Aileen Fyfe
@aileenfyfe.bsky.social
Historian of academic publishing, science and academia, Uni of St Andrews. Muses on technology, peer review, gender, finances, communities. she/her http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6794…
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It’s lovely to see our BAVS CFP out. If you research/teach any aspect of the Victorian period (broadly defined) do consider joining us! You can submit a paper, roundtable, creative workshops/ pedagogical paper. We really are open to a wide range of talks! victorianist.wordpress.com/2025/10/20/c...
CFP: BAVS 2026 Conference Liverpool
BAVS Liverpool 202627 – 29 July 2026 Keynote Speakers: Dr Alison Chapman (University of Victoria, BC), others to be confirmed. The Centre for Modern and Contemporary History (CMCH) at Liverpool Joh…
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October 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
It’s lovely to see our BAVS CFP out. If you research/teach any aspect of the Victorian period (broadly defined) do consider joining us! You can submit a paper, roundtable, creative workshops/ pedagogical paper. We really are open to a wide range of talks! victorianist.wordpress.com/2025/10/20/c...
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With this years Ashes beginning in the early hours of this morning, we thought we'd point you in the direction of @TheVictCommons where they explore the link between cricket and the Victorian House of Commons
historyofparliament.com/2025/11/20/c...
historyofparliament.com/2025/11/20/c...
Cricket in the Commons: a Victorian First Eleven - The History of Parliament
With the 2025 Ashes between England and Australia getting underway this week, we have a cricketing themed post from our House of Commons, 1832-1945 project.
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November 21, 2025 at 9:38 AM
With this years Ashes beginning in the early hours of this morning, we thought we'd point you in the direction of @TheVictCommons where they explore the link between cricket and the Victorian House of Commons
historyofparliament.com/2025/11/20/c...
historyofparliament.com/2025/11/20/c...
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Fabulous PhD opportunity at Queen's University Belfast and Armagh Observatory:
Observing the Heavens from the 'Periphery': Astronomy in Ireland 1640-1830
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post... Deadline 13 Jan #histSTM #histastro
Observing the Heavens from the 'Periphery': Astronomy in Ireland 1640-1830
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post... Deadline 13 Jan #histSTM #histastro
November 20, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Fabulous PhD opportunity at Queen's University Belfast and Armagh Observatory:
Observing the Heavens from the 'Periphery': Astronomy in Ireland 1640-1830
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post... Deadline 13 Jan #histSTM #histastro
Observing the Heavens from the 'Periphery': Astronomy in Ireland 1640-1830
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post... Deadline 13 Jan #histSTM #histastro
💥New: Money, Time, Trust, Control – How commercial publishers drain science
✍️ @danbrockington.bsky.social @aileenfyfe.bsky.social @stefhaustein.scholcommlab.ca
#AcademicSky #ScholComm #AcademicPublishing
✍️ @danbrockington.bsky.social @aileenfyfe.bsky.social @stefhaustein.scholcommlab.ca
#AcademicSky #ScholComm #AcademicPublishing
Money, Time, Trust, Control – How commercial publishers drain science - Impact of Social Sciences
Have the interests of commercial publishers now become antithetical to the pursuit of knowledge?
blogs.lse.ac.uk
November 19, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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💥New: Money, Time, Trust, Control – How commercial publishers drain science
✍️ @danbrockington.bsky.social @aileenfyfe.bsky.social @stefhaustein.scholcommlab.ca
#AcademicSky #ScholComm #AcademicPublishing
✍️ @danbrockington.bsky.social @aileenfyfe.bsky.social @stefhaustein.scholcommlab.ca
#AcademicSky #ScholComm #AcademicPublishing
Money, Time, Trust, Control – How commercial publishers drain science - Impact of Social Sciences
Have the interests of commercial publishers now become antithetical to the pursuit of knowledge?
blogs.lse.ac.uk
November 19, 2025 at 11:13 AM
💥New: Money, Time, Trust, Control – How commercial publishers drain science
✍️ @danbrockington.bsky.social @aileenfyfe.bsky.social @stefhaustein.scholcommlab.ca
#AcademicSky #ScholComm #AcademicPublishing
✍️ @danbrockington.bsky.social @aileenfyfe.bsky.social @stefhaustein.scholcommlab.ca
#AcademicSky #ScholComm #AcademicPublishing
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A new installation on ‘Medical alumni in history’ has been unveiled at the School of Medicine. It was designed and installed by our recent PhD graduate – and historian of medicine – @manoncwilliams.bsky.social, and features notable alumni from 19th and 20th century St Andrews. (1/3)
November 18, 2025 at 3:55 PM
A new installation on ‘Medical alumni in history’ has been unveiled at the School of Medicine. It was designed and installed by our recent PhD graduate – and historian of medicine – @manoncwilliams.bsky.social, and features notable alumni from 19th and 20th century St Andrews. (1/3)
It's brilliant to have helped put some history on the walls in Medicine, with these panels showcasing a selection of 19thC and 20thC alumni - including the first women, and the first students of Indian and African heritage. Congratulations to @manoncwilliams.bsky.social @standrewshist.bsky.social
I was thrilled to travel to Scotland this week to open an installation I’ve been working on for the School of Medicine @uniofstandrews.bsky.social. The installation showcases diverse alumni from St Andrews’ past to inspire incoming students to the #MBChB. #histmed #medsky #medhums #skystorians
November 14, 2025 at 12:20 PM
It's brilliant to have helped put some history on the walls in Medicine, with these panels showcasing a selection of 19thC and 20thC alumni - including the first women, and the first students of Indian and African heritage. Congratulations to @manoncwilliams.bsky.social @standrewshist.bsky.social
Think about the way that the current scientific publishing system is draining resources out of the research ecosystem... That drain is most obvious in terms of money (and this is so despite #openaccess), but there's also an erosion of time, trust and control [1/n]
November 14, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Think about the way that the current scientific publishing system is draining resources out of the research ecosystem... That drain is most obvious in terms of money (and this is so despite #openaccess), but there's also an erosion of time, trust and control [1/n]
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It is clear what we need. It is to re-communalise academic publishing. Its costs funding are met by learned societies and their funders; profits go back to research, as do the data it generates. Researchers repeatedly call for this. tinyurl.com/bdekus68rofits
Reformation of science publishing: the Stockholm Declaration
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November 12, 2025 at 11:41 AM
It is clear what we need. It is to re-communalise academic publishing. Its costs funding are met by learned societies and their funders; profits go back to research, as do the data it generates. Researchers repeatedly call for this. tinyurl.com/bdekus68rofits
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"Publish (in English) or Perish", mythe ou réalité institutionnelle? www.acfas.ca/publications...
"Publish (in English) or Perish", mythe ou réalité institutionnelle?
Découvrabilité | La littérature révèle l'existence d'une perception répandue parmi les chercheur·euses d'une obligation de publier en anglais pour assurer la progression de leur carrière. Mais d’où vi...
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September 18, 2025 at 2:36 PM
"Publish (in English) or Perish", mythe ou réalité institutionnelle? www.acfas.ca/publications...
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'Since the Lloyd’s Register Foundation reported in 2018 that fewer than 3% of statues in the UK were of real, non-royal women, several campaigns aimed at documenting and achieving greater gender representation in public art have gained a foothold.' 2/2
Lack of female representation in memorial/statue landscape
Lack of female representation in memorial/statue landscape, contributed by Royal Museums Greenwich.
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November 12, 2025 at 10:05 AM
'Since the Lloyd’s Register Foundation reported in 2018 that fewer than 3% of statues in the UK were of real, non-royal women, several campaigns aimed at documenting and achieving greater gender representation in public art have gained a foothold.' 2/2
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Neat new report from @acadsocsciences.bsky.social on the value of social science to society
acss.org.uk/news/new-aca...
acss.org.uk/news/new-aca...
New Academy report showcases the contemporary relevance of the UK’s social sciences – Academy of Social Sciences
acss.org.uk
November 12, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Neat new report from @acadsocsciences.bsky.social on the value of social science to society
acss.org.uk/news/new-aca...
acss.org.uk/news/new-aca...
New preprint on the drain that for-profit publishers place on the scientific ecosystem. We also point out that, though it's often presented as a global problem, it's actually a Global North problem: there are parts of the world with strong diamond #OA non-profit alternatives arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
November 11, 2025 at 4:32 PM
New preprint on the drain that for-profit publishers place on the scientific ecosystem. We also point out that, though it's often presented as a global problem, it's actually a Global North problem: there are parts of the world with strong diamond #OA non-profit alternatives arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Fantastic resource for 18thC historians!
Really pleased to announce the launch of the all-new, all-dancing, London Lives website - www.londonlives.org It has been thoroughly re-engineered to facilitate more types of search, and redesigned for phones and tablets. The team very much hopes peope like it. 1/
London Lives
www.londonlives.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Fantastic resource for 18thC historians!
JOB for historian in Scotland. NB Closing date = 31 October @standrewshist.bsky.social
Great 12-month opportunity for an historian. Salary: £36,799 (Grade 5: Development Worker grade). Edinburgh/hybrid. Closing date 21 October.
Vacancy: Legacy of Slavery Research Project Officer - The Scottish Episcopal Church
Salary: £36,799 (Grade 5: Development Worker grade)Contract: Fixed term for 12 months Hours: Fulltime, 35 hours a week (.8 FTE or 28 hours will also be considered). Some occasional evening or weekend ...
www.scotland.anglican.org
October 22, 2025 at 2:34 PM
JOB for historian in Scotland. NB Closing date = 31 October @standrewshist.bsky.social
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It's 10 years since the Open Library of Humanities published its first article. Since then, OLH has published 13,000 open access scholarly articles which have been downloaded over 8 million times.
This excellent editorial by Rose looks back at that decade.
olh.openlibhums.org/article/id/2...
This excellent editorial by Rose looks back at that decade.
olh.openlibhums.org/article/id/2...
Editorial Freedom in Academic Publishing: On the First Decade of the Open Library of Humanities
This editorial commemorates the tenth anniversary of diamond open access journal publisher the Open Library of Humanities (OLH) and its flagship journal, the Open Library of Humanities journal (OLHJ)....
olh.openlibhums.org
October 22, 2025 at 12:30 PM
It's 10 years since the Open Library of Humanities published its first article. Since then, OLH has published 13,000 open access scholarly articles which have been downloaded over 8 million times.
This excellent editorial by Rose looks back at that decade.
olh.openlibhums.org/article/id/2...
This excellent editorial by Rose looks back at that decade.
olh.openlibhums.org/article/id/2...
Any early-modern Scottish #skystorians? re monarchs and popes: BBC says 'first British', Guardian says 'first reigning English' monarch to pray with the Pope ('in the last 500 years', 'since the Reformation' or 'since 1534'). Does the distinction matter? Did James V or MaryQS pray with the Pope?
October 17, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Any early-modern Scottish #skystorians? re monarchs and popes: BBC says 'first British', Guardian says 'first reigning English' monarch to pray with the Pope ('in the last 500 years', 'since the Reformation' or 'since 1534'). Does the distinction matter? Did James V or MaryQS pray with the Pope?
October 17, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Any early-modern Scottish #skystorians? re monarchs and popes: BBC says 'first British', Guardian says 'first reigning English' monarch to pray with the Pope ('in the last 500 years', 'since the Reformation' or 'since 1534'). Does the distinction matter? Did James V or MaryQS pray with the Pope?
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Are you an established or senior researcher in the humanities and social sciences? Our British Academy/Leverhulme Senior Research Fellowships allow successful award-holders to concentrate on bringing a major piece of research to completion. Find out more: https://bit.ly/3VMeTZ9
October 16, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Are you an established or senior researcher in the humanities and social sciences? Our British Academy/Leverhulme Senior Research Fellowships allow successful award-holders to concentrate on bringing a major piece of research to completion. Find out more: https://bit.ly/3VMeTZ9
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Free workshop on ‘Using historical census data for research’, 23 October www.sas.ac.uk/digital-huma...
Using historic UK census data for research
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October 13, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Free workshop on ‘Using historical census data for research’, 23 October www.sas.ac.uk/digital-huma...
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The RHS is a membership organisation of 6500+ historians. We welcome applications to join us at any time. Our next closing dates are 13 October and 15 December.
We offer categories for all kinds of historians and at all stages of research, from Postgraduate to Fellow: bit.ly/46V8WOQ #Skystorians
We offer categories for all kinds of historians and at all stages of research, from Postgraduate to Fellow: bit.ly/46V8WOQ #Skystorians
October 6, 2025 at 12:30 PM
The RHS is a membership organisation of 6500+ historians. We welcome applications to join us at any time. Our next closing dates are 13 October and 15 December.
We offer categories for all kinds of historians and at all stages of research, from Postgraduate to Fellow: bit.ly/46V8WOQ #Skystorians
We offer categories for all kinds of historians and at all stages of research, from Postgraduate to Fellow: bit.ly/46V8WOQ #Skystorians
You've got to love #openaccess for books (if you can fund it). Now ~19,000 downloads for A History of Scientific Journals: publishing at the Royal Society 1665-2015. Unbelievable figures, compared to traditional academic book publishing! From @uclpress.bsky.social or www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv...
September 19, 2025 at 9:50 AM
You've got to love #openaccess for books (if you can fund it). Now ~19,000 downloads for A History of Scientific Journals: publishing at the Royal Society 1665-2015. Unbelievable figures, compared to traditional academic book publishing! From @uclpress.bsky.social or www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv...
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Died #OnThisDay 1877 William Henry Fox Talbot. Best known as the pioneer of photography, he was also briefly MP for Chippenham, 1832-5, but stepped down to concentrate on his scientific interests. There’s more on him in our short article: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2012/09/17/w...
William Fox Talbot MP: the inventor of photography
The inventor of photography William Fox Talbot died one hundred and thirty-five years ago today. A man of many talents, Talbot made distinguished contributions to maths, physics, botany, archaeolog…
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September 17, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Died #OnThisDay 1877 William Henry Fox Talbot. Best known as the pioneer of photography, he was also briefly MP for Chippenham, 1832-5, but stepped down to concentrate on his scientific interests. There’s more on him in our short article: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2012/09/17/w...
Exciting early-career fellowships with UK cultural institutions, funded by #AHRC, www.ukri.org/opportunity/... (look for the spreadsheet with the list of institutions!) Deadline for EoI: 10 December.
Early career fellowships in cultural and heritage institutions: 2025
Apply for funding to conduct research at participating cultural and heritage institutions.
www.ukri.org
September 17, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Exciting early-career fellowships with UK cultural institutions, funded by #AHRC, www.ukri.org/opportunity/... (look for the spreadsheet with the list of institutions!) Deadline for EoI: 10 December.
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Congratulations to the shortlisted authors for the Hughes Prize 2025! Check out these four highly intriguing books from different corners of the history of STEM, all of them perfect reads for non-experts. Accessible to broader audiences, they will take you to unexpected places and times!
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September 17, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Congratulations to the shortlisted authors for the Hughes Prize 2025! Check out these four highly intriguing books from different corners of the history of STEM, all of them perfect reads for non-experts. Accessible to broader audiences, they will take you to unexpected places and times!
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