Conor Muller
@conormuller.bsky.social
@oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social /// c18–19th migration control and border surveillance in France, Britain, colonies
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Imagine having the Empire come save your one-year postdoc
Nathan Cofnas and the US Ambassador to Belgium say that the University of Ghent have now lifted his suspension, thanking the US government for supporting him (with threats of retaliation).
The Ambassador says that Cofnas will be able to complete his one year appointment to March 2027.
The Ambassador says that Cofnas will be able to complete his one year appointment to March 2027.
August 27, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Imagine having the Empire come save your one-year postdoc
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Grim grim grim. An obscure academic appointment that Cambridge University made into national news to congratulate themselves, thus making the later plagiarism scandal into a public trial of Black scholarship, possibly now resulting in the death of a father of two.
August 14, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Grim grim grim. An obscure academic appointment that Cambridge University made into national news to congratulate themselves, thus making the later plagiarism scandal into a public trial of Black scholarship, possibly now resulting in the death of a father of two.
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fascinatingly* the French news is translating "Count Binface" as « le Compte Tête-de-Poubelle » rather than « Visage-de-Poubelle)
which is, in fairness, more accurate (his entire head is a bin, not just his face)
typical British media not asking the important underlying questions
* ta gueule
which is, in fairness, more accurate (his entire head is a bin, not just his face)
typical British media not asking the important underlying questions
* ta gueule
July 9, 2026 at 6:50 AM
fascinatingly* the French news is translating "Count Binface" as « le Compte Tête-de-Poubelle » rather than « Visage-de-Poubelle)
which is, in fairness, more accurate (his entire head is a bin, not just his face)
typical British media not asking the important underlying questions
* ta gueule
which is, in fairness, more accurate (his entire head is a bin, not just his face)
typical British media not asking the important underlying questions
* ta gueule
Laser focus on growth latest:
Breaking: Ministers confirm cut to Strategic Priorities Grant for universities.
Teaching funding reduction will be sharply felt by some institutions, says Office for Students.
Free to read.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
Teaching funding reduction will be sharply felt by some institutions, says Office for Students.
Free to read.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
Ministers confirm cut to Strategic Priorities Grant for universities - Research Professional News
Teaching funding reduction will be sharply felt by some institutions, says Office for Students
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
July 7, 2026 at 8:25 AM
Laser focus on growth latest:
Funny that Starmer is such an empty man that he gave beating factional opponents and expunging progressive thought within the Labour party equal weight to the few actually good things his government has done, like lifting the benefit cap. Good riddance!
June 22, 2026 at 8:50 AM
Funny that Starmer is such an empty man that he gave beating factional opponents and expunging progressive thought within the Labour party equal weight to the few actually good things his government has done, like lifting the benefit cap. Good riddance!
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This is unbelievably at £132k.
The difference this will make can not be overstated.
The difference this will make can not be overstated.
This women's group wanted to raise £1,000 to help the victims of last night's attacks in Belfast. It's already at £56,000.
chuffed.org/project/1854...
chuffed.org/project/1854...
Support people and groups impacted by racist attacks
We are raising funds to support people who have been attacked, displaced and traumatised in racist attacks in Belfast.
chuffed.org
June 10, 2026 at 9:32 PM
This is unbelievably at £132k.
The difference this will make can not be overstated.
The difference this will make can not be overstated.
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FIFA has prohibited Haitian World Cup jerseys with a depiction of the Nov. 18, 1803, Bataille de Vertières aka the triumph of the Haitian Revolution against slavery.
Depraved.
amp.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
Depraved.
amp.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
June 10, 2026 at 8:30 PM
FIFA has prohibited Haitian World Cup jerseys with a depiction of the Nov. 18, 1803, Bataille de Vertières aka the triumph of the Haitian Revolution against slavery.
Depraved.
amp.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
Depraved.
amp.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
Not cool to require PhD students to do, say, a week's worth of unpaid work on an 'application dossier' and harass four separate superiors for various supporting statements. All for a <1% chance of acceptance. No thanks!
June 4, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Not cool to require PhD students to do, say, a week's worth of unpaid work on an 'application dossier' and harass four separate superiors for various supporting statements. All for a <1% chance of acceptance. No thanks!
Given that there is effectively no funding for the fourth year of PhDs, it's really fortunate that your living costs suddenly vanish at this point. Rent, food, bills – all magically reduced to zero. This is doubly convenient as it frees up money to pay 'continuation fees', which kick in now too
May 26, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Given that there is effectively no funding for the fourth year of PhDs, it's really fortunate that your living costs suddenly vanish at this point. Rent, food, bills – all magically reduced to zero. This is doubly convenient as it frees up money to pay 'continuation fees', which kick in now too
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The Society's President and Council have released the following statement on the proposed closure of undergraduate degrees at the University of Hertfordshire, in #History and the wider humanities bit.ly/4dmV5oO
This comes at a time of further bad news from Essex and Nottingham #Skystorians
This comes at a time of further bad news from Essex and Nottingham #Skystorians
History and the humanities at the University of Hertfordshire – a statement from the Royal Historical Society - RHS
Even for those familiar with bleak times, this has been a particularly bad few weeks in UK higher education. Confirmed job losses at the University of Essex were followed by further bad news from Hert...
bit.ly
May 21, 2026 at 11:19 AM
The Society's President and Council have released the following statement on the proposed closure of undergraduate degrees at the University of Hertfordshire, in #History and the wider humanities bit.ly/4dmV5oO
This comes at a time of further bad news from Essex and Nottingham #Skystorians
This comes at a time of further bad news from Essex and Nottingham #Skystorians
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The Arsenal. Your Premier League champions.
May 19, 2026 at 8:29 PM
The Arsenal. Your Premier League champions.
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This matters. Please co-sign. Managers like to pretend that petitions don't move them, but in reality cannot but answer questions about the numbers, and suddenly things that were deemed inevitable appear to be more-evitably-than-previously-declared.
Sign the Petition
Save the Humanities at the University of Hertfordshire
www.change.org
May 12, 2026 at 7:27 PM
This matters. Please co-sign. Managers like to pretend that petitions don't move them, but in reality cannot but answer questions about the numbers, and suddenly things that were deemed inevitable appear to be more-evitably-than-previously-declared.
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Every single member of the History Department at Uni of Nottingham is at risk of redundancy. Every single one of us.
May 12, 2026 at 9:17 AM
Every single member of the History Department at Uni of Nottingham is at risk of redundancy. Every single one of us.
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New Open Access article in French History! 🎺🇫🇷🏴💾💻🌟
Conner Muller on 'Scottish martyrs, Scotland and internationalism in revolutionary France, 1794–99'
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@conormuller.bsky.social @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social @frenchhistory.bsky.social
Conner Muller on 'Scottish martyrs, Scotland and internationalism in revolutionary France, 1794–99'
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The Scottish martyrs, Scotland and internationalism in revolutionary France, 1794–99
Abstract. The case of the ‘Scottish martyrs’ transported from Britain for sedition in 1794 was followed closely in revolutionary France. Although these fiv
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April 30, 2026 at 10:07 AM
New Open Access article in French History! 🎺🇫🇷🏴💾💻🌟
Conner Muller on 'Scottish martyrs, Scotland and internationalism in revolutionary France, 1794–99'
academic.oup.com/fh/article/d...
@conormuller.bsky.social @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social @frenchhistory.bsky.social
Conner Muller on 'Scottish martyrs, Scotland and internationalism in revolutionary France, 1794–99'
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@conormuller.bsky.social @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social @frenchhistory.bsky.social
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There are currently 6 permanent full time history jobs in the whole UK. 500+ PhDs being produced a year - not all of whom will want to pursue an academic year but likely most, and of course years will stack up onto each other. What a sector.
April 21, 2026 at 6:46 AM
There are currently 6 permanent full time history jobs in the whole UK. 500+ PhDs being produced a year - not all of whom will want to pursue an academic year but likely most, and of course years will stack up onto each other. What a sector.
Aside from the moral bankruptcy of once more pulling up the drawbridge to HE, does anyone actually think doing the Treasury's dirty work for it will save us? Their policy is simply 'spend as little money as possible whatever the consequences'. Precisely zero additional money will be freed up by this
Vice-chancellor calls for review into student loans for those without A-levels
Vice-chancellor calls for review into student loans for those without A-levels
Adam Tickell, of University of Birmingham, says money is loaned to people who ‘are not really capable of graduating’
A leading vice-chancellor has questioned whether students without A-levels should be eligible for government-backed student loans, as part of an effort to solve England’s university funding crisis.
Adam Tickell, vice-chancellor of the University of Birmingham, said universities face an “almost existential challenge” and falling public support that requires a radical review of higher education funding. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
March 6, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Aside from the moral bankruptcy of once more pulling up the drawbridge to HE, does anyone actually think doing the Treasury's dirty work for it will save us? Their policy is simply 'spend as little money as possible whatever the consequences'. Precisely zero additional money will be freed up by this
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#AcademicFreedom | We have written to The @openuniversity.bsky.social to express our profound concern about the university’s response to a letter from the UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) regarding the use of the term ‘#ancientPalestine’.
Read our letter: bit.ly/4r0j68L 1/3
Read our letter: bit.ly/4r0j68L 1/3
February 26, 2026 at 4:41 PM
#AcademicFreedom | We have written to The @openuniversity.bsky.social to express our profound concern about the university’s response to a letter from the UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) regarding the use of the term ‘#ancientPalestine’.
Read our letter: bit.ly/4r0j68L 1/3
Read our letter: bit.ly/4r0j68L 1/3
Spotted Tenconi and his fascist Turning Point meatheads campaigning in Oxford today. They bravely left before the rest of us finished work and never bothered advertising the 'event' in advance. Presumably he didn't want a welcome party
February 26, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Spotted Tenconi and his fascist Turning Point meatheads campaigning in Oxford today. They bravely left before the rest of us finished work and never bothered advertising the 'event' in advance. Presumably he didn't want a welcome party
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Academics and students are more likely to face “repression” for their pro-Palestinian views than any other group in the UK, says European Legal Support Center www.timeshighereducation.com/news/academi... via @julietterowsell.bsky.social
Academics and students ‘face censorship’ for Palestinian support
Universities worst affected as lawyers collate database of incidents of ‘repression’
www.timeshighereducation.com
February 26, 2026 at 9:37 AM
Academics and students are more likely to face “repression” for their pro-Palestinian views than any other group in the UK, says European Legal Support Center www.timeshighereducation.com/news/academi... via @julietterowsell.bsky.social
Mind-blowing genius for Labour to dream up a wedge issue which divides only their own voters and not those of literally any other party
The latest nonsense Facebook advert Labour are pushing in the Gorton and Denton by-election. Just one more reason why I could never vote Labour.
February 22, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Mind-blowing genius for Labour to dream up a wedge issue which divides only their own voters and not those of literally any other party
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Breaking: on two counts, the High Court has ruled that the Labour government's proscription of the campaign group Palestine Action was unlawful – a win for its co-founder Huda Ammori, who sought a judicial review of the ban
February 13, 2026 at 10:07 AM
Breaking: on two counts, the High Court has ruled that the Labour government's proscription of the campaign group Palestine Action was unlawful – a win for its co-founder Huda Ammori, who sought a judicial review of the ban
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Take the time to do this folks. The proposed changes to ILR are shocking and cruel, which is made abundantly clear in the text of the public consultation linked below. Please lend your voice to try to mitigate the cruelty.
PS. Not too late to tell the government what you think about their proposed changes to Indefinite Leave to Remain - the public consultation is open until 12th Feb.
www.gov.uk/government/c...
www.gov.uk/government/c...
February 5, 2026 at 10:31 AM
Take the time to do this folks. The proposed changes to ILR are shocking and cruel, which is made abundantly clear in the text of the public consultation linked below. Please lend your voice to try to mitigate the cruelty.
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‘Burke and Fox’s relationship could not withstand the ideological chasm that emerged between them after the French Revolution. But they believed passionately in the importance of friendship.’
Daisy Hay on Edmund Burke and Charles Fox.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Daisy Hay on Edmund Burke and Charles Fox.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Daisy Hay · No King: Burke and Fox break up
Edmund Burke and Charles Fox’s relationship could not withstand the ideological chasm that emerged between them after...
www.lrb.co.uk
February 1, 2026 at 11:15 AM
‘Burke and Fox’s relationship could not withstand the ideological chasm that emerged between them after the French Revolution. But they believed passionately in the importance of friendship.’
Daisy Hay on Edmund Burke and Charles Fox.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Daisy Hay on Edmund Burke and Charles Fox.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
TIL Wetherspoons has a section of its website on Jean-Paul Marat – explaining a display about him in a Newcastle branch. Unfortunately it isn't clear that he ever actually lived in the city www.jdwetherspoon.com/pub-historie...
January 29, 2026 at 2:00 PM
TIL Wetherspoons has a section of its website on Jean-Paul Marat – explaining a display about him in a Newcastle branch. Unfortunately it isn't clear that he ever actually lived in the city www.jdwetherspoon.com/pub-historie...
Surely a good omen for my PhD that I have now visited enough French archives to earn Grand Voyageur status with SNCF
January 22, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Surely a good omen for my PhD that I have now visited enough French archives to earn Grand Voyageur status with SNCF