A great weekend at the HES annual conference with lots of thought-provoking papers delivered. Thanks to @histedsocuk.bsky.social for the opportunity to present my latest research in the poster session.
#HES2025 #Histed

In Salzburg, which is well known for Mozart (and Maria von Trapp) but it’s also the birthplace of the groundbreaking Christian Doppler.

#Salzburg #HistSci #Histphys

At the beautiful Österreichische Nationalbibliothek today. It felt like being in the lovely world of @darkacademiah.bsky.social

#Wien #Vienna

At the White Rose resistance movement memorial in the atrium at Ludwig-Maximilians Universität. This is the atrium where Hans and Sophie Scholl were caught distributing anti-Nazi leaflets, leading to their arrest by the Gestapo and subsequent execution with other White Rose members. #München #Munich

Looking forward to attending this!

Homepage - Innerpeffray Library Turn the pages of history with a visit to Innerpeffray.  This tranquil place in rural Perthshire, at the heart of Scotland, is home to a multi-layered story waiting for you to explore.  Central to the...

A lovely visit yesterday to Scotland’s oldest free public lending library at Innerpeffray where the new collection catalogue was being launched.

innerpeffraylibrary.co.uk

Free webinar about the new Bibliography of British and Irish History interface on 28 April 2025, 5pm (GMT). Register via: https://bit.ly/BBIHwebinar

Join us and @brepols.bsky.social for a webinar introducing the new Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) interface.

Date: Monday 28 April 2025
Time: 17:00 (Brussels) / 11:00 (Eastern Time, USA) / 16:00 (London, UK)
Duration: 15 minutes, followed by a Q&A

More info: bit.ly/BBIHwebinar

The new reading room at Lambeth Palace Library is very lovely, and the staff very helpful! A productive afternoon spent looking through the National Society archive. #histed

Great to see you in Leicester last Friday - very informative and entertaining!

Our PGR Hub has an update!

- NEW Call for Papers site (see #cfp in #histed in one place)
- Updated funding opportunities!
- Updated free resources and open access texts
- Updated PGR Perks available!

GO HERE: historyofeducation.org.uk/pgr/

Please share this with PGR students! (1)

#edusky

Word of the day is ‘huff-snuff’ (16th century): a hectoring bully or braggart.

Word of the Day is ‘ingordigiousness’ (18th century): extreme greed at the expense of principles.

Too bad UK universities are gutting their humanities programs though, they'd have even more foreign students to enroll if that wasn't the case

Why being bilingual really does seem to delay dementia Multiple studies suggest that speaking more than one language pushes back the onset of dementia, but doesn't seem to stop it entirely

Parlez-vous français? We're starting to understand how being bilingual really could delay dementia.

Early Elsevier exits set tone for UK publishing costs showdown Librarians and negotiators insist embattled sector’s finances and technological innovations will help to achieve long-sought reductions in publisher costs

The early exit of three universities from a nationally negotiated deal with Elsevier shows why a broader reset of UK publishing agreements is necessary

#AcademicSky #highered

The scientific secrets to baking the perfect holiday gingerbread The Great British Bake Off's Josh Smalley explains how to bake the perfect freestanding gingerbread Christmas tree, complete with strong icing glue, windows and just the right biscuit texture

The Great British Bake Off's Josh Smalley explains how to bake the perfect freestanding gingerbread Christmas tree, complete with strong icing glue, windows and just the right biscuit texture.
www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...

😊 A bit early Larry! First day of Christmas is Christmas Day. This is Advent!