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Prof. Elaine Chalus
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Historian of 18C/19C women, politics, sociability and cosmopolitanism. Frequently infuriated by politics. Reposting not necessarily a statement of personal beliefs.
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WINTER Term Card:

We are excited to share our seminar schedule for next term! Our slate of speakers cover a range of #18thc British history topics.

Registrations are now open (with paper abstracts) at the link below 👎

@ihr.bsky.social @ihrlibrary.bsky.social

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December 12, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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Der Spiegel's new cover

Two villains, one goal. How Trump and Putin attacking Europe.

They are not wrong.
December 12, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Vaccines prevent lockdowns.
The most anti-lockdown thing you can do is be pro-vaccine.
Do you get it yet?
More than 250 people who were exposed to measles, including dozens of unvaccinated school-aged children, are quarantining in South Carolina as the state wrestles to contain an outbreak that has sickened more than 110 people.
Hundreds Quarantined in South Carolina as Measles Outbreak Shows No Sign of Slowing
The outbreak shows no signs of slowing, likely because of the affected area’s “lower-than-hoped-for vaccination coverage,” a state health official said.
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December 12, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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We keep increasing the pressure on Russia until it takes negotiations seriously.

Next week’s European Council will be crucial to secure Ukraine’s financial needs for the coming years. (2/2)
December 12, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Tobias Smollet’s warm account of Glasgow in his 1771 tour of England & Scotland, “The Expedition of Humphry Clinker”. Smollet studied @glasgow.ac.uk c. 1730s.
December 12, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Instructor: African Heritage in the British Royal Family and Aristocracy, Spring 2026
Institute for Study Abroad #skystorians 🗃️ www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPT396/i...
Instructor: African Heritage in the British Royal Family and Aristocracy, Spring 2026 at Institute for Study Abroad
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December 12, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Research Associate in Refugee Studies
University of Leicester - College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPT983/r...
Research Associate in Refugee Studies at University of Leicester
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December 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The Cambridge Philosophical Society Henslow Fellowship 2026
University of Cambridge - Girton College #skystorians 🗃️#philosophyhttps://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPU086/t...
The Cambridge Philosophical Society Henslow Fellowship 2026 at University of Cambridge
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December 12, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Research and Outreach Associate (Fixed Term)-University of Cambridge - HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Centre of Islamic Studies #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPU268/r...
Research and Outreach Associate (Fixed Term) at University of Cambridge
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December 12, 2025 at 7:12 PM
ESRC Grand Union Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) Collaborative Doctoral Studentship: Contested Histories: Cultural Memory, Narratives and Archives
The Open University &c
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ESRC Grand Union Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) Collaborative Doctoral Studentship: Contested Histories: Cultural Memory, Narratives and Archives at The Open University
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December 12, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Postdoctoral Research Associate - School of Humanities is seeking to appoint a postdoctoral Research Associate for 32-months to undertake close analysis of Old English letter-writing in early medieval Britain- University of Kent - #History #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPU699/p...
Postdoctoral Research Associate at University of Kent
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December 12, 2025 at 7:06 PM
PhD Studentship - Chronicle to Core: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Flood Histories, Societal Resilience and Community Engagement
University of Hull #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPV389/p...
PhD Studentship - Chronicle to Core: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Flood Histories, Societal Resilience and Community Engagement at University of Hull
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December 12, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Assistant Professor in International #Politics - Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin - School of Social Sciences and Philosophy - Department of Political Science #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPU769/a...
Assistant Professor in International Politics at Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin
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December 12, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Full Professor of International History and Politics- Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva - IHP Department #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPU772/f...
Full Professor of International History and Politics at Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
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December 12, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Assistant Professor in Political Science
Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin - School of Social Sciences and Philosophy - Department of Political Science #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPU775/a...
Assistant Professor in Political Science at Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin
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December 12, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Assistant Professor of Digital Transformations and Didactics of Aesthetic Fields- Aarhus University - School of Communication and Culture #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPU857/a...
Assistant Professor of Digital Transformations and Didactics of Aesthetic Fields at Aarhus University
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December 12, 2025 at 7:17 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 🗃️
The Deakin Fellowship on French Studies at the European Studies Centre at University of Oxford
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December 12, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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The Heartland Institute, a MAGA climate denial group, has been trying to influence UK and European politics with the help of Nigel Farage.

We’ve mapped their key allies as they attempt to impose Trump’s agenda across the pond 👇🏻
Mapped: Pro-Trump Heartland Institute’s European Network
A year ago, as the world convulsed from Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential election, his allies were already identifying their next frontier. In December, the Heartland Institute hosted a...
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December 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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Yesterday we visited historians @ioe.bsky.social & @lshtm.bsky.social to learn more about their work and experience of researching / teaching in non-History departments bit.ly/3KC9xxJ

Our great thanks to all who attended and esp. to @heatherlwellis.bsky.social for her excellent lecture #Skystorians
Society visits historians at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and UCL Institute of Education - RHS
On 10 December, members of the Society’s Council visited historians at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the UCL Institute of Education. This joint visit was an opportunity to lea...
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December 11, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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We’re now up to 22 ex-Tory MPs joining reform. It’s not subtle - every day clearer this is just a rebranding of the nutty fringe of the Conservative Party offering to rerun the Truss/Johnson omnishambles
December 11, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Planning a monograph or collection essays on some aspect of #C18th #history & culture? If so, get in touch with @deborahsimonton.bsky.social or me about publishing in our series, Routledge Studies in Eighteenth-Century Cultures and Societies. #skystorians 🗃️www.routledge.com/Routledge-St...
Routledge Studies in Eighteenth-Century Cultures and Societies - Book Series - Routledge & CRC Press
Routledge & CRC Press Series: The long eighteenth century sits as a pivotal point between the early-modern and modern worlds. By actively encouraging an international focus for the series ov
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December 11, 2025 at 8:41 AM
So pleased to see this new volume, Shopping in Eighteenth-Century Europe published in our Routledge series. Congratulations to My Hellsing and Johanna Ilmakunnas for putting together such an interesting collection of essays! #skystorians #c18th 🗃️
December 10, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Welcome to Itiner-e – The Digital Atlas of Ancient Roads- the most detailed open digital dataset of roads in the entire Roman Empire ... Itiner-e allows you to view, query and download roads. itiner-e.org #skystorians 🗃️#roman
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December 6, 2025 at 7:07 AM
This is well worth reading 👇
A Radical New Approach to Human History
The historians who want to know how our ancestors experienced love, anger, fear, and sorrow #skystorians 🗃️

www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
A Radical New Approach to Human History
The historians who want to know how our ancestors experienced love, anger, fear, and sorrow
www.theatlantic.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:49 PM