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historian of witchcrafts, folklore, France 18-20th c ass. ed. French History ed. Cambridge Elements in Magic also #CreativeHistories not *literally* a birb
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omgomgomg french history woodstock lineup just dropped frenchhistorysociety.co.uk/blog/wp-cont... 🗃️

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i think that it would be fair if nietzsche specialists agreed that no one else has to spell niwtzsche right, and they could take this as the reasonable price of continuing to be, you know, nitszche specialists

submitted 14 hours ago • 1 comment

apricots! in south london!

submitted 20 hours ago • 2 comments

did all early modern europeans “literally believe”. nice new post from Robin which i think fits rather well with a discernible anti-ontological trend in histories of European supernaturalism and religion 🗃️

submitted 21 hours ago • 2 comments

what a beautiful sunny day! (to sit in a dark room and squint at tiny text while experiencing existential anxieties)

submitted 21 hours ago • 0 comments

ok spin offs that are better than the original, obv andor more controversial: better call saul peacemaker darryl dixon frasier

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

Our event today with heads of selected UK #History societies is a reminder of the dedication, expertise, civic sense, dynamism and, yes, value of these subject societies. If you'd like to keep in touch with them, we've a Starter Pack bit.ly/4jKumCE which now lists 125 such groups #Skystorians 1/2

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

“sure, ill just work out how to properly reference these archive series when ive finished writing” —— your worst past self

submitted 1 day ago • 5 comments

“AI could never have produced the Beatles, only The Monkees” 🔥 🔥 🔥

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

imagine being the one who didn’t resign (the story has been updated)

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i know they are doing their best! everything about this is 👎 👎

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ok is it just me or do the instructions for how to use the BL temporary system not actually link to the online item request form? this feels like traveling back in time to 2004 to try and order a book

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

Cutting lines or even whole departments is the frontal assault on higher ed, but another low key war of attrition is the slow accumulation of grinding, meaningless additional tasks concerning syllabus templates, learning outcomes, institutional pablum, and ever more intricate evaluation hoops.

submitted 2 days ago • 8 comments

I am conditioning myself to feel reliant on a product that doesn't work but maybe it will one day. In the meantime I'll be eroding my creativity and ability to identify accurate information. You are the one that's stupid, by the way

submitted 2 days ago • 4 comments

i’ll never forget the time as a child when my dad was traveling in europe and couldn’t get his uk mobile to work so missed the call from a neighbor about the shed on fire which is how i lost my prize violin (he was roaming while fiddle burned)

submitted 2 days ago • 4 comments

ive enjoyed the coverage of pitbull fans going to his concerts as him, with bald caps and sunglasses. should do it for other acts too. eg go to the chappell roan concert as pitbull

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I’m taking over as the menswear guy. Men should rotate through the same four band t-shirts for 35 years. Replace the shirts with identical shirts if the holes in them get big or you get too fat for them

submitted 4 days ago • 157 comments

i want my fridge to keep food cold. i do not want it to talk to me.

submitted 2 days ago • 17 comments

im editing a bibliography and always enjoy seeing alphabetical juxtapositions, like Foucault nestled in with some historians who are allergic to “theory” which raises the important *and not at all procrastinating* question: your favorite people to find yourself neighboring in the footnotes/biblio?

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

This contest is still open! If you're supervising any undergraduates who are doing work relating to the First World War then definitely check out the details below and pass them on to your students! 🗃️

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