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Geoff Belknap @curatorgeoff.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Excellent summary of the Playable Heritage conference yesterday from Adrian

Geoff Belknap @curatorgeoff.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

JOB KLAXON!! Come and join our team! Assistant Curator, 12 months, fixed term 35 hours per week £34,368 to £37,189 Deadline - 06/09/26 careers.nms.ac.uk/job/936922

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Assistant Curator, Technology

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Geoff Belknap @curatorgeoff.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

What I love about the Edinburgh fringe is that you can spend an hour watching a man, completely naked, discuss penguin classics and it can end up being one of the funniest hours of your life.

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Geoff Belknap @curatorgeoff.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Am joining a conversation with the Historical Games Network and the National Library of Scotland on the 11th of September to discuss the relationship of Video Games and National identity. Come join the conversation: linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%...

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Playing the nation: Identity, culture, and power in video games

How is national identity encoded into video games played all around the world?

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Geoff Belknap @curatorgeoff.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

You point is 100% legitimate and important Alex. The wider societal implications of AI are destructive and problematic. And the original research and thread could have done more to foreground that. And still it is a technology that will have an impact - so we should as researchers research it.

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Geoff Belknap @curatorgeoff.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Whether we like AI or not, it is a technology we need to understand it's risks and potentials. Before you assume the worst, engage with his original research question.

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Geoff Belknap @curatorgeoff.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Seeing the pile on for @jimclifford.bsky.social reminds me of how difficult it is to have nuanced debate on social media. I know Jim to be a considerate, careful and rigorous historian - who is making an important point about the implications of AI for historical research.

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Geoff Belknap @curatorgeoff.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

We are down to the last 10 tickets for the Playable Heritage conference on September 16th! If you are interested in hearing from the video game, heritage and games studies sectors about the future of video game heritage, come join the conversation: my.nms.ac.uk/23690/23691

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Playable Heritage: Creating a Collaborative Framework for Collecting Video Game Culture

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Geoff Belknap @curatorgeoff.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

He's missing his iconic traffic cone too

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BSHS @bshsnews.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

🏆 We're delighted to announce the winner of the 2026 BSHS Pickstone Prize! Congratulations to David Singerman, whose book Unrefined has been awarded this year's prize! Check out the judging panel's decision and more on our website! 🔗https://bshs.org.uk/the-bshs-pickstone-prize-2026-winner/

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Geoff Belknap @curatorgeoff.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

We're hoping to open a wide conversation between GLAM and the sector so we can all come up with collaborative solutions. Sorry that you won't make it - but please do let anyone you know who might be interested

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Geoff Belknap @curatorgeoff.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Interested in both analogue and digital

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Geoff Belknap @curatorgeoff.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Come over to Edinburgh in September if you want to help us build that reality here in the UK - my.nms.ac.uk/23690/23691

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Playable Heritage: Creating a Collaborative Framework for Collecting Video Game Culture

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Geoff Belknap @curatorgeoff.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

And for the health conscious consumer, I Can't Believe It's Not Bog Butter

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Daniel Wilson @danielwilson.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

In unexpected good news: !!JOB!! Come and work on our new multidisciplinary programme at UCL as a 'Lecturer in Digital Culture and Society'. Permanent full-time position in London. Deadline 28 June. Specialism open. www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... #dh #sts

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UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

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sam blickhan @snblickhan.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

New paper alert! Findings from Communities & Crowds, which explored how co-creation & action research can be combined w online crowdsourcing to enrich volunteer experiences & institutional knowledge about GLAM collections. doi.org/10.29311/mas... cc @curatorgeoff.bsky.social @animalarchaeology.com

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Making Space to Talk: A Hybrid Approach to People-Powered Research | Museum & Society

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Dr Mirjam S. Brusius @mideastineurope.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Belated but happy to finally share: I began a professorship in Critical Heritage & Memory Studies at Uni Cologne earlier this year. Please stay tuned for future announcements — exciting things are in the works. Meanwhile, I’m very happy to say that I’m hiring: www.stellenwerk.de/koeln/resear...

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Research Assistant (f/m/x) at the Institute of Ethnology | stellenwerk koeln

Faculty of Arts and HumanitiesResearch Assistant (f/m/x)Institute of EthnologyWe are one of the largest and oldest universities in Europe and one of the most important employers in our region.

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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 27/04/2026

News | Brighton & Hove Museums to repatriate 45 artefacts to Botswana Return of collection was requested by Khama III Memorial Museum in 2022

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Brighton & Hove Museums to repatriate 45 artefacts to Botswana - Museums Association

Return of collection was requested by Khama III Memorial Museum in 2022

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Geoff Belknap @curatorgeoff.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Amazing achievement! Well done to the volunteers, team and researchers involved in so much of Zooniverse's success

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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 20/04/2026

News | Five museums in England shortlisted for Art Fund’s #MuseumOfTheYear 🏆 The winner will be announced on 25 June – congratulations to the shortlisted museums: • Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery • The Box, Plymouth • The Fitzwilliam Museum • The National Gallery • V&A East Storehouse

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Five museums in England shortlisted for Museum of the Year - Museums Association

Winner of Art Fund’s £120,000 prize to be announced on 25 June

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Adam Mosley @adamjmosley.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Fully-funded AHRC PhD scholarship at Swansea University in conjunction with Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales, examining the imperial and colonial associations of their natural sciences collections. Please share widely, and get in touch if you want to know more. Closing date 22 May.

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History and Heritage Studies: AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership Studentship (Fully Funded) in History with Museum Wales (RS951) - Swansea University

We offer a wide range of funded and fully funded research scholarships in all subject areas. Explore your options and apply now.

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Alice Marples @alicemarples.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Fully-funded AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership project: 'Cold War Socialism, Non-Alignment and Anti-Colonialism in the Yugoslav Press, 1961-1979' - British Library & University of Exeter www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin... Deadline for student applications: 5 May (noon)

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PhD: AHRC CDP Studentship | University of Exeter

The University of Exeter and the British Library are pleased to announce the availability of a fully funded Collaborative Doctoral Studentship from 1 October 2026 under the AHRC Collaborative Doctoral...

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Geoff Belknap @curatorgeoff.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Come help us shape the future of video game heritage in Scotland! New AHRC PhD opportunity for anyone interested in video game heritage and want to work with National Museums Scotland, Abertay Uni and Uni of Glasgow, apply! Applications due 11/05/2026 ce0173li.webitrent.com/ce0173li_web...

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Geoff Belknap @curatorgeoff.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

For those interested in photo history, attached is a CFP for a study day on the history photomechanical images in Italy. Proposals are due by the May 22 to cristiana.sorrentino@unifi.it & francesca.strobino@labafirenze.com The study day will be held at the University of Urbino on October 1st.

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James Elder @jameselder.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Very pleased to announce that BT Group Archives and UCL Department of Information Studies have a fully-funded PhD on offer. It's a really exciting one: to investigate how new computational methods can be used to get the most out of a digitised audiovisual collection. www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

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Geoff Belknap @curatorgeoff.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

JOB KLAXON - National Museums Scotland is looking for a Keeper of Global Arts, Cultures & Design. Amazing team & collections. If you have senior management experience and expertise in one of these areas, apply! Salary - £76,093 – 86,275 FT 35 hpw Deadline - 30/04/2026 careers.nms.ac.uk/job/856993

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Keeper, Global Arts, Cultures & Design

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Rebekah Higgitt @rhiggitt.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

There are PhD studentships available for some lucky people: Collecting Space Heritage (Museum Studies) - le.ac.uk/study/resear... Humanity and space, open theme - le.ac.uk/study/resear... #STS #histSTM 📜

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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 10/03/2026

Contact your local candidates ahead of the Scottish Parliament election 📩 The election will be held on 7 May, and we’re encouraging all our members in Scotland to contact their local candidates to ask: what commitments are you making to support museums? Find out how in our quick guide 👇

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Contact your local candidates ahead of the Scottish Parliament election - Museums Association

Ask your candidates about their commitments to support museums

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Dr Katy Barrett FSA @spoonsontrays.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

A week left to reply for this fantastic role. Closes 15 March

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Geoff Belknap @curatorgeoff.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

I'm so sorry Alex. Can only imagine how horrible it is to lose a pet, and also to have to worry about the cost. Sending love from Scotland.

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Geoff Belknap @curatorgeoff.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

🔔JOB ALERT🔔 12 month Project Conservator, Aviation @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social. If you have experience in engineering conservation, this job could be for you. Salary - £39,754 to £43,188 Full time - Fixed Term 12 months Location - NMoF Deadline - 15.3.26 careers.nms.ac.uk/job/841751

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Project Conservator

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Geoff Belknap @curatorgeoff.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

(Silly to not go, when it's your home town)! If you want any local Edinburgh tips, just ask

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Geoff Belknap @curatorgeoff.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Come join the team at @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social! Great role helping us take care of the Library and Archive! Closing date - 16/02/26 Salary - £42,765-£46,051 Hours - 35 pw

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PHRC @phrc-dmu.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

We're delighted to announce the CFP for our #PHRC26 annual conference on "Photography's Tacit Knowledge". As in the past few years, it'll be a hybrid conference, online and in Leicester, o 15-16 June. Send your abstracts by 9 January! photographichistory.wordpress.com/annual-confe... #photohist

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Annual Conference 2026

Photography’s Tacit Knowledge Image: A reproduction photographer at work. 1934 (Deutsche Fotothek). Photographic History Research Centre, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK When: 15-16 June 2026…

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British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Want to level up your library career this year? We’re looking for international mid-career library and archive professionals to join us this summer at our International Library Leaders Programme. Learn more link.bl.uk/ILLP2026

A woman with long brown hair pulls a red book from a bookshelf.

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Katie Flanagan @katiedflanagan.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

The Science Museum Group is looking for a Systems and E-Resources Librarian, FT permanent post based at one of our sites in #Bradford #London #Manchester #Wroughton (nr Swindon) or #York #LISjobs #LibraryJobs #MuseumJobs ce0111li.webitrent.com/ce0111li_web...

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Seb Falk @sebfalk.com · 05/01/2026

JOB ALERT! 3-year postdoc at @girtoncollege.bsky.social - research anything you like in History, Archaeology or Anthropology in a wonderful, welcoming scholarly community. PLEASE SHARE! Closes 12 January www.girton.cam.ac.uk/job-vacancie...

Here's what it looked like on my return to work this morning - beautiful red brick gabled building of Girton's Hall, with a dusting of snow on the grass in front.

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Rebekah Higgitt @rhiggitt.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Special issue (OA) of British Art Studies on James VI & I, including a multi-authored section on the Ramsay-Kerr watch @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social main--britishartstudies-29.netlify.app/issues/29/ (see also www.nms.ac.uk/discover-cat...)

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A watch for King James VI and I's favourite | National Museums Scotland

In around 1615, James VI and I presented his favourite courtier, Robert Kerr, Earl of Somerset, with an elaborate pendant watch. Within a year, Kerr had sp

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Dr Tasha Kitcher @tashakitcher.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

What if there was a way to link museum collections based on the way an object looks? Kaspar Beelen and I have a paper out now talking about 'Heritage Weaver,' a project that used multimodal AI to link and explore museum data across collections: doi.org/10.63744/txx...

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Geoff Belknap @curatorgeoff.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

This is the best kind of use of the Internet.

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Sarah Parsons @sparsons.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

2026 photo research fellowships now open. Come to Toronto to work with the amazing collections at TMU’s Image Centre! theimagecentre.ca/fellowship/

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Fellowship | The Image Centre

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Geoff Belknap @curatorgeoff.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Are you a scholar in Games Studies, Museum Studies and/or Digital Humanities and want to help NMS develop research in Collecting Video Game Heritage? Come and apply to be an IASH Fellow at the University of Edinburgh! Applications Opens - Dec 25 Closes - April 26 www.iash.ed.ac.uk/iash-nationa...

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IASH-National Museums Scotland Fellowship | IASH

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Geoff Belknap @curatorgeoff.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

I know it often feels like yelling into the void, but at least you can yell loudly here and with occasional free text boxes if you are horrified by the proposed immigration changes.

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight www.cityam.com/the-british-...

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The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?

The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity

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