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Cambridge University History Faculty @camhistory.bsky.social · 1d

PhD student Kirstie Stage spent five months at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History thanks to a @ukri.org Fellowship.

Researching histories of Deaf & disabled people between the UK & US, she conducted archival work, presented at conferences & learnt American Sign Language (ASL). ⬇️⬇️

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Dr Rachel Clarke @drrachelclarke.com · 4d

This is Trevor Fisher, speaking to @channel4news.bsky.social from Arthur Rank Hospice in Cambridgeshire this week.

As a palliative care specialist, Trevor’s interview has devastated me.

His hospice has just been told Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust is withdrawing £800k of funding. 🧵

photo of a man, Trevor fisher, in his hospice bed this week, filmed by channel 4 news

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Lucy Delap @lucydelap.bsky.social · 11d

Two days of tributes to @petermandler.bsky.social as he moves on from @camhistory.bsky.social to new vistas. We could scarcely cover all his interests, mentorship and provocations if we had two years

Two panelists view a PowerPoint slide in a lecture theatre

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Lucy Delap @lucydelap.bsky.social · 12d

A dream team of colleagues with which to spend yesterday discussing labour history, disability and the shape of the twentieth century. My book draft will be SO much better for their input. A huge thanks to all

a group of people sitting on stone steps in autumn sunshine

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Lucy Delap @lucydelap.bsky.social · 19d

Come and work with our fab Americanists - a dynamic (and super nice!) group within @camhistory.bsky.social. We're hiring for a permanent position in twentieth century US history.

www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...

Assistant Professor, History of the United States since 1920

The Faculty of History is seeking to appoint an Assistant Professor in post-1920 U.S. political history and/or the history of the United States in the World since 1920, beginning 1 October, 2026. The

www.cam.ac.uk

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Lucy Delap @lucydelap.bsky.social · 29d

Museum of Cambridge are looking for a #Disability Heritage Research Volunteer, to work remotely, creating histories of people with disabilities in Cambridgeshire. www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/wp-content/u...

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Anna Harrington @amdharrington.bsky.social · Aug 27

Had heaps of fun organising this event, which I'm super excited for. Please join us on Wednesday 10 September 2025 at 4pm UK time to hear our panel of inter-disciplinary experts discuss 'Lesbian Histories and the Long View'.

Women's History Network @womenshistnet.bsky.social · Aug 27

The sign up link for our roundtable 'Lesbian Histories and the Long View', ft. @elizabethlovatt.bsky.social, @vickyig.bsky.social, @norenashopland.bsky.social, @sazwingrove.bsky.social, and Prof Lisa Weston, is now LIVE. Please visit our website to register: womenshistorynetwork.org/sign-up-now-...

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Lucy Delap @lucydelap.bsky.social · Aug 27

The best news! Congratulations Sadiah

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Lucy Delap @lucydelap.bsky.social · Aug 26

If you love women's history, sign up for the Women's History Network ‪@womenshistnet.bsky.social‬ annual conference. Running over 4-5 Sept, it's free, online, & packed with great panels on activism, archives, the arts and fashion, economic life, sexualities
womenshistorynetwork.org/the-womens-h...

The Women’s History Network Annual Conference

Women’s History Network 33rd Annual Conference Online via Zoom Thursday 4 & Friday 5 September 2025 Hidden in Plain Sight: Women in Archives, Libraries, Museums and Personal Collections Reg…

womenshistorynetwork.org

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Lucy Delap @lucydelap.bsky.social · Aug 20

Recording a podcast today with Angela de Souza (Women's Business Club) & @somsproject.bsky.social on disabled women's working lives. I'll be talking about how 'work' spanned paid and unpaid, informal and formal, & included radical commitments to rest & recovery we could learn a lot from today.

A portrait of Martha Lane-Fox a white middle aged woman with swept back hair, wearing a glamorous, off the shoulder dark red wrap dress. Lane-Fox was a wheelchair user whose working life was described in her autobiography and featured both success and harassment

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Lucy Delap @lucydelap.bsky.social · Aug 4

Makes me wonder what treasures might have survived if the rest of Europe had escaped the damage of twentieth century wars...

Lucy Delap @lucydelap.bsky.social · Aug 4

In its day, the largest organ in Sweden. Built 1728 in Lövstabruk, it still has its original 1500 pipes.

Large north German organ, 1500 pipes, in white painted sunny church

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QM_UCU @qmucu.bsky.social · Jul 20

Can we have a chat about what causes the disruption in Canada & Australia, not ruled by Trump?

That volatility of hypermarketised & underfunded HE is also happening here, and the government may want to think about the need to stabilise in order to remain attractive. www.ft.com/content/c074...

“Despite global uncertainty, the UK is increasingly viewed as the most reliable option compared to the disruption seen in the US, Canada and Australia,” he added.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · Jul 12

"Jonathan Caravello...was reportedly “piled on by multiple agents all at once” as “he tried to help a man in a wheelchair” who was having difficulty moving after...[ICE] agents threw canisters of tear gas"

our colleague is still missing as of the last info I got

dailynous.com/2025/07/12/p...

Philosophy Professor Reportedly Assaulted & Abducted During ICE Raid on Farm - Daily Nous

Jonathan Caravello, a lecturer in philosophy at California State University Channel Islands, was reportedly "piled on by multiple agents all at once" as "he tried to help a man in a wheelchair" who wa...

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Lucy Delap @lucydelap.bsky.social · Jul 4

Domestic servant, au pair, char, cleaner, treasure.... Historical change, but similar dynamics of outsourcing dirty work. Good to discuss this with Ros Taylor
morejamtomorrow.com/episode/serv...

Servants

“No matter how hard you work or how capable you are, you can't do it all yourself. You have to seek reliable help.” Those were Margaret Thatcher’s words in...

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Lucy Delap @lucydelap.bsky.social · Jul 2

...and pastel phones in the command room used to coordinate South Vietnam's military operations until its defeat 1975.

Seven rotary dial phones in colours from black to light pink, close to a world map.

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Lucy Delap @lucydelap.bsky.social · Jul 2

You'd love these bunkers under Vietnam's Independence Palace for office heritage.

A bank of grey telex machines in an underground room, with grey office chairs and brown walls.

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Lucy Delap @lucydelap.bsky.social · Jul 2

Does your toothpaste, shampoo, conditioner, body lotion, dish washer products have dangerous PFA levels? Check here. If governments won't ban them, we can at least stop buying these toxic items.
www.ewg.org/skindeep/

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Slow Ways @slowwaysuk.bsky.social · Jun 21

Would more people get to enjoying active travel and time outdoors if they had better route information?

Do you use a wheelchair, scooter or pushchair and feel limited by a lack of good information on accessible paths?

We've got a plan. Please look and share!

www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/slowways ⭐🐌

Calling everybody who walks, runs or rides!

Now’s the time - back our project to develop the ultimate walking, running, wheeling, cycling & horse riding network for Britain and Ireland

www.crowdfunder.co.uk

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Lucy Delap @lucydelap.bsky.social · Jun 18

Congratulations Holly!! Fantastic achievement and super innovative work

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Lucy Delap @lucydelap.bsky.social · Jun 9

If you have published your first book in women's or gender history in 2023 or 2024, please do consider putting it forward for the Women's History Network Book Prize. It's open to all who live in the UK or are affiliated to a UK university.
womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-annual-b...

WHN Annual Book Prize

We are pleased to announce the annual WHN book prize, which awards £500 for an author’s first single-authored monograph in women’s or gender history. Entries close on 15 August 2025 for books publi…

womenshistorynetwork.org

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camaderrygirl.bsky.social @camaderrygirl.bsky.social · Jun 1

Moyne Road, Ranelagh, Dublin 6 Ireland - Madeline Ffrench-Mullen

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David Motadel @davidmotadel.bsky.social · May 31

Please join us this Tuesday, 3 June, 5-7pm, for the book launch of GLOBALIZING EUROPE: A HISTORY, with Sir Richard J. Evans, Maxine Berg, Richard Drayton, Abigail Green, Jan Rüger, and me, at MAR.2.04, Marshall Building, LSE: www.lse.ac.uk/Internationa...

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · May 28

“While States debate terminology – is it or is it not genocide? – Israel continues its relentless destruction of life in Gaza, through attacks by land, air and sea, displacing and massacring the surviving population with impunity.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

Zadie Smith and Ian McEwan among 380 writers and groups to call Gaza war ‘genocide’

Letter also signed by Hanif Kureishi and Russell T Davies urges ceasefire and unrestricted distribution of aid

www.theguardian.com

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Lucy Delap @lucydelap.bsky.social · May 24

Teresa Segura-Garcia uncovers Downing College's refusal, as a key UK educator of Indian nationalist lawyers
www.dow.cam.ac.uk/sites/defaul...

www.dow.cam.ac.uk

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