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Adam Mosley @adamjmosley.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

When notional hours of learning per credit x 120 credits are divided by total length of terms/semesters, it is not clear that the asks were realistic to begin with. But that's an adjacent issue, that doesn't seem very well attended to in the sector.

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Adam Mosley @adamjmosley.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

'ethical' and 'responsible' really are the 'polite' of the present moment, aren't they? Reminder: asserting something doesn't make it so.

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Adam Mosley @adamjmosley.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

If anyone here has institutional access to Proquest's Early European Books Online and would be willing to do me a favour, please do let me know :o). In the UK, if Library Hub Discover is to be believed, you only have access to the right package if you are at U. of Bradford, Durham, Essex, or UCL.

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Adam Mosley @adamjmosley.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

The most annoying part of this -- almost as if it were calculated to irritate me particularly -- was the equation of Galileo's use of the telescope in the seventeenth century with researchers' use of 'AI' in the present.

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Dr Caroline Bourne @carolinebourne.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Working on #MedievalWales or the March but don't how your research fits with the #IMC2027 communities theme? Worry not! We would like to hear from you regardless of the topic so that we can highlight the latest exiting research. #MedievalSky #Medieval #Medievalist #MedievalHistory #MedievalStudies

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Adam Mosley @adamjmosley.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Well, the repeated references to Galileo in this compulsory research integrity training is certainly going to enliven* the experience for me. [* you know by, for example, raising my blood pressure, prompting vigorous momentary physical responses, and so on]

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Adam Mosley @adamjmosley.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Dear Random Emailer Du Jour - Sorry, but you do not get to send professional historians on a quest. I understand that you think the evidence that supports your unlikely pet theory is 'out there', but no, we are not going to go looking for it. You go find it, and let the world know if you do. KTHXBYE

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Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 08/08/2026

The evidence is clear: countries with lower NEET rates than the UK get there almost entirely through higher rates of post-18 education. In these countries, more young people stay in education for longer and often combine it with work.

Comparison of OECD countries’ differences from the UK in 2024 for 18–24‑year‑old participation in education or work

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Adam Mosley @adamjmosley.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Counterpoint to the anti school Latin disc-horse: I chose to study Latin GCSE when offered it at my rural comprehensive; it was fun; it was taught by a radical (she turned up to class 'squiffy' from celebrating on the day Thatcher resigned); it remains essential to my job.

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Mattia Corso @mcorso7.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

A long shot: is anyone currently doing research at the Biblioteca Nacional del Perú in Lima? I'm trying to track down two seventeenth-century single-sheet printed broadsides. I'd be very grateful to connect. Thanks! #earlymodern

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Adam Mosley @adamjmosley.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Screenshotted, because dunking on the author with a quote skeet would be unfair. But, wow -- as pure an example of 'I know history of science is a thing, but I cannot imagine the existence of historians of science' as I think I've ever seen.

Screenshot of part of a skeet saying: 'I love reading about the history of science. Is there a paleontologist who can tell me why we just... didn't dig up any dinosaurs until the 1800s?'

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Lucy Jane Santos @lucyjanesantos.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Not sure if I have the discipline but gonna attempt to post something Some Like It Hot related every (most) days in the run up to publication of Nobody’s Perfect: The Making of Some Like It Hot at the end of August. It’s been a real labour of love and appreciate any support you can give the project!

Front and spine of the book. Shows my name and title layered over a black and white image of the main cast in costume playing instruments. The photo is shot from above and gives the impression we are kind of spying on them

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Ben Gross @bhgross144.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Boosting the signal for any medievalists, digital humanists, historians of the book, or manuscript enthusiasts in the audience... #skystorians #MedievalSky #Manuscripts #BookHistory #DigitalHumanities #metadata 🗃️📜

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Adam Mosley @adamjmosley.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

deadline for entry 1 September 2026; featuring @swanseahistory.bsky.social colleague Hilary Orange on the judging panel...

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Adam Mosley @adamjmosley.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

#skystorians -- I've encountered a few references to Mary Louise Pratt and the 'contact zone' in recent weeks, and I have a possibly phantom memory of some posts on the bird app suggesting that credit should go to one or more earlier scholars for developing that idea. Can anyone help me out?

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Caroline Ball @heroicendeavour.eurosky.social · 29/07/2026

Reading articles on the amounts HE has spent in APCs over the last 5-10 years, and slowly watching my blood pressure rise. Millions upon millions, on something WE CAN ABSOLUTELY DO OURSELVES FOR A FRACTION OF THE COST - what universities couldn't do with that kind of money now... 😠 And breathe...

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Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I've confirmed that the UK's new Sovereign AI Fund does no due diligence on whether AI companies use copyrighted work without permission before investing in them. It took me 3 Freedom of Information requests to find this out: 🧵 1/10

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BSHS @bshsnews.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

🏆 Congratulations to Lucy Jameson (Durham) and Michelle Pfeffer (Oxford), winners of the 2026 BSHS Singer Prize! Read about their award-winning essays, the special commendations and the panel's comments here: bshs.org.uk/singer-prize... More on the authors coming soon!

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Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Are you a PhD student, an ECR and/or an historian looking to improve your public speaking skills? Do you find the idea of presenting your research overwhelming? If so, then come along to our new IHR masterclass, expertly led by the historian @lisapine.bsky.social www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

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Masterclass in Public Speaking and Presentation Skills for Historians

IHR Short Course (PAID)

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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 23/07/2026

We are hiring a new Editorial Fellow who specialises in pre-1800 CE history from any part of the globe 🌍 👉 this 2-year fellowship runs from October 2026 - September 2028 👉 this role is paid and part-time (3 hours per week) 👉 the application deadline is Friday 7 August Please share widely!

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Call for Applications: Editorial Fellowship at History Workshop, 2026

History Workshop is seeking to appoint one Editorial Fellow in 2026, with specialism in pre-1800 CE history from any part of the globe.

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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

This is a blunt assessment of what the Trump regime is proposing for US science: they plan to take all the funding, essentially collapsing university-based research, in order to give that money to themselves, and they are lying about it.

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Adam Mosley @adamjmosley.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

(cryptic complaint) -- I just love learning that a useful process which used to require just one colleague to donate time and attention, but not expertise, now requires the same time and attention plus additional time and some expertise to be extracted from a second colleague as well. So efficient!

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Mark E Thomas FB99% FBPE @mrmarkethomas.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Thread (1/38) Three Baseless Taboos are Derailing National Renewal

A diagram showing how accepting the taboos leads to failure

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Paul @paul-in-repose.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Just stop using Google, full stop. Late Stage Capitalism has turned a once great company into nothing more than a bully who only cares about stealing for profit. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/t...

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How Google’s A.I. Search Is Imperiling the Open Web (Gift Article)

As Google incorporates more artificial intelligence into search, people are spending more time on Google. Some website operators are crying foul.

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Historical Association @histassoc.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

The new posters for the 2027 Great Debate have arrived! The Great Debate is the HA's public speaking competition open to school years 10-13. It is an ideal opportunity for students to develop their oratory and debating skills. The competition is sponsored by Rayburn Tours. tinyurl.com/37k5sb4e

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Dragons of Wales @dragonsofwales.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

I’ve just learned that Dracorex hogwartsia is no longer a valid dinosaur (just a juvenile Pachycephalosaurus). I’m not normally happy to “lose” a dinosaur, but it does mean that at least the stain of Rowling has been expunged from palaeontology. Small victories, etc…

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Adam Mosley @adamjmosley.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

" ‘Bona nit’ – goodnight in Catalan but also a 1960s gay man complimenting your head lice in the murky glow of a public lav." Outstanding work here by Justin.

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Mark E Thomas FB99% FBPE @mrmarkethomas.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Thread (1/2) I've just signed "Tell Andy Burnham to launch a National Commission on Electoral Reform" - Will you support the campaign too? actionstorm.org/petitions/na... @OpenBritainHQ

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Interested in Arts, Humanities or Social Sciences in Wales? In Languages throughout the UK, or in Linguistics, Anthropology, Classics or Theology and Religious Studies? If so, this briefing on the health (sic) of the nation is for you. www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/documents/62...

A map of Wales, noting changes in academic staff numbers in the social sciences from 2012-13 to 2024-25, using colour-coding.

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

So a key question now is whether the new @andyburnham.bsky.social led administration will take the higher education funding crisis seriously as a threat to his aspirations around regional growth and skills…

"Universities will be central to achieving the regional growth aspirations of our new prime minister, but they are suffering a major financial emergency," Shah said.
"The result is greater inequalities, fewer opportunities for students and the gradual erosion of the world-leading research our economy, democracy and global standing rely on.
«The alarm bells are ringing, and policymakers should treat these findings as a wake-up call before more lasting damage is done."

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BSHS @bshsnews.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

BSHS EGM just started with sandwiches and thanks to the fantastic people who made this meeting possible! Welcome to all new council members and our greatest thanks to the retiring council members and chairs! The BSHS would not be possible without all your hard work!

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BSHS @bshsnews.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Are you an early career researcher or postgraduate joining us in Edinburgh this week? 👋 Don't miss our Postgrad Rep's short guide to activities and opportunities during the conference. With a packed programme, it's a great way to meet & exchange! #Edinburgh26 bshs.org.uk/early-career...

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Early Careers @ Edinburgh 2026 – BSHS – The British Society for the History of Science

BSHS – The British Society for the History of Science

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Adam Mosley @adamjmosley.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Tempted to turn this into a student exercise for some occasion: please provide this essay published by a Cambridge professor of history in 1997 with the apparatus required to meet the standards expected of any undergraduate historian in this institution currently...

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Adam Mosley @adamjmosley.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Love discovering essays by prominent historians, full of assertions and quotations, published without notes or bibliography in the pre-rigour decade of *squints at copyright page* the 1990s...

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Adam Mosley @adamjmosley.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Paywalled here, but I was able to read it via www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-pos.... Sad to say, it is now astonishing to see a politician taking the UK HE crisis seriously, and acting like a minister _for_ higher education rather than a minister _against_ it. Fingers crossed for good outcomes.

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Major review to look at all options for Wales' universities including mergers

Deputy minister for skills and tertiary education Cefin Campbell spoke with Sion Barry

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Adam Mosley @adamjmosley.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

The gardeners at Swansea University are amazing...

A garden scene, including flower beds with bright pink and purple flowers, a bench, a conical bush, and two fountains. It is part of the Seansea University Park campus.

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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Sorry, forgot to add alt-text.

The Sixteenth Century Journal seeks a new Editor to work with the existing editorial staff, as Dr. Karen Nelson has just been chosen as one of SCJ’s Senior Editors. The Editor works with the other Editors—Barbara Pitkin and Jennifer DeSilva—to find reviewers for articles submitted for potential publication and guide reviews and articles through the online peer-review system. The Editors should attend the Sixteenth Century Society Conference for SCJ’s annual editors’ meeting, and may carry out other duties as well, such as representing SCJ at academic conferences, organizing conference panels, and inviting submissions. This is an unpaid position.
All manuscript review is handled through email and the Editorial Manager system, coordinated by the journal’s managing editor at the University of Chicago Press. The new Editor will be trained to use the online submission system, and may therefore be located anywhere in the world, as all work is online. Manuscripts come in throughout the year, and SCJ prides itself on a short turn-around in its submission process, so the position involves work across the year.
Dr. Nelson has been primarily responsible for submissions in literary and cultural studies, and her replacement should have strong expertise in these fields. Knowledge of other fields, such as women’s, gender, and sexuality studies, or art history, is also welcome. The new editor will also need a broad understanding of the field of early modern studies to fit with SCJ's interdisciplinary mandate, global coverage, and international authorship and readership. SCJ’s editorial team all maintain active research and publication profiles, but it is recommended that those applying for this position not be under stringent publication requirements. Experience in editing books and/or journals preferred.
Applications should be directed to Merry Wiesner-Hanks, SCJ Senior Editor, at merrywh@uwm.edu. They should include a letter of interest and a CV. Please submit by 15 July 2026.

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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

The Sixteenth Century Journal is seeking a new Editor. If interested, please apply by 15 July. #earlymodern 🗃️

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BSHS @bshsnews.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

🆕 From the latest issue of BJHS ☢️🏛️ What happens when a museum puts nuclear energy on display? Harry Parker examines a controversy over a nuclear-energy gallery at London's Science Museum in the 1980s, revealing how debates about exhibitions, authority and sponsorship shaped museum politics. 🔗👇️

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The politics of ‘the politics of display’: a nuclear-energy gallery, a science museum in the 1980s and a debate about patronage | The British Journal for the History of Science | Cambridge Core

The politics of ‘the politics of display’: a nuclear-energy gallery, a science museum in the 1980s and a debate about patronage

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Scarlett Stevens @scarlettstevens.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

CALL FOR PAPERS 📣 Experiencing Relief in Early Modern Britain: 1500-1800 We welcome papers from ECRs, PGRs, and established scholars. For more info (e.g., how to submit a paper) please see our website: earlymodernreliefconference2027.wordpress.com #earlymodern #earlymodernists #AcademicSky

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Adam Mosley @adamjmosley.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

So the thing I keep thinking about is scale. It is really tempting for those of us faced with large bodies of material to think that linking datasets and making everything digital and machine readable will help us answer our questions and improve 'discoverability'.

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Adam Mosley @adamjmosley.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

words & things, an occasional series -- word that LLMs frequently extrude: democratise; word that AI boosters frequently use: democratise; thing that owners of AI firms have no tolerance for: democracy

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TOEBI @toebi.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

📣 #jobalert #medievalsky #OldEnglish 📜 Curator for Ancient and Medieval Manuscripts 🏛️ British Library, St Pancras ⏳ Full Time, Permanent 💷 Salary: £35,993 per annum ⏰ Deadline: 12 July 2026 📲 Application details: tinyurl.com/25fs9kun

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BSHS @bshsnews.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

🏆 We're delighted to announce the winner of the 2026 BSHS Pickstone Prize! Congratulations to David Singerman, whose book Unrefined has been awarded this year's prize! Check out the judging panel's decision and more on our website! 🔗https://bshs.org.uk/the-bshs-pickstone-prize-2026-winner/

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