John Sabapathy @jwwsabapathy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Lucian's 'True history' is also arguably the earliest classical source for the Cockagne tradition, another early exercise in fantastic 'utopian' fiction. 011
John Sabapathy @jwwsabapathy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Being only 150+ pages into Miéville's monster & wishing to let it spring itself on me unannounced, I've read @theprofrog.bsky.social's sharp review trying to avoid being snagged too much by it. This is bang on: 'it is weird fiction because it is about what obtrudes from another world into our own'.lareviewofbooks.orgDecolonizing the Dead | Los Angeles Review of BooksChina Miéville’s first solo novel in over a decade is part Lovecraft, part le Carré—and quintessentially weird. 110
Reposted by John SabapathyMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026'“It was really about trying to move beyond the diagnosis of the problem of higher education and research in France and start thinking about an alternative". (Kristel Chanard)timeshighereducation.comFrench academics aim to ‘produce ideas politicians no longer do’With France’s universities under mounting pressure, academics are organising from the ground up to rethink the system 173
Reposted by John SabapathyMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026'The Westminster government’s contribution to funding domestic undergraduates studying in England fell in real terms from £8.9 billion in 2012-13 to just £3.3bn in 2024-25, a drop of more than 60 per cent, an analysis has found.' 29694
Reposted by John SabapathyCharles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 24/09/2026For those not on Instagram, details of a memorial service in memory of Rosamond McKitterick: 5 p.m. on Friday 23 October 2026, at Great St Mary’s, the University Church. 03219
John Sabapathy @jwwsabapathy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Is there just too much news right now, or is there some other reason why there seems scarcely any UK coverage of the FBI hack which led R4 news yesterday lunchtime?bbc.co.ukFBI investigating claim hackers have stolen details of all its agentsThe hackers claim they have every agent's name, role, badge number and personal details including home address, phone numbers and spouse information. 021
Reposted by John SabapathyRoyal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 22/09/2026Join us online at 1pm on Thursday (24th Sept) for 'Historical Context: The Climate Crisis' bit.ly/3V4lgKf With panellists @dagomardegroot.bsky.social, @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social and @ellydezateux.bsky.social. How does historical expertise help us understand the world today? All welcome #Skystoriansbit.lyHistorical Context: The Climate CrisisA panel discussion, hosted by the Royal Historical Society, in which expert historical researchers provide context for current events. 02225
John Sabapathy @jwwsabapathy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Adding 'Magnifica humanitas' to EndNote and it is disappointing that there is no 'papal encyclical' category. www.vatican.va/content/leo-...youtu.beIl Papa firma la sua prima EnciclicaYouTube video by Vatican News 120
Reposted by John SabapathyNorth Ages @northages.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Coming soon to British Library, London - Conquest: The Making of Norman England events.bl.uk/exhibitions/...events.bl.ukConquest: The Making of Norman England | British LibraryBeyond the battlefield lies a story of ambition, upheaval and reinvention. Spanning the generations before and after 1066, this exhibition traces the impac 04519
John Sabapathy @jwwsabapathy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Orbit puts several beautiful unreleased pieces on this which I'll be sad to see disappear off BBC Sounds in two days. 000
John Sabapathy @jwwsabapathy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Super choices. Rather excited that my small person #2 gets has his first music lesson with an former Banshee this morning. 100
Reposted by John SabapathyHetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 27/11/2025Your universe is a photocopy of a photocopy of a… on.ft.com/4ahkNKa 38733351
Reposted by John SabapathyMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026'Medicine, dentistry and veterinary sciences is the subject group with the highest cost – a cool £19,986 for a year of tuition. It is followed by physical sciences (£16,466)'.wonkhe.comCounting the cost of teaching higher education in EnglandLast seen around the time of the Augar review, KPMG has updated work on the costs of teaching. DK finds evidence of cost cutting everywhere 11112
Reposted by John SabapathyMary Lewis @profmarylewis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Excellent oped in @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social by my @harvard.edu colleague Jill Lepore. www.thecrimson.com/article/2026... 825689
Reposted by John SabapathyDaniel 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: 13598709
John Sabapathy @jwwsabapathy.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Looking forward to the not-yet-revealed Roger Corman season coming up at the BFI. 000
Reposted by John Sabapathyalice @alicebennett.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Moodle Champions explaining how to drag and drop files into a VLE. I’ve watched Learning Technology Advocates demo mentimeter in the dark of a sparsely populated lecture theatre. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die. 37326
Reposted by John SabapathyThe English Historical Review @enghistrev.bsky.social · 09/09/2026New article! Markus Daechsel on 'Print Magic and Secularisation in Late Colonial India' academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-...academic.oup.comPrint Magic and Secularisation in Late Colonial India*Abstract. A new genre of magic publications became prominent in the vernacular print culture of India in the aftermath of the First World War. It consisted 021
Reposted by John SabapathyThe English Historical Review @enghistrev.bsky.social · 05/09/2026www.newsday.com/long-island/...newsday.comJoel Rosenthal, longtime Stony Brook University history professor, dies at 91Joel Rosenthal was a founder of the school's women's studies program and three-time chair of its history department. 064
Reposted by John SabapathyThe English Historical Review @enghistrev.bsky.social · 09/09/2026New article: Ebru Turan on 'İbrahim Pasha (c.1495–1536) as Ser‘asker and Ser‘asker-Sultan: The Ottoman–Habsburg Rivalry for the Roman Imperial Dignity in Ideology and Diplomacy' academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-...academic.oup.comİbrahim Pasha (c.1495–1536) as Ser‘asker and Ser‘asker-Sultan: The Ottoman–Habsburg Rivalry for the Roman Imperial Dignity in Ideology and Diplomacy*Abstract. The early sixteenth century saw the simultaneous rise of two empires in the Mediterranean: one Christian, ruled by the Habsburgs, based in Spain 023
Reposted by John SabapathyThe English Historical Review @enghistrev.bsky.social · 09/09/2026New article: Liesbeth Geevers on 'Ferdinandus Rex Belgarum Primus: The Imaginary Succession of the Infante Don Fernando de Austria (1529–1530)' academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-...academic.oup.comFerdinandus Rex Belgarum Primus: The Imaginary Succession of the Infante Don Fernando de Austria (1529–1530)*Abstract. This article analyses the genealogical process that turned Charles V’s second-born son Fernando (1529–30), who died in infancy, into the bearer o 011
Reposted by John SabapathyAlice Marples @alicemarples.bsky.social · 08/09/2026@britishlibrary.bsky.social were grateful to receive a large allocation of studentships as part of the AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Landscape Award scheme. We have 4 exciting new studentships starting in Oct 2027 - 3 are now open for prospective HEI supervisor proposals! www.bl.uk/services/res...bl.ukCollaborative Doctoral Landscape AwardsFully-funded and jointly supervised studentships across four developing research areas. 22225
John Sabapathy @jwwsabapathy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Of various things thinking circulating currently about Jaëger's hyperpolitics essay & Fukuyama's work this by @quinnae.com is the most stimulating—on the importance of hope and on final girls still standing (& fighting) at the end of the horror. 0175
Reposted by John SabapathyMonumenta Germaniae Historica @monumenta.bsky.social · 07/09/2026200 years ago: The publication of the first MGH volume! Annales et chronica aevi Carolini More about the initial volume publicated in August 1826: mgh.de/en/blog/post... mgh.de/de/blog/post... #medievalsky 34313
Reposted by John SabapathyAndrew McGettigan @amcgettigan.bsky.social · 28/08/2026www.lincolnbishop.ac.uk/news/lincoln...lincolnbishop.ac.ukLincoln Bishop University looks to successful future as partLincoln Bishop University is set to become part of Global University Systems. 102
Reposted by John SabapathyDr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Will we get memorials in the towns that lose their Unis? (major employer/significant contributor to local culture & economy). Probably not, in part b/c these sorts of cultural works often rely on uni staff/funding/space "part of...a research project by Exeter, Oxford & Liverpool John Moores unis" 13516
John Sabapathy @jwwsabapathy.bsky.social · 07/08/2026An amazing musician.bbc.co.ukBBC Radio 6 Music - Ambient Focus, Soundtrack your study with William Orbit’s ethereal ambient mixRecord producer William Orbit curates your perfect study soundtrack with a two-hour mix. 030
Reposted by John SabapathyField Lines Cartographer @flcartographer.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Damn. RIP to a huge talent. Many hours listening to his incredible music & productions. 4171
Reposted by John SabapathyJosh Michtom @rsgat.bsky.social · 07/08/2026This is just to say I have eaten the sailors that were in the ship and which you were probably saving for Ithaca Forgive me they were delicious so sweet and so Greek 9980261
Reposted by John SabapathyHetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 07/08/2026We’re launching a major new programme on Humanity, Climate and Nature. We wish to commission discussion papers from researchers/policymakers/practitioners to provide fresh insight into these themes. We’ll pay £2,500 for around 4000 words. Apply by 16 Sept www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/internationa... 06073
Reposted by John SabapathyThe English Historical Review @enghistrev.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Our April issue is out now, here: academic.oup.com/ehr/issue Eight articles and a full slate of book reviews.academic.oup.comIssues | The English Historical Review | Oxford AcademicThe oldest journal of historical scholarship in the English-speaking world. Publishes original and exciting research relating to all parts of the world and all forms of historical inquiry from the Cla... 021
Reposted by John SabapathyThe English Historical Review @enghistrev.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Your periodical reminder that, despite our name, EHR is not a journal of English history and we welcome submissions from all fields, geographies, post-Classical chronologies and subdisciplines! academic.oup.com/ehr/pages/Ab...academic.oup.comAboutFirst published in January 1886, The English Historical Review (EHR) is the oldest journal of historical scholarship in the English-speaking world. It publishes 072
Reposted by John SabapathyHetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 16/07/2026'A government that says it wants innovation while pursuing a policy of often malign neglect when it comes to universities’ funding model and international students is not being tough-minded. It is simply incoherent.' @jdportes.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comBurnham must learn from Starmer’s mistakes: Labour was elected to transform the economy, not just stabilise it | Jonathan PortesDevolution, tax, the EU and immigration: these are all opportunities for growth if Burnham abandons the excessive caution of the past few years, says economist Jonathan Portes 14017
Reposted by John SabapathyThe British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · 14/07/2026"This is a crisis for social mobility, young people’s careers, the skills our economy depends on and the opportunities available in communities across the UK" Our newest data covered by The Guardian this evening and dropping tomorrow morning to our SHAPE Observatory. shorturl.at/Qpa9Qtheguardian.comHumanities among degrees being ‘extinguished’ by hard-up universitiesExclusive: Experts fear rise in education ‘cold spots’ and social immobility as 4,000 academic posts lost in one year 04439
John Sabapathy @jwwsabapathy.bsky.social · 13/07/2026#medievalsky job 🎺. Glasgow lecturer in medieval history (c.800 CE to 1500CE) wanted - with either/or-and comparative transnational perspective / interdisciplinary approach. Open-ended. 👇jobs.ac.ukLecturer in Medieval History (Research & Teaching Track) at University of GlasgowDiscover an exciting academic career path as a Lecturer in Medieval History (Research & Teaching Track) at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today! 11933
Reposted by John SabapathyTess Wingard @tesswingard.bsky.social · 09/07/2026(re)introducing myself now that I've crawled back on here: I'm a historian of medieval gender and sexuality, I'm about to start my new role as assistant professor at the university of rochester after two years as a marie skłodowska-curie postdoctoral fellow at trinity college dublin 108217
John Sabapathy @jwwsabapathy.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Fledgling 🐦⬛🐦⬛ struggling In the heat set the British Library. 020
Reposted by John SabapathyJames Elder @jameselder.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Good news, but the fact that this is only happening now, nearly three years after the cyber attack shows 1) what a huge job BL staff have had rebuilding services, 2) that the BL is underfunded, and 3) the impact this has had on academic research, especially in the humanities. 128289
Reposted by John SabapathyKatherine Arnold @arnoldke.bsky.social · 09/07/2026🚨 JOB KLAXON #skystorians #envhist #envhums Cover for some of my teaching next year - 0.5 FTE at University of Liverpool. Feel free to get in touch if you have any questions! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSE899/l...jobs.ac.ukLecturer in Environmental History (Teaching & Scholarship) (0.5 FTE)- Grade 7 at University of LiverpoolApply now for the Lecturer in Environmental History (Teaching & Scholarship) (0.5 FTE)- Grade 7 role on jobs.ac.uk - the leading job board for higher education jobs. View details. 01737
Reposted by John SabapathyAndrew WM Smith @smidbob.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Been speaking to France24 then BBC News this morning about the expected verdict of the Le Pen appeal of her conviction for embezzlement. D Day for MLP and perhaps Jour J for Jordan Bardella, as the far right party's candidate for the Presidential elections should be known by the close of play today 122
John Sabapathy @jwwsabapathy.bsky.social · 07/07/2026'Today's announcement of further cuts to university funding runs counter to this government's stated priority of driving economic growth'. 100
Reposted by John SabapathyHetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 07/07/2026The Select Committee report on student loans does not pull its punches & says loans were effectively missold by not saying T&Cs could be changed retrospectively. A core recommendation is that the cost of university should be split 50:50 between student/govt committees.parliament.uk/committee/15...committees.parliament.ukGovernment has ‘moral obligation’ to reverse freezing of student loans repayment threshold - Committees - UK ParliamentThe government has a moral obligation to reverse the decision to freeze the threshold at which student loans are repaid, a new report published by the Treasury Committee says. 35932
John Sabapathy @jwwsabapathy.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Agreed. And this is the case at all levels of education, from schools to universities. 020
Reposted by John SabapathyThe Historical Journal @historicaljnl.bsky.social · 07/07/2026👉From our latest issue! Mishael Knight @peterhousecam.bsky.social @camhistory.bsky.social on 'The Utopia within Utopia (1516)' #History #IntellectualHistory #Law #Thought #Social 16thc 🗃️ 👉Read open access here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... 052
Reposted by John SabapathyMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 07/07/2026'Academics fear they are being “set up to fail” after several institutions finished the academic year by announcing fresh job cuts, casting doubt over who will return after the summer break, and what courses they will be teaching.' 1/3timeshighereducation.comSummer of ‘chaos’ predicted as mass job cuts close academic year‘Impossible to plan’ for research and teaching, say staff, as threat of redundancy looms large over summer breaks 413198
Reposted by John SabapathyMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 07/07/2026“These reductions in funding will be more sharply felt by some institutions than others....All institutions will now need to plan for how best to adjust their budgets to ensure they continue to deliver high-quality courses and resources to students.” (OfS) They've not yet actually done their sums. 1198