Dr Hélène Maloigne
@hmaloigne.bsky.social
Historical consultant: helenemaloigne.wordpress.com
Represented by Past Preservers: www.pastpreservers.com
Fellow: https://www.history.ac.uk/
Good chocolate, disco and houseplants
They/them 🏳️⚧️🤝🏳️🌈
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Fellow: https://www.history.ac.uk/
Good chocolate, disco and houseplants
They/them 🏳️⚧️🤝🏳️🌈
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Dr Hélène Maloigne
@hmaloigne.bsky.social
· Apr 26
Historians of Archaeology - Online Support Group
Welcome to the Historians of Archaeology (HoA) Online Support Group!
Please use this form to join the group and to join our mailing list. Membership to the group is free, all meetings will be hosted ...
forms.gle
🏺🗃️ Historians of archaeology are always welcome to join our online support group!
Sing up here: forms.gle/7UVKDmfRhJXB...
✅ Don't forget to tick yes on the form to receive a link to our #Discord server!
👋the group is open to all career stages
Sing up here: forms.gle/7UVKDmfRhJXB...
✅ Don't forget to tick yes on the form to receive a link to our #Discord server!
👋the group is open to all career stages
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New publication from the BHA! If you're looking for a primer on the history of archaeological research in #Ethiopia, check out Alebachew Birru's "Archaeology in the Central Highlands of Ethiopia: Research Trends and Prospects." #OpenAccess: archaeologybulletin.org/articles/10....
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Archaeology in the Central Highlands of Ethiopia: Research Trends and Prospects | Bulletin of the History of Archaeology
archaeologybulletin.org
December 4, 2025 at 2:14 AM
New publication from the BHA! If you're looking for a primer on the history of archaeological research in #Ethiopia, check out Alebachew Birru's "Archaeology in the Central Highlands of Ethiopia: Research Trends and Prospects." #OpenAccess: archaeologybulletin.org/articles/10....
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To help make our archival materials relating to the MENA region more accessible for research, the Digital Archive of the Middle East (DAME) has made thousands of images & documents available online with metadata in English, Arabic & (where relevant) Sorani Kurdish.
➡️ dame.exeter.ac.uk
#EYADigital
➡️ dame.exeter.ac.uk
#EYADigital
December 4, 2025 at 9:44 AM
To help make our archival materials relating to the MENA region more accessible for research, the Digital Archive of the Middle East (DAME) has made thousands of images & documents available online with metadata in English, Arabic & (where relevant) Sorani Kurdish.
➡️ dame.exeter.ac.uk
#EYADigital
➡️ dame.exeter.ac.uk
#EYADigital
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'I am less inclined to call on the Government for a solution to the British Library’s ongoing issues since, despite repeated calls for action, the UK Government has largely ignored the similar crisis within UK Higher Education.' 1/3
Don’t rely on government to save the British Library - Impact of Social Sciences
Following a catastrophic hack British Library remains in crisis. Can it recover by refocusing on the people, skills and systems that enable it to function?
blogs.lse.ac.uk
December 3, 2025 at 9:34 AM
'I am less inclined to call on the Government for a solution to the British Library’s ongoing issues since, despite repeated calls for action, the UK Government has largely ignored the similar crisis within UK Higher Education.' 1/3
Reposted by Dr Hélène Maloigne
Breaking: Second wave of strikes at British Library announced
Union says lack of stable leadership after chief executive’s departure has “undoubtedly undermined staff confidence”
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-c...
Union says lack of stable leadership after chief executive’s departure has “undoubtedly undermined staff confidence”
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-c...
Second wave of strikes at British Library announced - Research Professional News
Union says lack of stable leadership after chief executive’s departure has “undoubtedly undermined staff confidence”
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Breaking: Second wave of strikes at British Library announced
Union says lack of stable leadership after chief executive’s departure has “undoubtedly undermined staff confidence”
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-c...
Union says lack of stable leadership after chief executive’s departure has “undoubtedly undermined staff confidence”
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-c...
Reposted by Dr Hélène Maloigne
🏳️⚧️ We’re back with paid opportunities for Trans+ creatives!
Writer? Illustrator? Audio producer? This is for you.
With @transhistoryweek.com we’re investing in 20 Trans+ creatives to make content for Trans+ History Week 2026.
Deadline 2nd Dec 2025, 11:59PM GMT 🗓️
🧵 Details 👇
Writer? Illustrator? Audio producer? This is for you.
With @transhistoryweek.com we’re investing in 20 Trans+ creatives to make content for Trans+ History Week 2026.
Deadline 2nd Dec 2025, 11:59PM GMT 🗓️
🧵 Details 👇
November 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
🏳️⚧️ We’re back with paid opportunities for Trans+ creatives!
Writer? Illustrator? Audio producer? This is for you.
With @transhistoryweek.com we’re investing in 20 Trans+ creatives to make content for Trans+ History Week 2026.
Deadline 2nd Dec 2025, 11:59PM GMT 🗓️
🧵 Details 👇
Writer? Illustrator? Audio producer? This is for you.
With @transhistoryweek.com we’re investing in 20 Trans+ creatives to make content for Trans+ History Week 2026.
Deadline 2nd Dec 2025, 11:59PM GMT 🗓️
🧵 Details 👇
Reposted by Dr Hélène Maloigne
Keir Starmer says he had “uncontainable fury” about his niece’s homophobic attack in 2022.
Here’s a look at his party’s anti-LGBTQIA+ rhetoric and policies since 🧵
From op-ed by @jamiewareham.co.uk
Here’s a look at his party’s anti-LGBTQIA+ rhetoric and policies since 🧵
From op-ed by @jamiewareham.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Keir Starmer says he had “uncontainable fury” about his niece’s homophobic attack in 2022.
Here’s a look at his party’s anti-LGBTQIA+ rhetoric and policies since 🧵
From op-ed by @jamiewareham.co.uk
Here’s a look at his party’s anti-LGBTQIA+ rhetoric and policies since 🧵
From op-ed by @jamiewareham.co.uk
Reposted by Dr Hélène Maloigne
Trans? Under 25? 🏳️⚧️
There's a few hours left to sign up for a free festive gift from our Trans Secret Santa community project 🎄🎁
Read more: www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/28/t...
Sign up here: www.transsecretsanta.co.uk
Registrations close just before midnight tonight ⌛
There's a few hours left to sign up for a free festive gift from our Trans Secret Santa community project 🎄🎁
Read more: www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/28/t...
Sign up here: www.transsecretsanta.co.uk
Registrations close just before midnight tonight ⌛
Are you trans and under 25? You could receive a free gift from Trans Secret Santa
Are you trans and under 25? You could receive a free gift under a heartwarming Trans Secret Santa campaign. Here's how to apply.
www.thepinknews.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Trans? Under 25? 🏳️⚧️
There's a few hours left to sign up for a free festive gift from our Trans Secret Santa community project 🎄🎁
Read more: www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/28/t...
Sign up here: www.transsecretsanta.co.uk
Registrations close just before midnight tonight ⌛
There's a few hours left to sign up for a free festive gift from our Trans Secret Santa community project 🎄🎁
Read more: www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/28/t...
Sign up here: www.transsecretsanta.co.uk
Registrations close just before midnight tonight ⌛
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It's getting closer!
This Tuesday, 2nd December, support Archaeology Scotland (@archscot.bsky.social) to deliver archaeology based educational attainment & employability skills in 2026.
All help is greatly appreciated & will be match-funded via Big Give 🙏
tinyurl.com/y96zpbps
This Tuesday, 2nd December, support Archaeology Scotland (@archscot.bsky.social) to deliver archaeology based educational attainment & employability skills in 2026.
All help is greatly appreciated & will be match-funded via Big Give 🙏
tinyurl.com/y96zpbps
Empowering Young People Through Archaeology – Big Give
We want to offer more opportunities for young people and their communities to participate in archaeology to help bridge the …
tinyurl.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:52 PM
It's getting closer!
This Tuesday, 2nd December, support Archaeology Scotland (@archscot.bsky.social) to deliver archaeology based educational attainment & employability skills in 2026.
All help is greatly appreciated & will be match-funded via Big Give 🙏
tinyurl.com/y96zpbps
This Tuesday, 2nd December, support Archaeology Scotland (@archscot.bsky.social) to deliver archaeology based educational attainment & employability skills in 2026.
All help is greatly appreciated & will be match-funded via Big Give 🙏
tinyurl.com/y96zpbps
Reposted by Dr Hélène Maloigne
As 2025 comes to an end, we are reflecting on almost a year of organising as archaeologists of conscience, holding our representative organisations to account in the face of their negligence, silence and complicity. drive.google.com/file/d/1QPy8...
November 29, 2025 at 6:31 PM
As 2025 comes to an end, we are reflecting on almost a year of organising as archaeologists of conscience, holding our representative organisations to account in the face of their negligence, silence and complicity. drive.google.com/file/d/1QPy8...
Reposted by Dr Hélène Maloigne
The AHA developed Guidelines for Acknowledgment of Collaborators, noting that “attention to the acknowledgment of collaborators is critical…as a bedrock principle of professional historical work and scholarship.” 🗃️
Guidelines for Acknowledgment of Collaborators – AHA
The AHA affirms the importance of fully and publicly recognizing and crediting the work of all contributors.
www.historians.org
November 25, 2025 at 8:13 PM
The AHA developed Guidelines for Acknowledgment of Collaborators, noting that “attention to the acknowledgment of collaborators is critical…as a bedrock principle of professional historical work and scholarship.” 🗃️
Reposted by Dr Hélène Maloigne
New publishing opportunity!
The London Record Society are looking for someone to edit a volume based on the archive of the Working Ladies' Guild, which supported impoverished women in late nineteenth-century Britain.
Further information and contact details in the text below.
The London Record Society are looking for someone to edit a volume based on the archive of the Working Ladies' Guild, which supported impoverished women in late nineteenth-century Britain.
Further information and contact details in the text below.
November 24, 2025 at 8:00 AM
New publishing opportunity!
The London Record Society are looking for someone to edit a volume based on the archive of the Working Ladies' Guild, which supported impoverished women in late nineteenth-century Britain.
Further information and contact details in the text below.
The London Record Society are looking for someone to edit a volume based on the archive of the Working Ladies' Guild, which supported impoverished women in late nineteenth-century Britain.
Further information and contact details in the text below.
Reposted by Dr Hélène Maloigne
'Over the past few years, cyberattacks have been on the rise at academic institutions around the globe. Not only are attacks time-consuming and costly to contain and clean up, but they have also caused university employees to lose access to essential digital services'.
Cyberattacks' harm to universities is growing — and so are their effects on research
Hackers are ramping up attacks on academic institutions to access valuable data and to demand ransoms.
www.nature.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:04 AM
'Over the past few years, cyberattacks have been on the rise at academic institutions around the globe. Not only are attacks time-consuming and costly to contain and clean up, but they have also caused university employees to lose access to essential digital services'.
Reposted by Dr Hélène Maloigne
The final episode of our History & Entertainment series is out now! Philip Rowe, host of The History of European Theatre Podcast, joins us to talk theatre from ancient Greece to Shakespeare, what performances meant to audiences, and how podcasting fuels passion and curiosity.
@thoetp.bsky.social
@thoetp.bsky.social
Philip Rowe: The History of European Theatre
Podcast Episode · European Review of History Podcast · 21/11/2025 · 39m
podcasts.apple.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The final episode of our History & Entertainment series is out now! Philip Rowe, host of The History of European Theatre Podcast, joins us to talk theatre from ancient Greece to Shakespeare, what performances meant to audiences, and how podcasting fuels passion and curiosity.
@thoetp.bsky.social
@thoetp.bsky.social
Reposted by Dr Hélène Maloigne
A few years ago I talked about my journey from archaeology to space archaeology with @angrybeanie.com. Have a listen!
#WomenInSTEM 🧪 🏺
#WomenInSTEM 🧪 🏺
Dr Alice Gorman
YouTube video by Angry Beanie
www.youtube.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:30 AM
A few years ago I talked about my journey from archaeology to space archaeology with @angrybeanie.com. Have a listen!
#WomenInSTEM 🧪 🏺
#WomenInSTEM 🧪 🏺
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I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?
The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity
www.cityam.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:27 AM
I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
Reposted by Dr Hélène Maloigne
We’re hiring interns! The application deadline for our Spring–Summer internship is November 25. Pay is $20/hour, 35 hours a week, with the option to enroll in health insurance. Apply here: buff.ly/X8NqMpO
November 15, 2025 at 8:01 PM
We’re hiring interns! The application deadline for our Spring–Summer internship is November 25. Pay is $20/hour, 35 hours a week, with the option to enroll in health insurance. Apply here: buff.ly/X8NqMpO
🏺🗃️ And I'm done!
Over 12 articles I've explored the #HistoryOfArchaeology, through histories of marginalised communities and actors, the role of antiquities dealers and multinational corporations or forced labour in fieldwork, collecting and research
I've learnt a lot and hope readers have too!
Over 12 articles I've explored the #HistoryOfArchaeology, through histories of marginalised communities and actors, the role of antiquities dealers and multinational corporations or forced labour in fieldwork, collecting and research
I've learnt a lot and hope readers have too!
November 14, 2025 at 12:07 PM
🏺🗃️ And I'm done!
Over 12 articles I've explored the #HistoryOfArchaeology, through histories of marginalised communities and actors, the role of antiquities dealers and multinational corporations or forced labour in fieldwork, collecting and research
I've learnt a lot and hope readers have too!
Over 12 articles I've explored the #HistoryOfArchaeology, through histories of marginalised communities and actors, the role of antiquities dealers and multinational corporations or forced labour in fieldwork, collecting and research
I've learnt a lot and hope readers have too!
November 12, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Reposted by Dr Hélène Maloigne
'Some workers report mental and physical health deterioration as a consequence of...poverty wages. When a massive cyber-attack on the library results in a major disruption of the service...they’re left on the frontline, to be shouted at by the very patrons they are attempting to serve.'
Does Britain value culture any more? Ask the striking workers at the British Library | Zadie Smith
The dispute over pay at this great national institution gets to the heart of our misplaced priorities, says novelist Zadie Smith
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:52 AM
'Some workers report mental and physical health deterioration as a consequence of...poverty wages. When a massive cyber-attack on the library results in a major disruption of the service...they’re left on the frontline, to be shouted at by the very patrons they are attempting to serve.'
Reposted by Dr Hélène Maloigne
Read all of antiquities dealer Michel van Rijn’s odd and amazing early blog online here. It is spectacular. #artcrime #archaeology www.anonymousswisscollector.com/2025/11/read...
November 12, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Read all of antiquities dealer Michel van Rijn’s odd and amazing early blog online here. It is spectacular. #artcrime #archaeology www.anonymousswisscollector.com/2025/11/read...
🗃️🏺 I had so much fun recording this, thanks for having me! 😀
🎙️ New podcast episode!
This week we’re joined by @hmaloigne.bsky.social to talk archaeology on screen.
From Indiana Jones to The Dig, archaeologists are often portrayed as heroic adventurers. But what do these depictions really tell us about archaeology? And what do they leave out?
This week we’re joined by @hmaloigne.bsky.social to talk archaeology on screen.
From Indiana Jones to The Dig, archaeologists are often portrayed as heroic adventurers. But what do these depictions really tell us about archaeology? And what do they leave out?
European Review of History Podcast
Podcast for the European Review of History Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
pca.st
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
🗃️🏺 I had so much fun recording this, thanks for having me! 😀
Reposted by Dr Hélène Maloigne
🎙️ Episode 1 of S2 of The European Review of History Podcast is now live!
Dr Oliver Coulson talks humour in the medieval period, + of course we had to cover medieval illuminators’ love of a phallus joke…
Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts: tinyurl.com/bdet47uu
Dr Oliver Coulson talks humour in the medieval period, + of course we had to cover medieval illuminators’ love of a phallus joke…
Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts: tinyurl.com/bdet47uu
October 18, 2025 at 9:07 AM
🎙️ Episode 1 of S2 of The European Review of History Podcast is now live!
Dr Oliver Coulson talks humour in the medieval period, + of course we had to cover medieval illuminators’ love of a phallus joke…
Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts: tinyurl.com/bdet47uu
Dr Oliver Coulson talks humour in the medieval period, + of course we had to cover medieval illuminators’ love of a phallus joke…
Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts: tinyurl.com/bdet47uu
Reposted by Dr Hélène Maloigne
🎙️ New episode!
This week Dr Katie Turner explores the complex — sometimes contentious — world of “Jesus films”.
Why does Jesus on screen so often look like a Hollywood leading man? And how have films shaped our imagination of the biblical world more than scholarship ever could?
This week Dr Katie Turner explores the complex — sometimes contentious — world of “Jesus films”.
Why does Jesus on screen so often look like a Hollywood leading man? And how have films shaped our imagination of the biblical world more than scholarship ever could?
Dr Katie Turner - Jesus Films and Historical Authenticity
Podcast Episode · European Review of History Podcast · 31/10/2025 · 1h 24m
podcasts.apple.com
November 1, 2025 at 12:26 PM
🎙️ New episode!
This week Dr Katie Turner explores the complex — sometimes contentious — world of “Jesus films”.
Why does Jesus on screen so often look like a Hollywood leading man? And how have films shaped our imagination of the biblical world more than scholarship ever could?
This week Dr Katie Turner explores the complex — sometimes contentious — world of “Jesus films”.
Why does Jesus on screen so often look like a Hollywood leading man? And how have films shaped our imagination of the biblical world more than scholarship ever could?
Reposted by Dr Hélène Maloigne
🎙️ New episode of the ERH Podcast!
This week, Maxime Durand, Historical Researcher + Production Coordinator at Ubisoft Montréal, talks about the fascinating relationship between history, gaming, and storytelling in his work on the Assassin’s Creed games
#AssassinsCreed #history #digitalhumanities
This week, Maxime Durand, Historical Researcher + Production Coordinator at Ubisoft Montréal, talks about the fascinating relationship between history, gaming, and storytelling in his work on the Assassin’s Creed games
#AssassinsCreed #history #digitalhumanities
Maxime Durand - How Assassin’s Creed Brings the Past to Life
Podcast Episode · European Review of History Podcast · 24/10/2025 · 26m
podcasts.apple.com
October 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM
🎙️ New episode of the ERH Podcast!
This week, Maxime Durand, Historical Researcher + Production Coordinator at Ubisoft Montréal, talks about the fascinating relationship between history, gaming, and storytelling in his work on the Assassin’s Creed games
#AssassinsCreed #history #digitalhumanities
This week, Maxime Durand, Historical Researcher + Production Coordinator at Ubisoft Montréal, talks about the fascinating relationship between history, gaming, and storytelling in his work on the Assassin’s Creed games
#AssassinsCreed #history #digitalhumanities
Reposted by Dr Hélène Maloigne
What is space archaeology? 🏺 🧪 🔭 #PlanetSci
Space Archaeology
link.springer.com
November 1, 2025 at 10:21 PM
What is space archaeology? 🏺 🧪 🔭 #PlanetSci