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Nathan Cardon
@ncardon.bsky.social
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Associate professor of U.S. History at the University of Birmingham (UK). Wrote a book about world's fairs in Atlanta (1895) and Nashville (1897). Trying to write another one about Americans, bicycles, and the world. Bio: https://shorturl.at/wybsY
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Dr. Heather Dichter @hdichter.bsky.social · 5h
One week left to apply for these awesome @shafrhistorians.bsky.social awards - including the Hogan Language Fellowship. I’m a previous Hogan winner & I have the honor of chairing the Hogan committee this year so apply or tell your PhD students to apply! #SHAFR #skystorians 🗃️
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SHAFR @shafrhistorians.bsky.social · Sep 8
🚨 Reminder: SHAFR January awards deadline is Oct 15! Apply now for the Bernath Lecture Prize, Williams Emerging Scholar Grant, Hogan Language Fellowship & grad dissertation grants. Details: tinyurl.com/5n6e6h8z

#SHAFR #HistoryAwards #AcademicSky #skystorians
October 15 Deadline - Apply for SHAFR Awards
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Nathan Cardon @ncardon.bsky.social · 1d
Low speeds save lives; asking for higher speeds is a pro-death position, especially for your children and elderly family.
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John Munro @johnmunro.bsky.social · 1d
In light of the clear evidence that introducing reasonable speed limits means less people killed and seriously injured, politicians threatening to reverse these improvements should be worried about getting sued for knowingly putting people in harm's way.
Graph indicating an immediate drop in road casualties in Wales after speed limits were lowered.
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 2d
💚 Greens are on the rise everywhere!

📈 New polling from YouGov shows the Green Party is viewed more favourably than any other party in London and among younger voters.

💪 And we're just getting started. Join the Green Party today ⤵️
Greens most popular party in London Green Party 27% Labour 20% Reform 16% YouG0v REAL HOPE. REAL CHANGE. Green Party Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ With photo of Dalston in the background
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Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 3d
This is incredible camera work
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Kings Heath United Against Racism @khuar.bsky.social · 5d
Flags went up in Stirchley a few days ago & were taken down by local residents the same evening.

The men returned with a cherry picker and coned off parts of the road with police accompanying them as they put up new flags along the High Street.

Residents who object have been met with verbal abuse.
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Elisabeth Piller @elisabeth-piller.bsky.social · 6d
Dream PhD opportunity! We are recruiting another doctoral researcher in our @erc.europa.eu synergy project BLOCKADE - this one is on interwar blockades and sanctions. 4 years, fully funded at @uvahumanities.bsky.social and supervised by the amazing and super kind @samuelkruizinga.bsky.social
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Samuël Kruizinga @samuelkruizinga.bsky.social · 6d
See the full vacancy text here: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
Vacancy — PhD position - Benign Blockades? Blockades and sanctions, 1919-1939
The Amsterdam School for Historical Studies (ASH) invites applications for a fully funded PhD position (4 years, 1.0ft). This position is part of the ERC Synergy-funded research programme BLOCKADE, wh...
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Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · 12d
We need an associate lecturer in history of modern science @stsucl.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
www.ucl.ac.uk
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IHR Black British History Seminar @ihrblackbritish.bsky.social · 13d
The IHR Black British History seminar series is now on BlueSky!

Follow us for updates and keep your eyes peeled for information about our upcoming seminars 👀

@ihr.bsky.social #BlackBritishHistory #historians #academia
Photograph of the Black People’s Day of Action, March 1981
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John Munro @johnmunro.bsky.social · 12d
Our conversation with @mykaabramson.bsky.social about her terrific new book, Cartographies of Empire.

With @nedra-abada.bsky.social, Kafui Attoh (@cunyslu.bsky.social), George Edwards (@zetkincollective.bsky.social), & @lclaberge.bsky.social.

Hosted by me and @yosra999.bsky.social.
New Routes in Transnational American Studies #3 - Cartographies of Empire
YouTube video by John Munro - University of Birmingham
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Nathan Cardon @ncardon.bsky.social · 12d
This was a fantastic discussion last night! I kept having to stop making dinner to take notes. Kudos to @mykaabramson.bsky.social (Warwick) for a brilliant book; and @johnmunro.bsky.social (Birmingham) and @yosra999.bsky.social (Carthage) for hosting!
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Tunisian Association for American Cultural Studies - TAACS @taacs.bsky.social · Sep 7
📢Next in TAACS Seminar Series 📢

New Routes in Transnational American Studies continues with:
📖 Cartographies of Empire: The Road Novel & American Hegemony by Myka Tucker-Abramson
🗓 Sept 25, 2025
⏰ 6–8 PM GMT+1
🔗 Register here: bit.ly/4gijMmi
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Ben Whitham @drbenwhitham.bsky.social · 12d
Starmer will chiefly be remembered for failing to stand up for Black and Brown people when they were attacked in their streets and homes, capitulating to rather than countering the politics of the far right when they mobilised at unprecedented scale, and furthering instead of undoing austerity.
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Nathan Cardon @ncardon.bsky.social · 13d
Today!
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Tunisian Association for American Cultural Studies - TAACS @taacs.bsky.social · Sep 7
📢Next in TAACS Seminar Series 📢

New Routes in Transnational American Studies continues with:
📖 Cartographies of Empire: The Road Novel & American Hegemony by Myka Tucker-Abramson
🗓 Sept 25, 2025
⏰ 6–8 PM GMT+1
🔗 Register here: bit.ly/4gijMmi
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Nicholas Guyatt @nicholasguyatt.bsky.social · 16d
Cambridge is *hiring* in post-1920 US political history and/or history of the US in the world. Closing date October 27. Please spread the word or, if you're an early career scholar in those fields, TELL NO ONE but please apply!

networks.h-net.org/jobs/69140/u...
University of Cambridge - UK - Assistant Professor, History of the United States since 1920 | H-Net
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Nathan Cardon @ncardon.bsky.social · 15d
I must say, campus felt safer and looked better with drivers' parked cars removed today. I hope it's a permanent change to improve the health and safety of our university community!
Image of a safe and friendly university campus when drivers' cars are removed.
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Kate Smith @kateesthersmith.bsky.social · 19d
Huge congratulations to our University of Birmingham colleague Andrew Bayliss on the publication of Sparta: The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Superpower!
Image of boom: Sparta: The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Superpower by Andrew Bayliss
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Nathan Cardon @ncardon.bsky.social · 20d
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Caroline Dodds Pennock @carolinepennock.bsky.social · 20d
Screw that. My content belongs to me. And so, despite the fact that a lot of material in my field is only available via academiaDOTedu, I have just deleted my account.

If you want to know how to do it without accepting the new terms and conditions, the info is here: bsky.app/profile/dani...
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Ordinary Notes @hystericalblkns.bsky.social · 21d
If you’re on academia dot edu, let me suggest that you strongly consider deleting your account.
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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 20d
Sharing again, so the sweet sweet scent of techbro failure and fear can grace your morning as it has mine.
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Shacknews @shacknews.com · 20d
LiveAI demo fails on the first prompt at Meta Connect 2025. #Meta #AI #LiveAI
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Sadiah Qureshi @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · 20d
‘UK respondents dramatically overestimate how many immigrants there are and how many of them are Muslim. They overestimate what proportion of immigrants are from north Africa by a factor of 10, and from the Middle East by a factor of two, and underestimate how many are from North America.’
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 20d
The UK’s problems aren’t caused by immigration on.ft.com/46p3BPl
The UK’s problems aren’t caused by immigration
It’s not hard to see how so many came to worry about the issue. But the data isn’t there
on.ft.com
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Daniel Rowe @danrowe.bsky.social · 26d
We’re advertising for a 30 month postdoc position in US Politics (very broadly construed).

The role is mainly research, but allows the holder to gain experience teaching UK and US undergraduates. Happy to answer any and all questions.

Application deadline 27/10. (Start date early 2026.)
Winant-Kinder Career Development Fellow in US Politics at University of Oxford
Recruiting now: Winant-Kinder Career Development Fellow in US Politics on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job opportunities on the top job board
www.jobs.ac.uk
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Mo Moulton @momoulton.bsky.social · 21d
On 1 July, we lauched our Sites of Fracture project with a day of archival exploration and discussion at the Co-operative Archive. www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/pro... @cooperativesuk.bsky.social @ukri.org
At the margins of capitalism: useful histories at the Co-op Archive - University of Birmingham
Jade Burnett reports on the 'Sites of fracture' launch event held in Manchester on 1 July 2025.
www.birmingham.ac.uk
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Nathan Cardon @ncardon.bsky.social · 21d
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Nearly 900 fewer people injured since 20mph introduction in Wales
Figures show a 25% reduction in the number of injuries on Wales' roads in the past 18 months.
www.bbc.co.uk
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Matt Houlbrook @tricksterprince.bsky.social · 22d
The launch of my new @manchesterup.bsky.social book Songs of Seven Dials will be at 6pm, Tues 21 Oct, at Waterstones Covent Garden. I'll be in conversation with the wonderful @julialaite.bsky.social.

Please do come along. Free tickets, but register in advance

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/songs-of-s...
An advertising banner for Matt Houlbrook's book Songs of Seven Dials: An Intimate History of 1920s and 1930s London. The banner includes an image of the front cover of the book (a blue map on a pink background) and a blurb from the historian Julia Laite, which describes Songs of Seven Dials as 'a poetic exploration of London's most iconic neighbourhoods'.
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CoHSAT - Coalition for Healthy Streets and Active Travel (Oxon) @cohsat.bsky.social · 22d
Undertaxing large and dangerous cars, such as so-called SUVs, exposes the public to harm and loses the Government around £2 billion in tax, says transport consultant @transportenvironment.org
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/s...
UK could raise nearly £2bn by taxing SUVs in line with European countries, study shows
Thinktank says an ‘SUV loophole’ means UK buyers pay up to 20 times less tax on biggest models than in neighbouring nations
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Mo Moulton @momoulton.bsky.social · 23d
Some big news: the University of Birmingham is launching a new MA in Gender & Sexuality. It's interdisciplinary, with a focus on combining theory & practice. It's going to be amazing. I'm convening it: message or email with questions. www.birmingham.ac.uk/study/postgr... @unibirmingham.bsky.social
Gender and Sexuality MA - University of Birmingham
Course information for prospective postgraduate students on our MA History taught masters degree programme at the University of Birmingham.
www.birmingham.ac.uk
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Kate Smith @kateesthersmith.bsky.social · 26d
Great Rare Earth episode today - all about Steel: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... You might also want to check out the recent Material Intelligence issue on Steel - featuring brilliant UoB colleague @ncardon.bsky.social: www.materialintelligencemag.org/steel-conten...
Rare Earth - World of Steel - BBC Sounds
Steel is the skeleton of the modern world, but can it ever be green?
www.bbc.co.uk
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