Academic & former dean. Taught and researched at Rutgers, Loughborough, and St Andrews. US/UK universities, Now found on: @profjonathanpotter.bsky.social
Lewes, E. Sussex, UK
Joined May 2012
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Listening to Rest is Politics/US and reading other commentators, it's striking how widely talk of "left-wing bias" in universities has taken hold. That matters - when academia is under political attack. Some thoughts from someone who worked inside major US and UK universities.🧵
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I wrote about the art critic John Berger and the strange thing we call the "creative economy"
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All the news that’s fit to print!
University of York academic in running for prestigious history award ift.tt/C1dilse
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University of York academic in running for prestigious history award ift.tt/C1dilse
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Some incredibly exciting news! My book about how Liverpool's history makes us think differently about Britain's past, present and future has been shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize!
We're thrilled to announce the 2026 #WolfsonHistoryPrize shortlist, showcasing six exceptional books that explore how societies navigate periods of seismic change.
📕'The Boundless Deep: Young Tennyson, Science and the Crisis of Belief' by Richard Holmes (@wmcollinsbooks)
📕 'Vanished: An Unnatural History of Extinction' by Sadiah Qureshi (@AllenLaneBooks)
📕 'Summer of Fire and Blood: The German Peasants’ War' by Lyndal Roper (@BasicBooksUK)
📕'Liverpool: A Story of Britain' by @samwetherell (@HoZ_Books)
📕'The Library of Ancient Wisdom: Mesopotamia and the Making of History' by @lswisnom (@AllenLaneBooks)
📕'Silence of the Gods: The Untold History of Europe's Last Pagan Peoples' by @drfrancisyoung (@cambridgeup)
Congratulations to all the authors! 👏📚
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Cool!!! Looking forward to it!
I’ll be on Radio 4 next week talking about the stupidity of charter cities and the barbarism of libertarian world making bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00316r…
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I’ll be on Radio 4 next week talking about the stupidity of charter cities and the barbarism of libertarian world making bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00316r…
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On the eve of my paternity leave, I have made a Substack for intermittent reflections on the strange new work that history is being made to do in Britain. The first essay is about York Dungeon, carnivalesque violence and the past as a gigantic scrapheap. thehistoryfactory.substack.c…
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On 23 June I'll be in Manchester in conversation with the wonderful urban historian and activist Isaac Rose. See below for tickets. And stay tuned for more Liverpool Content later this year. eventbrite.co.uk/e/mancheste…
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On 16 June I will be at the amazing West Kirby Bookshop in Liverpool launching the book with a talk and a Q and A. See below for tickets. eventbrite.co.uk/e/liverpool…
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Paperbacks have arrived and are looking lovely. Buy yours from 16 July. It has been heartily endorsed by both the Financial Times and the Morning Star so its perfect for any Dialectic enthusiasts in your life. See below for some events too:
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Manchester friends! I'm doing an event with the wonderful organiser and urban historian @_isaacrose -another launch for the paperback of Liverpool and the Un-Making of Britain. Spread the word and sign up here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/mancheste…
Brilliant!
Excited to announce that Liverpool and the Unmaking of Britain will be out in paperback on July 16. I’ll be doing a launch event that day with the wonderful people at West Kirby Books. See below for tickets! eventbrite.co.uk/e/liverpool…
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There is a sale on at @PrincetonUPress which means the paperback of Foundations is only £11. A small price to learn how the British built environment was radically and its politics shaped by a host of new types of urban space in the twentieth century. press.princeton.edu/books/pa…
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I'm so delighted to see this out in the world, its the product of years of work and thought - maybe the hardest thing I've written, and made possible by numerous friends and readers. Its paywalled, but of course drop me a line if you need help with access. academic.oup.com/past/advanc…
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Congrats @JonathanPotter6 and @alexahepburn
Thank you Hansun! Copies arrived at home an hour ago. V excited!
best book cover ever 🌈but wait till you see what’s inside🤗 @ISCAupdates @alexahepburn @JonathanPotter6
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Not unbelievable, sadly, but deeply connected. My entire body of work for a decade has been intersection of tech bro impunity, foreign interference & political capture. Attacks on the press are central to this. It’s why they came for me & why I know fighting back is so KEY.
Unbelievable that a man who spent US$75m on a film no-one wants to see about Melania Trump has just fired almost all the foreign correspondents on the newspaper he owns. You might think nothing was happening in this world. @JeffBezos @washingtonpost #SaveThePost
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MPs! Please come to this. It’s a briefing on Russian interference ahead of the Westminster Hall debate with @dominicgrieve_ @Chris_D_Steele + others. Organised with @allthecitizens.
1.30pm today Portcullis House
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Just out in The New York Times! In an op-ed by #RUSCI Caitlin Petre & Penn's Julia Ticona, they found "What A.I. imperils is not human creativity itself but the ability to make a living from creative endeavor." More: ow.ly/LUWX50XKu9L @RutgersU
