Laura Gowing

@lauragowing.bsky.social

Professing feminist history, early modern women and queer stuff at King’s College London, History Workshop Jnl and around town.

Apparently there are data centres with 70 GW of power needs applying to be built. Thats roughly TWICE the entire electricity demand of the WHOLE COUNTRY. If you are wondering why Tony Blair’s bosses are upset by net zero look no further.

Adam Vaughan@adamvaughan.bsky.social · 2mo ago

NEW Officials have admitted Britain’s data centre boom could draw 40 per cent more electricity than thought a few months ago, a surge that could push up energy bills. Story 👇 www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...

🚨History Job: Assistant Professor in Early Modern British History (Permanent) 🗃️ Come work with us at Warwick! You will join a group of excellent early-modernists and one of the nicest bunches of historians around! 👇👇👇 @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...

Assistant Professor in Early Modern British History (111286-0126) - University of Warwick

Title: Assistant Professor in Early Modern British History (111286-0126). Application Deadline: . Position Type: Permanent

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Deadline to submit draft application is this Wednesday (4th Feb)! We're hosting a webinar on drafting applications for postdoc fellowships on 12th Feb. Your application will be reviewed and discussed by assessors and successful applicants. Full details below.

CEMS KCL@cemskcl.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Working on postdoc apps? We're hosting a workshop with assessors and successful applicants on Feb 12th. Submit a draft application for feedback by Feb 4th. Full details below! kingsearlymodern.co.uk/events/apply...

We are supporting this conference on Charles Ignatius Sancho, the late-18thC Black British polymath. A recent upsurge in scholarly discoveries makes it timely to bring together international scholars and practitioners for the first time in over 25 years! www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/briti...

Charles Ignatius Sancho: a Black British man of letters and his world

Charles Ignatius Sancho, late-18th-century Black British polymath, is a foundational figure in Black British history; a recent upsurge in scholarly discoveries of his life has occurred in parallel wit...

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“Around six months after the cyber incident I talked to the then chair of the science select committee, who was not aware of this incident” w o w

Hetan Shah@hetanshah.bsky.social · 9mo ago

I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight www.cityam.com/the-british-...

📣We're into the FINAL WEEK for applications for two Editorial Fellowship positions 2025-27!📣 Deadline is midnight 15th August (that's this Friday!), and the fellowships are open to any early career historians. See the post below for the full details: www.historyworkshop....

Call for Applications: Editorial Fellowships at History Workshop, 2025

History Workshop is advertising two part-time, paid Editorial Fellowships in 2025, open to early career historians.

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