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Journal of Museum Ethnography @journalofmeg.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Hello Blue Sky! Excited to be here. Here's some info about us: JME is the leading publication for Museum Ethnography in the UK. Contributions cover all facets of contemporary and historical practices related to global cultural collections. museumethnographersgroup.org.uk/journal/

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Please spread the word as we have opened the call for @britishacademy.bsky.social International Fellowships which enable researchers to work for two years at a UK institution. If you fancy being away from your country right now this could be an option! www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/inte...

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International Fellowships 2025

The International Fellowships Programme enables researchers to work for three years at a UK institution with the aim of building a globally connected, mobile research and innovation workforce.

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Prof Katherine Schofield 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇪🇺 @katherineschof8.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

This exciting new art exhibition at Somerset House explores the iniquitous colonial salt tax. The artists, Hylozoic Desires, have drawn inspiration in part from my work on a powerful courtesan, Mayalee, who defied the British at Sambhar Salt Lake in the 1830s. www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...

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Somerset House to reveal the restored ‘Salt Stair’ after fire renovations

London landmark puts symbol of empire at the centre of a new exhibition exploring colonial taxes on commodity

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Carceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

UK - National Museums Liverpool secures grant for anti-racist teaching fellowship The institution will work with a local school to develop decolonising teaching practices www.museumsassociation.org/museums-jour...

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National Museums Liverpool secures grant for anti-racist teaching fellowship - Museums Association

The institution will work with a local school to develop decolonising teaching practices

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 06/01/2025

We're very pleased to be supporting and taking part in the forthcoming day conference - 'Humanities Now! Learning and Teaching in the Humanities in Post-92 Institutions' - Wednesday 15 January @yorkstjohn.bsky.social Further details and registration bit.ly/4iWtcVg

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Learning and Teaching in the Humanities in Post'92 Institutions

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Meghan Backhouse @mobbackhouse.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Come and join us in Liverpool in April as we discuss all things relating to HELP, Care and Support in Museums: Colleagues, Communities and Care.

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Meghan Backhouse @mobbackhouse.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Deadline Extended! Proposals for Papers or panels close on Friday 24th January! Please come and share your experiences and thoughts with us!

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 27/06/2024

Support our mission & amplify our voice. Help us reach more people with historical facts, names, and faces of victims. Let others know about @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social.

Aerial view of the former Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp showing rows of barracks, fencing, and the expansive layout of the grounds under clear skies.

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Meghan Backhouse @mobbackhouse.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Just over a month to submit a paper or proposal for the 2025 @musethnogroup.bsky.social Conference being held at National Museums Liverpool in April. This year we're thinking about HELP in all its guises and all its meanings. museumethnographersgroup.org.uk/meg-conferen...

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