Clara J Manasian Cook
@clarajeanmc.bsky.social
Public historian. Tour guide, museum volunteer, podcaster and Londoner. Sci-fi fan and cat lover. Works for The Historical Association.
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"Historical analysis is fundamentally different and more complex than producing a mass of visualizations and statistics that are the lifeblood of many A.I. programmes."
Gordon McKelvie @gordonmckelvie.bsky.social on the problematic use of A.I. within historical research.
Gordon McKelvie @gordonmckelvie.bsky.social on the problematic use of A.I. within historical research.
Artificial Intelligence: A Warning for History
Does A.I. have the potential to simplify, and ultimately impoverish, our study of the past? Gordon McKelvie considers the recent explosion in A.I. and what it means for historians facing the current H...
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November 11, 2025 at 12:45 PM
"Historical analysis is fundamentally different and more complex than producing a mass of visualizations and statistics that are the lifeblood of many A.I. programmes."
Gordon McKelvie @gordonmckelvie.bsky.social on the problematic use of A.I. within historical research.
Gordon McKelvie @gordonmckelvie.bsky.social on the problematic use of A.I. within historical research.
I will be at the History Day at Senate House tomorrow running the @histassoc.bsky.social stand. Come by and say hi!
November 3, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I will be at the History Day at Senate House tomorrow running the @histassoc.bsky.social stand. Come by and say hi!
Mudlarking yesterday with colleagues from the @histassoc.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Mudlarking yesterday with colleagues from the @histassoc.bsky.social
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INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE
SECOND INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE OVER ZOOM TO MEET MORE OF THE TEAM
UNFORTUNATELY, YOU HAVE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL ON THIS OCCASION, BUT WE HOPE YOU'LL APPLY FOR FUTURE POSITIONS WITH THE VAMPIRE
SECOND INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE OVER ZOOM TO MEET MORE OF THE TEAM
UNFORTUNATELY, YOU HAVE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL ON THIS OCCASION, BUT WE HOPE YOU'LL APPLY FOR FUTURE POSITIONS WITH THE VAMPIRE
November 1, 2025 at 6:34 AM
INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE
SECOND INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE OVER ZOOM TO MEET MORE OF THE TEAM
UNFORTUNATELY, YOU HAVE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL ON THIS OCCASION, BUT WE HOPE YOU'LL APPLY FOR FUTURE POSITIONS WITH THE VAMPIRE
SECOND INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE OVER ZOOM TO MEET MORE OF THE TEAM
UNFORTUNATELY, YOU HAVE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL ON THIS OCCASION, BUT WE HOPE YOU'LL APPLY FOR FUTURE POSITIONS WITH THE VAMPIRE
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Niki Bowers, contemporary UK printmaker based in Norfolk #WomensArt
November 1, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Niki Bowers, contemporary UK printmaker based in Norfolk #WomensArt
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Tech wythout heart ys harmful.
For a bettir future we need poetrye, creativitye, historical studye, love of languages, dreames, dialogues, new storyes, & intellectual curiositye.
We must fund & expand higher educacioun yn HEART:
H umanityes
E thiques
A rtes
R hetorique & the crafte of
T eaching
For a bettir future we need poetrye, creativitye, historical studye, love of languages, dreames, dialogues, new storyes, & intellectual curiositye.
We must fund & expand higher educacioun yn HEART:
H umanityes
E thiques
A rtes
R hetorique & the crafte of
T eaching
October 8, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Tech wythout heart ys harmful.
For a bettir future we need poetrye, creativitye, historical studye, love of languages, dreames, dialogues, new storyes, & intellectual curiositye.
We must fund & expand higher educacioun yn HEART:
H umanityes
E thiques
A rtes
R hetorique & the crafte of
T eaching
For a bettir future we need poetrye, creativitye, historical studye, love of languages, dreames, dialogues, new storyes, & intellectual curiositye.
We must fund & expand higher educacioun yn HEART:
H umanityes
E thiques
A rtes
R hetorique & the crafte of
T eaching
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🦇 Nocte Volamus = We Fly by Night 🦇
The best motto to have around #Halloween time for your heraldic bookplate. This particular bookplate comes from our Charles Hall Crouch collection of heraldic bookplates, which encompasses around 30-40,000 bookplates in 73 boxes!
The best motto to have around #Halloween time for your heraldic bookplate. This particular bookplate comes from our Charles Hall Crouch collection of heraldic bookplates, which encompasses around 30-40,000 bookplates in 73 boxes!
October 16, 2025 at 12:12 PM
🦇 Nocte Volamus = We Fly by Night 🦇
The best motto to have around #Halloween time for your heraldic bookplate. This particular bookplate comes from our Charles Hall Crouch collection of heraldic bookplates, which encompasses around 30-40,000 bookplates in 73 boxes!
The best motto to have around #Halloween time for your heraldic bookplate. This particular bookplate comes from our Charles Hall Crouch collection of heraldic bookplates, which encompasses around 30-40,000 bookplates in 73 boxes!
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Enjoyed this sign at the parish church in Whitby today…
August 16, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Enjoyed this sign at the parish church in Whitby today…
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Kimika Hara, contemporary embroiderer from Japan #WomensArt
October 14, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Kimika Hara, contemporary embroiderer from Japan #WomensArt
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Dog Sees the Spirits, 1960 by artist and printmaker of Inuit heritage Kenojuak Ashevak #WomensArt
October 8, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Dog Sees the Spirits, 1960 by artist and printmaker of Inuit heritage Kenojuak Ashevak #WomensArt
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Those fave topics align again in my essay for @reactorsff.bsky.social last month 1/2: reactormag.com/star-trek-tn...
“Resistance is futile.” Why Star Trek: TNG’s Borg Collective Is the Perfect Monster for Our Time - Reactor
35 years on, what can we learn from the Borg and "The Best of Both Worlds"?
reactormag.com
October 6, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Those fave topics align again in my essay for @reactorsff.bsky.social last month 1/2: reactormag.com/star-trek-tn...
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'The transience of a flicker of fire [...] compels us to grapple with histories of the ephemeral and the impermanent, even within those places that seem built to last.'
Lauren Working and Stephanie Pratt on Knole's connections to colonial history:
Lauren Working and Stephanie Pratt on Knole's connections to colonial history:
Indigenous Plant Stories in an English Treasure House
Delve into the links between Knole and Indigenous American histories as we investigate its colonial connections.
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October 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
'The transience of a flicker of fire [...] compels us to grapple with histories of the ephemeral and the impermanent, even within those places that seem built to last.'
Lauren Working and Stephanie Pratt on Knole's connections to colonial history:
Lauren Working and Stephanie Pratt on Knole's connections to colonial history:
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Autumn painting by US modern impressionist Erin Hanson #WomensArt
October 4, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Autumn painting by US modern impressionist Erin Hanson #WomensArt
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*makes first blanket in history*
“Ooohhhh”
*gets snuggly underneath it*
“Oh wow”
*sticks foot out but just a little*
“yoooooo”
“Ooohhhh”
*gets snuggly underneath it*
“Oh wow”
*sticks foot out but just a little*
“yoooooo”
October 3, 2025 at 4:06 PM
*makes first blanket in history*
“Ooohhhh”
*gets snuggly underneath it*
“Oh wow”
*sticks foot out but just a little*
“yoooooo”
“Ooohhhh”
*gets snuggly underneath it*
“Oh wow”
*sticks foot out but just a little*
“yoooooo”
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#BlackHistoryMonth #HistNursing
We often think of black nurses in Britain as being post-Windrush, but researchers are identifying earlier #women
Like this amazing story of Sarah Woodbine #Victorian born #BuenosAires Trained Nurse #Croydon & #HitherGreen 💙
www.historycalroots.com/sarah-woodbi...
We often think of black nurses in Britain as being post-Windrush, but researchers are identifying earlier #women
Like this amazing story of Sarah Woodbine #Victorian born #BuenosAires Trained Nurse #Croydon & #HitherGreen 💙
www.historycalroots.com/sarah-woodbi...
Sarah Woodbine: A Black Nurse in Victorian Britain
You can read the full story of Sarah Woodbine (so far as it is known at the moment) in our recent book Sarah Woodbine - A Black Nurse in Victorian Britain. Co-authored by David Gleave, Neasa Roughan a...
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October 2, 2025 at 8:17 AM
#BlackHistoryMonth #HistNursing
We often think of black nurses in Britain as being post-Windrush, but researchers are identifying earlier #women
Like this amazing story of Sarah Woodbine #Victorian born #BuenosAires Trained Nurse #Croydon & #HitherGreen 💙
www.historycalroots.com/sarah-woodbi...
We often think of black nurses in Britain as being post-Windrush, but researchers are identifying earlier #women
Like this amazing story of Sarah Woodbine #Victorian born #BuenosAires Trained Nurse #Croydon & #HitherGreen 💙
www.historycalroots.com/sarah-woodbi...
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In other news I have also shut down because I am underfunded
October 2, 2025 at 3:10 PM
In other news I have also shut down because I am underfunded
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Dr. Jane made an indelible mark on our understanding of chimpanzees and other species, and also of humankind and the environments we all share.
She inspired curiosity, hope, and compassion in countless people, and paved the way for many others.
#ThankYouJane #RememberingJane
Photo: Marko Zlousic
She inspired curiosity, hope, and compassion in countless people, and paved the way for many others.
#ThankYouJane #RememberingJane
Photo: Marko Zlousic
October 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Dr. Jane made an indelible mark on our understanding of chimpanzees and other species, and also of humankind and the environments we all share.
She inspired curiosity, hope, and compassion in countless people, and paved the way for many others.
#ThankYouJane #RememberingJane
Photo: Marko Zlousic
She inspired curiosity, hope, and compassion in countless people, and paved the way for many others.
#ThankYouJane #RememberingJane
Photo: Marko Zlousic
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Join us for the launch of Mara Gold's debut book 'Ancient Myths and Legends Without Men' and discover the women and gender non-conforming characters who shaped and subverted womanhood from the very beginning and whose stories still resonate today! Thurs 23 Oct, 17.30-19.30. £5.
bit.ly/3KtDJdU
bit.ly/3KtDJdU
October 2, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Join us for the launch of Mara Gold's debut book 'Ancient Myths and Legends Without Men' and discover the women and gender non-conforming characters who shaped and subverted womanhood from the very beginning and whose stories still resonate today! Thurs 23 Oct, 17.30-19.30. £5.
bit.ly/3KtDJdU
bit.ly/3KtDJdU
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Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere.
Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.
Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.
Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
October 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere.
Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.
Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.
Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
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Now I know what to do with my free morning in Cambridge later this month 📜 www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
Cats, coffins and sick notes: discovering Egypt’s forgotten workers in broken pottery
Cambridge exhibition showcases the lives of skilled workers who built some of the most famous sites in ancient Egypt
www.theguardian.com
October 2, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Now I know what to do with my free morning in Cambridge later this month 📜 www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
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What connects the Irish Famine, the Choctaw Trail of Tears, and seasonal stories of survival?
In this new article, Shelley Angelie Saggar from the @sharinglands.bsky.social project explores the intertwined histories of Indigenous and Irish food cultures.
In this new article, Shelley Angelie Saggar from the @sharinglands.bsky.social project explores the intertwined histories of Indigenous and Irish food cultures.
Recipes for Resilience
Discover the history of the Choctaw gift that symbolizes generosity and connection between Indigenous and Irish communities.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
October 2, 2025 at 7:07 AM
What connects the Irish Famine, the Choctaw Trail of Tears, and seasonal stories of survival?
In this new article, Shelley Angelie Saggar from the @sharinglands.bsky.social project explores the intertwined histories of Indigenous and Irish food cultures.
In this new article, Shelley Angelie Saggar from the @sharinglands.bsky.social project explores the intertwined histories of Indigenous and Irish food cultures.
In the spirit of Black History Month, I’m going to share some of the historical people I have found really interesting.
First up is John Archer (1863 - 1932) a politician and activist who became the first black mayor of a London borough, when he was elected Mayor of Battersea in 1913. 1/1
First up is John Archer (1863 - 1932) a politician and activist who became the first black mayor of a London borough, when he was elected Mayor of Battersea in 1913. 1/1
October 1, 2025 at 9:31 PM
In the spirit of Black History Month, I’m going to share some of the historical people I have found really interesting.
First up is John Archer (1863 - 1932) a politician and activist who became the first black mayor of a London borough, when he was elected Mayor of Battersea in 1913. 1/1
First up is John Archer (1863 - 1932) a politician and activist who became the first black mayor of a London borough, when he was elected Mayor of Battersea in 1913. 1/1
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'Even when women were mentioned, the report found they were more often victims than protagonists, with the women murdered by Jack the Ripper more likely to be taught in lessons than the female code breakers at Bletchley Park during the second world war 1/2
School history lessons minimise the role of women, report finds
Campaigners say key stage 3 curriculum plays to misogny and teaches a ‘false version of the past’
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September 24, 2025 at 6:17 AM
'Even when women were mentioned, the report found they were more often victims than protagonists, with the women murdered by Jack the Ripper more likely to be taught in lessons than the female code breakers at Bletchley Park during the second world war 1/2