I honestly would love to know what policymakers think will happen to social mobility, regional growth, employment, and educational attainment, when all these provincial universities are gone or shrink to almost non existence? Isn’t avoiding that disaster alone worth a billion quid right now??

Glen O'Hara@gsoh31.bsky.social · last wk.

Yeah well, maybe you shouldn't take an axe to its biggest university then, you stupid idiots. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Yeah well, maybe you shouldn't take an axe to its biggest university then, you stupid idiots. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The 'education gap' hiding in picture-perfect Cornwall and Devon

Behind the South West's postcard image, poverty and isolation are limiting opportunities for many young people.

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Today, Filippo de Vivo, Martin Conway, @faridahzaman.bsky.social and I, along with 30 other members of the Faculty of History at the University of Oxford have written to the leadership of the University of Exeter to express our deep concern about the proposed cuts to Humanities and Social Sciences

wonderful thread from a dear colleague, a really heartening reminder of the joys of our work and the amazing community we have. #ArchiveHour is indeed a state of mind.

Dr Laura Sangha@lsangha.bsky.social · 3w ago

Things are so bad I joined WhatsApp (still don't have a smartphone though, no). In amongst the serious stuff in our 'at risk' chat are some Very Lovely Things. For instance, my colleague who works on the Italian Renaissance shared this photo of the Archivio di Stato di Roma, where she currently is:

It’s hot in Berlin but Kate Fisher’s research is hotter! An amazing conversation with artist Aliz Farkas and historian Ketil Slagstad on care, medicine, sexuality and the vital importance of history in navigating life today at Beyond Bare Life #DefendExeterUni @exeter.ac.uk @humboldtuni.bsky.social

More slash and burn across UK Universities. 153 jobs to be lost at Exeter; 117 targeted at Humanities and Social Sciences. Exeter is not in financial crisis; this is a choice to align with narrowly conceived government strategies and priorities. Please sign. www.change.org/p/stop-redun...

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Stop Redundancies at the University of Exeter

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Found out yesterday that my job is at risk. Feels terrible: multiple video-only "consultations" without even a q and a... Humanities and social sciences overwhelmingly targeted... Whole thing feels deeply ideological and also like payback aimed at the departments with high union density...

University of Exeter in talks to cut about 150 members of staff

The university says it is consulting with colleagues over "limited and specific potential changes".

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If you asked me, off the top of my head, to name a non-Oxbridge university in England synonymous with excellence in the Humanities - I would probably think of Exeter first. This feels like a very deliberate, targeted and ideological Bonfire of the Humanities

Margot Finn@eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 2mo ago

'About 150 academic roles are set to go at the south-west institution, which said it was targeting areas that are “no longer sustainable” or have seen changes in student demand.' History and English are name-checked. 1/3

A statement from Exeter UCU branch @ucu.org.uk - please share far and wide.

I did my MA/PhD at Exeter Uni & was recently an External Examiner for History. As in so many other hums depts under attack, the staff are bloody amazing, work their arses off, & don't deserve this attack (aside, if I hear the word "rightsizing" again, I cannot be held responsible for my actions).

Join us for a fantastic event this weekend in Berlin, what better way to escape the heat? We connect visual and performance artists with historians of medicine to explore questions around care. Film screening, interactive workshops, dance performance and more! See QR code in the image for details!

We invite you for our final event in the @socmederc.bsky.social seminar series on June 9, 2 pm CET: a conversation with @dinafainberg.bsky.social and Tal Zalmanovich on displacement and movement of expertise. Join us in Berlin or online, details below! socialistmedicine.com/june-9-speci... #histmed

Socialist Medicine ERC Research Seminar

June 9 Seminar Special Roundtable - World in Turmoil: Displacement as Academic and Historical Experience

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A big thanks to series editors @doravargha.bsky.social and @steerewilliams.bsky.social for their wonderful help in bringing this book together, and to @wellcometrust.bsky.social for funding the 6-year project leading to this monograph

Check out our podcast on Apple, Spotify and Amazon! Our latest episode on Soviet medicine in Brazil, in conversation with Gabriela Alves Miranda now out! The podcast is recorded in Portuguese, you can find an English language transcript on our website: socialistmedicine.com/podcast-alve...

New podcast episode: Gabriela Alves Miranda (COC/Fiocruz)

Gabriela Alves Miranda (COC/Fiocruz) speaks about her research into ambassadors of Soviet Medicine in Brazil.

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Next Tuesday we welcome Laurence Monnais at the @socmederc.bsky.social seminar in Berlin and online. She will present on: A Social(ist) Disease? Controlling Measles in Southeast Asia and Beyond 1963-2025 Do join us on site or online! More information: socialistmedicine.com/march-10-lau...

Socialist Medicine ERC Research Seminar

Monthly Socialist Medicine ERC Research Seminar, September 10

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The latest output of the research project @socmederc.bsky.social

Great and important piece on how we might think about global history by Máté Rigó and José Luis Aguilar López-Barajas www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Our 3rd Rethinking Internationalism conference, online, will be on "Blindspots and buzzwords in Internationalism" on 5 & 6 Nov. Lively discussion with an amazing line-up of researchers, do come along! All welcome, sign up via Eventbrite www.eventbrite.com/e/blind-spot... @bbkhistorical.bsky.social

Blind Spots and Buzzwords in Internationalism

This online workshop will focus on absences from recent discussions on internationalism and is the 3rd 'Rethinking Internationalism' event.

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Margot Tudor@drmargottudor.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Interested in the transitory nature of academia and how this shapes scholarship on internationalism? Come along to our virtual conference, 'Blind Spots and Buzzwords in Internationalism' on 5th and 6th Nov 👁️. Get your tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/blind-spot...

Join us for what promises to be a fantastic discussion!

Centre Marc Bloch@centremarcbloch.bsky.social · 11mo ago

On September 24 at 2:30 pm, the Centre Marc Bloch is glad to host Frédéric Keck for a discussion of his book Solidarity Between Species – Living with Animals Exposed to Pandemic Viruses. Event in collaboration with the ERC-Project „Socialist Medicine" @socmederc.bsky.social @fredkeck.bsky.social

Jorinde's paper on "Pandemic over-Preparedness: Japanese public health experts and 1944 influenza" marks an exciting expansion of #histmed on the origins of pandemic planning.

Great to be at European Association for the History of Medicine #EAHMH2025 in Berlin this week. Have been busy & terrible at sharing on here, but having a lovely time! First #histmed conference since 2019 as I've been going to health/design stuff instead, and it's so nice to reconnect with people.

Benoît Majerus@majben.bsky.social · 12mo ago

@victoriabates.bsky.social and @drhick.bsky.social start the panel pleading for a "more-than-human" approach bringing environmental and medical histories together

Big congratulations 🎉 to Jorinde Wels from KU Leuven for winning the #eahmh25 Pieter van Foreest Prize 🏆 for best student presentation!

Great conversations at the launch of Medicine on a Larger Scale in Berlin last night. @ctimmermann.bsky.social Sebastien Fonseca @doravargha.bsky.social Projit Mukharji Jeremy Greene me @ahlie.bsky.social Projit gave a stirring speech....

#EAHMH25 very interesting panel on Disease Ecologies with excellent papers on Malaria, Dengue, Influenza and Rabies. Reflections on health education, environment and industry.

What a phenomenal conference. Fascinating papers and keynotes, lovely friends, excellent food and a dream location. Huge thanks to @doravargha.bsky.social and the #EAHMH25 team for their stellar organization. Can’t wait for Prague 2027.

#eahmh25 has been a great conference - huge 🙏 to organisers. Seeing old friends & meeting new ones. And for me, finally visiting Berlin. I’ve mainly been conferencing but have also managed some mini field trips to Sanssouci, the botanic gardens (Potsdam & Berlin) & a wine bar in an old pharmacy ❤️

Medicine on a Larger Scale launched with an inspiring conversation and…. that’s a wrap for #eahmh25! Thanks to all who made this conference a truly wonderful affair. See you in two years in Prague! @eahmh.bsky.social #histmed

Join us this evening to the book launch of Medicine on a Larger Scale with many #eahmh25 participants, our keynote Projit Mukharji and drinks, of course! Lettretage, 18:00 today! @eahmh.bsky.social

if you liked #eahmh25 in Berlin, you'll love EAHMH27 in Prague! Congratulations to the new President of @eahmh.bsky.social, Katerina Liskova!

River swimming… but is it safe? Crocodiles, E. Coli and how we understand the environment by Claas Kirchhelle at #eahmh25 #histmed @eahmh.bsky.social