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A blend of coffee, existential despair, and precarious academia at the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom. [They/Them]
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Assist the Internet Archive by keeping up to date with the case brought against them by publishers and signing their open letter asking publishers to restore access to the 500,000+ books removed from the Archive so far: www.change.org/p/let-reader....
September 5, 2024 at 3:47 PM
Assist the Internet Archive by keeping up to date with the case brought against them by publishers and signing their open letter asking publishers to restore access to the 500,000+ books removed from the Archive so far: www.change.org/p/let-reader....
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Internet Archive Responds to Appellate Opinion in Hachette v. Internet Archive
🔗 blog.archive.org/2024/09/04/i...
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September 4, 2024 at 7:39 PM
Internet Archive Responds to Appellate Opinion in Hachette v. Internet Archive
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This is terrible news even for those of us with access to some of the largest academic libraries in existence — who often still need to consult the Internet Archive to complete our research to as solid a standard as possible — let alone for anyone else.
1️⃣ The US Court of Appeals has ruled against the Internet Archive in a major copyright case, finding its book digitization project violated copyright laws. This decision raises concerns over the future of digital archives.
By Kate Knibbs via WIRED
www.wired.com/story/intern...
By Kate Knibbs via WIRED
www.wired.com/story/intern...
The Internet Archive Loses Its Appeal of a Major Copyright Case
Hachette v. Internet Archive was brought by book publishers objecting to the archive’s digital lending library.
www.wired.com
September 5, 2024 at 3:46 PM
This is terrible news even for those of us with access to some of the largest academic libraries in existence — who often still need to consult the Internet Archive to complete our research to as solid a standard as possible — let alone for anyone else.
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We offer bursaries up to £900 for PhD students, post-graduate researchers (MA and doctoral) and independent scholars engaged in postgraduate-level research in the field of #LabourHistory to fund essential archive or library research
sslh.org.uk/bursaries-gr...
sslh.org.uk/bursaries-gr...
September 6, 2024 at 8:51 AM
We offer bursaries up to £900 for PhD students, post-graduate researchers (MA and doctoral) and independent scholars engaged in postgraduate-level research in the field of #LabourHistory to fund essential archive or library research
sslh.org.uk/bursaries-gr...
sslh.org.uk/bursaries-gr...
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SSHM's Roy Porter Student Essay Competition 2024/5
£500 first prize plus opportunities for publication in SHM, mentoring and to deliver a plenary at the biennial conference!
Deadline for entries 1 February 2025
#histmed #histSTM #humanities
£500 first prize plus opportunities for publication in SHM, mentoring and to deliver a plenary at the biennial conference!
Deadline for entries 1 February 2025
#histmed #histSTM #humanities
Prizes
2024/5 ROY PORTER STUDENT ESSAY PRIZE COMPETITION 2024-roy-porter-prize-entry-formDownload Rules and Entry Form The Society for the Social History of Medicine invites submissions to its 2024/5 Roy Por...
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September 6, 2024 at 2:11 PM
SSHM's Roy Porter Student Essay Competition 2024/5
£500 first prize plus opportunities for publication in SHM, mentoring and to deliver a plenary at the biennial conference!
Deadline for entries 1 February 2025
#histmed #histSTM #humanities
£500 first prize plus opportunities for publication in SHM, mentoring and to deliver a plenary at the biennial conference!
Deadline for entries 1 February 2025
#histmed #histSTM #humanities
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New issue of the open access journal Argumenta, featuring the winning essay for this year's Lex Academic Prize, @levinguever.bsky.social's 'The Unity of the Motive'.
The prize is jointly sponsored by Lex Academic, SIFA, and Argumenta.
www.argumenta.org/issue/issue-...
The prize is jointly sponsored by Lex Academic, SIFA, and Argumenta.
www.argumenta.org/issue/issue-...
Issue 18 - Argumenta - Journal of Analytic Philosophy
This issue of Argumenta marks two milestones in the life both of the journal and of the Italian Society for Analytic Philosophy (SIFA). The first is the publication of the paper that won the second ed...
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July 15, 2024 at 12:50 PM
New issue of the open access journal Argumenta, featuring the winning essay for this year's Lex Academic Prize, @levinguever.bsky.social's 'The Unity of the Motive'.
The prize is jointly sponsored by Lex Academic, SIFA, and Argumenta.
www.argumenta.org/issue/issue-...
The prize is jointly sponsored by Lex Academic, SIFA, and Argumenta.
www.argumenta.org/issue/issue-...
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𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘈𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘢, the first Special Issue of 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘓𝘢𝘸, 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘳𝘵, is now out in print and online. To read it, make sure to order, subscribe, or regularly peruse the journal's pages for newly released open-access articles from the issue. lnkd.in/ej5QrUTB; lnkd.in/eAkcf59v
Special Edition: The Human Agenda | CJLPA
Print copy of The Human Agenda, the human rights Special Edition of The Cambridge Journal of Law, Politics, and Art (CJLPA), an interdisciplinary journal founded at the University of Cambridge. In a r...
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July 19, 2024 at 10:47 PM
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘈𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘢, the first Special Issue of 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘓𝘢𝘸, 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘳𝘵, is now out in print and online. To read it, make sure to order, subscribe, or regularly peruse the journal's pages for newly released open-access articles from the issue. lnkd.in/ej5QrUTB; lnkd.in/eAkcf59v
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LHR postgraduate essay prize 2024. Win £750 and see your work published in a leading history journal 🗃️ sslh.org.uk/2023/12/03/l...
December 7, 2023 at 11:40 AM
LHR postgraduate essay prize 2024. Win £750 and see your work published in a leading history journal 🗃️ sslh.org.uk/2023/12/03/l...
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Sisters of Frida, a brilliant collective of disabled women and non-binary people, is now finally at the stage of having the funding to do their vital work — including opening up eight new, paid steering group posts, five reserved for people of colour. Please do share and/or apply! t.ly/Ci_Sk
February 9, 2024 at 1:24 PM
Sisters of Frida, a brilliant collective of disabled women and non-binary people, is now finally at the stage of having the funding to do their vital work — including opening up eight new, paid steering group posts, five reserved for people of colour. Please do share and/or apply! t.ly/Ci_Sk
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"Attacks and smears against those who proclaim “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,” were always part of a strategy for erasing and undermining Palestinian self-determination."
From the River to the Sea: A Historical Inquiry
There was a time—and it was not that long ago—when “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” was simply the most common and memorable chant in the repertoire of pro-Palestine protest...
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November 15, 2023 at 4:29 PM
"Attacks and smears against those who proclaim “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,” were always part of a strategy for erasing and undermining Palestinian self-determination."
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Across the world, people standing in solidarity with Palestine in the face of Israel's genocidal siege are being silenced and punished for their principled stance. We are launching a call for stories of censorship and retribution for demanding justice for Palestinians.
Palestine Uncensored: Diaries of Censorship
For those of us – and we are legion – committed to standing in solidarity with Palestinian resistance and struggle for liberation, the threat and weight of censorship are pervasive. Since October ...
www.versobooks.com
November 13, 2023 at 10:13 PM
Across the world, people standing in solidarity with Palestine in the face of Israel's genocidal siege are being silenced and punished for their principled stance. We are launching a call for stories of censorship and retribution for demanding justice for Palestinians.