Tim Beasley-Murray @timb-m.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Full Professorship of Creative Writing at UCL. This is a great opportunity! Please share. 000
Reposted by Tim Beasley-MurrayUCL Arts & Sciences @uclartssciences.bsky.social · 09/09/2026📢 The UCL Arts and Sciences department is seeking a Professor of Creative Writing to lead our new Creative Writing MA course which starts in September 2027. Further information can be found at www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... The advert closes at 23.59 on 6 October. 036
Tim Beasley-Murray @timb-m.bsky.social · 29/05/2026www.theguardian.com/society/2026...theguardian.comGroundbreaking genomic test could spare millions of breast cancer patients chemotherapyTrial suggests patients with a low test score could be treated with hormone therapy alone with near-identical outcomes 000
Tim Beasley-Murray @timb-m.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Overheard in this coffee shop in Pittsburgh Mexican War streets: “the Hunger Games are pretty much the dystopia we find ourselves in now” 000
Tim Beasley-Murray @timb-m.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Spent a wonderful afternoon in the Carnegie art & natural history museum this week. Those steel barons were up to lots of no good, but they also bought great art, built magnificent buildings & made them available to the public. While Bezos sends Perry into space & buys the Met ball… 010
Reposted by Tim Beasley-MurrayMonica At The Movies @monicasmovies.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Point Break (1991) 🎬💙 Directed by Kathryn Bigelow 455058
Tim Beasley-Murray @timb-m.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Brilliant, if chilling topic. Brilliant nominative determinism! 010
Reposted by Tim Beasley-MurrayJohn Sabapathy @jwwsabapathy.bsky.social · 27/04/2026What emerges in emergencies? A major @anthropoceneucl.bsky.social & #UCL200 series on 'Emergence | Emergencies' will ask some big questions in this critical series. UCL 1-12 June. www.ucl.ac.uk/anthropocene #Anthropocene #Emergency @ucl.ac.uk @ucl-ias.bsky.social @uclhistory.bsky.social 21813
Tim Beasley-Murray @timb-m.bsky.social · 20/04/2026A wonderful hardest word today! @bonniehonig.bsky.social @annakornbluh.bsky.social 000
Tim Beasley-Murray @timb-m.bsky.social · 17/04/2026This event should be fun—even if tinged with much sadness. I'll be speaking with the title "If academia is a form of play, why can't it be more like surfing?" 010
Reposted by Tim Beasley-MurrayUCL Institute of Advanced Studies @ucl-ias.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Our last big hurrah before we're shut down. We hope you can join us (free lunch!) 28 April 2026, 9am-5pm www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...ucl.ac.ukIAS Reflections Symposium: Celebrating the UCL Institute of Advanced StudiesA one-day symposium that will celebrate the wealth of highly innovative, interdisciplinary research that has been generated within the auspices of the IAS over the last ten years. 01513
Reposted by Tim Beasley-MurrayUCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies @uclssees.bsky.social · 17/04/2026🔊 Bracewell Travelling Scholarship! The scholarship is funded by a gift from SSEES Emeritus Professor of History Wendy Bracewell, whose research examines South Slav history, and travel writing in eastern Europe. 🗓️ Deadline: 30 April ➡️ Apply now: www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit... 065
Reposted by Tim Beasley-MurrayUCL Arts and Humanities @artshumsucl.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Chag Pesach sameach to our Jewish students, staff, alumni and all celebrating! We wish you a meaningful Passover, and hope you enjoy celebrating with loved ones. #Passover #UCL @uclhjs.bsky.social 042
Reposted by Tim Beasley-MurrayEuropean Literary London @europeanlitlondon.bsky.social · 26/03/2026BIG news! We're delighted to announce the award-winning German-Georgian writer Nino Haratischwili as our 2026 Writer in Residence. Hosted by UCL European Institute with EUNIC London, Goethe Institute London & European Literature Network. www.ucl.ac.uk/european-ins...ucl.ac.ukNino Haratischwili announced as 2026 Writer in ResidenceThe UCL European Institute is delighted to announce the award-winning German-Georgian writer as the UCL 2026 European Literary Map of London Writer in Residence. 11613
Reposted by Tim Beasley-MurrayÚstav slovenskej literatúry SAV @uslit-sav.bsky.social · 16/03/2026It was our pleasure to host a lecture and workshop today, primarily for doctoral and postdoctoral students, featuring British Slavicist Tim Beasley-Murray from UCL (@ucl.ac.uk), focused on topics raised in his new book Critical Games: On Play and Seriousness in Academia, Literature, and Life. 151
Reposted by Tim Beasley-MurrayEuropean Literary London @europeanlitlondon.bsky.social · 09/03/2026Casanova wandering London in the 18th century - theatres, taverns, the Exchange, and the curious manners of the English. Read the full entry here: www.europeanliterarylondon.org/feature/f4b3... @uclei.bsky.social #EuropeanLiteraryLondon #London #CoventGarden #Casanova 033
Tim Beasley-Murray @timb-m.bsky.social · 02/03/2026Apparently, “ontic” is not a word. @bonniehonig.bsky.social @annakornbluh.bsky.social 120
Reposted by Tim Beasley-MurrayUCL Institute of Advanced Studies @ucl-ias.bsky.social · 02/03/2026We are pleased to welcome Niall Sreenan for the launch of his book 'Rethinking the Human in the Darwinian Novel. Zola, Hardy, and Utopian Fiction' 3 March 6-8pm www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...ucl.ac.ukIAS Book Launch: Rethinking the Human in the Darwinian NovelWe are pleased to welcome Niall Sreenan for the launch of his book Rethinking the Human in the Darwinian Novel. Zola, Hardy, and Utopian Fiction. 031
Tim Beasley-Murray @timb-m.bsky.social · 24/02/2026www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... Fantastic opportunity for a writer at UCL! Please repost.ucl.ac.ukUCL – University College LondonUCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021). 000
Reposted by Tim Beasley-MurrayUCL Arts and Humanities @artshumsucl.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Celebrating #UCL200 in Arts & Humanities! From the UCL Illuminated launch to our first Faces of UCL honourees and the opening of Two Centuries Here, we're marking 200 years of creativity, community and history. Explore events & get involved: buff.ly/fE9diMq 021
Reposted by Tim Beasley-MurrayUCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies @uclssees.bsky.social · 16/02/2026It is with great sadness that we announce the death of our dear colleague and friend, Dr Peter Duncan. Professor Simon Dixon pays tribute to him here: www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...ucl.ac.ukPeter J.S. Duncan (1953-2026)We are deeply saddened to announce the death of Dr Peter Duncan. 1158
Tim Beasley-Murray @timb-m.bsky.social · 07/02/2026If you are in St Andrews 25 Feb and want to know more about Critical Games (and what it is that we are risking when we write), please come along. @manchesterup.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social events.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/criti...events.st-andrews.ac.ukCritical GamesTo its critics, academia can often appear as a form of elaborate play. Set apart from ordinary life, marked by 151
Reposted by Tim Beasley-MurrayProf Dave O'Brien @drdaveobrien.bsky.social · 20/12/2025Almost at the end of my @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social holiday countdown! #20 is @timb-m.bsky.social brilliant Critical Games: On Play and Seriousness in Academia, Literature and Life newbooksnetwork.com/critical-gamesnewbooksnetwork.comTim Beasley-Murray, "Critical Games: On Play and Seriousness in Academia, Literature and Life" (Manchester UP, 2025) - New Books Network 123
Reposted by Tim Beasley-MurrayUCL European Institute @uclei.bsky.social · 19/12/2025Our Annual Review 2024/25 is here! 👇 From policy to culture, the European Institute spent 2024–25 connecting experts, shaping debate, and bringing research to life across Europe. Read the full review: www.ucl.ac.uk/european-ins... 021
Tim Beasley-Murray @timb-m.bsky.social · 11/12/2025My friend and colleague, Michael Collins's Windrush Cricket arrived in the post today. Christmas has come early! @uclhistory.bsky.social y.social @academic.oup.com 073
Tim Beasley-Murray @timb-m.bsky.social · 10/12/2025The @karolinumpress.cuni.cz will be publishing my Critical Games in Czech. Such a privilege! Here's hoping that Czech and Slovak readers enjoy my takes on Kundera, Vilikovský, Juráňová, alongside Carrère, de Vigan, Bolaño, etc. @manchesterup.bsky.social 050
Reposted by Tim Beasley-MurraySCBernard @scbernard.bsky.social · 03/12/2025Thanks! My book, described as "a historical reclamation that pulls no punches in unpacking the racism surrounding one of America’s greatest folk voices” - #LeadBelly (1889-1949), a deep dive into post-Reconstruction America. www.cambridge.org/core/books/b... - Just $22.36 with code BJD2025!!! 211
Reposted by Tim Beasley-MurrayHuw TD @huwtd.bsky.social · 03/12/2025"[...] redefines our understanding of funerary culture" - Journal for the Study of the Old Testament. "It makes the seemingly rigid traditions come alive" - Hana Navratilova (Oxford) "A guaranteed cure for insomnia" - Me 🏺 #OA #openaccess #egyptology #religion www.bloomsbury.com/uk/transmiss...bloomsbury.comThe Transmission of the Book of the Dead in New Kingdom Tombs at SaqqaraTexts and images from the Book of the Dead were widely used to decorate the walls of tombs during Egypt's New Kingdom (c. 1550-1077 BCE). Prior research has ten… 011
Tim Beasley-Murray @timb-m.bsky.social · 03/12/2025MY PUBLISHED BOOK! Emmanuel Carrère says it "explodes all academic frames and expectations", so handle with care! manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526177766/manchesteruniversitypress.co.ukManchester University Press - Critical gamesCritical games - Browse and buy the eBook edition of Critical games by Tim Beasley-Murray 2104
Reposted by Tim Beasley-MurrayAnna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 26/11/2025PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS! EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PUBLISHED BOOKS! gonna be reposting your books because hoo you made a book! www.versobooks.com/products/303... 11242997
Reposted by Tim Beasley-MurrayUCL Institute of Advanced Studies @ucl-ias.bsky.social · 28/11/2025IAS Book Launch: Critical Games 2 Dec, 6:30-8pm Please join @timb-m.bsky.social Tim Beasley-Murray for the launch of his new book Critical games: On Play and Seriousness in Academia, Literature and Life. www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...ucl.ac.ukIAS Book Launch: Critical GamesPlease join Tim Beasley-Murray for the launch of his new book Critical games: On Play and Seriousness in Academia, Literature and Life. 041
Reposted by Tim Beasley-MurrayApril Anson @aprilanson.bsky.social · 27/11/2025In case you, like me, have not yet found this incredible resource/s by @annakornbluh.bsky.social and a few others, IT IS SO GREAT!!! 🙌🔥🙌 against-a-i.comagainst-a-i.comAGAINST AI - 163
Tim Beasley-Murray @timb-m.bsky.social · 19/11/2025If you are in London on 2nd December and interested in Critical Games, do come and help launch it at the UCL Institute of Advance Studies! I'll be in discussion with Abigail Wiliams (Oxford/KCL). @manchesterup.bsky.social @artshumsucl.bsky.social @ucl-ias.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...ucl.ac.ukIAS Book Launch: Critical GamesPlease join Tim Beasley-Murray for the launch of his new book Critical games: On Play and Seriousness in Academia, Literature and Life. 152
Reposted by Tim Beasley-MurrayManchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 17/11/2025@timb-m.bsky.social's new book Critical Games: On Play and Seriousness in Academia, #Literature and Life reflects on how literature, #culture, #universities and society can be both playful and profound Find out more 👇 manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526177773/manchesteruniversitypress.co.ukManchester University Press - Critical gamesCritical games - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of Critical games by Tim Beasley-Murray 011
Tim Beasley-Murray @timb-m.bsky.social · 30/10/2025I have long been a, well not a fan as such, but an avid and intrigued reader of Christian Kracht. His vision of the world is disturbing but once you have seen it, you just can’t look away! Great to see his book doing so well now in English. 010
Reposted by Tim Beasley-MurrayProf Dave O'Brien @drdaveobrien.bsky.social · 28/10/2025Listen! @timb-m.bsky.social talks to @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social about the excellent "Critical Games: On Play and Seriousness in Academia, Literature and Life" newbooksnetwork.com/critical-gamesnewbooksnetwork.comTim Beasley-Murray, "Critical Games: On Play and Seriousness in Academia, Literature and Life" (Manchester UP, 2025) - New Books Network 022
Reposted by Tim Beasley-MurrayJohn Sabapathy @jwwsabapathy.bsky.social · 27/10/2025It's official @fmussgnug.bsky.social @uclselcs.bsky.social has sold out the Gustave Tuck. Clearly we do, indeed, love apocalypses too much. 053
Tim Beasley-Murray @timb-m.bsky.social · 27/10/2025Want to find out more about Critical Games? About how games can get serious, whether played by academics or by authors of fiction and non-fiction? Listen to this new @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast with @drdaveobrien.bsky.social about my book. @manchesterup.bsky.social @artshumsucl.bsky.social 033
Tim Beasley-Murray @timb-m.bsky.social · 25/10/2025Such a pleasure to talk with @drdaveobrien.bsky.social about my book, Criticsl Games for @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social Do have a listen! newbooksnetwork.com/critical-gamesnewbooksnetwork.comTim Beasley-Murray, "Critical Games: On Play and Seriousness in Academia, Literature and Life" (Manchester UP, 2025) - New Books Network 103
Reposted by Tim Beasley-MurrayWill Kitchen @willkitchen.bsky.social · 13/10/2025My New Books Network interview with Prof Dave O’Brien is now available: newbooksnetwork.com/culture-capi... @drdaveobrien.bsky.social @newbooksnetwork.bsky.socialnewbooksnetwork.comWill Kitchen, "Culture, Capital and Carnival: Modern Media and the Representation of Work" (Bloomsbury, 2025) - New Books Network 364
Reposted by Tim Beasley-MurrayUCL Arts and Humanities @artshumsucl.bsky.social · 01/10/2025📆 Coming up on 15 October Join us for an afternoon and evening of events and activities, centring on UCL’s museums and their unique collections, and marking the publication of Thomas Kador’s Object-based Learning book. buff.ly/9RfLExs 022
Tim Beasley-Murray @timb-m.bsky.social · 30/09/2025With her extraordinary work—in collaboration with her husband, Peter—no one has done more to promote Slovak literature in the anglophone world than @juliasherwood.bsky.social And this latest translation of powerful short stories about the atrocity and violence of the Second World War is a triumph. 142
Reposted by Tim Beasley-MurrayKarolinum Press @karolinumpress.cuni.cz · 30/09/2025On International Translation Day, we are delighted to introduce our collaborator in the Modern Slovak Classics series, the London-based @juliasherwood.bsky.social. She is not only active as a translator but also as a tireless promoter of Slovak and Czech literature abroad. 141
Reposted by Tim Beasley-MurrayKarolinum Press @karolinumpress.cuni.cz · 26/09/2025Next Monday at Hatchards Piccadilly: UK launch of two Slovak masterpieces in English – "The Hours and the Minutes" by Alfonz Bednár & "The Last Thing" by Leopold Lahola. Join scholar Tim Beasley-Murray, translator Julia Sherwood and editor Jan Zikmund for a fascinating discussion! 031
Reposted by Tim Beasley-MurrayKarolinum Press @karolinumpress.cuni.cz · 12/09/2025We warmly invite you to the UK launch of two newly translated Slovak classics from Karolinum Press: "The Hours and the Minutes" by Alfonz Bednár and "The Last Thing" by Leopold Lahola at Hatchards Piccadilly on 29 Sept, 6:30pm with Tim Beasley-Murray, Julia Sherwood and Jan Zikmund. Join us! 241
Reposted by Tim Beasley-MurrayModern Languages Open @modlangopen.bsky.social · 27/08/2025Popular this week on #MLO 📣 'Black Skin, Red Masques: Reading Frantz Fanon and Audre Lorde in Tension with Edgar Allan Poe' by @xineyaophd.bsky.social @qucl.bsky.social Read it #OpenAccess on MLO: bit.ly/BlackSkin-RedMasques @timb-m.bsky.social @uclselcs.bsky.social @ucldiscovery.bsky.social 043
Reposted by Tim Beasley-MurrayManchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 19/08/2025Out now in paperback! A fascinating look at the role that music played in Jane Austen's world. Delving into the Austen family music books, discover a treasure trove of evidence that unveils this underappreciated facet of her life and writing. Available from bookshops & online retailers. #booksky 041