Adam Mosley

Look, I'm as much of a fan of speculative fiction and casual thought experiments as the next nerdy-PhD with some training in both the sciences and philosophy. But maybe we could focus for now on respecting the rights of the persons we have, rather than those we're just imagining.

Reposting with tags -- #HistSci #HistSTM #History

Super! But book reviews are now in the more than capable hands of Joseph Martin and Coreen McGuire @coreenanne.bsky.social at Durham. They can be reached at reviews.editor@bshs.org.uk.

Membership The BSHS welcomes members from all backgrounds, in the UK and internationally. Current members include academics, writers, undergraduate and postgraduate students, museums professionals, schoolteacher...

And if you are not yet a member of the BSHS, why not consider joining: www.bshs.org.uk/membership/ ?

For more information on how to publish in the BJHS, see: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Publishing with the BJHS, now a fully Open Access journal, is therefore a great way to help sustain our amazing community at this challenging time. I look forward to reading your submissions!

The money that the journal generates helps the BSHS to support the field in a variety of ways, including the funding of postgraduate scholarships, conference grants, and grants for outreach & engagement.

It is also – through our agreement with Cambridge University Press - an important source of income for the Society.

I'm particularly pleased to be joining the BJHS as a co-editor because, as a previous Reviews Editor and Council Member of the British Society for the History of Science @bshsnews.bsky.social, I know that BJHS is not only a cherished benefit of being a member of the Society...

As an early modernist, I’ll be responsible for submissions on pre-modern topics and things relating to my interests in the physical sciences, material culture, scientific communities, and so on.

My appointment marks a new stage in the life of the journal, as it transitions to having a rotating team of three editors. We will share the work of editing the BJHS, making the journal itself more resilient, and applying an expanded range of expertise to the task.

I'm pleased to share the news that I have recently begun a term as co-editor of the British Journal for the History of Science (BJHS), working together with the now editor-in-chief, the brilliant Amanda Rees @amandarees.bsky.social.

Ebooks are HERE! uk.bookshop.org/ebooks

Looks like. M. B. Parkes' Pause and Effect might shed some light.

While we're waiting for growth, perhaps we could try human decency, basic fairness, empathy, familiarity with other cultures, and humanistic inquiry as antidotes to division -- facilitated by principled political leadership, ethical business practices, and a responsible media. Utopian, I know...

Sumerian Epic to Protestant Heretic

Facebook is trash... It belongs in the bin.

b/c they are forced to resort to unsafe and unsanctioned modes of migration by the restriction of safe and legal ones. Telling people there is a 'migration crisis' is sustaining the false Reform narrative, aided & abetted by the right wing media, and will not help other partys' electoral maths.

I don't think Digital ID is the solution to the 'migration crisis', regardless of its advantages and disadvantages (few and many in number) because I don't think there is a 'migration crisis'. What there is, is the repeated and avoidable human tragedy of adults and children being placed at risk...

Only a week to go folks! If you’ve not got your tickets head over to @waterstones.bsky.social ! We would love to see you there!

@gevemac.bsky.social

#Africa #AncientHistory #Heritage

For those of you who were thrilled by That Meeting Could Have Been an Email, Academic Horror Productions is delighted to present the sequel, That Other Thing That Could Have Been an Email is Now a Recorded Video.

A view over the dunes of Swansea beach to the East of Swansea Bay. The sun is rising over the hills.

Well the weather sign could be worse for the first day... Happy New Academic Year to those of you who celebrate.

'inherently political' — how convenient for government.

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I agree with 2/3 of these statements.

' If nothing else you’ll enjoy your downtime as our AI overlords take over all the work and we’ll have more time to read books while we’re all on universal basic income." '

' "They should be teaching you things that will last throughout your lifetime. The appreciation of literature, learning how to write well, learning how to think and how to communicate are enduring skills." '

Lucky kids? How AI could impact university education Artificial intelligence is changing how students learn and the world they’ll graduate into. Experts reveal how applicants can get ahead

'In the brave new world of AI, will it still be worth doing a degree like English literature or history? “Yes, if they’re well taught", says Rogoyski.

Vacancy: the Society seeks to appoint an Events and Academic Engagement Officer - RHS The Royal Historical Society seeks to appoint an Events and Academic Engagement Officer (0.6 FTE) to join its professional Office based at University College London. The post will help support and dev...

This week we invited applications for a new job at the Society: Events and Academic Engagement Officer (0.6 FTE) bit.ly/3V8q5PC

The post-holder will join our professional Office to help us support history and historians. £36,433 pro rata.

Closing date: Sunday 5 October #Skystorians