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Project Leader Victoria County History 'The Making of Maidstone'. Associate Fellow @ihr.bsky.social and Honorary Fellow @memsunikent.bsky.social. Formerly @ Antwerp Centre for Digital Humanities & Literary Criticism. www.jack-newman.com

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Jack Newman @jack-newman.com · 13/08/2026
Your post prompted me to look up a 1971 Foucault point I often quote: 'The university and in a general way, all teaching systems, which appear simply to disseminate knowledge, are made to maintain a certain social class in power; and to exclude the instruments of power of another social class.'
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Jack Newman @jack-newman.com · 10/08/2026
Does anyone have access to 'Notes on a Source for John Foxe's Account of the Marian Persecution in Kent and Sussex' Historical Research, Volume 67, 1994 ? For some reason I just can't get it!
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Amalia S. Levi, PhD @amaliasl.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
📢 Once more for the people in the back: - Most [more than 95%] of archives have not been digitized. - Most of humanity's knowledge and memory is *not* reachable by LLMs. - Believing that AI can provid you with comprehensive, definitive, "intelligent" results is folly.
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James Baker @jwbaker.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
📢 Just over two weeks left to nominate your work or work you love for the 2026 Richard Deswarte Prize in Digital History ihrdighist.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2021/12/the-richard-deswarte-prize-in-digital-history/ #dhist
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The 2026 Richard Deswarte Prize in Digital History - Digital History Seminar
SUBMIT YOUR NOMINATION HERE BEFORE 31 MAY Richard Deswarte (1965-2021) was one of the founding convenors of the Digital History seminar at the Institute of Historical Research (IHR), University of Lon...
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Helen Gittos @helengittos.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
If you happen to be at a loose end in Ipswich tomorrow, it would be lovely to see you! Tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/annual-bas...
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Annual Basil Brown Memorial Lecture 2026
Sutton Hoo and Byzantium Guest speaker: Dr. Helen Gittos, Fellow and Tutor in Medieval History at Oxford University
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Jack Newman @jack-newman.com · 01/05/2026
I have left this rather late to advertise but, in case anyone is local, I will be speaking tomorrow morning at Canterbury Medieval Weekend on poetry, murder, intrigue, and DENSE LEGAL WORDPLAY. history-weekends.org/programme/at...
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‘Faith is Rare, Law Dies, Fraud Lives, and Love Lies Buried’: Attitudes towards Royal Justice in the Literary Works of the Harley Scribe, c.1320–1348
Explore medieval ideas of justice through the Harley Scribe’s poetic reflections on corruption, law, and royal power in early fourteenth-century England.
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Jack Newman @jack-newman.com · 19/04/2026
I think it depends on who stays and comes in. I think Arteta is one of the best managers in world football and we saw these kinds of wobbles in other clubs when they had gone a long period without winning. Look at city when they were trying to win the CL. They kept making mistakes and were nervous.
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Jack Newman @jack-newman.com · 19/04/2026
I would also say that I think we will win the league and the Champions League under Arteta if he stays. It might even be this year.
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Jack Newman @jack-newman.com · 19/04/2026
Net Spend isn't the best metric. Man City have had years to build up a squad while Arsenal under Arteta had to pay off their old squad. Arsenal have had less to spend and that's reflected in the # of players City have brought in players in: 38 more than Arsenal over the last 5 years.
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Jack Newman @jack-newman.com · 19/04/2026
This is a club who were only caught hiding their spending because someone hacked their emails. That aside wage bill is, and has always, been a better guide and they outspent Arsenal just this year by over £70 million (roughly a third of Arsenals total wage bill).
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Jack Newman @jack-newman.com · 19/04/2026
I don't know if you've managed to crowbar in any REQing Ball puns but I think there could be some promise there.
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Jack Newman @jack-newman.com · 19/04/2026
The problem is that they are up against one of the best managers in history and one of the biggest spending clubs ever if not the biggest spending. That doesn't even include the well-documented spending which wasn't on the books.
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Jack Newman @jack-newman.com · 19/04/2026
Under him Arsenal have improved relative to every other top English club. They have broken the record for wins and for goals scored under him. They have got to the semi finals of the Champions League twice in sucessive years for the first time ever thats out of four times total for the club.
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Jack Newman @jack-newman.com · 15/04/2026
Just two straight long legs should be good enough really. We could get rid of ankles too really. Just fold the leg over a bit
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Adam Chapman @adamchapman.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Re-posting this after Easter week. A potential research job that might suit an ECR.
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Adam Crymble @adamcrymble.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Funded PhD Studentship – UCL x V&A Museum Explore the overlooked contributions of migrant labour to British craft and design in the long eighteenth century (c.1688–1837). Join me at UCL and collaborate with the brilliant team at the V&A. Deadline: 15 April 2026 www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
Funded PhD: Migrant Labour & British Craft: Trace the invisible hands of mihgrant makers in eighteenth-century Britain.
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Mary Flannery @15thcgossipgirl.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
This is an INCREDIBLE opportunity, guys!!!! Please share widely!
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Leonie V. Hicks @lvhicks.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
A PhD opportunity at CCCU in History/Archaeology/Heritage. Preference is for a modernist, but proposals in other areas will be considered. Dr @davehitchcock.bsky.social is the point of contact. www.canterbury.ac.uk/study-here/f... #skystorians #medievalsky #archaeology
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CCCU History and Archaeology PhD Scholarship
Find out about the CCCU History and Archaeology PhD Scholarship which will support a student looking to explore a modern historical topic.
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Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Job alert! Interested in a career in libraries? We're looking for our next Graduate Trainee Library Assistant to start in September 2026. A great introduction to the profession and a fascinating and friendly place to work. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPZ835/g...
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Graduate Trainee Library Assistant at University of London
Recruiting now: Graduate Trainee Library Assistant on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job opportunities on the top job board
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Jack Newman @jack-newman.com · 15/12/2025
Thank you! For some reason I can't DM you here (user error may apply) so I have sent a message through your website.
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Jack Newman @jack-newman.com · 15/12/2025
Hi Chris, sorry to be weird but would it be OK to get in touch with you about a potential project? Sorry your website is down or I would find an email!
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Jack Newman @jack-newman.com · 05/12/2025
It reads just like a Russian government statement tbh
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Dr Kathleen Neal @kbneal.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
If you have the means I highly recommend the cause of supporting a fellow scholar
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Maxine Beuret @maxinebeuret.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Are you interested in local history? @vch-home.bsky.social @hackney-society.bsky.social @history.dulwichsociety.com In this free workshop, you will be taught how to produce a short video from the material you have collected to share the stories you are uncovering. www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
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Ruth Slatter @ruthslatter.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
1/ All of the papers in the special section of #Area I have co-edited with @ed-brookes.bsky.social are now available online. All focused on #participatory #historicalgeography they are full of practical reflections on innovative pieces of historical research. Follow this thread to find out more!
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Jack Newman @jack-newman.com · 15/09/2025
Are you a postgraduate researcher trying out digital methods, tools or resources as a means of exploring historical phenomena? Consider applying for our Postgraduate Seminar Series ihrdighist.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2025/08/ihr-...
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IHR Digital History Seminar Postgraduate Panels Call for Papers 2025-26 - Digital History Seminar
Are you a postgraduate researcher trying out digital methods, tools or resources as a means of exploring historical phenomena? Is your historical research made possible by the use of electronic tools ...
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Jack Newman @jack-newman.com · 15/09/2025
Are you a postgraduate researcher trying out digital methods, tools or resources as a means of exploring historical phenomena? Consider applying for our Postgraduate Seminar Series ihrdighist.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2025/08/ihr-...
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IHR Digital History Seminar Postgraduate Panels Call for Papers 2025-26 - Digital History Seminar
Are you a postgraduate researcher trying out digital methods, tools or resources as a means of exploring historical phenomena? Is your historical research made possible by the use of electronic tools ...
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Jack Newman @jack-newman.com · 15/09/2025
There was a good video which did a similar thing by just carrying out normal internet searches of passers by. It was pretty scary because they could work out where they lived and worked quickly. I am increasingly thinking we just need to put as little online as possible.
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Victoria County History @vch-home.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Join us online on 24 Sept to celebrate the 250th VCH Big Red Book! Founded in 1899, @vchlondon.bsky.social is writing the #history of every place in #England, with partners across the country. We'll also celebrate #LocalHistory, #communityhistory & #place based history more widely. All welcome!
https://www.history.ac.uk/news-events/events/celebrating-local-place-based-history-westmorland-250th-vch-big-red-book#:~:text=Event%20information%3E&text=In%20September%202025%2C%20the%20UK's,and%20community%20history%20more%20widely.
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Jack Newman @jack-newman.com · 30/07/2025
One here👋
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Jack Newman @jack-newman.com · 25/07/2025
Nor me, not sure sending selfies to American companies to prove your age seems like a great idea either
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Jack Newman @jack-newman.com · 25/07/2025
Is it a new law that all websites have to follow in the UK? I have had it on other sites as well
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Jack Newman @jack-newman.com · 24/07/2025
Yes it's great that we are actually getting it on free to air now. Same for the all Ireland hurling I watched last weekend. I was surprised how much I enjoyed it and how much I'm looking forward to the all Ireland football final this weekend.
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Jack Newman @jack-newman.com · 07/07/2025
This is a great model. Emily was kind enough to share it with our @vchlondon.bsky.social project and it has been so helpful. It allowed volunteers with no training to accurately transcribe Early Modern records. This would have been so much harder without her help
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James Baker @jwbaker.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
🔊 Today at midday UK time, join the @ihr.bsky.social Digital History seminar (on Zoom) to celebrate 'Tudor Networks of Power', the winning entry for the 2024 Richard Deswarte Prize in Digital History ihrdighist.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2024/09/tues... #dhist
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22 May 2025 – Deswarte Prize Seminar: Ruth Ahnert and Sebastian Ahnert on 'Tudor Networks of Power' - Digital History Seminar
This seminar is 12:00 pm – 13:30 pm GMT live on Zoom at https://zoom.us/j/97213610241 later posted to our YouTube channel. This seminar will celebrate the winning entry for the 2024 Richard Deswarte P...
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Ruth Slatter @ruthslatter.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
This looks like a super interesting PhD opportunity for an artist or historian engaged in creative practice-based research www.rca.ac.uk/study/apply-... @royalcollegeofart.bsky.social #nationalmaritimemuseum @josiekane.bsky.social
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AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) Studentship: Thames Barge Stories
A fully funded Collaborative doctoral studentship between the National Maritime Museum and Royal College of Art from October 2025, under the AHRC’s Collaborative Doctoral Partnerships scheme.
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Victoria County History @vch-home.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
We're really looking forward to this: hope to see you there!
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Adam Chapman @adamchapman.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
I love the juxtaposition here of @vchlondon.bsky.social #BigRedBooks with the (even bigger) volumes of Camden's Britannia (1695). People have been writing about place for a long, long time. For VCH online, see @bho.bsky.social, a full text of Camden here, btw: quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo2/B184....
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Victoria County History @vch-home.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
#ICYMI - #Skystorians We are delighted to announce the launch of FOUR new VCH projects across England. We now have active projects in 22 of England's counties and two of the three historic Ridings of Yorkshire. Welcome to the fold, #Dorset, #Kent, #Lincolnshire and #London! More in the blog:
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Four New Victoria County History Projects  - On History
This blog post was written by Ruth Slatter and Adam Chapman, Co-General Editors of the VCH. The Victoria County History (VCH), is delighted to announce that its national network of place-based history...
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Adam Chapman @adamchapman.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
This is a bumper year for @vchlondon.bsky.social: Four new projects (each breaking new ground in counties where we haven't been actively researching for around a century. Many new books *including* our 250th Big Red Book (and that's in a county we haven't done before: Westmorland). #VCHRedBook250
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Jack Newman @jack-newman.com · 24/04/2025
Proud to be part of this. It's early days but feel very lucky to be able to do this important work.
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Centre for the History of People, Place & Community @chppc.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Despite being over 125 years old, one of our flagship projects @vchlondon.bsky.social continues to be a vibrant, growing national network of place-based historians. The network has very excitingly recently welcomed 4 new projects. Find out more in this @ihr.bsky.social blog post 👇
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Matt Lampitt @mattlampitt.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Thrilled to see that this is now available online (for free)! academic.oup.com/book/59910 @mappingthemarch.bsky.social
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Literary Culture in the Medieval Welsh Marches: Networks, Places, Politics
Abstract. The Welsh Marches, a name that today refers to the borderland regions between England and Wales, are often coupled with images of idealized rusti
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Transkribus @transkribus.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Did you know that we give away free credits to students who want to use Transkribus for their Bachelor, Master or PhD thesis? Lean more about our Transkribus Scholarships 👇 www.transkribus.org/scholarship
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Heather Taylor (Hetty) @healextay.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Want to know what kind of ‘non-medical’ ailments a medieval medical practitioner might have been able to treat you for? Thrilled to share some of my research in the journal of the @sshmedicine.bsky.social - open access and everything! doi.org/10.1093/shm/...
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‘An experiment pervyd for a thynge y lost’: ‘Non-medical’ Charms and experimenta in Medieval Medical Manuscripts
Summary. This essay conducts a close examination of manuscripts of English provenance from the late Middle Ages which, while predominantly medical in natur
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Jack Newman @jack-newman.com · 28/03/2025
I can only travel with noise cancelling headphones for reason such as this. The first time I used them was a revalation
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James Baker @jwbaker.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Our partners - large and small - together ensure we can continue to do what we do. If you value our open access, multilingual work, please consider becoming a partner.
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Emily Rowe @emilyrowe1.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Excited 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!
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Jack Newman @jack-newman.com · 04/03/2025
The US government hostility to Europe is clear and open. They, and Putin, want a divided and exploitable Europe. The war in Ukraine is about as well. Both now and at the outset. The only reason Trump is being 'generous' with the UK is to keep them away from the EU. He has openly stated this.
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Jack Newman @jack-newman.com · 01/03/2025
I wrote and deleted several rambly replies to this but, as someone who feels more British and Irish than English, I have just concluded that its confusing for me and, I imagine, lots of people.
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