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Help! I’m wondering if there a list for academic journals (preferably history) on here? Please share if so!

submitted 15 days ago • 2 comments

our beloved playschool closes for good today. I've spent the last several weeks issuing redundancy notices, battling with the local authority and watching in awe as our treasurer does the most depressing sums www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

submitted 16 days ago • 3 comments

Why is it always the case, that you get an idea for a new bit of writing which niggles at you endlessly when you have 1000 more urgent work things to do, but when you actually take the time to do it, you’re hit with writer’s block

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

#ICYMI Catch up on what we’ve been up to so far this year!

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

It's been a busy month of researching, thinking, learning and writing for @claireljones.bsky.social and I, so much so that we are excited to share TWO new posts on our project website... 🖋️📖 research.kent.ac.uk/buzzers-for-...

submitted 30 days ago • 1 comment

There’s a lot of bad press about the use of AI on Microsoft Word etc, but I for one LOVE to be repeatedly reminded that I am not very good at writing

submitted 31 days ago • 1 comment

Completely agree with this, particularly Carsten’s point about the headline being misleading. It also reveals what is becoming the widely accepted (though arguably longstanding) relationship between mental ill health, policing and the law.

submitted 36 days ago • 3 comments

A very intriguing story on BBC News this morning, which has got me thinking about the shifting uses, materiality and meaning of urine over time... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

I was getting annoyed by constant emails inviting me to apply for biomedical conferences that I’m clearly not suited for, BUT the latest one is in Gran Canaria in July, which quite honestly sounds delightful

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

A reminder that we're currently hiring! Join us as a Public Engagement Officer and help to support Being Human Festival and a NEW Centre for Public Engagement Practice in the Arts & Humanities. (Please note there is a new link for this vacancy). Find out more: www.jobs.london.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

submitted 40 days ago • 0 comments

We are deeply concerned to hear about proposed cuts and programme closures at the University of Northampton and the University of Sheffield. In solidarity with our colleagues, please join us and sign and share the two petitions below requesting URGENT action. 🚨 1/3

submitted 47 days ago • 1 comment

Farewell to Kent and #theleakybody workshop. Thanks to @claireljones.bsky.social and @katemcal993.bsky.social for being excellent organisers and hosts. Such stimulating discussions about where to go next in leaky body studies :-)

submitted 49 days ago • 1 comment

Lady day of #theleakybody workshop. Univ of Kent looking pretty in the wintry frost. @claireljones.bsky.social @katemcal993.bsky.social

submitted 50 days ago • 1 comment

Room all set for the second (and last 🥺) day of #TheLeakyBody workshop. We had a great range of papers yesterday which spanned different disciples, time periods and contexts, but collectively spoke to possibilities and pitfalls of thinking with leakiness. Looking forward to our final day!

submitted 50 days ago • 0 comments

Working hard at #theleakybody workshop. Lots of great uses of the concept and interesting scholarship. Looking forward to seeing how everything comes together tomorrow, given the overlaps emerging. @claireljones.bsky.social @katemcal993.bsky.social #buzzersforbedwetters

submitted 50 days ago • 1 comment

Escaping the snow and ice today to travel down to Canterbury for #TheLeakyBody workshop, which starts tomorrow!

submitted 52 days ago • 0 comments

These are early career fellowships for those anywhere in the world "who have completed a doctoral degree in history in the 18 months prior to the submission deadline for this application, or who will have submitted their thesis for examination by 1 October 2025" 🗃️

submitted 54 days ago • 1 comment

After a pre-snow trip to Morrisons yesterday for emergency supplies, I’m now pondering one of life’s greatest questions: which are better, crumpets or pikelets?

submitted 55 days ago • 1 comment

One of my resolutions for the new year is to read more fiction. I’ve started with Butter by Asako Yuzuki, but am struggling because reading it makes me so damn HUNGRY

submitted 57 days ago • 1 comment

Oh, sounds like a fascinating project!

submitted 58 days ago • 0 comments

Ermmmmmm...this job looks ACE! 4yr contract, well-paid, hybrid working possible, fabulous project. Can't wait to see the outcomes of the project! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLD382/p... #skystorians #18thC #19thC 🗃️

submitted 58 days ago • 0 comments

Does anyone know of any histories of health visit/ing/ors in modern Britain? Trying to think for myself but it's the last day before annual leave and I am tired

submitted 72 days ago • 7 comments

#ICYMI My update on the #BuzzersforBedwetters project so far!

submitted 72 days ago • 2 comments

Over on the #BuzzersforBedwetters website, I've shared my first blog! I discuss what I've learnt so far about incontinence and the urinary body in the past, and why this history matters in the present. Have a read! 👇 research.kent.ac.uk/buzzers-for-... @claireljones.bsky.social

submitted 74 days ago • 0 comments

Walking through Kelham Island (Sheffield) after the sun has set almost leaves you convinced that you’ve accidentally stepped back in time

submitted 78 days ago • 1 comment

Hello Bluesky! In case you haven't come across us before, Gender & History is a global gender studies journal publishing research on femininity, masculinity and gender across various eras and territories. Follow us to hear about our latest publications, events and much more!

submitted 79 days ago • 0 comments

Some updates from #BuzzersforBedwetters this morning! First, @claireljones.bsky.social and I are excited to share the programme for our upcoming workshop on 'The Leaky Body', which will be held in January 2025! You can now view the full programme on our website 👇 research.kent.ac.uk/buzzers-for-...

submitted 80 days ago • 1 comment

Just for the record, medical misogyny is also thinking that women's body stops at the uterus and that we only have reproductive organs. It's not just gynaecological conditions; it's the whole approach to women's healthcare that has to be rethought. www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

submitted 80 days ago • 7 comments

During the two days I have spent in London this week, I (an equally lost Northerner) have been asked for directions on four different occasions

submitted 81 days ago • 1 comment