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Andy Walsh @englishscribe.bsky.social · 57m

OPPORTUNITY Lead Writer - CDProjekt - US

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Company Description: To create revolutionary, story-driven RPGs which go straight to the hearts of gamers — this is our mission. Want to dive deeper into our company’s culture? Explore our social medi...

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Dr Rachel Pope @prehistorian.bsky.social · 12d

New paper. Recording the female experience of UK archaeology 1990-2010. Anne Teather and I document how an industry EDI agenda evolved in the 1990s and was dismantled, uncovering the ramifications of that for women archaeologists over the next decade.

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

#openaccess✅

Documenting the profession: Recording historic access and retention issues for women in UK archaeology | Archaeological Dialogues | Cambridge Core

Documenting the profession: Recording historic access and retention issues for women in UK archaeology

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Matt Thiessen @mattthiessen.bsky.social · 28d

Job Openings!

Columbia Theological Seminary invites applications for *two* full-time tenure-track faculty appointments in Old Testament.

More info here: www.ctsnet.edu/careers/

Careers

Search for Vice President of Institutional Advancement

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Sara Luterman @slooterman.bsky.social · 5h

Reupping this — I’m still looking for folks to talk to!

Sara Luterman @slooterman.bsky.social · 1d

Are rising prices and inflation eating into your or a loved one’s Social Security payments? Want to talk about it with a reporter for a news article? DM or email sluterman at 19thnews dot org.

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Nate Hendley @natehendley.bsky.social · 20h

I am proud to be offering this online presentation about a forgotten wartime tragedy that changed the world.

My book at Amazon tinyurl.com/4z34saa3 and Indigo tinyurl.com/yck4rua2

Event link (and registration) tinyurl.com/3uwcfjkf

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Markus Mindrebø @markusmindrebo.bsky.social · 5d

Medieval techniques to preserve mental health? Sage advice here (and a wonderfully written post).

"Tao seemed forever struggling with the dilemma between living freely but poorly and working in the government but unhappily. Besides resorting to alcohol, Tao dealt with such struggles with poetry."

The Rise of Poetry Therapy in Eleventh Century China

How did literati manage their mental health in middle period China? Melancholy, depression, and down moods were as common among them as among us today. In the absence of antidepressants and therapists...

www.leidenmedievalistsblog.nl

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The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History @jich.bsky.social · 6h

Just published! Check out 'Expanding Morgan Godwyn’s Corpus: Rethinking the Evolution of Early Modern Anti-Slavery Sentiment' by Brian Smith: doi.org/10.1080/0308...

Expanding Morgan Godwyn’s Corpus: Rethinking the Evolution of Early Modern Anti-Slavery Sentiment

This paper seeks to extend Morgan Godwyn’s bibliography by bringing to light two of his early-career letters that have not received as much attention as they deserve. While these texts have been in...

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 8h

'A team of musicologists has unearthed the printed score of a previously unknown Purcell song, as well as the original manuscript for various keyboard compositions, partly in the composer’s own hand – the first Purcell autograph to be found for more than 30 years.' 1/3

‘Almost unheard of’: experts find more music by English composer Henry Purcell

Printed score and keyboard manuscript by Purcell, who died in 1695, unearthed in Worcestershire and Norfolk

www.theguardian.com

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Matthew Hurst @mrmhurst.bsky.social · 7d

British colonial officials destroyed countless files before decolonisation. But one colony has been neglected by the literature: Hong Kong. My latest paper in @jich.bsky.social examines the past, present and future of Hong Kong colonial government migrated archives: doi.org/10.1080/0308...

Hong Kong Colonial Government Migrated Archives at Hanslope Park

Following the revelation in 2011 that the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office was sitting on the migrated archives of dozens of colonial governments, almost 20,000 files were transferred from s...

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Sevtap Savas, PhD🫐 🇨🇦🍁 @savaslab.bsky.social · 8h

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Despite Greene report warnings, N.L.'s 'perilous' tide of red ink continues to swell | CBC News

Four years ago, there was a move to address the province's "unprecedented" financial challenges. But those vows of action do not appear to have altered Newfoundland and Labrador's fiscal trajectory — ...

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Jan Marc Morawe @janmarcmorawe.bsky.social · 1d

Do men rely only on women to prevent pregnancies? How do masculinities, critical consciousness, and contraception intersect? Our project's final paper is part of this month's issue of Culture, Health, and Sexuality. Check it out here:

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

@tandfresearch.bsky.social

‘How do I really want to be as a man?’ Masculinities, critical consciousness, and contraceptive decision-making – findings from an interview study in Germany

This paper examines how men in Germany reflect on (their) masculinities in the context of contraception and family planning. Through twelve qualitative interviews, three of which were couple interv...

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Annika Bärwald @annikabaerwald.bsky.social · 1d

Wonderful opportunity for scholars, activists, and artists engaging with early Black presences in Europe🗃️

H-Soz-Kult @hsozkult.bsky.social · 1d

CFP: Black Presence and Influence in Europe Before the Atlantic Slavery

https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-157868

Lüneburg, 21.01.2026-22.01.2026, Leuphana Institute for Advanced Studies (LIAS) in Culture and Society, Leuphana University Lüneburg, Bewerbungsschluss: 30.10.2025

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J.D. Connor @jdconnor.bsky.social · 23h

We're hiring. It's a real needle-in-a-haystack search for an experienced teacher who can help reimagine our flagship (i.e., huge) intro course for a new era. 3/3 load. Convenient to Hollywood and Holbox.

usccareers.usc.edu/job/los-ange...

Open-rank Assistant, Associate Professor of Cinema and Media Studies at USC

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Sarah-Maria Schober @smschober.bsky.social · 1d

Want to work on the history of hair? I am looking for a doc and postdoc to join my project team researching #earlymodern hair, race, trade and multispecies history at the University of Lucerne.

Do apply and spread the word!

www.unilu.ch/en/universit...

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PhD position in History (100%, 4 years) - Vacancies - University of Lucerne

Assistant or doctoral positions, employment or internship: Looking for a job at the University of Lucerne? Find our listed open positions and apprenticeships here.

www.unilu.ch

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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 1d

People in my phone!! I will be giving a talk at Harvard’s Mahindra center on Oct 23, at 6pm:

“Aphra Behn’s White Female Pen”

It’s about Oroonoko (1688) and the nominal emergence of the racial category “white” in the late 17th C.

(from my book, which I’m still revising, still eager for feedback…)

Aphra Behn’s White Female Pen | Mahindra Humanities Center

mahindrahumanities.harvard.edu

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Full Story Baltimore @fullstorybaltimore.tours · 23h

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Full Story Baltimore @fullstorybaltimore.tours · 28d

Casual reminder that we have fall-weather gear available in our merch store 👀 Like this: fullstorybaltimore.threadless.com/designs/balt...

Baltimore says NO KINGS! regular merch design Women's Zip-Up Hoodie | fullstorybaltimore's Shop

Baltimore says NO KINGS! regular merch design on Women's Zip-Up Hoodie – Special for the Revolution in Baltimore Town: The Tour, this design features an illustration of the Revolutionary War fortifica...

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Danielle Terrazas Williams @drdanielletw.bsky.social · 1d

Job Opportunity!

Assistant Professor in Irish and/or European Medieval History
Dublin City University - School of History & Geography

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOY744/a...

Assistant Professor in Irish and/or European Medieval History at Dublin City University

Discover an exciting academic career path as a Assistant Professor in Irish and/or European Medieval History at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!

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Danielle Terrazas Williams @drdanielletw.bsky.social · 1d

Job Opportunity!

Lecturer in the History of Early Modern Europe and the World
King's College London - Department of History

Fixed-Term/Contract
Closes: 13th October 2025

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOU182/l...

Lecturer in the History of Early Modern Europe and the World at King's College London

Recruiting now: Lecturer in the History of Early Modern Europe and the World on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job opportunities on the top job board

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Claire Boardman @claireboardman.bsky.social · 1d

ICYMI: Important new open access publication ...

Documenting the profession: Recording historic access and retention issues for women in UK archaeology
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Documenting the profession: Recording historic access and retention issues for women in UK archaeology | Archaeological Dialogues | Cambridge Core

Documenting the profession: Recording historic access and retention issues for women in UK archaeology

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Sophie W @biologizing.bsky.social · 1d

The Newfoundland and Labrador public libraries continue to make the absolute best free pins that you can just have if you go to borrow a book

A pin on a desk, it has a codfish silhouette holding a library card, with the words "having fun isn't hard when you've got a library cod"

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Danielle Terrazas Williams @drdanielletw.bsky.social · 1d

Job Opportunity!

Assistant Professor, History of the United States since 1920
University of Cambridge - Faculty of History

Permanent
Closes: 27th October 2025

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOT902/a...

Assistant Professor, History of the United States since 1920 at University of Cambridge

Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Assistant Professor, History of the United States since 1920 on jobs.ac.uk!

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Ana Lucia Araujo @araujohistorian.bsky.social · 1d

As Chair of the 2025 @clahistorians.bsky.social
Bolton-Johnson Prize I congratulate historians Brooke Larson & @thehistoriann.bsky.social CO-WINNERS with The Lettered Indian and Piracy & the Making of the Spanish Pacific World. Was a pleasure to work with jurors Jonathan Ablard & Kaysha Corinealdi

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David Veevers @davidveevers.bsky.social · 1d

I’m no Tudor nerd but this is a biggie. Of course note the ‘public’ - scholars have undoubtedly engaged with it for a long time. But this is the sort of stuff that really should be easily accessible, so it’s good news.

Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 1d

'A nationwide survey commissioned by Henry VIII on the property and wealth of 16th century England and Wales is to be made publicly accessible for the first time.

The survey, known as the Valor Ecclesiasticus, set out to discover the financial state of the Church'.

National project launched to rediscover Henry VIII’s long-forgotten ‘Tudor Domesday Book’

A nationwide survey commissioned by Henry VIII on the property and wealth of 16th century England and Wales is to be made publicly accessible for the first time. The survey, known as the Valor Ecclesi...

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Daniel Banks @danielobanche.bsky.social · 1d

I'm so happy to see one of my favourite books come out in English next week! Jeanne takes readers on an incredible journey through a Spanish Commune-style revolution that lasted much longer than its Paris counterpart, with impressive details on the lives and ideas of its everyday supporters.

Jeanne Moisand @jeanne-moisand.bsky.social · 14d

"A Spanish Commune". A book about a Spanish little sister of the Paris Commune, the Canton of Cartagena (1873).

Muy orgullosa de anunciar la salida de la versión inglesa de mi libro Federación o muerte el 14 de octubre en Verso.

www.versobooks.com/products/293...

A Spanish Commune

The Paris Commune had a little Spanish sister, the Canton of Cartagena, whose impressive and neglected history is unearthed in this book.In July 1873, thousands of men and women proclaimed a Commune, ...

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Mark Hailwood @markhailwood.bsky.social · 1d

As you dig out your chunky knitwear from the back of the draw, I know you are wondering: 'How did people prepare for winter 400 years ago?'

Read today's post to find out (and whet your appetite for our new book The Experience of Work in Early Modern England)

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The Experience of Work in Early Modern England I: Winter is Coming

This post is part of a series that marks the publication of The Experience of Work in Early Modern England. The book is co-authored by monster head Mark Hailwood, along with Jane Whittle, Hannah Ro…

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