@geoffcrossick
Based in London, social historian now working on photographs of early-20thC shopkeepers in Britain & France, interested in difference arts and culture make, on boards in higher education and cultural sector, passionate about Tottenham Hotspur.
Join us for a special live-streamed event with Professor Dame Angela McLean, the Government Chief Scientific Adviser, on Monday 7 July at 2.30pm. She'll discuss the value of the humanities and social sciences in policymaking.
Join live: vimeo.com/event/5202389
It wasn't a dream then. I no longer feel I have to apologise to my kids and grandkids for having made them Tottenham supporters - this is what it's for! But then my father never apologised to me.
I'm very sorry to hear that, Hannah. Sad news indeed.
Don't miss out on these fantastic opportunities to come and work with us in Leeds. Deadlines coming up shortly!
“Some airlines and hotel groups have warned of waning demand for transatlantic travel and a “bad buzz” about visiting the US”
I have a fully-funded, 4 yr AHRC collaborative PhD studentship 'Soundscapes of domesticity: music and lived experiences in non-elite English homes, 1780–1870' supervised by myself and Matt Ingleby with colleagues at The Museum of the Home. Deadline 23 May See: www.qmul.ac.uk/geog/postgra...
Congratulations! I can't wait to read it.
Image of an outdated TV or PC screen ensconced in grey rocks, against a black background.
Lectureship in Digital History. A new, permanent post on a teaching & research contract. Any period from ancient to contemporary. Specialism in history of any region of the world. Friendly, committed, diverse department in the heart of Bloomsbury.
Deadline 7 April. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMI974/l...
At the end of the financial year, and the last government's comprehensive spending review, what did AHRC do with our £300m share of the nearly £27bn of UKRI funding?
Over £350m of coinvestment
6000 jobs
Reached over 1 million people
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on.ft.com/4aLgR2y Ephemeral messages remove scrutiny from government (unless you inadvertently bring the editor of @theatlantic.com into your group chat). I did warn about the use of these messaging systems in transacting government business in @ft.com.web.brid.gy some years ago!
questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-ques... The Paiamentary question asks about government support for the arts and humanities. The answer is only about the creative arts - important as they are - with nothing to say on the humanities.
PhD students have long shown a big loss on TRAC but they're recruited because seen as part of research activity now and in the future. TRAC enables universities to decide where cross-subsidies are justified and where not. The problem now is that the finances for cross-subsidy barely exist.
So no more arts activities in French prisons. Even though there is so much evidence of their positive impact.
So many leading Chartists ended up running mutual benefit societies as Wheeler did. Shows us how the scale and variety of Chartism meant real management skills were learned by men who would otherwise have had little access to them.
Wheeler had a brief walk-on part in my doctoral thesis, so many years ago, through the Chartists' take-over of an Anti-Corn Law meeting in Deptford in 1842. So the latest in these fascinating Chartist biographies was particularly welcome!
Creative Lives has launched its Monitor to gather information from as many local voluntary arts organisations and groups as possible. To help it plan its own activities and to help it influence local and national policy. www.creative-lives.org/creative-liv... Circulate as widely as possible!
Chris Banks speaking as she steps down as Library Director at Imperial
A pleasure to join with both Imperial colleagues and representatives of the wider library community to honour @chrisabanks.bsky.social as she steps away from her Imperial role. But we’re reassured that we won’t be losing her drive and expertise…
Wonderful drawings by Charles Darwin’s children. I love that some were on the manuscript of Origin of the Species. Very suggestive of the family culture
#childhist
Like many I did this long ago. The real challenge is cultural and academic organisations who say they stay on X because of its 'reach'. Principles have to prevail over pragmatism here, so good that the Royal Historical Society has closed its X account. And being good historians they've archived it!
Paule Constable richly merits her retirement after remarkable career as theatre lighting designer. We gave her an honorary degree while I was at Goldsmiths and I learned how central lighting design was to the creative process in theatre. Something I've never forgotten when watching performances.
Indeed. I assume Trump will want both to go. NEH more at risk, I think, because NEA funds in every Congressional district - hence its survival last time he tried to close it down.
The USA's NEA has cut its scheme to extend the arts to 'underserved groups/communities', and prioritised projects to mark 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Which read 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal...'. Trump in 1776 would have banned it.
🚀📈 Making Victorian visual culture searchable: Introducing an open-access and AI-powered dataset of 72,000 illustrations from the Illustrated London News (1842-1890). (w. Bethany Warner, @pfyfe.bsky.social and @bcgl.bsky.social)
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Fantastic opportunity here! Not only is Dr Oman a sector-changing scholar overflowing with integrity and clever, she is one of the most compassionate and lovely people I know. Like I said, fantastic opportunity
Call for papers for the 14 March 2025 IHR British History in the Long 18th Century seminar. Short (5 minute) presentations by new and and new-ish PhDs students on their doctoral research. Contact brendan.tam@warwick.ac.uk for details and to submit an abstract. Hybrid format, so you don't need to be in London.
New and new-ish PhD students working on British history in the 'long' 18th century: come tell our friendly seminar about your research in our 14 March 2025 Lightening Talks. Our seminar is hybrid so you don't need to be in London (or indeed the UK) to participate. Details below and in the Alt text.
Opinion: Modern #arts and #humanities demand modern policy approaches.
As disciplines’ scale and methods transform, we must ensure ambition keeps pace, says @christophersmith.bsky.social.
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BBC headline tells us "Art fans from UK to be charged more to visit Louvre than those from EU". Well, all citizens from countries outside the EU are to be charged the higher ticket price. Far from being singled out for punishment the UK is being enabled to enjoy its Brexit freedom.
University of Newcastle's plans to cut 'unfunded research time' defines funded as through external research grants. If they're excluding QR funding then arts and humanities will be very disproportionately hit.
#serbiaeu #anticorruption
Ditto. Production values high, plausibility low. But the premise underpinning it all, that an attack on a British naval vessel would reduce support for independence in Scotland, bizarre.