Here's a festive sheep adorned with the most sophisticated AI wizardry I could muster. Happy Christmas 😊

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...

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. collaboratoryresearchhub.ac.uk/echoes-of-em...

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)

Hong Kong History Centre Studentship 𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Dept of Hist, University of Bristol 𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲: UK and International (including EU) 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠: Tuition Fees and stipend 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬: Sep 26 – Sep 30 (full-time) Details: www.hkhistory.net/2025/11/17/h...

𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐰: t.co/ueTuU4kwKE

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

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...

Richard Morrison has reported on the suspension of our Music courses in yesterday’s 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

Hear it live with us and Gloucester Cathedral Choir at 4:30pm on Saturday 22 November at Gloucester Cathedral. Tickets via Gloucester Cathedral’s website: https://gloucestercathedral.org.uk/whats-on/monteverdi-s-vespers-of-1610

The petition has crossed 5k. But we need more momentum and support. Please sign and share widely. #appeal #saveUoNMusic #Nottingham

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.

One of our students has created a petition. Please sign and share: www.change.org/p/stop-the-s...

On Halloween, our staff and graduate students carve Anth & Arch themed pumpkins (& one squash). Spooky stuff!

Some pics from today during the #Archaeology University Day at the British Academy in London 📍 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! 🙏🏽 🙌🏽

'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! 🎟️ bit.ly/42oG7Ja

🦋 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 👉 bit.ly/4oCFh4c

See @vanessathorpe.bsky.social in @theobserveruk.bsky.social — a devastating story: observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

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

Call for Applications: Lewis Memorial Prize Competition 2026 https://www.rma.ac.uk/2025/10/10/call-for-applications-lewis-memorial-prize-competition-2026/

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).

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. my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

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?

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...

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...

.....with Marina and me @mfwalker.bsky.social

A wee plug for this upcoming Radio3 programme with me and the lovely @mfwalker.bsky.social (her first ever tag on bluesky 😊) www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Out now from @oxunipress.bsky.social Some slightly subversive thoughts on Shostakovich 🙂

A wee plug for this upcoming Radio3 programme with me and the lovely @mfwalker.bsky.social (her first ever tag on bluesky 😊) www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Ancient trees 🤝 giant pandas. Hollow tree trunks provide important birthing dens for giant pandas and their young!🌳 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. 💚

📢 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 ‘cold spots’ for access to many SHAPE subjects - with even more at risk. 🧵 📍Read the full report: www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/policy-and-r...

Butterflies need our help. If you’re in the UK please sign and share. 🦋 @savebutterflies.bsky.social #pesticides butterflyemergency.good.do/rescue-missi...

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...

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

This is positively the last post about this. Tagging uob now 🤭 @uobartsmatter.bsky.social rmameee.wordpress.com/music-on-the...

I'll get better at this in a minute theconversation.com/sex-stalin-a... @uobartsmatter.bsky.social

Sharing this, accompanied by live BBC Proms performance theconversation.com/sex-stalin-a...

And even rmameee.wordpress.com/music-on-the... @elainekelly.bsky.social

And let's try that again! rmameee.wordpress.com/music-on-the... @artsmatterni.bsky.social @royalmusical.bsky.social

And our very first conference in the beautiful Department of Music @uobartsmatter @royalmusical rmameee.wordpress.com/music-on-the...

Announcing our new study group! rmameee.wordpress.com