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Natalia Cecire

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Liverpool University Press @livunipress.bsky.social · 14h
Professor Stephen Small's book tour for Black Liverpool, 'The real thing': West African, West Indian and Afro-American culture at the end of the twentieth century kicks off tomorrow and runs throughout October, coinciding with #BlackHistoryMonth. Check out more of the details below!
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Natalia Cecire @ncecire.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Sure, I've got to-do lists. The ones in my planner, the ones on my phone, the ones on post-its, the ones on a post-it on my phone (yup), the ones on a post-it on my planner, the ones on an address label for an issue of Modernism/modernity from two years ago...no list of the lists though
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Natalia Cecire @ncecire.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I think it would be very funny if JHUP sued Meta for diluting the brand of the Muse that is actually useful and also never hacks your chats
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Dan Greene @dmgreene.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Oh the faculty lounge? Where the aloof, lazy profs are planning how to spend their millions on indoctrinating your kid? Is that the same lounge where we've been collecting water in a trash can for months because they haven't fixed the pipe
The drop ceiling has a black
Garbage bag hanging down from it, with a hose leading to a yellow trash can
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Henry Snow @henrys.now · 28/09/2026
Five months ago I was fired by the US government. Now, one of the biggest categories on the academic job market is "being right wing." I wrote about what's at stake. buttondown.com/anotherway/a...
buttondown.com
The "free speech" government fired me
"Free speech" advocates are killing free speech
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
They are in fact contemptuous of the idea that I would go out and talk to people about how they use a technology or observe them trying to use it. Just hostile to the very concept of there being an end user.
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nick @unionnick.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
On the *same day* the Cornell Seven drugged and raped Jane Doe, Cornell banned four students (including the President of Cornell JVP) from campus for three years for nonviolent, pro-Palestine protests. The same Cornell officials let the rapists off with apology essays.
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Jennifer Doyle @fromaleftwing.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This book is about the administration of harassment complaints on campuses, our ideas about campus safety/security, sexual vulnerability and the institution. It's out of print so, with the publisher's permission, I am sharing a PDF. drive.google.com/file/d/1S5vE...
drive.google.com
Doyle Campus Sex Campus Security.pdf
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Margot 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.'
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Dan Greene @dmgreene.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Aaah look what I got in the mail! Congratulations to @miriamposner.com on publication and congratulations to everyone else who finally gets to read this incredible book.
My hand holding the very groovy white and rainbow book cover of "seeing like a supply chain: the hidden life of logistics" by Miriam
Posner
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will pooley @willpooley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
and for the record, i wrote the proposal for this fellowship a year ago so the more recent stuff about AI “risks” wasn’t even what i was thinking about
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Greg Barnhisel @gbarnhisel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Jump on this, people--Sarah does such good, urgent, unique, sophisticated work.
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Chris Millard @chrismillard83.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
the HE sector is so depressed an nihilistic people aren’t even asking for the basic conditions in which to survive let alone thrive, they are asking for certainty about how much they are to be suffocated, which risks condoning the devastation
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Natalia Cecire @ncecire.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A notable escalation, to be sure, but not different in kind from many workplaces. The Epst**n files show how pervasively these kinds of creeps operate at, e.g., Harvard.
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
'Members of the University and Colleges union (UCU) will stop work until 30 October. The union said the cuts could lead to 1,800 job losses, and hundreds of staff had already lost work when contracts were not renewed. The university announced the closure of 90 courses earlier this month.'
bbc.co.uk
Edinburgh University lecturers begin five-week strike over cuts
Members of the University and Colleges Union are walking out in part of a long-running dispute over job and course cuts.
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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
college for all, college for all
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Combination of cuts to teaching grants, phasing out of maintenance grants and increases in student loan repayments mean that undergraduates in England will now pay 50% more for a university degree than students in 2012, and will carry 80% of the cost of their education.
giftarticle.ft.com
UK graduates paying 50% more of university costs since 2012
New analysis raises questions over fairest way to split bill for higher education
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Arrianna Marie Planey, PhD MA @arrianna-planey.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
IME, most people who say "update your priors" don't actually do Bayesian stats
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Nathan K. Hensley @nathankhensley.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
But, needless to say, that is not a university: that’s a taxpayer-subsidized engine for private capital accumulation that retains the external form of a university —a beloved brand, taken over by private equity, that’s now different & worse, but keeps the old name—which is of course the whole point.
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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I’ve been writing and speaking on this topic for years, and I’m glad that news media are finally drawing attention to it. www.salon.com/2026/07/28/t...
It may be tempting to see value in projects such as the Schmidt Foundation — that’s Eric Schmidt of Google — funding a fellowship in AI at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, or the Musk Foundation’s support of the Scroll Prize to use AI in reconstructing ancient texts in the burnt scrolls of Herculaneum. But these projects are simply two among countless others that have been seeding AI into museums and historical research for well over a decade. Even more egregious is the case of AI companies buying  and destroying rare books en masse in the process of scanning them for data. In the context of the dire austerity we are witnessing, the juggernaut of tech money seems impossible to resist.
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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The USA - yes, Trump's one - says Covid vaccine should be universal for adults. Hello? NHS? Is this on?
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Robbie Richardson @londonmikmaq.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A poster for my October lecture in Toronto!
Poster for “Joseph Brant’s Unwritten History” lecture, featuring a painting of Joseph Brant in regalia, event info, and speaker Dr. Robbie Richardson, University of Glasgow.
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Natalia Cecire @ncecire.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A&H research: “The impact can be absolutely huge...And I know from the ResearchPlus universities that I’ve been visiting, some of the arts and humanities research they’re doing has real-world implications on a major scale and is achieving things for tens of thousands of pounds, not for millions.”'
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Amy Earhart @aearhart.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I’ve been deep in the historical records of our county, working with enslavement and reconstruction and… I just am overwhelmed. I’ve been working in this area for 30 years and am still shocked by white brutality and amazed by Black resistance regardless of danger to themselves and their community.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Most people have no idea how much international students are the lifeblood of higher education. But they’re about to learn. Sigh.
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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
while the British Academy is using partial randomisation on its small grants -- and awarding more women/and POC researchers than ever before -- UKRI is feeding your painstakingly-developed proposal into an AI. But it's okay because they then get *two* AIs to debate whether you get the money.
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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Academic freedom continues to crumble at the hands of Republican Party political appointees at UT.
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Elizabeth Alsop @elizabethalsop.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
culture belongs to everyone! ❤️
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Natalia Cecire @ncecire.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
'student representatives have described the proposal as “tone-deaf”, highlighting that two-thirds of undergraduates are now in term-time employment and describing an expectation for them to take on additional labour as “absolutely ridiculous”.'
timeshighereducation.com
Paid employment ‘biggest barrier’ to rolling out work placements
Survey comes after vice-chancellors said they wanted every undergraduate in England to undertake work experience as part of their degree
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vanessamiller12.bsky.social @vanessamiller12.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Casting a 'no confidence' vote in the Center for Intellectual Freedom @ the UofIowa, all but 2 of the 13 out-of-state professors personally invited by Gov. Kim Reynolds to serve on the center’s advisory council abruptly resigned Monday. www.thegazette.com/news/vote-of...
thegazette.com
Resignations follow no-confidence vote in Center for Intellectual Freedom
Casting a “vote of no confidence” in the Legislature’s Center for Intellectual Freedom at the University of Iowa, all but two of 13 out-of-state professors invited by Gov. Kim Reynolds to serve on the...
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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I am thrilled to announce that the American Studies Program at Boston University will be accepting new PhD Students for the 27/28 academic year. These are fully funded, unionized, 5-year positions, with 4 semesters of guaranteed dissertation fellowship in years 4 & 5.

Application Deadline: December 15, 2026
The American Studies Program at Boston University is a nationally recognized leader in the interdisciplinary field of American Studies. Our students and faculty study the disparate yet interconnected cultures of colonial North America and the United States as seen in the ideas and actions of its people, and as expressed in a range of forms, especially culture, the arts, media, literature, and institutions - often seen through a global or transnational lens. Formerly known as the American & New England Studies Program, we maintain active collaborations with many cultural institutions in the region, especially in the Boston Area. Our large PhD program has produced tenure-track protessors, public historians, museum curators, and directors at major universities, museums, and other cultural and historical institutions.
Funding Opportunities
PhD students receive full funding for up to five years (12 months a year) under a collective bargaining agreement. During this time, they take courses, teach in their fields and disciplines of interest, and develop and write dissertations. The fellowship package guarantees four semesters of dissertation fellowship in years 4 and 5, with no service obligations Additional funding is available from Boston University for travel to conferences, for archival research, and for internships.
Current students have recently received outside fellowships from the Fulbright Foundation, the American Antiquarian Society, the Massachusetts Historical Society, the Huntington Library, the Smithsonian Institution, the Beinecke Library, the Corning Museum of Glass, the New Bedford Whaling Museum, and the American Historical Association.
Graduate Student Association
The Program's own independent Graduate Student Association (GSA) is comprised of elected PhD students who sponsor events and programs for developing professional skills, while representing our students' interests to the governing faculty.
A list of affiliate faculty, available also on the program’s webpage
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k’eguro @keguro.blacksky.app · 22/09/2026
Today, I got a brief glimpse of how aid cuts and constraints have affected healthcare in Kenya. Queer staffers have been replaced by straight, sometimes homophobic, ones. Sex workers have less access to services. Medication is scarce. Jobs have been lost. People are dying.
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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
they are increasingly connecting the dots on who benefits when their cognitive capacities are stolen and the history of cultural production enclosed
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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 22/09/2026
OH. AND ANOTHER THANG: Barbara Chase-Riboud and Annette Gordon Reed BEEN had Jefferson's number. Saw the DNA heds and I honestly shrugged because congratulations, Black women were telling the truth the whole time????
harpersbazaar.com
Barbara Chase-Riboud’s Epic Vision
With a monumental new exhibition in Paris, the influential artist looks back on a creative life spent thinking big
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John Timmer @jtimmer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Ok, this "there are two separate brains" thing appears to be making the rounds, and I want to be absolutely clear: this is a press office overhyping some perfectly reasonable science that won't come as a surprise to most developmental biologists.
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Tim Christiaens @timchristiaens.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Showcasing the ridiculousness of the academic grant hustle 👇 everyone is losing and yet you have to compete or … you still lose.
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UCU Scotland @ucuscotland.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
University of Dundee urged to rule out compulsory job losses as strike begins #StopTheCuts #SaveHE www.scotsman.com/education/un...
scotsman.com
University of Dundee urged to rule out compulsory job losses as strike begins
Staff are due to walk out until October 23
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Chris Boyd @paperghost.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
there is no sensible reason why a 5 year spouse visa cost us a little over fourteen grand. none whatsoever. and that's before you break it down to the addition of renewals every 30 months, the health surcharge, the endless price hikes, the final kick in the teeth for ILR (three grand! to settle!)
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folukeifejola @folukeifejola.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I am writing an essay on why I think universities that do not invest in the study of Black/African history have no business with Black History Month.
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Natalia Cecire @ncecire.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Incredible
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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A point @annakornbluh.bsky.social has frequently made about labor intensification is that colleges cut support staff, offload essential work that support staff did onto faculty, then wonder why faculty aren’t being as “productive.” What once took our Asst. Dir. an hour, easily takes me twice that.
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Matthew L Reznicek @drreznicek.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Visiting fellowship for PhD students in medical humanities at Upsala www.uu.se/en/centre/me...
uu.se
Call for applications: Visiting PhD-student position in Medical Humanities, Uppsala University, spring semester 2027 – Centre for Medical Humanities (CMH) – Uppsala University
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Robbie Richardson @londonmikmaq.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I'm very excited to be giving the 2026-27 W.J. Alexander Lecture in English Literature on October 15th at University College, University of Toronto! It will be called "Joseph Brant's Unwritten History: Towards an Indigenous Antiquarianism."
uc.utoronto.ca
Joseph Brant’s Unwritten History: Towards an Indigenous Antiquarianism | University College U of T
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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Please share! We're looking for a social psychologist who is interested in applying the approach to the mathematical modelling of epidemic spread.
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Josh Bowsher @jbowsher.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I'm really pleased to be able to share that my article 'The Human-as-Sensor: Instrumentality, Situatedness, and Human Rights Counter-investigations' has been accepted for publication by Theory, Culture, and Society.
The article title and abstract are sat within a white text box front and centre of the page. The background is an urban landscape illuminated in red, orange, yellow, green and blue.
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MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
In "The Player and the Played," @maxhaiven.bsky.social theorizes the connections between the financialization of the capitalist economy, the gamification of our lives, and the rising threat of a uniquely 21st-century form of fascistic politics: mitpress.mit.edu/978026205604... #OpenAccess
A copy of "The Player and the Played: From Gamed Capitalism to 21st-Century Facism" by Max Haiven. The cover is red and depicts two white dice bearing black illustrations including a skull, an automatic rifle, a sphinx, a heart, a video game console, and mobile phone.
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