Alexander Samson
@samsonaws.bsky.social
Professor of Early Modern Studies at UCL, historian of Marian England, early modern Spain, Anglo-Spanish intercultural exchanges…
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Evident Tongues, Evident Bodies: Language, Sense & Proof
12 Nov 2:30-4pm
This new @ucl-ias.bsky.social reading group explores how early-modern writers connected linguistic encounters with sensory encounters in the production of evidence.
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12 Nov 2:30-4pm
This new @ucl-ias.bsky.social reading group explores how early-modern writers connected linguistic encounters with sensory encounters in the production of evidence.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
New IAS Reading Group: Evident Tongues, Evident Bodies
Join the IAS Postdoctoral Fellows, Rana Banna & Mary Newman, for the first session of the reading group, exploring how early-modern writers connected linguistic encounters with sensory encounters of s...
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October 31, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Evident Tongues, Evident Bodies: Language, Sense & Proof
12 Nov 2:30-4pm
This new @ucl-ias.bsky.social reading group explores how early-modern writers connected linguistic encounters with sensory encounters in the production of evidence.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
12 Nov 2:30-4pm
This new @ucl-ias.bsky.social reading group explores how early-modern writers connected linguistic encounters with sensory encounters in the production of evidence.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
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Goodbye to the history department at Lancaster University, where the @socialhistsoc.bsky.social was founded 49 years ago. From tomorrow we are
part of a School of Global Affairs. Next year, who knows what will be - please sign our petition against mass redundancies chng.it/PZfTFDjNcr
part of a School of Global Affairs. Next year, who knows what will be - please sign our petition against mass redundancies chng.it/PZfTFDjNcr
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Stop Mass Redundancies at Lancaster University – Hold Senior Management Accountable
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July 31, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Goodbye to the history department at Lancaster University, where the @socialhistsoc.bsky.social was founded 49 years ago. From tomorrow we are
part of a School of Global Affairs. Next year, who knows what will be - please sign our petition against mass redundancies chng.it/PZfTFDjNcr
part of a School of Global Affairs. Next year, who knows what will be - please sign our petition against mass redundancies chng.it/PZfTFDjNcr
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🎭 From lost comedias to lucid dreams, each year students from around the world reimagine Spanish Golden Age Theatre for the Our New Gold Festival.
Watch '24-'25's prize winners and read @samsonaws.bsky.social's (@uclselcs.bsky.social) reflections on the Festival in our latest blog:
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Watch '24-'25's prize winners and read @samsonaws.bsky.social's (@uclselcs.bsky.social) reflections on the Festival in our latest blog:
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July 22, 2025 at 9:36 AM
🎭 From lost comedias to lucid dreams, each year students from around the world reimagine Spanish Golden Age Theatre for the Our New Gold Festival.
Watch '24-'25's prize winners and read @samsonaws.bsky.social's (@uclselcs.bsky.social) reflections on the Festival in our latest blog:
bit.ly/4kQwid4
Watch '24-'25's prize winners and read @samsonaws.bsky.social's (@uclselcs.bsky.social) reflections on the Festival in our latest blog:
bit.ly/4kQwid4
For anyone interested who couldn’t make it to my inaugural ‘Time Frames: Marking the Early Modern’ here’s a recording: mediacentral.ucl.ac.uk/Play/124439
Time Frames: Marking the Early Modern
Time Frames: Marking the Early Modern
Professor Alexander Samson
Before the shattering of organic and providential temporalities by universal clock time, a period dubbed the ‘early modern’ foreshado...
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July 8, 2025 at 8:17 AM
For anyone interested who couldn’t make it to my inaugural ‘Time Frames: Marking the Early Modern’ here’s a recording: mediacentral.ucl.ac.uk/Play/124439
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The UK is a relatively low tax economy
This means the revenue raised by Government as a proportion of GDP has been low historically
Less funding raised for infrastructure/healthcare/education etc
A thread 🧵
This means the revenue raised by Government as a proportion of GDP has been low historically
Less funding raised for infrastructure/healthcare/education etc
A thread 🧵
June 2, 2025 at 6:38 AM
The UK is a relatively low tax economy
This means the revenue raised by Government as a proportion of GDP has been low historically
Less funding raised for infrastructure/healthcare/education etc
A thread 🧵
This means the revenue raised by Government as a proportion of GDP has been low historically
Less funding raised for infrastructure/healthcare/education etc
A thread 🧵
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Barnstormingly brilliant inaugural! Amazing reflections on the importance of recognising different conceptions of time, and capping it off with a call, in the midst of universities & humanities in crisis, to imagine other futures, inspired not just by present or immediate past.
May 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Barnstormingly brilliant inaugural! Amazing reflections on the importance of recognising different conceptions of time, and capping it off with a call, in the midst of universities & humanities in crisis, to imagine other futures, inspired not just by present or immediate past.
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Verrrrrrrry excited about @samsonaws.bsky.social’s inaugural on marking the #EarlyModern
May 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Verrrrrrrry excited about @samsonaws.bsky.social’s inaugural on marking the #EarlyModern
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LOL. Yes, UCL Events Team, I too am excited about @samsonaws.bsky.social's inaugural tomorrow! UCLUCL!
May 27, 2025 at 6:23 PM
LOL. Yes, UCL Events Team, I too am excited about @samsonaws.bsky.social's inaugural tomorrow! UCLUCL!
Really looking forward to delivering my inaugural lecture, do sign up, be lovely to see you there fellow early modernists! www.ucl.ac.uk/early-modern...
Time Frames: Marking the Early Modern
Before the shattering of organic and providential temporalities by universal clock time, a period dubbed the ‘early modern’ foreshadowed and heralded our ‘modernity’. But how are our times different f...
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May 16, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Really looking forward to delivering my inaugural lecture, do sign up, be lovely to see you there fellow early modernists! www.ucl.ac.uk/early-modern...
Female street performers in early modern Europe still a few slots left, do come along... www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Rope-Dancing and Female Performance
An Early Modern Exchanges event with Prof Clare McManus (Northumbria) and Prof Thibaut Maus de Rolley (UCL)
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May 14, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Female street performers in early modern Europe still a few slots left, do come along... www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Do pop along tomorrow for our event at 5 on Muslim ambassadors: www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
The Play of Negotiation: Muslim Ambassadors in Spanish Classical Theatre
Early Modern Exchanges welcomes Ruben Gonzalez Cuerva to discuss unearthing cultural heritage and analysing the interplay between actual Islamic representatives in Habsburg Madrid and the different ar...
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April 28, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Do pop along tomorrow for our event at 5 on Muslim ambassadors: www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
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Delighted to announce my professorial inaugural at UCL on 28th May, do sign up be great to see you all there! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/time-frame...
Time Frames: Marking the Early Modern
Time Frames: Marking the Early Modern
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March 7, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Delighted to announce my professorial inaugural at UCL on 28th May, do sign up be great to see you all there! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/time-frame...
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And here's @samsonaws.bsky.social with his book MARY AND PHILIP: The marriage of Tudor England and Habsburg Spain.
Also available for 30% off on our Renaissance Literature and History Reading List: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2025/02... 👈
Also available for 30% off on our Renaissance Literature and History Reading List: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2025/02... 👈
March 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
And here's @samsonaws.bsky.social with his book MARY AND PHILIP: The marriage of Tudor England and Habsburg Spain.
Also available for 30% off on our Renaissance Literature and History Reading List: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2025/02... 👈
Also available for 30% off on our Renaissance Literature and History Reading List: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2025/02... 👈
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Fabulous night yesterday at @edincollegeofart.bsky.social who threw me an inaugural party, talking digital/arts/hums/creativity. Packed house and packed zoom! Thanks to all who were there. And don’t let the dystopian nightmare bullshit dim your sparkle.
March 20, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Fabulous night yesterday at @edincollegeofart.bsky.social who threw me an inaugural party, talking digital/arts/hums/creativity. Packed house and packed zoom! Thanks to all who were there. And don’t let the dystopian nightmare bullshit dim your sparkle.
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For anyone interested in the early Bodleian Library or early modern book owners, the Shaping Scholarship project at CELL, UCL has made the project data available: ebdo.org.uk/data/ It details every officially recorded donation made c. 1600-1620, plus some extras, which is around 10,000 items.
March 17, 2025 at 9:49 AM
For anyone interested in the early Bodleian Library or early modern book owners, the Shaping Scholarship project at CELL, UCL has made the project data available: ebdo.org.uk/data/ It details every officially recorded donation made c. 1600-1620, plus some extras, which is around 10,000 items.
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At long last: committees.parliament.uk/committee/20...
Education Committee announces session on higher education funding - Committees - UK Parliament
Education Committee Chair Helen Hayes MP has today announced a deep dive evidence session examining funding issues in the higher education sector.
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March 14, 2025 at 12:05 PM
At long last: committees.parliament.uk/committee/20...
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Five of the billionaires who attended Donald Trump's inauguration have lost a combined $210 billion in wealth since then, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index
Oh dear
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Oh dear
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Billionaires at Trump’s Swearing-In Have Since Lost $210 Billion
As Donald Trump took the oath of office on Jan. 20, he was flanked by some of the world’s wealthiest people. The billionaires present that day — including Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg — h...
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March 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Five of the billionaires who attended Donald Trump's inauguration have lost a combined $210 billion in wealth since then, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index
Oh dear
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Oh dear
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Delighted to announce my professorial inaugural at UCL on 28th May, do sign up be great to see you all there! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/time-frame...
Time Frames: Marking the Early Modern
Time Frames: Marking the Early Modern
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March 7, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Delighted to announce my professorial inaugural at UCL on 28th May, do sign up be great to see you all there! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/time-frame...
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February 28, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Date and Time: Tuesday 25 February 2025, 6-8pm
Location: IAS Common Ground, G11 Ground Floor, South Wing
Register: IAS Book Launch: Political Culture in the Early Modern Iberian Worlds | Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS) - UCL
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All welcome!
Location: IAS Common Ground, G11 Ground Floor, South Wing
Register: IAS Book Launch: Political Culture in the Early Modern Iberian Worlds | Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS) - UCL
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All welcome!
IAS Book Launch: Political Culture in the Early Modern Iberian Worlds
Join authors Mario Graña Taborelli and Adrian Masters for the launch of their books, Jurisdictional Battlefields and We, the King.
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February 18, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Date and Time: Tuesday 25 February 2025, 6-8pm
Location: IAS Common Ground, G11 Ground Floor, South Wing
Register: IAS Book Launch: Political Culture in the Early Modern Iberian Worlds | Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS) - UCL
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All welcome!
Location: IAS Common Ground, G11 Ground Floor, South Wing
Register: IAS Book Launch: Political Culture in the Early Modern Iberian Worlds | Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS) - UCL
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All welcome!
Abject failure by leaders in HE to take a stand is now bearing fruit… The Guardian view on campus cuts: academics pay a high price for Westminster’s mistakes www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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February 12, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Abject failure by leaders in HE to take a stand is now bearing fruit… The Guardian view on campus cuts: academics pay a high price for Westminster’s mistakes www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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'In a series of consultancy studies about 20 years ago....A key conclusion was that QR was not just an important part of research funding but the critical element that incentivised staff, lubricated the research machine and geared up value.' 1/3
Opinion: Slashing ‘unfunded’ research is a recipe for decline.
Data show universities’ international excellence is built on researchers’ freedom to explore, says Jonathan Adams.
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Data show universities’ international excellence is built on researchers’ freedom to explore, says Jonathan Adams.
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February 11, 2025 at 1:07 PM
'In a series of consultancy studies about 20 years ago....A key conclusion was that QR was not just an important part of research funding but the critical element that incentivised staff, lubricated the research machine and geared up value.' 1/3
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IAS Book Launch: Political Culture in the Early Modern Iberian Worlds
25 February 2025, 6pm-8pm
Join authors Mario Graña Taborelli and Adrian Masters for the launch of their books, Jurisdictional Battlefields and We, the King.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
25 February 2025, 6pm-8pm
Join authors Mario Graña Taborelli and Adrian Masters for the launch of their books, Jurisdictional Battlefields and We, the King.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
IAS Book Launch: Political Culture in the Early Modern Iberian Worlds
Join authors Mario Graña Taborelli and Adrian Masters for the launch of their books, Jurisdictional Battlefields and We, the King.
www.ucl.ac.uk
February 10, 2025 at 12:23 PM
IAS Book Launch: Political Culture in the Early Modern Iberian Worlds
25 February 2025, 6pm-8pm
Join authors Mario Graña Taborelli and Adrian Masters for the launch of their books, Jurisdictional Battlefields and We, the King.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
25 February 2025, 6pm-8pm
Join authors Mario Graña Taborelli and Adrian Masters for the launch of their books, Jurisdictional Battlefields and We, the King.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
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'In the letter, made public on 10 February, Julia Black...says the “range of cutbacks we are seeing across universities is leading to a severe loss in UK capability".' Nearly 100 HEIs are “contracting or closing” social sciences, humanities & the arts disciplines “in the face of a financial crisis”.
British Academy: ‘UK research threatened by university finances’ - Research Professional News
University cuts leading to a “severe loss in UK capability”, academy president warns chancellor
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February 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
'In the letter, made public on 10 February, Julia Black...says the “range of cutbacks we are seeing across universities is leading to a severe loss in UK capability".' Nearly 100 HEIs are “contracting or closing” social sciences, humanities & the arts disciplines “in the face of a financial crisis”.