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Martyn Weeds

@martynweeds.bsky.social
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Director of Development, Communications and Operations @thebiaankara.bsky.social | Treasurer @banearch.bsky.social | Fellow @antiquaries.bsky.social | Martial Arts Instructor at Cambridge Kung Fu

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UK-St Helena Heritage Trust @ukshheritage.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Newly exiled to #StHelena, Napoleon befriended Toby, an enslaved gardener. Today Toby's Cottage has been rebuilt as a memorial to his life & times. Join us on Wed, 28 Oct, 6pm GMT as Michel Dancoisne-Martineau reveals the surprising story of the project. bit.ly/TC28Oct26
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British Institute at Ankara @thebiaankara.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
🚨📢 GRANTS AND OPPORTUNITIES The BIAA is pleased to offer a range of grants and awards to support academics at all stages of their careers. Explore some of our latest opportunities at: biaa.ac.uk/grants-oppor...
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Martyn Weeds @martynweeds.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
This weekend is the annual gathering of Integrated Kun Tao instructors and students from across Europe. Open to all - including complete beginners: www.integratedkuntao.com/events/
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Martyn Weeds @martynweeds.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Spent a very enjoyable morning walking around the Latvian Ethnographic Open-Air Museum - a beautiful woodland setting by Lake Jugla, Riga, and some amazing examples of rural Latvian architecture from the late 17th to mid-20th century.
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Martyn Weeds @martynweeds.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
New DNA research sheds light on the origins of the liberated Africans buried on St Helena: www.science.org/content/arti... via @science.org
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DNA from African graves provides surprising window into slave trade
Adults and children were taken from deep within continent’s interior, genetic material from remote island of St. Helena suggests
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The Egypt Exploration Society @theees.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Middle Egyptian Text Reading: Voices from the other side 📅 18, 25 July ⏰ 11am-3pm 🇬🇧 1-5pm 🇪🇬 Online via Zoom Join our weekend course to read Appeals to the Living, in hieroglyphs, in which the deceased addresses the living for offerings with Joseph Clayton. 🎫 www.ees.ac.uk/whats-on/eve...
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Martyn Weeds @martynweeds.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Five-week introductory course starting this Saturday in Cambridge! Let me know if you have questions, or sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Council for British Research in the Levant (CBRL) @cbrl.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
We’re at BANEA 2026! 🤩 CBRL & The British Institute at Ankara (BIAA) @thebiaankara.bsky.social are at the conference. Come say hello 👋 📍 Find us at the BIRI stand, UCL Roberts Building foyer Learn how we can support your research!
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Martyn Weeds @martynweeds.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
If you’re coming to BANEA 2026 today or tomorrow, stop by the British International Research Institutes (BIRI) stand in the foyer of the UCL Roberts Building for more information on how @thebiaankara.bsky.social and @cbrl.bsky.social can support your research!
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Martyn Weeds @martynweeds.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Wonderful keynote lecture by Prof Roger Matthews to kick off BANEA 2026 - including some very funny stories from the life of the late Charles Burney and a summary of his work and legacy in Anatolia and Iran. Also a very timely reminder of the importance and relevance of ancient Near Eastern studies.
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Martyn Weeds @martynweeds.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
This June/July, I’ll be teaching a five-week introductory course on Black Tiger Kung Fu in Cambridge. Suitable for complete beginners and those experienced in other styles. Sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Martyn Weeds @martynweeds.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
All four BIRI Ottoman Mobilities and Interactions Postdoctoral Research Fellows gave excellent presentations at the Symposium in Istanbul this week - well done to Aytek, Gizem, Mehmet and Ahmet! biaa.ac.uk/events/ottom...
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Martyn Weeds @martynweeds.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Dr @peterjcherry.bsky.social - BIAA Assistant Director and PI of the Ottoman Mobilities and Interactions Project - discusses the figure of ‘the Dandy’ in late nineteenth-century Ottoman literature and shows some examples of the original caricatures in the @thebiaankara.bsky.social collection
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Martyn Weeds @martynweeds.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Fascinating presentation by Dr Filiz Tütüncü Çağlar on the careers and contributions of Ottoman archaeologists including Theodore Macridy, Haydar Bey and Bedri Bey - part of the second panel at the Ottoman Mobilities and Interactions Symposium in Istanbul: biaa.ac.uk/events/ottom...
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Martyn Weeds @martynweeds.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Dr Lutgarde Vandeput - Director of @thebiaankara.bsky.social - welcomes delegates to the Ottoman Mobilities and Interactions Symposium at Sabancı Üniversitesi, and introduces the work of the nine British International Research Institutes supported by the @britishacademy.bsky.social
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Martyn Weeds @martynweeds.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
On my way to Istanbul for the Ottoman Mobilities and Interactions Symposium, organised by the British International Research Institutes in partnership with Sabancı University: biaa.ac.uk/events/ottom...
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British Institute at Ankara @thebiaankara.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
📫 OTTOMAN MOBILITIES AND INTERACTIONS SYMPOSIUM ▶️ Programme and registration link (free attendance) available! The symposium brings together one keynote lecture and twenty-four papers that explore the Ottoman Empire as a dynamic web of circulation biaa.ac.uk/events/ottom...
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Martyn Weeds @martynweeds.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
On 16th April, join me and @peterjcherry.bsky.social for a webinar on the travel grants and research support available for UK university students via the @thebiaankara.bsky.social - biaa.ac.uk/events/webin...
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British Institute at Ankara @thebiaankara.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
🚨 Are you an undergraduate, postgraduate or PhD student in any discipline within the humanities and social sciences studying Türkiye and/or the Black Sea region at a UK university? Are you interested in making a research trip to the region, and/or participating in a fieldwork project?
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Martyn Weeds @martynweeds.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
A short write-up on the Integrated Kun Tao Spring Camp, which took place two weeks ago in Bonn. Join us for our next gathering, which will take place in Peterborough from 21st - 23rd August!
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Martyn Weeds @martynweeds.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
'BANEA 2026: Production and Consumption of Knowledge in the Archaeology of West Asia' - organised by @banearch.bsky.social and supported by @thebiaankara.bsky.social - will take place @uclarchaeology.bsky.social from 22nd-24th April. Register here: www.banea-lcane.co.uk/banea-20260
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Martyn Weeds @martynweeds.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Just arrived! Particularly looking forward to reading articles on Roman Aldborough, the travels of Edward Falkener in Ottoman Anatolia, and shamanism in Wales @antiquaries.bsky.social
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The Society of Antiquaries of London @antiquaries.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Hear about new discoveries at later prehistoric Oued Beht, Morocco, tomorrow at our lecture with Professor Cyprian Broodbank FSA and Dr Giulio Lucarini. Join in-person or online, for free! www.sal.org.uk/event/discov...
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The ‘emergence of civilisation’ and the Maghreb: new discoveries at later prehistoric Oued Beht, Morocco - Society of Antiquaries of London
This lecture will present new discoveries made by an international collaboration of UK-based, Italian, Moroccan and other archaeologists at Oued Beht, Morocco, and dating to the later 4th to 3rd/2nd m...
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Martyn Weeds @martynweeds.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
'Robust Methodologies in Skyscape Archaeology: Case Studies from Malta and Peru' - I really enjoyed this lecture @antiquaries.bsky.social back in November. I've never been to Chankillo, but am looking forward to my second visit to Mnajdra in early April! www.youtube.com/watch?v=QezY...
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Robust Methodologies in Skyscape Archaeology: Case Studies from Malta and Peru
YouTube video by SocAntiquaries
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Martyn Weeds @martynweeds.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
I met Agafia while travelling in Khakassia in 2002. She saw our camp down by the river and came to ask for help with chopping wood for winter. The next day, some of our group went along to her home to help out. I think I still have the camcorder footage somewhere.
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Forty years in the Siberian wilderness: the Old Believers who time forgot
The long read: In 1978, Soviet scientists stumbled upon a family living in a remote part of Russia. They hadn’t interacted with outsiders for decades. Almost half a century later, one of them is still...
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Martyn Weeds @martynweeds.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Really interesting talk @antiquaries.bsky.social tonight - @medievalfemina.bsky.social on the protections for women, children and families enshrined in the 1225 Magna Carta.
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Martyn Weeds @martynweeds.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
A packed conference room for the first session of the first workshop held as part of the @thebiaankara.bsky.social -led, @britishacademy.bsky.social -funded ‘Researching, Writing and Publishing on Gender, Culture and Society’ project, which aims to capacity-build Turkish Early Career Researchers.
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Martyn Weeds @martynweeds.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Fascinating talk by @drtermagant.bsky.social at @thebiaankara.bsky.social this evening on ‘Canals and colonialism: Trans-Palestinian waterways from the Ottoman era to social media’ - featuring some interesting examples of how misunderstanding historical evidence can fuel conspiracy theories
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Martyn Weeds @martynweeds.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Spent a really interesting and enjoyable hour at the Institute in Ankara this morning for an informal session during which all @thebiaankara.bsky.social research staff and fellows gave 5 minute presentations on their research and interests. Great to see such a vibrant and active research community!
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UK-St Helena Heritage Trust @ukshheritage.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
A cosmpolitan military architect on St Helena and fan of Napoleon. Discover the intriguing story of Anthony Emmett of the Royal Engineers with Dr Peter Hicks of the Fondation Napoleon, Paris, at our free online history talk on Wednesday, 12 November, 6pm GMT. bit.ly/StH1211
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Martyn Weeds @martynweeds.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Looking forward to being in Ankara for this talk by @drtermagant.bsky.social
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Martyn Weeds @martynweeds.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Join me, @peterjcherry.bsky.social and @isilaygursu.bsky.social next Wednesday evening for a special webinar focused on the range of grants, scholarships and other opportunities available via @thebiaankara.bsky.social - biaa.ac.uk/events/webin...
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Martyn Weeds @martynweeds.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Highly recommend @theees.bsky.social's ancient Egyptian language programme. Joseph Clayton is an excellent teacher, the support and resources are great, and the topics and materials are well-selected. Looking forward to the Intermediate course starting in November! www.ees.ac.uk/whats-on/eve...
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Intermediate Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs
Join Joseph Clayton to build on your knowledge of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, and start reading Egyptian literature. Start time - 18:00 (UK) / 20:00 (Egypt)
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British Institute at Ankara @thebiaankara.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
🚨 Are you a UK Higher Education Institution-affiliated researcher working within the humanities and social sciences and planning a project in Türkiye and/or the Black Sea region next year? If so, join us for a webinar on how the BIAA can support your research: biaa.ac.uk/events/webin...
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Martyn Weeds @martynweeds.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Excited to be part of this new project focusing on upskilling Turkish early career researchers working on gender, culture and society. Call for participants closes 13th September.
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Martyn Weeds @martynweeds.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
Highly recommend ‘Sea People’ by Christina Thompson - an extremely well-written account of ancient Polynesian navigation covering a range of disciplines and perspectives. Perfect for #Moana fans, and/or for reading while gazing out over the Pacific!
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Martyn Weeds @martynweeds.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Just finished ‘Distant Freedom’ by Andrew Pearson - an excellent account of St Helena’s role in the suppression of the transatlantic slave trade based on extensive historical and archaeological research.
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Martyn Weeds @martynweeds.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Join @banearch.bsky.social tomorrow evening at 6.30pm (UK time) for 'Archaeology in the Anthropocene: Re-Assembling a Theoretical Framework' - an online public lecture by Professor Çiler Çilingiroğlu (Ege University, İzmir, Türkiye): us06web.zoom.us/j/8568980877...
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Martyn Weeds @martynweeds.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
BIAA Deputy Chair Professor Aylin Orbasli introduces our speaker Professor Reina Lewis who will give a talk on ‘Fashion and Social Relations in Late Ottoman Society’ @thebiaankara.bsky.social
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Martyn Weeds @martynweeds.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Delighted to be working with my colleague @peterjcherry.bsky.social on this new @thebiaankara.bsky.social led, @britishacademy.bsky.social funded project supporting Early Career Researchers in Türkiye working in interdisciplinary gender studies: biaa.ac.uk/call-for-par...
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Martyn Weeds @martynweeds.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
At the next @thebiaankara.bsky.social London event on 4th June, Professor Reina Lewis from @lcflondon.bsky.social will explore the importance of Western and Ottoman women’s travel writing and harem literature for understandings of late Ottoman dress and society: biaa.ac.uk/events/fashi...
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British Institute at Ankara @thebiaankara.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
BIAA LONDON LECTURE: Fashion and Social Relations in Late Ottoman Society 🗣 Prof Reina Lewis (London College of Fashion, UAL) 📆Wednesday, 4th June 2025 ⏰18:30 - 19:30 (London BST) 📍The British Academy, London ℹ️ REGISTER via email: biaa@thebritishacademy.ac.uk
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Martyn Weeds @martynweeds.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Last Wednesday, I had the privilege of sitting in on the recording of a new episode of the @thebiaankara.bsky.social’s ‘Heritage Türkiye’ podcast, hosted by my friends and colleagues @isilaygursu.bsky.social and @peterjcherry.bsky.social. All episodes available here: youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Martyn Weeds @martynweeds.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Dr Deniz Gündoğan İbrişim (Kadir Has University) presents ‘Forests, Archives, Memory: Decolonising Environmental Humanities through Turkish Literature’ @thebiaankara.bsky.social biaa.ac.uk/events/fores...
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Martyn Weeds @martynweeds.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Really looking forward to next week's @thebiaankara.bsky.social event 'Forests, Archives, Memory: Decolonizing Environmental Humanities through Turkish Literature' with Deniz Gündoğan İbrişim - join us online or in-person in Ankara: biaa.ac.uk/events/fores...
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Forests, Archives, Memory: Decolonizing Environmental Humanities through Turkish Literature |
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Martyn Weeds @martynweeds.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Just finished the excellent ‘Holy Men of the Electromagnetic Age’ by @raphcormack.bsky.social - a highly readable account of fakirism, spiritualism and occultism in the 20th century, approached through the lives of two key figures: Tahra Bey and Dr Dahesh.
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Martyn Weeds @martynweeds.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
‘What happens if Istanbul's water supplies run dry?’ - really interesting article by Katie Nadworny for BBC Future, featuring my current and former @thebiaankara.bsky.social colleagues Jim Crow, Akgün İlhan and Ender Peker: www.bbc.com/future/artic...
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What happens if Istanbul's water supplies run dry?
Istanbul is one of the world's biggest cities, growing larger still every year. Its rapid expansion is putting enormous stress on its water supplies.
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Martyn Weeds @martynweeds.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
The @thebiaankara.bsky.social is seeking a part time Development and Communications Assistant to support its web and social media activities, membership administration and London events programme. Would suit a student in one of the disciplines supported by the Institute: biaa.ac.uk/grants/biaa-...
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Martyn Weeds @martynweeds.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Join me and colleagues from @thebiaankara.bsky.social, @bsrome.bsky.social, @bilnas.bsky.social and the British School at Athens via Zoom next Wednesday for an @ics.bsky.social event on ‘Researching and Collaborating with BIRIs’: ics.sas.ac.uk/events/resea...
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Researching and Collaborating with BIRIs
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Martyn Weeds @martynweeds.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Looking forward to this afternoon’s panel sessions at the @britishacademy.bsky.social / @ercgrantees.bsky.social conference on ‘The European Research Context for the Humanities and Social Sciences’ here at the British Academy: www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/projects/eur...
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