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@drnicgraham.bsky.social
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Lecturer in Ethics & Values at King’s College London | Media Officer for Humour and Religion Network | Researches humour & religion, gender, and ethics | She/Her | Views my own.

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The Childhood, Law & Policy Network (CLPN) @clpn.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Call for papers: "Humour in Children’s Literature & Media." For a session at the conference of the European Society for the Study of English. The conference will take place in Spain from 31 August to 4 September, 2026. Abstracts are due by 31 January, 2026. www.esse2026.com/media/upload...
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Democratic Literacy and Humour @deliah.eu · 20/01/2026
The 36th Conference of the International Society for Humor Studies will be held in Brazil between July 6th and 10th. The conference website is live (ishs2026.org) and the call for papers and panel proposals are open: ishs2026.org #humour #humor #event #conference
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
'Study in SHAPE disciplines – social sciences, humanities and the arts – develops the skills that underpin a modern workforce: critical thinking, communication and creativity. These are not peripheral to the industrial strategy but essential to it.' 1/3
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Do we need humanities graduates to deliver the industrial strategy?
Policymakers should take a broad view of the value of degree courses when building our future workforce, says Charlotte Hallahan
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 03/11/2025
Blood spilled in Sudan can be seen from space. Nobody can feign ignorance about what’s going on | Nesrine Malik
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Blood spilled in Sudan can be seen from space. Nobody can feign ignorance about what’s going on | Nesrine Malik
The massacres carried out by the RSF in El Fasher, Darfur, with the support of its UAE sponsors, will only stop when the international community acts, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
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Women's History Network @womenshistnet.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Applications are now open for the Ann Ball Bodley Visiting Fellowship in Women’s History at @bodleian.ox.ac.uk offering scholars the opportunity to advance research in women’s history. Find full details: www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/csb/fellowsh... #WomensHistory #ResearchFellowship #BodleianLibraries
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Bodleian Visiting Fellowships in Special Collections
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Karen Steele @karensteele.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
This Thursday #TeamRE
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Unite UCU @uniteucu.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
ASOS which is "work in the same way you’ve done for years" is not irresponsible. It's protecting our members until a fair & equitable hybrid policy is agreed. UCU SMT then deducting 100% of daily pay from staff taking ASOS & undermining its own policy? Now that’s irresponsible.
Photo showing an article from the latest Private Eye on the Unite dispute which exposes UCU management's hypocrisy, in particular highlighting a quote from an SMT member that strongly suggests our action short of a strike (ie, continue doing your job but office attendance remains voluntary as it has done over the last five years) is somehow irresponsible.
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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 03/11/2025
How does the therapeutic ethos manifest itself in Britain’s primary schools? @drpeterjhemming.bsky.social and co-authors take a closer look at the post-COVID mental health crisis, religion and unrecognised complexities. #OpenAccess @journals.sagepub.com @leverhulme.ac.uk buff.ly/gIv2osH
Peter J. Hemming, Anna Strhan, Joanna Malone and Sarah Neal 
Schooling citizenship and character in a therapeutic society
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00380261251388719

The Sociological Review #OnlineFirst
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Southeastern @serailway.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
⚠ NEW: Because of a broken down train at #Chartham trains are currently being delayed, altered or cancelled. 🎫 Tickets can be used on Stagecoach buses between Canterbury West and Ashford. ℹ More info to follow
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 25/09/2025
Speaking of voices under attack…can we be just as loud about Black journalists and comedians who are silenced, even by our so-called liberal outlets. • Joy Reid • Don Lemon • Melissa Harris-Perry • Tiffany Cross • Jemele Hill • Marc Lamont Hill • Karen Attiah • Amber Ruffin
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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Whether it’s paracetamol or something else, Trump and co are perpetuating the idea autism is wrong and disability is an individual’s responsibility to avoid. It’s anti-science but it’s deeply ableist at its core. The goal is for non-disabled to be afraid and disabled people to be ashamed.
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Society for the History of Emotions @ehcsjournal.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
There's just 5 days left to snag the early bird registration rates for those who will be attending our fifth biennial conference on "Emotions at the Borders/Limits" in person. Don't miss out! Register now to confirm your attendance! societyhistoryemotions.com/she-conferen...
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Hannah Murphy @hsmurphy.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
First post of the new academic year and it's a good one: JOBS! There are THREE fixed-term research jobs in @kingshistory.bsky.social attached to my colleague Francisco Bethencourt's new ERC project on the Visual and Material Culture of New Christians. Please circulate! #EarlyModern 🗃️
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Feminist Legal Studies @flsjournal.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
📣🏳️‍⚧️ Call for Papers We are inviting papers for our special issue, “Feminist Responses to the Regression of Trans Rights: Strategies, Alliances, Hope.” The issue will be dedicated to trans-inclusive feminist legal analysis that addresses attacks on trans rights & lives. Details below. Please share.
Call for Papers: Special Issue of Feminist Legal Studies 

Feminist Responses to the Regression of Trans Rights: Strategies, Alliances, Hope

Amidst continuing backlash against trans rights, recognition and inclusion, two recent decisions from the UK have substantially impacted not only trans people’s legal status but also legal and social narratives of sex, gender and identity. The narrative that trans inclusion has a chilling effect on the rights of others, particularly women, has been adopted uncritically by both the UK Supreme Court in For Women Scotland and the Office for Students in its finding that the University of Sussex’s trans-inclusion policy had a chilling effect on free speech. These cases highlight a backlash that has been ongoing for some time, and sparks debates and fear of what may lie in the near future for trans people and kin, as well as other gender-variant persons, not only in the UK, but across jurisdictions and in a global perspective. The discourse of the ‘gender critical’ movement is splintering both the feminist and LGBT+ movements globally, with some aligning politically with the Far- and Christian Right against trans rights, adopting their terminology of ‘gender ideology’ and potentially posing a wider threat to sexual and reproductive rights.  

While this a difficult situation for trans people, kin and allies, this special issue seeks to emphasise that legal battles – including battles (temporarily) lost – are also an opportunity to seek to reinforce old alliances and to form new ones, to find new legal frontiers and imaginaries, to reinforce the theoretical and methodological underpinnings of legal arguments as well as intergenerational memory of what feminist legal work is, has been and should be about. How, we ask, do these decisions (and those like them globally) reflect and reproduce structures of coloniality, heteronormativity and cisnormativity? What do these decisions add to critiques of legal feminism? What would be construct…
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Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
If you write professionally in the UK, make sure to sign up to ALCS for your fair share of royalties
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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 18/09/2025
can't really begin to explain the extent to which I do Not want to be filmed without my knowledge by someone wearing smart glasses while out and about
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Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants @jcwi-uk.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
As the far right mobilises, migrants across the UK face enormous challenges. Our free legal helpline is a lifeline — but it’s running out of funding. Help us keep it open. Every donation counts. www.crowdjustice.com/case/protect...
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Protect Migrants’ Rights: Keep the Helpline Open
JCWI is a charity for immigration welfare and rights. For more than half a century, We’ve helped tens of thousands of people secure their status, keep their families together and escape poverty.
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Kalwant Bhopal @kalwantbhopal.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Silence is complicity. Free Palestine.
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Silkabelli (cittadina UE 🇪🇺) @silkabelli.eurosky.social · 16/09/2025
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Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 16/09/2025
man rolling rock up  hill
how it started how its going
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 16/09/2025
Banks tighten debt terms as squeezed UK universities refinance loans on.ft.com/41Vxsxt
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Banks tighten debt terms as squeezed UK universities refinance loans
Almost half of the sector’s providers run a deficit, as some institutions secure funding against campus sites
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drnicgraham.bsky.social @drnicgraham.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
I can imagine, if there’s anything that can be done to help please do ask!
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drnicgraham.bsky.social @drnicgraham.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
I am but really feel for everyone going through even more turmoil!
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Anna Strhan @annastrhan.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Some great events coming up in our Social Studies of Ethics, Morality, and Values Network exploring affirmative action and the judging of cat shows, the possibility of political depolarization, and values at the end of life. All are warmly welcome! Details and link to register:
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SSEMV Network - SSEMV Events
We host regular online meetings. If you would like to find out about upcoming network meetings, you can join our JISCmail mailing list, or contact Owen Abbott abbotto1@cardiff.ac.uk or Anna Strhan ann...
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drnicgraham.bsky.social @drnicgraham.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Sending strength and solidarity!
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Charlie Kirk was killed for saying things "that used to be simple common sense," says Boris Johnson. Here's a few of those things
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The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Wales has 'cold spots' in higher education, with many students unable to study subjects like Modern Languages, Classics and Anthropology close to home. ITV Wales covers our report today. bit.ly/4nmZf21
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Oliver Double @oliverdouble.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
To celebrate The Cambridge Companion to Stand-Up Comedy being published by Cambridge University Press I present episode one of a series of videos. In each episode, I'll read out my favourite sentence from one of the chapters.
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ALCS @alcs.co.uk · 11/09/2025
The Royal Literary Fund are offering grants to writers facing financial difficulties. If you're currently experiencing difficulties, such as an illness or unexpected bill, you might be eligible to receive support.
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Grants for writers facing financial difficulty
As our research into authors’ incomes demonstrates, a career in writing is often financially precarious. If you’re currently facing financial difficulties, whether that be due to an unexpected bill or...
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UCU University of Kent branch @ucukent.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
The Senior Leadership Team at Kent have just stated that we are NOT on the verge of insolvency. Any reporting that says the contrary is incorrect. This is reassuring for staff.
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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 11/09/2025
UCU Greenwich branch co-chair Dr Richard Wild told BBC London this morning that he only learned of the “super-university” via BBC “If nothing’s going to change, what’s the advantage?” Both Greenwich and Kent staff deserve clarity and reassurance, not spin or more job cuts.
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Flora Renz @florarenz.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
I feel very sorry for my former colleagues at Kent who got to start their day with this news. Even if this goes well it’s likely to lead to a prolonged period of uncertainty for staff right at the start of the new academic year when Kent has already been going through major restructuring for years!
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NATRE @natre-update.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
#TeamRE Did you hear the feature on @BBCr4today about the Theos open letter regarding the decline in the availability of TRS at University? www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... (From 8.40) We need to bust some of the myths about studying Theology & Religious Studies…
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Naomi L. Jacobs @naomijacobs.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Theos: Open letter protesting closure of #HE #ReligiousStudies & #Theology depts “…local, national & global changes require us to wrestle with moral, ethical & spiritual… ideas well… We owe it to the citizens of tomorrow to equip them with the tools to navigate this future & live together better.“
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Safeguarding Theology & Religious Studies in higher education: an open letter
As students receive their A–Level results today, Theos have put together this open letter highlighting the importance of religious education in higher education. 14/08/2025
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Tim Hutchings @tim-hutchings.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Another BBC piece about the value of theology and religious studies degrees! Three interviews, starting at about 18 minutes 30. @thebasr.bsky.social @bsasocrel.bsky.social
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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
IMO the biggest differences between universities are: - does the library have books (not only digital subscriptions) and a budget - are there staff for support/admin work or is it someone’s second job - do students have time to study and faculty time to teach No big names or tech matter as much.
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drnicgraham.bsky.social @drnicgraham.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Best title of the conference: “Salmon, Submerged Religion and the Dreaming of Place” by @mdborthwick.bsky.social A fascinating paper on human-salmon relationships, considering myths, scripture, historical religious practices, and enduring legacies in law, ethics and place…🐟 #BASR2025
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drnicgraham.bsky.social @drnicgraham.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Through a consideration of local media debates, Aheli Moitra examines how urban spaces in the peripheries of nation states such as India are shaped at the intersection of indigeneity, religion and rights #BASR2025
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drnicgraham.bsky.social @drnicgraham.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Joanna Tan explores how Vietnamese refugees in Hong Kong encountered the influence of religion (Catholicism) in their resettlement, acting as trans-national supportive advocates who helped to influence and mediate refugee inclusion #BASR2025
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drnicgraham.bsky.social @drnicgraham.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
This afternoon’s panel focuses on Spatial Governance #BASR2025
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drnicgraham.bsky.social @drnicgraham.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Suzanne Newcombe introduces her re-framing of the concept of “New Religiosity” - a helpful concept for understanding the current groups causing public concern as seen in the work of INFORM #BASR2025
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Liesbeth Corens @onslies.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
On the whole, I'd counsel against having a uni-wide voluntary severance scheme, a uni-wide Professional Service restructure/reduction, & a smashing together of 3 academic Schools in the space of 6 weeks. But that's just my bougie preference for having a functioning working environment, I guess.
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drnicgraham.bsky.social @drnicgraham.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
…one which can become disconcerting - in part due to an absence of safeguarding. Their findings show that events are very emotional and provide a sense of comfort and closure to attendees, regardless of their beliefs about the authenticity of the psychic #BASR2025
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drnicgraham.bsky.social @drnicgraham.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Josh Bullock & @carostarkey.bsky.social examine the rise of pub psychic nights in England. Interesting to see pubs & working men’s clubs as a localised site of spirituality which have the potential to be a comforting space due to their familiarity or…
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drnicgraham.bsky.social @drnicgraham.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
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drnicgraham.bsky.social @drnicgraham.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Before exploring Jehovah’s Witnesses navigation and negotiation of the Protestant/Catholic sectarian binary in Ulster, through the recognition of aesthetic similarities alongside (a)political and doctrinal differences #BASR2025
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drnicgraham.bsky.social @drnicgraham.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Joseph Webster opens up his paper on Jehovah’s Witnesses in Northern Ireland with a frequently told joke about religion and race, introducing us to the connection of humour & hate #HumourAndReligion #BASR2025
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drnicgraham.bsky.social @drnicgraham.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
This afternoon’s first panel is on Religion and the 4 Nations #BASR2025
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drnicgraham.bsky.social @drnicgraham.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
“Seeing it raised today makes clear that it has become a political tool: a signal that Muslims and Asians, alongside asylum seekers, particularly in places like Luton, are not welcome. That is the true meaning of this so-called pride.”(@frajina.bsky.social) www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/uk-m...
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For UK minorities, the St George's flag remains a symbol of racist violence
From colonial humiliation to today's jingoism on Britain's streets, the red and white flag was never a harmless display of 'cultural pride' but a weapon of fear and exclusion
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