Historian of extinction, race & empire. Vanished shortlisted for Royal Society’s Trivedi Prize, & 2025 best book for FT, Guardian, BBC History Extra, Smithsonian and more.
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Sadiah Qureshi 🦈
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Permanent lectureship in Modern British History at the University of Manchester. FT, £42-58k, closing date 30 June 26, starting Sept 26 onwards.
For international people, this is equivalent to a tenure-track Assistant Lectureship.
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
#SkyStorians
Oh cool, so chatbots train you to do the exact opposite of critical thinking.
“Sycophancy is a safety issue”
@tpgroberts.bsky.social is right; this is a pogrom.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Saima’s research is extraordinary. Keep your eyes peeled for her first book about the East African Asian diaspora after the Ugandan expulsion and more on Black feminist activism which has already led to an amazing exhibition and incredible oral histories.
Follow and read as much as you can.
Interesting and unusual job posting, for a historian of computing/technology with aspirations to work in the museum field:
computerhistory.org/jobs/oral-hi...
“From what I heard from people in Glasgow yesterday, you had grown men walking down Buchanan Street screaming at anyone who wasn’t white, including children who were not white, screaming at them, ‘send them home’.”
Abused for simply existing, and being home.
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
“The Al is not just telling you what you want to hear. It is training you, one conversation at a time, to need less friction, expect more agreement, and become slightly less capable of handling a situation where someone pushes back on you”
Justin
Details Classification: Exempt, Temporary (3–4 year term, with full benefits), Fulltime, Hybrid (minimum 40% onsite) Location: Mountain View, CA Department: Collections & Exhibitions (Artifacts, Archi...
