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Helen Kingstone @helenkingstone.bsky.social · 43m

I'll try again with that last bit: thanks @ageingbetter.bsky.social and @thischairrocks.bsky.social (+ many others) for food for thought, & thanks @rhul-cvs.bsky.social for a home for this research.

Helen Kingstone @helenkingstone.bsky.social · 50m

-> our ageing societies are new, but the damaging discourses used about them were already being critiqued 150 years ago!

Thanks @wellcometrust.bsky.social for seed funding way back,@ageingbetter.bsky.social,@thischairrocks.bsky.social
for food for thought,@rhul-cvs.bsky.social a research home.
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Helen Kingstone @helenkingstone.bsky.social · 50m

These stories from 150 years ago also show us:

3) the risks of being 'obsolescent' at work when you've still got dependent children;

4) the power of intergenerational friendships that take us outside family & beyond ageism.

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Helen Kingstone @helenkingstone.bsky.social · 50m

Oliphant's novels & stories show us
1) how misleading the term "old" is, since it can include several distinct generations,

2) the intersectional discrimination facing older women then as now,

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Abstract of article, also available via link in the previous skeet

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Helen Kingstone @helenkingstone.bsky.social · 50m

I'm really proud of this: the latest issue of #VictorianStudies has an article of mine in it!
It's on #ageing and #generations, & the insightful ways that Victorian novelist Margaret Oliphant approaches these issues, with takeaways for us now.
doi.org/10.2979/vic....

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Cover of Victorian Studies journal, with lithograph of fairies!

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Dr Surekha Davies (she/her) @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social · 3d

"The fact that the asphyxiation of British higher education does not instantly count as a national scandal underlines the extent to which the austerity mindset continues to constrain our political imagination" - @robbhawkes.bsky.social & Scott Ferguson's piece is excellent.

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Rob Hawkes @robbhawkes.bsky.social · 5d

As more of my valued colleagues face the threat of redundancy, here’s a quick reminder that it takes years and years of public investment to train an academic. Cutting someone with this wealth of experience loose isn’t “saving” anything. It is a massive waste of our collective resources.

UK Universities in Crisis? Time to Transform Higher Ed Finance

by Rob Hawkes and Scott Ferguson Universities in the UK are in crisis. Job cuts in the sector are reaching ‘cataclysmic’ levels, with an estimated 10,000 already lost and many more at risk. Just da…

moneyontheleft.org

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Helen Kingstone @helenkingstone.bsky.social · 5d

My to-read pile in the British Library today... (Of course I only got through 3 of 7 - I'd better come back next week.) But what luxury to sit with such richness of thought!

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Helen Kingstone @helenkingstone.bsky.social · 5d

Zotero (or equivalent) helps a lot!
But otherwise I write the name or page number in brackets as I go, then come back when my brain's stopped being clever and would prefer some busywork...

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Helen Kingstone @helenkingstone.bsky.social · 5d

Look upon this marvel and delight!

Deanna Kreisel 🌱 @doctorwaffle.substack.com · 6d

In honor of National Poetry Day, the greatest parody rewrite of all time:

Screen cap of parodic version of William Blake's "The Tyger" that begins:
Tyger! Tyger! Burning bright
(Not sure if I spelled that right)
What immortal hand or eye
Could fashion such a stripy guy?
What the hammer that hath hewn it
Into such a chonky unit?
Did who made the lamb make thee,
Or an external franchisee?

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Helen Kingstone @helenkingstone.bsky.social · 5d

It's so delightful enthusiastic..! Thank you.

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Helen Kingstone @helenkingstone.bsky.social · 5d

It's good to hear your recommendation - I've felt up & down about McEwan, but I'll trust your endorsement on this one.

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Helen Kingstone @helenkingstone.bsky.social · 5d

Congratulations on both! And for a while I totally thought the School of English had acquired a new house to go with its various current ones...

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Helen Kingstone @helenkingstone.bsky.social · 8d

Eek..!

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Helen Kingstone @helenkingstone.bsky.social · 9d

I remember that from 2012 - was it always a slide as well as a sculpture?! I wish I'd tried it...

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Helen Kingstone @helenkingstone.bsky.social · 13d

Key nuggets so far:
> To data scientists, Humanities data is very messy and not straightforwardly structured! (& I've encountered this already...)

> How to be interdisciplinary well? Enjoy being a 'T-shaped person': in-depth expert + ability to connect across.

Helen Kingstone @helenkingstone.bsky.social · 13d

I'm so glad to be able to listen in to today's roundtable on #Humanities and #DataScience at the @bodleian.ox.ac.uk Centre for Digital Scholarship. digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/networ...

@melissaterras.bsky.social thank you for your wisdom & oomph beamed across the airwaves!

Network power: the humanities and data science in collaboration

digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk

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Helen Kingstone @helenkingstone.bsky.social · 19d

Any insider information on this, or simply good guesses, welcome!

Helen Kingstone @helenkingstone.bsky.social · 19d

@aeon.co magazine, I wish I knew why the pitch form has been closed for >6 weeks.
Any plans to reopen?
I assumed it was summer holidays, but autumn is here & it's still shut. I hope it doesn't mean closure - maybe a backlog. I'd like to pitch an essay and don't know how long to wait... aeon.co/pitch

Write for Aeon | Aeon

Have an idea to contribute? We love working with enthusiastic and dedicated writers with exciting, new ideas. Learn how to pitch your article to Aeon and join our community of expert writers.

aeon.co

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Helen Kingstone @helenkingstone.bsky.social · 19d

@aeon.co magazine, I wish I knew why the pitch form has been closed for >6 weeks.
Any plans to reopen?
I assumed it was summer holidays, but autumn is here & it's still shut. I hope it doesn't mean closure - maybe a backlog. I'd like to pitch an essay and don't know how long to wait... aeon.co/pitch

Write for Aeon | Aeon

Have an idea to contribute? We love working with enthusiastic and dedicated writers with exciting, new ideas. Learn how to pitch your article to Aeon and join our community of expert writers.

aeon.co

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Will Tattersdill @tattersdill.bsky.social · 26d

The last REF found that 98% of UK research was either "internationally recognised", "internationally excellent", or "world-leading". If you think low-quality research is the noteworthy challenge in UK higher ed right now, you are wilfully looking in the wrong direction

Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · 26d

Ministers ‘want to shift funds away from low-quality research’ .

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

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...

Ministers ‘want to shift funds away from low-quality research’ - Research Professional News

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

www.researchprofessionalnews.com

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Emily Mark-FitzGerald @emilymfg.bsky.social · 26d

This is a jaw-dropping statement from anyone in a uni leadership role — but also — what exactly is ‘low-quality’ and ‘hobbyist’ research? Nearly every academic I know is burning the candle at both ends and STILL producing important work in their fields. This feels like an anti-humanities dog whistle

Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · 26d

Ministers ‘want to shift funds away from low-quality research’ .

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

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...

Ministers ‘want to shift funds away from low-quality research’ - Research Professional News

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

www.researchprofessionalnews.com

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Helen Kingstone @helenkingstone.bsky.social · 26d

Aaaargh! (and read the comments)

Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · 26d

Ministers ‘want to shift funds away from low-quality research’ .

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

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...

Ministers ‘want to shift funds away from low-quality research’ - Research Professional News

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

www.researchprofessionalnews.com

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Helen Kingstone @helenkingstone.bsky.social · 27d

Huge congratulations - wonderful news!

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Helen Kingstone @helenkingstone.bsky.social · 27d

Same!

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Helen Kingstone @helenkingstone.bsky.social · Sep 8

That's good to know - I'll try and join!

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Helen Kingstone @helenkingstone.bsky.social · Sep 8

Sarah's visit to @rhul-cvs.bsky.social to present on the research, NEXT TO the painting itself, is still one of my highlights of the past academic year!

Sarah Betts @wromantichistry.bsky.social · Sep 8

As it is the anniversary of Princess Elizabeth's death in 1650 it seems like a good time to reshare my JVC article on her Victorian afterlife academic.oup.com/jvc/article/...

The Victorian Royal Family and the Body of Princess Elizabeth Stuart: Historical Culture and Heritage, Collection and Display

ABSTRACT. This essay explores the afterlife of Princess Elizabeth Stuart, daughter of the seventeenth-century civil war King, Charles I, and how her untime

academic.oup.com

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