Reposted by Saima NasarUoBris Centre for Environmental Humanities @uobrisceh.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The TB1 termcard is here! Screenshot it, print it, stick it on your fridge, show up to whatever catches your eye. See you soon! 🌱 011
Reposted by Saima NasarHetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Archive of @britishacademy.bsky.social Fellow Stuart Hall is now live. Includes looking at his impact on the history of communication theory, culminating in the architecture of contemporary AI models www.theguardian.com/society/2026... Archive link: stuarthalldigital.bham.ac.uk/archival_mat...theguardian.comThatcherism via the Walkman: Stuart Hall’s British cultural studies preserved onlineProject lead says it celebrates ‘incredible contributions’ Jamaica-born sociologist made to Britain’s culture 5234153
Reposted by Saima NasarRoyal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 07/10/2026The day concludes with a Society guest lecture by Dr Meleisa Ono-George (Oxford) on 'Visualizing Difference: Amelia Newsham and the Art of Race-Making' bit.ly/4hGLz0z. Booking for in-person attendance remains open and all are welcome in Glasgow for the lecture and reception to follow #Skystoriansbit.lyVisualizing Difference: Amelia Newsham and the Art of Race-MakingRHS Lecture with Dr Meleisa Ono-George at the University of Strathclyde 044
Reposted by Saima NasarMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The Migration Museum, London, is hiring a part-time (3 days per week) curator for a year to help build the vision of the new museum. £40k pro rata plus 5% matched pension contribution. Deadline for applications 18 October.migrationmuseum.orgWe’re Hiring: Curator, Contemporary Art (Part-time)The Migration Museum is seeking a Contemporary Art Curator to join their team on a part-time basis. Application deadline: 18 October 2026. 13436
Reposted by Saima NasarCaitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont.bsky.social · 02/10/2026📣 1st seminar for Term 1 26/27 @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social at @ihr.bsky.social & it's a great one! We're delighted @carorusterholz.bsky.social will join us (online only) to present her work on 'Young Black Women & Contraception in Britain 1980-2010'. #skystorians @womenshistnet.bsky.social. Book 👇history.ac.ukYoung Black women and contraception in Britain 1980-2010 066
Reposted by Saima NasarLiam J. Liburd @liamliburd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026For my London-based or adjacent followers, I'm speaking at an event marking the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street next Tuesday evening. I'll be reflecting on the history of antisemitism and state racism among other things. Tickets are free!bisa.bbk.ac.ukThe Battle of Cable Street ninety years on: the struggle against fascism and antisemitism, then and now | Birkbeck Institute for the Study of Antisemitism 02016
Reposted by Saima NasarThe Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 28/09/2026Well, well, well - if it isn’t the consequences of our own actions. It would appear that migrants are not, in fact, the fiscal drain we’ve been told they are by years if we go by the £4bn to £6.5bn shortfall that’s been caused by the precipitous drop in numbers under this government. Funny that. 391004416
Reposted by Saima NasarYale University Press London 📖 @yalebooks.bsky.social · 28/09/2026courtauld.ac.uk/news-blogs/2...courtauld.ac.uk5 things to know about Salman Toor 011
Reposted by Saima NasarMusa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 28/09/2026“There’s a feeling today that Britain really only found out about the Holocaust at the end of the war. But in 1942, the year in which most victims of the Holocaust were murdered, you couldn’t really escape this information in Britain. It was in every newspaper. It was on the BBC.” 56623
Reposted by Saima NasarRoyal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 24/09/2026New from History UK: a valuable and interesting survey of UK history students use of and attitudes towards GenAI in HE teaching - their preliminary report is published today: bit.ly/4hatsRR The report is by Dr Sarah Jones and Dr Simon Peplow @simpep.bsky.social #skystorians 03530
Reposted by Saima NasarJennifer C. Nash @jennifercnash.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Proud of our latest issue! 1132
Reposted by Saima NasarSarah Crook @sarahcrook.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I have a new article in @genderandhistory.bsky.social on efforts for forge a new, popular, mainstream and appealing feminism in the 1990s and its connections to the wider atmosphere of the moment. Read it here - doi.org/10.1111/1468...doi.orgThe Political Ecology of the ‘New’ Feminism in Late‐1990s BritainThe 1990s were a vexed time for feminists in Britain. Cultural commentators declared that feminism's key battles had been won, and that given women's ascendency across various political and cultural ... 02714
Saima Nasar @saimanasar.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Thanks, as ever, to Dr Leighan Renaud and Professor Ruth Bush for organising! 031
Saima Nasar @saimanasar.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Please join us in celebrating the Centre for Black Humanities’ tenth anniversary. CBH is holding a two-day symposium titled ‘Collectivity, Community, Collaboration’. Our keynote will be Professor Christina Sharpe. Cfp below. Please spread the word! 12119
Saima Nasar @saimanasar.bsky.social · 22/09/2026A bit of both. I’ve found conversations most helpful so have decided to sign up for a course. Thanks! 110
Saima Nasar @saimanasar.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Are there any language learning apps people would recommend? I deleted Duolingo a while ago and would be keen to find an alternative. 330
Reposted by Saima NasarDr Cath Feely @cathfeely.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Last night, an exhibition I've been working on was launched at Cromford Mills in Derbyshire to mark 250 years since building of 2nd mill (blue print for cotton factories worldwide) and early industrial housing. It's open all weekend, with lots of activities. Critique my graphic design efforts! 1721645
Reposted by Saima NasarLaura Kelly @tortietabby.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Some Friday night reading! 🎉 I have a new article out in Social History of Medicine on the history of the Billings ovulation method, a popular method of ‘natural’ family planning in 70s and 80s Ireland. Funded by @wellcometrust.bsky.social Open-access link here: academic.oup.com/shm/advance-...academic.oup.comValidate User 12110
Reposted by Saima NasarDave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Well, there you are: official UK govt figures confirm it costs £3,000 a year more to teach the average undergraduate than they're willing to pay us. www.gov.uk/government/p... Now, they'll explain how that's our fault for greedily having almost no pay-rises for a decade... 24426
Reposted by Saima NasarThe University of Manchester @manchester.ac.uk · 17/09/2026This is what award-winning history looks like 👇 Professor Sadiah Qureshi’s exploration of extinction, empire and the natural world is among six works shortlisted for the 2026 Wolfson History Prize. We're so proud! 💜 @uomhums.bsky.social 🔗 www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/b... 0267
Reposted by Saima NasarThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 17/09/2026Women in England with incurable breast cancer to get life-extending drug on NHStheguardian.comWomen in England with incurable breast cancer to get life-extending drug on NHSThousands with HER2-low advanced breast cancer will have access to Enhertu after ministers strike deal on price Thousands of women in England with incurable breast cancer will get access to a life-extending drug on the NHS after negotiations over its cost proved successful. About 1,000 women a year with HER2-low advanced breast cancer will be able to obtain Enhertu from Thursday after ministers and the drug’s makers struck a deal on its price. Continue reading... 513240
Reposted by Saima NasarDr Eleanor Shaw @eleanorshaw.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Fancy coming to work with me at the British Library? Part time for 18 months, collecting oral histories about covid and thinking about covid commemoration. www.nationalmuseums.org.uk/jobs/job/228...nationalmuseums.org.ukJobs - National Museum Directors' Council WebsiteAssociation of directors and chief executives of the UK's national museums, galleries, libraries and archives. 512099
Reposted by Saima NasarSadiah Qureshi 🦈 @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Stunned and honoured by where my love letter to life living has reached. My profound thanks to everyone who made it possible: from beloveds who roared with me without reading a word, to the readers and judges who so kindly did, and found it worthwhile. I’m delighted to be in such company. 1613624
Reposted by Saima NasarBrigstow Institute @hellobrigstow.bsky.social · 15/09/2026If you are local to Eastville Park, join this event on Friday 18 September for a collective cyanotype-making workshop - creatively exploring Eastville Park through memory, observation and imagination. www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/bri... 022
Reposted by Saima NasarMass Observation Archive @massobsarchive.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Exciting news (well we think so)! We are looking for new people to regularly contribute to our archive! We accept applications from anyone based in the UK who has an interest in sending us their thoughts and opinions about life in the UK. #Skystorians massobs.org.uk/write-for-th...massobs.org.ukWrite for the archive - Mass Observation ArchiveWriting for Mass Observation You can apply to write for the archive here. Current Observers If you are one of our current Observers you may find our handbook for new Observers helpful. This has all th... 15862
Reposted by Saima NasarThe Welfare, Citizenship, and Intersectional Feminism Project @wcifproject.bsky.social · 09/09/2026We’re looking forward to welcoming everyone to the ‘Healing a Nation? Rethinking Histories of Race and Healthcare Activism’ workshop tomorrow! Many thanks to @leverhulme.ac.uk for making it possible! 054
Reposted by Saima NasarSu Lin Lewis @sulinlewis.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Here's a new post I co-wrote with @bengjthomas.bsky.social based on an amazing sound and history event we did last year at Bristol's IC Visual Lab for the 70th anniversary of #Bandung. Diving into the music of the era was so much fun, and we historians don't seem to do it enough....Thanks Ben & HWJ! 1128
Reposted by Saima NasarSimon Peplow @simpep.bsky.social · 08/09/2026History and AI – A Survey of History Students in UKHE Our preliminary project report explores anonymous responses from more than 600 history students across all regions and types of institutions in the UK. @callingdrjones.bsky.social www.history-uk.ac.uk/projects/his...history-uk.ac.ukHistory and AI – A Survey of History Students in UK UniversitiesArtificial intelligence (AI) has become impossible to ignore in higher education. For historians, working in a discipline which depends on interpretation, evidence, and critical thinking, the devel… 186
Reposted by Saima NasarSam Wetherell @samwetherell.bsky.social · 07/09/2026My latest post: On the deindustrialisation of the university. And on being "in defence of history" at a time of extinction. thehistoryfactory.substack.com/p/the-histor...thehistoryfactory.substack.comThe History Factory 2: The Deindustrialisation of the UniversityA few years ago, my employer, the University of York, commissioned a civil engineering firm named Tilbury Douglas to build a new nursery for the children of its employees and students. 42622
Reposted by Saima NasarRoyal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 07/09/2026New this week in the Society's journal 'Transactions': 'Making a Usable Past? Time, Memory and Britain’s Second World War', by Lucy Noakes bit.ly/4gUK6n8 How can studies of the emerging memory of war in 1945 help us to understand its power during the Brexit debates of the 2010s? #Skystorians 1/2 2198
Reposted by Saima NasarRoyal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 31/07/2026"Details, in their singularity and idiosyncrasy, point to the capaciousness of human experience." New today in the Society's journal 'Transactions': Joe Moran 'On Detail in Historical Writing': bit.ly/44UMi8C Now available OA @joemoransblog.bsky.social @massobsarchive.bsky.social #Skystorians 1/2 212763
Reposted by Saima Nasarwill pooley @willpooley.bsky.social · 03/09/2026If magic never really “declined”, what actually happened to it? Really pleased to see this new forum in ‘Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft’ that extends my claims about doubts to suggest other terms, such as “counter-probabilistic wishing” and “wonder”. williamgpooley.wordpress.com/2026/09/03/w... 🗃️williamgpooley.wordpress.comWho doubts doubt?Magic never went away. There is now a widespread – though far from universal – sense among historians that what Max Weber called ‘the disenchantment of the world’ and Keith Thomas… 313641
Reposted by Saima NasarAna Stevenson @dranastevenson.bsky.social · 02/09/2026This year marks the 70th anniversary of South Africa's 1956 Women’s March against extending the dompas to black women. Thanks to @africanarguments.bsky.social for sharing our reflection on the unfinished legacies of women’s activism at the end of Women's Month. africanarguments.org/2026/09/wath...africanarguments.orgWathint’ abafazi 70 years on | African ArgumentsSeventy years after the 1956 Women's March, South Africa still celebrates men's anti-apartheid struggle and pushes women's activism to the margins. The cost is visible now. 1137
Reposted by Saima NasarMet Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 01/09/2026Summer 2026 is provisionally the UK’s warmest summer on record with the season’s mean temperature made around 130 times more likely due to human-induced climate change. Here, we delve into the numbers 🧵 5262168
Reposted by Saima NasarMayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 24/08/202670 years of service. 60 years of celebration. The story of Notting Hill Carnival starts long before the first float. This week we're marking the contribution of Caribbean communities to London's transport network and the legacy of Carnival. www.londondaily.news/tfl-celebrat... 116031
Reposted by Saima NasarOnni Gust @onnigust.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Reading through the beautiful testimonies of students & colleagues of Jason Arday is a reminder of all we have lost, but also how much kindness and generosity matters. Thanks @hannahrobbins26.bsky.social for sharing this link. leilacancode.github.io/everythinggo...leilacancode.github.ioEverything Good About Jason ArdayFirst-hand accounts from people who knew him. Collected by his students. 096
Reposted by Saima NasarLes Back @academicdiary.bsky.social · 20/08/2026This is going to be a wonderful celebration of one of my very favourite people, Professor Lez Henry, sociologist, author, reggae deejay, and martial artist! If you are in London on 23rd October this is going to be special tickts.co.uk/events/whatt...tickts.co.ukWHAT THE DEEJAY SAID 20th Anniversary of Publication EventA Panel discussion and Dance. Panel will be Prof Les Back, Prof Paul Gilroy, Prof Kimani Nehusi, Dr Sireita Mullings-Lawrence ,Prof Lez Henry. Chaired by Prof Gus John.DJs on the night: DJ Hurtz, Lad.... 054
Reposted by Saima NasarMayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 19/08/2026This stopped me in my tracks. An independent study by @qmul.bsky.social has found that after ULEZ was introduced, children’s lungs grew faster in Central London and have now caught up with children outside of the capital. Incredible. 1563368974
Reposted by Saima NasarBenjamin Thomas White @btwhite.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Does anyone have a full list of institutions / consortiums that have received an AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Landscape Award from 2027? The AHRC doesn't seem to have published this information. Here are some that I have seen announced, or found when searching ⬇️ 224
Reposted by Saima NasarMary Dudziak @marydudziak.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Beginning my research seminar, as always, with Lynn Hunt's essay How Writing Leads to Thinking (and Not the Other Way Around). Should be mandatory reading in light of the impact of AI. www.historians.org/perspectives... 9479153
Reposted by Saima NasarCharlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 17/08/2026We need to show rightwing newspapers that actions have consequences. Add your name: goodlawproject.org/s/abb8a1goodlawproject.orgJason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law ProjectCommission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death. 13612
Reposted by Saima NasarBritish Association for American Studies @officialbaas.bsky.social · 17/08/2026CFP 📰 "The Black Press at 200", March 2027 This two-day symposium critically examines the past, present, & futures of the Black Press. Submit your proposal by 18th September. baas.ac.uk/news-and-eve...baas.ac.ukCFP: The Black Press at 200 - British Association for American StudiesThis two-day symposium at Howard University, home of the Black Press Archives, will convene scholars, journalists, archivists, artists, and students to critically examine the past, present, and… 023
Reposted by Saima NasarNBC News @nbcnews.com · 16/08/2026Because of global cuts to foreign aid, the Gates Foundation has predicted that 2025 will be the first year this century where child deaths will increase.nbcnews.toUSAID fallout: In Nepal, when the aid workers stopped coming, the women and babies started dyingThe U.S. government has repeatedly insisted that no one — and, particularly, no children — have died because of its funding cuts. But the AP has documented the deaths of women and children from Myanmar to Nigeria. 44891552
Reposted by Saima NasarShirin Hirsch @shirinhirsch.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Unbearably sad news of Prof Arday’s death. I am thinking of him and everyone close to him. I hope all those who took part in the hunt are ashamed. A broken and heartless media and academic system. 0123
Reposted by Saima NasarMigration Museum @migrationmuseum.org · 10/08/2026⏳ Just 2 weeks left to apply! The Migration Museum is looking for 10 Community Curators across the UK to co-curate displays exploring local migration stories. 💷 Paid (£20/hr) 🗓️ Sept 2026–May 2027 📍 Apply here: www.migrationmuseum.org/join-the-mig... Help shape the UK’s Missing Museum!migrationmuseum.orgJoin the Migration Museum’s Community Curators ProgrammeFind out more about the Migration Museum’s UK-wide Community Curators Programme, in partnership with five museums and galleries across the UK and how to apply. Application deadline: 23 August 2026. 11422