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Aristotelian Society @aristotsoc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Last night, our newly elected President, Alexander Bird, delivered the Inaugural Address. Focusing on the philosophy of science, Bird denied that empiricism is a necessary feature of knowledge. Draft paper here: www.aristoteliansociety.org.uk/the-proceedi... #philsky
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Aristotelian Society @aristotsoc.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society returns next Monday! Incoming President Alexander Bird (Cambridge) will deliver the 119th Inaugural Address, 'Against Empiricism'. ⏰ 18:15–19:45, Monday 28th September 📍 The Chancellors Hall, Senate House 🔗 www.aristoteliansociety.org.uk/the-proceedi...
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119th Inaugural Address: Alexander Bird – The Aristotelian Society
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Cambridge Philosophy @cambridgephilos.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Alexander Bird will be giving his Inaugural Address as President of @aristotsoc.bsky.social on 28/9/26. His talk is entitled “Against Empiricism”. The abstract, draft paper, and other details can be found here: www.aristoteliansociety.org.uk/the-proceedi... @stjohnscollege.bsky.social
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119th Inaugural Address: Alexander Bird – The Aristotelian Society
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Chris Brooke @chrisbrooke.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Prof. @josephinequinn.bsky.social's inaugural lecture, "Anarchical Antiquity", will be at 5pm on Thursday 8 October in the Old Divinity School Main Lecture Theatre, St John’s College, Cambridge. www.joh.cam.ac.uk/about-us/new...
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Richard Pettigrew @wiglet1981.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Last month, Paul Silva organised a terrific online book symposium on Jessie Munton’s wonderful new book, Priority and Prejudice: The Epistemology of Salience and Attention. It was great to discuss the book with Jessie, Jessica Keiser, and Rachel Fraser. The video is here:
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"Priority and Prejudice"–Philosopher Meets Critics #26–Munton, Keiser, Pettigrew, Fraser
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Aidan McGlynn @aidanmcglynn.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Fair play 👏
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Neil Dewar, On Absolute Units - PhilPapers
How may we characterize the intrinsic structure of physical quantities such as mass, length, or electric charge? This article shows that group-theoretic methods—specifically, the notion of a free and ...
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Cambridge Philosophy @cambridgephilos.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Prof Angela Breitenbach will be a symposiast at the 2026 Joint Session at the University of Reading @aristotsoc.bsky.social aristoteliansociety.org.uk/the-joint-se...
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The 2026 Joint Session – The Aristotelian Society
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Art at the Alison Richard Building @artatarb.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
New exhibition at the ARB 🖌️ 'Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity' 27 July-18 Sept Alison Richard Building, CB3 9DP PV 27 July 5-7pm, all welcome!🍷 Five artists whose work is connected by acts of attention that reframe the world and renew vision for viewers bit.ly/4fBioMw
Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity
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Anna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
A centenary special issue of Philosophy, one of the journals of @triphilosophy.bsky.social dedicated to Bernard Williams’s question of how to think about the function of philosophy. Some great looking articles! #philsky
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Cambridge Philosophy @cambridgephilos.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Just published: Centenary Issue of Philosophy, co-eds Bill Brewer, Maria Alvarez, Sarah Fine. How should Philosophy understand itself? Issue reflects on Bernard Williams’s ‘Philosophy as a Humanistic Discipline’, published in the journal in 2000. #philsky www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Philosophy: Volume 101 - Issue 2 | Cambridge Core
Cambridge Core - Philosophy - Volume 101 - Issue 2
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Cambridge Philosophy @cambridgephilos.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Just published: Centenary Issue of Philosophy, co-eds Bill Brewer, Maria Alvarez, Sarah Fine. How should Philosophy understand itself? Issue reflects on Bernard Williams’s ‘Philosophy as a Humanistic Discipline’, published in the journal in 2000. #philsky www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Philosophy: Volume 101 - Issue 2 | Cambridge Core
Cambridge Core - Philosophy - Volume 101 - Issue 2
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CRASSH @crasshlive.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
🎲 Scenes of play in German literature from 1750 10-12 Sept 2026, CB3 9DP Register at bit.ly/3TwubDn With speakers from nine countries and fields ranging from architecture to toy history, we’re excited to kickstart Play Studies in the UK and rethink how we play today
Scenes of play in German literature from 1750.
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Cambridge Philosophy @cambridgephilos.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Warmest congratulations to Professor James Warren FBA! Such fantastic news!
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Cambridge Philosophy @cambridgephilos.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
The Faculty of Philosophy at Cambridge invites Expressions of Interest for British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship applications. Internal deadline is 17 August 2026. Information here: phil.cam.ac.uk/jobs/british... #philjobs
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Pablo Hubacher Haerle @pablohh.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
🎉🎉🎉 Publication alert! My paper "Rational Uncertainty and the Success Norm for Inquiry" is out in Mind — and now *open access*! Am I thinking too much? Is there such a thing as excessive inquiry that's not just impractical, but irrational? 1/5
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Cambridge Philosophy @cambridgephilos.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
The Faculty of Philosophy at Cambridge invites Expressions of Interest for British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship applications. Internal deadline is 17 August 2026. Information here: phil.cam.ac.uk/jobs/british... #philjobs
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Cambridge Philosophy @cambridgephilos.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Congratulations to Dr Neil Dewar!
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Anna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
It’s the season for the only issue of the Reporter I look forward to reading. Warm congratulations to all the promoted colleagues! www.admin.cam.ac.uk/reporter/202...
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Cambridge Philosophy @cambridgephilos.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
📜Congratulations to Dr Will Hornett and co-author Dr Robert Morgan @universityofleeds.bsky.social on the publication of 'Touching Through: The Puzzle of Mediated Contact' onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #philsky
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Touching Through: The Puzzle of Mediated Contact
It is natural to think that one person touches another when their bodies make direct contact. However, much interpersonal touch is not like this. We often touch people through things like their cloth...
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elisa freschi @elisafreschi.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
#PhilosophyJobs
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Aristotelian Society @aristotsoc.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
We're hiring! The Aristotelian Society is recruiting a new Managing Editor. This is a demanding part-time role suitable for a current graduate student to undertake alongside their studies. Deadline: Monday 18th May 2026. Read more here: mailchi.mp/9ec3fa312725...
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Job Advert: Managing Editor Role at the Aristotelian Society
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Cambridge Philosophy @cambridgephilos.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
🥁 New paper! Congratulations to Dr Will Hornett on the publication of 'The Form of Agency' in Nous onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #philsky
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The Form of Agency
Philosophers often think agency is essentially connected with rationality, intention, or control. However, Minimalists argue that agency is just the power to cause a change; acids and boulders are ag....
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CRASSH @crasshlive.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Apply for CRASSH events funding! 💫 Have you got an idea that may: - Foster the exchange of ideas across disciplines and cultures? - Forge new collaborations ? - Bring academic research to wider publics? - Explore research and artistic practice? Apply by 17 May 2026 bit.ly/3CaV97M
What will your event be?
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Ordo Fraterna Fibonacci @ordofibonacci.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Alexander Bird: The Structure and the Necessity of the Natural Laws The Royal Institute of Philosophy youtu.be/6vmbZA3R9uc?...
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Alexander Bird: The Structure and the Necessity of the Natural Laws
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CEU Philosophy Department @ceu-philosophy.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
📌 Our next Colloquium! Tuesday, March 3, 2026, 3:40 pm – 5:20 pm | CEU 'Individual climate obligations and the collective' with Angela Breitenbach (University of Cambridge). 🌎 More info buff.ly/2FKHKw9 #Philevent #climatechange #seeuatCEU #philcolloquium #philsky
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Individual climate obligations and the collective
This colloquium talk is planned as an in-person event. Registration is only required for non-CEU members.
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The Memory Palace @philmemopalace.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
When we are recollecting a story, what discerns all are other memories from being forgotten or merely being inaccessible at that moment? Today at The Memory Palace, Jessie Munton discusses what constitutes forgetting and its many uses in our lives. thememorypalacephil.substack.com/p/is-forgett...
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Is forgetting discovered or created?
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Joshua Grams @joshgrams.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
I'm only a quarter of the way through, but what a banger of a book. Dense academic prose interspersed with everyday examples for understanding, amusement, and surprise. Bravo. Pity it's > $100, but I that's academic publishing for you.
The cover of Priority & Prejudice: The Epistemology of Salience & Attention, by Jessie Munton. Looking almost like a nebula, I assume it's a network visualization: a nearly black background with clouds of colored points of light. The title is centered in a black box with an orangey-gold border. I was doing an art project so I made some white paper "flowers" as a contrast against the color of the cover.
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University of Cambridge @cam.ac.uk · 09/03/2026
The University of Cambridge is very proud to be recognised as a University of Sanctuary. This move acknowledges a commitment to providing a welcoming environment for those displaced by conflict who are granted asylum in the UK. Discover more 👇 bit.ly/3MPBcMO
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Duncan Bell @duncanbell.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
👇👇👇 cool new paper Sarah Fine, "Philosophy with all the Feels," Performance Philosophy www.performancephilosophy.org/journal/arti...
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Performance Philosophy
Performance Philosophy is an emerging interdisciplinary field of thought, creative practice and scholarship. The international, peer-reviewed, open access journal publishes articles that interrogate w...
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Political Legal and Moral Theory Research Group @CEU @ceupolemo.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
We are delighted to announce that our keynote speakers for the 2026 Symposium will be Antoinette Scherz (The University of Stockholm) and Sarah Fine (The University of Cambridge).
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Duncan Bell @duncanbell.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
JOB Assistant Professor of Political Theory University of Cambridge @thecambridgeschool.bsky.social www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/univers...
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University Assistant Professor in Political Theory
Applications are invited for an Assistant Professor (Grade 9) in political theory, to be based in the Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge. The post will be
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Rebecca Buxton @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
FULLY FUNDED PHDs IN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY I'm looking for *two* PhD students to join my ERC project on refugee-led approaches to displacement justice. The positions are funded for four years, and you get to join our lovely community in Bristol. Please share widely! philjobs.org/job/show/30997
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PhD in Political and Social Philosophy, University of Bristol - PhilJobs:JFP PhD in Political and Social Philosophy, University of Bristol
An international database of jobs for philosophers
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The Applied Epistemology Project @ UNC @unc-aep.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Very excited to share our fourth "explainer video". (Refresher: these are ~5 min animations introducing applied epistemology concepts for a wide audience.) This one's on ignorance, featuring a script by Jessie Munton! Please share & consider using in teaching! www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOj3...
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[AEP Explainers] Ignorance (with Jessie Munton)
YouTube video by PPE at UNC
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Cambridge Philosophy @cambridgephilos.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Check out @jessiemunton.bsky.social's excellent explainer video on ignorance (with @unc-aep.bsky.social ) @stjohnscollege.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOj3...
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[AEP Explainers] Ignorance (with Jessie Munton)
YouTube video by PPE at UNC
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The TLS @thetls.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
'What we need to understand is why common knowledge of something morally execrable isn’t enough to result in co-ordinated social action.' Jessie Munton: Can communal beliefs be reconciled with empirical facts?
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Groupthink
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Cambridge Philosophy @cambridgephilos.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
🙌Huge congratulations to Lea Bourguignon, Junior Research Fellow @trincollcam.bsky.social, on the successful completion of her PhD @lsephilosophy.bsky.social , 'On Being Justifiable to Others: Act Contractualism, Numbers, and Justification'. leabourguignon.com
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LSE Philosophy @lsephilosophy.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Join our upcoming Social Epistemology Research Group (SERG) Seminar by C. Thi Nguyen @add-hawk.bsky.social 🗓️ Monday, 9 February, 12pm (London time) 📍 LSE Campus and Zoom 🎲 Title: "The Score: How to Stop Playing Someone Else’s Game" 🔗 Abstract & Zoom: www.lse.ac.uk/philosophy/e...
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Social Epistemology Research Group (SERG) Seminar by C. Thi Nguyen
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Cambridge Philosophy @cambridgephilos.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Prof Angela Breitenbach will be a symposiast at the 2026 Joint Session at the University of Reading @aristotsoc.bsky.social aristoteliansociety.org.uk/the-joint-se...
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The 2026 Joint Session – The Aristotelian Society
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Cambridge Philosophy @cambridgephilos.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
📣 British Academy International Fellowships 2026 at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Cambridge: www.phil.cam.ac.uk/jobs/british...
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British Academy International Fellowships 2026 | Faculty of Philosophy
Call for Expressions of Interest for British Academy International Fellowship applications: Faculty deadline Thursday, 12 February 2026 The
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Cambridge Philosophy @cambridgephilos.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
📣 British Academy International Fellowships 2026 at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Cambridge: www.phil.cam.ac.uk/jobs/british...
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British Academy International Fellowships 2026 | Faculty of Philosophy
Call for Expressions of Interest for British Academy International Fellowship applications: Faculty deadline Thursday, 12 February 2026 The
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Edouard Machery @edouardmachery.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Great title. Might get it just for that. And munton is a great philosopher too.
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The Royal Institute of Philosophy @triphilosophy.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
✨ There's lots to look forward to in 2026. Why not come along to one of our #London #Lectures? 🏛️🎤 🎟️ Book tickets for these and other #philosophy events at buff.ly/8xNGjEm
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British Society for the Philosophy of Science @thebsps.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
We are delighted to announce that the BSPS will be running a doctoral scholarship competition in 2026! The competition will open in February, and the deadline will be 27 March. www.thebsps.org/funding/doct...
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British Society for the Philosophy of Science Doctoral Scholarships
Doctoral scholarships awarded by the BSPS for doctoral work in the philosophy of science undertaken at any UK university
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Department of Philosophy, Trinity College Dublin @tcdphilosophy.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
📌 A reminder that the Department of Philosophy currently has two tenure-track Assistant Professor posts open. Closing dates: 19 & 30 Jan 2026. Details below 👇
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Cambridge Philosophy @cambridgephilos.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Hearty congratulations to Dr Samuel Cole on the successful completion of his PhD, 'Political Liberalism and LGBTQ+ Citizens' (supervised by Clare Chambers and Sarah Fine). 👏 @darwincollegecam.bsky.social philpeople.org/profiles/sam...
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Samuel Cole (Cambridge University (PhD)) - PhilPeople
Samuel Cole is an alum of Cambridge University, Faculty of Philosophy, Darwin College. They are interested in Value Theory, Applied Ethics, Philosophy of Law, Social and Political Philosophy, and Poli...
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Leverhulme Trust @leverhulme.ac.uk · 09/01/2026
Nominations are now open for the Trust’s Philip Leverhulme Prizes, which are awarded in six broad subject areas and worth £100,000 each for two to three years. Deadline: Wednesday 14 May 2026, 4pm. 🔗 For more details, visit: www.leverhulme.ac.uk/philip-lever...
Black background with gold swirls. 2026 Philip Leverhulme Prize nominations. Biological Sciences, History, Law, Mathematics and Statistics, Philosophy and Theology, Sociology and Social Policy. Leverhulme Trust logo and URL leverhulme.ac.uk.
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Anna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Our special issue with @martinkusch.bsky.social is finally complete and here’s at long last our introduction. I pitched the idea to him in 2019! Thank you for your patience and generosity, Martin. I am proud of this manifesto and hope colleagues will join us in rethinking this old debate #philsci
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"Why do we argue about the specialness of the social sciences?"
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Paul Crider @paulcrider.liberalcurrents.com · 02/01/2026
This was a lot of fun!
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Josh Milburn @joshmilburn.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Last week, I was lucky enough to visit Cambridge to speak in the Seminar on Contemporary Political Thought. Huge thanks to Sarah Fine, @profclarechambers.bsky.social, and @tobiasmueller.bsky.social for the invitation. (The picture is me at the beautiful Peterhouse; Antoni Mikocki gave me a tour!)
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CRASSH @crasshlive.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Are you a Cambridge UTO or CTO working in the arts, humanities, and social sciences? Join our thriving community for a term and have the opportunity to advance a major research project in a supportive and intellectually stimulating environment ⏳ Apply by 12pm on 19 Jan 2026 bit.ly/48ggnjZ
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Cambridge Early Career Fellowships - CRASSH
Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
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