iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Reposted by Kate Dossett

Ross Balzaretti @rossbalzaretti.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Good statement from the Royal Historical Society on closures and job cuts in History across university sector in the UK. We need government to understand the massive contribution made by universities esp. at the civic level. royalhistsoc.org/history-and-...

royalhistsoc.org

History and the humanities at the University of Hertfordshire – a statement from the Royal Historical Society - RHS

Even for those familiar with bleak times, this has been a particularly bad few weeks in UK higher education. Confirmed job losses at the University of Essex were followed by further bad news from Hert...

075

Reposted by Kate Dossett

History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 01/07/2026

We are dismayed to learn about further proposed HE cuts, this time at the University of Hertfordshire and the University of Exeter. In solidarity, please join us by signing and sharing the two urgent petitions below. 🚨🖊️ 1/3

33533

Reposted by Kate Dossett

Saffron East @saffroneast.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Now in paperback!

001

Reposted by Kate Dossett

Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Join 'former residents of Somerset’s Holnicote House, a National Trust building that became home in the 1940s to dozens of Britain's so-called ‘Brown Babies’ – the children born to Black American GIs and white British women during the Second World War.' 9 July 6:30 pm, IHR, London.

eventbrite.co.uk

Britain's WW2 ‘Brown Babies’ in conversation: Remembering Holnicote House

Join us for a special evening as former residents of Holnicote House share memories of growing up as Britain’s WWII ‘Brown Babies’.

065

Reposted by Kate Dossett

BrANCH @branchuk.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

🚨 Reminder: less than a month to submit your pieces for the Harriet Tubman Prize 🏆 www.branch.org.uk/tubmanessayp...

011

Reposted by Kate Dossett

Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 06/07/2026

Friday 10 July is also the closing date for applications for the Society's next round of Teaching Fellowships: bit.ly/3QRapBH Grants support projects in innovative teaching practice, or studies of #History teaching in higher eduction. Fellowships are named for Jinty Nelson, RHS President 2000-04.

Text for Jinty Nelson Teaching fellowships, 2026-27: Launched in 2023, the Jinty Nelson Teaching Fellowships support History teaching in UK Higher Education. The Fellowships are named after Dame Jinty Nelson FBA (1942-2024), President of the Society between 2000 and 2004.

035

Reposted by Kate Dossett

History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 02/07/2026

"[...] where this project moves things forward is by being unafraid to imagining possible futures, and this comes from the intention to dialogue with the creative arts [...]" Hear from Kevin Lu, Lorna French, Ellie Harrison, Kate Dossett & Simon Popple.

historyworkshop.org.uk

"Should we go to the pub? Or should we go to the archive?"

This collaborative conversation, facilitated by Kate Dossett and Simon Popple, reflects on the role of emotions in archives and what institutions can do to support wellbeing in engaged research.

051

Reposted by Kate Dossett

History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 02/07/2026

What can institutions do to support wellbeing in engaged research? This collaborative conversation between Lorna French, Ellie Harrison, and Kevin Lu, facilitated by Kate Dossett and Simon Popple, reflects on the role of emotions in archives.

historyworkshop.org.uk

"Should we go to the pub? Or should we go to the archive?"

This collaborative conversation, facilitated by Kate Dossett and Simon Popple, reflects on the role of emotions in archives and what institutions can do to support wellbeing in engaged research.

063

Reposted by Kate Dossett

Leeds University Library Galleries @lulgalleries.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Love rare books, archives, or the visual arts? 💌 You could be our next Digital Communications Intern! 📹🎬💻🎧 Click the link to find out more information: buff.ly/0lAIfbc Applications close midnight 28.06.2026.⏰ Good luck!

A woman in a red hijabi is taking a photo on her phone of hung light with bulbs in the shape of wavy organic forms.

111

Reposted by Kate Dossett

Mel Roxby-Mackey @archaeoborders.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

I’m sharing this in recognition of Gladys Mae West’s work on GPS because it’s been a transformational technology for archaeology and that lady deserves to be lauded.

0196

Reposted by Kate Dossett

Dr Lucy R. Hinnie @yclepit.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Twelve months already! Time flies when you're having fun - looking forward to 2026 and another year @openresleeds.bsky.social @leedsunilibraries.bsky.social 😍

063

Kate Dossett @katedossett.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

“STATE/BANQUET How it glitters and shines, The Grand Service, among the rocks and the rubble, laid out on a breezeblock horseshoe table, six crystal glasses per setting.” Carol Ann Duffy: www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...

theguardian.com

Carol Ann Duffy writes ‘bombsite’ poem about Trump’s UK state visit

Exclusive: Former poet laureate has reader contrasting pomp and ceremony of banquet with ruins left by war

021

Reposted by Kate Dossett

Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Amy Sherald says the Smithsonian suggested removing a painting of a transgender woman as the Statue of Liberty from her upcoming show at the National Portrait Gallery “to avoid provoking President Trump.” Sherald: “I cannot in good conscience comply with a culture of censorship”

nytimes.com

Amy Sherald Cancels Her Smithsonian Show, Citing Censorship

6838621215

Reposted by Kate Dossett

Leeds University Library Galleries @lulgalleries.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Heads up for next week! Our incredible FOH staff are having a training day Which means all three of our spaces (Brotherton Research Centre, The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery, and Treasures of the Brotherton) will be CLOSED next Thursday 24 July So be sure to pick a different day for your visit!

White text over a photograph of a white walled gallery room reads "Closure notice"

001

Reposted by Kate Dossett

Daniel Rowe @danrowe.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

We’re advertising for a 12 month teaching post in 20th Century US History. Deadline 28/7 (a short turn around because we need to interview in mid-August). We’re a great, collegial and fun US history community. Happy to answer any and all questions about the role, and the RAI Bake Off.

jobs.ac.uk

Departmental Lecturer in 20th Century United States History at University of Oxford

Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Departmental Lecturer in 20th Century United States History on jobs.ac.uk!

0511

Reposted by Kate Dossett

Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

'As the country’s oldest and wealthiest university, Harvard’s history is inextricable from the history of transatlantic slavery. The enslaved labored in campus buildings, university presidents and professors owned people forced into bondage'.

theguardian.com

Harvard hired a researcher to uncover its ties to slavery. He says the results cost him his job: ‘We found too many slaves’

When the extent of the university’s involvement with slavery was unearthed, a scholar tracking descendants of enslaved workers was suddenly fired

0184

Reposted by Kate Dossett

Christopher Smith @christophersmith.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Major boost for R&D for the #creative industries - a huge win for an important #growth sector Time now for @ukri.org to deliver the coherent strategic funding the sector needs to deliver economic benefit and scientific advance #IndustrialStrategy www.gov.uk/government/p...

gov.uk

Creative Industries Sector Plan

This Plan will ensure that the UK is the number one destination worldwide for investment in creativity and innovation and aims to significantly increase investment by 2035.

0137

Reposted by Kate Dossett

daviddoddington.bsky.social @daviddoddington.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Reminder re: 12 month post in American history at Cardiff University. For, erm well publicized reasons, we don't have budget for external advertising so you need access to the link below to apply. Please do think about applying/sharing with possible candidates. Happy to take queries

1915

Reposted by Kate Dossett

Leeds University Library Galleries @lulgalleries.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

What can we learn from Big Flame's response to a rising right-wing politics? 🔥 MA student Nicole takes us through the magazine's radical legacy, through the archive of ‘Old Flamer’ Max Farrar. Read more on her reflections on their relevance today: leedsunilibrary.wordpress.com/2025/05/22/b...

A series of magazines and documents, organised upright in file holders labelled 'Big Flame'

032

Reposted by Kate Dossett

UEA UCU says join a union @uea-ucu.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Why are staff on strike at UEA? Watch this video hear from our members on the picket line. #SaveUEA

03728

Reposted by Kate Dossett

Olivia Wyatt @oliviawyatt1999.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

I’m honoured to receive this award, and I’m very grateful to the judging panel for taking the time to consider my submission! 💚

10248

Reposted by Kate Dossett

Elsa Devienne @elsadevienne.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

The pootlers pootled at #BAAS2025. After a gentle walk through the Hertfordshire campus we stopped for a short writing exercise. We even had children join us making the walk even more special (and inclusive) Green BAAS's 'Moving Conversations' are part of the @officialbaas.bsky.social conference

A group of people are seated on pub benches writing

A little girl walks through a wooded area

2163

Reposted by Kate Dossett

British Association for American Studies @officialbaas.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

It’s finally here - #BAAS2025 begins today! What can you expect from Day 1 in Hatfield? 👉 Early Career Academic Roundtable 👉 JAS Keynote Panel 👉 Workshop on Pedagogy & Promotion in American Studies 👉 Much more… See more here: baas.ac.uk/conferences/...

0115

Reposted by Kate Dossett

British Association for American Studies @officialbaas.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Will BAAS 2025 be your first academic conference? Or are you yet to choose a conference & unsure where to start? Don't worry - our How To series has you covered! In this episode, Siân Round sits down with Chelsea McNutt (Cornell University) to unpack how to prepare for conferences. buff.ly/v6g5cnY

youtu.be

How to... Prepare for an Academic Conference

043

Reposted by Kate Dossett

Claire Boardman @claireboardman.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

And why work by organisations such as @makespaceforgirls.bsky.social is so important.

0113

Reposted by Kate Dossett

History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 14/04/2025

History is under unprecedented attack from the Trump administration. We have made free access for one month this important article on the origins & vision of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture, established in 2016. academic.oup.com/hwj...

35232

Reposted by Kate Dossett

The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 09/04/2025

Coretta Scott King’s story “is a reminder that many of the histories we tell, even of one of the most well-known Black families in history, are deeply inadequate.” Jeanne Theoharis explores how America has gotten Scott King wrong:

bit.ly

America Has Gotten Coretta Scott King Wrong

Her ghostwritten autobiography diminishes her, and I found out why.

08412

Reposted by Kate Dossett

The Organization of American Historians @oah.org · 09/04/2025

At #OAH25, Duke University’s Nancy MacLean called on historians to resist attacks on education led by Trump’s DOGE. “We can fight like the world depends on us.” 🔗 Read more from @chicago.suntimes.com: ow.ly/hOxR50VxGG6

ow.ly

'We can fight like the world depends on us': Academics try to stave off government attacks

Duke University professor Nancy MacLean issues a call to resistance in Chicago.

0106

Reposted by Kate Dossett

British Association for American Studies @officialbaas.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

🤔 Did you know... In additional to our fantastic regular panels & roundtables, this year's BAAS conference will host a variety of sessions including workshops, reading groups, & interactive sessions? Registration is open now! buff.ly/TYnqFl0 BAAS 2025 | University of Hertfordshire | 23-25 April

buff.ly

BAAS 2025 – University of Hertfordshire 23-25 April 2025 - British Association for American Studies

We look forward to welcoming the American Studies community to Hatfield between 23rd and 25th April 2025 for the 70th Anniversary BAAS conference. Alongside our usual practice of accepting work in…

022

Reposted by Kate Dossett

Karen L. Cox 📚🏳️‍🌈 @drkarenlcox.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

My book may have been purged by the U.S. Naval Academy but you can read it for free through April 11th. @uncpress.bsky.social www.book2look.com/book/SO9q2ZB...

book2look.com

No Common Ground (full reading copy) : The University of North Carolina Press

6264120

Reposted by Kate Dossett

British Association for American Studies @officialbaas.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

💡 Closing today! BAAS members, if you haven't already please give us your feedback for our inclusion survey.

011

Reposted by Kate Dossett

National Humanities Alliance @humanitiesall.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Today (4/3/25) we learned that DOGE has begun terminating previously awarded NEH grants. We understand this includes operating grants to the state and jurisdictional humanities councils, scholarly societies, community orgs, & individuals. Learn more & take action: nhalliance.org/federal-fund...

2129119

Reposted by Kate Dossett

NPR @npr.org · 03/04/2025

Among the thousands of groups affected by the sudden cessation of funds are state arts councils, museums, historic sites, archives, libraries, educators and media outlets in all 50 states.

npr.org

Cultural groups across U.S. told that federal humanities grants are terminated

Among the thousands of groups affected by the sudden cessation of funds are state arts councils, museums, historic sites, archives, libraries, educators and media outlets in all 50 states.

641830767

Reposted by Kate Dossett

American Nineteenth Century History Journal @anchistjournal.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Hot off the presses - and OPEN ACCESS - this article considers the different ways that English and American universities have uncovered, publicised, and responded to their historical connections to transatlantic slavery - please share 📚 🎓 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

tandfonline.com

The price of knowledge: universities and slavery in Anglo-American perspective

This article centers on the different ways that English and American universities have uncovered, publicized, and responded to their historical connections to transatlantic slavery. It argues that ...

1104

Reposted by Kate Dossett

Karin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

The @humanitiesall.bsky.social has a resource, NEH for All, w data about the impact of the NEH locally and nationally. Yes, it is important to right now use the contact and advocacy resources, but it's also critical, imho, to read, gather, & share this info w family &community. www.nehforall.org

screenshot for the website neh for all, with "impact" "local perspectives" and "resources" options.

04123

Reposted by Kate Dossett

Routledge History Research @routledgehistory.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

'Women's History Review' (@womenshistoryrev.bsky.social) is calling for contributions to a special issue on Histories of Academic Women. Further details and instructions on how to submit here: think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...

think.taylorandfrancis.com

Scholarly Lives: Histories of Academic Women

046

Reposted by Kate Dossett

British Association for American Studies @officialbaas.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Got writer’s block? 🤷 Don’t miss this Green BAAS special session - Let’s Write Together! This Friday (4th April), 2pm

021