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Oxford Medical Humanities @oxmedhum.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Unsettling Familiarity in Community Health brings together researchers, health professionals, and community practitioners to creatively and critically examine the concept of familiarity. To express interest in this interdisciplinary workshop, please email communityhealth.oxmedhum@gmail.com.

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TORCH The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities @torchoxford2013.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

📢 Join us for a talk on Unsettling the Familiarity of Care in the Community on Thursday 8 October 2026 at 2pm. The talk explores perennial UK policy imperatives to shift health and social care to “the community”. details: tinyurl.com/uzfmmdht @oxmedhum.bsky.social @obu-hst-research.bsky.social

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Unsettling the Familiarity of Care in the Community

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COMPAS @compasoxford.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Are you a researcher, practitioner, artist or student with an interest in the relationship between migration, policy and performance? 🎶 Join our upcoming event series, which is free to attend and open to all. Organised in collaboration with @torchoxford.bsky.social and @oxmusicfaculty.bsky.social

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Oxford Internet Institute @oii.ox.ac.uk · 30/09/2026

New! Dr Fabian Stephany, @oii.ox.ac.uk @socsci.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk argues vocational GCSEs could help tackle skills shortages as AI, net zero and an ageing workforce reshape the labour market. Read the full @uk.theconversation.com article below.

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Faculty of English, University of Oxford @engfac.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The Fantasy Literature Seminar Series: The Weird and the Wonderful continues from 15 Oct. Aimed at students & members of the public, the talks act as introductions to a range of writers & texts in the field of fantasy literature/weird fiction. #BookSky Find out more and register:

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Fantasy Literature Seminar Series: The Weird and the Wonderful

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Oxford Medical Humanities @oxmedhum.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Our Term Card is being prepared, but you can already check out some events on our website, starting from the first open event on 13 October Prosthetic Bodies: The Human, the Human-Like, and the Monstrous Everyone welcome torch.ox.ac.uk/event/prosth... @torchoxford.bsky.social @uehiro.ox.ac.uk

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Prosthetic Bodies: The Human, the Human-Like, and the Monstrous

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Oxford Medical Humanities @oxmedhum.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Our term card for Michaelmas '26 is ready. A few details still missing, but please check our website for relevant updates. @torchoxford.bsky.social @uehiro.ox.ac.uk

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TORCH The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities @torchoxford2013.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

As AI and biotechnology rapidly reshape the boundaries between humans, animals, and machines, this reading group will explore the question: What does it mean to be human? It is open to students at all levels. tinyurl.com/bmyn5scp @oxmedhum.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk

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What is the Future of Germline Genome Editing?

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TORCH The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities @torchoxford2013.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

📣 The TORCH Labour Network is pleased to announce a one-day event exploring Global Histories of the Left During the 1970s, on Friday 2 Oct, 11am at Balliol College. please email labournetwork@torch.ox.ac.uk to register your interest. @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social @sociologyoxford.bsky.social cial

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Bodleian Humanities Library @bodhumslib.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Want to learn a bit more about us? 💡 Then you're in luck! This Saturday 12th September, we're offering hourly introductory talks about the Bodleian Humanities Library as part of Oxford Open Doors. Please see further details below, or follow this link: tinyurl.com/28puhem4 Hopefully see you soon!

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Oxford Internet Institute @oii.ox.ac.uk · 07/09/2026

Why do AI-generated images of food look slightly off? Chris Russell @cruss.bsky.social explains to @theverge.com why image models can produce some strange results.

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Oxford Internet Institute @oii.ox.ac.uk · 09/09/2026

New! AI-generated contracts are here. What does that mean for the future of legal agreements? Listen to Luka Nenadic, @ethz.ch @oii.ox.ac.uk discussing the opportunities and risks with the @soeptech.bsky.social podcast. 🎧 Available now: (interview at 11:31-23:24) open.spotify.com/show/65YZwVf...

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Somewhere on Earth: The Global Tech Podcast

Podcast · Ania Lichtarowicz · Somewhere on Earth: The Global Tech Podcast - Tech That Actually Matters.If you’re tired of hype, gadgets-for-gadget’s-sake, and the same recycled tech headlines, welcome...

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Pitt Rivers Museum @pittriversmuseum.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Textiles through the lens 📷 Collected by Sir Arthur J. Evans in 1873, these photographs capture Sámi dress from across Sápmi. The women wear the distinctive ládjogahpir ('horn hat'), its striking shape created by a hidden wooden fierra beneath the richly decorated bonnet.

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Pitt Rivers Museum @pittriversmuseum.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

“Repatriation, for the Nagas, is not simply about bones and ancestral remains finding their way back to the land… it is about memory returning to where it belongs.” - Recover, Restore and Decolonise (RRaD) www.morungexpress.com/british-muse...

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British museum to return Naga human remains

Human remains allegedly taken away by colonial administrators as oriental curiosities will now be returned to the source community. The Pitt Rivers Museum (PRM), University of Oxford, United Kingdom, ...

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Bodleian Libraries @bodleian.ox.ac.uk · 08/09/2026

What do ships show us in the Bayeux Tapestry? Dr Emily Winkler (Lecturer in Medieval History, Hertford College & St Edmund Hall) steers us through some of the Tapestry's most famous boat imagery, from the Earl Harold of Wessex's fleet, to William of Normandy's flagship Mora - a gift from his wife.

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University of Oxford @ox.ac.uk · 10/09/2026

With the Bayeux Tapestry back in England for the first time in almost a thousand years, Dr Emily Winkler looks at what its embroidered scenes still tell us about kings, comets and a cross-Channel world older than either nation ⬇️ bit.ly/3TiqEsC

Graphic featuring a detail from the Bayeux Tapestry showing two embroidered figures. Alongside it is a quote from Dr Emily Winkler: “The Tapestry offers a glimpse of an eleventh-century political world more intricate and interconnected than one of ‘two nations’, involving friends, neighbours, and rivals from around the North Sea. It illuminates the lives of peoples who lived along and travelled across the Channel and the sea.” She is credited as Lecturer in Medieval History and author of Pocket Bayeux Tapestry.

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TORCH The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities @torchoxford2013.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

🌦️ Join us for an interdisciplinary conference on 8-9 October exploring the history of weather forecasting from antiquity to the present! tinyurl.com/yu8t2hf9 @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social #WeatherForecasting #HistoryOfScience

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Forecasting the Weather Between Divination and Science

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TORCH The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities @torchoxford2013.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Are you an early career researcher, fixed-term lecturer, or DPhil student? Do you research on a topic related to health, medicine, the body, or mind using Humanities or Social Sciences approaches? Join us to get some writing done! tinyurl.com/bd6t46za @oxmedhum.bsky.social @oxhumanities.bsky.social

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Medical Humanities Early Career and DPhil Writing Group MT2026

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Kellogg College, University of Oxford @kelloggoxford.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Professor Jonathan Michie, President of Kellogg, has written for The Guardian about why early efforts to address the ethical and social implications of artificial intelligence were overlooked and what we can learn from this history. ➡️ www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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Why the threat from the rampaging AI machine went ignored | Letters

Letters: Jonathan Michie on his father’s efforts in the 1970s to map out concerns regarding widespread social coercion driven by automation. Plus a letter from Callum Brown

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TiCL 🍃💚🍃 @ticl.me · 16/07/2026

Come with me @oxconservationsoc.bsky.social - we’re going to see some great things 🤩 … and I’m not just talking about that Golden Rain Tree @magdalenoxford.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk although … 😍

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Uehiro Oxford Institute @uehiro.ox.ac.uk · 28/08/2026

Join us for Oxford's first Wonder Wander! Fri 25th Sept at 5:30pm. This ethics-based walking tour around central Oxford is in partnership with Uncomfortable Oxford and fundraising for @thoughtfulp4c.bsky.social www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/event/wonder... #PhilosophyMatters #WonderWander #medicalethics

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Wonder Wander 2026

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Uehiro Oxford Institute @uehiro.ox.ac.uk · 21/08/2026

Have you ever found yourself thinking about what we should do, not just what we can do? If so, and if you're an undergraduate or graduate student in the UK, then we have the competition for you! For more info: www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/uehiro-oxfor... #essaycompetition #practicalethics #PhilosophyMatters

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Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford @hmcoxford.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Our Professorial Fellow Mark Harris is the subject of a fascinating article on the @ox.ac.uk website about his path from experimental physics to theology – and his current interdisciplinary work combining science, religion and the humanities. 🔗 www.ox.ac.uk/news/pulse/s...

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Professor Mark Harris: Towards the quantum humanities

Physicist and ordained priest Professor Mark Harris asks what scientific accounts of reality mean for theology, and what theology can contribute in return.

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New College Oxford @newcollegeoxf.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Old member Dr Sarah Rudebeck (2008) has won a £75,000 Innovate UK Women in Innovation Award. The award will fund a 12-month project adapting Recallify, an AI-powered memory and learning app, into a classroom tool for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

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New College Oxford @newcollegeoxf.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Before Apple or Google Pay, there were pieces of metal stamped by the state. In the 7th century BC, the Lydians minted the first coins and invented a whole new way to buy, sell, and trade. Professor Andrew Meadows, tutor in ancient history, takes us back to where money (as we know it) began.

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Bodleian Libraries @bodleian.ox.ac.uk · 26/08/2026

About the Pets & their People exhibition: Open until 27 September 2026 ST Lee Gallery, Weston Library, Oxford Free admission, no ticket required visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/pets-a... #NationalDogDay #Oxford #OxfordCollegeDogs #PetsAndTheirPeople

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Pets & their People

Free exhibition at the Bodleian Libraries in Oxford. Discover the relationship between humans and their pets - or pets and their humans

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University College Cork @ucc.ie · 02/09/2026

One of most important surviving records of medieval Ireland The Annals of Inisfallen are now on public display in a major new free exhibition at University College Cork.⁣⁣ www.ucc.ie/en/news/2026... @bodleian.ox.ac.uk

Close to a thousand years old, The Annals of Inisfallen is considered one of the most important surviving records of medieval Ireland.

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Brian McCarthy, Fexco, and Kerry Bryson, Cork University Foundation, view the manuscript now on display in a free exhibition in The Glucksman, UCC.

Image: Clare Keogh.

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Oxford Internet Institute @oii.ox.ac.uk · 28/08/2026

How can Europe build the workforce it needs for the AI era? In The Parliament Magazine, Dr Fabian Stephany argues that Europe’s ability to harness AI will depend on how it adapts its workforce, as tech reshapes the tasks and skills that underpin jobs. www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/news/article...

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Three steps to build Europe's AI capabilities

Boosting lifelong learning, investing in complementary human abilities and redesigning junior roles to accelerate expertise are essential to buildi...

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TORCH The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities @torchoxford2013.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Call for Papers: Workers and Technological Change. tinyurl.com/38tfe7ph If you would like to participate, please submit a paper abstract of around 300 words and a short biographical note about yourself by to labournetwork@torch.ox.ac.uk by Friday 16 Oct. @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social

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Call for Papers | Workers and Technological Change

Call for Papers: Workers and Technological Change

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TORCH The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities @torchoxford2013.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Race and Resistance needs a new Research Hub Coordinator! Details: tinyurl.com/yhxpdrp4 The deadline is noon on Tuesday 1st September, and interviews are expected to be held in the week commencing Mon 14th. @oxunistudents.bsky.social @oxhumanities.bsky.social

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Oxford Internet Institute @oii.ox.ac.uk · 06/08/2026

IYCMI, in the latest episode of The Human Interface podcast, the OII's Dr Fabian Stephany and UNESCO's Prateek Sibal discuss the AI skills shaping the future of work, and what individuals, employers and governments need to do next. Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/0bNJ...

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The Internet is Crack Podcast @theinternetiscrack.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

If the public helps fund AI, what should we get back? Dr. Sandra Wachter @swachter.bsky.social & her co-authors argue AI should deliver measurable benefits for wellbeing. www.oii.ox.ac.uk/rethinking-e... Our full conversation explores AI, data, algorithms & privacy. 🎧 youtu.be/GY9rRwWmrTc #AI

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OII | Rethinking EU AI policy: why public subsidies for AI should deliver real wellbeing

A new working paper by OII researchers argues that EU technology policy should hold AI companies to account for actual public wellbeing, not just reduced risk.

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Uehiro Oxford Institute @uehiro.ox.ac.uk · 20/08/2026

How can #philosophy help us to reach practical conclusions when we face deep #disagreements about what matters? Jonathan Pugh concludes this year's Bitesize Ethics programme with his talk 'Difficult Decisions in Healthcare'. youtu.be/Y9qxQkaJy9s?... @oxmedhum.bsky.social #PhilosophyMatters

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Oxford Internet Institute @oii.ox.ac.uk · 30/07/2026

In our latest episode of The Human Interface podcast, the OII's Dr Fabian Stephany and Prateek Sibal from UNESCO explore what it takes to stay competitive in a jobs market being transformed by AI. Listen to "The Skills That Win in an AI Jobs Market" here: open.spotify.com/episode/0bNJ...

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Oxford Internet Institute @oii.ox.ac.uk · 23/07/2026

NEW PODCAST EPISODE: The Skills That Win in an AI Jobs Market The OII's Dr Fabian Stephany and Prateek Sibal (UNESCO) discuss which skills matter as AI reshapes work, the risk to entry-level jobs, and why institutions need to lead on AI guidance and training. open.spotify.com/episode/0bNJ...

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Faculty of English, University of Oxford @engfac.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Congratulations to Prof Nandini Das @rentravailer.bsky.social who has been elected a Fellow of the British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social She is 1 of 6 Oxford Uni academics elected to the Fellowship in 2026 in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the humanities & social sciences.

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Professor Nandini Das elected Fellow of the British Academy

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Faculty of English, University of Oxford @engfac.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Prof Elleke Boehmer & DPhil candidate Luan Staphorst have recently been awarded the George Parkin Award for their work on an inscription acknowledging the difficult Rhodes legacy. In this interview with Elleke & Luan, we find out more about the project & their contribution.

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Rhodes House inscription: interview with George Parkin award-winners Elleke Boehmer and Luan Staphorst

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Bodleian Humanities Library @bodhumslib.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

A special (collections) morning! ✨📜 We had a great time hosting some English UNIQ students today and talking to them about all things @bodleian.ox.ac.uk! We even got to call up some of our wonderful special collections to showcase, including our lovely first edition Pride and Prejudice!

An image of ten special collections items laid out in our Rare Material Teaching Room in the Humanities Library. The rare books are kept on foam book supports spread across three tables and have weighted snakes to keep them in place. Behind the tables are five bookshelves filled with various large texts.

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Bodleian Humanities Library @bodhumslib.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Our #ResourceSpotlight this week is... Digital Resources for Musicology! This is a central hub which links out to lots of open access projects which will be of interest to musicians and musicologists! Link: drm.ccarh.org 🎶

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"This website provides links to substantial open-access projects of use to musicians and musicologists. With a burgeoning number of digital resources available, remembering titles of sites and pathways to them can be difficult. Digital Resources in Musicology (DRM) is organized topically and provides a rapid search tool for specialties within heterogeneous collections. Neither the links nor their descriptions are exhaustive. Older projects predating the development of the internet are listed at ADAM: Archive of Digital Applications in Musicology. Curated digital and hybrid editions are itemized at EVE: Electronic and Virtual Editions. Harvard's Online Resources for Music Scholars offer a somewhat different, largely complementary mix of projects. On placement by category, please see our FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions list)."

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Bodleian Humanities Library @bodhumslib.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

We won gold!🏅🌱 Recently, a cross-departmental team from the Schwarzman Centre won a gold award at Oxford University's Green Impact Awards! This recognises an effort to ensure that the environmental policies and practices in the building align with the sustainability of its Passivhaus construction!

A photograph of the Green Impact team, holding their gold award, outside the Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities

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Oxford Medical Humanities @oxmedhum.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

The blogpost of our recent event on Medical Detachment is now available on our website torch.ox.ac.uk/article/medi...

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Blog Post | Medical Detachment: Past and Present

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TORCH The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities @torchoxford2013.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

On 6 July 2026, researchers from across the UK & beyond gathered for the Body in History Interdisciplinary PGR & ECR Conference, that brought together scholars exploring the history, representation, & experience of the human body & its environments. @bodyinhistoryox.bsky.social tinyurl.com/57vu4uzb

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Reflections on the Body in History Conference

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TORCH The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities @torchoxford2013.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

A new blog post is now available about the Workers and Politics Conference, which took place on 12 June. Organised by the Oxford Labour Network, this interdisciplinary one-day conference brought together scholars to explore the intersections of labour, politics. tinyurl.com/mr35tp37

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Workers and Politics Conference

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Digital Scholarship at Oxford @discoxford.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

We recently teamed up with the Data/Culture and Mapping the Arts and Humanities projects to hold a Scholarthon in Oxford - and you can read all about it here: blog.humanities.org.uk/2026/06/23/i...

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Inside the ScholarTHON: a new kind of collaboration for the arts & humanities? | Mapping the Arts and Humanities Blog

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City of Magpies @cityofmagpies.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

📆July 16, 2026 | 7 PM - 8:15 PM Sheldonian Theater, Oxford, UK From £21.99 An Evening With Philip Pullman www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-evening...

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An Evening With Philip Pullman

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St John's College, Oxford @stjohnsox.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Some books stay with us for a lifetime. 📚 Honorary Fellow and author @ellekeboehmer.bsky.social shares why Katherine Mansfield’s The Garden Party has meant so much to her, both as a reader and as a writer. #NationalYearOfReading2026 #YearOfReading2026 #GoAllIn2026 youtube.com/shorts/za9im...

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Some books stay with us for a lifetime. 📚

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Dr Andrea Smith @audioandrea.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

The next webinar is The Winter's Tale in September: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/english-fa... If you'd like to hear a great production, there's currently one on #BBCSounds - but it'll only be there for another 29 days: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... #Shakespeare #RadioDrama #AudioDrama @engfac.bsky.social

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English Faculty/OWC Shakespeare Webinar: The Winter's Tale

In this free webinar, Professor Emma Smith will be discussing the new edition of The Winter's Tale from Oxford World's Classics.

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