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DNA ethnicity testing based on current national borders reinforces an ahistorical view of identity.Their words
Unfortunately DNA testing which identifies 'ethnicities' based on current national borders (no-one is ever 38% Burgundian) which appears to be a harmless hobby, reinforces this ahistorical toxin.
Murray Pittock
Scottish historian and cultural scholar; Bradley Professor and Pro Vice-Principal at the University of Glasgow; writes on Jacobitism, Scottish and Irish history and Robert Burns.
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DNA ethnicity testing based on current national borders reinforces an ahistorical view of identity.
Unfortunately DNA testing which identifies 'ethnicities' based on current national borders (no-one is ever 38% Burgundian) which appears to be a harmless hobby, reinforces this ahistorical toxin.
bsky.appSaid 11 Oct 2026This on korrents
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Higher education has failed to make itself an electoral priority.
The fundamental issue is that HE is not an electoral priority and has not succeeded in making itself one.
bsky.appSaid 25 Jul 2026This on korrents
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The fundamental issue is that HE is not an electoral priority and has not succeeded in making itself one.
17 May
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korrents.com
Brexit’s economic failure has deepened the disappointment and exceptionalism that led to it.Their words
The key issue is not non English nationalism but Brexit, which encouraged delusive hopes, nourished arrogant introspection & whose economic failure- just read the large number of studies, don't troll- has intensified the miserabilism,disappointment & exceptionalism that led to it in the first place.
26 April
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What universities need is-particularly in Scotland-not to be obliged to educate home undergraduates at an increasing loss.
22 March
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In fact subject experts are frequently adept, but they are not asked because they do not endorse unrealistically novel and conspiracy theories but are balanced and nuanced.
12 January
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Telling history through the actions of a single Great Man is why historians distrust biography.Their words
funnelling the process of Irish independence through the actions of a Great Man, 'A Hero', is one of the key reasons why historians distrust biography.
31 December 2024
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The arts and humanities have data and digital needs like other research but are still funded as “ink and think”.Their words
21st century arts & hums has many of the same data and digital needs as other areas of research, but is still seen & funded on the precepts of ink & think.
14 November 2024
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Failing to foresee Trump’s 2024 win reflected personal preferences rather than social science.Their words
Lack of understanding that Trump would win reflected personal preferences not social science.
15 October 2023
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Humankind long lived in small adversarial tribal groupings. Escaping from these into knowledge is the basis of civilisation.
23 June 2017
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The Identity of UlsterTheir words
The interesting thing about books like The Identity of Ulster is that they’re at the meeting point between the way people imagine their communities—that Benedict Anderson phrase—and history.
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DNA ethnicity testing based on current national borders reinforces an ahistorical view of identity.
Unfortunately DNA testing which identifies 'ethnicities' based on current national borders (no-one is ever 38% Burgundian) which appears to be a harmless hobby, reinforces this ahistorical toxin.
@murrayp.bsky.social on Bluesky Said 11 Oct 2026
Higher education has failed to make itself an electoral priority.
The fundamental issue is that HE is not an electoral priority and has not succeeded in making itself one.
@murrayp.bsky.social on Bluesky Said 25 Jul 2026
Brexit’s economic failure has deepened the disappointment and exceptionalism that led to it.
The key issue is not non English nationalism but Brexit, which encouraged delusive hopes, nourished arrogant introspection & whose economic failure- just read the large number of studies, don't troll- has intensified the miserabilism,disappointment & exceptionalism that led to it in the first place.
@murrayp.bsky.social on Bluesky Said 17 May 2026
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Scottish universities should not be obliged to educate home undergraduates at a loss.
What universities need is-particularly in Scotland-not to be obliged to educate home undergraduates at an increasing loss.
@murrayp.bsky.social on Bluesky Said 26 Apr 2026
The problem with expertise in the media is media framing, not the experts.
In fact subject experts are frequently adept, but they are not asked because they do not endorse unrealistically novel and conspiracy theories but are balanced and nuanced.
@murrayp.bsky.social on Bluesky Said 22 Mar 2026
Telling history through the actions of a single Great Man is why historians distrust biography.
funnelling the process of Irish independence through the actions of a Great Man, 'A Hero', is one of the key reasons why historians distrust biography.
@murrayp.bsky.social on Bluesky Said 12 Jan 2026
The arts and humanities have data and digital needs like other research but are still funded as “ink and think”.
21st century arts & hums has many of the same data and digital needs as other areas of research, but is still seen & funded on the precepts of ink & think.
@murrayp.bsky.social on Bluesky Said 31 Dec 2024
Failing to foresee Trump’s 2024 win reflected personal preferences rather than social science.
Lack of understanding that Trump would win reflected personal preferences not social science.
@murrayp.bsky.social on Bluesky Said 14 Nov 2024
Escaping from small tribal groupings into knowledge is the basis of civilisation.
Humankind long lived in small adversarial tribal groupings. Escaping from these into knowledge is the basis of civilisation.
@murrayp.bsky.social on Bluesky Said 15 Oct 2023
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Recommends The Identity of Ulster
The interesting thing about books like The Identity of Ulster is that they’re at the meeting point between the way people imagine their communities—that Benedict Anderson phrase—and history.
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