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Tim Beasley-Murray

@timb-m.bsky.social
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"You still haven’t figured out what riding waves is all about, hey? It’s a state of mind." Professor of Humanities, UCL; games that get out of hand. profiles.ucl.ac.uk/4327

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ilinca iurascu @ilinca.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Friends, send us your proposals, abstracts, thoughts, in English or French - and please help us spread the word about this journal issue on distraction we're putting together. The CFP is attached: intermedialites.com/en/call-for-...
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CALL FOR PAPERS – NO. 51 “DISTRACTING / DISTRAIRE” – intermédialités
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Tim Beasley-Murray @timb-m.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Full Professorship of Creative Writing at UCL. This is a great opportunity! Please share.
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UCL 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.
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Tim Beasley-Murray @timb-m.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Please write this piece! (OK, book, I know…)
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Tim Beasley-Murray @timb-m.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Someone I know worked as a tutor to the children in a family like this. They permanently travelled around their various residences (S of France, Caribbean, NY, St Moritz etc) with a team of many nannies, chef, others, including a full-time Padel coach for the dad.
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Tim Beasley-Murray @timb-m.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Now seems a good time to repost this.
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Tim Beasley-Murray @timb-m.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Now seems a good time to repost this.
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Tim Beasley-Murray @timb-m.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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Groundbreaking genomic test could spare millions of breast cancer patients chemotherapy
Trial suggests patients with a low test score could be treated with hormone therapy alone with near-identical outcomes
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Tim Beasley-Murray @timb-m.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Overheard in this coffee shop in Pittsburgh Mexican War streets: “the Hunger Games are pretty much the dystopia we find ourselves in now”
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Tim Beasley-Murray @timb-m.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Spent 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…
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Monica At The Movies @monicasmovies.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Point Break (1991) 🎬💙 Directed by Kathryn Bigelow
Point Break (1991) movie picture collage
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Tim Beasley-Murray @timb-m.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Brilliant, if chilling topic. Brilliant nominative determinism!
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John Sabapathy @jwwsabapathy.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
What 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
The UCL Anthropocene series poster for Emergence | Emergency at UCL 1-12 June. Details at ucl.ac.uk/anthropocene
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Tim Beasley-Murray @timb-m.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
A wonderful hardest word today! @bonniehonig.bsky.social @annakornbluh.bsky.social
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Tim Beasley-Murray @timb-m.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
This 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?"
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UCL Institute of Advanced Studies @ucl-ias.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Our 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...
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IAS Reflections Symposium: Celebrating the UCL Institute of Advanced Studies
A 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.
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UCL 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...
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Tim Beasley-Murray @timb-m.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
In the magnificent Arts and Crafts setting of Toynbee Hall in Whitechapel. Complete with a proper institutional kitchen. The conference was on sound and silence.
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Tim Beasley-Murray @timb-m.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
I went to a conference where we sort of did this. There was a glass with paper slips, each with an instruction. Chop a bunch of parsley, slice a bowl of tomatoes etc. together, we made a Moroccan roast lamb and lots salads for c30 participants.
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Tim Beasley-Murray @timb-m.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
You are Jean-Claude Romand and I claim my £5.
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UCL Arts and Humanities @artshumsucl.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Chag 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
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European Literary London @europeanlitlondon.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
BIG 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...
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Nino Haratischwili announced as 2026 Writer in Residence
The 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.
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Ústav slovenskej literatúry SAV @uslit-sav.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
It 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.
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European Literary London @europeanlitlondon.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Casanova 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
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Tim Beasley-Murray @timb-m.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Yes. V anti-philosophy. Doing this in the UK with my wife, we are always amused by its understandable US bias: lollygag, doodad, Mexican flora, things Hawaian. While it won’t accept many common Britishisms and will accept one term that is highly offensive here, but presumably not in US!
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Tim Beasley-Murray @timb-m.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Apparently, “ontic” is not a word. @bonniehonig.bsky.social @annakornbluh.bsky.social
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UCL Institute of Advanced Studies @ucl-ias.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
We 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...
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IAS Book Launch: Rethinking the Human in the Darwinian Novel
We are pleased to welcome Niall Sreenan for the launch of his book Rethinking the Human in the Darwinian Novel. Zola, Hardy, and Utopian Fiction.
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Tim Beasley-Murray @timb-m.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... Fantastic opportunity for a writer at UCL! Please repost.
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UCL – University College London
UCL 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).
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Tim Beasley-Murray @timb-m.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
And anomia and anomic!
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Tim Beasley-Murray @timb-m.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
I did that one year, wrote to them and told them what I had/hadn't done, and they let me off! It might be worth giving it a go.
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UCL Arts and Humanities @artshumsucl.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Celebrating #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
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UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies @uclssees.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
It 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...
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Peter J.S. Duncan (1953-2026)
We are deeply saddened to announce the death of Dr Peter Duncan.
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Tim Beasley-Murray @timb-m.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Just sent you an email, Andrew.
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Tim Beasley-Murray @timb-m.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Hi Andrew. Glad you are interested. I'll send you a message, if that's OK.
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Tim Beasley-Murray @timb-m.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
If 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...
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Critical Games
To its critics, academia can often appear as a form of elaborate play. Set apart from ordinary life, marked by
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Prof Dave O'Brien @drdaveobrien.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Almost 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-games
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Tim Beasley-Murray, "Critical Games: On Play and Seriousness in Academia, Literature and Life" (Manchester UP, 2025) - New Books Network
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UCL European Institute @uclei.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Our 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...
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Tim Beasley-Murray @timb-m.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
My 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
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Tim Beasley-Murray @timb-m.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
The @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
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SCBernard @scbernard.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Thanks! 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!!!
book cover -- black and white 1940s photo of Huddie Ledbetter (Lead Belly) playing guitar, dressed in a suit with a microphone in front and American flag behind. Book title in orange lettering, Bring Judgment Day. Subtitle, white lettering: Reclaiming Lead Belly's Truths from Jim Crow's Lies.
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Huw 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...
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The Transmission of the Book of the Dead in New Kingdom Tombs at Saqqara
Texts 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…
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Tim Beasley-Murray @timb-m.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Congrats! Looks fascinating. Let’s promote OUR PUBLISHED BOOKS!
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Tim Beasley-Murray @timb-m.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Great! I hope that you enjoy it.
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Tim Beasley-Murray @timb-m.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
MY PUBLISHED BOOK! Emmanuel Carrère says it "explodes all academic frames and expectations", so handle with care! manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526177766/
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Manchester University Press - Critical games
Critical games - Browse and buy the eBook edition of Critical games by Tim Beasley-Murray
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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
PROMOTE 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...
Immediacy!
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Tim Beasley-Murray @timb-m.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Today! @manchesterup.bsky.social
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UCL Institute of Advanced Studies @ucl-ias.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
IAS 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...
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IAS Book Launch: Critical Games
Please join Tim Beasley-Murray for the launch of his new book Critical games: On Play and Seriousness in Academia, Literature and Life.
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April Anson @aprilanson.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
In 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.com
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AGAINST AI -
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Tim Beasley-Murray @timb-m.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
If 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...
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IAS Book Launch: Critical Games
Please join Tim Beasley-Murray for the launch of his new book Critical games: On Play and Seriousness in Academia, Literature and Life.
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Manchester 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/
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Manchester University Press - Critical games
Critical games - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of Critical games by Tim Beasley-Murray
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