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Katie Barclay @katieebarclay.bsky.social · 3d

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Sarah C E Ross @sarahceross.bsky.social · 3d

Job alert! University of Auckland, lectureship in English, in the long 19th century:

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Lecturer - English

Company Description: Waipapa Taumata Rau | The University of AucklandThe University of Auckland is New Zealand’s pre-eminent University, with a turnover of $1.1bn, including research revenue of over $...

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Katie Barclay @katieebarclay.bsky.social · 6d

22 euros! A bargain!

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Prof Sharon Crozier-De Rosa @scrozierderosa.bsky.social · 9d

Free access until 31 Oct to our article on 'intergenerational emotions & family history' & more on 'cold intimacies', 'mythic love', 'grudge' on "Emotions and Society" student reading list @katieebarclay.bsky.social @bupjournals.bsky.social bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/subject/emso...

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Katie Barclay @katieebarclay.bsky.social · 17d

But then you look at the cost of strata in all the new build apartments and pluck away with joy.

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Katie Barclay @katieebarclay.bsky.social · 23d

Hard copy is usually beautiful. The fade comes from a worn microfilm of the original. That also means if you have access to a different copy of the microfilm that it can be better too.

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Katie Barclay @katieebarclay.bsky.social · Aug 31

But what about all the 19thC classics where people drop dead all the time?

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Charlie Lynch @charlielynch.bsky.social · Aug 27

Prospective employers don’t want me… but you might:

Experienced researcher, academic writer, oral history interviewer, public history journalist, seeks freelance and ad-hoc work…

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Matt Fitzpatrick @kilderbenhauser.bsky.social · Aug 25

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Universities have lost their way, but cost-cutting and consultants are not the answer

Last week in Sydney, we saw a melodrama acted out that could stand in for the state of Australian universities more generally.

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Katie Barclay @katieebarclay.bsky.social · Aug 15

But how do you even stop this? If my uni told me this, I’d be very happy to remove their bi-line from the remainder of things I produce that year. Are they going to fire me for writing too much?

Katie Barclay @katieebarclay.bsky.social · Jul 29

The stock market is treated as a neutral good that every citizen needs to invest in.

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Katie Barclay @katieebarclay.bsky.social · Jul 29

…You’re screwed. Nobody has asked whether it’s moral or right that the state legislate people gamble their money like this. Nor is the stock market explored as potentially unethical practice. Nor does the state ask what liability they hold if people have nothing after a stock crash.

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Katie Barclay @katieebarclay.bsky.social · Jul 29

The ethics of this are also really dubious. In Oz we have compulsory superannuation, which is invested by the company your super is with. You can sometimes indicate whether you are conservative or not but don’t select your investment. And if the stock market crashes two weeks before retirement …

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Prof Sharon Crozier-De Rosa @scrozierderosa.bsky.social · Jul 29

1 yr on, we use 1983 8th Amendment Irish Constitution & 2018 Repeal the 8th to examine how feminists transformed “the Irish family” from coldness/despair to hope/happiness...free to read - awesome co-au @katieebarclay.bsky.social & fab co-eds @evansmithhist.bsky.social @jimmywintermute.bsky.social

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Katie Barclay @katieebarclay.bsky.social · Jul 26

Whereas everything with a synth I’m a big fan of it turns out…

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Katie Barclay @katieebarclay.bsky.social · Jul 26

Me neither but I do love this Veronica’s song. I also had never heard any cold chisel until now.

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Evan @evansmithhist.bsky.social · Jul 26

New book review published in @jich.bsky.social

@katieebarclay.bsky.social reviews 'Lucky Valley: Edward Long and the History of Racial Capitalism' by Catherine Hall

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Lucky Valley: Edward Long and the History of Racial Capitalism

Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Ahead of Print, 2025)

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Katie Barclay @katieebarclay.bsky.social · Jul 25

New article on neo-emotions as a concept for historical research!

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Katie Barclay @katieebarclay.bsky.social · Jul 23

A new article out now on women and academic promotion over the last 50 years. A history of patriarchal equilibrium?

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Australian academic women and promotion since 1975: patriarchal equilibrium?

From the mid-twentieth century, women took up academic roles in Australian universities in growing numbers, initially concentrated at lower levels. We review the Australian literature on academic w...

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Katie Barclay @katieebarclay.bsky.social · Jul 19

Emotions & Society have created a student reading list. Available open access until October: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/subject/emso...

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Australian Migration History Network @amigrationhn.bsky.social · Jul 11

📢 Call for Expressions of Interest: Join the Steering Committee of the Australian Migration History Network
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AMHN Steering Committee (Current) Professor Ruth Balint, University of New South Wales Dr Alexandra Dellios, Australian National University Dr Roland Leikauf, Australian National Maritime Museum Dr…

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Katie Barclay @katieebarclay.bsky.social · Jul 5

Yes, it’s a whole thing. People used to eat pages of the Bible for talismanic reasons and other love objects stand in a similar tradition.

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Katie Barclay @katieebarclay.bsky.social · Jul 5

New book out later this year! Courtship, marriage, divorce, Scotland! All the best topics!

Front cover of Working class courtship, marriage and divorce in Scotland, 1955-1939.

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Prof Sharon Crozier-De Rosa @scrozierderosa.bsky.social · Jun 29

1 yr ago @katieebarclay.bsky.social & I pub'd (freely avail): “She is finally home”: feminist storytelling, family imaginaries and transnational solidarity in Irish abortion activism in issue on transnational Ire by me, @evansmithhist.bsky.social & J Wintermute.
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Irish Studies Review

Transnational activism, solidarity and Ireland; Guest editors: Evan Smith, Sharon Crozier-De Rosa and Jimmy Wintermute. Volume 32, Issue 3 of Irish Studies Review

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Katie Barclay @katieebarclay.bsky.social · Jun 24

And people love skipping over quotes because it makes them feel like they’re reading faster. So there is no wrong here.

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