My book Military Revolution and the Thirty Years War (2023) looks at four military institutions - feudal cavalry services, militias, regular armies, and war commissariats - and investigates how they evolved, mutated, stagnated, or withered in 1618-1648. Open access at hup.fi/books/m/10.3...
Totally off-topic, but did y'all the know the Free State of Florida's citrus industry is basically dead??
This is quite a story:
slate.com/business/202...
Visiting Assistant Professor, Greek and Roman History, College of Arts and Sciences job with University of Cincinnati | 37977151
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Is there something out there that serves as a good intro survey of the way metals from archaeological sites can be studied? Something like the Cambridge Manuals in Archaeology maybe???
For those who could not attend or stream this talk, I've posted on my blog both slides and speaking notes. livyarrow.org/2026/04/16/w...
We have two PhD studentships at Birmingham Newman University. If you know anyone interested in doing history, medical/health humanities, veteran studies, or reception studies - happy to chat.
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Is there a classic rederence for thinking about military history from a labor history perspective? "War workers" and so on? 🗃️
#C4News last night reported on the wholesale targeting of ambulances & paramedics in Lebanon by Israel, including the recent 'triple hit', when Israel attacked an ambulance, then attacked paramedics who went to help, and then attacked further paramedics also trying to help.
The Trump Admin has abruptly canceled an $11M contract with Catholic Charities to shelter and care for migrant children who enter the U.S. alone, ending a relationship between the Catholic Church and the U.S. government dating back to the first arrivals of Cuban exiles in South Florida.
I wrote this is a furious fugue state after reading Owen's skeet this afternoon. How I learned I can't trust academic online resources anymore, and what happened when I asked ChatGPT for some sources...
Academia is cooked.
www.ancientalexandra.co.uk/p/ai-lies
What are humanities and social sciences research good for? Consider Enslaved.org: putting names to as many of the people trafficked during the Atlantic slave trade as possible. Insisting on the dignity of every human being. #Talkabouthumanities #talkaboutsocialsciences
Baby girl HAZEL is back on euthanasia list!
Why isn’t she safe?
Where are my fosters?
Pls someone DM ME!
Help me save her by reposting her!
Lecturer in Anthropology, Politics and Religion at King's College London
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Lecturer in the Archaeology of the Ancient Mediterranean World at University of Reading
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A terrain map with orange markers for updates and pink circles for new place resources. The map stretches from the British Isles and Iberian peninsula in the northwest to Sri Lanka in the southeast.
Last Week in the #PleiadesGazetteer (6-13 April 2026): Over the past week the Pleiades editorial college published 5 new and 153 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Jeffrey Becker, Catherine Bouras, Anika Campbell, Tom Elliott, Greta Hawes, Brady […]
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Starting March 27, the Ara Pacis Museum in Rome,will offer an immersive multimedia experience for visitors. Video mapping technology &4K laser projection brings the altar’s original vivid polychrome back to life,accompanied by narration,music &sound effects
www.finestresullarte.info/en/museums/a...
Should we insist or wait until they ask?
We have a Teaching Fellow in Classical Language and Literature (Latin) job that is now open; fixed term from Sept 26 to June 28. Deadline is tight (24th April). The post covers a colleague's career break. There's some team teaching with me; happy to answer any questions folks might have.
Reposting for attention of #envhist #envhums #STS #HistSTM folks, can anyone help? Amazing story and a vital longitudinal datastream that needs continuity and care
The @resistanceschool.bsky.social salons are back!
Next week, April 15th, at 7:00pm, join me and @mollycrabapple.bsky.social to talk about anti-Zionism, multi-racial solidarity, and what we can learn from the Jewish Labor Bund's resistance.
Register here! www.resistancestudiesseries.com/salon
In the words of Sidney Dean, "It's hard work. It's hard god damn work . . . " making sure my outrage for Trump fascist moves that I already know about does not prevent me from generating outrage for *NEW* Trump fascist moves that I learn about today.
Trump's gutting the National Forest Service.
It is with great sorrow that we share the news that Averil Cameron has passed away. She will be deeply missed by all who knew her and her work. Further information will be shared in due course.
"To have your child abused while in the government's care, to not understand what has happened or how to protect them, to not even be told about the abuse, it is unimaginable," said an attorney representing the girl. https://to.pbs.org/3PV4hr9
Interactive map of Iranian sites damaged in the war
Which Iranian sites have been damaged? An important new GIS DH project maps the historic & archaeological sites damaged (69+ so far) by US-Israeli strikes in Iran. heritagewatch.camelab.net The Society of Iranian Studies is working with the Center of Ancient Mediterranean Landscapes & EAMENA.
Just had this from Planet Labs, the US government have asked satellite imagery providers for "voluntarily" restrictions on access to satellite imagery. Given a lot of them provide satellite imagery to the USG we can probably guess the outcome of not acquiescing to that request.
"Multiple lawyers who work with colleges and their athletes told ESPN they believe that judges would rule the president's order to be unconstitutional and unenforceable if challenged in court."
I have highlighted the most important paragraph of the story about the newest executive order about college sports
The NSF 2027 budget has noted that they will close out the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Science Program (SBE). This is not a good thing. nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/FY-202...
This & the cancellation of Title VI/FLAS funding for foreign language & area studies pose existential threats to the social sciences at every R1 university in the country. And it's been ~total 🦗🦗 from our university presidents/chancellors & a total lack of public collective action.
I always wonder - usually in vain - just how big auction houses determine provenance information. Thanks to the Epstein Files, we can see exactly how a seemingly rock-solid provenance was built on shifting sands for this Hercules. 🧵
screenshot of the programme, available also by clicking on the link.
Registration is now open for the 'Women, Power and Money' conference at the University of Warwick on June 11! Online or in person attendance possible. :-) Find out more about the programme here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/cla... @tokeneffort.bsky.social
