Someone please pay me to have some time to write something about epilogues in periodicals pleeeeease

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This report is crucially important. Our University serves a whole region, with a widening participation agenda. We will now be a cold spot for Humanities, as our University has removed the opportunity for local students from WP backgrounds to study well-established and employable subjects.

Margot Finn@eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 3mo ago

We know for SHAPE subjects what's lost to UK higher education by current HE policy. (No one seems to be minding the STEM shop by the way). Cold spots for SHAPE subjects now abound. The data are clear: this disproportionately affects disadvantaged students. 8/9 @helenhayes.bsky.social

Back to Bluesky to signal boost this as a UH grad. My heart goes out to everyone. Absolutely grim.

University of Hertfordshire UCU@uhertfordshireucu.bsky.social · 4mo ago

On Friday afternoon before the Bank Holiday, colleagues in the Humanities department were called to a meeting on Tuesday. They were informed that the University Portfolio Review had decided that English Language, English Literature, Philosophy, History & Creative Writing UG degrees would close

Have you heard?! We currently have 2 vacancies on the #BSECS Council: 1. Postgraduate Representative 2. Communications Officer (working with me!) Posts are voluntary but #BSECS pays travel and accommodation costs, the term of office is 3yrs. Details here: www.bsecs.org.uk/the-society/...

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Leverhulme internals round feels especially painful this year. Lots of "you couldn't have improved this application, but unfortunately..."

this would be such a fabulous review for @bsecs.bsky.social #Criticks if anyone is interested in doing it!

Dr Peredur Glyn Webb-Davies@doctorpreds.bsky.social · last yr.

Dyma ANFARWOL, y nofel yr enillais i Wobr Goffa Daniel Owen efo hi'r wythnos ddwytha. Dwi dal methu coelio'r peth, na'r holl sylwadau eithriadol o garedig dwi wedi eu cael gan bobl. Mae'r nofel ar gael i'w phrynu rŵan - yn dy siop lyfrau leol neu ar-lein: www.ylolfa.com/cynnyrch/978...

finally migrating away from evernote (or rather my old evernote backup - cancelled my sub a long time ago). stuck between #obsidian and #logseq, need to use both for a bit I think but interested to hear opinions! both have features needed so more about stability/general opinions

hello! I haven't posted in a while - been finding it hard to feel academic and cool when I'm now 1.5 years post-phd and feel like the only person I know not making any progress, stuck in a job I dislike, can't get myself to write, etc.

***Engagement Officer Vacancy*** We're looking for an engagement officer to act as primary point of contact for #18thC centres across the UK, and to oversee our outreach and engagement. It's a voluntary role, but associated travel & accommodation expenses are paid... www.bsecs.org.uk/the-society/...

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IMPORTANT #BSECS2026 NEWS! Registration for #BSECS2026 opens on Sunday 1 June! Submit your CFP on the theme of 'Big & Small' and join us for our 55th annual conference 7-9 Jan 2026 @pembrokeoxford.bsky.social #18thC #skystorians 🗃️ Click on the link for the full CFP www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...

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Real question, how does anyone have the energy to even put themselves on the academic job market or write publications after the PhD... It's been 1.5 years and I still can't get out of bed

Hadn't heard back from a job and turns out they waited until Leverhulme day to send out their rejections which is a choice

Now the handover is done etc. I can finally say that I am the new @bsecs.bsky.social Criticks editor! And the first article of my tenure is already up - a fab review of BBC's Miss Austen by @philistella.bsky.social: www.bsecs.org.uk/criticks-rev...

me who had 3 jobs, a 2 hour round commute and 10k+ of postgrad debt listening to oxford people talking about their amazing masters year of knowledge and learning and being able to immerse completely

Some of the #BradyCollection has now been digitised as part of AM Digital's new The Nineteenth Century Stage resource! I'm proud that my thesis work was able to contribute to this project 1/2

Was kinda hopeful for 2025 but the chronic health issue I've been dealing with since May 2023 has officially been closed as a chronic pain condition (atypical odontalgia as a result of nerve damage) so not feeling that hopeful anymore tbh

another day, another job rejection slay

When you printed a glorious knight late at night in 1489, and woke up to notice that you forgot the lance ... #earlymodern #bookhistory #proofreading

Just found out that the cat who used to visit my flat in Oxford, and honestly, saved my life a couple times, belongs to an eighteenth century art historian and I couldn't be HAPPIER

Happy publication day to us!! This book was such a joy to write, the product of many cumulative years of doctoral research and mentorship. So proud of you, little book ✨

Daria Kohler@dareiadareia.bsky.social · 2y ago

What better news to get when on holiday -- my* first book* is out! *in co-authorship with 10 other amazing people **a smol one It's called "Unprinted: Publication beyond the Press" and discusses all kinds of things, such as inscriptions, carols, or drafts. Check it out :) doi.org/10.1017/9781...

We are deeply concerned to hear about proposed cuts and programme closures at the University of Northampton and the University of Sheffield. In solidarity with our colleagues, please join us and sign and share the two petitions below requesting URGENT action. 🚨 1/3

I'm thrilled to announce that I did not get through any of my Leverhulme internal rounds and plan on channelling all that energy into finally finishing my article on Siddons, O'Neill and playbills... then starting another on playbills and attention 👁️‍🗨️

Applications now invited for @royalhistsoc.bsky.social's 2025 David Berry Fellowship in the History of Scotland & the Scottish People bit.ly/3VzueN5 The Fellowship is worth £2500 to support research. Closing date 7 March 2025. Details of all current RHS funding calls: bit.ly/3ZnsQhv #Skystorians

Please share with me your favourite recent work on #ParadiseLost and Milton, especially within the themes of the epic and poetic form, cosmology, and queer/post-colonial/crip approaches #17thc

If you are a PGR student working on any aspect of 18th-Century Studies, then you should definitely consider submitting an application to the York Centre for 18th-Century Studies PG conference. CFP dealine 31 Jan. #18c #BSECS2025

Everyone working on queer history — this is it. This is why your work matters. Keep going.

Rob 🏳️‍🌈@rotster.net · 2y ago

Well this sucks. Museum caves in in response to a hostile article in the local press written by a former Restore Trust director. If you’re gonna have these initiatives at your museum, you need to have some backbone too. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Inscription issue 6 (out spring 2026) is all about cuts / tears. Here is our call for papers -- cut up. Talk to us if you have an idea for an article!

So this is very exciting! We have 16 places on our AHRC-funded Print Matters Summer School. There is no course fee, and applicants get 4 nights B&B accommodation and a travel bursary of up to £100. The Summer School is open to all disciplines and career stages. www.thinicepress.org/events/print...

Print Matters summer school: Thin Ice Press — Thin Ice Press

What does it mean to think about matter and materiality through the medium of letterpress printing?  We invite scholars of matter, materiality and/or material culture (broadly conceived) in any ...

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We are running our President’s Prize again this year, for the best paper delivered by a postgraduate student. Details on how to nominate are in your conference pack. The winner receives an award of £200 #BSECS2025 #18thC