About (public) history, one thing I genuinely never understood is why so many people in so lany countries seem to believe that we could easily switch back to an idealized, romantical, heroical national narrative
If you have published your first book in women's or gender history in 2023 or 2024, please do consider putting it forward for the Women's History Network Book Prize. It's open to all who live in the UK or are affiliated to a UK university.
womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-annual-b...
We found that AI tools - both general like #ChatGPT and research-specific like #Elicit - lack the reliability, relevancy and accuracy to summarise research for teachers. This is important because we have been sold the idea that AI will make research more accessible.
If you haven't heard from me in a while, it's because I've been working on this👇 - a truly global workshop on solidarity activism, which is taking place in Malmö this week. Come for the inspiring work of colleagues from round the world; stay for the venue's truly gaudy Olof Palme statue.
Anthropology at FU Berlin, one of the best SocAnth departments across Europe, is under threat at a time when we most need anthropology
(Call for applications) PhD position in the History of Science and Technology histoiresante.blogspot.com/2025/05/doct... #histSTM
Out soon! Sideways Sociology on three key figures in UK anti-racism – Sivanandan, Gerlin Bean, Len Garrison – showing how they teach us what that term means and takes, and how they speak to sociology now. Feat. John Narayan, A.S. Francis, Hannah Ismael.
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HARVARD STAND UNITED There is no Harvard without international students. SCIENCE CENTER PLAZA TUESDAY 5/27 - 5:30PM Come support and celebrate our international community!
The Harvard rally tomorrow!
Science Center Plaza
5/27 @ 5:30pm
please join us in signing!
a chart showing power consumption of big tech companies
hey lovelies, I finally got around to publicly sharing my compilation of big tech energy and emissions data. I'll be using it in articles, posts etc but it's yours too, free to use (w/ attribution is nice)
ketanjoshi.co/2025/05/23/d...
British students infreasingly feel anxiety over US govt attacks on Harvard www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Under attack from the Trump administration, Harvard is offering free online courses on the US Constitution, US government, democratic institutions, public engagement, etc. 😉
Do browse.
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A long long time ago, in a far away galaxy... the US used to tax the rich
Belgian princess left in doubt about her Harvard future following Trump's foreign student ban
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Sideways Sociology – UK Anti-Racism: new #podcast mini-series out next Friday
Audio essays by @johnnarayan.bsky.social on Ambalavaner Sivanandan, A.S. Francis on Gerlin Bean, Hannah Ishmael on Len Garrison
"A fascinating series to develop and make”: executive producer Alice Bloch
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A map of the UK, overlaid with a heat map that displays 'cold spots' where there is a lack of provision of social sciences and humanities higher education courses.
A map of the UK overlaid with colour coded circles that show the concentration of student numbers across different regions.
A line chart showing changes in student numbers over time.
Our map of cold spots in provision of humanities and social sciences courses and student numbers across the UK has been updated with the data for the 2023/24 academic year. Explore for yourself here: buff.ly/2x7yE5K
🎧 New History Ireland Hedge School, out now
A Future for Our Past—Museums in the 21st Century
What are museums for? How have they evolved in Ireland over the last 30 years? Are there too many—or too few? And in divided societies, how do they serve the public?
historyireland.com/hedge-schools/
And two Research Fellow posts at the University of Leeds on the 4-year project ‘The Soviet Union, the WHO and Global Health, 1957-91’, which looks superb.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNE369/r...
Very shy to share this new text of mine.
Here’s a very personal essay about being an independent scholar, my method, about immigration, cracks in academia and fragments.
I don’t know if people even read this kind of stuff anymore but if you do, enjoy.
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‘Whitman’s nature notes reveal a sometimes doleful cast of mind below the delightful notations of the present: of birdsong, trees, the frolics of two kingfishers, the specifics of the evening sky.’
Maureen N. McLane on Walt Whitman: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Breaking news: The Trump administration revoked Harvard’s ability to enroll foreign students, saying it allowed anti-American agitators.
Existing foreign students must transfer or risk losing their legal status, DHS said.
L'attaque des MAGA contre les sciences tient de l'automutilation.
www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
Socioeconomic Inequality in China — check out research by China scholars from ZJU, XMU, HKU, the World Bank, NYU, Princeton, PKU, RUC, ZEW, Bucknell, Roma Tre, LIS, the GC CUNY Stone Center, & more! Presented at our first international workshop on China.
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Tomorrow (May 22) at 5 pm PDT: Join @gpsucsd.bsky.social in welcoming @jeffreyding.bsky.social for a lecture, "Running the Right AI Race: U.S.-China Competition in General-Purpose Technologies." He will be in conversation with Peter Cowhey.
Register for this (free!) hybrid event:
PhD opportunity! Work on the emerging and urgent challenge of climate policy misinformation with CSSN scholar Brenda McNally. See job posting here: cssn.org/job/phd-scho...
Join us on tomorrow, 22 May, at 14.30 CET for the Analytical Sociology Seminar with @ophastings.bsky.social🔹Why does parenting vary by socioeconomic status? Insights from expenditure surveys and computational text analysis 🔹More info: liu.se/en/event/202...
