Chloë J. A. Pieters @cjapieters.bsky.social · 14hIt Happened to Me: I Broke My Phone and Now I Can't Use My Bus Pass So I Have to Pay £3 to Get Home 000
Reposted by Chloë J. A. PietersInternational Society for First World War Studies @fwwsoc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026We are excited to announce that the call for papers for our 15th Conference is now live! It will take place on 29 Sep-1 Oct 2027 at the University of Kyoto, Japan. The theme is 'Observation'. The deadline for paper and panel proposals is 1 May. firstworldwarstudies.org/kyoto-2027/ 01618
Reposted by Chloë J. A. PietersSofya Anisimova @sdanisimova.bsky.social · 02/10/2026ISFWWS is coming to Japan! The next conference is taking place in Kyoto and the call for papers is now live. Please, share with colleagues! 061
Chloë J. A. Pieters @cjapieters.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Start of the year so it's time to crack out KU Leuven's guide to email etiquette: ppw.kuleuven.be/en/student-p...ppw.kuleuven.beEmail etiquette - What to pay attention to 110
Reposted by Chloë J. A. PietersDr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 02/10/2026#JobFairy alert for #histSTM and modern british historians - 60 month post-doc at Newcastle Uni on the Wellcome Trust funded "The Night Shift 1850-present: Reimagining Sleep, Work and Wellbeing for Healthcare Professionals in English and Scottish Hospitals" 🗃️ www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DTD047/r...jobs.ac.ukResearch Assistant/Associate (Modern British History) at Newcastle UniversityExplore an exciting academic career as a Research Assistant/Associate (Modern British History). Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities. 01422
Chloë J. A. Pieters @cjapieters.bsky.social · 01/10/2026It's all fun and games doing one of those footnotes listing every single piece of work on a topic but wowza do they takeup a chunk of the ol' word count 110
Reposted by Chloë J. A. PietersChris Kempshall @chriskempshall.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This is a very interesting and cool thing for the #FWW folks in the audience 🗃️ 1144
Chloë J. A. Pieters @cjapieters.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Have any historians of Eastern Europe written about the challenge of travelling to and accessing archives in various countries there in recent years (say since 2020)? Especially Russia and Ukraine since 2022, of course, but perspectives on any country likely to be welcome! 100
Chloë J. A. Pieters @cjapieters.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Vulture culture (towards the end there's a reference to Anant Ambani's Vantara, interesting in the light of his appointment to Newcastle University) www.economist.com/1843/2026/04...economist.comHow do you replace 40 million dead vultures?The scavengers are vital for public health in India. But politics is interfering with efforts to breed them 000
Chloë J. A. Pieters @cjapieters.bsky.social · 28/09/2026At the start of summer I revised a reading list. It was something I wanted to do as three years of teaching has meant my approach has vastly improved...but this was a LOT of work which I was under no real obligation to do (the previous list was 'fine') for one more contracted year of teaching. 100
Chloë J. A. Pieters @cjapieters.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Telling colleagues I ‘completed my summer project’ which they think is my book; but in fact it was watching the entirety of The Sopranos for the first time 030
Reposted by Chloë J. A. PietersDr Julia Ribeiro Thomaz @juliarsct.bsky.social · 24/09/2026So excited to see this in print! You can also catch the recording here if you prefer a different medium: youtu.be/yoaRVrmjDLw?...youtu.beDennis Showalter Lecture 2025 by Julia Ribeiro Thomaz: 'Poetry under fire'YouTube video by International Society for First World War Studies 054
Chloë J. A. Pieters @cjapieters.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Super fun day! Lots of chat (some of it even about the FWW! 😉), solidarity, and community 020
Reposted by Chloë J. A. PietersFirst World War Studies @fwwsjournal.bsky.social · 14/09/2026We are recruiting new Associate Editors! First World War Studies, the interdisciplinary journal of the International Society for First World War Studies, published by Taylor & Francis, is seeking to expand its editorial team. 12329
Chloë J. A. Pieters @cjapieters.bsky.social · 16/09/2026This is really worth listening to - an absolutely horrific report if soldiers and settlers shooting on children at a school (cw: child death) www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...theguardian.comThe Palestinian school under siege – podcastAt least five pupils at a village school in the West Bank have been killed in the last year by settlers and soldiers. Emma Graham-Harrison reports on how the school found itself on the frontline, whil... 000
Chloë J. A. Pieters @cjapieters.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The story about academia was always that you were a bright young person who would make more money elsewhere - you were in it for the vocation, the good quality of life, the stability and benefits of employment, the pension, and the prestige of being in a respected profession 020
Reposted by Chloë J. A. PietersDr Andrew McInnes @drbeard79.bsky.social · 15/09/2026This list of things the University of Brighton has de-recognised is insane 🤯🤯🤯 108249
Chloë J. A. Pieters @cjapieters.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Decided to start writing and by some miracle the vacuum cleaner entered my hand 020
Chloë J. A. Pieters @cjapieters.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Feel like my reputation as a Dutch-speaking and -using (though not writing) scholar is secure now that I'm receiving scam emails in Dutch! 010
Chloë J. A. Pieters @cjapieters.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Keir Starmer murmuring 'not so easy now is it, John' www.ft.com/content/fc92... 230
Chloë J. A. Pieters @cjapieters.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Musing on this more and it does seem odd I can't think of (m)any, especially historical works - only 20-odd years separated the occupations of the world wars and many must have lived through both. (My great-grandmother, b.1907, spent the FWW as a refugee so didn't experience both occupations per se) 010
Chloë J. A. Pieters @cjapieters.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Does anyone know of any memoirs, autobiographies and histories that focus on the experiences of people who lived through both First and Second World War occupations in Europe? 325
Chloë J. A. Pieters @cjapieters.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Interesting CfP exploring a fascinating set of questions in a great city. Unfortunately there's no way I can attend because of the dates, but YOU could apply - deadline 05/10 www.centrewarviolence.uliege.be/cms/c_129452...centrewarviolence.uliege.beWar, Militarism, and Society: Organising Life for DestructionWorkshop - War, Militarism, and Society: Organising Life for Destruction - Call for Papers 032
Chloë J. A. Pieters @cjapieters.bsky.social · 26/08/20264%!!! www.theguardian.com/business/202...theguardian.comNo more UK energy bills support likely before price cap riseAndy Burnham stops short of pledging further help as gas and electricity prices due to increase by 4% in October 000
Chloë J. A. Pieters @cjapieters.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Every time a political columnist recommends a contribution payment-based healthcare model I think of my dad, who spent the last months of his life very ill, with sustained internal bleeding that would eventually kill him, chasing up hospitals who had billed him incorrectly following a major collapse 120
Chloë J. A. Pieters @cjapieters.bsky.social · 25/08/2026The shape of British fascism in the wake of war was articulated by Clemence Dane, in The Arrogant History of White Ben - a book hard to recommend given it is a) long, b) with quite dense and not consistently compelling prose and c) out of print and yet I do keep recommending it 110
Chloë J. A. Pieters @cjapieters.bsky.social · 24/08/2026The Economist's wide-eyed faux naivety on weight loss - extremely grating! 000
Chloë J. A. Pieters @cjapieters.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Bought the official third edition of the Life in the UK handbook for the test and although it's been updated for 2026, my version (bought through the official channel on the official website!) still says the UK is operating in Afghanistan 000
Chloë J. A. Pieters @cjapieters.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Bemused by the commenters who seem to think this has any genuinely meaningful impact on public finances www.ft.com/content/6913...ft.comTop UK civil servant received record £500,000 payout after Starmer sackingSudden circumstances of Chris Wormald’s exit led to a much more generous settlement than initially thought 000
Chloë J. A. Pieters @cjapieters.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Annotating books may or may not be annoying but what is VERY annoying is the idea that books have to be kept pristine. I read Ulysses in the bath and it wrecked the copy but the experience was sublime. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...theguardian.comYou be the judge: should my girlfriend stop annotating her books?Julie makes notes in the margin as she’s reading, but Charlie says she’s ruining books he may want to read. Should they get on the same page? You decide 100
Chloë J. A. Pieters @cjapieters.bsky.social · 13/08/2026I'm spending my summer productively (watching The Sopranos for the first time) and cannot wait to use the phrase "of course no-one wants all-out conflict, but historically, historical changes have come out of war" when teaching starts again, thank you Little Carmine! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fzk2...youtube.comLittle Carmine Discuss His Position In The Lupertazzi Family - The Sopranos HDYouTube video by TonySoprano 110
Reposted by Chloë J. A. PietersKerry L @kerrymlove.bsky.social · 11/08/2026wonkhe.com/blogs/a-grad... Good article on the hard hat vs graduation cap commentarywonkhe.comA graduate earnings premium, or parity of esteem for non-graduates?Omar Khan traces the contours of two contradictory national discussions on higher education 011
Chloë J. A. Pieters @cjapieters.bsky.social · 10/08/2026"Why aren't women having more babies" well have you seen how the women who are having babies are being treated www.theguardian.com/society/2026...theguardian.com‘Babies will be born in laybys’: maternity cuts leave women with stark choices in DevonConcerns about feeling pressure to have caesarean section, or paying for hotel in Exeter after hospital in Barnstaple suspends birthing services 100
Chloë J. A. Pieters @cjapieters.bsky.social · 10/08/2026This is the hardline approach many British people consistently communicate they want for all of us immigrants, even long term ones, though www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...theguardian.comBritish widow, 78, told to leave Sweden under Brexit rules after living there for 21 yearsAuthorities say application to stay was made too late, as UK officials say Sweden takes ‘stricter approach’ than other EU countries 102
Chloë J. A. Pieters @cjapieters.bsky.social · 05/08/2026There's a 20-year age gap between my mother and her mother; a 34-year age gap between my mother and me; if I have children there will be a minimum of 40 years between my child and me. Insisting on care from family only isn't realistic giving changing demography www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comWhat if older people refuse help outside the family? This is the taboo that could wreck care reform | Emily KenwayMany fear losing their independence if they agree to care workers looking after them. Any social care review must take this on board, says Emily Kenway, a social policy doctoral researcher 110
Chloë J. A. Pieters @cjapieters.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Currently in Edinburgh and organically, in the streets, heard someone say ‘I was not a big fan of the early release scheme so very pleased with what we heard today’ so there you go 100
Chloë J. A. Pieters @cjapieters.bsky.social · 22/07/2026!!! www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.comBurnham announces bus fares across England to be capped at £2Measure to cost more than £500m, with money allocated to allow devolved nations to do the same 000
Chloë J. A. Pieters @cjapieters.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Anyway back to my chapter on comparative occupation policy and experience of the FWW, for which I've been reading about occupation regimes far beyond my personal research scope and which has been enormously rewarding (of course) but also, openly, very time consuming 010
Chloë J. A. Pieters @cjapieters.bsky.social · 13/07/2026As an ECR comparativist, I offer the reflection that comparative history is hard and extremely time consuming. I work across three languages: it would be better to have four. To master multiple legal regimes, bureaucracies, governments and societies I must read a huge amount of secondary literature 220
Chloë J. A. Pieters @cjapieters.bsky.social · 13/07/2026I’m thinking also about how the idea of ‘encounter’ which I’ve seen a lot of work on in recent years from various historians including Anna Maguire injects the transnational and comparative ever further into FWW studies 240
Chloë J. A. Pieters @cjapieters.bsky.social · 07/07/2026If you’re not into swans, there’s a wonderful and affectionate kitten at TNA today 010
Chloë J. A. Pieters @cjapieters.bsky.social · 07/07/2026I always say that a genuine enjoyment of baffling surrealism is a characteristic Belgian trait 211
Chloë J. A. Pieters @cjapieters.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Regret missing the opportunity to make a ‘dierbaar’ pun 100
Chloë J. A. Pieters @cjapieters.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Zo lang dat hij kan klauwen, zolang hij tanden heeft 100
Chloë J. A. Pieters @cjapieters.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Writing with Bird by Bird by my side to dip into for encouragement when I need it 010
Chloë J. A. Pieters @cjapieters.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Oxfordshire County Council vetoing devolution plans and a mayor for the Thames Valley area? In Andy Burnham's Britain?! 010
Reposted by Chloë J. A. PietersColm Murphy @colmpm.bsky.social · 30/06/2026It's worth reading Frank Trentmann's scathingly critical essay about the historical assumptions of the Life in the UK Test, from a few years ago. historyjournal.org.uk/2020/09/11/b... I use this when teaching students an introductory module about British politics and history.historyjournal.org.ukBritain First: The official history of the United Kingdom according to the Home Office – a critical reviewFrank Trentmann BRITAIN FIRST: The official history of the United Kingdom according to the Home Office – a critical review Following this summer’s open letter to the Home Office, this a… 292
Chloë J. A. Pieters @cjapieters.bsky.social · 30/06/2026This one is genuinely confusing - I always do the first (nothing) but the test wants you to pick four - again, full of ideology (and idealism?) about what living in modern Britain is actually like - and of course the 'should' in the question implies it's a requirement when it's not at all! 210