Steve Sturdy

@stevesturdy.bsky.social

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History of biomedicine. Genes and genomes. Value in/of healthcare.

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Steve Sturdy @stevesturdy.bsky.social · 19h

I'm a professor giving a talk.

What on?

(Looking into camera): The use of biometrics for immigration control.

Are you trying to be funny sir? (I had to show him conference the programme.)

Steve Sturdy @stevesturdy.bsky.social · 3d

Ontario is still deeply infused with Scottish presbyterianism.

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Nicole C. Nelson @nicolecnelson.bsky.social · 4d

We're hiring in history of science at UW Madison! TT Assistant Professorship with a focus on water. Joint appointment between the History and Integrated Liberal Studies depts, and part of a university-wide hiring cluster on earth/sustainability science. jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/profess... #STS #HSMT

Professor of History - Madison, Wisconsin, United States

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Steve Sturdy @stevesturdy.bsky.social · 5d

There are important questions to ask about how organised crime networks are able to exploit migrants. Instead, the BBC - and now the Home Secretary - choose to dump on those being exploited.

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Warwick Anderson @wombatscholar.bsky.social · 15d

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Assistant Professor Social Studies of Medicine

This is a joint post 65% Sociology, 35% HPS. The Departments of Sociology and History and Philosophy of Science are looking to recruit an Assistant Professor in the Social Studies of Medicine in a

www.cam.ac.uk

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 20d

Nelson's Victory crew included a Brazilian and a Russian, 2 Indians, 2 Swiss, 2 Portuguese, 3 Danes and 3 Norwegian sailors. There were 3 Germans, 4 Italians, 6 Swedes, 7 Dutchmen, 9 West Indians and an African, as well as 21 Americans, 63 Irish, 64 Scots, 441 English.... oh, and 3 French men, too.

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will pooley @willpooley.bsky.social · 22d

the thing about the internet going down in 2025 is suddenly my students cant access: the reading lists, the readings, the (online) learning environment, the app they are obliged to use to log in to show they attended class

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Anna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social · 22d

A great job, application due November 17th. Please spread and help me with the right hashtags

Assistant Professor Social Studies of Medicine

This is a joint post 65% Sociology, 35% HPS. The Departments of Sociology and History and Philosophy of Science are looking to recruit an Assistant Professor in the Social Studies of Medicine in a

www.cam.ac.uk

Steve Sturdy @stevesturdy.bsky.social · 26d

See also Kafka, In the Penal Colony.

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 28d

For reasons, it would be v. helpful to have information from a broad range of academic and non-academic (incl. GLAM) users of the BBC Written Archives OTHER THAN historians, briefly on: 1) What you've used it for and 2) How the proposed changes would impact on your research.

Reposts welcomed.

Historians dismayed by ‘scandal’ of BBC cutting access to...

Critics say new limit to trove of information sounds knell for independent research

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Moose Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 28d

www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...

Cartoon of a plesiosaur. Seen from the side, the top line of its shape is echoed in ripples up the page, reminiscent of the artwork for the Joy Division album Unknown Pleasure. Caption: Unknown Plesiosaurs

Steve Sturdy @stevesturdy.bsky.social · 29d

Pivot!

Steve Sturdy @stevesturdy.bsky.social · Oct 7

Robertson is consistently excellent. And the Land Lay Still is a fabulous wide-screen view of Scotland in the C20.

Steve Sturdy @stevesturdy.bsky.social · Oct 6

Now with added volume, issue, and page numbers.
Sturdy S. The commercial roots of the genomic commons.
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Steve Sturdy @stevesturdy.bsky.social · Oct 2

The relevant team!

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New-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · Sep 30

Weirdly enough I was telling my first-years about "warrior ethos" last week.

Here's the skill set of a Top Viking, as set out by a dude who'd have gone through anyone using the phrase "warrior ethos" like a well-aimed axe.

I am quick at playing board games;
I have nine skills;
I forget runes slowly;
the book is a preoccupation with me and also craftsmanship.
I am able to glide on skis;
I shoot and I row so that it makes a difference;
I am able to understand both:
harp-playing and poems.
— Earl Rognvald of Orkney, trans. Judith Jesch.

Steve Sturdy @stevesturdy.bsky.social · Sep 20

Greg Dening, Mr Bligh's Bad Language - exquisitely written, sophisticated but accessible

Steve Sturdy @stevesturdy.bsky.social · Sep 9

See also the voluntary hospitals.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Workhouses in England and Wales linked to transatlantic slave trade, study suggests

Report highlights how British workhouses were funded and supported by those who profited from slave economy

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Steve Sturdy @stevesturdy.bsky.social · Sep 9

My recollection is that it contains recipes like ball bearings in cream sauce - so I don't think it was intended as a serious culinary guide.

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Melissa Terras @melissaterras.bsky.social · Sep 4

So @theturing.bsky.social has decided they no longer need Humanities (!) - so the The Alan Turing Institute’s Humanities and Data Science Interest Group are having one final event: "Network power: the humanities and data science in collaboration" In person and online, Oxford, 25th Sept. Pls share!