Hatice Yıldız @hyildizhistorian.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Entered the room to put my toddler to sleep. Two hours later I’m leaving as if I’ve been in the Battle of Vienna 130
Hatice Yıldız @hyildizhistorian.bsky.social · 11/09/2026My timeline on this app is very US-centric. Help! 001
Reposted by Hatice YıldızDominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 14/08/2026None of this shit is worth our lives. 11347224
Hatice Yıldız @hyildizhistorian.bsky.social · 14/08/2026So incredibly awful this www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukJason Arday: Former Cambridge university professor found deadJason Arday was found "unresponsive" at an address in Battersea, south London, on Friday afternoon, officials said. 1113
Hatice Yıldız @hyildizhistorian.bsky.social · 08/08/2026www.dukeupress.edu/on-being-inc...dukeupress.eduOn Being Included: Racism and Diversity in Institutional Life 141
Hatice Yıldız @hyildizhistorian.bsky.social · 07/08/2026The latest scandal at Cambridge shows how tokenism actively harms the oppressed. An elite institution compromises academic rigour in favour of performative diversity, handing racist folk ammunition they’ll be using for years to come. Really well done 👌🏻 030
Hatice Yıldız @hyildizhistorian.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Deniz Göktaş’ın gösterisini izlerken gülmekten çok hüzünlenen bir ben miyim? 1994’te doğmuş birinin ülkedeki siyaseti, gündelik hayatı, ilişkileri bu kadar endişeli, yalnız, neşesiz biçimde deneyimlemiş olması sizi de sarsmadı mı? 110
Hatice Yıldız @hyildizhistorian.bsky.social · 03/03/2026We voted yes to industrial action to protect jobs at Edinburgh University 💪🏻🩷 052
Hatice Yıldız @hyildizhistorian.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Interesting read www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...theatlantic.comThe Orality Theory of EverythingThe decline of reading and the rise of social media are again transforming what it feels like to be a thinking person. 030
Hatice Yıldız @hyildizhistorian.bsky.social · 16/02/2026My son and I had our first museum trip today to the National Mining Museum of Scotland. Worth a visit for anyone interested in the rich industrial history of Scotland and/or history of industrialisation in general. Has a nice cafe and baby changing facility too!! @nationalmining.bsky.social 010
Hatice Yıldız @hyildizhistorian.bsky.social · 12/09/2025Just got hold of my dear friend @asiyaislam.bsky.social’s book, based on her brilliant research on female service workers in India. Can’t wait to dive in! 050
Hatice Yıldız @hyildizhistorian.bsky.social · 25/08/2025Baby pokes himself in the eye and cries violently — can relate more than I’d like to admit 030
Hatice Yıldız @hyildizhistorian.bsky.social · 21/08/2025An amazing thing happened… Welcome to the world Deniz 🧿 🌊 2110
Reposted by Hatice YıldızCaroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 05/08/2025Securing survivors’ memories of #Hiroshima is increasingly urgent, amid a new era of nuclear brinkmanship. The horrifying truth is that the 9 nuclear states have *already* amassed the equivalent firepower of 145.000 Hiroshima bombs. This madness has to stoptheguardian.comHiroshima’s fading legacy: the race to secure survivors’ memories amid a new era of nuclear brinkmanshipEighty years on from the destruction of the city, registered survivors of the blast - known as hibakusha – have fallen below 100,000 224091
Hatice Yıldız @hyildizhistorian.bsky.social · 18/04/2025Bu şahane sempozyuma uzaktan da olsa katkı verme şansına sahip olacağım için çok mutluyum. Emek veren herkesin ellerine sağlık. 🙌🏻 @tarihvakfi.bsky.social 121
Hatice Yıldız @hyildizhistorian.bsky.social · 04/04/2025As hard as it is to feel anything but gloom these days, I’m pleased to see this book out with @CambridgeUP—fantastic chapters by brilliant historians, plus a small contribution from me and Dr Can Nacar. A must-read for your Ottoman, global, world & ME history courses 0245
Hatice Yıldız @hyildizhistorian.bsky.social · 04/04/2025Bugün nimetlerinden faydalandığımız her türlü kamusal iyilik (eğitimden ve sağlıktan tutun kanun önünde eşitliğe) zamanında ilkesel bir duruş sergilemiş, bedel ödemiş alturistik bireyler ve topluluklar sayesinde var. Hepimiz siyasetin ekmeğini yiyoruz. Apolitiklik asalaklıktır. 020
Hatice Yıldız @hyildizhistorian.bsky.social · 26/03/2025With so many uncertainties and anxieties surrounding our work these days, I’m incredibly grateful to this generous student and all the others who take the time to show appreciation for our courses and teaching. This nomination truly made my day. 060
Reposted by Hatice YıldızDr Balki Begum Bayhan @bbbayh.bsky.social · 22/03/2025Scenes from #Ankara on day 4 of the #Turkey protests. Thousands have gone on the streets again today despite the ban on demonstrations and harsh crackdowns. 101037370
Hatice Yıldız @hyildizhistorian.bsky.social · 19/03/2025“Eşkiya dünyaya hükümdar olmaz” epey tarih dışı bir önerme değil mi 010
Hatice Yıldız @hyildizhistorian.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Scary things are happening in Turkey right now. With the arrest of the major rival of Erdogan this morning, the regime is declaring its full transition into authoritarianism. I fear for the future. 040
Hatice Yıldız @hyildizhistorian.bsky.social · 19/03/2025apnews.com/article/turk... Police arrest Istanbul mayor, a key Erdogan rival, as government crackdown escalatesapnews.comTurkish police arrest Istanbul mayor, a key Erdogan rival, as government crackdown escalatesHe was arrested as part of an investigation into alleged corruption and terror links, media reported, a day after a university invalidated his diploma, effectively disqualifying him from running in th... 000
Reposted by Hatice YıldızDundee UCU @ducuuo.bsky.social · 11/03/2025Today, Shane O’Neill, our interim Principal announced the University of Dundee needs to cut 632 jobs to be financially sustainable. Also there are 237 vacancies (in part due to the recruitment freeze since Nov). That’s 870 colleagues from 3200. OVER A QUARTER! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukDundee University to cut 632 jobs to plug £35m deficitThe University and College Union condemned the 73740
Reposted by Hatice YıldızKatherine Stiles @katherinestiles.org · 11/03/2025🎓Higher Education🎓 The UK’s universities are beleaguered and besieged. Redundancies continue to be announced. Cardiff, Dundee, Edinburgh, Kent, Queen’s Belfast, Sheffield; the list goes on and on. Perhaps 10,000 jobs will go in this academic year, and that’s just the beginning. #AcademicSkyft.comThe UK’s academic recession is in full swingThis university crisis is a grim scrabble for numbers 04541
Reposted by Hatice YıldızPeter Ross @peteralanross.bsky.social · 11/03/2025Shocking news about these job losses at Dundee University. A huge blow to staff, students and to the city. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukDundee University to cut 632 jobsThe university said it faced a £35m deficit in this financial year 0206
Reposted by Hatice YıldızHeliograph @heliograph.bsky.social · 08/03/2025happy #internationalWomensDay to all who celebrate o/ 14812
Reposted by Hatice YıldızAmnesty International @amnesty.org · 08/03/2025The significance of #InternationalWomensDay 2025 cannot be overstated. It is no longer a case of addressing unfinished business on the gender justice front, but bracing ourselves to resist regression and a mounting assault on our rights. Read more 👇amn.stThe significance of International Women’s Day 2025 cannot be overstatedThe world must resist mounting attacks on gender justice 28747
Hatice Yıldız @hyildizhistorian.bsky.social · 09/02/2025X banned a Turkish journalist’s account because the Turkish government wanted it to. His posts can no longer be seen from Turkey. The journalist was publishing open source documents about ongoing trade relations between Turkey and Israel (therefore exposing the govt.’s hypocrisy about Palestine) 061
Hatice Yıldız @hyildizhistorian.bsky.social · 06/02/2025Is it just me, or is it not far more terrifying that the deaths of all those babies were due to significant deficiencies in the healthcare system (e.g., substandard care, lack of staff, etc.)?! 010
Reposted by Hatice YıldızMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 01/02/2025This article underestimates the number of job losses (already reported elsewhere to have exceeded 10,000) and employs the misleading adjective 'leading' universities (meaning what, to whom?), but if you've been living under a rock and need a quick introduction to the topic, you could start here.theguardian.comQuarter of leading UK universities cutting staff due to budget shortfallsUp to 10,000 redundancies or job losses feared as institutes undergo restructuring 215176
Hatice Yıldız @hyildizhistorian.bsky.social · 31/01/2025This mad person here seems to be saying that one should benefit from the fruit of their own labour. A spectre is haunting BluSky 090
Reposted by Hatice YıldızChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 31/01/2025If you are in danger unless you comply with a regime, you are in danger whether you comply or not 4693892612
Reposted by Hatice YıldızWomen's History Network @womenshistnet.bsky.social · 24/01/2025📢 Calling all historians and researchers! The Women's History Network is now accepting abstracts for its 33rd Annual Conference, themed "Hidden in Plain Sight: Women in Archives, Libraries, Museums, and Personal Collections." More info: womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-annual-c... #WomensHistory #GLAMwomenshistorynetwork.orgWHN Annual Conference 2025, Call for PapersFirst Call for Papers Women’s History Network 33rd Annual Conference Online via Zoom Thursday 4 & Friday 5 September 2025 Hidden in Plain Sight: Women in Archives, Libraries, Museums and Pe… 4335230
Hatice Yıldız @hyildizhistorian.bsky.social · 26/01/2025Did you become a discerning, sophisticated human being in your 40s or do you still watch anything if Idris Alba is in it? 030
Hatice Yıldız @hyildizhistorian.bsky.social · 25/01/2025Attemped to use @transkribus.bsky.social today but had no luck with 3 of the 5 pages I uploaded. How useful is this thing, really? Do paid members get better results? 220
Hatice Yıldız @hyildizhistorian.bsky.social · 25/01/2025I had 7 items in my to-do list today, the first of which was “send review of the article”. It is 19.21 and the review is done. Summary of my life. 250
Reposted by Hatice YıldızAsiya @asiyamiya.bsky.social · 22/01/2025"Every collapse brings with it intellectual and moral disorder. We need to create sober, patient people, who do not despair in the face of the worst horror and who do not become excited about every little thing. Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will." Antonio Gramsci 719964
Hatice Yıldız @hyildizhistorian.bsky.social · 22/01/2025I’m delighted to inform the academic society that my Leverhulme Research Fellowship application has been rejected. I bought myself sarma to compensate, so there’s that. 3140
Hatice Yıldız @hyildizhistorian.bsky.social · 22/01/2025In this book that I’m reading, the author describes the younger sister of a famously evil historical character as having lived an “unremarkable life”. Pisses me off and breaks my heart at the same time 020
Hatice Yıldız @hyildizhistorian.bsky.social · 15/01/2025The Severance (Apple TV+ UK) is a bloody fantastic show. At least in the first season (the second season premiers soon). If you are obsessed with work-related issues (eg. alienation, dispossession, and work-time) you will love it. I can’t stop thinking about it 030
Hatice Yıldız @hyildizhistorian.bsky.social · 15/01/2025This is going well in the sense that I completely forgot about it 030
Hatice Yıldız @hyildizhistorian.bsky.social · 12/01/2025Who else has been suffering from a brain-splitting, lung-torturing, energy-sucking cold (or flu?) since Christmas?! 240
Reposted by Hatice YıldızRoyal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 13/12/2024On Monday we began a Starter Pack of societies and organisations (UK and international) for historians. Thanks to your recommendations and help, we've added another 40 societies and networks to the listing this week bsky.app/starter-pack... #Skystorians 1825491
Hatice Yıldız @hyildizhistorian.bsky.social · 28/12/2024More on the environmental impact of AI www.unep.org/news-and-sto...unep.orgAI has an environmental problem. Here’s what the world can do about that.The sprawling data centres that house AI servers churn out toxic electronic waste and are voracious consumers of electricity, which in most places is still produced from fossil fuels. 041