Remember if you’re not paying (much), you’re the product. I mean, what could an AI company do with immediate access to current research?
Jed Brown@jedbrown.org · 3d agoOh. That's a heck of a subsidy.
Jed Brown@jedbrown.org · 3d ago
I’m recruiting a Research Fellow in Early Modern Spanish Maritime History to join our ERC-funded Uncharted Maritime Worlds project at the University of Southampton. Please share with anyone who might be interested! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSW249/r...
Research Fellow (Early Modern Spanish Maritime History) 3497426AR at University of Southampton
An opportunity for an academic position as a Research Fellow (Early Modern Spanish Maritime History) 3497426AR is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openi...
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I'll be presenting some new research at the “Narrative, Imagination, and Well-Being” workshop on 25/9/26 with the Macquarie University Minds & Intelligences Research Centre, organised by the excellent @reginafabry.bsky.social Register: events.humanitix.com/workshop-nar... #philosophysky #philsky
Workshop: Narrative, Imagination, and Well-Being
This workshop facilitates an interdisciplinary conversation about narrative and imagination and their impact on individual and collective well-being.
events.humanitix.com
On Selina MacKenzie's Lifestyles from 14.00CET - Adrian and Tara Thorpe on 'How to stay in love (and still like each other)', Vicki' Mcleods 'What's On in Mallorca, and @katieebarclay.bsky.social with 'The Kiss: A History of Passion and Power'
Let’s try again: I’d like to hear about new research from Scottish historians. Especially ECRs whose work may not get much attention. This is because I have a newspaper column where I publicise new work by Scottish historians! Tell me about your research!
Turns out American academic orgs pay lobbyists and they think that is normal 🤣🤣🤣🤣 *(laughs in the rest of the world where having this kind of money as an org would be a fantasy)
Stacy Fahrenthold@sfahrenthold.bsky.social · 4w agoThe American Historical Association hired a lobbying firm to help silence member advocacy on Palestine. In this essay, Adam Rzepka covers @historians.org's relationship w/ Thorn Run Partners, its deep ethical conflicts, & the advocacy crisis AHA has thrust upon us. www.chronicle.com/article/a-sc...
If anyone needs an early modernist for lecturing, consultation, copy editing, or freelance work. I have a lot of experience and would appreciate any work sent my way for the next academic year! #EarlyModern Things are looking a little grim!
Historian looking for freelance work. I’m a very experienced RA, I’m looking for anything really that might help me pay my bills, because in general my profession does not, and no one will let me try doing anything else…
Delighted to see our Handbook coming out in paperback in 2027 @rhetorician.bsky.social Elizabeth Scott-Baumann and all our fabulous contributors
Danielle Clarke@rhetorician.bsky.social · last mo.Delighted to announce that the Handbook is coming out in paperback!
Are we kissing less? The answer seems to be yes! www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
‘I’ve been on plenty of dates – but nothing happened’: are we looking at the death of the kiss?
Call it a crisis, call it a decline, call it a recession: the long, lusty snog is in trouble, harder to experience in real life or even watch on screen. But why? And what’s it like to think you may ne...
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📣 GALE-ANZSECS FELLOWSHIP 2026-27 📣 ANZSECS is excited to announce three non-residential Digital Humanities fellowships for postgrads and ECRs to support research or teaching projects that rely on Eighteenth-Century Collections Online (ECCO) and use digital humanities methodologies.
The kiss! What could be more romantic? In this episode, @jackewilson.bsky.social talks to author Katie Barclay about her new book, The Kiss: A History of Passion and Power. #books #literature @uchicagopress.bsky.social @reaktionbooks.bsky.social
821 A History of the Kiss (with Katie Barclay) | Wonderland Book…
The kiss! What could be more romantic? And yet, as historian Katie Barclay discovered when writing her book The Kiss: A History of Passion and Power, she found non-…
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The Kiss is out today! And here I discuss it with the New Books Network! @reaktionbooks.bsky.social newbooksnetwork.com/the-kiss-a-h...
Katie Barclay, "The Kiss: A History of Passion and Power" (Reaktion Books, 2025) - New Books Network
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And if you want to know more, today I’m on Women’s Hour on the BBC talking all things kiss. @reaktionbooks.bsky.social
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The Psychologist@psychmag.bsky.social · 2mo agoKiss my ass: A history of shame and humiliation. @katieebarclay.bsky.social with a theme from her new book 'The Kiss: A History of Passion and Power'. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
Kiss my ass: A history of shame and humiliation. @katieebarclay.bsky.social with a theme from her new book 'The Kiss: A History of Passion and Power'. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
Kiss my ass: A history of shame and humiliation | BPS
Katie Barclay with a theme from her new book 'The Kiss: A History of Passion and Power'.
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Wonderful news! OSIRIS, vol. 41: Histories of Science and Childhoods is FINALLY out! The hope is that this is just initial steps, sparking further research into and engagement with the intricately interwoven worlds of the child and science. www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/osiris/2...
Osiris | Vol 41, No null
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What is the relationship between narrative, imagination, and well-being? We'll explore this question in an interdisciplinary workshop (in-person only) at the Macquarie University Minds and Intelligences Research Centre on 25 September 2026. Join if you like! 1/2 events.humanitix.com/workshop-nar...
Workshop: Narrative, Imagination, and Well-Being
This workshop facilitates an interdisciplinary conversation about narrative and imagination and their impact on individual and collective well-being.
events.humanitix.com
Me, @boddice.bsky.social and @stephanietrigg.bsky.social talk to the ABC’s God Forbid show about the history of emotions. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
God Forbids The History of Emotion: Were feelings always felt this way? - ABC listen
If you hit your finger with a hammer, would you feel it the same way a medieval carpenter did, doing exactly the same thing?
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Today in the Scottish public history column: A new volume celebrates the life and work of Enid Gauldie, antiquarian book dealer, librarian, and pioneering scholar of the industrial history of Dundee. www.thenational.scot/culture/2629...
Meet the woman who rescued Dundee’s industrial past from oblivion
The essays in Beacon Of Curiosity will be of interest to Dundonians at home and abroad, writes Charlie Lynch
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50 Years of Prof Jim Hunter’s classic book, The Making of the Crofting Community. Today in the Scottish public history column, a full conference report of proceedings at the University of the Highlands and Islands Centre for History. www.thenational.scot/news/2627650...
Book that reshaped Highland crofting history marked at 50-year gathering
Dr Charlie Lynch attends a two-day conference held to mark 50 years since the publication of a book which ruffled the feathers of Scotland’s…
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Want to think about loneliness in global history? Here I talk to the Chasing Leviathan podcast. m.youtube.com/watch?is=fVU...
Loneliness in World History | Dr. Katie Barclay
YouTube video by The Chasing Leviathan Podcast
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Don’t worry! A consultancy near you is ready to come in and advise on how to lift morale! Just ask an Australian…
Peter Mandler@petermandler.bsky.social · 3mo agoEconomists talk about 'scarring' - long-term effects on a cohort of some short-term phenomenon like a bout of unemployment: even if we pull out of this UK HE crisis soon (doubtful), the whole sector will be scarred for life. (1/2)
In July 2026, we'll celebrate 10 years of VIDA: Blog of the Australian Women's History Network! Join to hear the managing editors and editorial team, as well as authors and students, reflect on the blog's origins and transformation over the past decade. Register here ⬇️ events.humanitix.com/vida-10
VIDA @ 10: Celebrating a decade of the Australian Women’s History Network’s blog
Come together to celebrate VIDA: Blog of the Australian Women’s History Network @ 10!
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10th anniversary issue of @ehcsjournal.bsky.social is now out! We’re thinking the future of emotions, including an article by me on what it means to call something an ‘age of…’ anger, anxiety etc. brill.com/view/journal...
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Engaging the public in humanities & social sciences feels more important than ever. So we are offering £8k grants for researchers to work with galleries, libraries, archives, museums or performing arts organisations to do this. Please help spread the word! www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
SHAPE Involve and Engage
A funding programme for innovative public engagement from the British Academy.
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CFP: Feelings of Safety and Security in the Early Modern World - Friday 27 November, Macquarie University, Sydney This workshop aims to fill a key gap in our knowledge of how people created conditions to feel safe during times of existential danger or crisis in EM Europe.
