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Mark Slater @markjslater.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

In honour of my 7th(?) rewatch of Mad Men, let me share this fantastic piece from my archive trip to Duke last year. Now that I’ve reached this part of the series again it felt like an obligation. Archives trips really are sweet

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Mark Slater @markjslater.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Another fantastic @hotcus.bsky.social conference presenting as part of the ‘Image Making’ panel with Eszter Kovacs, Maddie Hale, @benoitmes.bsky.social and @thomascryer.bsky.social (as chair). Thoroughly enjoyed talking about D. Parke Gibson and listening to the other papers. HOTCUS always delivers!

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Mark Slater @markjslater.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Just noticed the wee typo where I missed an and. Shameful, I think

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Mark Slater @markjslater.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Fantastic Targeted Research Panel today on US magazine culture at the Glasgow @officialbaas.bsky.social 2026 conference with Katie Burke @benoitmes.bsky.social! Huge thanks to @emilybrady.bsky.social for chairing too. 🙏 Excellent papers all around, it was a blast! See you next all BAAS 🫡

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lewiskjohnson.bsky.social @lewiskjohnson.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Proud to have successfully defended my PhD thesis this morning! Many thanks to my examiners, Professor Bruce Schulman and Dr Fabian Hilfrich, for the lively discussion and their valuable suggestions. Looking forward to celebrating four years of hard work!

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HCAatEdinburgh @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Join us for the 2026 Fennell Lecture by Prof. Greg Grandin from Yale, discussing 'Zombie Monroe: How America First's nationalism shifts towards Latin America.' Secure your free tickets at edin.ac/4qyeI0t. #History #AmericanHistory #Monroedoctrine #SouthAmerica #Edinburgh #Yale #Fennell

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UCU Edinburgh @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Pickets all over Edinburgh this morning! From Old College to King's Building, Edinburgh UCU staff are saying NO to job cuts!

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UCU Edinburgh @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

RALLY TOMORROW! Join the fightback against job cuts! Wednesday 19th November at 1pm at the Scottish parliament.

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UCU Scotland @ucuscotland.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Today's @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social rally to defend jobs and oppose cuts at Edinburgh university #SaveHE #NoCompulsoryRedundancies #StopTheCuts

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Mark Slater @markjslater.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

finally going through my finds from the US archive trip. here are some of the ads that amused me most on my visit to duke. big tobacco really did try their hardest to attract new smokers, i guess

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Mark Slater @markjslater.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

excellent few days at the @hotcus.bsky.social conference in lancaster! got some excellent feedback on my chapter at the pgr/ecr workshop with andrew preston, met a series of very lovely people, and, most importantly, got this sweet mug. had a blast at my first hotcus and will be back!

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Mark Slater @markjslater.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

@lewiskjohnson.bsky.social was also a huge fan of my europa league watching setup in the archives. peak part of the trip. (see photo 4)

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Mark Slater @markjslater.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

hard at work on my research trip, as you can see by the photos. boston uni was great, but duke was better. gorgeous part of the country! definitely didn’t take a lot of time to explore both cities, only did archive work, of course. anyways, the states has been pretty good to me this trip 🫡

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HOTCUS @hotcus.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

🚨Registration for Annual Conference is open!🚨 Taking place at the University of Lancaster from 18-20 June, we have now opened registration for the HOTCUS Annual Conference. Full details and links for registration and schedule are available on our website hotcus.org.uk/events/annua... Please share!

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Mark Slater @markjslater.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

delighted to announce that i've won the BAAS research assistance award to supporting my upcoming archive trip to the US! incredibly thankful to @officialbaas.bsky.social for the generous award, particularly in such difficult circumstances. very excited to get into the archives soon!

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HOTCUS @hotcus.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Events 2026 Call for hosts!🚨 HOTCUS is seeking hosts for our 2026 events, including the Winter Symposium (February) and the Annual Conference (June). We can only run our events with member support and input, so please do consider if this is something that you can support at your institution!

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Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

The UK university sector is on fire. This is happening virtually everywhere -- job cuts, hiring freezes, department closures, PhD funding programmes... full blown crisis

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Kate Davison @queerstorian.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Quotes from me in THE. “Davison, who previously left her position at Goldsmiths, U. London after being handed a redundancy letter, said: “If you work in higher ed in the UK, it feels like you are running away from a wave… like a tsunami of job cuts...” www.timeshighereducation.com/news/edinbur...

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Edinburgh staff fear ‘manufactured crisis’ in £140 million cuts

Academics ask why university needs to cut jobs when its income hit £1.4 billion last year

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Mark Slater @markjslater.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

i have stumbled upon a potential gap in the literature for my thesis. unsure how to feel about this. suspicious, i think. the only option is to spend my saturday evening in the office investigating 🫡

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Mark Slater @markjslater.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Feels like the right time to join here with the toxic PhD discourse on the hellhole that is Twitter. I’m ready to entertain with my witty takes here instead

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