“Thinking is suffocated when debates are prevented, lectures banned and exhibitions cancelled, when the police enter institutions of higher education and prosecutors are imposed to ensure orthodoxy. An oppressive atmosphere of suspicion and accusation has endangered freedom of speech.” - D. Fassin

I thoroughly enjoyed writing this review essay on 'The End of Enlightenment' by Richard Whatmore:

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Please give it a repost and/or drop me a line to let me know what you think! 😊 #Enlightenment #18thcentury

Shout out to Housmans, the radical bookshop in London. My friend Larissa and I recently realised we've been shopping there together for nearly 10 years. Long may it continue! 📚📚📚📚
@housmansbookshop.bsky.social @lascno.bsky.social

Tony Benn would have turned 100 yesterday.

Alexander McColl and I met him in 2011, when we were 19. Benn gave a great talk about socialism, then made fun of our tops. After that, we took to calling ourselves 'Neo-Bennites'. 🤣

Rest in power, comrade.

UEA UCU's day of action was incredibly uplifting. Staff and students won't give up on the future of the university without a fight. The union makes us strong! #SaveUEA

🚩Proud to have represented my branch at UCU’s parliamentary lobby.
🚩The Labour government must not allow Higher Education to collapse on their watch.
🚩We need to hold the government’s feet to the fire and save our universities.
#UKHE #HEcrisis @ucu.org.uk @uea-ucu.bsky.social

Voted YES to industrial action. There is power in a union! 🚩#SaveUEA

☮ Pleased to see CND's new Bluesky profile.
💙 Let's keep those blue skies free from jets, drones, and nukes! #peace #antiwar
🦋 Follow them here for campaign updates: @cnduk.bsky.social

Hello new Bluesky friends! 💙
I paid my #BrookeEntryTax a little while back, but - as we're migrating over properly now - here's a pic of my research de-sisstant as #ProofOfCat just in case. 😉

I'm very happy to be teaching at UEA for another year, and able to enjoy the uni's beautiful campus, as a Lecturer in Early Modern History. 😊

I'm enjoying making my way through the collection on 'Ideas of Poverty in the Age of Enlightenment' edited by Niall O'Flaherty and Robin Mills. It's also nice to see my own chapter in print, alongside the work of historians who I've long admired.
📖🤓📚

Looking forward to joining friends & colleagues to celebrate Gareth Stedman Jones's years at QMUL today. 😊 'Class, Language, and Utopia' starting at 3pm in the ArtsTwo LT on campus. qmul.ac.uk/history/news-a…

Slyvester joined me on the UEA campus earlier to help with my essay marking. 🐈😻🐈
#uea #academicswithcats

Hey Bluesky 👋 I've gone for an #academicswithcats theme for my first post. 😼