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Sadiah Qureshi @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · 2d

Now would be a great time to check out this BBC radio 4 series on the far right and racism in Britain by the amazing Camilla Schofield.

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - Britain's Fascist Thread

Camilla Schofield explores the unbroken thread of fascism in Britain.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Dr Priya Atwal @priyaatwal.bsky.social · 2d

Wow, what an exciting job! Can we have more like this in the UK, please?

Dr. Claudia Hillebrand @ckhillebrand.bsky.social · 2d

Cool job opportunity 🕵🕵️‍♂️ PhD in Modern History, Political Science, or International Relations or related field required.

Historian

Job Opportunity: The International Spy Museum is searching for a Historian & Curator to join our Exhibitions and Collections team. Our new museum is located at L’Enfant Plaza.

www.spymuseum.org

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Dr Priya Atwal @priyaatwal.bsky.social · 9d

Excited to share the details of a new event series that I’ll be hosting in #Oxford this term for our Community History Hub! Exploring everything from oral history methods to the legacy of the local car plant. Book your tickets here, all are welcome! www.communityhistory.ox.ac.uk/article/comm...

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IHR Black British History Seminar @ihrblackbritish.bsky.social · 9d

Kicking off our fantastic line up with a showcase of new research! Get in touch if you are a postgraduate or early career researcher who would like to introduce their work to the field.

📍 Hybrid: N304, IHR, Senate House, WC1E 7HU and Online
📅 Thursday 16th October, 2025
⏰ 17:30
🔗 bit.ly/3INwCfO

Email Olivia.Wyatt@ed.ac.uk or Meleisa.Ono-George@history.ox.ac.uk to present online or in-person

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Dr Priya Atwal @priyaatwal.bsky.social · 9d

Excited to share the details of a new event series that I’ll be hosting in #Oxford this term for our Community History Hub! Exploring everything from oral history methods to the legacy of the local car plant. Book your tickets here, all are welcome! www.communityhistory.ox.ac.uk/article/comm...

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 17d

£77,816 er annum. What an exciting post.

National Museum Directors' Council @nmdcnews.bsky.social · 17d

Vacancy for Head of Research, Archives and Libraries - British Museum. Deadline 29 September 2025. bmrecruit.ciphr-irecruit.com//templates/C... #MuseumJobs

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Melanie Richter-Montpetit @mellimo.bsky.social · 18d

Academia.edu is changing its Terms and Conditions, and they're so outrageous (AI training; signing over ownership to them etc) I closed my account today.

A thread with some practical tips if you want to delete your account (5 steps):

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Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social · 24d

📣Calling all new research students in history & historical subjects. Do you want to learn how the IHR can help you during your studies?

Join us on the 8 October to find out more.

@royalhistsoc.org @ihrhistorylab.bsky.social @historyandpolicy.bsky.social @chppc.bsky.social

bit.ly/41UPOyG

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 23d

Obviously we all know Bluesky is a retirement home for elder millennials but, if you happen to know any 18-30 people who might like to take a shot at this, do pass it on!

Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 23d

Stuart Hall Essay Prize. Please disseminate:

www.stuarthallfoundation.org/foundation/s...

Stuart Hall Essay Prize reopens to submissions - Stuart Hall Foundation

The second Stuart Hall Essay Prize is reopening to submissions. The new submission window is open from now until Monday 3 November. Open to submissions from UK-based entrants aged 18 to 30 inclusive, ...

www.stuarthallfoundation.org

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 23d

This really shouldn't even need saying, let alone agitating for. It is a truism more than a proposition.

Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 23d

Lib Dem leader Davey: “The Government needs to block any future contracts with Tesla, and block Musk from being granted a license to supply energy to British homes

“Ministers should make clear that if you are egging on violence on the streets of the UK, you are not someone we can do business with.”

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Dr Priya Atwal @priyaatwal.bsky.social · 24d

Our fab Community History Hub website has just had a refresh, thanks to the lovely Laura Spence @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social!

There's lots of #localhistory talks, plays & celebrations happening in #Oxford this Sept & Oct - don't miss out on the knowledge or the fun!

www.communityhistory.ox.ac.uk

Home

www.communityhistory.ox.ac.uk

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 25d

Labour wants to speak for "ordinary working people". It wants to be the party of patriotism & "national renewal". It badly needs a purpose & a moral mission.

Well here it is.

It is way past time to "speak for Britain" against billionaire-backed movements that want to terrorise ordinary Britons.

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Dr Priya Atwal @priyaatwal.bsky.social · 29d

And so it begins… is this the start of a new era for British universities, with their increasingly broken financial models? In any case, good luck to the new ’London & South East’ university!

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Greenwich and Kent announce merger to form 'super-university'

Universities are facing ongoing financial worries, with the regulator saying other mergers could follow.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Sean Canty @seancanty.bsky.social · 29d

Centre for Cities will present findings from its recent analysis of universities' local economic impacts and answering your questions online tomorrow 📆
www.centreforcities.org/event/briefi...

With that, best of luck to teachers and university staff handling clearing and the start of term.

Briefing launch - Town and Gown: the role of universities in city economies - Centre for Cities

Join Centre for Cities for an introduction to new analysis on the role of universities in their city's economy.

www.centreforcities.org

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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · Sep 7

The UK is a country with a rapidly ageing population that needs vast numbers of jobs filling. For it to crash all migration downwards because the public are enraged about small boats is the definition of national madness. www.bearlypolitics.co.uk/p/nans-not-b...

Nan’s Not Bankrupting Britain (But Politicians Might Be)

Pensions, productivity, and the myth of the migrant “drain.”

www.bearlypolitics.co.uk

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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · Sep 7

This 'Reform are inevitable' narrative is rubbish. Fewer than a quarter of voters think they'd do a good job. Almost all their policies are hated. Their leader isn't liked. Even when the focus is on migration most reputable polls give them only a small overall majority.
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...

How do Britons see Reform UK, ahead of their 2025 conference? | YouGov

While Britons tend to feel Reform UK are dominating the political agenda, just 24% believe they’d do a good job of running the country

yougov.co.uk

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Dr Priya Atwal @priyaatwal.bsky.social · Sep 6

Pleased to see this compelling research study coming out of Oxford on teenage period pain & its potential long-term impacts. As someone who has long suffered with painful periods, I welcome such research & hope to see medical interventions coming out of it too!

www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-09...

Teenage period pain linked to higher risk of chronic pain in

Teenagers who experience moderate or severe period pain are significantly more likely to develop chronic pain in adulthood, including pain beyond the pelvis, according to a major new study from the

www.ox.ac.uk

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Dr Miranda Kaufmann @drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social · Sep 5

Just a shout out to #skystorians #academicsky #historians #historyteacher #18c #c18 #georgians #history of #Caribbean #slavery people that my new book #Heiresses is out now. You can read more about it here: www.heiresses.co.uk/about-heires...

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Dr Priya Atwal @priyaatwal.bsky.social · Sep 5

Such important truth written in this article, but will Keir Starmer and the govt listen and take a more constructive course on the immigration debate? Or will we continue to see more division and hate-mongering in our communities?

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A grim week of migrant-bashing, and for what? People will suffer – and Labour will gain absolutely nothing | Diane Taylor

British politicians’ rhetoric has become increasingly shouty and hateful. And now the home secretary has joined the chorus, says writer Diane Taylor

www.theguardian.com

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Dr Priya Atwal @priyaatwal.bsky.social · Sep 4

A couple of weeks after posting this, I’ve just seen via the @royalhistsoc.org newsletter that the BL are running a training session for students on the East India Company & India Office archives! Really great idea for students planning their theses this term:

royalhistsoc.org/calendar/int...

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Dr Priya Atwal @priyaatwal.bsky.social · Aug 19

3/3 It’s terrible that there has been so little discussion about the impact on students/research to date, & that recovery for the BL has been so slow. Govt needs to prioritise better cyber security for such key research repositiories & factor this into assessment for #REF2029.

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Dr Priya Atwal @priyaatwal.bsky.social · Aug 19

2/3 It was hard enough for me, as an unfunded PhD student, to juggle my studies & paid work to support myself, with the aim of completing my thesis within 3.5 yrs (to avoid extra fees!). I don’t know what I would have done faced with such delays/obstacles at the BL, which was a key site for my work

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Dr Priya Atwal @priyaatwal.bsky.social · Aug 19

I was at the British Library on Fri & missed their online Archives & Manuscript catalogue so much. It was so handy for searching collections & planning research trips - full of useful info & saving research time. I feel bad for PhD students navigating huge collections without such tools! 1/3

Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · Aug 19

Peacey points out that PhD students, particularly in the humanities, have been hit especially hard. “An academic who’s in an academic post, yes, their research suffers....But if you’re a PhD student, that kind of delay is harder to suck up and factor in to your work.” 1/2

Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · Aug 19

Two years on, how has the British Library cyberattack hit research?

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

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · Jul 29

As I said on day one, the first day that the Times broke the story about the gangs: the idea that the police were too petrified to investigate sexual offences by Asian men because they might be perceived as racist did not pass *the laugh test*, never mind the smell test.

Five survivors of Rotherham grooming gangs say they were also raped by police officers

Three former South Yorkshire police officers arrested in investigation into claims by the women, as young as 12 at the time

www.theguardian.com

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Dr Miranda Kaufmann @drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social · Jul 29

Hello, quite new here, so introducing myself 👋 I’m a historian of #BlackBritishHistory @icws-sas.bsky.social, living in North Wales. My first book was #BlackTudors and my new one #Heiresses, is about nine British women who inherited enslaved people and plantations in the Caribbean.

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