Dr Jérémy Filet
@drjeremyfilet.bsky.social
Lecturing @manmetuni.bsky.social
Grand Tourist myself and Jacobite scholar.
FrHist/ SFHEA / PGCert
"The Jacobites and the Grand Tour" now out with Manchester University Press:
https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526179920/
🏳️🌈 & good theatre!
Grand Tourist myself and Jacobite scholar.
FrHist/ SFHEA / PGCert
"The Jacobites and the Grand Tour" now out with Manchester University Press:
https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526179920/
🏳️🌈 & good theatre!
Listening to "Beautiful city" from Godspell while seeing this made me chuckle...
November 8, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Listening to "Beautiful city" from Godspell while seeing this made me chuckle...
The Modern Foreign Languages Department has been closed at the University of Nottingham. 📉👎🏾😖
Can you help me out by signing this petition?
https://c.org/sFJ9zRYzHg
Can you help me out by signing this petition?
https://c.org/sFJ9zRYzHg
November 7, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The Modern Foreign Languages Department has been closed at the University of Nottingham. 📉👎🏾😖
Can you help me out by signing this petition?
https://c.org/sFJ9zRYzHg
Can you help me out by signing this petition?
https://c.org/sFJ9zRYzHg
Wow... Chinese influence on British universities has gone too far! 👎👎
I hope it is now obvious why pillars of democracy like universities, the law, public broadcasting should be funded so that they are beyond the reach of financial coercion by hostile agents.
Pretty extraordinary story here
www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....
www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....
November 3, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Wow... Chinese influence on British universities has gone too far! 👎👎
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‘These so-called “data poisoning attacks” are easier to conduct than scientists previously believed, according to new research published last month’
on.ft.com/47vzec1
on.ft.com/47vzec1
Tech groups step up efforts to solve AI’s big security flaw
Google DeepMind, Anthropic and Microsoft are trying to prevent ‘indirect prompt injection attacks’ by hackers
on.ft.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:51 AM
‘These so-called “data poisoning attacks” are easier to conduct than scientists previously believed, according to new research published last month’
on.ft.com/47vzec1
on.ft.com/47vzec1
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‘In a twist that befuddled researchers for a year, almost no human beings visit the sites, which are hard to browse or search. Instead, their content is aimed at crawlers, the software programs that scour the web & bring back content for search engines & LLMs’
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Russia seeds chatbots with lies. Any bad actor could game AI the same way.
In their race to push out new versions with more capability, AI companies leave users vulnerable to “LLM grooming” efforts that promote bogus information.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 18, 2025 at 9:57 AM
‘In a twist that befuddled researchers for a year, almost no human beings visit the sites, which are hard to browse or search. Instead, their content is aimed at crawlers, the software programs that scour the web & bring back content for search engines & LLMs’
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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One resounding message from last night’s live: we are stronger together. 💪
Don’t give up, every conversation, every ballot, every action matters.
What’s your one message to other members as we head into the final weeks of the ballot?
#WeAreTheUniversity
Don’t give up, every conversation, every ballot, every action matters.
What’s your one message to other members as we head into the final weeks of the ballot?
#WeAreTheUniversity
October 31, 2025 at 10:54 AM
One resounding message from last night’s live: we are stronger together. 💪
Don’t give up, every conversation, every ballot, every action matters.
What’s your one message to other members as we head into the final weeks of the ballot?
#WeAreTheUniversity
Don’t give up, every conversation, every ballot, every action matters.
What’s your one message to other members as we head into the final weeks of the ballot?
#WeAreTheUniversity
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Oh my god. The painfully stupid debate on whether Reform lady was racist on TV on #r4today just now absolutely proving @zoesqwilliams.bsky.social point.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How the free speech debate stops us from stating the bleeding obvious | Zoe Williams
The Sarah Pochin controversy has ignited another row over how nasty people are allowed to be before they get ‘cancelled’. It’s an insidious distraction, writes Zoe Williams
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Oh my god. The painfully stupid debate on whether Reform lady was racist on TV on #r4today just now absolutely proving @zoesqwilliams.bsky.social point.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
@f18cal.bsky.social , Bill Runacre, and myself are glad to have signed a new contract with @manchesterup.bsky.social !
The book should be entitled:
"The Apex of Jacobitism: Challenges, Cultures, and Legacies of the 1715 rising"
More to come!
The book should be entitled:
"The Apex of Jacobitism: Challenges, Cultures, and Legacies of the 1715 rising"
More to come!
October 24, 2025 at 9:53 AM
@f18cal.bsky.social , Bill Runacre, and myself are glad to have signed a new contract with @manchesterup.bsky.social !
The book should be entitled:
"The Apex of Jacobitism: Challenges, Cultures, and Legacies of the 1715 rising"
More to come!
The book should be entitled:
"The Apex of Jacobitism: Challenges, Cultures, and Legacies of the 1715 rising"
More to come!
Yes... but also...
do PVC need to earn 300k+?...
do PVC need to earn 300k+?...
The UK government should use its autumn budget to increase teaching and research grants, according to vice-chancellors, who warned ministers not to progress a planned levy on international fees, writes Tom Williams #academicsky https://ow.ly/M47c50Xcf4C
Use budget to increase fees and grants, ministers told
UUK calls on government to hit pause on fee levy plans amid fears chancellor will progress policy next month
ow.ly
October 16, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Yes... but also...
do PVC need to earn 300k+?...
do PVC need to earn 300k+?...
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The deadline is still over a month away, but reminder about this @themhra.bsky.social funded conference @fairbanc.bsky.social and I are organising on the exciting subject of **early modern practical texts**!
📅 Abstracts due 24/11.
Full details can be found here:
sites.google.com/sheffield.ac...
📅 Abstracts due 24/11.
Full details can be found here:
sites.google.com/sheffield.ac...
Sheffield Centre for Early Modern Studies - CFP: Reading the Practical in Early Modern Literature
CFP: Reading the Practical in Early Modern Literature
sites.google.com
October 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The deadline is still over a month away, but reminder about this @themhra.bsky.social funded conference @fairbanc.bsky.social and I are organising on the exciting subject of **early modern practical texts**!
📅 Abstracts due 24/11.
Full details can be found here:
sites.google.com/sheffield.ac...
📅 Abstracts due 24/11.
Full details can be found here:
sites.google.com/sheffield.ac...
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ICE agents interfered with—and even threatened to “shoot and arrest”—emergency personnel rescuing an injured protester last week in Portland.
The agent “pointed his finger at me in a threatening manner,” the driver recalled, “and began viciously yelling in my face.
newrepublic.com/post/201774/...
The agent “pointed his finger at me in a threatening manner,” the driver recalled, “and began viciously yelling in my face.
newrepublic.com/post/201774/...
ICE Agent Threatens to Shoot Ambulance Driver Helping Protester
Federal agents swarmed an ambulance crew to prevent them from taking an injured protester to the hospital.
newrepublic.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:55 AM
ICE agents interfered with—and even threatened to “shoot and arrest”—emergency personnel rescuing an injured protester last week in Portland.
The agent “pointed his finger at me in a threatening manner,” the driver recalled, “and began viciously yelling in my face.
newrepublic.com/post/201774/...
The agent “pointed his finger at me in a threatening manner,” the driver recalled, “and began viciously yelling in my face.
newrepublic.com/post/201774/...
Happy Week-end reading 💪
Brought by @drleith.bsky.social @funkyplaid.bsky.social and many others I know 👍
Brought by @drleith.bsky.social @funkyplaid.bsky.social and many others I know 👍
October 11, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Happy Week-end reading 💪
Brought by @drleith.bsky.social @funkyplaid.bsky.social and many others I know 👍
Brought by @drleith.bsky.social @funkyplaid.bsky.social and many others I know 👍
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This week the Society also launched the call for its First Book and Early Career Article Prizes, 2026.
Eligible titles, published in 2025, should be submitted by the author before the closing date of 15 December. Further details and how to apply: bit.ly/3KnR47v
#Skystorians
Eligible titles, published in 2025, should be submitted by the author before the closing date of 15 December. Further details and how to apply: bit.ly/3KnR47v
#Skystorians
Royal Historical Society Book and Article Prizes, 2026: submissions now invited - RHS
The Royal Historical Society invites applications for its First Book Prize, 2026 and Early Career Article Prize, 2026. The call for submissions opens on Monday 29 September 2025 and runs to Monday 15 ...
bit.ly
October 4, 2025 at 1:31 PM
This week the Society also launched the call for its First Book and Early Career Article Prizes, 2026.
Eligible titles, published in 2025, should be submitted by the author before the closing date of 15 December. Further details and how to apply: bit.ly/3KnR47v
#Skystorians
Eligible titles, published in 2025, should be submitted by the author before the closing date of 15 December. Further details and how to apply: bit.ly/3KnR47v
#Skystorians
It's a harsh world out there, so, here is my cat.. claiming the stairs, and making a mess of the back bedroom's bedsheets...
October 4, 2025 at 4:14 PM
It's a harsh world out there, so, here is my cat.. claiming the stairs, and making a mess of the back bedroom's bedsheets...
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Very excited to welcome Prof Clotilde Prunier to the JST #JacobiteStudies Virtual Workshops tomorrow (Tues, 30 Sept) at 5pm UKT. Prof Prunier will be sharing some of her current work on the links between the Stuarts and the Catholic Mission in Scotland 1719-1788.
jdb1745.net/events/jstwo...
jdb1745.net/events/jstwo...
September 29, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Very excited to welcome Prof Clotilde Prunier to the JST #JacobiteStudies Virtual Workshops tomorrow (Tues, 30 Sept) at 5pm UKT. Prof Prunier will be sharing some of her current work on the links between the Stuarts and the Catholic Mission in Scotland 1719-1788.
jdb1745.net/events/jstwo...
jdb1745.net/events/jstwo...
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RHS First Book and Early Career Article Prizes, 2026.
We invite submissions for the Society's book and article prizes: for eligible titles published in 2025. Further details and how to apply: bit.ly/3KnR47v
Submissions are by self-nomination by an author. Closing date: 15 December #Skystorians
We invite submissions for the Society's book and article prizes: for eligible titles published in 2025. Further details and how to apply: bit.ly/3KnR47v
Submissions are by self-nomination by an author. Closing date: 15 December #Skystorians
Royal Historical Society Book and Article Prizes, 2026: submissions now invited - RHS
The Royal Historical Society invites applications for its First Book Prize, 2026 and Early Career Article Prize, 2026. The call for submissions opens on Monday 29 September 2025 and runs to Monday 15 ...
bit.ly
September 29, 2025 at 7:44 AM
RHS First Book and Early Career Article Prizes, 2026.
We invite submissions for the Society's book and article prizes: for eligible titles published in 2025. Further details and how to apply: bit.ly/3KnR47v
Submissions are by self-nomination by an author. Closing date: 15 December #Skystorians
We invite submissions for the Society's book and article prizes: for eligible titles published in 2025. Further details and how to apply: bit.ly/3KnR47v
Submissions are by self-nomination by an author. Closing date: 15 December #Skystorians
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On the idea that “writing is hard” is good actually open.substack.com/pub/publishn...
Writing Should Be Hard
Why Intellectual Struggle Is a Sign You're Doing It Right
open.substack.com
September 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
On the idea that “writing is hard” is good actually open.substack.com/pub/publishn...
From the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum....
September 20, 2025 at 7:18 AM
From the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum....
The Histories and Cultures of Conflict (HaCC) research group invites proposals from Early Career Researchers (including PGRs) for a workshop on ‘Histories and Cultures of Conflict’.
The seminar is on March, 4th 2026.
Send your proposals!
The seminar is on March, 4th 2026.
Send your proposals!
September 19, 2025 at 12:45 PM
The Histories and Cultures of Conflict (HaCC) research group invites proposals from Early Career Researchers (including PGRs) for a workshop on ‘Histories and Cultures of Conflict’.
The seminar is on March, 4th 2026.
Send your proposals!
The seminar is on March, 4th 2026.
Send your proposals!
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Higher education unions have been warned that failures in upcoming ballots on collective industrial action could damage members’ negotiating positions with employers, reports @julietterowsell.bsky.social
#academicsky #edusky
#academicsky #edusky
Failure to reach strike vote threshold ‘would undermine unions’
Turnout required to move ahead with industrial action ‘very hard’ to achieve, say academics
www.timeshighereducation.com
September 17, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Higher education unions have been warned that failures in upcoming ballots on collective industrial action could damage members’ negotiating positions with employers, reports @julietterowsell.bsky.social
#academicsky #edusky
#academicsky #edusky
That applies to other figures I've known! 🤣
“He was no tyrant, but a strongly principled mediocrity.” — Historian Hugh Collingham on Charles X
September 17, 2025 at 4:30 AM
That applies to other figures I've known! 🤣
What a load of BS...
"Hobbyist researcher" is wording worth of Trump's worst adviser.
I'd like to see any of those "ministers" define "quality research" (???) is an even remotely satisfactory way...
"Hobbyist researcher" is wording worth of Trump's worst adviser.
I'd like to see any of those "ministers" define "quality research" (???) is an even remotely satisfactory way...
Ministers ‘want to shift funds away from low-quality research’ .
Universities UK president says institutions cannot afford “unfunded hobbyist research”.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
Universities UK president says institutions cannot afford “unfunded hobbyist research”.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
Ministers ‘want to shift funds away from low-quality research’ - Research Professional News
Universities UK president says institutions cannot afford “unfunded hobbyist research”
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
September 12, 2025 at 8:01 AM
What a load of BS...
"Hobbyist researcher" is wording worth of Trump's worst adviser.
I'd like to see any of those "ministers" define "quality research" (???) is an even remotely satisfactory way...
"Hobbyist researcher" is wording worth of Trump's worst adviser.
I'd like to see any of those "ministers" define "quality research" (???) is an even remotely satisfactory way...
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Departure of Peter Kyle as science secretary raises hopes that his successor Liz Kendall will offer a more sympathetic ear on research concerns. @jgro-the.bsky.social reports
#reshuffle #academicsky
#reshuffle #academicsky
Universities hope to feel ‘more listened to’ under Kendall
Departure of Peter Kyle as science secretary raises hopes that his successor Liz Kendall will offer a more sympathetic ear on research concerns
www.timeshighereducation.com
September 11, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Departure of Peter Kyle as science secretary raises hopes that his successor Liz Kendall will offer a more sympathetic ear on research concerns. @jgro-the.bsky.social reports
#reshuffle #academicsky
#reshuffle #academicsky