Today is International Day of Sign Languages, a day commemorating the establishment of the World Federation of the Deaf and spotlighting the issues Deaf people face in their everyday lives. This year's theme is: No Human Rights Without Sign Language Rights❗

New exhibition coming soon! Family Matters: Holding You Up opens on 16 Oct with a PV and performances from 6.30pm 18 artists' works offer us imaginative and playful ways to consider the impacts of family Open from 9am-7pm on weekdays at the Alison Richard Building (CB3 9DP), until 17 December

Work with us 💼 Apply for these exciting roles and join our team as: 👉 Research Associate, Algorithmic Kitchen Project Apply by 5 October 👉British Academy Early Career Researchers Network Project Coordinator Apply by 12 October https://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/about/vacancies/

Last few days to put forward your ideas for a half-event in 2026! Proposals involving co-convenors from the sciences and/or considering the relationship between the humanities and the sciences are also very welcome. The deadline is 28 September ⏳

Looking forward to meeting you! 👋

Call for papers ✍️ Thalassopoetics: Ocean readings in French What happens to French and Comparative Studies when we articulate them from a marine perspective? Submit a paper by 31 Dec 2025 The conference takes place from 20-21 April 2026 https://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/47573/#call-for-papers

NEW! CRASSH Connections 💥 Want to find colleagues working on a related topic, plan a collaborative grant application, or start building an interdisciplinary network? Join us for informal events to connect. Apply by 12 Oct 2025 https://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/crassh-connections

Join us for our inaugural event of the academic year! 🗓️ Wednesday 15th October 2025 🕔 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM 📍 SG2, Alison Richard Building, Cambridge, CB3 9DP Register here: cghr-15oct25.eventbrite.co.uk

NEW REPORT 🚨 BSL is Not for Sale Sign Language AI systems are being rolled out across the UK's public services without proper consultation with Deaf communities❗ ➡️ www.mctd.ac.uk/bsl-not-for-...

NEW! CRASSH Connections 💥 Do you want to find colleagues working on a related topic, plan a collaborative grant application, or start building an interdisciplinary network? Join us for informal events to connect. Find out more and apply by 12 Oct 2025 www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/crassh-connections

Indo-Pacific Roundtable 2026 Our call for participation for next year's Indo-Pacific Roundtable is now live! Complete this form to apply for a spot on one of our panels: forms.gle/giP6svq9buiX... For more info, visit: bit.ly/4gq8k7Y Application deadline: 14th Nov 2025

Is Britain ready to cope with data centres❓ Our ED @ginasue.bsky.social was on BBC Radio 4 Today this morning talking about the environmental cost of data centres, US investment in the UK, and Nvidia's comments on natural gas and computing. Listen to the convo 🎧 ➡️ www.mctd.ac.uk/is-britain-r...

📣 Registration is open for 'The future of research in Bible Society collections' @biblesoccollfuture.bsky.social on 26&27 Sept Become part of a network of scholars and experts in Religious Studies, material culture, and Medieval to Modern collections https://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/47443/

New event! Geopolitics & journalism Roger Mosey, Mary Hockaday, and Jeremy Adelman will explore the challenges of reporting from conflict zones and the role of media in framing global events. 🗓️ Thu 18 Sept, 5:00-6:30 pm 🗺️ Online (Zoom) ✒️ Reg & info: www.cfg.cam.ac.uk/events/geopo...

📣 Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship Join our vibrant academic community as a salaried Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow to carry out your independent research in 2026-27 Learn more about the application process and apply by 24 Oct 2025 https://bit.ly/3oudw1R

Did you miss our 2nd webinar on how to apply for ERC research funding in 2026? Catch up here 👉 bit.ly/4n7d98T Let us know if (or how) you found it helpful! Either submit a comment via SLIDO (session code can be found in the recording) or comment below this post. www.youtube.com/live/oCUGl7F...

ICYMI: We are hiring an Associate/Full Professor in Digital Humanities at @camdighum.bsky.social. App deadline Sep 21. The position is for Deputy Director of CDH, and eventually Director on rotational basis. Please circulate/apply and let me know if you have any Qs! www.cdh.cam.ac.uk/about/news/n...

Only two weeks until - Prof Andrew Lambert: ‘No More Napoleons: How Britain Managed Europe from Waterloo to World War One’ Lambert @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social examines Britain's legacy and what it can reveal about strategy & risk today. 🗓️Thu 25 Sep, 17:30 🗺️Online ✒️Reg & info: bit.ly/4lbaPvY

As US President Donald Trump prepares for his second state visit to the UK, our co-director, Prof. William Hurst, speaks to FRANCE 24 with his analysis of the opportunities and challenges it presents to the British Government.

Join CRASH's LEAP Lab on 20 September from 1pm at Rowley Way in London for workshops, street performances and a fashion show procession in memory of the life, work and ideas of anthropologist and Radical Optimist David Graeber Booking is recommended https://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/47400/

CDH Basics are back for Cambridge staff and graduate students plus OOC-DTP students! Join us on Tuesday afternoons to learn how to apply digital methods and use digital tools in your research. Book sessions individually or take the whole course. Register online: www.cdh.cam.ac.uk/events/?type...

Yesterday we published a report on buying BSL AI. We look how a Deaf-led governance model could improve how public institutions commission BSL AI tool, including setting up a national expertise network to completing deaf-led algorithmic impact assessments.

Australia's ABC Radio National hosted a fascinating discussion with Rick Latham Lechowick, Research Associate at Darwin and @crasshlive.bsky.social about the power of collective memory to shape communities, states and nations - and to control the narrative. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

📣 Quentin Skinner Lectureship 2025–26 Are you an early-career scholar in modern intellectual history since c.1500? Join our research community as a Visiting Fellow and deliver the Quentin Skinner Lecture 2026 with @camhistory.bsky.social Apply by 1 October 2025 buff.ly/tQABBo4

This sounds fabulous!

We are delighted to share that applications for the MPhil and PhD in Digital Humanities at the University of Cambridge are now open 🥳 Join our virtual information sessions on 25 September and 24 November to find out more. Read the full announcement: www.cdh.cam.ac.uk/about/news/p...

Join CRASH's LEAP Lab on 20 September from 1pm at Rowley Way in London for workshops, street performances and a fashion show procession in memory of the life, work and ideas of anthropologist and Radical Optimist David Graeber Booking is recommended https://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/47400/

NEW! CRASSH Connections 💥 Want to find colleagues working on a related topic, plan a collaborative grant application, or start building an interdisciplinary network? Join us for informal events to connect. Apply by 12 Oct 2025 https://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/crassh-connections

Join our team 💼 Research Associate, Cambridge Digital Humanities - apply by 21 September Research Associate, Algorithmic Kitchen Project - apply by 5 October Deputy Director of CRASSH - apply by 19 September https://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/about/vacancies/

NEW! CRASSH Connections 💥 Do you want to find colleagues working on a related topic, plan a collaborative grant application, or start building an interdisciplinary network? Join us for informal events to connect. Find out more and apply by 12 Oct 2025 www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/crassh-connections

🎧 On ABCNews Late Night Live, Cambridge University & CRASSH researcher Dr Richard Latham Lechowick joins David Marr to explore how memory shapes conflict, identity, and political power Weds 10 Sept at 1pm UK time https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/latenightlive #CollectiveMemory #Geopolitics

📣 Registration is open for 'The future of research in Bible Society collections' @biblesoccollfuture.bsky.social on 26&27 Sept Become part of a network of scholars and experts in Religious Studies, material culture, and Medieval to Modern collections https://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/47443/

🎧 On ABCNews Late Night Live, Cambridge University & CRASSH researcher Dr Richard Latham Lechowick joins David Marr to explore how memory shapes conflict, identity, and political power Weds 10 Sept at 1pm UK time https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/latenightlive #CollectiveMemory #Geopolitics

Another brilliant report from @mctd.bsky.social

We're thrilled to welcome our Social Data School participants, who join us today for a week of learning and collaboration! Everyone is welcome to join the public event tomorrow evening with @somoamsterdam.bsky.social (tickets still available): www.cdh.cam.ac.uk/events/40071/

What can Glasgow teach us about ‘collaboration beyond boundaries’? CDH Associate Andy Corrigan delivered a hybrid dérive at the @ukiedh.bsky.social annual event, inviting participants on a journey through the city. Read more about the activity in this article: www.cdh.cam.ac.uk/about/news/c...

Just over two weeks left to apply for this post - a rare opportunity where one position is open for application at two levels. Don't hesitate to take your shot!

Congratulations @ginasue.bsky.social!

Have you checked out @crasshlive.bsky.social's summer watch list of recordings, conferences, talks and lectures? It is a brilliant curation of the excellent work CRASSH puts together throughout the year. www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/blog/summer-...

📣 Open for applications CIRN Intesa Sanpaolo Visiting Fellowship The fellowship invites an an outstanding early career postdoctoral scholar whose research focuses on Italy to spend a period of time at Cambridge in Spring 2026 Apply by 16 Sept 2025 buff.ly/avKFQEe @cirn-cambridge.bsky.social

Save the date! 📚 'The future of research in Bible Society collections' conference on 26&27 Sept will bring together scholars and technical experts who have worked with the collection for papers, discussions, and a hands-on workshops buff.ly/GQYnx39 @biblesoccollfuture.bsky.social

📣 Quentin Skinner Lectureship 2025–26 Are you an early-career scholar in modern intellectual history since c.1500? Join our research community as a Visiting Fellow and deliver the Quentin Skinner Lecture 2026 with @camhistory.bsky.social Apply by 1 Oct 2025 buff.ly/tQABBo4

📣 Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship Join our vibrant academic community as a salaried Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow to carry out your independent research in 2026-27 Learn more about the application process and apply by 24 Oct 2025 www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/leverhulme-t...

Hurry! You only have a few more days to visit Kirsten Lavers' beautiful exhibition 'Admitting the Possibilities of Error' which closes on Friday 29 August. The Alison Richard Building is open to the public from 9am - 5pm, and the exhibition extends over all four floors.

Take a peek at our brand new LinkedIn Newsletter! 💥 We have launched a monthly newsletter over on LinkedIn. Subscribe to receive a summary of our research news, opportunities, and upcoming events. bit.ly/4oAzpcf

Save the date! 📚 'The future of research in Bible Society collections' conference on 26&27 Sept will bring together scholars and technical experts who have worked with the collection for papers, discussions, and a hands-on workshops buff.ly/GQYnx39 @biblesoccollfuture.bsky.social

Do join us @crasshlive.bsky.social on 26th & 27th September for an event showcasing research into the Bible Society Collections and discussing its future @theul.bsky.social @biblesoccollfuture.bsky.social Papers can be submitted until August 25th and registration opens shortly

Apply for events funding 💷 CRASSH offers support to postdocs and academic staff employed by Cambridge University and its Colleges to run a wide range of events and creative initiatives Apply by 15 Oct 2025 for events taking place between March and June 2026 buff.ly/uoXxZWz

Dr. Trevelyan Wing of our Europe Strand speaks to The Daily Telegraph about the impact the Gaza war is having on German domestic politics. bit.ly/46XszHD

It's not long until the 42nd Cambridge international symposium on economic crime! An 8-day conference to understand economic crime, & facilitate co-operation & collaboration in protecting our economies & societies. 🗓️Sun 31 Aug - Sun 7 Sep 🗺️Jesus College ✒️Info: bit.ly/47pyANd