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Building a community and shining a spotlight on our courses at the University of Nottingham. #WeAreUoN | #UoNHumanities 👉 Classics & Archaeology | History | Music | Philosophy 🔗 www.nottingham.ac.uk/humanities/sch…

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UoN Humanities @uonhumanities.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
🏛️ CfP: Excited to announce our first workshop, exploring histories of Commercial Determinants of Health! 📅 Workshop: 15 April 2026, ‪@lshtm.bsky.social‬ 📝 Submit abstract by 13 October 2025 💰 Travel funding available (priority to ECRs) Submit 250-word abstract + 150-word bio to lshjh14@lshtm.ac.uk
Public domain: sepia photograph showing a billboard, advertising Camela Costlier Tobaccos.
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Victoria Crooks @victoriacrooks.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
At the end of a long academic year, what do #EastMids #historyteacher colleagues need? ADVANCED notice of another fab #CPD opportunity with @uonsoe.bsky.social #SIG & @uonhumanities.bsky.social 's Dr Sarah Holland. Get the 17th September in your diaries.📅 Booking info to follow. 😃
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UoN Humanities @uonhumanities.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
🏆 Huge congratulations to our brilliant Humanities colleagues recognised with Lord Dearing Awards for outstanding teaching! Well done! 👏 #LordDearingAwards #Humanities #TeachingExcellence #UoN
poster celebrating humanities excellence in the Lord Dearing Awards 2025
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UoN Humanities @uonhumanities.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
🎥 40 Years Since the 1984-85 Miners’ Strike ⚒️ The Thoroton Society hosted a powerful panel with former miners, historians & academics reflecting on its legacy — personal stories, social impact & community change. 📺 Watch here: www.nottingham.ac.uk/humanities/d...
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Victoria Crooks @victoriacrooks.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Now moving on to the brilliant Dr Joe Merton - one of the biggest advocates @uonhumanities.bsky.social for the importance of academics and teachers working together and learning from each other. We're thrilled to have him back @uonsoe.bsky.social to speak to our community.
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UoN Humanities @uonhumanities.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
📜 New discovery from early medieval Wearmouth-Jarrow We’re excited to share a new open-access article by Dr Samuel Cardwell, published in Early Medieval Europe. 📖 Read the article: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Biblical exegesis at Wearmouth‐Jarrow before Bede? The Hereford commentary on Matthew
This article examines a previously neglected fragment of an early medieval commentary on Matthew’s Gospel, the bifolium Hereford Cathedral Library, P. II. 10. I argue on palaeographical grounds that ...
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Victoria Crooks @victoriacrooks.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
#EastMids #historyteacher s, Nottingham @histassoc.bsky.social Teacher Network & @uonsoe.bsky.social with @uonhumanities.bsky.social are pleased to invite you our FREE conference 'Teaching the United States in the Age of Trump' on Sat 26th April. Tickets: shorturl.at/K4bNg #HistoryEducation #UKEd
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Dept of Classics & Archaeology, Nottingham @uonclassarch.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
It’s not too late to chat to us about #MSCA fellowships. They can be held in Humanities subjects as well as sciences, & are open to all nationalities, incl. US citizens. #classics #archaeology Get in touch if you have a suitable project! 🏺🧪 marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/actions/post...
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Postdoctoral Fellowships
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University of Nottingham @uniofnottingham.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Ramadan Mubarak to all of our students, staff, alumni and friends observing this holy month. ✨🌙 Join our Chaplaincy team in March to find out more about Ramadan and share a fast-breaking. Find info and booking link at www.nottingham.ac.uk/chaplaincy/e... #WeAreUoN
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UoN Humanities @uonhumanities.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
📣 This International Women's Day, in a powerful reflection of progress, our School is led entirely by women who are actively accelerating change in higher education. We're not waiting until 2158 for gender equality - we're taking #AccelerateAction now. Share this post to inspire others!
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UoN Humanities @uonhumanities.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
💫 Breaking Barriers "If someone says it's not your place – find allies and make it your place." Professor Hannah O'Regan, Head of Archaeology and Palaeoecology, isn't just talking about change - she's creating it. Have you faced similar barriers in your field? #AccelerateAction #IWD2025
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uonphilosophy.bsky.social @uonphilosophy.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
PROJECT! Dr Lydia Farina @NottsPhilosophy has won a £1.1M award from @ahrcpress to create immersive art experience through #ArtificialIntelligence! Press release: www.nottingham.ac.uk/news/ai-proj... #philosophy #ai #responsibility #creatives #grant
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UoN Humanities @uonhumanities.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
🌿 Meet Ally Heery, Operations Manager at the School of Humanities, who shares her powerful story of breaking barriers for working parents. 🔮 What workplace convention do you believe needs reconsidering? #AccelerateAction #IWD2025 #UoNHumanities #MeaningfulChange
Celebrating Ally Heery, Operations Manager for the School of Humanities, for International Women's DayAlly Heery answers: What's one stereotype you've challenge in your field?
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UoN Humanities @uonhumanities.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
✨ Making Space in Academia "Most leadership positions in the School of Humanities are held by women. I hope to help others see that academic leadership is possible, whatever their starting point." What's your experience of leadership in academia? Share your thoughts below 💭 #AccelerateAction
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UoN Humanities @uonhumanities.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
🎯 Leading Change: School of Humanities Meet Professor Nicola McLelland, our Head of School of Humanities, advocating for change in education and society: This International Women's Day week, our female leaders share their insights on accelerating equality. Stay tuned! 👀 #AccelerateAction
Nicola McLelland photoNicola McLelland - Page 2 - Q&A
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uonphilosophy.bsky.social @uonphilosophy.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
RESEARCH! Ian James Kidd and Havi Carel @PhilATBristol on processes of vulnerabilization in healthcare. How do individual vices and institutional failings worsen the vulnerability of patients? www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #philosophy #illness #healthcare #vulnerability #ethics
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Individual Vices and Institutional Failings as Drivers of Vulnerabilisation
This paper explores the phenomenon of vulnerabilisation in relation to the experiences of persons with chronic illnesses. We distinguish a range of kinds of vulnerability, including epistemic vulne...
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uonphilosophy.bsky.social @uonphilosophy.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
TALKS! First our PGR seminar talk by Liz Frissell! "The Metaphysical Basis for Acceptance & Commitment Therapy: Buddhist or Stoic?". In-person: 1-2:30pm - A26 Lenton Grove. Online: teams.microsoft.com/l/channel/19... #philosophy #buddhism #stoicism #therapy #talk
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UoN Humanities @uonhumanities.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
After 40+ years, Local History Seminars will conclude in after its final session on Saturday 8 March 2025. Thank you to all our volunteers, speakers and attendees who made this possible! 📚🏛️ More info: www.nottingham.ac.uk/humanities/d.... #ThankYou #History #UoNHumanities #LocalHistorySeminars
Poster with a quote from Dr Richard Gaunt, Seminar Convenor, thanking people for their support as Local History Seminars come to an end.Thank you message to volunteers, speakers and attendees.
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UoN Humanities @uonhumanities.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
🎧 #LGBTHistoryMonth Special! 🏳️‍🌈 Our historian @lgmsam.bsky.social joins forces with @queerbritain.bsky.social to explore hidden histories in this powerful podcast. Listen to the full podcast here: buff.ly/418bSFU #QueerHistory #UoNHumanities #Podcast
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Queer Britain and Public History
In this podcast Dr Samantha Knapton of Nottingham University and Jennifer Shearman of Queer Britain explain how their work has come together to reveal and present the hidden history of LGBTQ+ lives…
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Samantha K. Knapton @lgmsam.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Lovely roundtable talk for LGBTQ+ History Month at the @uniofnottingham.bsky.social. Excited to talk with @abikaras.bsky.social and @siobhanhearne.bsky.social about queer histories of central and eastern Europe 🥳 Join us (if you're about in Nottingham, of course) - all are welcome!
Poster for an event. Title: "queer histories of central and eastern europe". Date: 18th February at 5.30pm. Location: Lenton Grove at the University of Nottingham, room a18. Email Kate.law@nottingham.ac.uk with any queries.
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