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Claire

@drclairemcgee.bsky.social
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📍Norwich/Northumberland Academic researcher interested in: art, anthropology, global visual and material culture, costuming, death studies, subcultures and digital humanities

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Metal Insider @metalinsider.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Napalm Death have made history with an appearance on NPR Music's Tiny Desk concert series. Details: metalinsider.net/video/napalm... #NapalmDeath #TinyDesk #NPRMusic
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Napalm Death make history with NPR Tiny Desk performance
Napalm Death have officially become one of the heaviest bands to perform on NPR Music's acclaimed Tiny Desk concert series.
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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 21/05/2026
News | Sainsbury Centre receives £91.2m donation Money will be used to revitalise the Norman Foster-designed building at the University of East Anglia, Norwich
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Sainsbury Centre receives £91.2m donation - Museums Association
Money will be used to revitalise the Norman Foster-desinged building at the University of East Anglia, Norwich
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Claire @drclairemcgee.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Why a 1,500‑year‑old monastic rulebook still challenges what it means to live a meaningful life
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Why a 1,500-year-old monastic rulebook still challenges what it means to live a meaningful life
Saint Benedict imagined a life of stability, community and measure; one devoted to the care for souls and, ultimately, to spiritual salvation.
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Claire @drclairemcgee.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Living by the Rule: Contemporary Meets Medieval - now on at the Sainsbury Centre 🐈
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Cats are the best pets, don’t wear hedgehog — and other medieval rules for life
From a sixth-century saint to today’s dating gurus, we have always sought wisdom in codes and regulations, as a new exhibition shows
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Socialist Anthropocene in the Visual Arts (SAVA) @savaproject.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
SAVA Conference on Solidarity with Nature 21-22 May 2026 Sainsbury Centre UEA Join us for the presentation Ethereal Ecologies: Socialist Anthropocene of the Sky by Maja & Reuben Fowkes considering the extent to which the atmosphere was subject to anthropogenic change. Full programme on sava.earth
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Claire @drclairemcgee.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Sainsbury Centre receives one of largest ever UK museum donations
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Sainsbury Centre receives one of largest ever UK museum donations
The £91.2m donation from British politician and businessman David Sainsbury will be used for essential renovations to the building
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Claire @drclairemcgee.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Fantastic talk on Great Zimbabwe and decolonisation this afternoon by @chirikure.bsky.social for the Centre for African Art and Archaeology at @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social
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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 08/05/2026
waking up and reading about the results of the locals and feeling very
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Claire @drclairemcgee.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Not being able to log on to the system to teach a class is my favourite 🫠 Students kindly huddled round my laptop while I waxed lyrical about good data - let’s see if the system is working for my seminar later 🤞
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Claire @drclairemcgee.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
For once, this chaos wasn’t my idea
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Emilie K. M. Murphy @emiliekmmurphy.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
A reminder about this! Please do share with any students and ECRs working on Christian Missions, 1500-2000 with your networks.
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Claire @drclairemcgee.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
#LastFourWatched 🎥
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Claire @drclairemcgee.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
I spent my 45th birthday on the coast yesterday with @pumaparded.bsky.social, and a meal in the evening with my wonderful friends - I feel very lucky to have had such a nice birthday 💖
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Claire @drclairemcgee.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Updated Centre for African Art and Archaeology (UEA) events for the spring semester:
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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 11/03/2026
PUT A CORGI ON THE MONEY YOU COWARDS
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Claire @drclairemcgee.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
#LastFourWatched 🎥 boxd.it/5EY4t
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Claire @drclairemcgee.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Week 6 of teaching, and today my class of 2nd years had a brilliant session in the UEA Archives - lots of great examples of ‘tricky’ objects in the collection - for the students to think through the challenges of archiving film, floppy discs, audio etc.
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Nick Stone @typejunky.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Bite Anglia Square Norwich
The demolition of Anglia Square by robot dinosaurs. Here we see one of the best bits; a brick and precast reinforced concrete car park being slowly dealt with like a plate of coleslaw at an all you can eat.The demolition of Anglia Square by robot dinosaurs. Here we see one of the best bits; a brick and precast reinforced concrete car park being slowly dealt with like a plate of tagliatelle at an all you can eat.
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Charlie Rozier @rozierhistorian.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Would anyone out there (preferably fairly senior in academia) be able to cast their eyes over a certain short but ‘Very Important Confidential Document’ for me towards the end of this week? (I’m looking to give it my full attention on Friday, so reading it on Thursday would be quite helpful)
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Claire @drclairemcgee.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Had a coffee with friends on Friday, have spent three days recovering from the activity. Honestly this whole ‘body being a bit shit’ thing is… a bit shit.
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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Suprematism, by Nikolai Suetin, 1920-21, 📸 by @tiltoncreative
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Lorna Richardson @lornarichardson.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Do you have any favourite zines? If so, could you reply with a link? Ta!
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Claire @drclairemcgee.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
#LastFourWatched
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Claire @drclairemcgee.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
The second 2026 Centre for African Art and Archaeology seminar takes place on Wednesday 25 February 2026. Dr Eva Namusoke (University of Cambridge) will deliver a talk titled: "Uganda, Cambridge, and the Afterlives of Return." In person or register online: tinyurl.com/5b8z8mrr All are welcome!
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Claire @drclairemcgee.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Five (!) weeks it took to get over that nasty virus going around - I have *so* much to catch up on as I’ve been barely functioning for the past month 😣
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andré, but scarier @andre-carlisle.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
a neighbor set up this werewolf for halloween and instead of taking it down they just update it with seasonal outfit changes. now it’s dressed for valentine’s day and holding a sign with a picture of bad bunny and his super bowl slogan. i love him.
a werewolf in front of a house wearing a ‘BE MINE’ heart and holding a sign that reads ‘THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE’ above a photo of bad bunny
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Claire @drclairemcgee.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Heated blanket, paracetamol, stuffy nose and a cough… and yet I’m attempting to stay up for #BenitoBowl
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Claire @drclairemcgee.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Still got it, ludicrous.
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Claire @drclairemcgee.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
#LastFourWatched
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Claire @drclairemcgee.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Back up plan: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Volunteers wanted to live on Skomer Island and count puffins
Successful applicants will spend several months helping conservation efforts on Skomer Island, off the Pembrokeshire coast.
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Claire @drclairemcgee.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
This morning’s view 🌍 #MonaHatoum
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Claire @drclairemcgee.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Turns out I’ve got that wretched bug going around 🤧
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Intellect Books @intellectbooks.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Metal Music Studies 11.3 is out now! Including ‘The heaviness of metal music: The sublime and religious experience’ by Marek Vodička. Access the issue via discover 👉 intellectdiscover.com/content/journ…
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Claire @drclairemcgee.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Have spent my life a fan of cold weather, I fear I'm turning into someone who would like to escape to sunnier climes in the winter months... if only for the sake of my aching joints. Alternating between heatpads and hobbling around the flat making groaning noises like some kind of Victorian spectre
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Nick Stone @typejunky.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Morning
A workflow diagram: Have great idea
Finish project
Start project
Tell everyone
The finish project is missed out.
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Claire @drclairemcgee.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Here are the UEA Centre for African Art and Archaeology lectures this semester:
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The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Are you a PhD student interested in using museum collections in your research? Our next free doctoral training webinar takes place next Wednesday. Join us for guidance and examples of uncovering marginalised and minoritised stories in collections. collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/doc...
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Doctoral Training Programme: What's Not There? Absences in Collections | Museums and Collections
Explore techniques to research 'against the grain' and uncover marginalised stories.
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Claire @drclairemcgee.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
If you need me, I’ll be gazing lovingly at my MoMA collab coffee machine #artnerd
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Claire @drclairemcgee.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Today is my last day temping for the PAL/Library and Learning Enhancement Team at UEA 😢
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Claire @drclairemcgee.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Fantastic Centre for African Art and Archaeology lecture this evening by Prof. Raymond Silverman: ‘Reflections on Visual Piety in 21st Century Ethiopia’ at @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social #sainsburyresearchunit
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William Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
We actually have some AHRC PhD funding! www.essex.ac.uk/postgraduate...
essex.ac.uk
AHRC | University of Essex
Arts and Humanities Research Council
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Claire @drclairemcgee.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Incredibly grateful to have studied for, and achieved, a PhD… but the ‘career’ job hunt really is demoralising 😥
Image of Kermit in a sweater with caption ‘I’m so lucky, but this is still really hard’ by SillyLilyArts
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Sarah Elizabeth Cox @oispooky.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Early Career Researchers wanted! Apply to speak/perform at next year's British Science Festival #BSF26. We'll be at the University of Southampton. Award Lectures are available in seven areas incl. social sciences, and seek to highlight the interdisciplinarity of science, research and innovation:
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William Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
We're offering our MA in Heritage and Museum Studies as a two-year degree with placement from next autumn. I'm very happy to talk to anyone interested in taking it: www.essex.ac.uk/courses/PG01...
essex.ac.uk
MA Heritage and Museum Studies with Professional Placement - Heritage and Museum Studies Degree | University of Essex
MA Heritage and Museum Studies with Professional Placement offers a unique opportunity for you to gain relevant work experience within an external business.
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Claire @drclairemcgee.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Always coordinate your water bottle to your shoes 🧡
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Claire @drclairemcgee.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Back working with PAL in the gloriously brutalist Main Library
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Claire @drclairemcgee.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
architectsjournal.co.uk
University of East Anglia launches contest to rethink Lasdun’s ziggurats
Norwich’s University of East Anglia (UEA) has launched a competition to transform and renew its Grade II*-listed ziggurats, designed by Denys Lasdun in the 1960s [Deadline: 2 December 2025]
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Claire @drclairemcgee.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
After 2 years… I’ve finally got the news I’ve been waiting for, my ankle is no longer broken and the tendons, although heavily scarred, are healed!! I need more physio and OT, but it’s amazing news, especially as I’m finally starting to feeling like myself again ☺️
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Claire @drclairemcgee.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Refracting Resilience: Tesfaye Urgessa's Dialogues with Memory and Flesh - At the Sainsbury Centre, Norwich, painting bears witness to trauma, displacement and the slow work of healing. artafricamagazine.org/refracting-r...
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Refracting Resilience: Tesfaye Urgessa’s Dialogues with Memory and Flesh - ART AFRICA Magazine
At the Sainsbury Centre, Norwich, painting bears witness to trauma, displacement and the slow work of healing. Tesfaye Urgessa, The Fragile Mind, 2025. Oil and lacquer on canvas. Copyright of the arti...
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