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Dean Clay @drdeanclay.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

This alone should be all the evidence needed to relegate Arsenal from the Premier League

Dean Clay @drdeanclay.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

If you want to be part of a brilliant History department and work with some fantastic students, then apply for this asap - deadline closes on 21 September

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Dean Clay @drdeanclay.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

RIP to the most influential figure in the history of #NUFC. A man who implemented a unique and brilliantly entertaining brand of football that almost brought the greatest reward to the Toon. Truly an icon - supremely talented as both player and manager and humble with it. Sad news indeed.

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Dean Clay @drdeanclay.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Ah, England - plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose

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Dean Clay @drdeanclay.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

#OTD in 1873, Edmund Dene Morel was born. One of the leading figures in the campaign against the atrocities of Leopold II’s Congo Free State, exposing a system of violence & exploitation. Yet his legacy is more complicated than the heroic reputation suggests. I explored those contradictions here:

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The contested legacy of Edmund Dene Morel – the man who exposed the murderous exploits of King Leopold II in the Belgian Congo

Morel made public the now notorious abuses of Belgian rule in the Congo.

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Dean Clay @drdeanclay.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

New from me in The Conversation: a piece on the contested legacy of Edmund Dene Morel - the campaigner who helped expose King Leopold II’s murderous regime in the Congo, but whose later politics leave a far more troubling legacy. theconversation.com/the-conteste...

theconversation.com

The contested legacy of Edmund Dene Morel – the man who exposed the murderous exploits of King Leopold II in the Belgian Congo

Morel made public the now notorious abuses of Belgian rule in the Congo.

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daviddoddington.bsky.social @daviddoddington.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

British American 19th C Historians (@branchuk.bsky.social) is looking for new co-editors of its journal, American 19th C History (@anchistjournal.bsky.social) Applications due: 01.06.26. Pls share widely! @officialbaas.bsky.social @oah.org @royalhistsoc.org @historians.org @ihr.bsky.social

Job advert - applications involve CV (5pg) and letter of intent (1-2pg). Responsibilities include soliciting and reading all submissions, determining whether to send to reviewers, working with reviewers and authors as per the review process, editing manuscripts and working with Taylor and Francis. Liasing with book review team and BrANCH as an organization, including Steering Committee membership.

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Dean Clay @drdeanclay.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Wishing all future historians who will one day write about this the very best of luck

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 07/04/2026

An Earthset, captured by the four astronauts of the Artemis II mission during Monday’s lunar flyby. See more photos released on Tuesday by NASA. nyti.ms/47IKYHQ

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Dean Clay @drdeanclay.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

His work in the Congo reform movement helped crystallise his views on imperialism & the international struggle oppressed peoples faced. His speech from the dock in 1916 had a profound impact that still resonates for many today. A truly impressive speech: www.nootherlaw.com/archive/case...

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Roger Casement — Speech From The Dock

Roger Casement was the last of the leaders of the 1916 Rising to be executed. An Irishman captured in Ireland, he was tried for high treason in London, convicted by an English jury, and hanged at Pent...

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Dean Clay @drdeanclay.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

The screen on a smartphone is too small for major purchases, right…?

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Dean Clay @drdeanclay.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Roger Casement getting a shout out here for his work in the Congo reform movement #CongoReformAssociation #Imperialism

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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

: Half of UK universities face a deficit next year. Up to 50 could close. That is a sector in crisis. Simply blaming a tuition fee freeze and nudging fees up with inflation is not a plan. Where is the long-term strategy for higher education? #Universities #HigherEducation

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Dean Clay @drdeanclay.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Ok so morbidly curious as to what the explanation is here but also aware that I may never be the same person again if I hear it

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Sarah Elizabeth Cox @oispooky.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Yet again Michael is posting this photo of women from North Shields, who were arrested at different times for petty crimes, and telling people on social media that they were the Forty Elephants. They are not 😂 Clue's on the boards - it says North Shields, because they were taken in North Shields.

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Dean Clay @drdeanclay.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

New from me on how rising protest in the US is increasingly treated as data for the state - monitored, analysed, and managed rather than answered.

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Dean Clay @drdeanclay.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Just need to find the time to do these things now…

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Dean Clay @drdeanclay.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

New from me: When protest gets treated as foreign policy, solidarity stops being neutral and starts carrying political risk, often for the protesters themselves. A short piece for Foreign Policy In Focus on how states instrumentalise global protest. fpif.org/when-protest...

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When Protest Becomes Foreign Policy - FPIF

Solidarity spoken from afar is never neutral, and the costs of its consequences are rarely borne by those who speak the loudest.

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John Lyon @johnlyon.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Think of all the tips lost.

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HOTCUS @hotcus.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

The CfP is now open for the 2026 HOTCUS Annual Conference (University of Manchester, 1-3 July 2026). Please email all submissions to events.hotcus@gmail.com by midnight, UK time on 25 March, 2026.

Delegates from the HOTCUS, 2024 Annual Conference at Southampton University

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redstateprof.bsky.social @redstateprof.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

I am always obligated when Niall Ferguson is mentioned to point out that he encouraged some of his students to go after another student whose politics he didn't like. One of the most unethical things I've ever seen an "educator" do. www.theguardian.com/media/2018/j...

theguardian.com

Niall Ferguson quits Stanford free speech role over leaked emails

British historian resigns after urging ‘opposition research’ be done on a leftwing student

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Dan Feather @danieljfeather.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Pleased to see the written evidence I co-produced with members of the Historians of Cultural Diplomacy research network (sites.google.com/ucm.es/hcd) has been published as part of the government enquiry Soft power: a strategy for UK success? committees.parliament.uk/writtenevide...

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 22/01/2026

PhD funding for early career historians completing a doctorate. Applications are invited for the Society's Centenary PhD Fellowships for the academic year 2026-27 bit.ly/49MzqmT. Two awards of £8500 per student, held jointly with @ihr.bsky.social. Closing date: 31 January 2026 #Skystorians

Call for Royal Historical Society PhD funding with text: The Royal Historical Society offers two annual PhD Fellowships for postgraduate historians in their third year of research at a university in the UK or overseas in order to complete a doctorate. The Fellowships comprise:

Two RHS Centenary Fellowships: each Centenary Fellowship runs for 6-months and is worth £8,500 for final-year PhD students to complete their dissertations and to develop their research career.
All Fellowships are open to candidates without regard to nationality or academic affiliation. They are jointly held with the Institute of Historical Research (IHR), University of London, where Fellows are based.

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Prof. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

"Every critical ecosystem is on a pathway to collapse" - wow, the wording in this isn't pulling its punches

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Dean Clay @drdeanclay.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

A great article about a fantastic TV series. I rewatched it last year and, Daniel Craig’s Geordie accent aside, it was as brilliant as I remember it being when I watched it with my mam in the 90s.

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Dean Clay @drdeanclay.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

‘The price of progress we must never forget: The true cost of a key moment in Liverpool's history’ Nice to get something published in a newspaper in the city where I did my PhD. Apologies in advance for my mugshot being the story image (a little strange…) www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/news-op...

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The price of progress we must never forget

The story of the railway and its birth on Merseyside show the contradictions at the heart of 19th-century Britain, writes historian of activism and empire Dr Dean Clay

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Dean Clay @drdeanclay.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

‘Human Rights Watch and Justice say recent legislative changes have had a chilling effect and should be repealed.’ Good morning from the UK, everyone. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

theguardian.com

Right to protest is under attack in England and Wales, reports warn

Human Rights Watch and Justice say recent legislative changes have had a chilling effect and should be repealed

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Karl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Attention scholars: to mark the 20th anniversary of Patrick Wolfe's "Settler Colonialism and the Elimination of the Native," SETTLER COLONIAL STUDIES is soliciting reflections/ critiques for a special issue on Wolfe and his influence. Details below. Please circulate widely!

CALL FOR PAPERS: Patrick Wolfe’s Settler Colonial Theory, 20 Years On
This special issue of Settler Colonial Studies aims to collaboratively examine the residual
impacts of Patrick Wolfe’s influential essay, “Settler Colonialism and the Elimination of the
Native."

• What did this essay do to shift or situate the conversation of postcolonial studies
towards settler colonialism?
• What chord did it strike that made it so widely taken up? And how have the
essay’s key concepts travelled globally?
• How do the essay’s arguments hold up when considered in settler colonial
contexts not addressed in Wolfe’s essay.

Our aim is to curate a special issue by inviting a mix of scholars from across the globe,
Indigenous and non-Indigenous, established and newer voices, to comment on the essay in
2026 as a way to examine the current state of the field. We seek research article contributions
of 5,000 words that will undergo double-blind peer-review and also encourage reflective
essays and creative responses to “Settler Colonialism and the Elimination of the Native.”
We will hold an online symposium in June 2026, where a working version of accepted essays
will be shared with scholars from across the globe. Our target deadlines are as follows:
• 350 word abstracts by March 15, 2026;
• Conference version of the paper for the online symposium in June 2026;
• Submitted draft for peer review, October 2026;
• Revised and final draft for publication, Jan 2027;
• Publication: May 2027.
Please send abstracts of 350 words with a 1 page CV to: Rebecca Weaver-Hightower,
rebeccawh@vt.edu or raweav1@yahoo.com. Please make sure the subject line indicates the
special issue. Abstracts will be acknowledged with an email. If you do not receive a response
within 2 weeks, please email Rebecca (in case your original email was unintentionally filtered
out by her email program).

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Dean Clay @drdeanclay.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Is this the grift going up yet another notch or has it just kind of settled in the stratosphere?

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Warwick History Post-Doc Club @post-doc-club.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Great news! JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month www.jstor.org/action/showL...

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Dean Clay @drdeanclay.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Just getting from A to B on time and at a reasonable price would be better…

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

I’ve been saying since the beginning of this admin that they’re going to start putting those statues back up. New Confederate statues would serve similar purposes to their boom time of 1900-20: statements of physical dominance of public space, designed to unite in-groups and intimidate out-groups.

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Dean Clay @drdeanclay.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

I’ve been waiting my whole life for that. #NUFC

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Dean Clay @drdeanclay.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

New from me in @africasacountry.bsky.social - the US-backed Lobito Corridor in the DRC is framed as development, but history suggests it’s another pipeline for foreign powers to profit from Congo’s riches. Read here: africasacountry.com/2025/03/new-...

africasacountry.com

New route for old exploitation

A US-backed infrastructure project in the DRC is framed as development, but history suggests it’s just another pipeline for foreign powers to profit from Congo’s riches.

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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Like a sense of the temperature in UK Higher Education right now? Take a read of this furious open letter from students and researchers at Kingston University, which faces losing its famous (and precious) Centre for Research in Modern European Philosophy: www.versobooks.com/en-gb/blogs/...

versobooks.com

Open Letter from CRMEP Students & Researchers on Kingston University’s

Wednesday, March 5th, 2025 As of Wednesday 25th February 2025, Kingston University management are proposing the closure of the entire Department of Humanities, including the world-renowned Centre fo...

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Dean Clay @drdeanclay.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Well, I haven’t seen a slap like that from an orange man since the banned Tango advert in 1992.

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Dean Clay @drdeanclay.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

The fall of the Berlin Wall. Obviously it wasn’t until I was an adult that I realised David Hasselhoff deserved the credit for that…

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Elsa Devienne @elsadevienne.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

The British Library is advertising for a funded Visiting Postdoctoral Research Fellowship working on their collections on topics related to Sustainability & Environment. - Duration is 4 months - you must be a UK resident - within 10 years of PhD www.bl.uk/more/researc... www.bl.uk/more/researc...

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Dean Clay @drdeanclay.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

“I couldn't help it. It just popped in there.” “What? WHAT ‘just popped in there?’” “I... I... I tried to think...” “LOOK!” “No! It CAN'T be!” “What is it?” “It CAN'T be!” “What did you DO, Ray?” “Oh, shit!” “It's a…gigantic Snoopy”

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James Crossland @jamescrossland.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Just in time for Xmas - as part of their festive sale, @manchesterup.bsky.social have my "Rise of Devils - Fear and the Origins of Modern Terrorism" on sale now for only £10! #history #booksale manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526160676/

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Manchester University Press - The rise of devils

The rise of devils - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of The rise of devils by James Crossland

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Dean Clay @drdeanclay.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

First up, replace detention with Hell in a Cell matches… The craziness of a Trump administration starts again. ‘Trump picks former WWE executive Linda McMahon for education secretary’ amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

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Trump picks former WWE executive Linda McMahon for education secretary | Trump administration | The Guardian

Billionaire and former Senate candidate served in president-elect’s cabinet in first administration

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James Crossland @jamescrossland.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

LJMU's History Department are proud to host our friends from @batw.bsky.social this coming summer, and invite historians from across the world to #Liverpool - a city where #history is cherished and celebrated @andrekeil.bsky.social @ljmuresearch.bsky.social #conference #skystorians

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Malcolm Craig @malcolmcraig.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Given that so many new people are here, time for a repeat: Did you play post-apocalyptic/Cold War adjacent #TTRPGs in the 70s/80s? Willing to discuss your memories of these games & take part in my oral history project? Then get in touch via the email on this page!: www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/sta...

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Malcolm Craig

Find out more information about Dr Malcolm Craig, including their areas of expertise, research publications and contact details.

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Dean Clay @drdeanclay.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

This is a potentially terrifying development and just the beginning of Trump seeing what else he can get away with, no doubt. He’s like the raptors in Jurassic Park testing the fence for weaknesses… ‘Trump Draft Executive Order Would Create Board to Purge Generals’ www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

wsj.com

Exclusive | Trump Draft Executive Order Would Create Board to Purge Generals

If an executive order is enacted, it could fast-track the removal of admirals.

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