Reposted by Annie WebsterJen Baird @jenbaird.bsky.social · 05/01/2026The first Carena Institute of Sustainable Archaeologies Seminar series, on Collaborative Archaeologies in (Post)Conflict Contexts, kicks off next week with Hiba Alkhalaf. All welcome! Sign up via the link: www.bbk.ac.uk/events?tag=1... 3148
Reposted by Annie WebsterUCU Edinburgh @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social · 17/10/2025Hundreds of jobs have already gone at the University of Edinburgh, and the Joint Unions Finance Working Group estimates that *1000+ jobs could be at risk* in the coming months. If you are a UCUE member: post your ballot now!! www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/blog/8snje8s...ucuedinburgh.org.ukBehind management’s latest moves: large scale compulsory redundancies coming soon — UCU EdinburghWith hundreds of jobs already lost, a further 1,000+ jobs are on the line 1129
Reposted by Annie Websterhannah @hannahkateboast.bsky.social · 26/09/2025Template letter to advocate for second evacuation of Gaza students with UK university scholarships: docs.google.com/document/d/1...docs.google.comGaza students second MP letter templateDear [Name] MP On Monday 22 September, and as reported in the Guardian, 34 students from Gaza arrived in the UK to take up their places at our country’s top universities. These students have overcom... 197
Annie Webster @anniewebbo.bsky.social · 27/06/2025An inspiring two days of talking about displaced arts - thinking about how creative practices can be used to inhabit, expose, navigate or contest global geographies of asylum. Thank you to all our speakers, @leverhulme.ac.uk, and @iashedinburgh.bsky.social for making this gathering possible! 1152
Reposted by Annie WebsterUniversity and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 20/06/2025UCU members at @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social are striking today over University of Edinburgh plans to make £140million in cuts and threaten jobs We're fighting against these reckless proposals Share to show your support ✊ 06247
Reposted by Annie WebsterUCL Department of Geography @uclgeography.bsky.social · 02/06/2025📣 Global Migration Conference 2025: Creating Spaces of Sanctuary 🕊️ An afternoon of talks and discussion with speakers from @helenbamber.bsky.social, @hackneycouncil.bsky.social and @cityofsanctuaryuk.bsky.social. 📅 Tues 17 June | 1–4pm 🎟 Free + open to all #UCL #RefugeeWeek2025 #GlobalMigrationtinyurl.comCreating Spaces of SanctuaryJoin us to explore how we can build true sanctuary through solidarity, care, and resistance alongside refugees and migrants. 057
Reposted by Annie WebsterArabLit & ArabLit Quarterly @arablit.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Shubbak 2025 has announced the "first wave" of their lineup: shubbak.co.uk/festival-2025/ 064
Reposted by Annie WebsterEdinburgh Environmental Humanities Network @eehnetwork.bsky.social · 11/02/2025The deadline for the Edinburgh Environmental Humanities Network Visiting Fellowships 2025-26 is 28 February. blogs.ed.ac.uk/environmenta...blogs.ed.ac.ukFellowships – EEHN 176
Reposted by Annie WebsterAlice Wickenden @awickenden.bsky.social · 14/01/2025Laith is not on here, so I shall do his publicising work for him and advertise this new article 😌 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...cambridge.org“Bringing ‘The Magic Carpet Up to Date’: Imperial Airways in Iraq, 1920–1932” | Itinerario | Cambridge Core“Bringing ‘The Magic Carpet Up to Date’: Imperial Airways in Iraq, 1920–1932” 1114
Annie Webster @anniewebbo.bsky.social · 13/01/2025*CFP deadline this Wednesday!* Final few days to submit abstracts for 'Displaced Arts: Creative Practices and Geographies of Asylum' @iashedinburgh.bsky.social 032
Annie Webster @anniewebbo.bsky.social · 12/12/2024Updated call for papers! I'm delighted that we have Professor Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh confirmed as a keynote for 'Displaced Arts: Creative Practices and Geographies of Asylum' hosted by @iashedinburgh.bsky.social on 24th June 2025. CFP below and more details here: www.iash.ed.ac.uk/news/call-pa... 0127
Reposted by Annie WebsterLesley Graham @lesleygraham.bsky.social · 21/11/2024CFP Alert! I'm very pleased to be co-organising the 24th International Congress of the French Society for Scottish Studies (SFEE) which will be held from 15th – 17th October 2025 at the University of La Rochelle on the theme of "Scotland and the Coast" sfee.fr/congres2020/ 31712
Reposted by Annie Websterhannah @hannahkateboast.bsky.social · 27/11/2024Crucial post from UCU Edinburgh: '1. The University makes an operational surplus 2. The evidence of financial troubles offered by the Principal is misleading 3. The University is wealthier than it has ever been' www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/blog/2eppzf7...ucuedinburgh.org.ukDire Financial Straits at UoE? NO! — UCU EdinburghAre things really as bad as they say? Find out the truth behind the numbers! 0239
Annie Webster @anniewebbo.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Call for papers! Displaced Arts: Creative Practices and Geographies of Asylum 24th June 2025 at @iashedinburgh.bsky.social, University of Edinburgh CFP below and more details here: www.iash.ed.ac.uk/news/call-pa... Please share! 11213
