Nathan Cardon
@ncardon.bsky.social
Associate Professor of U.S. History @unibirmingham.bsky.social. Wrote a book about world's fairs in Atlanta (1895) and Nashville (1897) for OUP. Trying to write another one about Americans, bicycles, and the world. Bio: https://shorturl.at/wybsY
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CONFERENCE - 'Sociability & Political Life', University of York, 3rd/4th July 2026
Get your abstracts in by 14th Feb!
Get your abstracts in by 14th Feb!
📢Call For Papers📢
Sociability & Political life
Marc Jaffré & I are organising a conference! We're asking: can there be politics without sociability? How have friendship, intimacy, socialising & informal attachments been central to political projects & movements?
Get your abstracts in by Feb 14th!
Sociability & Political life
Marc Jaffré & I are organising a conference! We're asking: can there be politics without sociability? How have friendship, intimacy, socialising & informal attachments been central to political projects & movements?
Get your abstracts in by Feb 14th!
January 8, 2026 at 12:25 PM
CONFERENCE - 'Sociability & Political Life', University of York, 3rd/4th July 2026
Get your abstracts in by 14th Feb!
Get your abstracts in by 14th Feb!
It would be great to see a UK equivalent of this. I wonder where @unibirmingham.bsky.social would end up? Given that Gen Z is the generation least likely to drive or have a licence, it could be a good way to attract students.
Campuses rally to make biking safer, easier, and better.
#bikefriendly #cycling #biking #infrastructure #cargobike #health #climate #LeagueofAmericanBicyclists #BicycleFriendlyUniversities #accessible
#bikefriendly #cycling #biking #infrastructure #cargobike #health #climate #LeagueofAmericanBicyclists #BicycleFriendlyUniversities #accessible
‘Bicycle Friendly’ Universities Honored For Safe, Accessible Cycling
Colleges and universities nationwide were acknowledged for initiatives like infrastructure investments and community ties to make cycling easier, safer, and better.
www.forbes.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:37 PM
It would be great to see a UK equivalent of this. I wonder where @unibirmingham.bsky.social would end up? Given that Gen Z is the generation least likely to drive or have a licence, it could be a good way to attract students.
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Epstein managed different networks. The UK media has rightly centred the powerful pedophile ring. It has maintained an uncanny silence about the global, anti-democratic, far right political network. Farage is up to his neck in it. If it weren’t for unprecedented double standards it’d be career over.
Dinner with Mr Brexit: Bannon’s European Revolution – Planned with Farage, Backed by Epstein
Nigel Farage was the figurehead and his partner Laure Ferrari started it. Steve Bannon and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were providing almost daily support
bylinetimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 7:47 AM
Epstein managed different networks. The UK media has rightly centred the powerful pedophile ring. It has maintained an uncanny silence about the global, anti-democratic, far right political network. Farage is up to his neck in it. If it weren’t for unprecedented double standards it’d be career over.
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'When it opened, the campus housed a GP surgery and a new dental clinic offering free treatment to local people. This was followed later by the forum – a library and art gallery shared by the university and local people.' 1/2
‘If I think about what this means, I want to cry’: what happens when a city loses its university?
When Essex University’s Southend campus opened, it was a message of hope for a ‘left behind’ UK seaside town. Its closure will be felt far beyond its 800 students, some of whom will not get their degr...
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 7:44 AM
'When it opened, the campus housed a GP surgery and a new dental clinic offering free treatment to local people. This was followed later by the forum – a library and art gallery shared by the university and local people.' 1/2
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We're hiring! warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...
Assistant Professor in Early Modern British History (111286-0126) - University of Warwick
Title: Assistant Professor in Early Modern British History (111286-0126). Application Deadline: . Position Type: Permanent
warwick-careers.tal.net
February 4, 2026 at 9:56 AM
We're hiring! warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...
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The 2026 Olympic Games in Milan Cortina start in 10 days! I’ll share historical facts & related history
scholarship about the Olympic Winter Games daily until the opening ceremony 🧵
#olympics #sporthistory #skystorians 🗃️
scholarship about the Olympic Winter Games daily until the opening ceremony 🧵
#olympics #sporthistory #skystorians 🗃️
January 27, 2026 at 10:26 AM
The 2026 Olympic Games in Milan Cortina start in 10 days! I’ll share historical facts & related history
scholarship about the Olympic Winter Games daily until the opening ceremony 🧵
#olympics #sporthistory #skystorians 🗃️
scholarship about the Olympic Winter Games daily until the opening ceremony 🧵
#olympics #sporthistory #skystorians 🗃️
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Wonderful news from Birkbeck's School of Historical Studies. We're hiring not one but TWO open-ended, full-time roles: Medieval Studies, and History of Art! cis7.bbk.ac.uk/home.html#fi...
Current Vacancies - Birkbeck, University of London
Birkbeck
cis7.bbk.ac.uk
January 29, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Wonderful news from Birkbeck's School of Historical Studies. We're hiring not one but TWO open-ended, full-time roles: Medieval Studies, and History of Art! cis7.bbk.ac.uk/home.html#fi...
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Anyway, good news! Open-ended lectureship in early medieval history at KCL.
www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/136727-...
www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/136727-...
Lecturer in Early Medieval History | King's College London
www.kcl.ac.uk
January 28, 2026 at 11:21 AM
Anyway, good news! Open-ended lectureship in early medieval history at KCL.
www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/136727-...
www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/136727-...
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The “colonial boomerang” is not a boomerang, it’s a continuum. Settler colonial policing/occupation of a divided society at home begets occupation tactics/mindsets abroad begets tactics at home. The R&D of empire and population pacification is a collective endeavor shared by all empires.
January 27, 2026 at 2:24 PM
The “colonial boomerang” is not a boomerang, it’s a continuum. Settler colonial policing/occupation of a divided society at home begets occupation tactics/mindsets abroad begets tactics at home. The R&D of empire and population pacification is a collective endeavor shared by all empires.
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While independent bookstores are giving out free whistles, hosting protest sign making events, and donating proceeds to mutual aid, Amazon is *checks notes* providing technology that assists ICE in their terrorizing of communities.
Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.
Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.
January 27, 2026 at 5:07 PM
While independent bookstores are giving out free whistles, hosting protest sign making events, and donating proceeds to mutual aid, Amazon is *checks notes* providing technology that assists ICE in their terrorizing of communities.
Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.
Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.
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🚨 New @betterstreetsforbirmingham.org podcast looking at the year ahead for transport in Birmingham.
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0AIr...
Acast: shows.acast.com/695c4cbbe190...
YouTube: youtu.be/8binFGnsRBM?...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0AIr...
Acast: shows.acast.com/695c4cbbe190...
YouTube: youtu.be/8binFGnsRBM?...
2026: The year ahead with Martin Price, Better Streets for Birmingham Chair
Podcast Episode · Better Streets for Birmingham · 26/01/2026 · 33m
podcasts.apple.com
January 26, 2026 at 8:18 AM
🚨 New @betterstreetsforbirmingham.org podcast looking at the year ahead for transport in Birmingham.
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0AIr...
Acast: shows.acast.com/695c4cbbe190...
YouTube: youtu.be/8binFGnsRBM?...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0AIr...
Acast: shows.acast.com/695c4cbbe190...
YouTube: youtu.be/8binFGnsRBM?...
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This is one of the most compelling 'party political broadcasts' I've seen in decades. No wonder Labour is petrified about being eclipsed by the Green Party. There is an alternative to the politics of austerity and the weaponisation of prejudice and xenophobia and yes finally a glimmer of hope.
Help us make hope normal again.
Join the Green Party now.
Join the Green Party now.
January 23, 2026 at 8:41 AM
This is one of the most compelling 'party political broadcasts' I've seen in decades. No wonder Labour is petrified about being eclipsed by the Green Party. There is an alternative to the politics of austerity and the weaponisation of prejudice and xenophobia and yes finally a glimmer of hope.
One for @tricksterprince.bsky.social, Scottish round-the-world cyclist John Foster Fraser describing Chicago in 1898: “Spent evening in slums, Clark Street and neighbourhood. Poverty, crime, debauchery! Seven Dials Garden of Eden in comparison.”
January 21, 2026 at 10:48 AM
One for @tricksterprince.bsky.social, Scottish round-the-world cyclist John Foster Fraser describing Chicago in 1898: “Spent evening in slums, Clark Street and neighbourhood. Poverty, crime, debauchery! Seven Dials Garden of Eden in comparison.”
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Please help spread the word on this, especially to those who may be feeling cold winds towards their research.
We’ve opened the call for our International Fellowships, enabling early career researchers to work for two years at a UK research institution
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
We’ve opened the call for our International Fellowships, enabling early career researchers to work for two years at a UK research institution
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
January 15, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Please help spread the word on this, especially to those who may be feeling cold winds towards their research.
We’ve opened the call for our International Fellowships, enabling early career researchers to work for two years at a UK research institution
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
We’ve opened the call for our International Fellowships, enabling early career researchers to work for two years at a UK research institution
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
Sorry to miss this in my hometown. When's the UK tour?
Toronto! Tickets are now available to the general public for our live show on Thursday, February 5th at the Hot Docs Ted Rodgers Cinema, presented by @cycletoronto.bsky.social.
Take that, Doug Ford!
boxoffice.hotdocs.ca/websales/pag...
Take that, Doug Ford!
boxoffice.hotdocs.ca/websales/pag...
January 19, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Sorry to miss this in my hometown. When's the UK tour?
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On bicycles and civil rights. Something I wrote a few years back.
Re-thinking Black (Im)mobility - AAIHS share.google/P5JmJUkqkEOd...
Re-thinking Black (Im)mobility - AAIHS share.google/P5JmJUkqkEOd...
January 15, 2026 at 5:40 PM
On bicycles and civil rights. Something I wrote a few years back.
Re-thinking Black (Im)mobility - AAIHS share.google/P5JmJUkqkEOd...
Re-thinking Black (Im)mobility - AAIHS share.google/P5JmJUkqkEOd...
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RIP German anthropologist Johannes Fabian, who passed away last Tuesday. Fabian was most widely known as the author of "Time and the Other: How Anthropology Makes its Object" (1983), a then-radical & still-influential critique of anthropological writing, knowledge-making & fieldwork relations. RIP.
January 15, 2026 at 10:39 PM
RIP German anthropologist Johannes Fabian, who passed away last Tuesday. Fabian was most widely known as the author of "Time and the Other: How Anthropology Makes its Object" (1983), a then-radical & still-influential critique of anthropological writing, knowledge-making & fieldwork relations. RIP.
On bicycles and civil rights. Something I wrote a few years back.
Re-thinking Black (Im)mobility - AAIHS share.google/P5JmJUkqkEOd...
Re-thinking Black (Im)mobility - AAIHS share.google/P5JmJUkqkEOd...
January 15, 2026 at 5:40 PM
On bicycles and civil rights. Something I wrote a few years back.
Re-thinking Black (Im)mobility - AAIHS share.google/P5JmJUkqkEOd...
Re-thinking Black (Im)mobility - AAIHS share.google/P5JmJUkqkEOd...
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. takes a spin on Fire Island, New York in 1967
Happy #BicycleBirthday, Dr. King!
January 15 (1929-1968)
Happy #BicycleBirthday, Dr. King!
January 15 (1929-1968)
January 15, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. takes a spin on Fire Island, New York in 1967
Happy #BicycleBirthday, Dr. King!
January 15 (1929-1968)
Happy #BicycleBirthday, Dr. King!
January 15 (1929-1968)
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Really looking forward to tomorrow’s roundtable on Plantation Goods with @sethrockman.bsky.social @aishadjelid.bsky.social @sallytuckett.bsky.social @apeikeumolu.bsky.social @johnmunro.bsky.social All welcome! www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/round...
Roundtable on new book Plantation Goods: A Material History of American Slavery - University of Birmingham
On Friday 16 January 2026 (14.00-16.00), the Centre for Material Cultures and Materialities and the Centre for Global American Studies, will be hosting historian Seth Rockman (Brown).
www.birmingham.ac.uk
January 15, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Really looking forward to tomorrow’s roundtable on Plantation Goods with @sethrockman.bsky.social @aishadjelid.bsky.social @sallytuckett.bsky.social @apeikeumolu.bsky.social @johnmunro.bsky.social All welcome! www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/round...
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fair play.
Foreign Ministers of Denmark and Greenland after their meeting with US Vice President and Secretary of State.
January 15, 2026 at 10:48 AM
fair play.
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A conversation not to be missed.
Tip of the Spear
Black Radicalism, Prison Repression, and the Long Attica Revolt
www.eventbrite.co.uk
January 14, 2026 at 8:13 PM
A conversation not to be missed.
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Fantastic looking online conference all about the history of motherhood - and including cutting edge new research by FIVE current history PhD researchers from @mbsbirmingham.bsky.social
We are delighted to share the programme for our upcoming conference!
We will be running fourteen panels across two days in early February - all online and open to everyone 😊 please see our website for more details on speakers, panels and how to book.
We will be running fourteen panels across two days in early February - all online and open to everyone 😊 please see our website for more details on speakers, panels and how to book.
‘The Politics of Motherhood: Maternalism, Maternity and Mothering’ Conference Programme – Voices of Motherhood
voicesofmotherhood.wp.worc.ac.uk
January 13, 2026 at 9:58 AM
Fantastic looking online conference all about the history of motherhood - and including cutting edge new research by FIVE current history PhD researchers from @mbsbirmingham.bsky.social
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Come and listen to residents, activists and experts who are experiencing Britain's motor city outside a car. Three episodes out now: 1️⃣ Pavement parking, 2️⃣ How the past shapes the future, and 3️⃣ Vision Zero. New episodes fortnightly. Listen here: betterstreetsforbirmingham....
January 12, 2026 at 9:54 AM
Come and listen to residents, activists and experts who are experiencing Britain's motor city outside a car. Three episodes out now: 1️⃣ Pavement parking, 2️⃣ How the past shapes the future, and 3️⃣ Vision Zero. New episodes fortnightly. Listen here: betterstreetsforbirmingham....
Attention politicians and VCs: Looks like the future for longer and better paid work are skills taught on arts and humanities degrees. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
How to AI-proof your job
The data suggests soft skills more than quantitative competency equal success in a rapidly changing labour market
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January 9, 2026 at 11:14 AM
Attention politicians and VCs: Looks like the future for longer and better paid work are skills taught on arts and humanities degrees. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...