An honourable and humble Kenyan of great courage. Pumzika pahali pema peponi, Pheroze.

Bethwell Ogot was an imaginative and rigorous authority in oral history, a stringent critic of ethnonationalist and imperialist historiography, a gifted essayist, and a remarkably generous thinker. I hope living and future historians will do his legacy justice www.standardmedia.co.ke/health/natio...

'Visiting Bye-Fellowship is tenable for twelve months from 1 October 2025 (or such other date as may be agreed...). The Visiting Bye-Fellowship carries a stipend of £30,000, paid in monthly instalments, and a small research allowance, currently £950 per annum.' Application deadline 28 Feb 25.

Visiting Bye-Fellowship for Scholars from the Global South: applications now sought from scholars with posts in the Global South, this year 2025-26 in arts and humanities only, for a one-year research fellowship at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. www.cai.cam.ac.uk/vacancies/vi...

'In the letter, made public on 10 February, Julia Black...says the “range of cutbacks we are seeing across universities is leading to a severe loss in UK capability".' Nearly 100 HEIs are “contracting or closing” social sciences, humanities & the arts disciplines “in the face of a financial crisis”.

An absolute privilige to meet H.E. Mbelwa Brighton Kairuki, Tanzania's High Commissioner to the UK, and be able to discuss our Superbugs project in partnership with RBA Initiative with him and his team. 👉🏼 www.superbugs.online/internationa... @superbugs.bsky.social @ambreenamanji.bsky.social

This is the Lanyi West African Ensemble of the School of Music, Cardiff University opening an Africa Research Showcase I organised last year. Students learn songs in several languages and study a range of instruments including djembe, dundun & bugarabu, improving their solo playing, musicianship.

Wonderful to see the newly refurbished building @britishacademy.bsky.social full of life www.architectsjournal.co.uk/buildings/wr... We had an excellent afternoon of discussion on The European Research Context for the Humanities and Social Sciences.

UKRI commits funding in response to the recommendation from the Prime Minister’s Council of Science and Technology that ‘public investment in R&D in the creative industries should reflect the size, economic contribution and future growth potential of the sector.’ www.gov.uk/government/n...

We are hiring a lecturer in Global Law at @uoelawschool.bsky.social to work on our recently launched Global Law LLB programme. Deadline to apply: 20 January. If successful, you will join an amazing team in one of the world's great law schools. 1/2 elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

In his final engagement as @leverhulme.bsky.social Visiting Professor @cardiffuni.bsky.social Justice Joel Ngugi delivered a compelling talk to the APPG Access to Justice at the House of Lords today. Thanks to Lord William Bach for chairing and for extending a warm welcome to our speaker.

Sad to be leaving you, Abuja. This Harmatan season brought me many new friends and colleagues.

With university departmental closures are we seeing the emergence of geographical 'cold spots' for social science/humanities/arts (SHAPE) subjects? We've developed a new beta mapping tool using HESA data to enable you to explore the situation by subject www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/policy-and-r...

This term, I'm a Senior Visiting Research Fellow at UCL Institute of Advanced Studies, and delighted to be giving a joint talk with UCL European Institute, part of their [Black Europe] series Tues 10 Dec, 12-1.15pm, on EU integration & European colonialism. All welcome! www.ucl.ac.uk/european-ins...

Loved this elegant cast-iron bridge over the River Wye. Cast in Merthyr Tydfil and built in 1827, it's called the Bigsweir Bridge. Seen on a beautiful St Briavels circular walk.

Very pleased that an award by #ISPFund is supporting continuing collaboration between Cardiff University, the Kenya Judiciary Academy, Kabarak Law School, and the Katiba Institute to develop for the first time a Judicial Science Curriculum www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/28...

'According to the Leiden board, bachelor’s programmes in African studies and Latin American studies are at risk of being scrapped in their entirety....degree specialisations – including Arabic, Islamic studies, Turkish, Hebrew, Persian and modern Middle Eastern studies – may also be “reduced”. 1/2

A proud evening marking our distinguished alumna Pushpa Kapila Hingorani's connection with @cardiffuni.bsky.social in the presence of her family. Our inaugural Kapila Hingorani Dialogue honoured her lifelong commitment to access to justice and to fundamental rights.