Submit nominations by May 15 for the Roy Rosenzweig Prize for Creativity in Digital History, sponsored jointly by the AHA and @rrchnm.bsky.social. This prize is awarded annually to honor and support work on a creative and freely available new media project. 🗃️

Roy Rosenzweig Prize for Creativity in Digital History – AHA

This prize is awarded annually to honor and support work on a creative and freely available new media project, and in particular for work that reflects thoughtful, critical, and rigorous engagement wi...

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Ethnic cleansing was always the plan — and our government cannot pretend it didn’t know. A statement from the Independent Alliance.

There are still a couple of days left to submit abstracts for this workshop in Glasgow. Please note that there is some funding for travel for scholars from the Global South.

H-Material Culture@h-materialculture.bsky.social · 2y ago

CFP: THREADS OF EMPIRE: MODES, MATERIALS AND THE MAKING OF TEXTILES Commodities of Empire Workshop, University of Glasgow, 8-9 Sep. 2025. Deadline: Mar 28 #MaterialCulture commoditiesofempire.org.uk/events/

I just found out about this incredible 3D reconstruction of Tenochtitlán! Could be a useful resource for teaching.

Hernán Confino@horadado.bsky.social · 2y ago

Hermosa esta reconstrucción 3D de Tenochtitlán hecha por Thomas Kole: tenochtitlan.thomaskole.nl/es.html

🎓Higher Education🎓 The UK’s universities are beleaguered and besieged. Redundancies continue to be announced. Cardiff, Dundee, Edinburgh, Kent, Queen’s Belfast, Sheffield; the list goes on and on. Perhaps 10,000 jobs will go in this academic year, and that’s just the beginning. #AcademicSky

The UK’s academic recession is in full swing

This university crisis is a grim scrabble for numbers

ft.com

Send abstracts for this workshop on textiles and empire happening in Glasgow in September! #textiles #history

H-Material Culture@h-materialculture.bsky.social · 2y ago

CFP: THREADS OF EMPIRE: MODES, MATERIALS AND THE MAKING OF TEXTILES Commodities of Empire Workshop, University of Glasgow, 8-9 Sep. 2025. Deadline: Mar 28 #MaterialCulture commoditiesofempire.org.uk/events/

'Multiple Dutch universities have announced reorganisations that are likely to involve layoffs, in the wake of drastic government budget cuts that will amount to about €500 million (£414 million) a year across higher education and research.' 1/2

Layoffs begin at Dutch universities as deep budget cuts bite

Institutions caught in a ‘perfect storm’ owing to reductions in government spending and international student restrictions

timeshighereducation.com

World History Association @thewha.bsky.social members! We're proud to open voting on our Resolution to Oppose Scholasticide in Gaza, which responds both to the dire situation in Palestine and the American Historical Association @historians.org veto last month. members.thewha.org/page/resolut...

Day 2 of the CIRIMA ASIA conference in #Seville with the brilliant @laurafg.bsky.social @mehapri.bsky.social @periodeye.bsky.social Hugo Miguel Crespo & many others!

Slowly posting about Connecting Threads project launch/symposium at V&A Museum last month. This is a digital public history project and the website is now live at: connectingthreads.co.uk The whole day was incredible! #connectingthreads #academicsky #digitalhistory #indianhistory #caribbeanhistory

Two weeks til this amazing all star line up in Sevilla - so honored to be giving a keynote and looking forward to learning from everyone!! geografiaehistoria.ucm.es/file/program...

Review of our event at the V&A on 'Fashioning Madras in India and the Caribbean' on the Untold Lives blog by the British Library. Follow the project @connectingthreads.bsky.social blogs.bl.uk/untoldlives/...

Attending the V&A Connecting Threads Conference

In October I had the pleasure of attending the Connecting Threads: Fashioning Madras in India and the Caribbean Symposium at the V&A Museum. This event focused on exploring the cultural and textile hi...

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Leeds has a fully funded scholarship program for undergraduate and Masters study for Gaza students. **Tell Everyone** www.leeds.ac.uk/masters-scho...