Daniel Wilson
@danielwilson.bsky.social
Data, Information and their Histories. At UCL. danielwilson.info 🤖 Computational Humanities #dh | History 🗃️ | STS #histsci
And did I mention this dazzling piece on Catholic conversions, which was heaven sent for @michaelledgerlomas.bsky.social to do his uniquely mordant churchy erudition. Lots of sauce and some GK Chesterton to finish. ⛪️🍆🏛️
London Review of Books@lrb.co.uk · last wk.‘The gnawing loneliness that had pushed Waugh and converts from Newman to Spark into the Church meant they were never joiners.’ @michaelledgerlomas.bsky.social on literary conversions. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Have been looking forward to this terrific sounding volume from @petermandler.bsky.social @osaumarezsmith.bsky.social & Gunn, with many pieces from friends & mentors. As an urban history dabbler, I appreciate the h/t to HJ Dyos in this @lrb.co.uk review… but £65?? Come on lads: spread the love!
The real question is whether the popular 2000s phrase 'fit for purpose' is still fit for purpose?
Margot Finn@eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 3w ago'“The peer review process, as it has existed for decades, is not fit for purpose,” he added, reiterating his view that researchers are spending far too much time reviewing funding bids.' Demand management one mooted option. 2/3
A pitstop in beautiful Lancaster for a workshop on historical maps with @kmcdono.bsky.social on route to #hss2026. Thankful the temperature no longer begins with a '3'. It's still warm up north, but not in Edinburgh! 😰
Sir Sadiq did what Andyofthepeople chickened out of doing #sadiq4pm www.london.gov.uk/programmes-s...
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Barely a week has gone by without more news about university cuts this summer. This feels like a haphazard collapse of one of our -once - finest sectors of employment, export, research and soft power. It seems like the worst kind of laissez-faire policies...is the government even interested?
Katherine Stiles@katherinestiles.org · last mo.· #AcademicSky · #EduSky · #HigherEd · #JobCuts · “A British Nobel laureate has branded plans by the University of Sheffield to cut jobs at his old chemistry school ‘completely insane’.” 🖋️ Jack Grove ‣ @timeshighered.bsky.social
Came across this excellent list, belatedly, and was surprised and pleased to find our newspaper paper in such company...
Amalia S. Levi, PhD@amaliasl.bsky.social · 8mo ago6/ "We determine which voices are under- or over-represented in relation to the political composition of the collection as well as its content and we trace the origins of these biases in the digitisation process." www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Burnham metaphors humming: 'Rocket boosters' for devolution; 'laser-like' focus on growth; the 'nerve centre of a rewired Britain'; a 'circuit-breaker for Britain'.... it's like Philip Mirowski crossed with Bob the Builder www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...
Natural Images in Economic Thought | Cambridge University Press & Assessment
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The real victims will be those no longer able to sell junk to addled children. ‘But won’t this just force them underground?’
After a long few weeks of torrential rain, headaches and late nights working, final student marks are all uploaded and that’s it (nearly) for the year. Sun just came out. Small beer cracked.
Richly deserved, but no good will come of this award! 🍽️🔒 www.theguardian.com/food/2026/ju...
‘A long lunch is what we’re good at’: London bistro above a pub wins UK restaurant of the year
Bouchon Racine is old school, for lovers of traditional French cooking and boozy afternoons – it even aims to stop taking bookings online
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AI Ethics expert wheeled onto the radio to discuss Milei's scheme to give legal rights to AI... ...an idea he probably only got from reading AI Ethics thought experiments.
All News Outlets: Stanford Law show AI 'outperformed' human lawyers, giving answers they 'overwhelmingly preferred'. Stanford NLP: AI gives answers users preferred; pleasing, affirming & sycophantic (increasing engagement & dependency). law.stanford.edu?p=568056 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Sycophantic AI decreases prosocial intentions and promotes dependence
Despite rising concerns about sycophancy—excessive agreement or flattery from artificial intelligence (AI) systems—little is known about its prevalence or consequences. We show that sycophancy is wide...
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My team is hiring a permanent lecturer: -> Lecturer Digital Culture & Society Deadline 28 June 2026. Please share with friends. www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
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Permanent lectureship in Modern British History at the University of Manchester. FT, £42-58k, closing date 30 June 26, starting Sept 26 onwards. For international people, this is equivalent to a tenure-track Assistant Lectureship. www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai... #SkyStorians
Lecturer in Modern British History (post-1800):Oxford Road
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In unexpected good news: !!JOB!! Come and work on our new multidisciplinary programme at UCL as a 'Lecturer in Digital Culture and Society'. Permanent full-time position in London. Deadline 28 June. Specialism open. www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... #dh #sts
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
ucl.ac.uk
Permanent full-time post in 🌏 #histsci at UCL #sts
UCL Science and Technology Studies (STS)@stsucl.bsky.social · 3mo agoWe’re hiring! We are recruiting for a Lectureship in Global History of Science to join our Department from September 2026. For more info and to apply, please visit: https://bit.ly/3R94V58 Closing Date: 9th June 2026 #WeAreSTS #Science #Historyofscience #Globalscience
What a list!
BSHS@bshsnews.bsky.social · 3mo ago📚 The shortlist for the 2026 BSHS Pickstone Prize is out! Awarded biennially, the prize recognises outstanding scholarly books in HistSTEM. This year’s shortlist highlights topics including climate, race, extinction, capitalism, medicine, and animal experimentation. 🔗 bshs.org.uk/pickstone-pr...
Higher education in the UK just got much lower. How much lower will it sink before your MP notices and speaks out?
University of Hertfordshire UCU@uhertfordshireucu.bsky.social · 3mo agoOn Friday afternoon before the Bank Holiday, colleagues in the Humanities department were called to a meeting on Tuesday. They were informed that the University Portfolio Review had decided that English Language, English Literature, Philosophy, History & Creative Writing UG degrees would close
Hertfordshire runs wonderful history programs & are especially strong on heritage, public and local history, which is exactly what this country needs more of. What's being allowed to happen to humanities in the UK HE sector is going to have dire consequences for generations to come.
Margot Finn@eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 3mo agoUniversity of Hertfordshire closes a swathe of Humanities courses, accelerating the sweeping tide against Human-centred disciples in the UK. Because understanding humans is so yesterday today. With such happy consequences, as we see when we look around us.
📣 Please share! The UCL Department of Information Studies is pleased to invite applications for the 2026 Widening Participation in Archives & Records Management Summer School from 6–9 July. www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...
Widening Participation in Archives and Records Management Summer School
Date: 6-9 July 2026 Time: 10am - 4pm Location: UCL Bloomsbury Campus
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Standing room only tonight for @petermandler.bsky.social’s Neale Lecture at @uclhistory.bsky.social, a Tour de Force on the rise (& fall?) of History and its place in/as education.
