Daniel Grey

Thank you so much 😁

Thank you so much 😁

Poster with the words 'I've been nominated! Living the Values Award VCA 2026' and the University of Hertfordshire logo

A very lovely surprise from a kind colleague - I've been nominated for the "Living the Values" Vice-Chancellor's Award category @herts.ac.uk for my part in the student success and outreach work that so many of us contribute to across departments. Very grateful and hugely appreciated #uhvca2026 🌟

There is also a problematic assumption here that Oxbridge postdocs should have an inside track on permanent Oxbridge posts, a stance unlikely to impress the wider sector. The Humanities pipeline is in crisis, but is this the solution to the problem the 21st century needs? 2/2

Hiring established scholars to junior Oxbridge roles imperils disciplines As lay-offs continue elsewhere, postdocs’ inability to land permanent roles will block the pipeline of future faculty, Cambridge academics argue

Raises some important issues but also ignores the fact that many Humanities staff outside the magic circle are facing redundancy. They are naturally willing, indeed desperate, to apply for entry-level Oxbridge posts. The situation is grim. 1/2

lot of love for the guy who thinks it's in Dorset

Reform UK unveils proposals for electoral reform after by-election result The policy was born out of Mr Farage’s belief that allowing Commonwealth citizens to vote ‘undermines national sovereignty’

As with Trump the plan is to weigh any elections in their favour so it’s harder (or impossible) to get rid of them.
Racists hate democracy.

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

My new book is out today! Aways a nervous thing..... FIVE EVIL WOMEN: Hindley, West, Wuornos, Homolka, Tucker. First interview: newbooksnetwork.com/five-evil-wo... Really enjoyed talking to the amazing Miranda Melcher about evil & femininity. @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social @reaktionbooks.bsky.social

1800?! Makes Essex (400) look like a nice stroll in the countryside.

And in the UK Higher Education sector as a whole? Easily double that possibly treble.

NB: ‘Russell Group’ is a completely arbitrary marketing label. It means next to nothing.

I know I keep pointing this out but: if you want immigrants to contribute to British society, integrate across community lines, become engaged civic actors, you actually *want* them to get citizenship, and as soon as possible in fact!

I'd really love to experience a month that will be lost to the history books. A whole month. What paradise that would be.

Identifying Women Jurors and Institutionalising Women’s Citizenship In this guest post, Kay Crosby uses the early history of women’s jury service to explore the criteria by which the state recognized some women (but not others) as citizens.

Guest post by @kaycrosby.bsky.social: 'Identifying Women Jurors and Institutionalising Women's Citizenship'
legalhistorymiscellany.com/2026/02/19/i...

Men studying a dragon

ENDOWED PROFESSORSHIP IN HISTORY OF SCIENCE
My home department at Uppsala University is advertising an endowed professorship in the history of science. This is the best position in the field in Sweden, and probably in all of Scandinavia. Apply before 30 April 2026. www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...

Hegseth always reminds me of a malevolent little boy when he says "warfighters" and "department of war" except he's not, hes an actual evil adult man

I am looking for a career coach who can help support a friend who has been a tenured professor in the humanities who needs to be thinking about next steps outside the professoriate. (Not me.) Has anyone here had a good experience with a specific coach?

A reminder that this post closes in one week! 👀👀

Want to work for @britishacademy.bsky.social? We are hiring several roles at the moment including 3 policy roles at different levels, a Deputy Head of Research Funding and several more. We are a lovely place to work. Take a look
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/about/jobs/

Daffodils in bloom with a concrete path in the background

Many congratulations 🎊 to @sophiemhistory.bsky.social for an excellent viva today with Prof. Ros Crone & me on the Peterborough Coroner's Court, 1856-1905!! 🌟🌟🌟

Me standing on the steps of Walton Hall, at the Open University campus

Fourteen years ago, I started my BSc at the Open University.
Today, I finished up by passing my viva.

Enormous thanks to my wonderful examiners @djrgrey.bsky.social and Rosalind Crone.
Massive thanks to my supervisors, Prof Paul Lawrence and Prof Donna Loftus and to my hype crew.

After winning narrowly in Runcorn last year, this time around Reform tasted the bitter wine of narrow defeat.

Greens got 41% of the vote #BBC, Reform got 29%. I wouldn’t call that a narrow defeat.

Hello darkness my old friend...

'I Felt All This' has a cover, and CUP have done such a wonderful job! Keep an eye out - it's being published in June.

Link to print version here: global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Hello, fellow historians, especially those in the north of the UK! Booking is open for the second of our events on Second Projects, organised by me and Tracey Loughran and supported by History UK - details of speakers and registration link below!

ahc.leeds.ac.uk/events/event...

Cover of book with text in yellow reading: The Firearm Revolution: From Renaissance Italy to the European Empires, overlaid on an image of an angel in seventeenth-century dress with wings and a long gun.

Hello Bluesky! My new book, THE FIREARM REVOLUTION, is out on 14 April. It’s about how a new technology changed society, and how hard it was to control. Here’s a little thread of what’s inside:

‘How can I start again at 68?’ Maria has spent 50 years in the UK – and is fighting deportation She left the Netherlands for Britain in the 1970s at just 17. Now, after receiving a short suspended sentence, she faces removal to a country she hasn’t lived in for five decades or visited since 1999

How can deporting this poor woman (a carer) that has called the UK home for 50 years "be conducive to the public good,” or "in the public interest" ?
Our toxic Home Office strikes again.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Nigel Biggar does not have 'utterly moderate' views on the British empire and he is telling on himself by insisting that he does. 'Views' itself is a revealing choice, suggesting to me a person driven far less by original research than they should be, if they are going to write on this topic.

Disgusting (though not surprising) to see Biggar and the Spectator publishing these completely unjustified smears of colleagues at the Uni of Sussex. Sending solidarity @alanlester.bsky.social

Happy publication day to @uobrishistory.bsky.social’s Professor Sumita Mukherjee!