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Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Nearly 4m records of enslaved people in 20 former British colonies now searchable online “the most systematic set of archival documents we have on enslavement in the British Caribbean and British colonial world” www.theguardian.com/news/2026/se... #research #history #slavery #higherEd #edchat

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Nearly 4m records of enslaved people in 20 former British colonies now searchable online

Exclusive: Collection’s 300,000 pages record lives of enslaved people in countries including the Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica, Mauritius, South Africa and Trinidad

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Aristotelian Society @aristotsoc.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society returns next Monday! Incoming President Alexander Bird (Cambridge) will deliver the 119th Inaugural Address, 'Against Empiricism'. ⏰ 18:15–19:45, Monday 28th September 📍 The Chancellors Hall, Senate House 🔗 www.aristoteliansociety.org.uk/the-proceedi...

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119th Inaugural Address: Alexander Bird – The Aristotelian Society

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Anna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Some of this advice generalises outside North America, some doesn’t. Increasingly the high quality articles in the pipeline are not enough. Cash strapped departments want you to recruit bums on seats, bring in grants, and take over admin functions left unfulfilled after the office staff is ‘let go’.

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Higher Education risks irreversible damage, says British Academy president Prof Susan Smith, with humanities and social sciences disciplines disappearing in many cold spots. BA is tracking subject provision & calling for a comprehensive review www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/stateme...

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British Academy President: UK higher education crisis risks irreversible damage

As course closures, shrinking provision and widening regional inequalities threaten the future of UK higher education and research, President of the British Academy, Susan J Smith calls for an immedia...

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

AI is screwing up journal papers: Journal editor asks authors of 10 submitted papers to meet and discuss their paper. Of the 7 that showed up, 3 were unable to answer basic questions about the paper and 3 had difficulty when asked further questions on technical details… medium.com/@TmlrOrg/ask...

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Asking Authors About Their Own Papers

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Mary Lewis @profmarylewis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Excellent oped in @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social by my @harvard.edu colleague Jill Lepore. www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...

But of course, the machine conversation is not free. It comes at the cost of our common life together as teachers, learners, and researchers, colleagues, mentors, and friends. Not to mention, supervising student researchers is our job.

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British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

We are pleased to present a collection of BJPolS articles selected by our Editors - cup.org/4A8ytBK #epop2026

Graphic featuring the title "British Journal of Political Science" in bold white letters against a dark green background.

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Sukaina @sukaina.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Thrilled to tell you that my paper “Protests as World Making Projects” with bestie Lidal Dror is now forthcoming and available open access on early online view at Nous 🧵 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Protests as World‐Making Projects

On one common way of distinguishing forms of protest, civil disobedience is a communicative act that aims to achieve its goals through moral persuasion, whereas direct action has as its goal to direc...

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Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Finally we have an official entry for this announcement! ecpr.eu/News/News/De... The winner of the 1st ever Onora O'Neill Political Theory Prize is Mihaela Mihai for her book 'Political Memory and the Aesthetics of Care'! Our 1st ever runner-up is @lisamherzog.bsky.social for 'Citizen Knowledge'!

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Onora O’Neill Political Theory Prize 2026

European Consortium for Political Research

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I wrote this before the AfD’s victory. It is even more relevant now – especially since early reactions indicate that Germany’s democratic politicians are hellbent on doubling down on these mistakes. Warnings from the Struggle Against Trumpism. Some thoughts from the piece, on the day after: 🧵

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Warnings and Lessons from the Struggle Against Trumpism

Germany is facing the prospect of rightwing extremism in power. Time to push back hard against the narratives that have undermined the democratic response in the U.S.

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Mahmood's proposals would force medium-skilled & care workers to leave the UK & would deter high skill workers from coming in future. This would widen the deficit/fiscal home. Would be deliberate economic and political self-harm for Burnham/Healey to proceed with them. inews.co.uk/news/politic...

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Mahmood's 'hardline' immigration reforms hit by growing rebellion

More Labour MPs to publicly oppose Home Secretary's changes to indefinite leave to remain

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Philosophers often bring up the "principle of charity": a willingness to assume good faith in an interlocutor and treat them accordingly. It's good to do in many circumstances. But it is worth formulating a principle of not being a fucking mark. If not during the rise of fascism, then when? 12/

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British Society for the Philosophy of Science @thebsps.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

We have published an open letter to the University of Exeter Executive Board expressing our concerns about proposed redundancies. Read it here: www.thebsps.org/news/open-le...

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Open Letter to University of Exeter Executive Board regarding proposed redundancies

- BSPS

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 04/08/2026

"Look, I’m not claiming that Gothbag the Terrible was perfect. He was only human. He made some questionable decisions. I don’t think hunting every man, woman, and child for sport on the Isle of Skye was a good idea. But you have to remember it was a different time."

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We Must Not Destroy Our History by Tearing Down Statues of Great Men Like Gothbag the Terrible

“If we tear down the statue of him standing athwart the crushed bodies of his foes and drinking their blood from a skull, how will we ever remember all the g...

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Marylin Delgado @philosophypills.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

The lady vanishes by @smellosopher.bsky.social "The overwhelming absence of women in intellectual history is constructed. And we won’t prevent the fading of women from future history simply with an occasional reminder about the existence of a few remarkable individuals" aeon.co/essays/why-a...

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Omar Wasow @owasow.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

“We should return to an older and more accurate name for the Civil War: the Slaveholders’ Rebellion. If a country unquestioningly adopts language that obscures its bloodiest crimes to absolve their worst perpetrators, how can we expect successive generations to remember the new assaults on democracy

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Opinion | The ‘Civil War’ Is a Lie. Let’s Call It the ‘Slaveholders’ Rebellion’ Again. (Gift Article)

To face our own history, we must be honest about it.

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Alan Richardson @alanrichardson.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Consultant brain is killing higher education

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 30/07/2026

With "surveillance pricing," businesses have finally found something AI can do way, way, *way* better than people: price gouging. 1/

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Shen-yi Liao 廖顯禕 @liao.shen-yi.org · 23/07/2026

@julesholroyd.bsky.social and I have a paper on material expressions of praise—monuments and memorials, plaques and trophies, grants and prizes—which we call "appraisive things". It is forthcoming at the Journal of the APA (open access!) and a preprint is available at philpapers.org/rec/HOLATB-4

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Adil Haque @adhaque.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

"This case is one of several that have arisen over the past year and a half presenting the same basic fact pattern: A student or scholar, in the United States on a valid student or exchange visa, is detained by DHS on the stated basis of his or her political speech"

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robin celikates @robin-c.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Solidarity with Indian youth & students protesting despite brutal repression! Here’s a statement from the Democratic Teachers’ Initiative in support of the protest against the government’s ‘diversionary weaponizing of religion & nationalism & its criminal disregard for the futures of the youth’

"We will take, we will occupy. We have to learn not to tip toe through a space which ought by right to belong to everyone"
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Statement
The march to Parliament on 20th July saw a historic turnout, with lakhs of young people coming out on the streets and sending a clear message to the NDA government. People travelled from across the country to reject the BJP-RSS combine's diversionary weaponizing of religion and nationalism, and its criminal disregard for the futures of the young. Not surprisingly, the Delhi Police and riot personnel - under orders from the Home Ministry - responded with brutal violence, teargassing and lath-charging the peacefully protesting masses. Many students and innocent citizens have been grievously injured, left bleeding and waiting for hours before they could be taken to hospitals for treatment.
The current upsurge, as we all understand, is not just about NTA's repeated paper leaks or the colossal mismanagement of India's education sector under Dharmendra Pradhan. Instead, it is an expression of the utter frustration and angst of India's Gen Z - about an economy which neither guarantees jobs proportionate to their qualifications nor the basic dignity of rights-bearing citizens.
Our Gen Z is either parked in courses under the NEP 2020 which do not add up to skills required for dignified employment, or they are fighting for minimum wages in the industrial sector from Noida to Panipat. As a permanently swelling informal workforce, labouring under extractive contracts on delivery-on-demand mobile apps or continuing to be stripped of the most basic worker rights under the newly notified Labour Codes, Indian Gen Z has had enough. And over the past month, they have come out of their homes and factories and colleges and universities to say exactly this.
Given the convergence of struggles over education and employment, DTI holds that the current movement's primary demand for the resignation of India's Education Minister is only the first step towards a complete structural overhaul. In this regard, the disbanding of National Testing Agency (NTA) and repeal of the National Ed…

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Katrina Navickas @katrinanavickas.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Just a reminder to everyone: join a trade union. And if you're already a member, please be active. Vote, volunteer, become a rep or an officer. You are the union. The larger the union membership the more strength and agency we have.

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The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

What can we learn from data about the current trends in university staffing in the humanities, social sciences and arts subjects? 🧵 Read on for key insights or see the full analysis: www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/policy-and-r...

A group of academic staff members, sitting on chairs and reading documents.

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

‘Thousands of university job cuts in humanities and social sciences are creating widespread cold spots for languages, classics and theology degrees, the British Academy has warned’ www.theguardian.com/education/20...

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Humanities among degrees being ‘extinguished’ by hard-up universities

Exclusive: Experts fear rise in education ‘cold spots’ and social immobility as 4,000 academic posts lost in one year

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Could be no better way of testing the ‘anyone but Farage’ electoral theory. Would be so wonderful if he ends up more famous for losing to a dustbin than anything else. People of Clacton, the future of politics - and surrealism - may be in your hands.

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Times Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

The Department for Education has confirmed that universities will receive £50.9 million less in teaching grants next academic year. Bridget Phillipson, the education minister has defended the reduction in light of tuition fee rises. ow.ly/6UWJ50ZkLlf

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Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Breaking: Ministers confirm cut to Strategic Priorities Grant for universities. Teaching funding reduction will be sharply felt by some institutions, says Office for Students. Free to read. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...

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Ministers confirm cut to Strategic Priorities Grant for universities - Research Professional News

Teaching funding reduction will be sharply felt by some institutions, says Office for Students

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The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Are you a UK researcher looking to deliver innovative public engagement projects working in partnership with GLAM organisations or a performing arts organisation? Apply now: bit.ly/43JR4oA

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

‘We urge the Government to prioritise this issue. Should this situation continue unchecked, the damage to the health of higher education, research and innovation will be profound and have long-lasting consequences.’ www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/stateme...

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British Academy President: UK higher education crisis risks irreversible damage

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eraldo.bsky.social @eraldo.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

"The history of militant democracy is also the history of US interventionism in the Western hemisphere, a history of which the recent invasion of Venezuela is part. Advocates of individual militant democracy neglect this history." lareviewofbooks.org/article/olig...

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The US Experiment with Militant Democracy | Los Angeles Review of Books

Would individual militant democracy work to untangle the global web of wealth concentration and political influence?

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Ashwini Vasanthakumar @ashwinivasantha.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

This is not satire, as I’d initially thought.

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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

"The government will repeal the Vagrancy Act on Monday 29 June 2026, ending nearly two centuries of legislation that has criminalised rough sleeping and begging" www.gov.uk/government/n...

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Rough sleeping no longer a crime as Vagrancy Act repealed

The government will repeal the Vagrancy Act on Monday 29 June 2026, ending nearly two centuries of legislation that has criminalised rough sleeping and begging.

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Pet parrots which typically live alone (whilst those in the wild live in large flocks) were given the technology to call each other. They would use it for up to three hours a day, and developed favourite friends 💔 on.ft.com/3K05vhS

When a parrot wanted to connect with a distant friend, a touchscreen showed a selection of other birds available online. The parrots learned to activate the screen, designed specially for them, by touching it gently with their tongues rather than pecking aggressively with their beaks.
"We had 26 birds involved," said Hirskyj-Douglas. "They would use the system up to three hours a day, with each call lasting up to five minutes." The interactions ranged from preening and playing with toys to loud vocal exchanges.
"When we went through the data, we found that most of these parrots had favourite friends," said Hirskyj-Douglas.

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Ben Bowman @bennosaurus.com · 24/06/2026

If other news was reported like climate change:

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Rebecca Buxton @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

"They added that although staff across the academic body were impacted, the cuts were "disproportionately concentrated in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS), where 85% of all staff placed at risk of redundancy (445 out of 523 FTE) are based"." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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University of Exeter in talks to cut about 150 members of staff

The university says it is consulting with colleagues over "limited and specific potential changes".

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

at some point it’s just adopting prime ministers and feeding them to the cat

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Mel Andrews @bayesianboy.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

When utilized in literature review, LLMs consistently 1. fail to mention female authors in female-led literatures, 2. insist that men are more influential or more heavily cited when this is contradicted by objective citation counts, and 3. attribute women’s work to hallucinated male scholars.

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Neville Morley @nevillemorley.eurosky.social · 29/05/2026

Insanely overpriced edited volume? Brill issue.

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 29/05/2026

Yesterday saw two substantial and valuable interventions on the crisis facing UK higher education: 1. 'Squadrons of Pigs. Stefan Collini on the university system' from @lrb.co.uk bit.ly/4nUQcqL #Skystorians 1/3

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Stefan Collini · Squadrons of Pigs: Bonfire of the Universities

The problems with Britain’s universities are systemic and deep-rooted, not just local or contingent. Yet political and...

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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Here are remarks I gave at the Keeping the Republic Conference at Notre Dame. If you’ve followed me over the past decade or so, my skepticism toward the field’s fixation on polarization likely won’t come as much of a surprise. But here they are, for what they’re worth. substack.com/home/post/p-...

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Beyond Polarization

My Remarks at Notre Dame's "Keeping the Republic" Conference

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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 20/05/2026

From March 2026 - The British Academy Brian Barry Prize Essay: Civil Disobedience and State Anxiety - cup.org/41xqkGS - @chongminglim.bsky.social #OpenAccess

BJPolS abstract on civil disobedience. It discusses political philosophers' views on the state's anxiety, mentioning "Contagion," "Fragility," and "Value" as components of this anxiety. It references the significance of these concepts and John Rawls' influential discussions on the topic, suggesting that political philosophizing can reflect state anxiety.

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