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Institute of Advanced Legal Studies ials.sas.ac.uk
๐ CALL FOR PAPERS: The Four Nations Law and the Humanities Forums 2026 We are excited to announce the calls for papers for Four Nations Law and the Humanities Forums 2026! Download call here ๐
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CALL FOR PAPERS: The Four Nations Law and the Humanities Forums 2026
https://ials.sas.ac.uk/sites/default/files/Call%20for%20Papers%20LHub%20Four%20Nations-final.pdf
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Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies
7 days ago
We have 2 great
#IWD2026
events coming up, organised as part of a larger 2-day conference on the book journey from idea to the global shelf. ๐ข Author-Reading Event: The business of producing and promoting womenโs writing. How are books born? From idea to the global shelf ๐ 12 March, 3:30-6:30 1/2
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Author-Reading Event: The business of producing and promoting womenโs writing. How are books born? From idea to the global shelf
https://ilcs.sas.ac.uk/news-events/events/author-reading-event-business-producing-promoting-womens-writing-how-are-books-born-idea-global
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School of Advanced Study, University of London
25 days ago
๐ฃNew publication out today from
@uolpress.bsky.social:
'Law and Justice in the 1950s: Case Studies From a Neglected Decade'. Edited by Fiona Cownie and Rosemary Auchmuty. Published in association with the
@ials.bsky.social.
๐Available now for purchase or via open access:
https://bit.ly/3NwA1BK
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Law and Humanities
18 days ago
CALL FOR PAPERS: LHub's new project: law and humanities in the 'Four Nations', ECR network: with forthcoming workshops in England, Wales, Scotland and N Ireland. Fab events for our ECR community ๐ ๐
@adiver.bsky.social
@ials.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/yrk86hyp
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The Four Nations Law and the Humanities Forums
Collaborative forums connecting early-career scholars across the UK to explore interdisciplinary approaches to law and the humanities.
https://tinyurl.com/yrk86hyp
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Get ready to write your dissertation with our afternoon of training sessions - covering finding journal articles, using OSCOLA, and formatting with Word. First session on Tues 7th March, book your place now:
libcal.ials.sas.ac.uk
17 days ago
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Struggling to find or access library resources? Worried about your OSCOLA citations? IALS librarians are here to help! Booking is now open for one-to-one advice appointments:
buff.ly/3W7CkwH
about 1 month ago
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Season's Greetings from all at IALS!๐ We will be closing for the Christmas break at 17:00 on Tuesday 23rd December, and reopening at 9:00 on Monday 5th January. Wishing you a peaceful break and we look forward to welcoming you back in 2026!
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Call for Convenors - The Law and Humanities Hub at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (LHub) and the Institute of Historical Research (IHR) invite proposals from conveners for a new History and Law seminar to be launched in May 2026. Download call ๐
ials.sas.ac.uk/sites/defaul...
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2 months ago
Mapping the Arts and Humanities is launching Law & the Humanities in Practice with LHub (
@ials.bsky.social
), spotlighting how law, arts & humanities shape each other. Blog and podcast now live. Explore the map & get involved! ๐ง Listen to the podcast:
open.spotify.com/episode/0mif...
#MAHP
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IALS is inviting applications for a practitioner in residence for the academic year 2025-26. We would be especially interested in proposals that respond to the building, its past and potential futures. Full details here ๐
ials.sas.ac.uk/news/call-pr...
#LawAndCreativity
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Call for Practitioner in Residence 2026
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Struggling to cite your sources using OSCOLA? Join our training sessions and we'll explain how to cite everything from legislation to websites. Book here:
buff.ly/ccOnUCN
Note: For citing dreams, we'd suggest you follow guidance on personal communications on p.43 of the OSCOLA manual ๐
3 months ago
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Come and join us for the Launch of the Dance and Legal Materialities Network which explores how dance can animate legal materials. Led by IALS librarian Marilyn Clarke, legal researcher Marie Andree Jacob & dance artist/researcher Anna Macdonald. Book your place today!
ials.sas.ac.uk/events/dance...
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Dance and Legal Materialities Network: Embodied acts of Reading
https://ials.sas.ac.uk/events/dance-and-legal-materialities-network-embodied-acts-reading
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Carl Stychin
4 months ago
My colleagues at the
@ials.bsky.social
and I were saddened to learn of the death of our staunch supporter, Fellow, and friend, Professor William Twining, on 9th October. I am grateful to
@davidsugarman.bsky.social
, who has written an appreciation:
ials.sas.ac.uk/news/profess...
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Professor William Twining: An Appreciation
It is with great sadness that we have learned of the death of Professor William Twining (aged 91) peacefully at home on 9 October 2025.
https://ials.sas.ac.uk/news/professor-william-twining-appreciation
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BRAID UK
4 months ago
New forum โResponsible AI and Cultural Heritage Forumโ on Thu 6 Nov 2025, Senate House (hybrid) from BRAID Fellow
@amsichani.bsky.social
with
@nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy
Find out more/register here:
bit.ly/4mUdESC
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BRAID Responsible AI and Cultural Heritage forum
This forum brings together the cultural heritage and research community to discuss current and future challenges of embracing AI in cultural heritage responsibly and ethically.
http://bit.ly/4mUdESC
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Feeling confused? Join us for our legal research training sessions to help you get to grips with the library, finding resources, and using databases. See the full schedule and book a place:
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4 months ago
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From Monday 29th September, we will return to our term time opening hours. See full details of our opening hours here:
ials.sas.ac.uk/library-term...
5 months ago
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LHub has published a number of calls for 2025/26, including for visiting academics at different career levels, visiting artists, networks, and more. Details, deadlines and application forms are here at:
ials.sas.ac.uk/research/lhu...
7 months ago
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Our now! Our latest issue of Amicus Curiae, series 2, vol 6, issue 3. Edited by Pablo Cortรฉs, Professor of Civil Justice, University of Leicester with a special section on ESG regulation, guest-edited by Dr Navajyoti Samanta. Read it here:
journals.sas.ac.uk/amicus/index
8 months ago
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A reminder that our summer opening hours start from today! ๐ From now until September, we'll be closing earlier on weekdays and Saturdays, and we are closed on Sundays.
8 months ago
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Join us here at the IALS on 10th June 2025 for the next event in the LHub Seminar Series, 'Digitising Exclusion: Identity, Citizenship and RightsLogged'. Speaker: Dr Dr Eve Hayes de Kalaf,
@ihr.bsky.social
โฌ , School of Advanced Study, University of london
ials.sas.ac.uk/events/dr-ev...
9 months ago
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University of London Press
9 months ago
๐ฅWe're very excited to share that we have launched a new free training course! Explore our
#OpenAccess
in the
#Humanities
training course on RESHAPED, a new learning platform developed by the School of Advanced Study
@uolondon.bsky.social
. Details here:
uolpress.co.uk/2025/06/new-...
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New Open Access in the Humanities online training course launched! - University of London Press
We are excited to share details of our new online training course on open access publishing, developed by the University of London Press with the School of Advanced Study. The course is free and avail...
https://uolpress.co.uk/2025/06/new-open-access-in-the-humanities-online-training-course-launched/
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Join us at โช@ials.bsky.socialโฌ on 30 May 2025 at 1:30pm for 'What is an arrest? A performance-as-research legal history workshop'. Organised by, Dr Jonah Miller,
@kingscollege.bsky.social
โฌ and Dr Lucy J.S. Clarke
@sheffielduni.bsky.social
โฌ Booking recommended
ials.sas.ac.uk/events/what-...
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New date added! ๐ One more chance to Get Dissertation Ready with our afternoon of training sessions on finding sources, referencing with OSCOLA, and formatting with Word. Held online via Zoom on 29th May at 1pm. Book your place now:
buff.ly/kCCQ56q
9 months ago
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@ials.bsky.social
is happy to announce that the film 'Changes in Light', created by
@annamacdonaldart.bsky.social
, Practitioner in Residence at IALS in 2024, won the award for best short documentary at the
#Kiez
Berlin Film Festival.
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'Changes in Light' wins award at the Kiez Berlin Film Festival
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10 months ago
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Nora Ni Loideain
10 months ago
@ials.bsky.social
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Join us on 13 May for the LHub Seminar: Melting into Space: Enemies of Mankind (Pirates and Other Incalculable
#Environmental
Contingencies). Speaker: Prof. Bernhard Siegert, @bauhaus_uni
buff.ly/Gm1IXB3
#media
#communications
@lsemedia.bsky.social
@mediacomgold.bsky.social
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Lhub Seminar Series: Prof. Bernhard Siegert (Bauhaus Universitรคt Weimar), Melting into Space: Enemies of Mankind (Pirates and Other Incalculable Environmental Contingencies)
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10 months ago
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How are we doing? Let us know what you think and help us to improve our services by taking part in the IALS library annual reader satisfaction survey. All named entries will be automatically entered into a ยฃ50 prize draw! ๐
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10 months ago
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Not long until the Easter weekend! Here are our opening times over the bank holiday period for your calendar ๐ฐ๐ฃ
11 months ago
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IALS is delighted to share a post by Prof David Sugarman, โThe Politics of
#Judicial
Decision-Making in the UKโs Top Court: Lessons from the
#Pinochet
Caseโ, U.K. Const. L. Blog (31st March 2025) ๐
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UK Constitutional Law Association
In anย earlier blog post, I noted that we would be waiting with interest to see how the (then [โฆ]
https://ukconstitutionallaw.org/
11 months ago
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OUT NOW! The IALS Library spring newsletter. Included in this issue: a look at using AI for academic work and an update on our reading room projects. Read it here ๐
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IALS Library spring newsletter 2025
Cover of the IALS Library spring newsletter on a light blue and mauve background with purple crocus shoots randomly placed around the cover image.
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11 months ago
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@lselaw.bsky.social
@slsauk.bsky.social
@oxfordcrim.bsky.social
Join us on 18 March for the LHub Seminar Series: Re-orienting
#Punishment
towards
#Forgiveness
: The role of interpersonal concepts in legal reconstruction. Free to attend, all welcome. ๐
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LHub Seminar Series: Re-orienting Punishment towards Forgiveness: The role of interpersonal concepts in legal reconstruction
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11 months ago
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Registration is now open for the Humanities Summits 2025! Join a vital discussion about the future of the humanities with colleagues from across the UK. Manchester 15 May, and London 22 May. Free to all but booking is essential. Register now:
www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
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Out now, the latest issue of Amicus Curiae (Series 2, Vol 6, Issue 2, 2025). Included in this issue, a special section on surrogacy, edited by Professor Maya Unnithan and Dr Maria Federica Moscati,
@sussex.ac.uk
Download or read online here ๐
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Vol. 6 No. 2 (2025): Series 2 | Amicus Curiae
SAS Open Journals, Open Access Journals
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12 months ago
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Join us for the LHub Seminar Series event, Mycelium Law on 25 Feb. Speaker: Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos, University of Westminster . All welcome but booking essential ๐
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LHub Seminar Series: Mycelium Law
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12 months ago
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Being Human Festival
about 1 year ago
The call for applications for Being Human 2025 is now open!๐ฅ We've got funding grants of up to ยฃ8,000 available for researchers to hold events as part of this year's national festival of the humanities. Find out more:
www.beinghumanfestival.org/get-involved
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University of London Press
about 1 year ago
'the humanities are relevant and they matter...They matter as we consider climate change, global mobility, social injustice, human rights, poverty, the values we hold, & what kind of society we want to be.' We've launched a new
#OpenAccess
series, Humanities Futures:
uolpress.co.uk/2025/02/call...
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Call for proposals: Humanities Futures book series - University of London Press
We are delighted to announce the details of our exciting new book series, Humanities Futures, and to invite book proposal submissions.ย Humanities Futures is a new book series that advocates powerfull...
https://uolpress.co.uk/2025/02/call-for-proposals-humanities-futures-book-series/
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Starting to panic about your dissertation? Don't worry! Get Dissertation Ready with our training session on finding sources, referencing with OSCOLA, and formatting with Word. First session on Fri 7th March, book your place now:
https://buff.ly/3CNsQ35
about 1 year ago
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The London Student Sustainability Conference 2025 is now open for registrations! Get your free ticket to attend:
https://buff.ly/4jHIMnZ
The event, now in its 7th year, welcomes attendees to listen and engage with over 50 selected student research and projects.
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London Student Sustainability Conference 2025 | City, University of London
The London Student Sustainability Conference welcomes students, staff, professionals, and members of the public to engage with student research and projects in the field of sustainability.
https://buff.ly/4jHIMnZ
about 1 year ago
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Jane Winters
about 1 year ago
Job klaxon! Come and work with us as Manager of the Digital Humanities Research Hub in the School of Advanced Study, University of London
@dh-researchhub.bsky.social
#DigitalHumanities
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Hub Manager:London Senate House - Hybrid
https://www.jobs.london.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?isPreview=Yes&jobid=3026
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Join us for our event LHub Seminar Series: Death by water: immersion, ordeal and execution in early medieval England 11 Feb 2025. Speaker, Dr Simon Trafford @ihr_history, @sas_news. Discussant, Dr Danica Summerlin, @sheffielduni ๐
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LHub Seminar Series: Death by water: immersion, ordeal and execution in early medieval England (postponed from Feb 4 to Feb 11)
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about 1 year ago
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Catherine Clarke
about 1 year ago
This
#free
#online
#training
event, from
@ihrlibrary.bsky.social
and
@ials.bsky.social
, will be useful for anyone researching
#migration
and
#refugee
narratives - including our friends
@refugeetales.bsky.social
.
www.history.ac.uk/events/resea...
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Researching migration and refugee narratives
https://www.history.ac.uk/events/researching-migration-and-refugee-narratives
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Join us on the 19 Feb at
@ials.bsky.social
for 'Transatlantic Perspectives on Legislating AI'. Speakers include:
@barrycsmith.bsky.social
(SAS), Prof
@hartzog.bsky.social
Boston University and Anna-Maria Sichani ,BRAID Fellow,
@dh-researchhub.bsky.social
(SAS) ๐
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Transatlantic Perspectives on Legislating AI
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about 1 year ago
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about 1 year ago
Join us for a timely in-person seminar 'Transatlantic Perspectives on Legislating AI'. Speakers: Prof. Woodrow Hartzog, Prof. Barry C Smith, Dr. Anna-Maria Sichani ๐๏ธ19 February 2025, 5:30pm-7:00pm, in-person at IALS Book your place now!๐
ials.sas.ac.uk/events/trans...
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Transatlantic Perspectives on Legislating AI
https://ials.sas.ac.uk/events/transatlantic-perspectives-legislating-ai
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Read the latest blog post in our series 'A Look at the Archives'. This month IALS archivist Clare Cowling looks at our records on legal education in Africa and of individual Africans in the UK. Read it here at:
https://buff.ly/3CdcoJf
#archives
#africa
#legaleducation
about 1 year ago
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Need help with your research? Booking is now open for one-to-one advice appointments with an IALS librarian:
https://buff.ly/3W7CkwH
about 1 year ago
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Read the latest blog post by @ials_law FIL Librarian Hester Swift, on the rights of indigenous peoples in Europe. Read it here at:
https://buff.ly/3OWCHpF
@ucllaws.bsky.social
@lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social
@qmul.ac.uk
@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
@soasuni.bsky.social
about 1 year ago
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Isabel Holowaty
about 1 year ago
Oxfordโs one-year full-time traineeships provide an excellent launch pad for subsequent postgraduate qualifications & a professional career. For more on the scheme, see
tinyurl.com/mr2ff78h
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Bodleian Libraries Graduate Training Scheme
The Bodleian Libraries Graduate Trainee Scheme aims to develop future professionals and is the largest library training scheme in the UK
https://tinyurl.com/mr2ff78h
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Institute of Historical Research
about 1 year ago
Interested in a career in history and librarianship? We have a fantastic opportunity to come and work as a Trainee Library Assistant in the IHR Wohl Library
@ihrlibrary.bsky.social
. 2 posts available starting in September 2025 for 1 year. Apply by 31st January 2025.
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Graduate Trainee Library Assistant - Institute of Historical Research:London Senate House
The University of London
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Carl Stychin
about 1 year ago
Join us at
@ials.bsky.social
for a special event 'Windrush and the Law' on 27th January at 1800. We have a great line up of speakers, so join us (in person)! Reception to follow. Further details here:
ials.sas.ac.uk/events/windr...
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LHub seminar series: What can art teach us about law? An artist talk by Carey Young For over twenty years Carey Youngโs artistic work has used video, photography, performance, text and installation to address and critique the field of law. Book now ๐
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LHub seminar series: What can art teach us about law? An artist talk by Carey Young
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about 1 year ago
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