Ongoing decimation of British universities part 252:
Apx. 1000 academic staff at University of Essex just received formal βrisk of redundancyβ letters via email.
Please share @ucuessex.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk
11.12.2025 16:59 β π 211 π 272 π¬ 30 π 50
So much this!
On one memorable occasion I got a 'why haven't you done X thing yet?' email...when the deadline was four days away. If you've realised you need it sooner, write and politely ask if there's any way the recipient could move it up their list.
09.12.2025 12:41 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Been reading about βIf Youβre Gladβ¦β this evening. V intrigued to see it given my research interests!
29.11.2025 22:19 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
I did Arcadia at A-level and absolutely loved it. I can still quote lines from it today. Only saw it performed maybe 18 years after doing said A-level and it was brilliant to see, and only confirmed what an amazing piece of work the text is.
29.11.2025 22:18 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0
I'd say Little Women - specifically the 1994 version with Winona Ryder and Susan Sarandon, although the 1949 version with June Allyson and Elizabeth Taylor is a close second.
29.11.2025 13:38 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Call for Papers: Difficult Collections | UCL UCL Special Collections
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What makes historic collections difficult? And how do researchers work with βdifficultβ collections?
New CFP from Paper Trails here:
blogs.ucl.ac.uk/special-coll...
Deadline for proposals 31/1/2026
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27.11.2025 18:21 β π 60 π 51 π¬ 1 π 2
I've got a book coming out in April (available for preorder) on the civilizing mission of France in post-WWII Germany and its links to the emergence of European unity. Check it out!
lsupress.org/978080718678...
26.11.2025 22:23 β π 43 π 12 π¬ 2 π 3
A few years ago I got a discman for my kid and now I get her CDs, often used, as a present. I think the physical object communicates that people made it, made choices, created art together & did so for other people to appreciate. Itβs not content. Anyway maybe you want to bring hard media back too?
18.11.2025 00:04 β π 53 π 4 π¬ 4 π 2
Technical question: around 1912, how many Americans would have known or been able to transcribe Morse Code? How saturated was that knowledge β or, where would I look to get some sense of that? Any ideas very appreciated! I havenβt dug into it yetβ¦
16.11.2025 01:23 β π 10 π 6 π¬ 6 π 1
Definitely a). b) would never have occurred to me.
14.11.2025 17:32 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Oooh, fantastic - congratulations! Hope you get to hold the finished product soon too.
11.11.2025 18:21 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Flashback to late June/early July heatwave and the time I worked on indexes for @jameskneale.bsky.socialβs fascinating book on temperance, life assurance and life stories to be told within these.
Great book for those working on c19th, spatial histories or telling life stories from unusual sources
11.11.2025 18:12 β π 5 π 3 π¬ 1 π 0
If you use digital newspaper collections this new OA paper is for you - itβs full of great insights into how to understand whatβs in them and the many hidden perils of digital search (like the systemically poorer OCR for cheaper and more left-leaning newspapers - who knew?). Please share
11.11.2025 16:27 β π 36 π 14 π¬ 1 π 1
People keep telling me that GenAI is the inevitable future but if thatβs true, why does it need so many government subsidies and other assistance ? (rhetorical)
07.11.2025 12:12 β π 368 π 58 π¬ 3 π 1
All set for this eveningβs seminar for @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social with Dr Katerina Papakonstantinou. Looking forward to hearing her fascinating paper, & thanks to our fab Chair Prof Pat Thane & Term programme organiser @helenglew.bsky.social
05.11.2025 17:35 β π 11 π 5 π¬ 0 π 1
Greek Cypriot Migration to London in the 1960s: Womenβs Voices and Experiences
Still time to sign up for our seminar tomorrow, Wed 5th Nov, with Katerina Papakonstantinou, who will be speaking on 'Greek Cypriot Migration to London in the 1960s: Womenβs Voices and Experiences'
5.30pm UK time, online and at @ihr.bsky.social.
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
04.11.2025 11:49 β π 3 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
Totally.
04.11.2025 11:16 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
I know.
Also: I loved this memoir. Read it in about a day after seeing Toews speak about it at the London Review Bookshop.
04.11.2025 11:10 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Helen Glew
Historical Research and Writing
Your once-in-a-while reminder that I have some capacity for freelance work and I am here for all your historical research, indexing, copyediting and photographing documents in archives needs.
Get in touch via my website: helenglew.com
03.11.2025 17:12 β π 8 π 8 π¬ 0 π 0
I know! So frustrating.
22.10.2025 12:35 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
See you tomorrow - looking forward to it!
21.10.2025 10:42 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
The Fragility of Feminist Futures in Digital Collections
Looking forward to giving the @ihr.bsky.social seminar! Hoping to see @caitbeaumont.bsky.social & @helenglew.bsky.social & others - in person or online
#Archives #Activism #WomensHistory
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
21.10.2025 10:36 β π 8 π 6 π¬ 3 π 0
If you feel like it, will you show me how you annotate texts you read for research? I thought our first-year undergrads might be interested to see the variety.
18.10.2025 15:56 β π 71 π 24 π¬ 29 π 5
In about three years the entire university pivot to AI curricula and schools and programs is going to be so deeply embarrassing. We will all pretend it never happened and I will be standing there, looking at people with a mirror in my eyes. This is all so embarrassing.
17.10.2025 12:16 β π 4906 π 1079 π¬ 44 π 160
I'm designing a new course on Victorian Literature and Medicine next semester. I'd love any suggestions for texts to include (books and shorter things). It's a 300-level, so mostly Juniors and Seniors, but some Sophomores. Mostly English-Ed majors. Already got J&H!
17.10.2025 10:18 β π 3 π 4 π¬ 3 π 0
Modern British Studies Conference 2026 - University of Birmingham
Conference information
We are delighted to announce that MBS2026 will be held at the University of Birmingham, 3-5 June 2026!
Papers may consider the opening day's theme of 'Polycrisis', but we also welcome all submissions related to modern British studies.
For any questions please contact mbs2026@contacts.bham.ac.uk
17.10.2025 09:12 β π 35 π 30 π¬ 1 π 5
Modern British Studies Conference 2026 - University of Birmingham
Conference information
We're excited to announce the call for papers for #MBS26, the next Modern British Studies conference, at Birmingham in June 2026. We'll be launching the #MBS Association at this event, to support further regular conferences in Modern British Studies.
www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/moder...
16.10.2025 20:47 β π 39 π 41 π¬ 1 π 0
We are thrilled to announce the shortlist for the 2025 Stansky Book Prize for best book in British Studies dealing with the period since 1800.
www.nacbs.org/news/stansky...
@uchicagopress.bsky.social @oxunipress.bsky.social @stanfordpress.bsky.social @princetonupress.bsky.social
18.09.2025 17:14 β π 22 π 14 π¬ 0 π 0
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Historian of migration and diversity in Britain and Ireland.
Associate Professor, Dept of History, University of Limerick. Currently writing about the development of Catholic architecture in Ireland, 1780s-1950s. #CeaseFireInGaza https://pure.ul.ie/en/persons/niamh-nicghabhann-coleman
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