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David Morgan-Owen

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Senior Lecturer in IR @ St Andrews | Historian of War | next book strategy & seapower in the FWW | own views

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NK Finney @nathankfinney.com · 8h
New project just dropped! Come join UNM’s Global & National Security Policy Institute (GNSPI) as a non-resident fellow working on project titled: “Practical Deterrence and Global Stability during Strategic Transition.” More information can be found here: gnspi.unm.edu/fellowship/
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GNSPI Fellowship :: Global & National Security Policy Institute | The University of New Mexico
The Fellows will include a cohort of 24 fellows across three levels—Non-Resident Research Fellows (12), Graduate Fellows (5), and Junior Fellows (7)—who will workshop their research, engage in mentori...
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Society for Army Historical Research @societyarmy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
In our next online talk, at 7.00pm on 29 October, @draefox.bsky.social will be speaking on the Life and Times of Major General Guy Dawnay. Open to members and non-members alike; sign up for free at: my.demio.com/ref/ix0f7YFz...
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Lucia Rafanelli @lrafanell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
GW is hiring for *2* junior-level tenure-track positions in IR (security). Ad here, apply by Oct. 15! #psjminfo #academicjobmarket www.gwu.jobs/postings/128...
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Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs
Security studies: The George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs and Department of Political Science invite applications for two full-time, tenure-track faculty positions i...
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Stefan Müller @stefanmueller.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Our School of Politics and International Relations at @ucddublin.bsky.social is hiring two permanent (!) Assistant Professors in any field of political science, international relations, political theory, or development. Deadline: 9 November Start date: 30 August 2027 my.corehr.com/pls/coreport...

Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Politics and International Relations (x2), UCD School of Politics and International Relations, Permanent
Applications are invited for a permanent post of a Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Politics and International Relations (x2) within UCD School of Politics and International Relations.
 
The UCD School of Politics & International Relations (SPIRe) is a globally ranked, research-active school with teaching and research expertise across the fields of political science, international relations, normative political theory, international development, and other areas. It is committed to the highest standards in undergraduate and graduate teaching and research supervision. The school is home to a number of research centres, and further information can be found at: https://www.ucd.ie/spire/about/
 
95 Lecturer/Asst Professor Above The Bar (7943) Salary Scale: €66,055  - €104,600 per annum

Appointment will be made on scale and in accordance with the Department of Finance guidelines.
 
Closing date: 12:00 noon (local Irish time) on 9th November 2026.
 
Applications must be submitted by the closing date and time specified. Any applications which are still in progress at the closing time of 12:00 noon (Local Irish Time) on the specified closing date will be cancelled automatically by the system. UCD are unable to accept late applications.
 
UCD do not require assistance from Recruitment Agencies. Any CV's submitted by Recruitment Agencies will be returned.
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Such a great opportunity. We are offering scholars the chance to spend a year at the Foreign Office through one of our Innovation Fellowships. The priority themes are outlined below. We offer up to £120k for the fellowship. Please help spread the word! www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
The Academy and the FCDO invite applications for Fellowships in any of the following areas:
1. Applied History
2. Critical Infrastructure and European
Warfare
3. South Asia Geopolitics and Regional
Security
4. The UK-France Relationship in 2027 and
Beyond
5. UK National Security Strategy
Scheme opens date: 22 September 2026
Application Deadline: 18 November 2026,
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Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Attention economic historians. warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/econ... Up to £20k of research funding. And with a smooth and quick application process.
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Abigail Swingen @abigailswingen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Working on a book, article, or dissertation on #18thc British world? The Lewis Walpole Library offers 4-week visiting fellowships and 2-week travel grants for scholars. The deadline for applications is November 2. 🗃️ More info: walpole.library.yale.edu/fellowships/...
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Visiting Fellowships and Travel Grants | Lewis Walpole Library
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Free: what kind of market is that? Attend and find out. In a world that’s in a bad place, good to have conferences with baby changing facilities, hearing loops and accessible parking as standard offers. We’ve come a long way in some ways since 1776, not that resting on those gains is safe.
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James McConnachie @jamesmcconnachie.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Every writer and musician: well who'd have thought it?
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Jonathan Boff @jfb1066.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Reviewing the copy-edits for my new book (out in March 2027) global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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Matt Fitzpatrick @kilderbenhauser.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
HIstorians! The AAEH conference will be held in Adelaide next year. If you do research into modern Europe and its place in the world, please submit an abstract. events.flinders.edu.au/events/call-...
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Call for Papers: Conflict and Cooperation in European History - Events at Flinders
Call for Papers: Open from September 7, 2026 – November 12, 2026   Conflict and Cooperation in European History The 30th Biennial Conference of the Australasian Association for […]
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Elisabeth Piller @elisabeth-piller.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I am hiring another postdoc for BLOCKADE's Freiburg team. A 4-year, full time position to explore the impact of blockades in the Americas in both world wars "from below". Please share! @shafrhistorians.bsky.social @historians.org @royalhistsoc.org www.hsozkult.de/job/id/job-1...
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Making sure you're not a bot!
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David Morgan-Owen @dmorganowen.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Given the sort of attention devoted to accusations of plagiarism one assumes that some people will be very exorcised about another Cambridge academic appearing to be involved in *actual crime*
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Christoph Harig @charig.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Did you recently finish your PhD (or are about to do so) and have an interest in deterrence? Our @forsvarsakademiet.bsky.social colleagues from the Institute for Strategy and War Studies might have a job for you as Assistant Professor candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
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David Morgan-Owen @dmorganowen.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Some of the reactions going around to this story surely give a little pause for thought. It is quite obvious that nobody at Exeter would be ‘training’ members of the Saudi armed forces. You’d hardly hire a British academic for that. If this is an ‘educational’ contract, then one might think it a
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Alex Prichard @profalexp.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
A thread on the dispute at Exeter Uni. #ucu #defendexeteruni @ucu.org.uk On 15 June HR called Exeter UCU into a confidential meeting and informed us they would be putting over 500 colleagues at risk of redundancy and expected to loose around 200 staff. The number of c.150 you’ll have seen is FTE.
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David Morgan-Owen @dmorganowen.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Having suffered through Napoleon and now Gladiator 2, it is beyond doubt that Ridley Scott needs to be retired as a matter of urgency
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University Press of Kansas @univpressofkansas.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
"Framing the First World War," edited by @draefox.bsky.social, @mpmfinch.bsky.social and @dmorganowen.bsky.social, has been awarded the Tomlinson Award from the @ww1ha.bsky.social.  Explore "Framing the First World War": kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700640560 #WarHistory #WWIHistory #UPKansas
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David Morgan-Owen @dmorganowen.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Im ignorant of the specifics, but this seems like such a dubious proposition. Some of this work will be sub contracted out (to universities and others) and other parts of it is surely delivered by former civil servants anyway. Why not bring this back in house and/or pay universities?
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George Eaton @georgeeaton.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
If only the quiet collapse of our universities got as much attention as Jason Arday has. Here’s @gsoh31.bsky.social’s recent piece for Arguably on the “slow, grim dribbling away of one of Britain’s great triumphs and economic advantages”. www.arguably.uk/p/the-quiet-...
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The quiet collapse of British universities
One of our great triumphs and economic advantages is fading away
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Jonathan Boff @jfb1066.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Of all the decisions we make as citizens, there are few as consequential as those for - or against - war. Good journalism plays an important role in keeping us - as citizen, not just consumers, informed, so this, from an experienced and very talented defence correspondent is important
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David Morgan-Owen @dmorganowen.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Had some wonderful news yesterday - the WW1 Historical Association awarded Framing the First World War the Norman B. Tomlinson Prize for 2025! Very grateful to our wonderful contributors and their hard work, series editor Bill Allison and the team at @univpressofkansas.bsky.social -
Book cover for 'Framing the First World War', adapted from Christopher Nevinson painting 'Return to the Trenches'. Published by university press of Kansas
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Kimberly Marten @kimberlymarten.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Come join my fabulous department at Barnard College! We are searching for a tenure-track assistant professor in Comparative Politics and/or International Relations. #polisky The link is here: barnard.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Facult...
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Assistant Professor of Political Science
If you are a current Barnard College employee, please use the internal career site to apply for this position. Job: Assistant Professor of Political Science Job Description: The Department of Politica...
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Terms of reference here: www.gov.wales/review-highe...
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Review of higher education in Wales: terms of reference | GOV.WALES
The review of higher education in Wales will make recommendations on the funding and organisation of higher education.
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David Morgan-Owen @dmorganowen.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Red pen time … #amediting
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James Dyke @jamesgdyke.info · 29/07/2026
While the University of Exeter redundancy disaster staggers forward, a reminder that this is not about numbers in spreadsheets but people's lives. lizzywilliamson.substack.com/p/on-redunda...
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On Redundancy
Four weeks ago, the university that I have been working at for 9 years announced massive, unjustified, reckless job cuts, predominantly targeting the humanities, arts and social sciences.
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Lucy Betteridge-Dyson @lmbd1418.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Right, bills weigh me, and the coffers are close to empty. Who needs some research done/archive records copied? I’m excellent and there‘s no project too big or small!
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University Press of Kansas @univpressofkansas.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
On an episode of Mentioned in Dispatches, editor of "Framing the First World War", @dmorganowen.bsky.social, discusses the concept of “framing” and the lens it offers. Listen now: tinyurl.com/mrk2tayr Explore "Framing the First World War": tinyurl.com/3w5dpsnc #WWI #UPKansas
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
I’ll be force feeding my piece down your throats bit by bit for the next few days. This is about why loss of research capability in universities isn’t just a linear bit of market forces but a messy process of universities sometimes doing panicky short term cuts
You might think these research cutbacks in universities are the exercise of market forces, with the strongest departments surviving. But it is more complicated than that because of the complex cross-subsidies within higher education. Financial instability is largely driven by the drop in high-paying international students and the erosion in the value of tuition fees by
inflation over the past decade. Caught up in the crossfire of this instability and through no fault of their own, some of the top-ranked humanities research departments are closing, while our analysis shows the number of early-career academics in the humanities has fallen by 20 per cent over the past decade.
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Tom Menger @tommenger.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
If you are doing historical research on subjects such as (post-)colonial companies, labour, commodities or infrastructure/transport, consider applying! www.hsozkult.de/event/id/eve...
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External Contributions to the Concluding Meeting DFG Network (Post-)Colonial Business History
Since 2024 the DFG Network (Post-)Colonial Business History (https://pcbh.hypotheses.org/) has worked to consolidate this field inbetween the global history of imperial entanglements and business hist...
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
This phase of the British Academy's SHAPE Observatory project focuses on academic staff, analysing trends since 2012/13 to explore how staffing levels vary by subject, region and employment characteristics. The data lag: the 2025-26 redundancies you've been reading about are not yet captured. 1/3
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Loss of academic staff and "cold spots" for humanities and social science degrees threaten strategically important skills for UK, says British Academy
A new data map released today shows a sharp and widespread decline in opportunities for university staff in the humanities, social sciences and arts subjects in 2024-25. The data shows a precarious la...
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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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The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
What role do the humanities and social sciences play in tackling today's biggest challenges? The latest issue of the Journal of the British Academy explores climate action, higher education, the future of work, and more through interdisciplinary research. Read now 👉 bit.ly/3STRuXx
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Simon Jones @simonjones.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
BBC News - WW1 warship facing 'disastrous' move to scrapyard
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WW1 warship HMS President facing 'disastrous' move to scrapyard
HMS President has been moored in Chatham, Kent, since its relocation from London in 2016.
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Digital Scholarship @ British Library @bldigischol.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
EThOS platform restored! 'Following restoration work, all metadata records previously available on EThOS have now been restored, along with an additional 14,000 records added since the service was taken offline' - more to come www.bl.uk/stories/news/ethos-record…
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EThOS records restored
We are pleased to share that EThOS (E-Theses Online Service) is now available again following restoration work after the cyber-attack.
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
'The decision to slash funding for creative subjects comes despite the field being named as one of the UK’s “highest potential sectors” in the government’s industrial strategy.' 1/2
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Cuts to creative courses ‘undermining government’s own strategy’
Arts institutions warn creative education is becoming increasingly hard to deliver as government slashes funding from September onwards
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David Morgan-Owen @dmorganowen.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Thread that shows very well what the MoD loses by being so purposefully opaque in documents like the DIP - the obfuscation doesn't hide fudging so much as make it very obvious (this time from space!)
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Rachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
So it turns out the "contract" teenagers signed for their student loans wasn't actually a contract at all, the government always had the right to retrospectively change the terms, and at no point was this explained to those taking out the loans... www.newstatesman.com/politics/edu...
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Government mis-sold student loans to a generation, report finds
A new Treasury Committee report has found that the state did not sufficiently communicate the terms and conditions
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
‘Vivienne Stern, chief executive of Universities UK, said that her organisation agreed with the committee that the costs of undergraduate higher education should be shared more equally between graduates and the state, since both benefited.’ www.thetimes.com/article/11ff...
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Scrap freeze on student loan repayment threshold, government told
A cross-party committee of MPs said there was a ‘moral obligation’ to honour the promises made to graduates when they took out the loans
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
'The names of 9,909 British Indian Army servicemen are now being added to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) casualty database after they were uncovered by researchers.' 1/2
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Forgotten Punjabi WW1 soldiers recognised for first time
Nearly 10,000 soldiers' names are being added to the official database of war dead, a cherised step for many of their ancestors.
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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
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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Andrew Defty @adefty.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Yesterday 142 academic staff at the University of Lincoln were put at risk of redundancy including the entire Politics and International Relations team. This follows cuts since 2024 which have already seen over 500 people leave the university. This is the 'University of No Regrets'.
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Andrew McRae @mcraeandrew.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
👀 www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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Fury over Exeter University plan to scrap dozens of humanities posts
Rowan Williams and Mark Kermode join campaign against proposed cuts for arts and social sciences
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David Morgan-Owen @dmorganowen.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Really enjoyed doing this, thanks to @kensingtons.bsky.social for hosting! @univpressofkansas.bsky.social you can see the book here: kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700640560/
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Framing the First World War
This innovative approach to the history of World War I looks at ways in which military actors saw and perceived war, and how that exerted a significant influ...
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James Dyke @jamesgdyke.info · 30/06/2026
Can you help push the petition numbers over 20k? www.change.org/p/stop-redun... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Nearly 20K sign petition to stop University of Exeter job cuts
The university says the measures which would hit Devon and Cornwall posts were currently proposals.
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David Morgan-Owen @dmorganowen.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
With 3 history degrees from Exeter I can hardly not sign this. Doesn’t imply Exeter and its staff deserve support not extended to other fantastic departments facing unfair treatment and coercive management practice, but please consider signing: c.org/LWCJY75MZj
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Sign the Petition
Stop Redundancies at the University of Exeter
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Lewis Wade 🗃️ @wadehistory.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
🚨 PLEASE SHARE WIDELY 🚨 If you are an Exeter alumnus, and wish to express your horror at the proposed cuts to the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, please sign the Google Doc petition below. Not an alumnus? You can still help by signing the Exeter UCU petition at c.org/msXfsb2g5b 🗃️
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Alumni petition against the cuts to the Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
Any Exeter alumni who wish for their names to be added to the petition below should please complete the form at this link: https://forms.gle/SpdYvmmsCaJbmZft6. If you are not an alumnus, but still wis...
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Bleddyn Bowen @bleddb.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Never has your ticket to an international political history of the Space Age and military space strategy come at greater value!
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Bleddyn Bowen @bleddb.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
I have it on good authority that the paperback edition is out and starting to ship! Order my book 'Original Sin: Power, Technology, and War in Outer Space' direct from @hurstpublishers.bsky.social and use ORIGINAL20 for a 20% discount. www.hurstpublishers.com/book/origina...
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Original Sin | Hurst Publishers
An eye-opening account of a world order shaped by spacepower and the threat of space warfare.
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The BREAK—DOWN @the-breakdown.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
“An empire in decline is always at its most dangerous - and we’re seeing that already.” On the new episode of The BREAK–DOWN podcast we're joined by author and Professor of Gulf Studies at the University of Exeter, Laleh Khalili
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