Please join us for the launch of our 'Women Strike Back!' exhibition on Monday 9th March. The wonderful Vanessa Kasuule will be joining us for a poetry reading. You can book your tickets via: ticketpass.org/event/ELVTJM...

'The life and legacy of Maurice of Burgos have for too long been shrouded in mystery. This marvellous study is a window on a fascinating topic.' Dr Fernando Cervantes (@uobrishistory.bsky.social) reviews Teresa Witcombe's On the Edges of Christendom in The TLS www.the-tls.com/history/medi...

📻 Dr Laurence Publicover (@bristolunienglish.bsky.social) joins BBC Radio 4 #InOurTime to discuss Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1 with @oldfortunatus.bsky.social, @lucycmunro.bsky.social & Misha Glenny Listen to the full programme 👉 brnw.ch/21wZOlR @bristolcms.bsky.social

Thrilled for my colleague, Laurence Publicover, and his appearance on In Our Time today, joined by the brilliant @oldfortunatus.bsky.social and @lucycmunro.bsky.social - what a trio! Have worked on H4 quite a bit and still learned lots! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

#ICYMI: Dr Irina Roldugina (Russian Dept) returned to Arts Matter to tell us about a fascinating late Cold War encounter between Western queer individuals and the Soviet Union Read more 👉 brnw.ch/21wZwbk @lgbthm.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk @mozzgi.bsky.social #LGBTplusHM

With support from @uobrishistory.bsky.social & @uobartsmatter.bsky.social, these Cantonese workshops form part of my new project to develop Chinese-language resources to support the global HK diaspora to research & preserve their family history. Feel really privileged to be able to do this work!

'We understand Hong Kong as a subject providing a wide range of opportunities, as a city and a territory with a distinctive past that has never been more alive.' Excellent write up on the @hongkonghistory.bsky.social in the latest @iias.bsky.social newsletter For more pp.38-40 👉 brnw.ch/21wZEyV

🎙️ Dr Rowan Tomlinson (@frenchatbristol.bsky.social) joins @jontyclaypole.bsky.social on @slobpodcast.bsky.social to discuss Michel de Montaigne, the 16th-century French essayist and philosopher Listen to their fascinating discussion 👇 brnw.ch/21wZAFo

🏳️‍🌈 As #LGBTplusHM returns this February, Dr Irina Roldugina (Russian Dept) tells us about a fascinating Cold War encounter between Western queer individuals and the Soviet Union Read more about Irina's research as part of her @leverhulme.ac.uk project 👉 brnw.ch/21wZwbk @lgbthm.bsky.social

✨ COMING UP: Join Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Natalie Diaz for the @bristolpoetry.bsky.social annual reading! Don't miss this rare opportunity to hear one of the most celebrated contemporary poets read in the UK! 📆 Tues 17 Feb, 6.30-7.30pm 📍 Wills Memorial Building 🎟️ brnw.ch/21wZq5c (free!)

Here are 2 films by Camilla Adams from my 'Life of Job' medieval play project that might interest academics/ theatre & heritage people. 1) straight recording youtu.be/wYo4JwsOuP4 and 2) a 'making of': how we staged it at a feast at Winterbourne Barn. youtu.be/IK3My_DqvE8. Please share! #medievalsky

'There is good and bad news about the gas that has given us everything...and could yet take everything away.' Emeritus Prof Peter Coates (@uobrishistory.bsky.social) reviews @peterbrannen.bsky.social The Story of CO2 is the Story of Everything in @thetls.bsky.social www.the-tls.com/science-tech...

Tickets for Natalie Diaz on 17 Feb. going like hot cakes. Book your free ticket while you can! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bpi-annual...

On October 2nd our colleagues Mark and Ruth organised an event to reflect on 35 years of German unity. It was wonderful to get the Bristol-Hannover and Bristol Anglo-German societies together and mix with our students. #ShoutOutForGerman

📣 EVENT REMINDER 📣 Don't forget to sign up for the annual Aquinas lecture, titled "Whose Aquinas? The Thomism of Dante and of Étienne Gilson." 🎟️ buytickets.at/theinstitute... ⏰January 29th, 6PM-7PM 📍Arts Complex Lecture Theatre Three, University of Bristol

'The alehouse became the second space in the community after the church.' Dr @markhailwood.bsky.social (@uobrishistory.bsky.social) research on the history of the pub in 16th and 17th century England features in today's @telegraph.co.uk Read more 👇 www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01...

We've had 225 bookings (!!) in just days of announcing Natalie Diaz's Annual Reading -- make sure reserve your place now and join us on 17 February!

📺 Dr Ben Wilkinson-Turnbull (@bristolunienglish.bsky.social) joins BBC #PointsWest to discuss Hannah More, the celebrated playwright, poet, abolitionist and philanthropist Visit the new project website to find out more about her work and letters 👉 brnw.ch/21wZegO

📢 EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT 📢 The 2026 Aquinas lecture will be presented by Professor George Corbett from the University of St Andrews, titled "Whose Aquinas? The Thomism of Dante and of Étienne Gilson" 🎟️ www.tickettailor.com/events/thein... ⏰29/01, 6PM-7PM 📍Arts Complex, Lecture Theatre Three

Who was Hecate, Mistress of Magic? ✨ From local goddess to ruler of night, sorcery and the crossroads between worlds. Discover the history of this guardian of travellers and spirits... Watch Prof Ronald Hutton's* lecture 👉 gres.hm/goddess-hecate * also of History at Bristol

'How do we reawaken and revive our cultural institutions and also give energy to those working with minuscule resources?' Dr Edson Burton (@bristolunienglish.bsky.social) writes on Bristol's bid to become UK City of Culture 2029 for @bristol247.bsky.social www.bristol247.com/opinion/your...

'In France, a very vague law around privacy has met a very vague writing style.' @profnatedwards.bsky.social (@frenchatbristol.bsky.social) comments on the Cécile Desprairies defamation case for her 2024 autofiction novel, La Propagandiste, in The Guardian 👇 www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

'Contributors to the book point out how its tight verbal patterning and resonant words operate for landbound listeners as litany, lullaby or poem.' Dr William Wootten (@bristolunienglish.bsky.social) reviews Good, Occasionally Rhyming in @thetls.bsky.social www.the-tls.com/regular-feat...

'It's a possibility that seems difficult to avoid' Prof @matthewsteggle.bsky.social (@bristolunienglish.bsky.social) research on Anne Hathaway, wife of William Shakespeare, features in a BBC article on the Oscar-tipped new film, Hamnet Read more 👇 www.bbc.co.uk/culture/arti...

#ICYMI: Dr Zeina Maasri (History of Art) introduced us to her Decolonizing the Page project, a first-of-its-kind digital archive & online exhibition of Arabic book arts (1950s-80s) Read more about & explore this incredible resource of 250+ books 👉 brnw.ch/21wYhgS

Astonished that Publishers Weekly has put out this great review of DISPATCHES FROM THE AVANT-GARAGE. (What is happening I never get mainstream attention, my world is the weird world (good)) But what I hope is that more people will find out about the Alternative Press, and you know?, now they might!

We are running our short course on Crime Fiction again in 2026. 8 weeks of evening classes @bristoluni.bsky.social. Join 8 university tutors sharing some of their favourite cold cases in detective fiction in an accessible but intellectually stimulating way: www.bristol.ac.uk/.../detectiv...

Thank you to everyone who joined us last week for a special preview of a short documentary film exploring women's experience of self-employment. The screening held @w_shed was followed by a Q&A with Dr Amy Edwards and filmmakers @blackbarkfilms. Information on how to view the film to follow 🎬

'The question of Algeria, for the RN, is not only about migration, but about the status of the colonial past.' Dr Alexandra Reza (@frenchatbristol.bsky.social) writes a new piece on Franco-Algerian relations for the @lrb.co.uk www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/no...

📢 Upcoming event! CultureQuest, a location-based, AI-driven game, turns Bristol Museum’s Egyptian Gallery into an interactive quest guided by the gods. 📆 9 February, 10:00 - 17:00 📍 Bristol Museum & Art Gallery Find out more: tinyurl.com/c9h3hp4v

How monogamous are humans compared to other animals? Check out this BBC interview with @kitopie.bsky.social to learn more!

My tasty take (pun intended) on the Bayeux Tapestry—a subject on which I had vowed never to publish. Available Open Access with @ihr.bsky.social. See what you make of it, and bon appetit! academic.oup.com/histres/adva...

A press release from the University of Bristol about an exciting new article by @benpohl.bsky.social and published by Historical Research: www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2025/de...

✍️ Dr Zeina Maasri (History of Art) introduces us to Decolonizing the Page, a digital archive & online exhibition of Arabic book arts (1950s-80s), a time when creative expression flourished Read more about this incredible resource featuring 250+ books 👉 brnw.ch/21wYhgS

Dr @charlottefaucher.bsky.social (@frenchatbristol.bsky.social) has published a new report which examines three decades of UK cultural diplomacy and offers insights for shaping future strategies Read more about Charlotte's key recommendations on UK soft power 👇 www.bristol.ac.uk/sml/news/202...

'Empire Without End is an accessible work that confronts the legacies of colonialism – it deserves to reach a wide, general audience.' Prof Sumita Mukherjee (@uobrishistory.bsky.social) selects her favourite new history books of 2025 for @historytoday.com www.historytoday.com/archive/revi...

We're launching a 3-week Hong Kong History Summer School in June-July 2026 for all of you interested in HK history! And you will have the opportunity to explore our Hong Kong collections too. Just how exciting is that? @uobartsmatter.bsky.social @uobrishistory.bsky.social #hongkonghistory

Also open for application at @hongkonghistory.bsky.social at the moment is our Visiting Scholar Scheme for 2026/27, for colleagues/PGR students working on project(s) relating to the history of Hong Kong! #hkhist @uobartsmatter.bsky.social @uobrishistory.bsky.social

We have now announced TWO full PhD studentships at Bristol's Hong Kong History Centre @uobrishistory.bsky.social @uobartsmatter.bsky.social! Please spread the word to anyone you know who are working towards/have a Master's degree, and are interested in pursuing further research in HK history.

…The campaign aims to enable the Malaysian public to explore their history through transregional and inclusive perspectives.’ Read more about Allan Pang’s public history research on the History blog!https://historiansatbristol.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/archives/944

‘Since January 2025, I have collaborated with Imagined Malaysia, a Malaysia-based NGO, and started a public history campaign titled ‘Malaysia Unbound: Transregional Histories through Documents’…

#ICYMI: Dr @stevedehailes.bsky.social (@bristolunienglish.bsky.social) introduced us to his Medieval Mountain AHRC project which raises awareness of our historical relationship to mountains and our continued role in their preservation Read more about Steve's research 👉 brnw.ch/21wXUsn

Recent research by @kitopie.bsky.social also discussed in The Archaeology Channel 👇🏽👏🏽 www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-guide/... @uobartsmatter.bsky.social

Interview (from 17.00) for the Briefing with Monocle_Radio on State formation: grain, tax and writing - from research (with @quentinatkinson.bsky.social) @nathumbehav.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41.... monocle.com/radio/shows/...

Nice to have heard Kit on the radio yesterday discussing his recent publication on @nathumbehav.nature.com! Congrats on all the engagement 🙌 🎉 @uobartsmatter.bsky.social

Congratulations to Dr Christophe Fricker (@germanatbristol.bsky.social) who has received the Zuger Anerkennungspreis, one of the most prestigious translation awards in the German-speaking world 🥳 Read more about the award presented at a ceremony in Switzerland 👇 www.bristol.ac.uk/sml/news/202...

'It may feel worlds apart, but the challenges and choices facing states today have been playing out since the dawn of the earliest states, thousands of years ago.' Dr @kitopie.bsky.social (@bristolantharch.bsky.social) writes in a new piece for The Conversation theconversation.com/the-real-rea...

The invention of agriculture (around 9,000 years ago) spurred the rise of early states? NO. Our research www.nature.com/articles/s41... (with @drqueue.bsky.social) in @nathumbehav.nature.com supports an alternative theory that States almost invariably formed in societies that grew cereal grains.

We loved hearing all about our own Steve De Hailes' Medieval Mountain project! 🏔️ #medievalsky #skystorians

This was a compelling biography of man at the helm of the UN in the turbulent 60s. Here I tried (in 750 words!) to give more context on the #afroasian world, its engagement with the UN, and Burma's decolonisation. Read it just for U Thant and Kruschev bobbing along together in the Black Sea.