The authorities in Wales have been taking steps to preserve the nation's remaining peat bogs - a vital carbon store. But now, climate change, caused by the burning of fossil fuels, is turning the land itself into fuel.

The Society will write up a summary for History for next week. Key points at this stage include: > 11% decline (-440 FPE) across all History staff between 2018/19 and 2024/25, compared with a 7% decline across all humanities > loss of 140 FPE History roles 2022/23 to 2024/25 #Skystorians 1/3

We've been asked to share a CfP for a workshop organised by a group of historians at Leeds. Papers on a variety of topics related to the Environmental History of Northern England are invited: the orgnaisers hope to develop some papers presented into a special issue of @northernhistory.bsky.social

The School of History at the University of Leeds is advertising a new post: Teaching Fellow in British Colonial History 1600-1900. Please spread the word (and let's see if we can improve the pitiful engagement on this website) jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Teaching Fellow in British Colonial History 1600-1900

Are you passionate about helping to deliver an exceptional student experience in a top-ranked Russell Group University? Can you provide excellent teaching in BA History and our postgraduate degrees?Th...

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While marking student essays, I become incredibly frustrated when I come across work generated by #AI. It seems, however, that student misuse of this technology is the least of our problems. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Fabricated citations: an audit across 2·5 million biomedical papers

Scientific literature depends on the integrity of its references. Each reference implicitly asserts that a verifiable source exists and supports the claims being made. When references point to non-exi...

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Very proud of (nearly) Dr Alex Worsfold who passed his viva today! Well done @alexworsfold.bsky.social

Good news 👏 In the face of global uncertainty, progress on rebuilding UK–EU ties can’t come soon enough. The faster, the better. https://www.politico.eu/article/nick-thomas-symonds-britain-eu-point-man-reset-deal-can-be-done-summer/

Britain’s EU point man says reset deal can be done by summer

Minister Nick Thomas-Symonds tells POLITICO that rows over youth mobility and tuition fees won’t snag EU-U.K. deal — and

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More than 4 million books published in the US alone in 2025. I wonder how many get read www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Book Output Topped Four Million in 2025

The total number of books published in the U.S. in 2025 jumped 32.5% over 2024, according to statistics compiled by Bowker, led by a boom in self-published titles. The number of traditionally publishe...

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Gordon Forster Essay Prize 2026 Deadline: 1 May 2026 Open to postgraduate students and ECRs, the winner receives £200 and their essay will be considered for publication. Essays should fit within the journal’s aims & scope, and be between 7000-10000 words (inc. footnotes). Please repost.

I just finished a three-year term as an editor at an international relations journal. I began at the start of the LLM era but ended right in the middle of it. Our volume of submissions tripled and our desk reject rate rose to 75%. I have some thoughts. open.substack.com/pub/hegemon/...

The Age of Academic Slop is Upon Us

what happens when AI automates "normal science"?

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Happy new year everyone! If you are looking for something to read in 2026, The Dead Sea: A 10,000 Year History is now available in paperback. @yalebooks.bsky.social ‬

One potential contributing country for an International Security Force for #Gaza is #Indonesia - which is why I'm particularly excited to see an article I co-wrote with @nirarielli.bsky.social on it will take to succeed published by the Jakarta Post! www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2025...

How an international security force in post-war Gaza could work - Academia - The Jakarta Post

An international stabilization force is a central plank in the plans for post-war Gaza that have been put forward by US president Donald Trump.

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@jacobstoil.bsky.social, Mary Elizabeth Walters and I wrote about deploying a multinational peacekeeping force to #Gaza long before it was cool. Now that such a force is being assembled (haphazardly), we revisit some of the ideas we put forward in 2023 share.google/Zm2MEI5kNdIF...

How an international security force in post-war Gaza could work

Weeks after the war began, we collaborated on a proposal for a multinational peacekeeping force in Gaza. Many of our recommendations remain relevant.

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Diaries out - here's what we have in store for you at ILF this week and weekend! 🗓️ 📚 Tickets available at ilkleylitfest.org.uk or call the box office on 01943 816714 🎟️

This is the best plan available out of this nightmare. Netanyahu will try his best to torpedo it. I hope it'll be implemented nonetheless. @jacobstoil.bsky.social

Yair Wallach@yairwallach.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Exclusive from @jacobmagid.bsky.social : Trump's plan for ending the war in Gaza www.timesofisrael.com/revealed-us-...

I recommend this book wholeheartedly. Not only because it was written by my friends @enacciai.bsky.social, Morten Heiberg, and Carl-Henrik Bjerström, but also because it is innovative and fascinating. @universitypress.cambridge.org www.cambridge.org/core/books/a...

Armed Internationalists

Cambridge Core - Global History - Armed Internationalists

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@jacobstoil.bsky.social - does some of this look familiar to you?

Yair Wallach@yairwallach.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Major story from @jacobmagid.bsky.social in @timesofisrael.com www.timesofisrael.com/revealed-ton...

Do you prefer to listen to books rather than read them? Good news, in that case - the audiobook version of The Dead Sea: A 10,000 Year History is now available. Many thanks to @tantoraudio.bsky.social & @nigelpatterson.bsky.social tantor.com/the-dead-sea...

It was an honour and a privilege to work with experts from Jordan, Israel and Palestine, developing ideas to alleviate the environmental crisis in the #DeadSea. Good to be reminded that there are plenty of kind and forward-facing people in the region. www.leeds.ac.uk/news/article...

Saving the Dead Sea

As the Dead Sea shrinks at an alarming pace, environmental experts from the Middle East and UK are calling on regional policymakers to take urgent action.

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Every Scientific Empire Comes to an End

America’s run as the premier techno-superpower may be over.

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Our History books of the year so far, as chosen by the critics. Includes books by @tlgrady68.bsky.social, @hdiamond.bsky.social, @nirarielli.bsky.social and many more! You can shop this selection with a 30% discount and free UK postage here: yalebooks.co.uk/history-book... #skystorians

History Books of the Year . . . so far! - Yale University Press London

This reading list brings you our History books of the year so far, as chosen by critics. You can shop this selection with a 30% discount.

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Want to retain anything from your studies? Try writing your own essays rather than relying on #AI www.media.mit.edu/publications...

My former padawan Jacopo Pili is co-organizing the conference "Pius XII and Decolonization: Catholicism in North Africa and the Levant, 1939-1958", which will be held in Cairo in November 2025. If your research relates to the topic, check out the call for papers. networks.h-net.org/group/announ...

Very sad to learn that historian Motti Golani, an expert on the British Mandate in Palestine, passed away unexpectedly.

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The Dead Sea - Nir Arielli

YouTube video by YaleBooks

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Nir Arielli, author of The Dead Sea, was interviewed on American Purpose's podcast, Bookstack @nirarielli.bsky.social @americanpurpose.bsky.social https://www.persuasion.community/p/episode-160-nir-arielli-on-10000?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Prophecy can never be delivered because when it is, the entire faith/cult/movement ceases to have purpose. So much politics is just a giant pyramid scheme.

I am very grateful for this generous review of The Dead Sea: A 10,000 Year History in the Sri Lanka Guardian slguardian.org/the-dead-sea...

The Dead Sea: A Mirror of Civilization’s Hubris

by Eric In The Dead Sea: A 10,000-Year History, the author excavates not merely the layers of sediment that compose the physical basin of this enigmatic inland sea but the...

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Great to see the first of this new suite of videos about our undergraduate degrees in History at Leeds launched. Featuring brilliant colleagues @sarakbarker.bsky.social & @lauracking.bsky.social and our wonderful students & alumni, plus me making the case for the value and joy of a History degree.

Studying Undergraduate History at the University of Leeds #UniversityOfLeeds #HistoryBA

YouTube video by University of Leeds

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Reminder for people in the London area: if you fancy a trip to Greenwich this Thursday, 13 March, please join us at the PEF for an event marking the publication of The Dead Sea: A 10,000 Year History @yalebooks.bsky.social