Pauline Fairclough
@paulinefairclough.bsky.social
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Music Prof, University of Bristol
Here's a festive sheep adorned with the most sophisticated AI wizardry I could muster. Happy Christmas ๐
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Faculty of Music, Oxford University
15 days ago
All are warmly invited to the inaugural lecture of the Heather Professor of Music, Professor Laura Tunbridge on Thursday 19 February at
@wadhamcollege.bsky.social
. Titled 'Everyday Beethoven', the lecture will include musical excerpts from our students.
www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/heathe...
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Heather Professor of Music Inaugural Lecture | Professor Laura Tunbridge FBA
https://www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/heather-professor-of-music-inaugural-lecture
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Joanne Cormac
about 1 month ago
Job alert! 12-week paid research placement supervised by me & colleagues at NTU and Nottingham Castle. The researcher will investigate the provenance, cultural meanings, and history of display of African instruments in Nottingham Castle's collection.
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Echoes of Empire: Engaging communities with diverse cultural histories through the Histories of African Instruments at Nottingham Castle - Collaboratory Research Hub
Collaboratory 2026 Research Placement Project Download PDF Key Details Project Title: Echoes of Empire: Engaging communities with diverse cultural histories through the Histories of African Instrument...
https://collaboratoryresearchhub.ac.uk/echoes-of-empire/
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Adrian Clark
about 1 month ago
Finally some time* to sit and listen to this several times properly. To think that this music could so easily have been forgotten. Amazing work by Leah Broad and everyone involved! (*The first cold virus of the winter seems to be a bit of a thug)
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Pauline Fairclough
Hong Kong History Centre
about 1 month ago
Hong Kong History Centre Studentship ๐๐จ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: Dept of Hist, University of Bristol ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ: UK and International (including EU) ๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ : Tuition Fees and stipend ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ฌ: Sep 26 โ Sep 30 (full-time) Details:
www.hkhistory.net/2025/11/17/h...
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Hong Kong History Centre
about 1 month ago
๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ ๐ง๐๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ:
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Robert Bickers
about 1 month ago
Please share: 2 fully funded 4 year PhD studentships for autumn 2026 entry at the Hong Kong History Centre
@hongkonghistory.bsky.social
here at
@uobartsmatter.bsky.social
@bristoluni.bsky.social
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RMA
about 1 month ago
RMA statement on the proposed suspension of recruitment to all UG music programmes at the University of Nottingham:
www.rma.ac.uk/2025/11/17/s...
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Joanne Cormac
about 1 month ago
Richard Morrison has reported on the suspension of our Music courses in yesterdayโs The Times. Please keep sharing the petition
www.change.org/p/stop-the-s...
.
@thetimes.com
@adlington.bsky.social
@royalmusical.bsky.social
@nottinghampost.co.uk
@nottinghamlive.bsky.social
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La Serenissima | Vivaldi & Italian Baroque
about 1 month ago
Hear it live with us and Gloucester Cathedral Choir at 4:30pm on Saturday 22 November at Gloucester Cathedral. Tickets via Gloucester Cathedralโs website: https://gloucestercathedral.org.uk/whats-on/monteverdi-s-vespers-of-1610
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Kanav
about 2 months ago
The petition has crossed 5k. But we need more momentum and support. Please sign and share widely.
#appeal
#saveUoNMusic
#Nottingham
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Joanne Cormac
about 2 months ago
Heartbroken to share the news that recruitment to Undergraduate Music courses at the University of Nottingham has been suspended. Please do contact us on
[email protected]
if you would like to support us.
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Joanne Cormac
about 2 months ago
One of our students has created a petition. Please sign and share:
www.change.org/p/stop-the-s...
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Sign the Petition
Stop the suspension of undergraduate music courses at The University of Nottingham
https://www.change.org/p/stop-the-suspension-of-undergraduate-music-courses-at-the-university-of-nottingham
about 2 months ago
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Bristol Anthropology & Archaeology
about 2 months ago
On Halloween, our staff and graduate students carve Anth & Arch themed pumpkins (& one squash). Spooky stuff!
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Bristol Anthropology & Archaeology
2 months ago
Some pics from today during the
#Archaeology
University Day at the British Academy in London ๐ Lovely day to meet colleagues and potential students! Thank you to the organisers for a great event and to our staff,
@helenfewlass.bsky.social
&
@lorenabecval.bsky.social
, for representing us! ๐๐ฝ ๐๐ฝ
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Arts Matter Bristol
2 months ago
'Hip-hop is supposed to uplift and create, to educate people on a larger level and to make a change.' Join Prof Justin Williams at
@wshed.bsky.social
on Thursday 6-9pm for a new documentary on Hip-Hop in Tanzania The event is free, open to all & includes a Q&A, food & music! ๐๏ธ
bit.ly/42oG7Ja
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Arts Matter Bristol
2 months ago
๐ฆ Bridging Histories is a social enterprise which supports everyday people & communities to achieve they changes they want to see. Led by Dr Joanna Burch-Brown (Philosophy), Bridging Histories hyper-local focus has had global impact, from Bristol to Bosnia & beyond Watch the video ๐
bit.ly/4oCFh4c
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Erica Wagner
2 months ago
See
@vanessathorpe.bsky.social
in
@theobserveruk.bsky.social
โ a devastating story:
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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Hong Kong History Centre
3 months ago
Our first video of the new series "Hong Kong History Academy" is out! 8 lectures, each comprising 3 sessions. Lecture 1: Swire and Hong Kong Prof. Robert Bickers Session one: Why did the British go to China?
youtu.be/1gl_ecm9Tz0
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RMA
3 months ago
Call for Applications: Lewis Memorial Prize Competition 2026
https://www.rma.ac.uk/2025/10/10/call-for-applications-lewis-memorial-prize-competition-2026/
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Pauline Fairclough
RMA
3 months ago
The Royal Musical Association and Cambridge University Press Edited Book Prize for 2025 goes to Peter McMurray and Priyasha Mukhopadhyay for their edited collection 'Acoustics of Empire: Sound, Media and Power in the Long Nineteenth Century' (OUP, 2024).
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Faculty of Music, Oxford University
3 months ago
The Faculty of Music seeks to appoint a Betts Fellow in Organ Studies, who is responsible for creating an enhanced profile for organ activities and study at Oxford, and for fostering a community amongst organ scholars across the collegiate University.
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https://my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit/erq_jobspec_details_form.jobspec?p_id=180919
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Out now with
@oxunipress.bsky.social
@uobartsmatter.bsky.social
with thanks to
@leverhulme.ac.uk
.... Joseph Stalin banned it, but was it too sexy or just too noisy?
3 months ago
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British Library
3 months ago
Are you an early career researcher with an interest in our collection? Apply to develop an independent research project funded by AHRC. Hear more about the opportunity at a virtual town hall event on Monday 6 October:
bit.ly/BL-EarlyCare...
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RMA
3 months ago
DEADLINE EXTENDED: Vacancy for Reviews Editor for both the Journal of the Royal Musical Association and Royal Musical Association Research Chronicle (new deadline of Monday 6 October)
www.rma.ac.uk/2025/07/17/r...
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Extended Deadline โ Reviews Editor: JRMA and RMARC โ Royal Musical Association
https://www.rma.ac.uk/2025/07/17/rma-vacancy-reviews-editor-jrma-and-rmarc/
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.....with Marina and me
@mfwalker.bsky.social
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A wee plug for this upcoming Radio3 programme with me and the lovely
@mfwalker.bsky.social
(her first ever tag on bluesky ๐)
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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BBC Radio 3 - Sunday Feature, The Man Who Played The Kremlin's Tune
Lucy Ash uncovers the murky story of Tikhon Khrennikov, Stalinโs musical enforcer.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002jfz1
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Out now from
@oxunipress.bsky.social
Some slightly subversive thoughts on Shostakovich ๐
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A wee plug for this upcoming Radio3 programme with me and the lovely
@mfwalker.bsky.social
(her first ever tag on bluesky ๐)
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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BBC Radio 3 - Sunday Feature, The Man Who Played The Kremlin's Tune
Lucy Ash uncovers the murky story of Tikhon Khrennikov, Stalinโs musical enforcer.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002jfz1
3 months ago
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WWF UK
4 months ago
Ancient trees ๐ค giant pandas. Hollow tree trunks provide important birthing dens for giant pandas and their young!๐ณ But this vital habitat also supports so much more - WWF China are undertaking tree-mendous work with the Chinese Government & local partners to protect & monitor ancient trees. ๐
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The British Academy
4 months ago
๐ข Today the Academy launches a major new report urging action to tackle a growing crisis in our universities. Cuts to courses mean more regions than ever are โcold spotsโ for access to many SHAPE subjects - with even more at risk. ๐งต ๐Read the full report:
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/policy-and-r...
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Cold spots: Mapping inequality in SHAPE provision in UK higher education
This British Academy report reveals that many parts of the UK are becoming subject cold spots โ areas with no provision in a subject within a commutable distance. These are often in rural, coastal or ...
https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/policy-and-research/british-academy-shape-observatory/cold-spots-mapping-inequality-in-shape-provision
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Emma Cameron
4 months ago
Butterflies need our help. If youโre in the UK please sign and share. ๐ฆ
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
#pesticides
butterflyemergency.good.do/rescue-missi...
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Join me in supporting the Remove Pesticides from UK Shelves Campaign
Join the Butterfly Rescue Missionย Sign our open letter to UK retailers, asking them to remove synthetic pesticides from sale, for a wilder, butterfly-filled futureย forย generations to come.ย The UK ...
https://butterflyemergency.good.do/rescue-mission/stop-the-sale-pesticides/
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RMA
4 months ago
We're excited for our annual conference in a few days' time, this year hosted by the University of Southampton! Hope to see lots of you there.
www.southampton.ac.uk/music/RMAcon...
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The British Academy
4 months ago
Applications for SHAPE Involve and Engage are now open. This innovative public engagement programme allows UK-based researchers to work in partnership with a gallery, archive, library or museum (GLAM organisation). Application deadline is 15 Oct. Learn more:
https://bit.ly/47XA41y
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This is positively the last post about this. Tagging uob now ๐คญ
@uobartsmatter.bsky.social
rmameee.wordpress.com/music-on-the...
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Music on the Move in Communist Europe
/ Music on the Move in Communist Europe 28โ29 May, 2025 Department of Music, University of Bristol Convenors: Pauline Fairclough, Mariia Romanets Programme Wednesday 28 May Venue: Lecture Room 1, 4โฆ
https://rmameee.wordpress.com/music-on-the-move-in-communist-europe/
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I'll get better at this in a minute
theconversation.com/sex-stalin-a...
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Sex, Stalin and Shostakovich: the story of the 1934 opera the Soviet leader walked out of
The story behind Shostakovichโs 1934 opera is pretty dramatic itself.
https://theconversation.com/sex-stalin-and-shostakovich-the-story-of-the-1934-opera-the-soviet-leader-walked-out-of-263457
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Sharing this, accompanied by live BBC Proms performance
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Sex, Stalin and Shostakovich: the story of the 1934 opera the Soviet leader walked out of
The story behind Shostakovichโs 1934 opera is pretty dramatic itself.
https://theconversation.com/sex-stalin-and-shostakovich-the-story-of-the-1934-opera-the-soviet-leader-walked-out-of-263457
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And even
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Music on the Move in Communist Europe
/ Music on the Move in Communist Europe 28โ29 May, 2025 Department of Music, University of Bristol Convenors: Pauline Fairclough, Mariia Romanets Programme Wednesday 28 May Venue: Lecture Room 1, 4โฆ
https://rmameee.wordpress.com/music-on-the-move-in-communist-europe/
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And let's try that again!
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@artsmatterni.bsky.social
@royalmusical.bsky.social
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Music on the Move in Communist Europe
/ Music on the Move in Communist Europe 28โ29 May, 2025 Department of Music, University of Bristol Convenors: Pauline Fairclough, Mariia Romanets Programme Wednesday 28 May Venue: Lecture Room 1, 4โฆ
https://rmameee.wordpress.com/music-on-the-move-in-communist-europe/
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And our very first conference in the beautiful Department of Music @uobartsmatter @royalmusical
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Music on the Move in Communist Europe
/ Music on the Move in Communist Europe 28โ29 May, 2025 Department of Music, University of Bristol Convenors: Pauline Fairclough, Mariia Romanets Programme Wednesday 28 May Venue: Lecture Room 1, 4โฆ
https://rmameee.wordpress.com/music-on-the-move-in-communist-europe/
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Announcing our new study group!
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โ RMA Music of Eastern Europe and Eurasia Study Group
RMA Music of Eastern Europe and Eurasia Study Group
https://rmameee.wordpress.com/
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