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Peter Cherry

@peterjcherry.bsky.social
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Assistant Director, @thebiaankara.bsky.social |Author&researcher: gender,migration,Turkish&UK literature&culture |Co-presenter Heritage Türkiye podcast |Chair of Adults with Dyscalculia Advisory Board, @dyscalculianetwork.bsky.social |all views my own

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
'The University and College Union (UCU)’s Edinburgh branch said staff had been called into “informal meetings at less than 24 hours' notice” and told not to bring union representatives.'
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Fear and anger as university set to announce 'massive course and programme closures'
Asked to respond, a university spokesperson said that staff and students were recently informed of changes to “our future academic offering across…
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Peter Cherry @peterjcherry.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Just so depressing
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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 · 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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Turkey Book Talk @turkeybooktalk.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
New episode 📢📢 Michelle Lynn Kahn (@michellelkahn.bsky.social) on “Foreign in Two Homelands: Racism, Return Migration and Turkish-German History” (Cambridge University Press) 👇👇 turkeybooktalk.com/2026/03/03/m...
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Michelle Lynn Kahn on Turkish migration to Germany
Turkey Book Talk #265 – Michelle Lynn Kahn, associate professor of modern European history at the University of Richmond, on “Foreign in Two Homelands: Racism, Return Migration and Turkish-Ge…
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Dyscalculia Network @dyscalculianetwork.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
NEW dyscalculia podcast with UCL university on the lived experiences of people with #dyscalculia. The first episode features Rose talking about her experiences as a dyscalculic adult. www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/about-io... #Dyscalculiamatters #Dyscalculiaday
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Dyscalculia Network @dyscalculianetwork.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
A huge thank you to Baroness Thornton for asking an oral question in the House of Lords today. You can watch here - parliamentlive.tv/event/index/... (It is the first item on the agenda starting at 14:36:05) What do you think the government needs to do? #Dyscalculia #Dyscalculiaawarenes
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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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Dyscalculia Network @dyscalculianetwork.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Victoria Beckham has today shared that she has both #dyslexia and #dyscalculia. It is great to hear celebrities finally opening up about dyscalculia and raising #dyscalculiaawareness! Thank you! uk.style.yahoo.com/kids-school-...
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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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Turkey Book Talk @turkeybooktalk.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
From last week 📌📌 Amy Marie Spangler on the late Leyla Erbil's novel "What Remains", published soon by @deepvellum.bsky.social The book is a complex and dark vision of Istanbul's history, sweeping from the Byzantine era to 20th century Turkey 👇👇 turkeybooktalk.com/2025/09/02/a...
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Amy Marie Spangler on Leyla Erbil’s dark vision of Istanbul’s history
Turkey Book Talk #252 – Amy Marie Spangler on the late great author Leyla Erbil’s What Remains. Amy co-translated the novel, along with Alev Ersan and Mark David Wyers, for an edition t…
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British Institute at Ankara @thebiaankara.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
📆 BIAA LONDON LECTURE: An Arabesk Tryptych Hybrid event 🗣 Prof Martin Stokes (King's College London) 📆Friday, 5th December 2025 ⏰18:30 - 20 (London GMT) 📍Society of Antiquaries of London, London / Zoom ℹ️ REGISTER for in-person or online attendance at biaa.ac.uk/events/an-ar...
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Çimen Günay Erkol @cimencim.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Deadline : ToDAY
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British Institute at Ankara @thebiaankara.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
🚨📢 GRANTS AND OPPORTUNITIES The BIAA is pleased to offer a number of different funding opportunities, grants and awards to support academics at all stages of their career. Find out more: biaa.ac.uk/grants-oppor... ⏰ Deadline: November 2, 2025
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Peter Cherry @peterjcherry.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
That’s all for the first season of Heritage Türkiye…But there will be a second season - so stay tuned!
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Peter Cherry @peterjcherry.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Apply for my @britishacademy.bsky.social funded International Writing Workshop Researching, Writing and Publishing on Gender, Culture & Society: Upskilling ECRs in Türkiye! Funding available for ECRs outside of Ankara. Deadline for applications: 13 September
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British Institute at Ankara @thebiaankara.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
🚨 REMINDER ➖ Dr Peter Cherry, BIAA Assistant Director and PI of the Ottoman Mobilities project, reminds you to check out the project — and the upcoming application deadline! ➖ 🔗 biaa.ac.uk/grants/postd...
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Natalie Martin @drnataliemartin.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Delighted to do this with @thebiaankara.bsky.social. The Turkish experience is a harbinger for elsewhere - including the UK….. @nottspolitics.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 · 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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British Institute at Ankara @thebiaankara.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
HYBRID TALK: Forests, Archives, Memory: Decolonizing Environmental Humanities through Turkish Literature 🗣Dr Deniz Gündoğan İbrişim 📆Tuesday, 25th March 2025 ⏰14:30 - 16:30 (London GMT) 17:30 - 19:30 (Ankara UTC+3) 📍BIAA, Atatürk Bulvarı 154/1 and ONLINE ℹ️ REGISTER at biaa.ac.uk/events/fores...
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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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Sandeep Bakshi @sandeepbak.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Please share in your networks. Goldsmiths, UoL are offering 5 scholarships in Undergrad & MA courses for Palestinian students. The scholarships include: tuition fee waiver, £19,550 allowance, return trip to & from the UK. Eligibility details & further info at link👇🏽 www.gold.ac.uk/fees-funding...
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Palestinian Scholarship
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Turkey Book Talk @turkeybooktalk.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
From the archive 🎧⌛️ Ozge Samanci on visualising Istanbul’s sociopolitical currents in her wonderful graphic novel “Evil Eyes Sea” (@unciv.bsky.social) turkeybooktalk.com/2024/07/16/o...
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Ozge Samanci on visualising Istanbul’s sociopolitical currents
Turkey Book Talk #223 – Ozge Samanci, artist and associate professor at Northwestern University, on her new graphic novel “Evil Eyes Sea” (Uncivilized Books). The semi-autobiographical story i…
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British Institute at Ankara @thebiaankara.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
🚨📢 OPPORTUNITIES TO #FUND YOUR TRAVELS AND RESEARCH 🚨📢 The British Institute at Ankara (BIAA) is thrilled to announce eight grant and scholarship opportunities for students and junior and senior researchers! Find out more at biaa.ac.uk/grants-oppor... #researchfunding #türkiyeresearch
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Peter Cherry @peterjcherry.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Today is #dyscalculiaday ! Life isn’t always easy as someone with dyscalculia and there is far too little awareness of it Today @dyscalculianetwork.bsky.social launched resources for employers to support staff with dyscalculia. Proud to have been involved: dyscalculianetwork.com/dyscalculia-in…
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Peter Cherry @peterjcherry.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Brilliant article outlining policy priorities on #dyscalculia by Baroness Bull. It is hard to over emphasise how important this is. If you read one thing today on #dyscalculiaday, let it be this
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British Institute at Ankara @thebiaankara.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Great to see the BIAA, our chair James Crow, Ender Peker & Akgün İlhan featured in this article for the BBC on water sustainability in Istanbul bbc.in/3XfbfIu For more on this topic, listen to the latest episode of Heritage Türkiye with Dr Peker on YouTube, Spotify or Apple Podcasts: surl.li/lwjgze
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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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Dyscalculia Network @dyscalculianetwork.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
What do you think about this mornings news of potential changes to #GCSEMaths? www.ft.com/content/85f7... What would you like to see in place for learners with #dyscalculia #mathsdifficulties ? @petetalksstuff.bsky.social @peterjcherry.bsky.social
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British Institute at Ankara @thebiaankara.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Heritage Türkiye is back! In this episode, Dr Ender Peker talks about his research into sustainable water management across Türkiye. YouTube: youtu.be/2lyPBZ_Jz0I?si… Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/7l6vs8��� Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/her…
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Peter Cherry @peterjcherry.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Congratulations!
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Peter Cherry @peterjcherry.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Wow, that project sounds fascinating!
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Peter Cherry @peterjcherry.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Recorded a personal conversation with @accessiblenumbers.bsky.social about my experiences of #dyscalculia. It’s taken me time to share as it touches on how deeply dyscalculia has shaped me, as always @dyscalculianetwork.bsky.social is here to help!
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Dyscalculia Network @dyscalculianetwork.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
DyscalculiaDay is back this year bigger and better! Check out all we have going on here - dyscalculianetwork.com/dyscalculia-... We especially can't wait to launch our new children's pages and share our new mascot, Bloc!
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Turkey recap @turkeyrecap.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
"Conservation of Historic Sites with Aylin Orbaşlı" with Aylin Orbaşlı, Işılay Gürsu and @peterjcherry.bsky.social via @thebiaankara.bsky.social.
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Conservation of Historic Sites with Aylin Orbaşlı
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Laura Parker @accessiblenumbers.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Interactive dyscalculia persona 👩🏻‍💼 Follow Helena as they try to pay for car mileage using an inaccessible service. Thanks to Faye Gardner and the HMRC accessibility team. So happy to be involved in this.
Helena. Icon of a white woman with ginger hair wearing blue dungarees. A speech bubble says “Numbers look like a different language. I struggle to read, understand and work with numbers. I rely on tools, friends and family to help me use simple services.”
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Peter Cherry @peterjcherry.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
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Laura Parker @accessiblenumbers.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Dyscalculia in adulthood with @peterjcherry.bsky.social. We discuss what #dyscalculia is, the stigma around #MathsAnxiety, gender stereotypes in maths education and the need for greater awareness and acceptance. Timestamps, links and transcript: accessiblenumbers.com/dyscalculia-...
Podcast artwork. Illustration of Peter Cherry. Peter is a white male with dark brown hair and brown eyes. He's wearing a beige shirt and orange glasses. The words "Accessible numbers podcast. Dyscalculia in adulthood with Peter Cherry" appear in white and blue.
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Sam Hirst @samueljhirst.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
I enjoyed this conversation with @williamarmstrong.bsky.social of @turkeybooktalk.bsky.social. To download Against the Liberal Order: academic.oup.com/book/57363
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Samuel Hirst on a century of Ankara-Moscow cooperation
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Laura Parker @accessiblenumbers.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Dyscalculia is persistent difficulty in understanding numbers. Roughly 4 million people in the UK are dyscalculic. 20% to 60% of dycalculics might also have dyslexia, dyspraxia, autism or ADHD. Dyscalculia is under diagnosed and research is decades behind dyslexia. dyscalculianetwork.com
Pale pink background and red text says "Include dyscalculia (dos - cal - coo -lia) when you talk about neurodiversity."
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British Institute at Ankara @thebiaankara.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Assistant Director @peterjcherry.bsky.social speaking at Sabancı University’s International Gender Studies in Turkey conference this morning on masculinities and modernities in Yusuf Atılgan’s Anayurt Oteli/Motherland Hotel (1973)
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William Armstrong @williamarmstrong.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Splendid to see the great Turkish author Oguz Atay finally appear in English - and with such a high-profile publisher 🎧📚👇
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Os Diletantes @osdiletantes.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Really enjoyed listening to #JohnMcManus talk about #TurkishFootball with @peterjcherry.bsky.social & #IsilayGursu on #HeritageTurkiye, the new podcast from @thebiaankara.bsky.social. John’s 2018 book on the topic, ‘Welcome to Hell?’, is even better (a.co/d/0mYWBc3) youtu.be/tPi659UVkbI?...
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Turkish Football with John McManus
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Peter Cherry @peterjcherry.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Delighted to hear you’re enjoying it so much!
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Jessica Lee @jessofarabia.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Started my Sunday by listening to this brilliant episode, shining a light on the history & stories behind ornamentation in Anatolia with @emmabaysal.bsky.social. The Heritage Türkiye podcast is fast becoming one of my favourite podcasts.
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Turkey recap @turkeyrecap.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
📰Sunday extras! "@jenhattam.bsky.social on Istanbul’s shifting cultural landscape" with @williamarmstrong.bsky.social via Turkey Book Talk.
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Jennifer Hattam on Istanbul’s shifting cultural landscape
Turkey Book Talk #232 – Jennifer Hattam reflects on a decade-and-a-half of reporting on Turkey’s environmental, political and cultural agenda, as well as wrenching changes in journalism a…
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Peter Cherry @peterjcherry.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
This episode of Heritage Türkiye was a joy to make. After talking with @emmabaysal.bsky.social I don’t think I’ll ever think about jewellery in the same way. It’s a really rich conversation, including fascinating insights into status, belonging and gender and in the Neolithic period
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Bradley Secker @bradleysecker.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Print Sale! 📷🖼️ continues I'm selling a range of living room friendly images from my archives, 2007-2024, at good prices. Free domestic shipping within Turkey/Türkiye. Maybe there's something that tickles your fancy, have a peek…👀👀👀 bradleysecker.myshopify.com
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