If you study legal history, please consider submitting a proposal for the 2026 conference of the American Society for Legal History in Banff, Canada in November! The Program Committee accepts proposals until March 24! #ASLH #legalhistory 🗃️
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If you're in Leiden tomorrow: at 15.30, I will speak on "De Principiis Iuris: Tacitus talks Legal History" as part of the Forum Antiquum lecture series. I will be talking about Tacitus' discussion of the origins of Roman law in book 3 of the Annals. DM for location!
Research time ‘sacrificed’ as universities cut costs and jobs.
Academics at institutions implementing job cuts warn of “more work falling on fewer shoulders”.
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The cover of a book by Martha C. Nussbaum called "The Republic of Love: Opera and Political Thought"
Forthcoming! global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Rare Roman "pigs" found in Welsh farm
www.heritagedaily.com/2026/02/rare...
Nottingham move to cut academics' protected research time to 25%, as staff-student ratios rise, brings strong warning from the UCU branch - this "threatens Nottingham's status as a research-intensive institution".
Rare Roman lead ingots found by metal detectorists in Ceredigion
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I thought those footprints looked like a Roman boot.
👀Archaeologists Race to Save 2,000-Year-Old Roman Footprints Found on Scottish Beach
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He would, wouldn’t he.
This week, The Herald is collaborating with Scottish Affairs - Scotland’s longest running journal on contemporary political and social issues - published by @edinburghup.bsky.social
Here, Walter Humes asks if universities have lost their way
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Aberdeen finally sees sunshine after 21 days of gloom www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Aberdeen finally sees sunshine after 21 days of gloom
Genau. 😏
It suits you.
I’m not a Mithras guy. 😀
Interesting.
I also like his seminal work on laundry - the hierarchy of sheets.
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Selden’s Sister presents: the book launch of Celebrating Women in Legal History
4 March 2026
5pm
Old Hall
Queens’ College
Cambridge
Oooh. Law.
👀‘Extraordinary’ iron age war trumpet find in Britain may have Boudicca links
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
Committees are forever.
Calling all legal historians! The CFP is now posted for the upcoming ASLH conference next fall (Nov.12-14, 2026). Pre-conference proposals are due by Feb.27, 2026. All other proposals are due March 24, 2026. Full details here: aslh.net/2026-annual-... #legalhistory
Imagine running a higher education system/country so badly that you actually can't afford, or refuse to fund, research that is *literally defined as* "internationally excellent".
Stupid, stupid, stupid country.
Clearly it’s a manufacturing issue. The tin is too small.
Who will buy these buildings, one wonders.
all academic applications should have consolation prizes.
doesn’t have to be much, like a mug that says “i applied for leverhulme 2020”
or a t-shirt “UKRI reject 2023”
