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heiditworek.bsky.social
Prof @ UBC. Canada Research Chair in history and policy of communications. Director @ubcdemocracy.bsky.social Co-editor of Journal of Global History. Senior fellow @ Centre for International Governance Innovation
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The worst happened. We were DOGE’d. Our NSF funding is gone. So now there’s nothing stopping me from sharing Expert Voices Together, a crisis response system for US-based researchers and journalists facing harassment. It's a true passion project. 🧵 1/ expertvoicestogether.org

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A chance to join the editors-at-large team at the Toynbee Prize Foundation! Please circulate to PhDs and early career historians! toynbeeprize.org/posts/call-f...

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Unhappy to confirm that the entire Historical Advisory Committee at the State Department received termination notices this afternoon (myself included). The HAC, set up by Congress, oversees the office that produces the FRUS series. history.state.gov/about/hac/in... 1/

submitted 14 days ago • 94 comments

The US has cut billions of dollars in COVID and pandemic readiness research funding, saying "Americans moved on years ago.” The public health and broader science community MUST stop aiding this shift in research priorities by referring to COVID in the past tense. www.bmj.com/content/388/...

submitted 36 days ago • 6 comments

Researchers who have had grants terminated--tell your story! The #DefendResearch team is collecting testimonials about this impact of #censorship on research that we will use as part of a toolkit for contacting elected officials. #NSF, #NEH, #NIH www.defendresearch.org/testimonials

submitted 23 days ago • 1 comment

His work on American media remains tremendously illuminating

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Chris Tenove @cjten.bsky.social & Prof @heiditworek.bsky.social write about foreign interference that pose a risk to Canada’s election, including the enduring harm of disinformation campaigns to our nation’s democratic health. More @theconversation.com: theconversation.com/foreign-inte...

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Breaking - White House is forcing out top leadership at the National Archives. “The exodus of senior staff is seen as a huge loss for the agency, which is considered nonpartisan and dedicated to the preservation of history and documents.” www.cnn.com/2025/02/14/p...

submitted 89 days ago • 122 comments

A new issue of the Journal of Contemporary History means new book reviews: first up is @heiditworek.bsky.social on The Wireless World: Global Histories of International Radio Broadcasting by @kindkovacs.bsky.social, @rebeccapscales.bsky.social et al. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

submitted 90 days ago • 1 comment

breaking the bluesky posting seal to share the exciting news that @heiditworek.bsky.social and I have a new article available from Past & Present on the perils and promises of periodization in global history. Send a chat or email @ institutional addresses for access. academic.oup.com/past/advance...

submitted 97 days ago • 0 comments

Huge thanks to @mdentandt.bsky.social and his CIGI team for working with @heiditworek.bsky.social and me on this series on elections and tech in 2024. And it was a privilege to work with so many excellent contributors to the series.

submitted 113 days ago • 1 comment

💗 @heiditworek.bsky.social for this lovely review of "The Wireless World": journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10..... This book was a total joy; a privilege to work with & learn from David Clayton, @kindkovacs.bsky.social Vincent Kuitenbrouwer, Simon Potter, Nelson Ribeiro, & @rebeccapscales.bsky.social.

submitted 120 days ago • 1 comment

#Postdoc job alert: 2-year SocSci/Humanities postdoc with my colleague @heiditworek.bsky.social & Bridge Consortium Proj. Focus: understanding/addressing abuse, disinformation, polarization in online discussions of vaccine development/safety, pandemic PH measures. sppga.ubc.ca/news/postdoc...

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🎙️How did news agencies and wireless tech of 100 years ago shape the world? CSDI Director Heidi Tworek (@heiditworek.bsky.social) joins CIGI’s Policy Prompt podcast to unpack the lessons from history for today’s tech and media landscape. 🎧 Listen here: www.cigionline.org/pp/a-look-at...

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