iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Caroline Dodds Pennock @carolinepennock.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Friends, please do go and write reviews of this on Amazon pointing out that it's AI plagiarised shite. Many thanks.

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

'The University of Nottingham has confirmed that it will close its music and languages departments as it presses ahead with more than 500 job cuts despite widespread opposition from staff and students.' A blight on East Midlands and UK higher education.

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Nottingham confirms course closures with hundreds of jobs affected

Languages and music departments to close despite strikes and protests but university insists it has addressed staff concerns in revised plans

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Emily Cock @emilyncock.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Thing I have learned today: this is a 'convict surgeonfish' (Acanthurus triostegus)

A fish with yellow back fading to a white belly, and six vertical black stripes, one of which cuts dramatically through the eye

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Dr Jo Edge 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @hagenilda.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

LOOK WHAT I GOT MY HANDS ON @thorntonsbooks.bsky.social! AND, now available Open Access completely free to read and download online! #EarlyModern. Also a lovely arvo catching up with the lovely @cordeliabeattie.bsky.social on Portobello beach! www.routledge.com/Alice-Thornt...

Me in my dirty dogwalking togs on Portobello sea front holding a copy of Alice Thornton's Books: Reassessing the Life Writings of a Seventeenth-Century Woman ed Cordelia Beattie, Suzanne Trill and me

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Physicians' Gallery @physiciansgallery.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

We've just launched a new digital resource! Almost 15,000 entries, covering every Fellow, Honorary Fellow, Member and Licentiate of our College from our foundation to 1926. Check it out 👉 www.rcpe.ac.uk/heritage/phy...

Promotional image. A composite image of nine doctors, text on image reads 'physicians database'

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Joe Saunders @joesaunders1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

For anyone without access via university affiliation then membership to the British Association for Local History @balhnews.bsky.social entitles you to a discounted subscription of this fantastic database of published historical research. www.history.ac.uk/resources/on...

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will pooley @willpooley.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

things i have learned from building a spreadsheet to reconcile inconsistent naming practices in my book manuscript: 1. the book refers to 525 different individuals by name (tho some are not clearly identified) 2. i really, really should have just thought about consistent rules for naming people

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Esther Wright @enwright.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This November we’re hosting a free interactive discussion event as part of Cardiff Univeristy’s @beinghumanfest.bsky.social! Come for history&games, stay for @chriskempshall.bsky.social & @hollynielsen.bsky.social saying excellent things! (I will be there too..) www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fact-versu...

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Fact versus Fiction in the Gaming World

A free interactive discussion panel to explore and imagine historical video games

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Bram De Ridder @bramderidder.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

ERC Marie Sklodowska-Curie postdoctoral fellowship applications went from just 7.000 applicants in 2022 to over 21.000 this year 🤯🤯🤯

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Daniel C. Blight @danielcblight.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

***URGENT PLEASE SHARE*** University of Brighton management have announced today that they ‘give notice of termination of all collective agreements’. This is a fundamental erasure of workers' rights. Management have announced the termination of all contractual documents, which includes:

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BSECS @bsecs.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

***BREAKING NEWS*** We have extended the deadline on our #CFP by 5 days to give those of you that missed our early deadline another chance! New deadline: 20 September 2026 Get writing! #skystorians #18thC 🗃️ www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...

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BSECS Annual Conference

BSECS Annual Conference: the annual meeting of the British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies is Europe's largest and most prestigious annual conference

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Emily Cock @emilyncock.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Plenty more Welsh examples in the older Legacies of Slavery project www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/maps/bri...

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Emily Cock @emilyncock.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I can only join the crowd of shocked and appalled supporters. Unconscionable.

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Josh Smith @smithjj.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Excited that my first monograph, The Politics of Reading at the British Subscription Library, has been published by @degruyterbrill.bsky.social. The book examines the political, social and intellectual culture of late 18thC Britain through books and reading habits. brill.com/display/titl...

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The Politics of Reading at the British Subscription Library, 1789-1832

"The Politics of Reading at the British Subscription Library, 1789-1832" published on 08 Sep 2026 by Brill.

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

If you feel like donating to the RNLI, here’s a link. I just have. Their minimum donation is £2: I think it might be nice for them to receive a lot of donations this week, even if they’re mostly very modest. Just so they know a lot of people out here appreciate their work. rnli.org/support-us/g...

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Donate to the RNLI and help save lives at sea

Your donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here.

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Parliamentary History Journal @parlhistjournal.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Are you an early career researcher with an interest in parliamentary history? We are inviting submissions of 10,000 words, including references, for our annual essay prize, worth £500. The deadline is 30 Nov. 2026. More details here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1750...

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Parliamentary History

Click on the title to browse this journal

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Emily Cock @emilyncock.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I have learned that I can listen to ABC Classic FM from anywhere and I am happy. The dulcet tones of breakfast-shift Ed Le Brocq in my ears as I worked in vineyards through uni: core memory.

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ABC Classic live player - ABC listen

ABC Classic broadcasts the best classical music 24/7 on FM, DAB+, TV and online. Your home for classical music, wherever you listen, read or watch.

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Dr Amy Fuller @amyfuller.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

ICYMI: my new podcast series, Challenging Histories, in collaboration with @histfest.bsky.social starts on Monday. Episode one is ‘Food and Colonialism’ with the brilliant Dr Peggy Brunache. Available wherever you get your podcasts.

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Emily Cock @emilyncock.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Oh and enjoy decent Vietnamese, Thai, Malaysian, etc food while you still can! Ha. (Prob less of an issue if you're moving to London)

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Emily Cock @emilyncock.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Original, dark,& caramel Tim Tams are at Tesco, as is Vegemite. For other cravings, SANZA.com covers you. Non-waterproof shoes are useless in the UK (farewell Converse). Can be tricky to set up UK bank acc w/o a post address & hard to rent w/o a bank acc, so plan for temp accom & money access.

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Emily Cock @emilyncock.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Mum and I spent a memorable rainy Saturday here. The main entry to the registry office (same building) was closed, so we got to intermittently clap as brides walked through the museum to reach their weddings. There was even one dramatic convo about a missing groom (thankfully located eventually)💐

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Emily Cock @emilyncock.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I genuinely loved this, but especially for the exhibition's hints at the politics between the 35 women as they negotiated e.g. who got to sew which bits. I hope many Reading Uni dissertation students have raided the archives.

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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

A burst of mountain colour to start the weekend 🤩🌞 This stunning display of heather & gorse was shining brightly on the hill slopes above Llynnau Cregennan Lakes despite the low cloud last Monday 🥰 📷 My own

A vibrant hillside full of flowers with mountains beyond

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Claire Vaughan @pixieglas.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

As someone has noted - there are not 10,000 Trans people in Wales so this is the time we need to step up and protect those more vulnerable than us. These surgeries were scheduled by DOCTORS for ADULTS who had often been waiting years. Stop this cruelty.

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Emily Cock @emilyncock.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Buggs destroyed! With illustrations! 1757.

A newspaper advertisement with pictures of insects (fleas?), headed "BUGGS destroy'd". The vendor boasts of 33 years' successful trade, and will come back annually to retreat the furniture etc.

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Manon C Williams @manoncwilliams.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Please circulate! Calling all PhDs and ECRs working on themes related to health, welfare, and community in the early modern maritime world: submit abstracts by 30 September to join this one-day workshop at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich on 14 January 2027. www.rmg.co.uk/collections/...

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Call for Papers: Health, Welfare, and Mutual Support in Maritime Communities, 1550 – 1850

A one-day workshop/symposium on 14 January 2027 at the National Maritime Museum, focusing on the disciplinary crossroads between medical, social, and maritime history

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Daniel F Gosling @thegozfather.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

The scribbles of an 18th Century Clerk of the Rolls Chapel (Henry Rooke), using a draft indenture to practice writing common words (common for his work, at least). Mesmerising. [TNA C 149/57]

18th Century paper with draft handwriting

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Emily Cock @emilyncock.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

But props for a fast adjudication process!

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Emily Cock @emilyncock.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Little wave to everyone else in the "pitch passed the quality threshold but name didn't get pulled out of the hat" for the BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants Scheme. 1,274 applications this round 🫣

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

3. The union says Dolly “set the gold standard” for supporting the musicians behind her and “elevated our entire profession.”

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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

An aircraft passenger oxygen mask: a drop down passenger mask with air bag and yellow plastic mouth and nose cover, oxygen tube has been cut; Demonstration model used by flight attendant crew for passenger instruction. Has text on the side indicating that it's non-functional.

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Calon @calonbooks.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Coming soon! 'Rogues, Rakes and Robbers: A True Crime History of Georgian Britain' by Angela Muir is publishing on 3 September! Pre-order your copy now from your favourite local bookshop 📚️

‘Muir is an exceptional guide to the underbelly of Georgian Britain; she tells this history with the precision of a blade.’

Dr Kate Lister

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Emily Cock @emilyncock.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

A Friday morning #paleaography plea! Gertrude has bought something beginning with T (first word, second line). It is probably a book title? But I'm out of guesses.

A page of manuscript, including 'Six Yards blue satten ribon', and 'half a pound of coffee' but with a mystery word.

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Elise Watson @ewatson.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

#earlymodern #bookhistory Workshop Call for Papers: Women’s Professional Networks in the Early Modern Book Trade, University of Edinburgh 6-7 May 2027 Please feel free to share with anyone who might be interested!

Call for Papers
Women’s Professional Networks in the Early Modern Book Trade
University of Edinburgh
6-7 May 2027

Over the past two decades, women’s book history and feminist bibliography have exploded with renewed interest. Even so, women’s work is still to an extent seen as an exception or curiosity. It examines them from a gender history perspective, asking to what extent their relationships were influenced or determined by constructions of femininity. Proposals should therefore involve a dimension of gender analysis beyond simply the inclusion of female subjects.

This conference will seek to explore (but is not limited to) to the following themes and questions:

*Gendered Networks. To what extent were professional book trade networks gendered? How did these networks intersect with other types of women’s networks, whether they be familial, friendly, religious, political, or intellectual?
*Identity and Representation. Did women express professional solidarity with other women, and how did this manifest? How did women’s self-representation in imprints and paratext differ from men’s?
*Legal and Structural Considerations. In what ways were women’s professional networks dependent on legal structures of inheritance in their region, or participation in guilds? How did these networks stretch across economic and class divisions?
*Digital Approaches. Can digital humanities tools such as network visualisation effectively help document these relationships?

The conference will also host the launch of a new collaborative database sourcing biographical information about women in the early modern book trade.

Contributions will be published in a volume of conference proceedings, to be submitted by the end of 2027.

Proposals for papers of maximum 20 minutes, including title, an abstract of up to 300 words, and a biography of up to 150 words should be sent to Dr Elise Watson, elise.watson@ed.ac.uk, by 20 December 2026. While all papers will be delivered in person, virtual attendance will be available as well.

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E. L. Chen *SLASHER SUMMER out now* @elainechen.com · 12/08/2026

Nobody says on their deathbed, “I wish I had been more efficient”

A poem by Abigail Sims. ChatGPT fucks my wife / and I’m really not all that pressed about it. A natural evolution on our path to enlightenment, the fatal flaw made obsolete. She enjoys the median output of the best lovers in history: Alcibiades’ favourite positions, King Edward’s lessons from the sex chair. Cleopatra’s dominating presence, Solomon’s finest poetry, in a package just the right size, delivered how and when she wants it— Work smarter, not harder, right? It sends me an automated email to let me know the labour I’ve conserved in a weekly insights report; Hours logged, achievements reached, orgasms tallied. It saves me on average 15 minutes a day, every day, that I can spend checking my email. But I press my ear against the door, sometimes, and wonder what I’m missing.

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Mark Williams @mrfw17thc.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

It's real, and due out in March! 'Imaginative Pasts', which has been a joy to edit with Tracey Loughran, aims to reckon - and play - with the role of the imagination in historical research and writing. #skystorians #earlymodern manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526187154/

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The Society of Antiquaries of London @antiquaries.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

While our events section is being fixed, why not take a look through our archive of lectures. From lectures about Danish warships to biscuit art, we've got a huge array of topics to explore. www.youtube.com/@SocAntiquar... The biscuit lecture, for reference: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qr7p...

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Edible Research: Exploring the Material Past through Biscuit Art by Dr Ella Hawkins

YouTube video by SocAntiquaries

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Gladstone's Library @gladlib.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

We are delighted to invite Dr Abdul-Azim Ahmed to speak at this year's Gladfest, taking place Saturday 29th August! 📖 Dr Abdul-Azim Ahmed is Deputy Director of the Islam-UK Centre at Cardiff University, where he is part of an interdisciplinary team researching contemporary Islam.

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Campaign for Disability Justice @campaignfdj.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Happy Disability Pride Month! Here is to every Disabled person and ally making a more inclusive world, where everyone can thrive. #DisabilityPrideMonth #OpportunitySecurityRespect

'Happy Disability Pride Month!'. A graphic of the Disability Pride flag (charcoal grey background with diagonal stripes in red, yellow, white, blue, and green).

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Esther Wright @enwright.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Genuinely ecstatic we have this chapter in Writing Game Histories. An amazing range of perspectives from people who care about what games do to history & vice versa. And at the core of it, a clear sense of why thinking thoughtfully & creatively about history, play (and research!!) matters so much

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Emily Cock @emilyncock.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

January, answers CFP: I can write that. Mine will be a bit short, but I'm sure that's OK. June, deadline looms: Now, how do I cut a third out...?

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Dr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Plea to #skystorians & other academics who read pedagogical research - what's your favourite _undergrad accessible_ article or chapter on "writing is thinking"? (NB please feel free to recc any real bangers on writing skills/reading skills/essay skills generally especially for STEM students!)

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Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Hey hey, it’s now official on Concordia UP’s website, 20% discount code KENNEDY2026 at CUP (CAN) or Chicago (USD, link in next post) for Illuminating Media: Transmitting the Renaissance in England, 1400-1550! concordia.ca/press/illumi...

A turquoise book cover with a orange-red design on the front, Illuminating Media: Transmitting the Renaissance in England, 1400-1550.

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

'About 150 academic roles are set to go at the south-west institution, which said it was targeting areas that are “no longer sustainable” or have seen changes in student demand.' History and English are name-checked. 1/3

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University of Exeter cuts an ‘existential threat to humanities’

Russell Group institution cites changing student demand as it puts 500 staff at risk of redundancy, with 150 jobs set to go

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Dr Amanda Dillon @oddityofwings.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Essential read. Bookmarking for future use. (Also, someone please employ @manwithoutatan.bsky.social . They're amazing and the very, very best at what they do.)

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Esther Liberman Cuenca @estherlcuenca.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

I co-edit a book series for Boydell & Brewer on "The Urban World in the Middle Ages." Open to *BOOK* proposals c. 800–1600, covering urban life, societies, or cultures in Europe, Mediterranean, or Islamic world. For more info, email me, CuencaE@tamuv.edu. Happy to hear from 1st-time book authors.

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