Daniel Grey
@djrgrey.bsky.social
Sociology & History at University of Hertfordshire | FRHistS | SFHEA | Works on gender & crime in Britain & India. He/Him.
Latest article in the imminent @genderandhistory.bsky.social SI ed. @writinghelena.bsky.social, Lisa Hellman, Rachel Jean-Baptiste and myself now out! Rob Heffron on Christianity & women's segregation in Rome and Constantinople (300–600 CE)📄https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1468-0424.70015
‘Done Decently and in Order’: Christianity and the Public Segregation of Women in Late Antique Rome and Constantinople (300–600 CE)
This article looks at the ways in which gendered and social segregation was carried out within Christian, religious spaces and events, in the Late Antique cities of Rome and Constantinople. It consid...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Latest article in the imminent @genderandhistory.bsky.social SI ed. @writinghelena.bsky.social, Lisa Hellman, Rachel Jean-Baptiste and myself now out! Rob Heffron on Christianity & women's segregation in Rome and Constantinople (300–600 CE)📄https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1468-0424.70015
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How to quickly add alt-text. You can also change your setting to make sure you can’t post an image without alt-text so you never forget to add it.
No worries!
If you hold your finger on text in an image, it copies it so you can post it into the alt text field.
Useful shortcut 😁
If you hold your finger on text in an image, it copies it so you can post it into the alt text field.
Useful shortcut 😁
December 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
How to quickly add alt-text. You can also change your setting to make sure you can’t post an image without alt-text so you never forget to add it.
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On behalf of the committee and all of the members of the WHAI we would like to thank Diana Urquhart for her support as president of the association over the past five-years. Congratulations too to @sonjatiernan.bsky.social our new WHAI president.
December 7, 2025 at 11:19 AM
On behalf of the committee and all of the members of the WHAI we would like to thank Diana Urquhart for her support as president of the association over the past five-years. Congratulations too to @sonjatiernan.bsky.social our new WHAI president.
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The wise witch never takes more than her share. There are only so many bottles of tincture and syrup she can store. She learns to swerve greed, to leave an unexpected bounty for birds and sprites. Sometimes the best harvest is a memory of beauty. – #EmilyCBanting, 1982 #WitchSky
December 7, 2025 at 10:41 AM
The wise witch never takes more than her share. There are only so many bottles of tincture and syrup she can store. She learns to swerve greed, to leave an unexpected bounty for birds and sprites. Sometimes the best harvest is a memory of beauty. – #EmilyCBanting, 1982 #WitchSky
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my great-grandparents arrived in the UK in the 1890s with nothing.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
December 7, 2025 at 8:59 AM
my great-grandparents arrived in the UK in the 1890s with nothing.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
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December Sunrise at Avebury.
#StandingStoneSunday
#StandingStoneSunday
December 7, 2025 at 3:55 AM
December Sunrise at Avebury.
#StandingStoneSunday
#StandingStoneSunday
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it’s not surprising that The Rest Is History have approached the murder of five women as a fun whodunnit, but it is still pretty grim
The historians focus on the knackermen, slaughtermen and butchers who worked around Whitechapel as they attempt to identify the serial killer
Who was Jack the Ripper? Rest is History podcast might have cracked it
The historians focus on the knackermen, slaughtermen and butchers who worked around Whitechapel as they attempt to identify the serial killer
www.thetimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:08 AM
it’s not surprising that The Rest Is History have approached the murder of five women as a fun whodunnit, but it is still pretty grim
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We had a really great catch up yesterday. Thanks again to @melissashiels.bsky.social for a fascinating talk on how Regency women dressed.
December 7, 2025 at 11:12 AM
We had a really great catch up yesterday. Thanks again to @melissashiels.bsky.social for a fascinating talk on how Regency women dressed.
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This is horrific and exactly what those of us in Black studies, gender studies, women’s studies have been warning our colleagues in the sciences about. Their seeming neutrality will not save them.
Heartbreaking. The University of Nebraska will terminate its entire Earth science department.
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
It's over.
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
December 7, 2025 at 5:13 AM
This is horrific and exactly what those of us in Black studies, gender studies, women’s studies have been warning our colleagues in the sciences about. Their seeming neutrality will not save them.
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the reason its bad to run universities like businesses is that almost all businesses fail on any reasonable timeline of evaluation.
hudson's bay made it the longest and even they only got to about half an oxford of longevity
hudson's bay made it the longest and even they only got to about half an oxford of longevity
They claim financial exigency, but then turn down $4 million pledges to keep the PhD programs open and disregard financial analyses that point to the real problem—bad real estate deals, spending on consultants, and their own salaries 2/2
December 6, 2025 at 5:42 PM
the reason its bad to run universities like businesses is that almost all businesses fail on any reasonable timeline of evaluation.
hudson's bay made it the longest and even they only got to about half an oxford of longevity
hudson's bay made it the longest and even they only got to about half an oxford of longevity
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Today, we remember the fourteen young women whose lives were stolen at Polytechnique Montréal 36 years ago.
Their names are a solemn reminder of the devastating toll of gender-based violence — and the responsibility that comes with our remembrance.
Their names are a solemn reminder of the devastating toll of gender-based violence — and the responsibility that comes with our remembrance.
December 6, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Today, we remember the fourteen young women whose lives were stolen at Polytechnique Montréal 36 years ago.
Their names are a solemn reminder of the devastating toll of gender-based violence — and the responsibility that comes with our remembrance.
Their names are a solemn reminder of the devastating toll of gender-based violence — and the responsibility that comes with our remembrance.
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Geneviève Bergeron, 21
Hélène Colgan, 23
Nathalie Croteau, 23
Barbara Daigneault, 22
Anne-Marie Edward, 21
Maud Haviernick, 29
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz, 31
Maryse Laganière, 25
Maryse Leclair, 23
Anne-Marie Lemay, 22
Sonia Pelletier, 28
Michèle Richard, 21
Annie St-Arneault, 23
Annie Turcotte, 20
Hélène Colgan, 23
Nathalie Croteau, 23
Barbara Daigneault, 22
Anne-Marie Edward, 21
Maud Haviernick, 29
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz, 31
Maryse Laganière, 25
Maryse Leclair, 23
Anne-Marie Lemay, 22
Sonia Pelletier, 28
Michèle Richard, 21
Annie St-Arneault, 23
Annie Turcotte, 20
December 6, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Geneviève Bergeron, 21
Hélène Colgan, 23
Nathalie Croteau, 23
Barbara Daigneault, 22
Anne-Marie Edward, 21
Maud Haviernick, 29
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz, 31
Maryse Laganière, 25
Maryse Leclair, 23
Anne-Marie Lemay, 22
Sonia Pelletier, 28
Michèle Richard, 21
Annie St-Arneault, 23
Annie Turcotte, 20
Hélène Colgan, 23
Nathalie Croteau, 23
Barbara Daigneault, 22
Anne-Marie Edward, 21
Maud Haviernick, 29
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz, 31
Maryse Laganière, 25
Maryse Leclair, 23
Anne-Marie Lemay, 22
Sonia Pelletier, 28
Michèle Richard, 21
Annie St-Arneault, 23
Annie Turcotte, 20
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What the British government is letting happen to universities is unconscionable
December 6, 2025 at 10:55 AM
What the British government is letting happen to universities is unconscionable
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Dan Mondloch (American). Appleton (watercolor).
December 6, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Dan Mondloch (American). Appleton (watercolor).
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The National Archives are hiring a Poor Law Research Assistant (39k for 2 years) working on Paul Carter's AHRC project on poverty/welfare in Wales, 1834-1930. Deadline 16 Dec.
www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi...
www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi...
Quick Check Needed
www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk
December 6, 2025 at 9:11 AM
The National Archives are hiring a Poor Law Research Assistant (39k for 2 years) working on Paul Carter's AHRC project on poverty/welfare in Wales, 1834-1930. Deadline 16 Dec.
www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi...
www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi...
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Today is Sextidi the 16th of Frimaire in the year 234.
Frimaire is the month of frost.
Today we celebrate gorse.#JacobinDay
More information on gorse
Frimaire is the month of frost.
Today we celebrate gorse.#JacobinDay
More information on gorse
December 5, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Today is Sextidi the 16th of Frimaire in the year 234.
Frimaire is the month of frost.
Today we celebrate gorse.#JacobinDay
More information on gorse
Frimaire is the month of frost.
Today we celebrate gorse.#JacobinDay
More information on gorse
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The hepatitis B vaccine had been recommended for all newborns since 1991.
From 1990-2019, acute hepatitis B infections reported among children and teens fell 99 percent. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/w...
From 1990-2019, acute hepatitis B infections reported among children and teens fell 99 percent. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/w...
Breaking: After contentious debates and three failed attempts at a vote, a federal vaccine committee decided on Friday to end the decades-long recommendation that all newborns be immunized at birth against hepatitis B.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
An End to Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The hepatitis B vaccine had been recommended for all newborns since 1991.
From 1990-2019, acute hepatitis B infections reported among children and teens fell 99 percent. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/w...
From 1990-2019, acute hepatitis B infections reported among children and teens fell 99 percent. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/w...
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"Of the 991 history exam questions set in 2023, 357 featured a named individual, but only 31 were women – and nine of those were references to Elizabeth I or her reign."
Dr Natasha R. Hodgson of Nottingham Trent University writes this week in The Conversation bit.ly/49ZqTiq
Dr Natasha R. Hodgson of Nottingham Trent University writes this week in The Conversation bit.ly/49ZqTiq
Women are still absent from how history is taught and assessed in England
Over a third of GCSE, AS and A-level exam papers in 2023 made no mention of women at all.
bit.ly
December 5, 2025 at 7:22 AM
"Of the 991 history exam questions set in 2023, 357 featured a named individual, but only 31 were women – and nine of those were references to Elizabeth I or her reign."
Dr Natasha R. Hodgson of Nottingham Trent University writes this week in The Conversation bit.ly/49ZqTiq
Dr Natasha R. Hodgson of Nottingham Trent University writes this week in The Conversation bit.ly/49ZqTiq
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This was a long time in the making and I'm delighted it's now out. Huge thanks to @galbeckerman.bsky.social for his perseverance and diligence. Please check it out. Print edition will be out soon. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
A Radical New Approach to Human History
The historians who want to know how our ancestors experienced love, anger, fear, and sorrow
www.theatlantic.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:36 PM
This was a long time in the making and I'm delighted it's now out. Huge thanks to @galbeckerman.bsky.social for his perseverance and diligence. Please check it out. Print edition will be out soon. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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there are of course many examples of political constituencies that have in fact killed scores of children (en route to some other evil goal), but I can't offhand think of any historical examples of a political constituency organized for that specific purpose
Breaking: After contentious debates and three failed attempts at a vote, a federal vaccine committee decided on Friday to end the decades-long recommendation that all newborns be immunized at birth against hepatitis B.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
An End to Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
there are of course many examples of political constituencies that have in fact killed scores of children (en route to some other evil goal), but I can't offhand think of any historical examples of a political constituency organized for that specific purpose
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project muse should mix things up a bit. rather than *always* “in lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt” they could try
“in lieu of an abstract, here is a limerick”
or a traditional curse
or a recipe
or a shopping list
“in lieu of an abstract, here is a limerick”
or a traditional curse
or a recipe
or a shopping list
December 5, 2025 at 3:03 PM
project muse should mix things up a bit. rather than *always* “in lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt” they could try
“in lieu of an abstract, here is a limerick”
or a traditional curse
or a recipe
or a shopping list
“in lieu of an abstract, here is a limerick”
or a traditional curse
or a recipe
or a shopping list
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I’m expecting this new book by Jake S. Richard’s to be amazing: ‘The Bonds of Freedom tells the forgotten story of people seized from slave ships by maritime patrols, “liberated,” then forced into bonded labor between 1807 and 1880.’
yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...
yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...
The Bonds of Freedom - Yale University Press London
The story of the long fight for freedom of African captives rescued from the illegal slave trade only to be forced back into bondageA Times Literary Suppleme...
yalebooks.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I’m expecting this new book by Jake S. Richard’s to be amazing: ‘The Bonds of Freedom tells the forgotten story of people seized from slave ships by maritime patrols, “liberated,” then forced into bonded labor between 1807 and 1880.’
yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...
yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...
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How many formats for a CV can there possibly be: An Academic Memoir
December 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
How many formats for a CV can there possibly be: An Academic Memoir
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This article suggests the possibility of training AI on pre-existing proposals and their review reports, scores and related decisions. I.e. training them on a system which is known to preferentially award larger amounts of money to white men. What could possibly go wrong?
UKRI exploring use of AI in grant review - this will prompt debate but interested to know if people think it’d encourage novelty or the opposite? www.chemistryworld.com/news/ukri-op...
UKRI opens up grant proposal data to explore using AI to smooth peer review
Surging applications has led the UK's main funder to look at ways to reduce the burden on reviewers
www.chemistryworld.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:49 PM
This article suggests the possibility of training AI on pre-existing proposals and their review reports, scores and related decisions. I.e. training them on a system which is known to preferentially award larger amounts of money to white men. What could possibly go wrong?