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Posts by Jenny McHugh
Telegraph newspaper editorial on Mandelson's appointment in December 2024 versus editorial today
There are currently 6 permanent full time history jobs in the whole UK. 500+ PhDs being produced a year - not all of whom will want to pursue an academic year but likely most, and of course years will stack up onto each other. What a sector.
Once again, the good neighbors of Minnesota are leading the way: Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty is the first to charge an ICE agent with criminal charges for breaking the law and recklessly endangering public safety.
This is the kind of accountability ICE’s crimes demand.
It’s not too late to book for this summer school course, in London 8-12 June. For anyone who is interested in working with documents from medieval England. #Skystorians #MedievalSky @komldsp.bsky.social
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Excellent pun too 👏
We're happy to announce the publication of our new Advocacy and Engagement Report!
The report examines of the #DH landscape across the UK & Ireland, & sets out practical, community led recommendations for the future. Find out more here: digitalhumanities-uk-ie.org/2026/04/15/2...
Is it lame to say I’m excited about a data policy?! 👀
Apply now for ICS Public engagement grants
Deadline 1 May
Small grants (up to £500) are available to support Classics-themed public engagement activities. Full details: ics.sas.ac.uk/public-engag...
And here’s another freelance history job.
Ahhh how is it nearly May?! (P.S. 2 months until the @ukiedh.bsky.social Annual Event 🙈)
Maybe the scandal is that the asylum system is so cruel and fucked that people whose job it is to help desperate people willingly skirt the lines cause it doesn’t actually matter if youre gay or not to deserve a place in a safe society but what do i know
Full-funded (home or international) collaborative PhD studentship (Kew and Royal Holloway, University of London) available. Deadline 8 May.
Topic: ‘Just acquisitions? Law and ethics over time in Kew’s overseas plant collecting history’ #Skystorians
apparently Wikipedia has more rigorous standards than every university on the planet, university administrators, edtech enthusiasts, (certainly more than) AI bros, several prominent academic journals, and too many professors and teachers
We are happy to announce that our 2026 Annual Event Bursary Applications are open! The deadline to apply is 13 April.
For more details, how to apply and eligibility, please see our website: digitalhumanities-uk-ie.org/2026/03/23/2...
A group of pink, blue and white squares depicting a pink cloud in a blue sky. Logos of participating institutions: Edinburgh, KCL, CDH, DISKAH, Software Sustainability Institute, Society for Research Software Engineers.
Applications are now open for the DH & RSE Summer School 2026. This year's Summer School takes place at @manchester.ac.uk from Monday 29 June to Thursday 2 July.
Read our announcement: www.cdh.cam.ac.uk/about/news/d...
Apply by 14 April 2026: dh-rse-summer-school.github.io/DH-RSE-Websi...
#jobklaxon
Lecturer in #digitalhumanities at @ucc.ie
Salary: €42,102 - €72,452 (Scale B) / €44,169 - €68,942 (Scale A).
Applications must be submitted online via the University College Cork vacancy portal (ore.ucc.ie).
Maybe of interest to the
@digitalmedievalist.bsky.social community!
On 18 March at 13:00 (EST), Chris Ohge from @dh-researchhub.bsky.social is hosting a free webinar sponsored by eLabs.
He's introducing the Digital Humanities Climate Coalition (DHCC) Toolkit ~ a collaborative initiative to understand the impact of DH research: elaboratories.org/event/an-int...
A lot has been happening in the digital humanities and the university. My colleagues @kallewesterling.bsky.social, Jeanelle Horcasitas, and I are interested in having a broader discussion and debate on DH outside of the ivory tower
CFP is open through March 15
dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/page/cfp-dh-...
Spoiling a lot of takes but begging a large number of other questions... "Worsening graduate fortunes, it turns out, are a particularly British problem"
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I’ve been reading Mark-Shane Scale’s book on Colonization and Imperialism in libraries and have gone down a rabbit hole on classification systems. If anyone has any recommendations on the topic let me know!
(Cue the urge to start 5 different new research projects…) #informationstudies #libraries
Infographic reading: #FinalCall, You have 1 week left to send us your proposal, tinyurl.com/open-call-2025-blog, digital methods for the humanities, programminghistorian.org
✨⏱️ Final Call for Proposals
Our English edition invites proposals for new original lessons or translations until 15 February 2026.
Keen to share your digital humanities research methods?
📩 You have 1 week left to send us your proposal.
🔗 tinyurl.com/open-call-2025-blog
Join us for an in-person workshop on fluid environments and the digital spatial humanities in Lancaster on February 27.
Our fantastic speakers include: @kmcdono.bsky.social @ggrig.bsky.social @robertsuits.bsky.social @gmpala.bsky.social @hlsteyne.bsky.social
Register here: tinyurl.com/5n6hc4yy
Very excited to read this!
The 1st book in an exciting brand new #OpenAccess series on #DigitalCulture, Exploring Digital Cultural Heritage by Eirini Goudarouli from @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy, @amsichani.bsky.social and @jfwinters.bsky.social from @sas-news.bsky.social, May 2026:
uolpress.co.uk/book/explori...
BBC reporting that Andrew Mountbatten Windsor has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office.
There is no precedent for a senior member of the royal family being placed under arrest in modern British history. A seismic moment for the monarchy.
The website for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) is completely scrubbed and gone! They didn't even leave a legacy statement.
Poster for "Coding Codices Live: Medieval March." Four Events in March 2026.
The Digital Medievalist Postgraduate Committee invites you to Coding Codices Live: Medieval March - a series of beginner-friendly workshops to help you start using digital methods with medieval sources.
Open to MA students, PhDs & early-career researchers.
🗓️ Register by Feb 23
🔗 lnkd.in/dbJS2YhE
The next session in our seminar series, ‘The Fragile Record’, explores gaps and silences in cultural heritage collections.
Join us online at 4pm on 17 February as we examine uncertainty, privilege and power in digital archives.
www.sas.ac.uk/digital-huma...