A whole bunch of interesting presentations and panels on digital technology, archiving, the Black web, and more are coming up:

https://discussions.thenexus.today/topic/41/some-interesting-events-coming-up

"Pierre Poilievre, leader of Canada’s Conservative Party, has pledged to 'end the imposition of woke ideology in the allocation of federal funds for university research' should his party win the Canadian federal election on 28 April."

Scholars allocate most research funding in Canada, even if the federal government sets priorities and establishes envelopes. Regardless, Poilievre's position is anything but reasssuring.

https://www.science.org/content/article/canadian-election-top-conservative-candidate-vows-end-woke-ideology-science-funding

Huh. First time I've seen this. A student I've written for in the past is applying to a master's program. Along with the usual cover letter, writing sample, etc., applicants are required them to submit two letters of recommendation themselves.

Is this a thing? I mean, I trust this particular student, but running admissions this way would seem to make any recommendations the committee receives totally useless.

I greatly appreciate everything that Christopher Eisgruber says in this interview, but, more than that, it's increasingly a relief to hear someone in a position of authority willing to be sane in public.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/podcasts/the-daily/princeton-university-trump.html

cc @academicchatter #academicChatter

I’m the parent of a one year old child. I’ve received several invitations to speak at workshops and conferences this year, and not one has been willing or able to accommodate me giving a remote talk.

Did we learn nothing from the pandemic? And if I with all my privilege (and being gallus enough to ask) can’t do it, what hope for precarious, early career, minoritised academics?

@academicchatter

I somewhat reluctantly moved my Tuesday course this semester from 14:15 to 16:15 because no rooms were available.

Now that we’re halfway through the semester, I’ve got to say, this is the best change to my teaching schedule I’ve ever made, and I get to use what is probably the nicest room in the building :-)

The single most important thing I want students to learn about academic writing is that your paper is not a mystery novel! Please state your results right there in the introduction! #amGrading #academicWriting #academicChatter #ice515

Live tracker of college campus Visa revocations, via #WeAreHigherEd

https://www.wearehighered.org/campus-abductions #academicChatter

Courage to all who keep getting up everyday and try to make some part of what we're living a little better.

Whether it's teaching, talking, writing, upholding ethics in our daily work - thank you.

There's a reason that education, research, and academia are targeted in such times.

A luta continua.

Oh Christ, what is he gonna do to George? #philosophy #hegel #MAGA #sociology #Germany #academicchatter #academicmastodon #trump

Train: a unique place where time gets wrapped in such a strange way that things always get done #academicchatter

Doing a tiny little bit of programming every few weeks sucks In principle I love it, but I don't have time to do it more, and it takes me a couple of hours each time just to understand where I left it off #academicChatter

In case you were wondering about adding an AI system as author to your next paper: ICMJE says "NO!"

https://www.icmje.org/recommendations/browse/roles-and-responsibilities/defining-the-role-of-authors-and-contributors.html

"Chatbots (such as ChatGPT) should not be listed as authors because they cannot be responsible for the accuracy, integrity, and originality of the work, and these responsibilities are required for authorship"

#AcademicChatter
#AcademicIntegrity

Call from the past: This week I was contacted about k-delayed tree-local MCTAGs, a formalism I proposed with David Chiang in 2008
Sadly, both I and the field at large have moved on, but it is so nice to see that someone still gets value out of this
https://aclanthology.org/W08-2303/
#sigh #TAG #nlproc #academicChatter

Oh shit.

"Vrije Universiteit ontslaat 40 medewerkers en sluit afdeling vanwege landelijke bezuinigingen"

https://www.parool.nl/amsterdam/vrije-universiteit-ontslaat-40-medewerkers-en-sluit-afdeling-vanwege-landelijke-bezuinigingen~b3ce5568/

#WOInActie
#DoeHetNiet
#Eppocalypse
#KabinetSchoof
#Staking
#TUDelft
#HigherEducation
#HogerOnderwijs
#AcademicChatter
#BreakingNews
#VUAmsterdam
#Aardwetenschappen
#EarthSciences

For bookkeeping: With today’s notification I'm now at almost one million of rejected third party funding for 2025

- a fellowship
- a technology assessment study
- an interdisciplinary project with praxis partners

#JobAlert
#Bern University has advertised a open rank professorship in #earlyModern #history. This position might be of interest for scholars of #emdiplomacy, but also all other #historians. Therefore, #histodons , don't miss this opportunity!

https://ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jobs/23f400da-8252-4ad6-86b6-89232ece3fe9

#academicJob #academicChatter
@earlymodern @histodons @historikerinnen @womenknowhistory