Martina Salvante
@martinasalvante.bsky.social
Historian of modern Italy and Europe, with research interests in fascism, gender, masculinity, and disability.
Carlo Ginzburg, a fine intellectual and influencing historian has died. I invite everyone to read for the first time or re-read his books and essays. #ginzburg #historiography #microstoria www.ilpost.it/2026/06/17/c...
È morto lo storico Carlo Ginzburg
Fu uno degli studiosi italiani più tradotti e conosciuti all'estero, per i suoi lavori sulle classi subalterne medievali e moderne: aveva 87 anni
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Yesterday Kier Starmer announced Labour will nationalise British Steel, and save 2700 jobs. Today, the Uni of Nottingham put 2700 staff at risk of redundancy. This is just one university. Across the UK 15,000 higher education jobs need saving. Where is the rescue package for our universities?
UKHE is collapsing - there is no serious intervention, no credible plan from the government. On the contrary: bold HE policies and real alternatives to the grim status quo are urgently needed if the UK wants to remain a knowledge economy and research power committees.parliament.uk/committee/20...
“A very serious problem”: No clear government plan for universities risking insolvency, MPs find in new report - Committees - UK Parliament
Today MPs on the Education Committee warn that the government has no clear plan for universities facing insolvency and that protections for students are inadequate, as the Committee publishes a new re...
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Attaques au Mali. « Une secousse monumentale dans l’histoire malienne » - Entretien
Le 25 avril, plusieurs villes du Mali, dont la capitale, Bamako, ont simultanément été attaquées par deux groupes rebelles, le Jnim et le FLA. L’un des membres éminents de la junte militaire, au (…)
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University management spent £80 million on new building that wasn't needed (presently for sale at £14 million) and now decide 600 staff should go to 'save' £50 million. This is the math currently shaping future of UK HE. Staff paying the price for mismanagement. Govt looking the other way
John Hogan Morris@johnhoganmorris.bsky.social · 5mo ago
BREAKING: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán concedes defeat to Peter Magyar after "painful" election result, ending 16 years in power.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán concedes defeat after 'painful' election result
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has conceded defeat after what he called a ″painful″ election result, ending 16 years in power for a powerful figure in the far-right movement allied with U.S.
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😮🇭🇺🗳️ THIS IS MASSIVE. Hungary’s parliamentary election turnout hit 74.23% by 5pm (62.92% at this point in 2022; final: 70.21%). Opposition stronghold Budapest is at 77.18%, big cities 75.55%. Final turnout is set to exceed 80% – unprecedented. Polls close at 7pm CET.
Tens of thousands chant “Russians, go home!” at tonight’s anti-Orbán concert in Budapest’s Heroes’ Square ahead of Sunday’s Hungarian election.
I watch admired this breathtaking image portraying a blue Earth behind the cratered lunar surface. At the same time, I despair for what is going on on planet Earth. Stop to hate in any form www.nasa.gov/image-detail...
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art002e009288 (April 6, 2026) – Earthset captured through the Orion spacecraft window at 6:41 p.m. EDT, April 6, 2026, during the Artemis II crew’s flyby of the Moon. A muted blue Earth with bright wh...
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: Half of UK universities face a deficit next year. Up to 50 could close. That is a sector in crisis. Simply blaming a tuition fee freeze and nudging fees up with inflation is not a plan. Where is the long-term strategy for higher education? #Universities #HigherEducation
Where is the ceasefire? apnews.com/article/gaza...
Israeli fire in Gaza kills 17, while militant gunfire wounds Israeli soldier
Israeli fire in Gaza killed at least 17 Palestinians, most of them women and children, hospital officials said Wednesday, while Israel said militant gunfire had injured an Israeli soldier.
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Festive greetings from Derbyshire. May the world be at peace.
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2025 will be world's second or third-hottest year on record, EU scientists say
This year is set to be the world's second or third-warmest on record, potentially surpassed only by 2024'S record-breaking heat, the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said on Tu...
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Today is International Day of Persons with Disabilities. On this occasion it is even more important to support a journal, which has hugely contributed to foster and shape the field of Disability Studies. Please consider donating to Disability Studies Quarterly. #Dis_Studies #Give2DSQ
Society for Disability Studies@disstudies.bsky.social · 9mo agoOver the past 45 years, DSQ has both fostered and shaped the field of Disability Studies. Under the careful stewardship of more than 20 editors, the journal has given scholars a platform to draw attention to all the ways in which disability shapes life itself. www.paypal.com/donate/?host... #GT2025
Nottingham University spent £80m on Castle Meadow Campus & now decides to sell it Only 2 buildings were ever used No one is taking blame for huge fiasco University blithely calls it “strategic realignment” -- while sacking staff & closing courses www.nottinghampost.com/news/notting...
Struggling university selling £80m 'vanity project' campus
Unions criticised the 'vanity project' as being partly to blame for hundreds of job cuts
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Glad to be back in Turin for what promises to be an excellent workshop about “Militarization, sexualization and violence in the global twentieth century”. Today and tomorrow, also streaming online.
This is on the X account of the UK Home Office. A Labour government. Where is this country going? I would like to remind the British government that among the taxpayers in the UK there are millions of non-British people. #notonationalism #migrantsarenotcriminals
