Maud Anne Bracke
@maudannebracke.bsky.social
Prof of 20th century European history, University of Glasgow.
Mum.
Left feminist.
Belgian/Italian/Scottish/Swiss.
Thalassophile.
Mum.
Left feminist.
Belgian/Italian/Scottish/Swiss.
Thalassophile.
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The Sameer Project has had to cut their water distributions by 50% due to a drop in donations. Can you spare $10 or $20 today? chuffed.org/project/help...
Food & Water x The Sameer Project
Translating Falasteen (Palestine), in collaboration with The Sameer Project, launched a fundraising campaign to support families in Gaza facing severe hardships. Our mission is to provide food & water...
chuffed.org
February 2, 2026 at 3:11 AM
The Sameer Project has had to cut their water distributions by 50% due to a drop in donations. Can you spare $10 or $20 today? chuffed.org/project/help...
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Hannah Arendt did not mince words, did she?
'Totalitarianism replaces all first-rate talents with crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.'
From "The Origins of Totalitarianism" (1951)
'Totalitarianism replaces all first-rate talents with crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.'
From "The Origins of Totalitarianism" (1951)
January 29, 2026 at 3:48 AM
Hannah Arendt did not mince words, did she?
'Totalitarianism replaces all first-rate talents with crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.'
From "The Origins of Totalitarianism" (1951)
'Totalitarianism replaces all first-rate talents with crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.'
From "The Origins of Totalitarianism" (1951)
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🔊 We are seeking an outstanding academic leader to join us as Director (Head of Department) of UCL SSEES.
📍 Location: London (hybrid)
🗓 Closing date: 15 February 2026
🗣️ Interviews: 9–10 March 2026
➡️ Apply here: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
📍 Location: London (hybrid)
🗓 Closing date: 15 February 2026
🗣️ Interviews: 9–10 March 2026
➡️ Apply here: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
January 29, 2026 at 11:01 AM
🔊 We are seeking an outstanding academic leader to join us as Director (Head of Department) of UCL SSEES.
📍 Location: London (hybrid)
🗓 Closing date: 15 February 2026
🗣️ Interviews: 9–10 March 2026
➡️ Apply here: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
📍 Location: London (hybrid)
🗓 Closing date: 15 February 2026
🗣️ Interviews: 9–10 March 2026
➡️ Apply here: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
The first (I think) review of my book is out, by Caroline Rusterholz (Fribourg/Geneva) in Women's History Reivew. Many thanks Caroline!
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Reproductive rights in modern France: feminism, contraception and abortion, 1950–1980
Published in Women's History Review (Ahead of Print, 2026)
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January 29, 2026 at 8:52 AM
The first (I think) review of my book is out, by Caroline Rusterholz (Fribourg/Geneva) in Women's History Reivew. Many thanks Caroline!
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How has the History Workshop Journal collective sustained its commitment to radical history over fifty tumultuous years?
Two HWJ veterans, Sally Alexander and Jeffrey Weeks, sat down to share their memories with @beckierutherford.bsky.social and @inoutofpractice.bsky.social🎙✊🏻
Two HWJ veterans, Sally Alexander and Jeffrey Weeks, sat down to share their memories with @beckierutherford.bsky.social and @inoutofpractice.bsky.social🎙✊🏻
Working Collectively Then and Now
How did History Workshop Journal's editorial collective sustain its commitment to radical history over fifty tumultuous years? Sally Alexander and Jeffrey Weeks discuss.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
January 29, 2026 at 7:26 AM
How has the History Workshop Journal collective sustained its commitment to radical history over fifty tumultuous years?
Two HWJ veterans, Sally Alexander and Jeffrey Weeks, sat down to share their memories with @beckierutherford.bsky.social and @inoutofpractice.bsky.social🎙✊🏻
Two HWJ veterans, Sally Alexander and Jeffrey Weeks, sat down to share their memories with @beckierutherford.bsky.social and @inoutofpractice.bsky.social🎙✊🏻
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🔴 In the past 48 hrs, Gaza’s Health Ministry reported 4 killed & 12 injured arriving at hospitals.
▪️Since the ceasefire on Oct. 11, 2025:
- Total killed 481
- Total injured 1,313
- Total previously killed bodies recovered 713
This brings the recorded death toll from the Israeli genocide in Gaza...
▪️Since the ceasefire on Oct. 11, 2025:
- Total killed 481
- Total injured 1,313
- Total previously killed bodies recovered 713
This brings the recorded death toll from the Israeli genocide in Gaza...
January 24, 2026 at 6:06 PM
🔴 In the past 48 hrs, Gaza’s Health Ministry reported 4 killed & 12 injured arriving at hospitals.
▪️Since the ceasefire on Oct. 11, 2025:
- Total killed 481
- Total injured 1,313
- Total previously killed bodies recovered 713
This brings the recorded death toll from the Israeli genocide in Gaza...
▪️Since the ceasefire on Oct. 11, 2025:
- Total killed 481
- Total injured 1,313
- Total previously killed bodies recovered 713
This brings the recorded death toll from the Israeli genocide in Gaza...
Extremely shocking images - Alex Pretty shot and killed by ice.
Trump's fascist militia, ICE, have killed again - this time 37 year old Alex Pretti who was trying to shield a nearby woman as he was shot
By @skwawkbox.org
www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...
By @skwawkbox.org
www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...
Watch: ICE thugs disarm legally-armed man protecting woman - then murder him
Trump's fascist militia, ICE, have killed again - this time 37 year old Alex Pretti who was trying to shield a nearby woman as he was shot
www.thecanary.co
January 24, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Extremely shocking images - Alex Pretty shot and killed by ice.
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‘Terrible things are happening outside… Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared. Women return… to find their families gone.’
Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
ICE detains five-year-old Minnesota boy arriving home, say school officials
Superintendent says Liam Ramos and his father were taken into custody while in their driveway and sent to Texas
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 7:43 AM
‘Terrible things are happening outside… Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared. Women return… to find their families gone.’
Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Solidarity with colleagues at Strathclyde
'More than 400 staff at Strathclyde University, including technicians and security staff, are voting on whether to go on strike over job cuts.'
'Strathclyde was recently named Scottish University of the Year in The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide.'
'Strathclyde was recently named Scottish University of the Year in The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide.'
Hundreds of university staff to vote on strike action
Strathclyde University said last month that it planned to cut almost 80 jobs to try to save £35m.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 21, 2026 at 3:33 AM
Solidarity with colleagues at Strathclyde
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Compare & contrast. This is Trump’s demand for Greenland. And this is Hitler’s for the Sudetenland.
There is no difference. The language. The unstoppable need to dominate. The megalomania. It’s the same.
And Keir Starmer’s response is appeasement. We are in that moment.
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There is no difference. The language. The unstoppable need to dominate. The megalomania. It’s the same.
And Keir Starmer’s response is appeasement. We are in that moment.
1/
January 20, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Compare & contrast. This is Trump’s demand for Greenland. And this is Hitler’s for the Sudetenland.
There is no difference. The language. The unstoppable need to dominate. The megalomania. It’s the same.
And Keir Starmer’s response is appeasement. We are in that moment.
1/
There is no difference. The language. The unstoppable need to dominate. The megalomania. It’s the same.
And Keir Starmer’s response is appeasement. We are in that moment.
1/
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NEW: Stop Normalizing Fascism.
Seriously, if not now, when?
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Seriously, if not now, when?
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January 19, 2026 at 11:27 PM
NEW: Stop Normalizing Fascism.
Seriously, if not now, when?
1/
Seriously, if not now, when?
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Terrific piece
www.ft.com/content/0e86...
www.ft.com/content/0e86...
What rewatching ‘The Wire’ taught me about nostalgia for a lost America
The best show to understand the Trump era turns out to be the best show of the pre-Trump era
www.ft.com
January 17, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Terrific piece
www.ft.com/content/0e86...
www.ft.com/content/0e86...
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'There is a phenomenon in artificial intelligence and deep learning called model collapse. Model collapse is the slow erosion of a generative AI system grounded in reality as it learns more and more from machine-generated data rather than from human-generated content.' 1/3
From model collapse to citation collapse: risks of over-reliance on AI in the academy
The way GenAI surfaces sources for literature reviews risks exacerbating the citation Matthew effect, writes David Joyner. Here, he offers ways to prevent AI-driven search from blunting the impact of ...
www.timeshighereducation.com
January 17, 2026 at 12:04 PM
'There is a phenomenon in artificial intelligence and deep learning called model collapse. Model collapse is the slow erosion of a generative AI system grounded in reality as it learns more and more from machine-generated data rather than from human-generated content.' 1/3
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'The results show that the critical pedagogy, creative assignment and strong focus on supporting students to generate work that speaks to their own lived experience produced more equal educational outcomes.'
An important, theoretically-informed, pragmatic, evidence-rich piece. Read it #Skystorians
An important, theoretically-informed, pragmatic, evidence-rich piece. Read it #Skystorians
Teaching History Inclusively: A Pedagogical Case Study from an Institution Shaped by Empire | Transactions of the Royal Historical Society | Cambridge Core
Teaching History Inclusively: A Pedagogical Case Study from an Institution Shaped by Empire
www.cambridge.org
January 15, 2026 at 10:33 AM
'The results show that the critical pedagogy, creative assignment and strong focus on supporting students to generate work that speaks to their own lived experience produced more equal educational outcomes.'
An important, theoretically-informed, pragmatic, evidence-rich piece. Read it #Skystorians
An important, theoretically-informed, pragmatic, evidence-rich piece. Read it #Skystorians
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'“Embedded precarity” in higher education is diminishing research quality as staff on short-term contracts favour “safer” work to secure future employment, according to the author of a new report.'
Royal Geographical Society maps important connections between precarity and research topics. 1/3
Royal Geographical Society maps important connections between precarity and research topics. 1/3
Use of fixed-term posts ‘stifling more critical research’
Scholars with short contracts seen as more likely to favour doing ‘safer’ work, with ‘serious ramifications’ for their disciplines
www.timeshighereducation.com
January 15, 2026 at 8:08 AM
'“Embedded precarity” in higher education is diminishing research quality as staff on short-term contracts favour “safer” work to secure future employment, according to the author of a new report.'
Royal Geographical Society maps important connections between precarity and research topics. 1/3
Royal Geographical Society maps important connections between precarity and research topics. 1/3
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🧵An important article about this anti-abortion visiting schools in Scotland. I’m going to share more links about them spreading disinformation and their 🇺🇸 funding www.thenational.scot/news/2572424...
Anger as anti-abortion group 'gives talks and plays’ at Scottish schools
CONCERNS have been raised over an anti-abortion group giving talks and “performing plays” at Scottish schools ...
www.thenational.scot
December 28, 2025 at 7:30 AM
🧵An important article about this anti-abortion visiting schools in Scotland. I’m going to share more links about them spreading disinformation and their 🇺🇸 funding www.thenational.scot/news/2572424...
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🚨 Vacancies at Maastricht in research programme "Europe: Society, Politics and Global Order" (do share!)
- Assistant Prof Political Philosophy in Euro Democracy
- Assistant Prof Euro Political History
- PostDoc Disinformation and Euro Democracy
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- Assistant Prof Political Philosophy in Euro Democracy
- Assistant Prof Euro Political History
- PostDoc Disinformation and Euro Democracy
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Maastricht University Jobs
Find at Maastricht University
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December 8, 2025 at 7:33 PM
🚨 Vacancies at Maastricht in research programme "Europe: Society, Politics and Global Order" (do share!)
- Assistant Prof Political Philosophy in Euro Democracy
- Assistant Prof Euro Political History
- PostDoc Disinformation and Euro Democracy
vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/search/?crea...
- Assistant Prof Political Philosophy in Euro Democracy
- Assistant Prof Euro Political History
- PostDoc Disinformation and Euro Democracy
vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/search/?crea...
🎁✊🌹An early Christmas present:
Hybrid workshop held at University of Glasgow on 27 Feb 2026 : "Motherhood without poverty: working-class women and global struggles for work, family and reproductive autonomy 1919-1939."
Organized by Daria Dyakonova and me.
Programme and registration 👇
Hybrid workshop held at University of Glasgow on 27 Feb 2026 : "Motherhood without poverty: working-class women and global struggles for work, family and reproductive autonomy 1919-1939."
Organized by Daria Dyakonova and me.
Programme and registration 👇
December 23, 2025 at 1:07 PM
🎁✊🌹An early Christmas present:
Hybrid workshop held at University of Glasgow on 27 Feb 2026 : "Motherhood without poverty: working-class women and global struggles for work, family and reproductive autonomy 1919-1939."
Organized by Daria Dyakonova and me.
Programme and registration 👇
Hybrid workshop held at University of Glasgow on 27 Feb 2026 : "Motherhood without poverty: working-class women and global struggles for work, family and reproductive autonomy 1919-1939."
Organized by Daria Dyakonova and me.
Programme and registration 👇
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When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
Seems like it's worth posting this one again.
Why Do Historians Still Have To Go To Archives?
Why do historians go to archives? Hasn’t everything already been digitized?
contingentmagazine.org
December 22, 2025 at 1:40 AM
When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
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This is one of the reasons I remain horrified by seeing @historians.org suggest "ways to use gAI" that included this:
December 20, 2025 at 4:49 PM
This is one of the reasons I remain horrified by seeing @historians.org suggest "ways to use gAI" that included this:
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The My Voice, My Choice campaign gets a vote on Wed. in the European Parliament. It would enable women from EU countries that restrict abortion to have free abortions in another member state. It's expected to pass but the European Commission must still decide whether to adopt the proposal.
Europe to vote on scheme to help abortion access
PARIS, Dec 17 - The EU's parliament will vote on Wednesday on a scheme that would enable women from nations restricting abortion to terminate pregnancies in another member state free of charge. Read m...
www.straitstimes.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:20 AM
The My Voice, My Choice campaign gets a vote on Wed. in the European Parliament. It would enable women from EU countries that restrict abortion to have free abortions in another member state. It's expected to pass but the European Commission must still decide whether to adopt the proposal.
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The Deakin Fellowship on French Studies at the European Studies Centre
University of Oxford - St Antony’s College www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPU914/t... #skystorians 🗃️
University of Oxford - St Antony’s College www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPU914/t... #skystorians 🗃️
The Deakin Fellowship on French Studies at the European Studies Centre at University of Oxford
An opportunity for an academic position as a The Deakin Fellowship on French Studies at the European Studies Centre is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job ...
www.jobs.ac.uk
December 12, 2025 at 7:16 AM
The Deakin Fellowship on French Studies at the European Studies Centre
University of Oxford - St Antony’s College www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPU914/t... #skystorians 🗃️
University of Oxford - St Antony’s College www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPU914/t... #skystorians 🗃️
So we did, and it's a gorgeous piece to play.
The Merchant Sinfonia will perform Oliver Searle’s ‘Skating with Mr Gow’ at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland on Sunday
@olisearlecomposer.bsky.social
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@olisearlecomposer.bsky.social
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Searle’s ‘Skating’ in Glasgow - What's New
The Merchant Sinfonia will perform Oliver Searle’s ‘Skating with Mr Gow’ at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland this month.
whatsnew.composersedition.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:04 PM
So we did, and it's a gorgeous piece to play.
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Feeling proud of the intelligent multi-lingual children in our city!
This tweet and the Farage video in it about "the cultural smashing of Glasgow" is getting rightly roasted by the good people of Glasgow on the other place...
This tweet and the Farage video in it about "the cultural smashing of Glasgow" is getting rightly roasted by the good people of Glasgow on the other place...
December 3, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Feeling proud of the intelligent multi-lingual children in our city!
This tweet and the Farage video in it about "the cultural smashing of Glasgow" is getting rightly roasted by the good people of Glasgow on the other place...
This tweet and the Farage video in it about "the cultural smashing of Glasgow" is getting rightly roasted by the good people of Glasgow on the other place...
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Utterly exquisite poetic philosophical reclamation and restoration of human sovereignty and dignity here from Hyab. Every word a palpable heart beat of new life in utter defiance of the genocidal necropolitical forces of the age. the-abyss/ @hyabyohannes.bsky.social @uofgunescorila.bsky.social
Breathing-writing from within the abyss
Hyab Yohannes, Lecturer in Forced Migration and Decolonial Education, UNESCO Chair RIELA, University of Glasgow Every November we celebrate WriteFest, a national festival spotlighting writing in hi…
theauditorium.blog
December 3, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Utterly exquisite poetic philosophical reclamation and restoration of human sovereignty and dignity here from Hyab. Every word a palpable heart beat of new life in utter defiance of the genocidal necropolitical forces of the age. the-abyss/ @hyabyohannes.bsky.social @uofgunescorila.bsky.social