Please sign this UK government petition to compel AI companies to reveal whose books they used to train their data petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...

Petition: Protect creators' rights: require AI firms to disclose training data

We ask the Government to introduce a statutory duty requiring AI developers to disclose the copyrighted works used to train generative AI in enough detail for creators to identify use of their work, e...

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Please share! A rare PhD studentship @kingshistory.bsky.social *fully* funded by @slaveryinwar.bsky.social to work with myself and Maeve Ryan, supported by a broader community of experts in Caribbean history, transatlantic slavery, and the history of war. www.kcl.ac.uk/study/fundin... 🗃️

AHRC Studentship: Slavery and the Seven Years’ War within and across the Caribbean Archipelago | King's College London

The Leverhulme Centre for Research on Slavery in War (CRSW) is pleased to announce the availability of a fully funded AHRC doctoral studentship, to be jointly supervised across History and War Studies

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Very excited to be giving a paper on using history to teach command at the Swedish Defence College, if you’re in Stockholm do come along!

Institute for Military History (IMH)@mhafhs.bsky.social · 3mo ago

IMH Seminar on 13th May Dr Anna Brinkman (University of Lincoln / Britannia Royal Naval College, UK) and Dr Helene Olsen (Danish Defence Academy) will present their paper: Beyond Bullets and Memories: Using Military History in Teaching Command Details here: www.linkedin.com/posts/instit... 🗃️🪖⚓

‘The biggest factor in the new contest over the Arctic is climate change. In the 127 years since the 𝘠𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘬’s first journey, ice cover in the Baltic has contracted dramatically – in some estimates by almost 50 per cent.’ @lalehkhalili.bsky.social on who owns the Arctic www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Laleh Khalili · Dr Freezelove: Who owns the Arctic?

From the 16th century onwards, as European powers feverishly colonised the world, the possibility of a Northern Sea...

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Reading 1SL speech from yesterday - www.gov.uk/government/s... - I'd be interested to know via what means Fisher became coded within the military mind as equating to 'innovation', 'technology', 'disruption' etc. This is not entirely new and was evident within PME. Nor is it especially surprising in

First Sea Lord Speech at RUSI

Transforming the Royal Navy by embracing the rapid technological advances of our age

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📢 CfP: Society for the History of War Conference 2026 📍 University of Limerick 🗓 26–27 Nov 2026 Papers & panels invited on all aspects of war & violence incl. gender, memory, civil wars, cultures of conflict, and lived experience. 🗓 Deadline: 3 July 2026 📩 SHOWconferences@gmail.com

Last week we launched a new programme to help historians, resident outside the UK and Ireland, to undertake research in the UK. Closing date: Friday 8 May #Skystorians

Royal Historical Society@royalhistsoc.org · 4mo ago

We are pleased to launch today a new funding programme for Fellows & Associate Fellows of the Society resident outside the UK & Ireland bit.ly/3PtDQZu Grants support research in UK / Irish archives for our international historians. Deadline 8 May to enable research from summer 2026 #Skystorians 1/2

I’d never thought to use primary sources for historical research. Very cool.

Well so much for universities being all about research-led teaching 🙄

Margot Finn@eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The dismal tide accelerates, sweeping from Coventry through Sheffield Hallam to London South Bank. 1/2

Join us when we uncover what really sent Vasa to the bottom! We’re delighted to announce this special online lecture next Monday, 23 March, 1-2 pm, by Fred Hocker, Director of Research at Vasa Museum Stockholm. #earlymodern #history #maritimehistory

The Prize Papers Project@prizepapers.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Next week, on the 23rd March, 1 PM CET, we welcome a very special guest to our Ships & Seafaring 1500-1800 Talk: Dr. Fred Hocker, the director of research at the @vasamuseet in Stockholm. In his talk, he answers the question we all want answered: why did the Vasa sank in 1628?

The absolute mental gymnastics this administration is engaging in is just staggering and moronic. ‘Boots on islands is not the same as boots on the ground guys!!’

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5mo ago

Rep. Pete Sessions: "I believe that what these 2,500 Marines would be is to secure the island. The island is not, in my opinion, boots on the ground in combat circumstances. It's not like inside Iran in the cities."

This is scathing. Kash Patel and anyone else involved in this must be impeached. Gift article: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/us/renee-good-investigation-minnesota-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.KVA.pAnP.FE6p37Nwd1TA&smid=nytcore-ios-share

Prosecutors Began Investigating Renee Good’s Killing. Washington Told Them to Stop.

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Dear history fans, what objects would you like to see in an exhibition on privateering & life at sea in the 18th century? Everyday objects, letters, navigational instruments, or something unexpected? It will also explore forced migration. I’d love to hear your thoughts #earlymodern #maritimehistory

I can't believe I'm posting this video - but we actually have to have a conversation about the real world implications of America going to war over Greenland. Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.

Applications for Fellowship of the Society are welcome at any time with the next closing dates on 9 March and 11 May 2026: bit.ly/4qFS7iR We welcome applications from historians working in any field of research. Fellows are active both within the UK and 72 other countries worldwide 2/2

Apply for Fellowship - RHS

Closing dates for next applications: Mondays 9 March and 11 May 2026   Fellowships are awarded to those who have made an original contribution to historical scholarship, typically through the authorsh...

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6 February deadline. Obviously a very difficult time in the history of academia to ask for voluntary labour, but our ability to publish in peer-reviewed journals relies upon it, and it's a great way of both using and developing expertise. Open to current Fellows of the Royal Hist. Soc. #Skystorians

Society invites applications to join new-look 'Transactions' editorial board - RHS

The Royal Historical Society seeks to appoint new members to the editorial board of its academic journal, Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, published by Cambridge University Press. These n...

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Applications are now open for the Ann Ball Bodley Visiting Fellowship in Women’s History at @bodleian.ox.ac.uk offering scholars the opportunity to advance research in women’s history. Find full details: www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/csb/fellowsh... #WomensHistory #ResearchFellowship #BodleianLibraries

Bodleian Visiting Fellowships in Special Collections

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Did you know that the North American Society for Oceanic History has book awards for maritime & naval history & archaeology? If your book on a topic in those categories has a 2025 original copyright, you’re probably eligible for consideration for this year. Give me a shout if you want to know more!

Come and work with our wonderful team! Applications open for a Full-Time Archivist post Closing date: 11th November. #Jobs #Archives #Heritage jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...

Interested in the intersection between seapower, climate change, and imperialism? You may enjoy my new article written with Dr. Rob Cullum. Open access in @cspjournal.bsky.social it’s called Oceans Rise, Empires Fall? Reframing Seapower for a Warming World. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Oceans rise, empires fall? Reframing seapower for a warming world

How should seapower be reframed to respond to a warming world? Seapower theory was developed during an era of imperial expansion and competition, primarily to control and protect the extraction and...

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The ANTIFA Founding Fathers.

Projection.

Blue Georgia@bluegeorgia.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Stephen Miller: "Eventually elections don’t carry the day because violence beats votes… When we see a muscular response from the federal government, it’s because we’re not going to let violence beat votes." Is he implying federal intervention determines political legitimacy, not ballots or courts?

Everybody makes money out of academic authors except the authors...News. Wiley is the latest academic publisher to reach a multi-million deal to allow access to its content to AI developers, with no opt out, let alone payment, for the authors who created that content.

Wiley set to earn $44m from AI rights deals, confirms “no opt-out" for authors

The US publisher is the latest to capitalise on deals to give tech firms access to its authors’ content to train their Large Language Models (LLMs).

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Mia Bennett and Klaus Dodds, Unfrozen: The Fight for the Future of the Arctic - @yalebooks.bsky.social, September 2025 yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...

Unfrozen - Yale University Press London

A vital account of the state of the Arctic today—emphasising the twin dangers of climate change and geopolitical competition   Nowhere is the dual...

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If anyone needs a freelance researcher in London (or across the UK), I'm your person! I've reasonable rates, lots of archive experience & great recommendations from academics globally. I'm only teaching 1 module this term, as the job market is what it is. Therefore, I'm open to all work. DM me!

We've updated our three BlueSky starter packs for historians. Our principal list now includes details of 130+ societies and networks, based in the UK and Ireland, that advance the study, research and promotion of history go.bsky.app/AZaYQDd Please let us know if there are gaps. #Skystorians 1/2

The Wolfson History Prize shortlist for 2025 is announced. Good reading.

The Wolfson History Prize - Celebrating Outstanding History

The Wolfson History Prize is awarded annually to promote and recognise outstanding history written for a general audience.

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Very excited for this book! Congratulations @mbarcia24.bsky.social !!!

Manuel Barcia@mbarcia24.bsky.social · 11mo ago

@yalebooks.bsky.social have outdone themselves with the cover of my new book. Out in January for anyone interested.

Well this is a bleak turn for a supposed world class university…

A reporter just asked the U.S. president a perfectly legitimate question about his attorney general's vow to prosecute people for constitutionally protected speech. He responded by threatening to prosecute the reporter. The threat itself is an abuse of power. It ought to be an impeachable offense.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 11mo ago

JON KARL: What do you make of Pam Bondi saying she's gonna go after hate speech? A lot of your allies say hate speech is free speech TRUMP: We'll probably go after people like you because you treat me so unfairly. You have a lot of hate in your hate. Maybe they'll have to go after you.