Hey! Look!
A maritime history workshop on women and the sea, with online registration open, happening next week!
www.swaan.org/registration
Check out the program!
www.swaan.org/program
#maritimehistory #swaanproject
AI has almost completely invalidated online instruction, which once held a ton of promise. It can still be saved, but only if faculty are willing to do a whole lot more work for no additional pay.
www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
I remember thinking exactly this when I was living in ATX in 2020.
Who wouldn't want to come to Vienna in June?
In his article on wartime correspondence, Jiri Huteฤka describes a fabulous case of a Czech woman who was selling olive oil and other foodstuffs sent by her husband from occupied Albania on the black market during the First World War.
Trying to imagine the reaction if Biden had done/said something similar.
If I may share one of my old favourites:
In a corporate office job I received a missive in which the sender omitted the "o" in "head count."
Logo including text of the organisation titles for the Imperial War Museums (IWM), University of Glasgow, and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).
๐จ๐Funded #PhD opportunity: AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) studentship - โ๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฟโ, with Imperial War Museums (IWM) & University of Glasgow @glasgow.ac.uk. Supervised by Tim Peacock, Matt Barr & Ian Kikuchi. Apply by Friday 22 May, 5pm. October 2026 start. Details in next post.
Still, I struggle to believe that he actually said it. ๐ตโ๐ซ
Lecturer in the History of War and International Relations in the Modern Period (R&T)- University of Glasgow - College of Arts and Humanities - School of Humanities #skystorians ๐๏ธwww.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRA732/l...
Vacancy: Postdoctoral Researcher - Member of the REVENANT (Revivals of Empire: Nostalgia, Amnesia, Tribulation) Research Group: www.euraxess.hr/jobs/416774
@ceuropeanhistory.bsky.social is now accepting nominations for its Hans Rosenberg Book Prize for an outstanding monograph on Central European history published in 2025. Please spread the word! For eligibility and nomination process info visit: tinyurl.com/h3urjpr4. Deadline: June 1, 2026.
The Alexander Nash Fellow will be appointed for two years to undertake an independent programme of research in Albanian Studies, from which peer-reviewed publications will be generated and results and findings disseminated to a variety of audiences. The Fellow will also support the delivery of the Schoolโs undergraduate and postgraduate teaching portfolio, including but not limited to providing dissertation supervision to any students specialising in Albanian Studies.
Job vacancy: Alexander Nash Fellowship in Albanian Studies
The postholder will be appointed for two years to undertake an independent programme of research in Albanian Studies.
๐ผ Full time, fixed-term
๐๏ธ Closing date: 30 April 2026
๐ฌ Interviews: 26 May 2026
โก๏ธ Apply now: buff.ly/hs3NHH8
Salt Pass,
3/29/2026, 5:11:18 PM
Hardback copy of the book 'Make Cheese Not War'
My new book arrived in the post from @manchesterup.bsky.social! Pleased to see it for real!
Make cheese not war: Transnational resistance and the Larzac in Modern France
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526175878/
๐ #skystorians
Konrรกd prefers that interested candidates contact him by end of June, in advance of the final September deadline.
Postdoc opportunity with Ota Konrรกd in the project Everyday Histories of Violence in Europe.
platform.crowdhelix.com/opportunitie...
Okay, before I start cold-emailing folks, I just wanted to see if anyone in my network can connect me to someone who successfully applied for an SS-Humanities European Research Council Starting Grant? I just want to see what worked while I compose my own application.
Thank you!
#skystorians
Perfect headline/photo combo.
Shall we run and then jump? #oilpainting #art
WYO 230 Skyline,
3/19/2026, 10:06:52 AM
I know from experience how unpleasant that is but also: enjoying garlic again sounds like a huge plus!!! Fingers crossed for garlic bread, etc. in near future.
Bosler,
3/16/2026, 5:12:32 PM
Salt Pass,
3/15/2026, 2:32:04 PM
Elk Mountain,
3/13/2026, 11:34:37 AM
Mato Tipila,
3/11/2026, 12:31:18 PM
NEW CfP! ๐๐
๐ธ VISUAL HISTORY NOW: Using photographs to study the history of gender, sexuality, and space
8-9 Oct, Tampere Uni, Finland
If you research gendered, sexual, queer or trans histories using visual materials, this is the conference for you!
Deadline 31 March
www.tuni.fi/en/research/...
I like the corduroy jacket, but then I notice the footwear...
For @religiondispatches.org I wrote abt Bad Bunnyโs Super Bowl performance and the rituals he enacted. Caribbean spirituality is imbued w everyday moments of sacredness that form a link between us and our chosen divinities. religiondispatches.org/2026/03/09/b...
E pluribus unum.