Our April issue is out now, here: academic.oup.com/ehr/issue Eight articles and a full slate of book reviews.

Issues | The English Historical Review | Oxford Academic

The oldest journal of historical scholarship in the English-speaking world. Publishes original and exciting research relating to all parts of the world and all forms of historical inquiry from the Cla...

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Your periodical reminder that, despite our name, EHR is not a journal of English history and we welcome submissions from all fields, geographies, post-Classical chronologies and subdisciplines! academic.oup.com/ehr/pages/Ab...

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First published in January 1886, The English Historical Review (EHR) is the oldest journal of historical scholarship in the English-speaking world. It publishes

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'A government that says it wants innovation while pursuing a policy of often malign neglect when it comes to universities’ funding model and international students is not being tough-minded. It is simply incoherent.' @jdportes.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Burnham must learn from Starmer’s mistakes: Labour was elected to transform the economy, not just stabilise it | Jonathan Portes

Devolution, tax, the EU and immigration: these are all opportunities for growth if Burnham abandons the excessive caution of the past few years, says economist Jonathan Portes

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"This is a crisis for social mobility, young people’s careers, the skills our economy depends on and the opportunities available in communities across the UK" Our newest data covered by The Guardian this evening and dropping tomorrow morning to our SHAPE Observatory. shorturl.at/Qpa9Q

Humanities among degrees being ‘extinguished’ by hard-up universities

Exclusive: Experts fear rise in education ‘cold spots’ and social immobility as 4,000 academic posts lost in one year

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#medievalsky job 🎺. Glasgow lecturer in medieval history (c.800 CE to 1500CE) wanted - with either/or-and comparative transnational perspective / interdisciplinary approach. Open-ended. 👇

Lecturer in Medieval History (Research & Teaching Track) at University of Glasgow

Discover an exciting academic career path as a Lecturer in Medieval History (Research & Teaching Track) at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!

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(re)introducing myself now that I've crawled back on here: I'm a historian of medieval gender and sexuality, I'm about to start my new role as assistant professor at the university of rochester after two years as a marie skłodowska-curie postdoctoral fellow at trinity college dublin

Fledgling 🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛ struggling In the heat set the British Library.

Good news, but the fact that this is only happening now, nearly three years after the cyber attack shows 1) what a huge job BL staff have had rebuilding services, 2) that the BL is underfunded, and 3) the impact this has had on academic research, especially in the humanities.

Digital Scholarship @ British Library@bldigischol.bsky.social · 4w ago

EThOS platform restored! 'Following restoration work, all metadata records previously available on EThOS have now been restored, along with an additional 14,000 records added since the service was taken offline' - more to come https://www.bl.uk/stories/news/ethos-records-restored

🚨 JOB KLAXON #skystorians #envhist #envhums Cover for some of my teaching next year - 0.5 FTE at University of Liverpool. Feel free to get in touch if you have any questions! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSE899/l...

Lecturer in Environmental History (Teaching & Scholarship) (0.5 FTE)- Grade 7 at University of Liverpool

Apply now for the Lecturer in Environmental History (Teaching & Scholarship) (0.5 FTE)- Grade 7 role on jobs.ac.uk - the leading job board for higher education jobs. View details.

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Been speaking to France24 then BBC News this morning about the expected verdict of the Le Pen appeal of her conviction for embezzlement. D Day for MLP and perhaps Jour J for Jordan Bardella, as the far right party's candidate for the Presidential elections should be known by the close of play today

'Today's announcement of further cuts to university funding runs counter to this government's stated priority of driving economic growth'.

Jim Dickinson@jimdickinson.bsky.social · 4w ago

"Responding to cuts to the Strategic Priorities Grant | Russell Group"

The Select Committee report on student loans does not pull its punches & says loans were effectively missold by not saying T&Cs could be changed retrospectively. A core recommendation is that the cost of university should be split 50:50 between student/govt committees.parliament.uk/committee/15...

Government has ‘moral obligation’ to reverse freezing of student loans repayment threshold - Committees - UK Parliament

The government has a moral obligation to reverse the decision to freeze the threshold at which student loans are repaid, a new report published by the Treasury Committee says.

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Agreed. And this is the case at all levels of education, from schools to universities.

Tobias Wilson-Bates@phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · last mo.

We live in an era where testing, grades, writing, teaching conditions, and reading are all simultaneously in forms of crisis, and, to my mind, the common denominator is a complete lack of focus and intention on learning as the desired outcome of education.

👉From our latest issue! Mishael Knight @peterhousecam.bsky.social @camhistory.bsky.social on 'The Utopia within Utopia (1516)' #History #IntellectualHistory #Law #Thought #Social 16thc 🗃️ 👉Read open access here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

'Academics fear they are being “set up to fail” after several institutions finished the academic year by announcing fresh job cuts, casting doubt over who will return after the summer break, and what courses they will be teaching.' 1/3

Summer of ‘chaos’ predicted as mass job cuts close academic year

‘Impossible to plan’ for research and teaching, say staff, as threat of redundancy looms large over summer breaks

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“These reductions in funding will be more sharply felt by some institutions than others....All institutions will now need to plan for how best to adjust their budgets to ensure they continue to deliver high-quality courses and resources to students.” (OfS) They've not yet actually done their sums.

Research Professional News@resprofnews.bsky.social · last mo.

Breaking: Ministers confirm cut to Strategic Priorities Grant for universities. Teaching funding reduction will be sharply felt by some institutions, says Office for Students. Free to read. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...

Very much agree. Weve got the highest level of student debt and the lowest levels of government financial support for universities in the OECD.

Hetan Shah@hetanshah.bsky.social · 4w ago

‘Vivienne Stern, chief executive of Universities UK, said that her organisation agreed with the committee that the costs of undergraduate higher education should be shared more equally between graduates and the state, since both benefited.’ www.thetimes.com/article/11ff...

With impeccable timing, on the first day of #IMC2026, the latest issue of Early Medieval Europe is out! Featuring articles by, amongst others, @katefalardeau.bsky.social and @medievaljon.bsky.social. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14680254...

Early Medieval Europe: Vol 34, No 3

Early Medieval Europe is an interdisciplinary medieval studies journal covering European history from the fall of the Roman Empire up until the 11th century.

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As in 1066 England will prevail against the Norwegians before tragically losing to the French a couple of weeks later.

Nottingham is the only Russell Group university that will have no modern language provision at all. The East Midlands is becoming a language cold spot. It's not too late to reverse the cuts and closures. @uonucu.bsky.social has a fully-costed plan to save our university.

Onni Gust@onnigust.bsky.social · last mo.

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If you've recovered from the football (or weren't paying it any attention), we have many new book reviews here: academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-...

The @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk is to Bluesky Literatur what the LRB's old personal ads once was to classifieds. But perhaps in observing the fact I risk killing this, like that anthology of them did…

LRB Bookshop@londonreviewbookshop.co.uk · last mo.

very excited to announce that we are running the bookstall at taylor swift's wedding. and more excited still to announce that the bookstall will be located in a lifesize replica of the bookshop itself, erected in the heart of madison square gardens

"What was once a worrying trend across a small number of disciplines is now an emergency, threatening all subjects. Courses are closing, provision is contracting, and geographical inequalities in access are becoming entrenched. Important skills and capabilities ... are being lost." #Skystorians

Margot Finn@eicathomefinn.bsky.social · last mo.

British Academy President's statement on the UK's higher education crisis, July 2026.

This excellent @eicathomefinn.bsky.social thread spooled here hopefully. tbsky.app/profile/eica...

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First they came for the languages. In the hope that no one would have the words to say what was happening. 1/9🧵

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This is an excellent @britishacademy.bsky.social statement. It also makes an important, seldom stressed, point: 'the financial cross-subsidies that have quietly sustained teaching and research are becoming harder to maintain'.

The British Academy@britishacademy.bsky.social · last mo.

As the crisis in UK higher education and research deepens, the British Academy’s President, Susan J Smith (@sjs1869.bsky.social) has urged an immediate and comprehensive review to secure the sector's long-term sustainability. See the full statement: https://bit.ly/4v8jdks

Really good thread exemplifying good local arguments for (equitable! cheap!) climate action and effective local democracy in making the case for them!

Dr Charlie Gardner@charliejgardner.bsky.social · last mo.

Today's the day! The heat has relented and Reform finally have their chance to persuade King's Lynn and West Norfolk' Council to turn their back on climate action I'll be live-tweeting from the debate

The dismantling of UKHE continues. Solidarity with all at University of Lincoln

Lincoln Branch of UCU@uculincolnbranch.bsky.social · last mo.

This week, University of Lincoln, have briefed 142 colleagues that ~33 roles need to be cut across 7 schools before Sept 2026. We are processing the news with members, and now in a collective consultation with the SLT. The rationale is as murky as ever. Send solidarity our way, more info to come

My book review of Ernst Kantorowicz, Radiances: Unpublished Essays on Gods, Kingship, and Images of the State, ed. Robert E. Lerner is now online in The English Historical Review academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-... (see below if you can't access it)

Radiances: Unpublished Essays on Gods, Kingship, and Images of the State, by Ernst Kantorowicz, ed. Robert E. Lerner

Ernst Kantorowicz (1895–1963) is best-known for his 1957 book The King’s Two Bodies: A Study in Mediaeval Political Theology, though he was also the author

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'“I couldn’t believe it when I heard the news,” said Richard J. Roberts, who won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1993, on recently announced proposals to cut about 20 per cent of posts at Sheffield’s renowned chemistry department where he took his undergraduate degree and PhD'.

University of Sheffield’s Nobelist brands chemistry cuts ‘insane’

Genetics pioneer Richard J. Roberts criticises plans to cut posts at ‘brilliant’ department that launched his scientific career

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