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Charles West
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Professor of History at the University of Edinburgh
https://www.ed.ac.uk/profile/charles-west

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Charles West (1816–1898) was a British physician, specialized in pediatrics and obstetrics, especially known as the founder of the first children's hospital in Great Britain, the Hospital for Sick Children in Great Ormond Street, London. .. more

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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 1h
Does Artificial Intelligence have the potential to simplify, and ultimately impoverish, our study of the past?

Gordon McKelvie @gordonmckelvie.bsky.social considers the recent explosion in A.I. and what it might mean for historians facing the current Higher Education crisis.
Artificial Intelligence: A Warning for History
Does Artificial Intelligence 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 might mean for the his...
www.historyworkshop.org.uk

Reposted by Charles West, Margot C. Finn

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Medieval Art Research @medartres.bsky.social · 20h
The Courtauld is offering a a new fully funded Peter Fergusson PhD Scholarship in English Medieval Architecture for eligible projects focusing on England from the eleventh to the early sixteenth centuries. Statement of intents are due by 17 November 2025.
Peter Fergusson PhD Scholarship in English Medieval Architecture, Courtauld, statement of intent deadline 17 November 2025
The Courtauld is offering a a new fully funded Peter Fergusson PhD Scholarship in English Medieval Architecture for eligible projects focusing on England from the eleventh to the early sixteenth centuries. Statement of intents are due by 17 November 2025.
medievalartresearch.com

Reposted by Tim Bale, Charles West, Christina Pagel

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Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 1d
This (not from that piece) is one of those charts where I am completely aware of the data but my mental map of how the global economy works still almost refuses to update to the new reality. Because the pace of change has been so rapid.

Reposted by Charles West

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Mohamed Qassiti @mqassiti.bsky.social · 1d
Here's Rosamond McKitterick saying, the manuscript was probably produced in the North-Rhine region turn of 9th century.
www.finebooksmagazine.com/fine-books-n...
£1m Auction Estimate for 10th Century Gospel Written by German Canonesses
A 1,000-year-old Latin Gospel manuscript believed to have been written by a community of women at Essen Abbey in Germany around the year 900 will come to auction next month at Christie's. The manuscri...
www.finebooksmagazine.com

Reposted by Charles West

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Dominik Waßenhoven @domwass.bsky.social · 1d
I doubt that the gospel was written at Essen in the early 10th c. and then remained there until 1803. The library at Essen was destroyed in mid 10th c. Therefore, it would be more likely that the Gospel book was acquired later from somewhere else.

Reposted by Elaine Treharne

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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 1d
Anyone got a spare £million? Asking for.... Well, asking for me news.artnet.com/art-world/me...
Rare Gospel Written by Medieval Women Could Fetch More Than $1 Million at Auction
A recently discovered gospel likely written by women at the abbey of Essen in the 10th century could sell for more than $1 million.
news.artnet.com

Reposted by Catherine J. Frieman

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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 1d
That Roman database of roads that's been in the news: treat with some caution.
michelkasprzyk.bsky.social Michel Kasprzyk @michelkasprzyk.bsky.social · 1d
Comparaison entre ce qui est connu (en rouge) et les tracés du dataset (en vert) pour l'est de la Bourgogne. Les données mises a disposition sont sans doute meilleures dans les zones où des spécialiste ont été sollicité.e.s (Egypte, etc). Bonne base de départ donc, mais a utiliser avec prudence 3/3

Reposted by Charles West

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Michel Kasprzyk @michelkasprzyk.bsky.social · 1d
Comparaison entre ce qui est connu (en rouge) et les tracés du dataset (en vert) pour l'est de la Bourgogne. Les données mises a disposition sont sans doute meilleures dans les zones où des spécialiste ont été sollicité.e.s (Egypte, etc). Bonne base de départ donc, mais a utiliser avec prudence 3/3

Reposted by Marcus Grant, Charles West

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The Man in Seat 61 @seatsixtyone.bsky.social · 1d
Today’s fun tax tip…

(It’s a similarly daft situation that railways pay tax on fuel/energy but airlines don’t pay any tax on their aviation fuel, a huge hidden subsidy)

youtu.be/dr9MH0NuUtg?...
Private jets don't pay fuel tax. Now I don't either.
YouTube video by Oli Frost
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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 1d
I was just required to produce two utility bills! It is ridiculous.

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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 1d
I conclude that anyone hostile to a national ID scheme probably hasn't had to prove their ID recently.

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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 1d
Important for anyone using Early English Books Online.

Reposted by Charles West

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HistoryExtra @historyextra.bsky.social · 1d
Set alight by Reformation hopes and long-standing grievances, the German Peasants’ War looked like it might successfully upend the established order. Instead, it ended in catastrophe

🗝️ This article is free to read

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In 1525, an army of revolting peasants seemed unstoppable – but a brutal end was on the horizon
Set alight by Reformation hopes and long-standing grievances, the German Peasants’ War looked like it might successfully upend the established order. Instead, it ended in catastrophe
bit.ly

Reposted by Charles West, Bonnie Honig

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Karen Gregory @karengregory.bsky.social · 1d
"The administration ballooned, and inside the administration the financial technocrats took over. There was less and less sympathy with Columbia as a place of thought. It was more about Columbia as an enterprise..."

www.chronicle.com/article/mahm...
Mahmood Mamdani Doesn’t Want to Talk About Zohran
The Columbia scholar, and father of the mayor-elect, on politics, academe, and antisemitism.
www.chronicle.com

Reposted by Charles West

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Mikko Tolonen @tolonen.bsky.social · 1d
Great news! This is out: Opening the black box of EEBO academic.oup.com/dsh/advance-...
Opening the black box of EEBO
Abstract. Digital archives that cover extended historical periods can create a misleading impression of comprehensiveness while in truth providing access t
academic.oup.com

Reposted by Charles West

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Ancestral Enquiries - Tony Smith 🌳 @ancestralenq.bsky.social · 2d
Medieval wall uncovered as part of conservation work at St. Oswald's Priory, Gloucester built in 900 AD. 👇
BBC News - Medieval wall uncovered at historic monument in Gloucester - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Medieval wall uncovered at historic monument in Gloucester
Archaeologists have carried out conservation work at St Oswald's Priory in Gloucester.
www.bbc.co.uk

Reposted by Charles West

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Χοδαδαδίος Ρεζαχανίδης, PhD, KRT, Duc de Téhéran @sasanianshah.bsky.social · 2d
This is super funny. After four decades of dismissing pre-Islamic history & clinging to Islamic period symbolism, the IRI now is using things like this, a full size statue based on the famous Shapur I relief, to drum up support & get popular support. Ii doubt it will work as ppl are too jaded.

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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 2d
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Old fishing nets from France become vital protection against Russian drones in Ukraine
Fishers from the Brittany coast are sending horse-hair nets to catch weapons and shield civilians and soldiers
www.theguardian.com

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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 2d
Fascinated to learn there's a well-regarded novel about Wikipedia, by the technology reporter Stephen Harrison. arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...
The Editors weaves Wikipedia’s volunteers into a global suspense tale
Fiction gives a Wikipedia expert room to explore a small but powerful community.
arstechnica.com

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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 2d
Free online talk on Constantine the African, and his adaption of the work of al-Majūsī, next Tuesday.

Reposted by Charles West

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CSMBR Pisa @csmbr-pisa.bsky.social · 2d
Reminder

𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐭' 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞!
csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/events/onlin...

#CSMBR #OnlineLectures #CompoundMedicamentes #ConstantinetheAphrican
The Science of Compound Medicaments - CSMBR
This lecture explores al-Majūsī’s "Kitāb al-Malakī" and its Latin translation, showing how Book X on compound medicaments was reshaped into a new synthesis of pharmacology and philosophy.
csmbr.fondazionecomel.org

Reposted by Charles West

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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 2d
Thanks to the BBC we've just learnt that the effigies of Gog and Magog, appearing in the Lady Mayors Show are:

"representations of 2 giants captured by the Roman general Brutus, first governor of Londinium, back in the day" 🧐

Thank you
Two giant basketwork effigies being carried in a parade with a red London bus behind

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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 3d
An interesting time to be thinking with Wikipedia, the only "social media" to be designed to generate consensus, not division.
on.ft.com/3LNokFM
Why American-style polarisation is spreading across the west
New research shows how incentives in the modern media ecosystem help explain rising division and negativity
on.ft.com

Reposted by Charles West, Keith Lilley

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North West Medieval Studies Postgrad Network @northwestmedieval.bsky.social · 3d
Exciting news! NWMS member @eddiemeehan99.bsky.social’s latest article Identity, exemplarity and the ideal king in early medieval Ireland has now been published in the Journal of Historical Research, academic.oup.com/histres/adva...

Reposted by Charles West

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Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 3d
City of London lawyer Andrew Milne bought up hundreds of freeholds on homes across Sheffield before advising leaseholders that, if they didn’t pay him exorbitant sums (upwards of £25,000), he’d see them in court. Well done @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social @joshiherrmann.bsky.social for exposing this.
A London lawyer bought hundreds of Sheffield freeholds. Then the ‘very aggressive’ letters arrived
Exclusive: The Tribune can reveal that Andrew Milne has threatened leaseholders with high court action. It ‘broke my heart’ one woman says
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk

Reposted by Charles West

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Fintan Mallory @fintanmallory.com · 3d
Thinking of becoming one of those philosophers who runs together sense and reference to make the provocative claim that something doesn’t exist when really I’m saying that it is often misconceptualised; like fish, language or the Gulf War.

Reposted by Melissa Terras, Charles West, Michael Zimmer , and 1 more

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Chris Paxton @cpaxton.bsky.social · 3d
Words to live by tbh

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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 4d
TBF, these were somewhat consequential.
eicathomefinn.bsky.social Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 4d
'there is a wide spectrum of views about AI among economists. But the economic consensus is that it might be no more consequential than some other technological advances, such as electricity, the internal combustion engine and computers.'
Who’s right about AI: economists or technologists?
Forecasting the impact of artificial intelligence has become fraught, with evangelists pitched against sceptics
www.ft.com

Reposted by Charles West

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 4d
'there is a wide spectrum of views about AI among economists. But the economic consensus is that it might be no more consequential than some other technological advances, such as electricity, the internal combustion engine and computers.'
Who’s right about AI: economists or technologists?
Forecasting the impact of artificial intelligence has become fraught, with evangelists pitched against sceptics
www.ft.com

Reposted by Ian Campbell, Charles West, Richard Waite , and 1 more

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CZEdwards @czedwards.bsky.social · 4d
New version of Girl Yelling In Guy's Ear at Concert Dropped:
A pair of leopards on a rock, with trees in the background. The leopard on the left has a paw draped over the leopard on the right's shoulder, and has its mouth open, as if yelling in the one on the right's ear. The one on the right looks skeptical, and mildly annoyed. A finalist in the 2025 Comedy Wildlife image contest, by Hikkaduwa Liyamage Prasamtja Vinod named “Bad Mouthing”