Dean Clay
@drdeanclay.bsky.social
Historian of activism & empire (US & transnational). Lecturer in History at Uni of Hull. NUFC fan (& Milan occasionally too). www.congofreestate.com | www.bihg.ac.uk Tynelines.substack.com
If you want to be part of a brilliant History department and work with some fantastic students, then apply for this asap - deadline closes on 21 September
Colin Veach@colinveach.bsky.social · last wk.Come join me and my colleagues as a Lecturer in History at the University of Hull! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSV911/l... @universityofhull.bsky.social
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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RIP to the most influential figure in the history of #NUFC. A man who implemented a unique and brilliantly entertaining brand of football that almost brought the greatest reward to the Toon. Truly an icon - supremely talented as both player and manager and humble with it. Sad news indeed.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2mo agoKevin Keegan, Liverpool legend and former Newcastle manager, dies aged 75
#OTD in 1873, Edmund Dene Morel was born. One of the leading figures in the campaign against the atrocities of Leopold II’s Congo Free State, exposing a system of violence & exploitation. Yet his legacy is more complicated than the heroic reputation suggests. I explored those contradictions here:
The contested legacy of Edmund Dene Morel – the man who exposed the murderous exploits of King Leopold II in the Belgian Congo
Morel made public the now notorious abuses of Belgian rule in the Congo.
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New from me in The Conversation: a piece on the contested legacy of Edmund Dene Morel - the campaigner who helped expose King Leopold II’s murderous regime in the Congo, but whose later politics leave a far more troubling legacy. theconversation.com/the-conteste...
The contested legacy of Edmund Dene Morel – the man who exposed the murderous exploits of King Leopold II in the Belgian Congo
Morel made public the now notorious abuses of Belgian rule in the Congo.
theconversation.com
British American 19th C Historians (@branchuk.bsky.social) is looking for new co-editors of its journal, American 19th C History (@anchistjournal.bsky.social) Applications due: 01.06.26. Pls share widely! @officialbaas.bsky.social @oah.org @royalhistsoc.org @historians.org @ihr.bsky.social
Wishing all future historians who will one day write about this the very best of luck
Nathan Kalman-Lamb@nkalamb.bsky.social · 5mo agothis is real
An Earthset, captured by the four astronauts of the Artemis II mission during Monday’s lunar flyby. See more photos released on Tuesday by NASA. nyti.ms/47IKYHQ
His work in the Congo reform movement helped crystallise his views on imperialism & the international struggle oppressed peoples faced. His speech from the dock in 1916 had a profound impact that still resonates for many today. A truly impressive speech: www.nootherlaw.com/archive/case...
Roger Casement — Speech From The Dock
Roger Casement was the last of the leaders of the 1916 Rising to be executed. An Irishman captured in Ireland, he was tried for high treason in London, convicted by an English jury, and hanged at Pent...
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The Guardian@theguardian.com · 6mo agoArchitect of the Easter Rising, hanged as a traitor: for Roger Casement, a pardon still seems far away | Rory Carroll
The screen on a smartphone is too small for major purchases, right…?
J.P.@johnathanperk.bsky.social · 6mo agoSomebody said millennials usually use their laptops (instead of smartphones) for major purchases, including booking flights. I can’t stop thinking about this.
Roger Casement getting a shout out here for his work in the Congo reform movement #CongoReformAssociation #Imperialism
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · 6mo agoHappy St. Patrick's Day, New York.
We all know where this road leads, don’t we…(if you know, you know)
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Christopher Mims@mims.bsky.social · 7mo agoAIs can’t stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations Leading AIs from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google opted to use nuclear weapons in simulated war games in 95 per cent of cases www.newscientist.com/article/2516...
: Half of UK universities face a deficit next year. Up to 50 could close. That is a sector in crisis. Simply blaming a tuition fee freeze and nudging fees up with inflation is not a plan. Where is the long-term strategy for higher education? #Universities #HigherEducation
Ok so morbidly curious as to what the explanation is here but also aware that I may never be the same person again if I hear it
Matt McManus@mattpolprof.bsky.social · 7mo agoCheck mate liberals
Yet again Michael is posting this photo of women from North Shields, who were arrested at different times for petty crimes, and telling people on social media that they were the Forty Elephants. They are not 😂 Clue's on the boards - it says North Shields, because they were taken in North Shields.
New from me on how rising protest in the US is increasingly treated as data for the state - monitored, analysed, and managed rather than answered.
LSE US Politics and Policy blog - USAPP@lseusablog.bsky.social · 7mo agoThe US response to rising dissent shows what happens when protests become data for the state writes @drdeanclay.bsky.social of @uniofhull.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...
Just need to find the time to do these things now…
Tim Bale@timbale.bsky.social · 7mo agoNew hope for academics everywhere!
New from me: When protest gets treated as foreign policy, solidarity stops being neutral and starts carrying political risk, often for the protesters themselves. A short piece for Foreign Policy In Focus on how states instrumentalise global protest. fpif.org/when-protest...
When Protest Becomes Foreign Policy - FPIF
Solidarity spoken from afar is never neutral, and the costs of its consequences are rarely borne by those who speak the loudest.
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The CfP is now open for the 2026 HOTCUS Annual Conference (University of Manchester, 1-3 July 2026). Please email all submissions to events.hotcus@gmail.com by midnight, UK time on 25 March, 2026.
I am always obligated when Niall Ferguson is mentioned to point out that he encouraged some of his students to go after another student whose politics he didn't like. One of the most unethical things I've ever seen an "educator" do. www.theguardian.com/media/2018/j...
Niall Ferguson quits Stanford free speech role over leaked emails
British historian resigns after urging ‘opposition research’ be done on a leftwing student
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Pleased to see the written evidence I co-produced with members of the Historians of Cultural Diplomacy research network (sites.google.com/ucm.es/hcd) has been published as part of the government enquiry Soft power: a strategy for UK success? committees.parliament.uk/writtenevide...
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PhD funding for early career historians completing a doctorate. Applications are invited for the Society's Centenary PhD Fellowships for the academic year 2026-27 bit.ly/49MzqmT. Two awards of £8500 per student, held jointly with @ihr.bsky.social. Closing date: 31 January 2026 #Skystorians
"Every critical ecosystem is on a pathway to collapse" - wow, the wording in this isn't pulling its punches
Rupert Read@rupertread.bsky.social · 8mo ago🚨 BREAKING 🚨 The UK Govt has quietly published - without announcement - the Joint Intelligence Committee/DEFRA report it suppressed last October. They tried to sneak it out in the midst of crisis. Read and share: “Global Biodiversity Loss, Ecosystem Collapse & National Security.” (link below)
A great article about a fantastic TV series. I rewatched it last year and, Daniel Craig’s Geordie accent aside, it was as brilliant as I remember it being when I watched it with my mam in the 90s.
Paul Hayes@paul-hayes.bsky.social · 8mo agoIt was 30 years ago today that BBC Two transmitted the opening episode of Our Friends in the North - one of the greatest television dramas the BBC has ever made. For the anniversary, I've been down to Caversham to take a look through the show's files and explore some of the tales they tell...
‘The price of progress we must never forget: The true cost of a key moment in Liverpool's history’ Nice to get something published in a newspaper in the city where I did my PhD. Apologies in advance for my mugshot being the story image (a little strange…) www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/news-op...
The price of progress we must never forget
The story of the railway and its birth on Merseyside show the contradictions at the heart of 19th-century Britain, writes historian of activism and empire Dr Dean Clay
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‘Human Rights Watch and Justice say recent legislative changes have had a chilling effect and should be repealed.’ Good morning from the UK, everyone. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Right to protest is under attack in England and Wales, reports warn
Human Rights Watch and Justice say recent legislative changes have had a chilling effect and should be repealed
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