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Catherine McCullough FRHistS
@catherinemuseum.bsky.social
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Museums, maps, social history are my thing! PhD Researcher at Ulster University: EU-funded cross-border museum projects in Ireland. Author: Irish Historic Towns Atlas, Armagh. Sailor and 'enthusiastic maverick' (apparently). Life interrupted/Long Covid
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kackbro.bsky.social
Exactly ⬇️ This 💯......
November 23, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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shoshana.bsky.social
Boston's Mayor Wu playing with Yo-Yo Ma at Symphony Hall
November 23, 2025 at 5:11 AM
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silverpebble2.bsky.social
I make each of my flower necklaces by casting real flowers in silver incl snowdrop & bluebells.
I also hand-sculpt much-loved bird species to make wearable versions incl wrens & blackbirds
20% off my jewellery atm with code TINYOWL20
Cut off day for🌲orders is Tue 25 Nov: www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
My snowdrop necklace made by casting a real snowdrop in recycled silver My lily of the valley necklace made by casting a real lily of the valley flower in recycled silver My wren necklace, individually handmade like all my jewellery designs, made by sculpting a tiny wren in recycled silver My bluebell necklace made by casting a real English bluebell from a friend's garden in recycled silver
November 23, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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rnib.bsky.social
Add alt text. Because not everyone can see your brunch, but everyone deserves to know it was aesthetic, like this 🥑
A pile of beautiful red and pink strawberries contrast with dark blueberries. A thin pale crepe peeks out the side. Dark brown chocolate sauce glistens in the light. Pale hazelnuts and a bright yellow flowers are scattered over the dish. In the background, we can see a similar topping on French toast.
November 23, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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whaireland.bsky.social
Delighted to have our next book review up online this morning. Thanks to Berni Dwan for taking the time to review it for us.
womenshistoryassociation.com/book-reviews...
Finding Mary. The untold story of an Inishowen murder, 1944. (Maynooth Studies in Local History: Number 172) (Four Courts Press, 2025)
Hands up if you sometimes skip the preface of a book. Well please don’t do that when you read Finding Mary. The untold story of an Inishowen murder, 1844. The preface to Finding Mary is a fine piec…
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November 23, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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profelainechalus.bsky.social
The RHS Plant Collector Archive is a unique collection of papers associated with the 12 plant collectors and their journeys. For the first time they are now fully catalogued, digitised, and free for everyone to access #skystorians #gardenhistory #nineteenthcentury
collections.rhs.org.uk/view/343871
RHS Plant Collector Archive - 19th century papers
collections.rhs.org.uk
November 23, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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lloislanel.bsky.social
My exhibition on the afterlives of Cork republican women who did not go on to marry is now up in the O’Reilly Library, Dublin City University @dculibrary.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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williamcarruthers.bsky.social
Cornell are having a 44% off sale until December 5th! Buy books including mine… www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
November 21, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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cwallacedublin.bsky.social
So maybe everybody already knew about this tip
- but I just accidentally hit 'Fn+F5' on my keyboard
in Google Chrome and a search box popped up saying:
Search AI Free Web 🙃
A search box with text: Search AI Free Web
November 21, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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agrayarchive.bsky.social
Our Custodian, @sorchadallas.bsky.social has written an obituary for Elspeth King in The Guardian.
King transformed how Scotland’s museums told the stories of everyday people—https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/nov/16/elspeth-king-obituary
Elspeth King obituary
Museum director and curator of the People’s Palace in Glasgow who reshaped it into a living record of the city’s social history
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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dbellingradt.bsky.social
"You are asking about my creative technique that battles blank page syndrome? Well, start with intensely staring into the void..." #academicchatter
A man sitting at a writing desk around 1700. His writing book's pages are empty, and he is staring somewhere. The image shows a historian, and can be accessed here: https://portraits.hab.de/werk/21435
September 15, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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tsasson.bsky.social
please share widely!
tsasson.bsky.social Tehila Sasson @tsasson.bsky.social · 3d
We are running a search for an Associate Professorship (or Professorship) in Modern Middle Eastern History 1830-1970, with expertise in across key regions, including Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Palestine, Syria, Turkey, Egypt, and the Maghreb.

www.trinity.ox.ac.uk/vacancies
November 20, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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sas-news.bsky.social
There are only a few days left to apply for our Public Humanities Fellowship! Applications are invited from those at the forefront of shaping the future of Public Humanities.

Application window closes this Friday 21 November: www.sas.ac.uk/research-eng...
Public Humanities Fellowship
Our Public Humanities Fellowship stimulates new ideas and conversations around public humanities.
www.sas.ac.uk
November 19, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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drdanielletw.bsky.social
Job Opportunity!
November 19, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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eicathomefinn.bsky.social
Just a reminder that if you're attending our seminar in person rather than online this evening, we're in the Institute of Education rather than at the IHR (which is closed for Founders' Day). All welcome! #Skystorians
‘Such a silly fellow I fear his making some mistake’: The convergence of medical and maternal approaches to domestic childcare in Georgian England
www.history.ac.uk
November 19, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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roperlou.bsky.social
Booked!
jcblibrary.bsky.social John Carter Brown Library @jcblibrary.bsky.social · 5d
Join us on Monday, December 1, 2025 at noon for a JCB Reads virtual discussion of The Predatory Sea: Human Trafficking and Captivity in the Seventeenth-Century Caribbean by Casey Schmitt.

This event is online only. All are welcome!

Register here! brown.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
The image contains the cover of Schmitt's book (which shows the title, author and a drawing of an island) and the JCB logo.
November 19, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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hpsvanessa.bsky.social
2 years, zurich “This position is intended for researchers who will complete their PhD by January 2026 or have completed their PhD within the last 2 years”
November 19, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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asls.org.uk
The St  Andrews Chronicles, one of the most important manuscript histories of Scotland, is going on public display for the first time in its 500-year history. The book will be on display at @uniofstandrews.bsky.social from 21 November to 7 December
#BookHistory
news.st-andrews.ac.uk/archive/500-...
A sixteenth-century handwritten book, lying open on a dark grey-blue cushion. Cloth-covered weighted cords hold the book open to display the text, including a section underlined in red and a paragraph starting with a large, red capital M.
November 18, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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davidcorn.bsky.social
Remember Jamal Khashoggi.
November 18, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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suegreaney.bsky.social
Here at Exeter we are offering three fully funded AHRC PhD places in humanities subjects. Please get in touch if you are keen to come and do research with us! Closing date 23 February 2026: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
PhD: AHRC Studentship | University of Exeter
Project descriptionThe University of Exeter is offering up to three fully funded AHRC doctoral studentships and training and development opportunities across a range of the AHRC’s disciplines for cand...
www.exeter.ac.uk
November 18, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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adapalmer.bsky.social
Remember: they used thousands of academic books too! If you’re a scholar, check for your books too. This isn’t just novelists and pop writers, it’s academic books too!
arstechnica.com Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · Aug 27
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:32 AM
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rusi.bsky.social
#HIRING

We are seeking a Senior Research Fellow! The role will focus on Russian and Eurasian issues, delivering research projects and enhancing our profile in this critical area. Interested? Apply now or share with your network: https://bit.ly/3LOmeFJ
November 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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misswalsingham.bsky.social
Here’s another fully funded 4-year PhD position at Leiden within the ERC project LangPro led by Dr Alisa van de Haar, and co-supervised by yours truly, on guilds and associations supporting early modern language professionals bit.ly/49rsLA3

Apply by 15 Feb. 2026; starting date 1 Aug. 2026
PhD position, project LangPro: 'Societies and Guilds in the Language Industry'
PhD position, project LangPro: 'Societies and Guilds in the Language Industry'
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November 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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katemcal993.bsky.social
#histmed #histsci #histpsych
November 18, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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globalmuseum.bsky.social
The University of Hull is also home to a little-known museum, which houses a range of colourful and fascinating artefacts from South East Asia.
The collection has 3,000 artefacts
www.bbc.com/news/article... #globalmuseum #museums
November 17, 2025 at 6:06 PM