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hannah @hannahkateboast.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I'm on strike for the next five weeks with @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social because management continues to threaten mass compulsory redundancies. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Edinburgh University lecturers begin five-week strike over cuts
Members of the University and Colleges Union are walking out in part of a long-running dispute over job and course cuts.
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endeeekay.bsky.social @endeeekay.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
a belated update: gatehouselaw.co.uk/gatehouse-ch...
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Gatehouse Chambers announces its first-ever Scholar: Natalya Din-Kariuki
Gatehouse Chambers is delighted to congratulate Natalya Din-Kariuki as the recipient of the inaugural Gatehouse Chambers Scholarship, in association with the scholarship programme at Gray’s Inn.
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Kathleen Commons @kabcommons.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Just 10 days to submit to this amazing ECR roundtable @ihr.bsky.social Migration and Mobility Seminar, convened by MC Loureiro, which aims to open space for new ways of understanding & challenging practices and theories of belonging, rights & protections. Details here: le.ac.uk/law/news/law...
Poster outlining the key points of the call for papers - available online at the website address linked in the post
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Sneha Krishnan @snehakrishnan.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I wrote this in rage mostly because I wish we could have done more to stop the “free speech” defence of Cofnas and also because our Dalit colleagues’ vocabulary is powerfully true. This is institutional murder www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
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Jason Arday’s death is institutional murder
Arday was subjected to a vicious campaign fuelled by anti-Black racism.
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Sneha Krishnan @snehakrishnan.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Also, there IS a crisis in British universities. It has nothing to do with EDI or allegations of plagiarism. The Higher Ed sector is heaving under the weight of managerialism, and brilliant institutions like Exeter, Nottingham, Sussex, are being gutted. Can we get 53 articles about that in 16 days?
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Dr Eva Johanna Holmberg @evajohannaholmberg.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Hullo #earlymodern istas. If you happen to use my work (books and articles, anything) in your teaching, now would be a good time to tell me which ones, and in which courses (and unis).
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Nora J. Williams @norajw.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
‼️ The deadline to apply for the @srsrensoc.bsky.social Society for Renaissance Studies Scholars of Colour MA Scholarship is fast approaching. Applications must be submitted by 15 July 2026.   Full details and the application portal can be found on our website: rensoc.org.uk/apply/schola...
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Apply: Scholars of Colour Scholarship | Society for Renaissance Studies
Promoting the study of the Renaissance since 1967
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Chloe Fairbanks @fairbanc.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
What a brilliant time at the Global Renaissance workshop hosted by @cesrtours.bsky.social and organised by the inimitable @endeeekay.bsky.social and @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social. So many rich and thought-provoking discussions!
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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 05/07/2026
Which means: what, exactly? The argument for the humanities as moral education has always been weak; the argument for the humanities as knowledge-producing endeavors has always been strong; and the argument for valuing disciplines based on the number of ppl who major in them has always been stupid.
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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 03/07/2026
All of this. This is why the vanishing of material support for reading and thinking is such a massive crisis for the historical profession. 🗃️
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Mark Williams @mrfw17thc.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
This is it: there's no coherent logic driving these changes. It's an ideological choice in the guise of a financial crisis. As Kent proved post-REF 2021, you can top all the tables and jump through all the hoops. The vandals are still not going to listen or respect you. Because they're vandals.
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Liesbeth Corens @onslies.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
May I remind #UKHE of the Cost Allocation Death Spiral.
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The Cost Allocation Death Spiral and the University
The Cost Allocation Death Spiral and the University Accountants, as people whose business it chiefly is to bring hard news to powerful people, generally avoid emotional terms. They prefer softer, nuan...
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Liesbeth Corens @onslies.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
You already see it in how people have clocked out. Universities used to be run on an inordinate amount of goodwill. Yes, the unhealthy kind that meant people bent over backwards in things they should be properly remunerated for, but also more broadly in collegiality and turning up. Eroded now.
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Natalia Cecire @ncecire.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Redundancies at a post-92 are just as catastrophic--if not more--as redundancies at the institutions that are members of a group specifically set up to structurally advantage themselves at the expense of post-92s. Solidarity with everyone at risk. We are all very much needed.
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becimay @becimay.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
In case you didn’t know, Exeter uni, where I work, has announced a plan to make 25% of staff in my English department redundant. Left-over staff will do double the teaching while their research time will be shrunk to 1%. Meanwhile admissions for English at Exeter are HIGH, and on the rise this year
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Dr Jo Edge 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @hagenilda.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Please sign this petition - now over 9k sigs - to stop the philistinic slashing of Humanities and Social Sciences staff at Exeter. #UCU #UKHE All solidarity with my brilliant friends and colleagues at @exeterucu.bsky.social
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Dr Laura Sangha @lsangha.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Thanks to all sending messages of support as me and my colleagues in Humanities and Social Sciences at Exeter face being made redundant in September. I'll be back here once it's less hot & I can think. Please consider signing & sharing this petition: www.change.org/p/stop-redun... #EarlyModern 🗃️
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Stop Redundancies at the University of Exeter
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Katherine McDonald @katherinemcdon.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Ok, look, what's been particularly infuriating about the redundancies at Exeter (and Nottingham and Newcastle and and and) is this weird idea that it only affects those individuals and institutions. It harms us all because we are so closely interconnected.
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Katie Turner @katieturnerphd.com · 25/06/2026
The last three years have seen over 30,000 jobs lost in UK Higher Ed. Acting as if this doesn't grievously impact the economy, and the nation's future prospects in all areas, is, at this point, nothing short of wilful self-harm / purposeful vandalism.
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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
This is one of the dumbest and saddest things I've ever seen. We should not think of universities in this way, and if we do that'll destroy everything that is both useful and good about them. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Find out which university degrees could earn you most across your lifetime
New data suggests which university degrees have the highest and lowest financial returns over a lifetime.
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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 Ellie Mackin Roberts @elliemackinroberts.net · 23/06/2026
I am once again begging universities to realise that staff - academic, professional services, estates, all of them - are the product they are trying to sell. Without staff there is nothing to sell. No amount of flashy buildings will replace staff in universities. UKHE is in freefall.
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Natalia Cecire @ncecire.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Academic departments deserve to be saved, supported, resourced, allowed to grow even if they're not "best in the country," "first in the REF," "top-ranked," "at a Russell Group uni," or whatever other austerity-brained nonsense senior managers have been using to flimflam you out of solidarity
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Courtney Weiss Smith @cweiss-smith.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
I am *thrilled* to share that we are hiring again! A tenure track job in early modern literature! I’ve found Wesleyan a terrific place to work—help us spread the word? wesleyan.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/career...
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Professor of English
The Department of English at Wesleyan University seeks a scholar-teacher of early modern literature for a tenure-track appointment beginning July 1, 2027. We are open to candidates with comparative ap...
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Katie Murphy @manymanyplies.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Two-year early modern English job, at Oriel College and the Oxford English Faculty, starting October. Happy to field any questions! my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
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Job Details
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Kristin Grogan @kristingrogan.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
"All of this is a colossal and entirely avoidable act of self-harm on the part of a country whose higher education sector has until recently been one of the few things it had going for it." newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
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Lorna Finlayson, Irreversible — Sidecar
On Britain’s universities.
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Natalia Cecire @ncecire.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
"The mantra, repeated ad nauseam in those years, was ‘competition drives up quality,’ an assertion that anyone looking at, say, the privatised water companies or privatised train companies might greet with a hollow laugh."
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Natalia Cecire @ncecire.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
to paraphrase Homer Simpson, 38% *so far*
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
UC Berkeley Law creates new AI policy that bans AI for "conceptualizing, outlining, drafting, revising, translating, or editing any work submitted for credit" or exams because "thinking remains the sine qua non of good lawyering (and of a quality legal education)." That's what I'm talking about.
Rule:
The use of AI is prohibited for aid in conceptualizing, outlining, drafting, revising,
translating, or editing any work submitted for credit. AI use is prohibited for any use for
any purpose in any exam situation. Students may not upload course
materials—including assignments, readings, slides, class recordings, or other class
content—into generative AI systems. AI can be used for research on papers ONLY for the
limited purpose of identifying sources, such as cases, statutes, or secondary sources.
Students are responsible for the accuracy of their research and all other aspects of their
submitted work. Citations to sources that do not exist will raise a presumption of
prohibited AI use
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Deidre Lynch @drbibliomane.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
There are stories from all over about universities' dismantling of the humanities. I have a small but dismaying data point from my university to contribute to the discourse. Harvard University now has NO assistant professors of English. That's how long it has been since we were allowed to hire.
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Chris Lloyd @cilloyd.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Hey Bluesky folks. If you’re in education or just follow for my thirst traps, would you please sign this if you can, and share far and wide? c.org/dCKk9vjqxY It’s much appreciated. My university is cancelling all UG humanities degrees. We need support and love right now x
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Save the Humanities at the University of Hertfordshire
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endeeekay.bsky.social @endeeekay.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Applications for the inaugural Annual Renaissance PhD Summer School, a collaboration b/w @RenWarwick, the Warburg Institute, & the CESR at L'Université de Tours, w/ support from @NewberryLibrary, close TOMORROW. Apply here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/ren...
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Renaissance PhD Summer School
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Chloe Fairbanks @fairbanc.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Delighted to announce that Volume 15 of the Journal of Early Modern Studies is now available online! oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/bs...
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Vol. 15 (2026): Material Space and Literary Production in Early Modern Europe | Journal of Early Modern Studies
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Bellee Jones-Pierce @eelleb.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Peeking in to live vicariously through everyone who went to #shax2026 and to say how happy I am that Literary Form After Matter is out in the world! And open access! Dianne and Katherine have been fabulous to work with, and the whole book is a treat. edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-literar...
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Literary Form After Matter 1550–1700
Literary Form After Matter 1550–1700
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Kathleen Commons @kabcommons.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Really pleased to share my (open access!) article on immigration control in early modern England, feat. rights-bearing subjects, rightsless migrants, and experiments in immigration control
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Kathleen Commons @kabcommons.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Very pleased to share my review of @endeeekay.bsky.social, Subha Mukherji and Rowan Williams' collection, Crossings, an attempt to reorient migration studies through the lens of migrant knowledge(s) & migrant forms: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/RXI2X...
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Crossings: migrant knowledges, migrant forms
Published in Immigrants & Minorities: Historical Studies in Ethnicity, Migration and Diaspora (Ahead of Print, 2026)
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Alice Wickenden @awickenden.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-literar... I see the book has a tentative page. Will be so worth reading, & hopefully very useful for teaching with
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Literary Form After Matter 1550–1700
Literary Form After Matter 1550–1700
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Suzanne Karr Schmidt @drkarrschmidt.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Apply! Astronomy! The Adler! At The Newberry! The Celestial Imagination in Indigenous and Early Modern Worlds: mailchi.mp/1222ede5b9c6...
Three views of astrological study including an armillary sphere, Indigenous Americas constellations, and a woodcut of Gemini.
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Chloe Fairbanks @fairbanc.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
One month left to apply to @emjlynajsh.bsky.social's and my conference on early modern practical texts, featuring keynotes by the brilliant @endeeekay.bsky.social and Laurence Publicover! #CFP sites.google.com/sheffield.ac...
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Sheffield Centre for Early Modern Studies - CFP: Reading the Practical in Early Modern Literature
CFP: Reading the Practical in Early Modern Literature
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Suzanne Karr Schmidt @drkarrschmidt.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Brilliant Colleague's New Book Alert! Buy Chris Fletcher's latest, hot off the presses or read the OPEN ACCESS version online! www.arc-humanities.org/978180270096...
Arc Humanities book cover for "Public Engagement in the European Middle Ages: Medieval Solutions for a Modern Crisis."
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punctum 🌈 books: spontaneous acts of scholarly combustion @punctumbooks.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
CROSSINGS: Migrant Knowledges, Migrant Forms shows how the arts & the humanities can meet the ethical demands that the reality of mass displacement places on us, in a way that governments & institutions have failed to do. PUBLISHED #OpenAccess & FREE to download! tinyurl.com/2s3686hm
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endeeekay.bsky.social @endeeekay.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Loved the production of Troilus & Cressida at The Globe, and was pleased to have contributed an essay to the programme!
programme for production of Troilus & Cressidaessay in the programme on the play in the context of the Global Renaissance
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punctum 🌈 books: spontaneous acts of scholarly combustion @punctumbooks.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
CROSSINGS: Migrant Knowledges, Migrant Forms shows how the arts & the humanities can meet the ethical demands that the reality of mass displacement places on us, in a way that governments & institutions have failed to do. PUBLISHED #OpenAccess & FREE to download! tinyurl.com/2s3686hm
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endeeekay.bsky.social @endeeekay.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Applications for 2026-2027 entry to the Wheeler History of Travel Writing studentship at the University of Warwick are now open. I’m happy to speak to potential applicants working in my areas of interest! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOU382/p...
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PhD Scholarship: The Wheeler History of Travel Writing at University of Warwick
Explore a PhD Scholarship: The Wheeler History of Travel Writing. Apply today and discover more PhD opportunities at jobs.ac.uk.
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Liesbeth Corens @onslies.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
EXCITED!!! For the very first session of the new Migration & Mobility seminar @ihr.bsky.social. @kabcommons.bsky.social is introducing.
Picture of a very full seminar room with lots of people on the online screen.
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Ben Gidley @bengidley.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Enjoyed first seminar of @ihr.bsky.social Migration + Mobility seminar series led by the fantastic @kabcommons.bsky.social, starring legend @profpanayi.bsky.social and great presentations by @endeeekay.bsky.social (see pic for book out soon w/ @punctumbooks.bsky.social) & @marcloureiro.bsky.social
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Liesbeth Corens @onslies.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
oh EXTREMELY immanent! And #OpenAccess (though it looks so lush you'll want to get a neat physical copy) punctumbooks.com/titles/cross.... (@endeeekay.bsky.social, you're HERE! Sorry!) #MovingHistory
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Liesbeth Corens @onslies.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Oh! The fabulous Natalya Din-Kariuki speaking and announcing that the publication of Crossing @punctumbooks.bsky.social is immanent! Get your copy: punctumbooks.com/titles/cross...
Book cover  of Crossings: Migrant Knowledges, Migrant Forms
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Ben Gidley @bengidley.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
reminder we’re kicking off tomorrow 5:30- 7:30pm Hybrid/IHR @profpanayi.bsky.social & @kabcommons.bsky.social will open, then I’ll will speak on history & social studies; @marcloureiro.bsky.social on history & law; and Natalya Din-Kariuki on history & literature. www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
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Introduction to the Migration and Mobility Seminar
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Kathleen Commons @kabcommons.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
The first term's programme for the IHR Migration and Mobility Seminar is now live! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/.... We're hybrid, so if you're interested in migration and mobility across space and time - but also in how we can write better histories of mobility - sign up from anywhere!
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Migration and Mobility History
The IHR Migration and Mobility seminar provides a space for historians and scholars from other disciplines to come together to discuss migration and mobility in history.
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