@ellijandro.bsky.social
Publicity at Harvard UP London. Book lover and sandwich fan. Lincolnshire ->London->Sheffield.
Congratulations to Professor Ruixue Jia, who co-authored one of 2025’s best books, as chosen by The Economist! “The Highest Exam: How the Gaokao Shapes China” examines the impact of the university entrance exam on Chinese society.
📖 Read more: www.economist.com/culture/2025...
We're always hearing about the "elite", but what does the data tell us about who really runs Britain?
@youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com reviews "Born To Rule" by @aaronreeves.bsky.social and @samfriedman.bsky.social
Sarah's book is such a fascinating history of beautiful and mysterious orchids. Very much looking foward to her event and @harvardpress.bsky.social will be there selling her new book 💐 - ticket link ⬇️
28.10.2025 12:41 — 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Breaking news: The 2025 Nobel Prize for Economics has been awarded to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt for their work explaining how innovation can drive economic growth. on.ft.com/3WEvVZq
13.10.2025 10:07 — 👍 52 🔁 16 💬 1 📌 8Very happy to see this wonderful review of Andrew Preston's Total Defense - a weekend reading treat! @harvardpress.bsky.social
08.08.2025 15:43 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0Its #AMA time #Skystorians! Dr. Andrew Preston is here right now to talk about his new book 'Total Defense: The New Deal and the Invention of National Security", & answer any & all questions you might have modern American diplomatic and military history!
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The exciting AMA schedule continues for #Skystorians, & we've got a great deal for you! Tomorrow features a brilliant discussion with Dr. Andrew Preston, author of Total Defense: The New Deal and the Invention of National Security! Come ask all your burning questions on this fascinating #History!
24.07.2025 16:41 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
“As C. Wright Mills said, each generation must recognise its own elite. The work Aaron Reeves and Sam Friedman have done here will be indispensable in this quest .”
simonarthur.bsky.social reviews Born to Rule by @aaronreeves.bsky.social and @samfriedman.bsky.social .
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And here’s the exact link! www.reddit.com/r/math/comme...
28.05.2025 16:09 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0This is today! All maths fans might want to get yourself over to Reddit to put their quadratic queries and algebraic askings to the wonderful Paul Lockhart ⬇️
28.05.2025 15:12 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Ahh miss you toooo!
28.05.2025 10:47 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Happy birthday and congratulations!! 🎈🥳
27.05.2025 16:55 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
🎉Congratulations to @samfriedman.bsky.social and @aaronreeves.bsky.social, who have been awarded the
@asanews.bsky.social Sociology of Culture Mary Douglas Prize for their book "Born to Rule: The Making and Remaking of the British Elite".
Find out more about the book 👇
Congratulations Sam!
28.04.2025 16:01 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
‘Crusius studied spoken Greek carefully, treating his visitors as crucial primary sources. Yet he regarded modern vernacular Greek as a corrupt version of its classical ancestor.’
Alexander Bevilacqua on the German cleric who invented modern Grecomania: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
"Europeans have never been able to resist romanticizing this ‘lost’ Christian civilization."
Jonathan Egid on Christian Ethiopia’s contacts with Rome
Donderdag 6 maart organiseert @athenaeum.nl een avond rondom mijn nieuwe boek "The Discovery of Ottoman Greece".
www.athenaeum.nl/agenda/athen...
Aanmelden kan via de website of door mij een bericht te sturen.
Datum: donderdag 6 maart
Start interview + discussie 17.00
Borrel 18.15
Einde 19.00
Our next Books of the Year picks come from David. His BotY is the new definitive edition of Emily Dickinson’s letters
‘my desert island book. Maroon me now!’
Find out more about that, and the rest of David’s picks here: lrb.me/m13
🎧 @samfriedman.bsky.social was interviewed by @thetimes.com about his and @aaronreeves.bsky.social's new book, Born to Rule.
In the podcast, Sam explains that although we might think today's Britain is more meritocratic, the elites who run political, economic and cultural life are much the same.
A Christmas tree built from red and green Loeb books stacked on top of each other sitting on a table. Windows in the background with small catalogue filing draws either side.
That time of year again at the @ics.bsky.social! 🎄 🏺 📕📗 🗃️
#Ancientbluesky #Classics
So happy to see the wonderful Born to Rule by @aaronreeves.bsky.social and @samfriedman.bsky.social here in good company!
29.11.2024 12:24 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I don’t always have good news to share first thing in the morning BUT…
IT’S BOOKS WE LOVE DAY!!!!!
apps.npr.org/best-books/#...
What's HUP, Bluesky? #firstpost
Our annual holiday sale is back. Enjoy 30% off any order from our site—including the Digital Loeb Classical Library—with the code HOL24: hup.harvard.edu
May your libraries be this merry and bright:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtMV...
Had to screenshot this section from Rachel's wonderful essay in bafflement...
15.11.2024 15:12 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I'm so sorry to hear this Sonya - sending love xx
15.11.2024 12:07 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
To celebrate 2,000 BlueSky followers, I'm going to do a little giveaway.
Repost and follow and I'll pick one lucky person at random to win a 12-month Gift Subscription at Bert's Books worth OVER £100.
You have until noon on Sunday 17th November
@alicetice.bsky.social fancy seeing you here 👋
13.11.2024 15:44 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Angry black cat looks in window with claws out
Black cat sleeping amongst flowers on a table
Being on the other site vs being here
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