Nikki Hessell @nikkihessell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026A day of peace and writing. Knotty problems unknotting 011
Nikki Hessell @nikkihessell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026It’s “you’d be really pretty if only you smiled more,” except it’s aimed at whole fields of human endeavour 071
Nikki Hessell @nikkihessell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026100% this. "You just need to tell your stories better" - no, we don't. Our stories are clear, obvious, and awesome. The people who could fund the humanities won't and aren't open to changing their minds 17420
Reposted by Nikki HessellCarwyn Jones @ahikaroa.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The Govt says the bills introduced to weaken/remove Treaty principles clauses are for more certainty. Yet its officials noted there is little evidence these provisions are creating uncertainty, repeal would lead to uncertainty, and the Govt's preferred option had NO benefits but lots of risk. #NZPol 34015
Reposted by Nikki HessellCarwyn Jones @ahikaroa.bsky.social · 30/08/2026On Friday we launched Matangi Rau, a collection of previously published pieces, including op-ed style pieces and articles. The aim is to make these pieces accessible for people wanting to engage with ideas relating to te Tiriti o Waitangi. tetakupu.wananga.com/products/mat... #nzpol #ToitūTeTirititetakupu.wananga.comMatangi Rau: The enduring potential of te Tiriti o Waitangi• Indigenous law • Māori law • Indigenous rights • Māori rights 0137
Reposted by Nikki HessellCSECS/SCEDHS @csecsscedhs.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Announcing the 2027 CSECS Conference, in Trois-Rivières, Québec (October 20-23, 2027), on "Pleasures and Social Life in the 18th Century". Deadline for submissions is January 11, 2027. tr2027.csecs.ca 078
Nikki Hessell @nikkihessell.bsky.social · 26/08/2026You need to be “a New Zealander of a certain age” to remember this one, but fortunately , i am exactly that age! 💔 RIP Dolly youtube.com/watch?v=jlUd...youtube.com#4 Darcy Clay - JoleneYouTube video by diddlydoodledave 040
Nikki Hessell @nikkihessell.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Thanks to the University of Saskatchewan's Native Law Centre for hosting us today! We're going to be talking about our @marsdenfund.bsky.social project on The Poetics of Treaties indigenouslaw.usask.ca/about/events...indigenouslaw.usask.caEvents - Indigenous Law CentreDetails about events will be shared here. For notifications when new information is added, follow us on social media, and College of Law Events Page. 020
Nikki Hessell @nikkihessell.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Hey … that’s me! See you tomorrow, BARS friends ❤️ 0102
Nikki Hessell @nikkihessell.bsky.social · 29/07/2026@phdhurtbrain.bsky.social You'll be glad to know that on my to-do list today it says "Practise BARS" 120
Nikki Hessell @nikkihessell.bsky.social · 27/07/2026I'm really honoured to have been asked to give the Marilyn Butler lecture for the online part of BARS this year. It will be an early start here in Aotearoa on Fri 7 Aug, NZ time, but I'm looking forward to talking about "Recollecting Treaties in Tranquillity" with colleagues and friends 1163
Reposted by Nikki HessellRobert Poole @robertjrp.bsky.social · 26/07/2026A new Peterloo jug is news, because all known examples are printed over a leftover batch commemorating an admiral. This one is part of a new batch on a purpose-made jug, indicating sustained demand. On display soon at the People’s History Museum. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukPeople's History Museum to display rare Peterloo massacre jugThe jug commemorating the 1819 Peterloo massacre will be displayed at the People's History Museum. 320467
Nikki Hessell @nikkihessell.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Girl, if he wanted to, he would 🙄 www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...rnz.co.nzNational promises to extend paid parental leave from 26 weeks to 30, if re-electedNational has pledged to extend paid parental leave from 26 weeks to 30, if re-elected. 080
Nikki Hessell @nikkihessell.bsky.social · 21/07/2026You know how sometimes you ask BSky a question and people send you helpful but very rough approximations of what you’re looking for? Well @jeffreyinsko.bsky.social was like, oh that? I’ve written 2 essays on EXACTLY that! 🤣 2233
Nikki Hessell @nikkihessell.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Can anyone point me to good readings about connections between "extracts/extracting" in the literary sense (pulling out a quote or passage) and "extractive" practices in the environmental sense? I feel like there must be work out there, perhaps in environmental book history, that synthesises this? 353
Nikki Hessell @nikkihessell.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Sometimes, when I go back to a draft, I’m surprised to find that it is in better shape than I expected. My friends, this is NOT one of those days 😩 080
Reposted by Nikki HessellRobbie Richardson @londonmikmaq.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Great to see this finally out: My article "The Stubborn Will to Mean: Sympathy, Relationality, and the Origins of Collecting Indigenous Bones in the Eighteenth Century" in ELH!muse.jhu.eduProject MUSE -- Verification required! 55821
Nikki Hessell @nikkihessell.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Side-eyeing all of you for not telling me to read this book sooner!! It's so good!!! press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...press.princeton.eduExtraction Ecologies and the Literature of the Long ExhaustionHow literature of the British imperial world contended with the social and environmental consequences of industrial mining 0111
Reposted by Nikki HessellTim Howard @tmhwrd.bsky.social · 13/07/2026The two greatest New Zealand-Australians are both gone now. RIP. 1330369
Nikki Hessell @nikkihessell.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Do people want Ai in everything? No But does it make things cheaper? Also no www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...rnz.co.nzApple raises prices for MacBooks and iPads, as costs soar over AIApple says it's raising prices for its MacBook computers, iPad tablets and other products, citing spiralling memory and storage costs sparked by the rise of artificial intelligence. 140
Reposted by Nikki HessellSarah Brouillette @sarahbrouillette.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Now available for preorder, arriving in warehouse 10/02/2026: dukeupress.edu/content-mach... Duke UP gave me a discount code for 30% off paperback preorders: it's E26CNTNT ♥️👍dukeupress.eduContent Machines: Reading and Writing in the Platform Era 46129
Reposted by Nikki HessellAnna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 01/04/2026"criticizing AI use in journalism or other creative industries is classist" NO IT IS NOT there is a class that benefits enormously from cognitive surrender, epistemic warfare, and the enclosure of all hitherto produced culture and it is NOT THE WORKING CLASS 252605821
Reposted by Nikki HessellDeidre Lynch @drbibliomane.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Sarah, this might be too obvious an answer, but I still think that I was remiss in not thinking immediately of the amazing Jackson Bibliography of Romantic Poetry, hosted by the U. of T. Libraries. 5,000 named poets, incl. many neglected women writers. jacksonbibliography.library.utoronto.cajacksonbibliography.library.utoronto.caHome Jackson Bibliography of Romantic Poetry. J.R.de J. JaThis bibliography, which is based on first-hand examination of copies, aims to provide descriptions of all extant editions of all verse in English published for 193
Reposted by Nikki HessellIIML @modernletters.bsky.social · 14/06/2026Writers on Mondays in The Post www.thepost.co.nz/culture/3610...thepost.co.nzBig names and new voices headline winter’s Writers on Mondays seriesThis year’s line‑up brings together some of Aotearoa’s most celebrated writers. 075
Reposted by Nikki HessellElias Greig @eliasgreig.bsky.social · 14/06/2026On this ongoing, relentless nonsense about AI resistance being classist, excellence is one of the few, fragile weapons working class people can deploy against privilege. Destroy excellence, or cheapen it to the point of routine, and you reward access and wealth. 116969
Nikki Hessell @nikkihessell.bsky.social · 14/06/2026“The NBA finals, brought to you by Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey” is a sentence I just heard 030
Reposted by Nikki HessellNicola Gaston @nicgaston.bsky.social · 08/06/2026#marsdenshmarsden I guess 🪦b2bnews.co.nzMarsden Fund cut 29% as NZ kills blue-sky research fundingNew Zealand's flagship discovery research fund is running its final round before being absorbed into a government-directed system. The 29% funding cut lands on a country that already spends half the O... 44116
Reposted by Nikki HessellD Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 06/06/2026“Justice minister Paul Goldsmith is ploughing ahead with the most damaging legislative attack on Māori seen in a generation, based on nothing much more than his own “view”, says Treaty expert Carwyn Jones.” #nzpol #RacismInActione-tangata.co.nzGovernment ignores advice and swings Te Tiriti wrecking ball | E-Tangata“It’s the most damaging collection of legislative Treaty proposals I’ve seen in my career, breaching Te Tiriti on a scale and breadth that we haven’t yet witnessed in our lifetimes.” — Carwyn Jones. 02610
Reposted by Nikki HessellPavel @spavel.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Thinking about why women might not want to use a product that has forced itself into every software interface to confidently shout things that are wrong 6070191614
Nikki Hessell @nikkihessell.bsky.social · 29/05/2026It’s been a tough trimester, but here are some cards I got from students on the last day of classes, including a hand drawn picture of Isabella with her basil pot 😍 1201
Nikki Hessell @nikkihessell.bsky.social · 26/05/2026A reminder, again: nobody is seeing productivity gains from AI, and NZ won’t either #nzpol 01610
Nikki Hessell @nikkihessell.bsky.social · 25/05/2026I absolutely love Wellington at this time of year. Low, soft morning light, autumn colours everywhere. This tree is in my neighbours’ backyard and it makes me happy for different reasons all year round 060
Reposted by Nikki HessellIIML @modernletters.bsky.social · 24/05/2026Next Friday 29 May, an evening of poetry, prose, and electronic performance features readings by poet Ada Duffy (MA25) and IIML Emerging Māori Writer in Residence Terri Te Tau, followed by a live performance of Department Press Briefings by artist Mo H. Zareei. www.adamartgallery.nz/events/upcom...adamartgallery.nzTe Pātaka Toi Adam Art GalleryTe Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery is the purpose-built gallery of Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University. 044
Reposted by Nikki HessellNathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 21/05/2026UC Berkeley Law creates new AI policy that bans AI for "conceptualizing, outlining, drafting, revising, translating, or editing any work submitted for credit" or exams because "thinking remains the sine qua non of good lawyering (and of a quality legal education)." That's what I'm talking about. 5136701193
Reposted by Nikki HessellMatt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 21/05/2026“Students don’t oppose AI from ignorance but EXPERIENCE. This was quite shocking to me: Gallup found that Gen Z high usage has not decreased despite anger having increased. They know what they’re protesting against BECAUSE they know what AI is doing to them.”open.substack.comHow America Turned Against AI According to the Poll Data: A (Very Big) CompilationEvery poll, pollster, and methodology converges on the same thing 04115
Nikki Hessell @nikkihessell.bsky.social · 19/05/2026A reminder from Fortune magazine—there is no evidence that AI improves productivity #nzpol fortune.com/article/why-...fortune.comThousands of CEOs admit AI had no impact on employment or productivity—and it has economists resurrecting a paradox from 40 years ago | FortuneIn the 1980s, economist Robert Solow made an observation that reminded economists of today’s AI boom: “You can see the computer age everywhere but in the productivity statistics.” 063
Reposted by Nikki HessellKate Evans @kategevans.bsky.social · 18/05/2026500 years ago, people starting building pā all over northern NZ—fortifying their settlements with rows of palisades, cut from nearby bush. Why? What were pā defending—or trying to say? The trees themselves, combined with mātauranga Māori, tell a story. www.nzgeo.com/stories/the-... 🇳🇿🧪 #archaeologynzgeo.comThe pā buildersFive hundred years ago, people starting building pā all over northern New Zealand—fortifying their settlements with rows of pointed palisades, cut from the surrounding forests. Why? What were pā defen... 610642
Nikki Hessell @nikkihessell.bsky.social · 13/05/2026When you're front page news on RNZ 😍 @ingridhorrocks.bsky.social www.rnz.co.nz/life/books/s...rnz.co.nzShort story collection wins New Zealand's biggest book prizeIngrid Horrocks has won the major prize at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards for her fiction debut, All Her Lives. 060
Reposted by Nikki HessellOckham New Zealand Book Awards @ockhamnzbookawards.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Whakamihi @tinamakereti.bsky.social winner of the Ockhams General Non-Fiction Award 2026! @thwupbooks.bsky.social #theockhams 14618
Reposted by Nikki HessellEnglish Literatures & Creative Communication-THW @elccprogramme.bsky.social · 10/05/2026Huge congratulations to ELCC graduate Asher Emanuel for the release of a stunning and important new book! www.bwb.co.nz/books/the-va...bwb.co.nzThe Valley - BWB Bridget Williams BooksTold largely in verbatim dialogue, this up-close and personal account brings the realities of the New Zealand criminal justice system to life through the voices of those who experience it first-hand. 042
Reposted by Nikki HessellCentre for Eighteenth Century Studies at York @cecs-york.bsky.social · 08/05/2026We’re very pleased to share news of this research fellowship position, working with our wonderful CECS / English Literature colleague Prof Mary Fairclough @maryfairclough.bsky.social on the collected works of Mary Wollstonecraft: 🔗 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRL782/r...jobs.ac.ukResearch Fellowship: The Collected Works of Mary Wollstonecraft at University of YorkExplore an exciting academic career as a Research Fellowship: The Collected Works of Mary Wollstonecraft. Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities. 15557
Reposted by Nikki HessellCindy Ermus @cindyermus.bsky.social · 05/05/2026“Being able to talk to people & interact with people in a very human way is more valuable than ever.” Every humanities organization & dept needs to capitalize on this moment. Scream from the mountain tops, "If you want the invaluable skills that AI can't replicate, major in history!" @historians.orgapnews.comCollege students are changing course in search of 'AI-proof' majors. But no one knows what they areThe rise of artificial intelligence is prompting college students to second-guess their career paths. 032
Reposted by Nikki HessellHigh Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 02/05/2026hot take: women are less likely to use AI because we’re quick to clock flattery as a tool of manipulation 7681861753
Reposted by Nikki HessellCarwyn Jones @ahikaroa.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Will weakening Treaty provisions in NZ law create more problems than it solves? #nzpol theconversation.com/will-weakeni...theconversation.comWill weakening Treaty provisions in NZ law create more problems than it solves?Legislation changing Treaty provisions within the law is due to be introduced before this year’s election, with legal challenges and protests likely. 0115
Reposted by Nikki HessellTricia Matthew @triciamatthew.bsky.social · 28/04/2026We are happy to discuss projects for the series. Contact us: oup.c19race@gmail.com I’m guessing it goes without saying that we are eager to work with scholars of color. 01917
Nikki Hessell @nikkihessell.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Fantastic news! Transits is such an important series 041