***URGENT PLEASE SHARE*** University of Brighton management have announced today that they ‘give notice of termination of all collective agreements’. This is a fundamental erasure of workers' rights. Management have announced the termination of all contractual documents, which includes:

University and College Union (UCU)@ucu.org.uk · 5d ago

UCU members at Brighton University face the threat of derecognition. We have called an emergency rally tomorrow at 1:15pm. It would be amazing to see as many #TUC26 delegates as possible in attendance. 58-67 Grand Parade, Brighton and Hove, Brighton BN2 0JY

***BREAKING NEWS*** We have extended the deadline on our #CFP by 5 days to give those of you that missed our early deadline another chance! New deadline: 20 September 2026 Get writing! #skystorians #18thC 🗃️ www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...

BSECS Annual Conference

BSECS Annual Conference: the annual meeting of the British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies is Europe's largest and most prestigious annual conference

bsecs.org.uk

Excited that my first monograph, The Politics of Reading at the British Subscription Library, has been published by @degruyterbrill.bsky.social. The book examines the political, social and intellectual culture of late 18thC Britain through books and reading habits. brill.com/display/titl...

The Politics of Reading at the British Subscription Library, 1789-1832

"The Politics of Reading at the British Subscription Library, 1789-1832" published on 08 Sep 2026 by Brill.

brill.com

If you feel like donating to the RNLI, here’s a link. I just have. Their minimum donation is £2: I think it might be nice for them to receive a lot of donations this week, even if they’re mostly very modest. Just so they know a lot of people out here appreciate their work. rnli.org/support-us/g...

Donate to the RNLI and help save lives at sea

Your donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here.

rnli.org

Are you an early career researcher with an interest in parliamentary history? We are inviting submissions of 10,000 words, including references, for our annual essay prize, worth £500. The deadline is 30 Nov. 2026. More details here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1750...

Parliamentary History

Click on the title to browse this journal

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

I have learned that I can listen to ABC Classic FM from anywhere and I am happy. The dulcet tones of breakfast-shift Ed Le Brocq in my ears as I worked in vineyards through uni: core memory.

ABC Classic live player - ABC listen

ABC Classic broadcasts the best classical music 24/7 on FM, DAB+, TV and online. Your home for classical music, wherever you listen, read or watch.

abc.net.au

ICYMI: my new podcast series, Challenging Histories, in collaboration with @histfest.bsky.social starts on Monday. Episode one is ‘Food and Colonialism’ with the brilliant Dr Peggy Brunache. Available wherever you get your podcasts.

HistFest@histfest.bsky.social · 2w ago

📣 Announcement! We’re delighted to share a brand-new podcast series that invites expert historians to challenge your perceptions of the past. CHALLENGING HISTORIES is hosted by historian and author, @amyfuller.bsky.social. Listen wherever you get your podcasts! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/c...

I genuinely loved this, but especially for the exhibition's hints at the politics between the 35 women as they negotiated e.g. who got to sew which bits. I hope many Reading Uni dissertation students have raided the archives.

Reading Museum@readingmuseum.bsky.social · 2w ago

Haven’t got tickets for the Bayeux Tapestry at the British Museum? Don’t worry you can visit Reading's full-size copy, faithfully embroidered by 35 women in 1885-86 (plus extra pants!) Or latest blog compares the two tapestries www.readingmuseum.org.uk/blog/comparing-bayeux-and-reading-tapestries

A burst of mountain colour to start the weekend 🤩🌞 This stunning display of heather & gorse was shining brightly on the hill slopes above Llynnau Cregennan Lakes despite the low cloud last Monday 🥰 📷 My own

As someone has noted - there are not 10,000 Trans people in Wales so this is the time we need to step up and protect those more vulnerable than us. These surgeries were scheduled by DOCTORS for ADULTS who had often been waiting years. Stop this cruelty.

Philippa East (Author)@philippaeast.bsky.social · 2w ago

Petition to the Senedd: petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/24...

Buggs destroyed! With illustrations! 1757.

Please circulate! Calling all PhDs and ECRs working on themes related to health, welfare, and community in the early modern maritime world: submit abstracts by 30 September to join this one-day workshop at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich on 14 January 2027. www.rmg.co.uk/collections/...

Call for Papers: Health, Welfare, and Mutual Support in Maritime Communities, 1550 – 1850

A one-day workshop/symposium on 14 January 2027 at the National Maritime Museum, focusing on the disciplinary crossroads between medical, social, and maritime history

rmg.co.uk

The scribbles of an 18th Century Clerk of the Rolls Chapel (Henry Rooke), using a draft indenture to practice writing common words (common for his work, at least). Mesmerising. [TNA C 149/57]

Little wave to everyone else in the "pitch passed the quality threshold but name didn't get pulled out of the hat" for the BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants Scheme. 1,274 applications this round 🫣

3. The union says Dolly “set the gold standard” for supporting the musicians behind her and “elevated our entire profession.”

I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

Coming soon! 'Rogues, Rakes and Robbers: A True Crime History of Georgian Britain' by Angela Muir is publishing on 3 September! Pre-order your copy now from your favourite local bookshop 📚️

A Friday morning #paleaography plea! Gertrude has bought something beginning with T (first word, second line). It is probably a book title? But I'm out of guesses.

#earlymodern #bookhistory Workshop Call for Papers: Women’s Professional Networks in the Early Modern Book Trade, University of Edinburgh 6-7 May 2027 Please feel free to share with anyone who might be interested!

Nobody says on their deathbed, “I wish I had been more efficient”

It's real, and due out in March! 'Imaginative Pasts', which has been a joy to edit with Tracey Loughran, aims to reckon - and play - with the role of the imagination in historical research and writing. #skystorians #earlymodern manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526187154/

While our events section is being fixed, why not take a look through our archive of lectures. From lectures about Danish warships to biscuit art, we've got a huge array of topics to explore. www.youtube.com/@SocAntiquar... The biscuit lecture, for reference: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qr7p...

Edible Research: Exploring the Material Past through Biscuit Art by Dr Ella Hawkins

YouTube video by SocAntiquaries

youtube.com

We are delighted to invite Dr Abdul-Azim Ahmed to speak at this year's Gladfest, taking place Saturday 29th August! 📖 Dr Abdul-Azim Ahmed is Deputy Director of the Islam-UK Centre at Cardiff University, where he is part of an interdisciplinary team researching contemporary Islam.

Happy Disability Pride Month! Here is to every Disabled person and ally making a more inclusive world, where everyone can thrive. #DisabilityPrideMonth #OpportunitySecurityRespect

Genuinely ecstatic we have this chapter in Writing Game Histories. An amazing range of perspectives from people who care about what games do to history & vice versa. And at the core of it, a clear sense of why thinking thoughtfully & creatively about history, play (and research!!) matters so much

Dr Holly Nielsen@hollynielsen.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I did the round table that became this chapter the literal day before handing in my PhD thesis 🥲

January, answers CFP: I can write that. Mine will be a bit short, but I'm sure that's OK. June, deadline looms: Now, how do I cut a third out...?

Plea to #skystorians & other academics who read pedagogical research - what's your favourite _undergrad accessible_ article or chapter on "writing is thinking"? (NB please feel free to recc any real bangers on writing skills/reading skills/essay skills generally especially for STEM students!)

Hey hey, it’s now official on Concordia UP’s website, 20% discount code KENNEDY2026 at CUP (CAN) or Chicago (USD, link in next post) for Illuminating Media: Transmitting the Renaissance in England, 1400-1550! concordia.ca/press/illumi...

'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

University of Exeter cuts an ‘existential threat to humanities’

Russell Group institution cites changing student demand as it puts 500 staff at risk of redundancy, with 150 jobs set to go

timeshighereducation.com

Essential read. Bookmarking for future use. (Also, someone please employ @manwithoutatan.bsky.social . They're amazing and the very, very best at what they do.)

Bodie A. Ashton@manwithoutatan.bsky.social · 3mo ago

So let's do a very little foray into Google's AI bullshit and how it doesn't help us. (I know: brave and original, or what?) When I was back in Australia, I gave a talk about my new book project. As part of that, I quoted a Weimar-era publicist, Hermann Abel. 1/