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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 23h

'Never a theoretician, Iliffe was a man of the field, analysing all that he saw and experienced. His work was regarded internationally as the model of what engaged research should be, in a way that would be difficult to sustain today.' #Skystorians

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John Iliffe obituary

Pioneering historian who transformed the study of Africa by seeking out the testimonies of Africans

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Miri Rubin @mirierubin.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

A shout out to the staff of Exeter St David’s @gwr.com for dealing expertly with a meaningful situation of lost property today and to Becca at their Cafe Local who was mist helpful. Good people make a difference!

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

The bill passed its second and third readings unopposed - very rare for major legislation. That kind of cross-party response would be very welcome today. api.parliament.uk/historic-han... api.parliament.uk/historic-han...

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PUBLIC ORDER BILL. (Hansard, 11 December 1936)

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German Historical Institute London @ghilondon.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Call for Applications! 🎓 Each year, the GHIL offers research scholarships for postgraduate students, Habilitanden, and postdocs at German universities, providing an great opportunity to conduct research in the UK! 🇩🇪✈️🇬🇧 1/2

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I had the pleasure of reading this book in manuscript and enjoyed it hugely. It's a really original and engaging take on the soundworld of Chartism - itself one of the great subjects of modern British history. Warmly recommended to anyone with an interest in Britain's greatest democratic movement.

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Miri Rubin @mirierubin.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

An innovative historian and kind mentor. A feminist too.

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

If I were a party strategist, I'd keep hammering at Reform's money. This isn't some "people's army". It's a party owned and paid for by some of the richest people on the planet, which is awash with cash but can't find "British resident donors that would support us". www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXut...

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Undercover: Exposing Reform's secret donations plot

YouTube video by Channel 4 News

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Fania Oz-Salzberger @faniaoz-salzberger.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

“Israel’s next government—barring the increasingly unlikely prospect of another Netanyahu victory—will inherit an almost overwhelming burden. The task is Herculean. At stake is not only survival, but also moral responsibility.” My latest op ed. momentmag.com/day-after-is...

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What Can Be Undone—and What Can't?

Israel’s pro-democracy organizations, civic forums, legal associations and NGOs have quietly begun preparing for the day after.

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Andrew WM Smith @smidbob.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Very much enjoyed the preview of the new de Gaulle film this evening. Excellent Q&A led by @lmebroch.bsky.social interviewing Julian Jackson on whose book the film is based

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Save the date: The British History in the Long 18th Century Seminar returns on 7 October, with Miles Ogborn (QMUL) speaking on 'Law, Violence and Empire: Understanding the Jamaican Uprising Trials of 1832'. We're in person at the IHR and online on Zoom. Free registration opens soon. #Skystorians

history.ac.uk

British History in the Long 18th Century

Supported by Mark Storey and Carey Karmel, in memory of Arthur Burns

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

The book Cahokia Jazz is a revelation. One of the best alt-history books I’ve ever read. Highly highly recommend if you like alt history and/or noir.

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Jewish Historical Society of England @jewishhistorical.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

The @jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk presents a range of Jewish literature and ideas including the flagship annual Jewish Book Week and the JLF video player. Join for talks, debates, creative opportunities, cultural experiences. @mirierubin.bsky.social

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Jewish Historical Society of England @jewishhistorical.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

www.lib.cam.ac.uk/stories/Amy-... The archive of 19th-century writer and poet Amy Levy has a new home at Cambridge University Library @theul.bsky.social

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Sequel to a Reminiscence

The archive of enigmatic 19th-century writer Amy Levy has a new home at Cambridge University Library

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Molly Warsh @mwarsh.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

This will be fantastic. #earlymodern

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

'PwC has said it recruits graduates from any discipline for most roles. BlackRock's chief operating officer has similarly argued that the firm increasingly values graduates who studied subjects such as History or English because of the skills they develop.' 2/3

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Thames Water increased its bonus payouts to £4.1m for senior managers. It has £19.7bn debt, fleeces customers, dumps sewage in rivers, loses billions of litres of water to leaky pipes. Numerous criminal convictions, licence not revoked. But bosses rewarded .. for what? Govt/Ofwat do nothing.

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Thames Water increases bonus payments to £4m despite uncertainty over future

Annual results show struggling firm’s net debt has risen to £19.7bn, up from £17.7bn a year earlier

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Ecclesiastical History Society @eccleshistsoc.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Early Career Researcher Breakfast at the EHS Summer Conference Wed 15 July @ 8am, Founder Dining Hall For ECRS: Aude de Mézerac-Zanetti and Miri Rubin invite you to join them for a BYOBreakfast next Wednesday. This will be an occasion to ask any questions & talk to some Committee members!

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Ecclesiastical History Society @eccleshistsoc.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

The second day of the EHS conference is well underway! We are thrilled with the exciting discussions of 'The Church and Race' going on at Royal Holloway today. #ChurchHistory #Skystorians

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Ecclesiastical History Society @eccleshistsoc.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

We are delighted to welcome three new Fellows to the Ecclesiastical History Society this year: David Blake, Jane Dawson, and Tom Holland. These Fellows have contributed enormously to the study of #ChurchHistory, and we are honoured to have them join us.

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Ecclesiastical History Society @eccleshistsoc.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Many thanks to Professor David Horrell (University of Exeter) and the Right Reverend Rowan Williams (104th Archbishop of Canterbury) for providing the last two plenary sessions of our Summer Conference 👏

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Ecclesiastical History Society @eccleshistsoc.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Don't forget to join our EHS early career researchers breakfast on Wednesday morning at Royal Holloway, 8am! Bring your questions for our historians 🥐

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Dr David Rundle @drdavidrundle.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Want money to study medieval and early modern cultures in the city with England's oldest cathedral? Then you have a week in which to apply for one of the MA scholarships @memsunikent.bsky.social: research.kent.ac.uk/medieval-ear... Complete the simple application process by next Monday, 13th July.

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PhD and MA Funding - Centre for Medieval & Early Modern Studies - Research at Kent

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Ecclesiastical History Society @eccleshistsoc.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Dr Chelsea Reutcke @creutcke.bsky.social (@utah.edu) writes our blogpost this month about how Catholics interpreted the Popish plot in print, playing cards...and blood? Read more about 17th century material culture in England: eccleshistsoc.wordpress.com/2026/07/07/p... #Skystorians #Catholicism

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Miri Rubin @mirierubin.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Looking forward to seeing many ECRs at breakfast…

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Miri Rubin @mirierubin.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Congratulations!!!!💐💐🎉🎉

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Harry Spillane @harryspillane.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Excited to have started overseeing the book reviews section of 'The Journal of Ecclesiastical History'. A reminder that suggestions of books and offers to review can be sent to jeh-office@cambridge.org @universitypress.cambridge.org @cambridge.org

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Citizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · 04/07/2024

"What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July? I answer; a day that reveals to him the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim. To him, your celebration is a sham... your prayers and hymns, your sermons and thanksgivings ... are, to Him, mere bombast, fraud, deception..."

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Frederick Douglass's, “What To the Slave Is the Fourth of July?”

Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) was a former slave who became the greatest abolitionist orator of the antebellum period. During the Civil War he worked tirelessly for the emancipation of the four milli...

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Barney Ronay @barneyronay.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

If you don’t like the running down of arts degrees you can sign this petition, it’s very easy c.org/XbNrQnjfVW

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Sign the Petition

Stop Redundancies at the University of Exeter

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 04/07/2026

Our prize announcements were preceded last Wednesday by the Society's 2026 Prothero Lecture given by Prof Rebecca Earle on: 'The Last Voyage of the Santiago: A Ship and its World in the Age of Revolution’ bit.ly/4pjdlnz Our great thanks to Rebecca for her excellent lecture #Skystorians

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Rebecca Earle gives the Society's 2026 Prothero Lecture - RHS

On Wednesday 1 July, we were delighted to host Professor Rebecca Earle FBA to deliver this year’s Royal Historical Society Prothero Lecture: 'The Last Voyage of the Santiago: A Ship and its World in t...

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Andrew McRae @mcraeandrew.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

From today’s Times letters page. #DefendExeterUni

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

'What is perhaps remarkable about the Exeter cuts is that they are targeted at some of the university’s most successful departments, many of which turn over a profit even after they have made enormous and increasing contributions to the central university budget.' Read, rage and weep.

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The Crisis in Britain’s Universities

The cuts that have been proposed at the University of Exeter demonstrates the crisis of purpose in Britain’s universities. Should not universities also be places to prepare for "eternal dwellings"?

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Ecclesiastical History Society @eccleshistsoc.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Harlaxton Medieval Symposium, 17-20 August 2026 The 2026 Symposium will take place at Madingley Hall, Cambridge, with the theme The Rural Parish in Late Medieval England. The Pamela Tudor Craig Lecture will be given by Ian Forrest. For more: harlaxtonmedievalsymposium.org/harlaxton-me...

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Harlaxton Medieval Symposium 2026

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 13/05/2026

Diwrnod diddorol a chynhyrchiol iawn hyd yn hyn @aberuni.bsky.social gyda haneswyr o bob cwr o Gymru. Y sesiwn foreol @librarywales.bsky.social ystyriodd addysgu ac ymchwil hanes Cymru, ac mae ein paneli prynhawn yn mynd i'r afael â moeseg hanes llafar a dulliau o ymdrin ag AI #Skystorians 1/2

Delweddau o ymweliad y Gymdeithas, 13 Mai 2026, â Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru a Phrifysgol Aberystwyth, gyda phaneli o'r diwrnod.

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Iwan Rhys Morus @irmorus.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Yesterday, @mirierubin.bsky.social gave a fabulous talk at @aberuni.bsky.social as part of a @royalhistsoc.org event. Amazingly, she delivered the first five minutes in flawless Cymraeg.

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Ecclesiastical History Society @eccleshistsoc.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Join us for the EHS Summer Conference! Whether you’re a long-time member of our Society or joining us for the first time, this is a great opportunity to connect with other #historians who share a love of #churchhistory. 📅 13-17 July 2026 📍 Royal Holloway, University of London shorturl.at/5Gi0i

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Buy tickets – Ecclesiastical History Society Summer Conference: The Church and Race – Royal Holloway, University of London

Ecclesiastical History Society Summer Conference: The Church and Race – Royal Holloway, University of London, Mon 13 Jul 2026 - Wed 15 Jul 2026 - The 2026 EHS Conference theme will be 'The Church and ...

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Emilie K. M. Murphy @emiliekmmurphy.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Looking forward to this!

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Daniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

A Synagogue in North London was targeted by an arson attack overnight. I shouldn't have to say this, but after the ambulance attack, I clearly do. If you start talking about a "false flag", or blaming "Israel" for this, you're a despicable human being. www.jewishnews.co.uk/police-inves...

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Police investigating attempted arson attack at north London synagogue

Serious incident is being investigated at Finchley Reform synagogue

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Gregory A. Hargreaves @bordergroves.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Just had my office full of students, gathered around to listen to the radio, much like Americans on the home front did, absorbing with stunned silence Edward R. Murrow’s 1945 report from the liberation of Buchenwald concentration camp. Listen here: perspectives.ushmm.org/item/edward-...

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Edward R. Murrow Broadcast from Buchenwald, April 15, 1945

A digital tool for studying the Holocaust through unique, original sources.

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American Historical Association @historians.org · 14/04/2026

We need historians because evidence doesn’t explain itself. Context does not simply exist. It is built through research, interpretation, and critical analysis. What stories have you uncovered in the historical record? #TalkAboutHumanities 🗃️

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Eugene Smelyansky PhD 🇺🇦 @eugene-smelyansky.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Finally, @mirierubin.bsky.social Cities of Strangers is a great primer on inclusion and exclusion in medieval cities (again, largely because we have more sources from urban communities, not because cities were necessarily more tolerant) www.cambridge.org/core/books/c... fin

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Cities of Strangers

Cambridge Core - European Studies - Cities of Strangers

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