Reposted by Sam BaileyAnna-Lise Santella @anna-lise.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Please submit your abstract for the Oxford Intersection on Environmental Change and Human Experience! The deadline is 01 September 2026 and we want to hear from you! Details at the link below; and you can read the first batch of published articles here: academic.oup.com/edited-volum... 011
Reposted by Sam BaileyDagomar Degroot @dagomardegroot.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Want to write a peer-reviewed, Oxford Intersections article on the #EnvHist of disasters? Check out our call for papers! Oxford Intersections offers a quick, respected, high-impact publishing format - perfect for new research in environmental history. academic.oup.com/oxford-inter... 11413
Reposted by Sam BaileyKirsty Grainger @kirstygrainger.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Earlier this year UKRI launched a funding call to invest £40M in ONE AI lab. www.ukri.org/opportunity/... For some unknown reason they decided to fund TWO AI labs at the cost of £60M. An extra £20M. Just found. That's the equivalent of 7 more years of Jodrell Bank. www.ukri.org/news/ukri-la...ukri.orgUKRI launches two AI research labs to stay ahead in global raceTwo new labs will back British researchers to develop next generation artificial intelligence (AI) systems, helping secure the UK’s position as a global leader. 10433250
Reposted by Sam BaileyOxford Academic @academic.oup.com · 12/07/2026Call for Papers: Environmental Change and Human Experience Oxford Intersections seeks interdisciplinary research on human–environment relationships. Broad visibility, policy relevance, and cross-disciplinary engagement. Abstract deadline: 1 Sept 2026 🔗: oxford.ly/3QZLmMQ 021
Reposted by Sam BaileyOxford Academic @academic.oup.com · 10/07/2026In human–animal studies, intersectional approaches are used to analyze how the lives and interests of humans and nonhuman animals are interconnected—and shaped by cultural and political structures. Read more: oxford.ly/4eKNMbeoxford.lyInterdisciplinary horizons in human–animal studiesOver the last few decades, scholarship in the arts has undergone a significant shift towards questions and topics related to animals and our relationships with them. 011
Reposted by Sam BaileyMarianna Dudley @dudleymarianna.bsky.social · 03/07/2026The Oxford Intersection on Environmental Change and Human Experience is seeking submissions across its different sections. I am editing 'Water' and would love to see more articles on -Rivers/freshwater More-than-human perspectives Militaries & water Trade & transport academic.oup.com/oxford-inter...academic.oup.comCurrent Calls for PapersOxford Intersections reflects the critical role that peer-reviewed interdisciplinary research plays in helping policy- and decision-makers tackle the world 3109
Reposted by Sam BaileyCarla B. Estruch (elle) @carlabestruch.bsky.social · 26/06/2026This is happening already in translation. 27621
Sam Bailey @gazelessstare.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Last week @academic.oup.com launched two Oxford Intersections projects I've had the pleasure of working on for the past three years: 'Environmental Change & Human Experience', created and edited by Georgina Endfield and Poul Holm, and 'Gender Justice', created and edited by Madelyn Detloff. 112
Reposted by Sam BaileyEmily Rowe @emilyrowe1.bsky.social · 22/06/2026It’s publication day for THWICK-A-THWACK! If you wanna know how early modern London writers imagined metalworking as musical (and music as metalwork), you can read it here — www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi... 34112
Reposted by Sam BaileyDuke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Save 30% on #NewBook "Cisgender" by @perryzurn.bsky.social, the first book to trace the story of how cis entered contemporary gender lexicons. #TransStudies #LGBTQStudies buff.ly/aSQPC7c 0103
Reposted by Sam BaileyUK Disability History and Heritage Hub @ukdishisthub.bsky.social · 03/06/2026CFP alert: We are thrilled to announce the Call for Presenters for a hybrid event in collaboration with @britishlibrary.bsky.social! This will be taking place on 27th November 2026, with presentations happening both in-person and online. Deadline to submit your ideas is: 31st July 2026! #DisHist 22840
Reposted by Sam BaileyOxford Academic @academic.oup.com · 15/05/2026📣 Oxford Intersections invites abstracts for Racism by Context, bringing together original, interdisciplinary research on how racism operates across social, political, cultural, and institutional settings. 📅 18 June 2026 👉 Explore current Calls for Papers: oxford.ly/4uEggbU 011
Reposted by Sam BaileyAparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 28/04/2026British MP who went to Oxford herself spending several posts explaining to Bluesky users that she does not wish to defend higher education in the UK, because 4 in 5 in her constituency don’t go to university, is the perfect embodiment of a particular kind of British class bullshit too 16799144
Reposted by Sam BaileyEssaka Joshua @essaka.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Disability and the Gothic has now been published and is available online FOR FREE for the next 2 weeks. www.cambridge.org/core/element...cambridge.orgDisability and the GothicCambridge Core - English Literature: General Interest - Disability and the Gothic 33621
Sam Bailey @gazelessstare.bsky.social · 16/02/2026We are pleased to announce a call for papers for the 'Gender and Creativity' section of the Gender Justice project for @academic.oup.com. This section is edited by Dr. Paulina Bronfman, with Madelyn Detloff serving as General Editor for the overall project. Details: drive.google.com/file/d/1ZI-0... 121
Reposted by Sam BaileyOxford Academic @academic.oup.com · 12/01/2026We’re commissioning articles for Labour and the Economy in Oxford Intersections: Racism by Context—a fully online, peer-reviewed project for short-form interdisciplinary research. 🔗 oxford.ly/3MIKE46 001
Reposted by Sam BaileyOxford Academic @academic.oup.com · 15/01/2026We're seeking articles for Legacy and Memory in Oxford Intersections: Racism by Context. This online, peer-reviewed project publishes short-form interdisciplinary research. Learn more about how you can contribute: oxford.ly/4qGbZ5x 011
Sam Bailey @gazelessstare.bsky.social · 12/01/2026Here's a blog post on 'How to write an interdisciplinary abstract' I wrote following the successful launch of @academic.oup.com's Future Authors Forum in October last year. It contains eight tips for writing effective abstracts for interdisciplinary research articles in the Arts, Hums, & Soc Scis.blog.oup.comHow to write an interdisciplinary abstractThe purpose of any abstract is to summarise your article’s content in a way that will help potential readers decide if they want to read your work. An abstract usually runs between 150 and 300 words a... 122
Reposted by Sam BaileyAparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 21/12/2025Am I the only one who gets a real kick out of citation chains? Reading people's writing and footnotes, and making assessments and notes, finding the sources in the footnotes and reading them yourself, and making more notes? I...love it? 5061271
Reposted by Sam BaileyHari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 18/12/2025Hard no to this: French publisher Harlequin has told translators that their work will now be done by AI. They can ‘revise’ AI translations at much lower rate. It’s a subsidiary of Harper Collins so treat this as a test for rollout elsewhere 22512303
Sam Bailey @gazelessstare.bsky.social · 16/12/2025Oxford University Press @academic.oup.com is pleased to announce that the First Book Prize will open for submissions in Jan 2026. The prize offers up to 10 early-career researchers the opportunity to publish their first academic book fully open access on Oxford Academic, with the full OA fee waived. 11113
Reposted by Sam BaileyMichelle Chen @michellechn.bsky.social · 12/11/2025"The publisher or distributor cannot force an account to carry the book...The truth of the matter is that **most** books don’t get shelf placement." This is SUCH a great primer on book distribution for authors. 052
Reposted by Sam BaileyMarianna Dudley @dudleymarianna.bsky.social · 23/10/2025‘Low-Carbon Histories for Zero-Carbon Futures’ is out today @jofhistgeog.bsky.social - a collective case for thinking historically about energy. doi.org/10.1016/j.jh... 22711
Reposted by Sam BaileyLambda Literary @lambdaliterary.org · 04/10/2025🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Lambda Literary Award Winner for LGBTQ+ Studies: When Monsters Speak: A Susan Stryker Reader by Susan Stryker, edited by McKenzie Wark! @susanstryker.bsky.social @mckenziewark.bsky.social @dukepress.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉 #Lammys2025 #LammyAwards 06015
Reposted by Sam BaileyLiesbeth Corens @onslies.bsky.social · 27/09/2025"Oh, maybe I'll go to this UKHE 'festival' as that seems the only way the minister will say anything about the sector she's in charge of (even if it's in conversation with the regulator that has been proven to be unfit for purpose and not with staff)" Fucking hell. 4236
Sam Bailey @gazelessstare.bsky.social · 23/07/2025Please consider submitting an abstract to the wonderful Gender Justice project, led by Madelyn Detloff! We're open to proposals for interdisciplinary research articles on the concept of gender justice, however you choose to define it, authored by scholars in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences 131
Reposted by Sam BaileyEmily Rowe @emilyrowe1.bsky.social · 10/07/2025So much fun working with the @kingsartshums.bsky.social marketing team and the Globe on this ‘Top 5 Shakespearean Film Adaptations’ (and got to live out my inner TikTok star!) If you’re on Instagram - give the original a like too! — www.instagram.com/reel/DL4nTOC... #Shakespeare #skystorians 63811
Reposted by Sam BaileyEnvHumsOxford.bsky.social @envhumsoxford.bsky.social · 19/06/2025Academic lead for the Hub, Venus Bivar, was recently interviewed about what the Humanities can teach us about climate change: www.ox.ac.uk/climate-and-...ox.ac.ukProfessor Venus Bivar - Embedding humanities in the environmentVenus Bivar, Associate Professor of Environmental History, discusses her career and the importance of embedding the humanities in the environment. 0163
Sam Bailey @gazelessstare.bsky.social · 12/06/2025Please reach out to Gabriella if you're interested in writing a peer-reviewed interdisciplinary research article on food and drink for Oxford Intersections @oxfordacademic.bsky.social The cultural history of food and drink is a particular passion of mine so it's a joy to be publishing in that area. 131
Reposted by Sam BaileyKatherine Ibbett @eparpillee.bsky.social · 08/06/2025Here’s to other forms of bilingualism instead 1122
Reposted by Sam BaileyCentre for Disability Studies at the University of Leeds @cdsleeds.bsky.social · 21/05/2025Our PGR Network are hosting a conference 'Disability within Environments: disability studies perspectives' on 17th September 2025. The call for papers is live with a deadline of 12th June. Please share with your networksbit.lyDisability within Environments CDS PGR Conference 2025 | Centre for Disability Studies 11011
Reposted by Sam BaileyAnnalisa Nicholson @apuddleofmuddle.bsky.social · 27/05/2025Academia in 2025: For weeks I’ve been working through botched copy-edits of my monograph, outsourced by the publisher to a company I’d never heard of, until it finally dawned on me the terrible job might be AI. A quick search confirmed the company recently launched new AI software, which now means.. 792904957
Reposted by Sam BaileyUniversity of Exeter Special Collections @exeterunispeccoll.bsky.social · 23/05/2025Good morning to everyone, but especially to all the turtles, for today is their special day! To celebrate World Turtle Day, here are two turtle-y amazing illustrations from 'Our Reptiles and Batrachians' by M.C. Cooke, published in 1893. 📷 Reserve 579.9 COO #WorldTurtleDay #TurtleDay #RareBooks 36920
Sam Bailey @gazelessstare.bsky.social · 13/05/2025Are you an Early Career Researcher looking to publish your first academic book? Join our digital workshop for personalised feedback on your book proposal from experienced OUP Editors and ECR peers. 📖 Spaces are limited. Share this opportunity with a friend! oxford.ly/ECR-Proposal... 030
Reposted by Sam BaileyRachel Mann @revrachelmann.bsky.social · 16/04/2025What a miserable day to be trans in the UK. Not a single trans person was allowed to make a representation to the Supreme Court. Not one. And we are the group who will pay the price. 116024
Sam Bailey @gazelessstare.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Last month saw the launch of a big project I've been working on for almost 2 years, 'Oxford Intersections: Racism by Context' academic.oup.com/oxford-inter... Led by Prof. Meena Dhanda, this interdisciplinary scholarly resource on racism will build up over the next 3 years to 300 research articles. 121
Reposted by Sam BaileyBut Andrew Hickey Died Ten Years Ago This Very Night @andrewhickey.500songs.com · 07/04/2025Best thing about Burke's drumming on "Dreaming" -- that was take 1. The warm-up. He was just trying mad stuff to see what worked before going for a proper one, but Mike Chapman just said "that's it, we've got the track now" 511035
Sam Bailey @gazelessstare.bsky.social · 07/04/2025Without a doubt the best drummer I’ve ever seen perform live. What a privilege that was! RIP Clem Burke. 000
Reposted by Sam BaileyDominique Carlini Versini @dcarliniversini.bsky.social · 07/04/2025Please share with your students! The School of Modern Languages and Cultures @languagesdurham.bsky.social and the Centre for Foreign Language Study at @durham-university.bsky.social are delighted to launch their third creative writing contest in French on the theme of “La justice”. 254
Reposted by Sam BaileyGreg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Today UK authors are protesting against Meta for stealing our work to train their AI model. Authors earn an average of £7000 per year, we are not rich, and yet a trillion dollar company decided it didn’t want to license our work fairly as it was “too expensive” Theft is not a valid alternative. 151567754
Reposted by Sam BaileyKate Davison @queerstorian.bsky.social · 18/03/2025This is what the redundancy wave in British Higher Education currently looks like on the map: ‘British University Redundancy Map’ maps.app.goo.gl/yUteDm2MCXUi...maps.app.goo.glBritish University Redundancy Map - Google My MapsMapping redundancies from 2023 880101
Reposted by Sam BaileyDr Martin Roberts @robertsmartino.bsky.social · 01/04/2025'Vice-chancellor's rent-free house' says everything here. 055
Reposted by Sam BaileyMichael Wong @miquai.bsky.social · 29/03/2025I received a heartbreaking email today: A paper in a special issue I’m editing is being retracted because one of its authors is afraid of losing their job and their legal status in the U.S. if they publish a scientific study on evolution. Yes, on evolution, nature's engine of diversity. 10934311312000
Reposted by Sam BaileyEmily Rowe @emilyrowe1.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Excited to run the annual @cemskcl.bsky.social colloquium on early modern war narratives in June! Check out the CFP below, please share widely, and submit an abstract! 01711
Reposted by Sam BaileyDurham Modern Languages and Cultures (MLAC) @languagesdurham.bsky.social · 20/02/2025We are now recruiting to three Career Development Fellowships (in French, History, and Italian) and PhD studentships made possible by the generous support of Joanna and Graham Barker. Please spread the news. Interested candidates can read more here www.durham.ac.uk/IMEMS/InventingFuturesdurham.ac.ukInventing Futures - Durham University 0127
Sam Bailey @gazelessstare.bsky.social · 18/02/2025📚✨Two more weeks to submit a proposal for the OUP First Book Prize! Submissions close on March 3rd. Details in the link below. Entries are made by completing a short application form and submitting a proposal and two sample chapters from the manuscript.✨📚 000
Reposted by Sam Baileyر ت ت ت @raniawrites.bsky.social · 17/02/2025If we live long enough, most if not all of us will become disabled. By age, pandemics, illness, climate catastrophes, organized abandonment, interpersonal or state violence, and working ourselves to injury/death. Disability injustice & defunding social support & healthcare are bad for you too. 0313117
Reposted by Sam BaileyAmy J. Rutenberg @amyjay401.bsky.social · 08/02/2025Humanities and sciences are all in the same boat. We need to act like it or we all drown. 617460