of how to resist pressure from bigot lobbying groups. Effectively “we legally can allow trans people to use the loo, we morally should, and we tried it and nothing bad happened”
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Dr Hannah Charnock @hannahcharnock.bsky.social · Aug 24
TOMMY!!!
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Susan Lewis @susanangela.bsky.social · Aug 20
An excellent no nonsense statement from the Women's Institute.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
The Women's Institute was founded on democratic ideals over 100 years ago and this commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion is still central to our ethos today.
www.thewi.org.uk
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