Dr Emily Jones

And I won!! Sadly this was 2005.

Front cover of book about Disraeli

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It exists! Still pondering the cover but... it exists! press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

It's fab, congratulations xx

Air Travel, Statelessness, and the Rights Claims of Ugandan Asians, c.1973* Abstract. In the aftermath of Idi Amin’s expulsion of Uganda’s South Asians in 1972, some of those made technically stateless arrived in India unsupported

I have a new article out.

TLDR: Actively courting deportation by air is a way to claim rights as a stateless person and even as a refugee.

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In praise of “rip-off” degrees | The Observer Kemi Badenoch’s attack on the arts and humanities isn’t just culturally short-sighted, it’s economically illiterate

'Churchill, you may recall, received the Nobel prize in literature and wrote in four volumes A History of the English-Speaking Peoples. Though, if Badenoch had her way, not the English-studying peoples.' observer.co.uk/news/opinion...

The Lost Art Of Thinking Historically | NOEMA To understand the world today, we must see it as actors of the past did: through a foggy windshield, not a rearview mirror, facing a future of radical uncertainty.

'What we have lost, and what we desperately need to reclaim, is a different mode of cognition, a historical sensibility....t is a temperament that is comfortable with uncertainty, sensitive to context and aware of the powerful, often unpredictable rhythms of the past.'

The battle for the soul of conservatism Edmund Fawcett’s book traces the evolution of an often-contested ideology.

Seen as we are 'battling for souls' again, I still think this (that I wrote in 2021) holds up pretty well www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...

But I also think (to @tpgroberts.bsky.social original point) the electorate is frequently addressed in a fundamentally different way to in the past because of changes in social scientific thinking and various other shifts. We are to be nudged not persuaded !

The political culture has of course changed @lewisgoodall.com @newsagents.bsky.social - interview a historian and we will be able to tell you all about it!

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I know, me too. I used to listen to good music.

The content we need. Although I now have the theme tune stuck in my head...

'She believed that her husband was one of those men whose memoirs should be written when they died.' Still finding this #Middlemarch re-read very amusing.

James Graham: ‘Britain is not sure what its next story is’ The Dear England playwright is turning his attention to Scotland for a satire starring Succession’s Brian Cox

'Make It Happen looks at the financial crash of 2008 through the lens of 18th-century economist Adam Smith’s theories, pitting capitalism against morality.' Perhaps there is hope for a Burke play yet observer.co.uk/culture/inte...

Definitely, even the weather! Sunshine matters. One of the reasons I really enjoy doing admissions is because it's like season 3 of Gilmore Girls. Open/offer holder days are full of enthusiastic people excited to go to uni, and the experiences they have with staff and student ambassadors are crucial

Is it still as 'riveting' as I remember? 🤣

“It matters that we understand the past and its complexities, […] because it helps us think critically, understand better, recognize complexity. …The inability or unwillingness of so many people around the world to recognize complexity is a really worrying trend.”

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All famines are man-made, all famines are political. Historians of empire and humanitarianism have known this forever. Gaza is not starving, Gaza is being starved, by Israel, and this starvation is enabled by our government and by every other government that does not step in to force food and aid.

Why not! I am thinking of writing a grant proposal too.

This is exactly the answer I wanted to hear! There is hope yet. Which practices/assumptions do think this is most true of?

Wonderful news!! Congratulations, Claire! 🎉

I was temporarily very confused and then realised it had been turned around 🤣 (I'm from Frodsham).

FYI if any growth is recorded for the month of July I can confirm that it has been driven entirely by the sale of Oasis tshirts and bucket hats in Manchester.

Wow. This is so interesting (depressing) thank you. I recently started noticing scholars in security studies, economics etc talking about having a history problem but not actually then speaking to any historians! 🙈

I have a PhD student writing about HR in this country, it's fascinating. I have a side interest in what hum-lead soc sci might look like (and the role of history in other disciplines) and was told last week that MBA students are taught that there are no 'lessons to be learnt' - is that right ?!

Another great thing about being a historian is that when I hear about a man spontaneously taking his trousers off at work my mind automatically goes to John Stuart Mill.

Too hot!

This, this, a thousand times this. Past students of mine will recognize something similar as one of my very favourite rants.

(Also, WFL 4 Evah)