Today's quick update [Oct 10]: - Kordofan Observatory: at least 16 civilians killed over past 48 hours in SAF drone strikes on Ghubaish, West Kordofan. - Sudan Doctors Network: 4 civilians killed in SPLM-N (Alhilu) shelling on Kadugli, South Kordofan. #KeepEyesOnSudan

"the Italian Renaissance, broadly defined historically as the period ranging from the 14th to the 17th centuries and geographically to include transnational dialogues between Italy and other cultures (e.g. Latin American, Mediterranean, African, Asian etc.)" i.e. NOT just Italy, so go for it

EMoDiR@emodir.bsky.social · 2w ago

#CfA 📢 I Tatti Residential Fellowship 2027–28, The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies Postdoctoral #fellowships for research on the Italian Renaissance (14th–17th c.) 📆 2027–28 | 🌍 Florence (It) ⏰ 15 Oct 2026 🔗 itatti.harvard.edu/i-tatti-fellowship #EarlyModern

Mitzi always finds roses* lip-lickingly good. #Caturday #cats 💙🐈🐈‍⬛🌹 *thankfully non-toxic to cats!

Excellent - @sathnam.bsky.social is one of the authors I have my 3rd-years @durhamhistory.bsky.social read as an example of writing history for wider audiences (and dealing with the flak). For Empireland - though I have a couple of ‘80s pop music dissertations this year, too. 🗃️

Royal Historical Society@royalhistsoc.org · last wk.

At 6pm on Tuesday 3 November we welcome Sathnam Sanghera to give the 2026 RHS Public History Lecture @greshamcollege.bsky.social. Sathnam's lecture is entitled 'What History is NOT'. In-person booking at Gresham opens tomorrow (3 October) bit.ly/4xURpl1 Online booking is also available #Skystorians

The 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.

We’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.

migrationmuseum.org

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Eleanor Robson@eleanorrobson.bsky.social · last wk.

I also recommend the companion piece by my colleague Dr Nadia Aït Saïd-Ghanem: "Antiquities Dealers in Baghdad and Cuneiform Tablets from Kish in the Early 20th Century", IRAQ 88 (2027). First View online preprint #openaccess Also funded by Nahrein Network 2025. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Eleanor Robson@eleanorrobson.bsky.social · last wk.

📖 I have a new article out! "The Forgotten Workers of Kish: Iraqi Archaeological Labour in Early 20th-Century Hillah", IRAQ 88 (2027), First View online preprint #openaccess 💰From the Forgotten City of Kish project (2022-25), funded by the Nahrein Network at UCL www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

For 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!

🏗️ We’re excited to announce the upcoming exhibition: Under Development Opening Oct 17 at Newcastle Contemporary Arts, it brings together the AmberSide Collection and Four Corners Archive to ask what happens when cities change? 🔗 sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/...

Sentencing expected tomorrow in Italy for the 2016 kidnapping, battery, and aggravated homicide of Cambridge PhD student Giulio Regeni in Egypt, with four Egyptian military officers tried and convicted in absentia due to Egypt's non-cooperation. A long and complex case, as this article explains.

L’eccezionalità del processo per l’omicidio di Giulio Regeni

Lunedì 28 settembre è prevista la sentenza di primo grado, un fatto che per molto tempo era sembrato impensabile ed era stato ostacolato in ogni modo

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Call For Papers: @forarthistory.org.uk annual conference 2027 - along with Holly O’Farrell (IADT) we are co-convening a session on photo-albums and colonialism and welcome submissions from all stages of researchers; follow link for guidelines below; forarthistory.org.uk/conference-2...

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Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology@maacambridge.bsky.social · 3w ago

🚨 Job alert! 🚨 We're looking to appoint a part-time Archivist (fixed-term) to help make our archival material more accessible. These documents are key to research on art and archaeology, Indigenous cultures, and artefact provenances. Closing date: 02/10/2026 Apply: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/archivi...

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Dr Cath Feely @cathfeely.bsky.social · 3w ago

Last 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!

I had a great time at the #RGS2026 conference a few weeks ago, but I was prompted to write this...

Always a bright spot to see Ochs Fruit Farm flourishing after 156 years and counting - the current owner’s grandfather used to give me a free apple 🍏 when we stopped by. One of over 100 varieties they grow. #TinyJoys while on family duty in Ohio

🎬 Starting tomorrow and running all weekend: “Voices From Here” brings six decades of Amber Films to Durham Folk Festival. 📍 Redhills Durham Miners Hall 📅 18 to 20 Sept 🕐 1 to 4pm daily 🎟️ Free More info: sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/...

Good to see @historytoday.com making the case for history in universities.

Why Does Academic History Matter?

The study of history at UK universities appears to be under existential threat. Should anyone care?

historytoday.com

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Dr Beatriz Pichel@beapichel.bsky.social · 4w ago

Really excited to announce the online launch of The Ethics of Medical Photography Toolkit, the result of two years of work between academics, archives and museums. Register here forms.gle/PYBjxGNDitDp... to join us on Friday 16 Oct at 3 pm BST online #histmed #photohist #ethics #medhums

Our first post of the autumn semester on Refugee History is from the UNHCR Records & Archives Section, where they're making the best of a bad situation: refugeehistory.org/blog/2026/9/...

UNHCR Archives: A History of Access - is Access Now History? — Refugee History.

UNHCR Archives has temporarily closed its reading room to external researchers. Here is what that means for access, research, and the future of digital delivery.

refugeehistory.org

The Italian diaspora longs for Italy, but sometimes Italy turns its back. Ben Faccini explores loyalty and longing in a moving essay for @aeon.co aeon.co/essays/itali...

Italianness is a state of travelling in both directions | Aeon Essays

Homecomings, fantasies, food and ghosts – how the myth of eternal return keeps the Italian diaspora in a state of longing

aeon.co

Last week to apply! Deadline for both the PDRA and the PhD are 16th September

Michelle Henning@michellehenning.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The first two opportunities for my new ERC project are now being advertised.  Both have an emphasis on critical AI studies, creative research practice and photography/ visual AI. Postdoc:  tinyurl.com/f8jnxynv PhD (UK/Irish applicants): www.liverpool.ac.uk/courses/ai-a...

Thanks again to everyone who helped and inspired my research over the last few years. A special thanks goes to @rabeari.bsky.social who kindly supported the publication process at De Gruyter Brill. Please feel free to share and distribute the book widely and to consider it for reviews.

My first piece of writing on a new project, a biography of James Sanua, Egyptian-Jewish anti-colonial satirist of the 19th century. evergreenreview.com/read/the-his...

The Historians of a Nation Are Not Careless Men

Evergreen Review

evergreenreview.com

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Dr Mirjam S. Brusius@mideastineurope.bsky.social · 4w ago

Call for Papers, Deadline Extended to Sept 15! "As cities face unprecedented social, environmental, and political challenges, museums must critically reflect on and expand their research practices to remain relevant and responsive...." camoc.mini.icom.museum/programs/lon...

Sunil Gupta has spent decades photographing queer subjects, as well as being at the forefront of queer activism in Britain, India and beyond. Ahead of a retrospective at Kettle’s Yard, he talks to Michael Delgado about the inseparability of art and life.

Sunil Gupta’s candid camera

Ahead of a major retrospective, the photographer talks to Michael Delgado about his long career spent documenting – and shaping – queer life in Britain, India and beyond

apollo-magazine.com

Editor’s Pick: Why did Italy free a Libyan general wanted by the ICC for crimes against humanity? A @newlinesmag.bsky.social investigation traces the ties between migration policy, energy interests and a militia accused of running a system of torture and enslavement.

A Libyan General Accused of Crimes Against Humanity Was Arrested in Turin. Why Did Italy Let Him Go?

Osama Njeem sat at the junction of two of Rome’s biggest priorities: gas and migration, a position that shaped the decision to release him

newlinesmag.com

A review that I wrote of Alice Lovejoy’s book ‘Tales of Militant Chemistry: The Film Factory in a Century of War’ has been published in the Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television. Read the review: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/CV3VZ... if you get the chance to, read the book

Tales of Militant Chemistry: The Film Factory in a Century of War

Published in Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television (Ahead of Print, 2026)

tandfonline.com

The BAFTSS 2027 conference CFP is online. The conference will be held in Newcastle UK 12-14 April 2027. The deadline for abstracts, panel proposals and research practice submissions is 6th November 2026 More details: www.baftss.org/conference-2...

BAFTSS Conference 2027

The 2027 edition of the annual conference and awards ceremony of the British Association of Film, Television and Screen Studies will be held in Newcastle upon Tyne at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Monday...

baftss.org

For those who want more information on how we got to this point, please consider reading 'My Fourth Time, We Drowned', on the impact of EU policies in the Central Mediterranean: www.orwellfoundation.com/political-wr...

Sally Hayden@sallyhayd.bsky.social · last mo.

One of the most horrific stories I’ve ever reported was published this weekend. Please, everyone privileged in this world, read it and really think about what it means not to have freedom of travel. www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...

One of the most horrific stories I’ve ever reported was published this weekend. Please, everyone privileged in this world, read it and really think about what it means not to have freedom of travel. www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...

‘It was day 13 or 14 when people started dying’: More than 200 set sail for Europe. Only 36 survived

A harrowing story of death and survival on the Atlantic migration route from west Africa, ‘the deadliest in the world’

irishtimes.com