Our 2025 festival highlights film is here! Thank you to everyone who contributed 🎬 bit.ly/49jmaqK

The Centre for Public Engagement Practice in Arts and Humanities is inviting academic researchers in the arts, humanities & social sciences to collaborate with community groups as part of a new community-led grant. The pilot will run from January to May 2026. Info here: www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

Sharing a wonderful write-up of ‘The Living Library’, a collaborative exhibition with @royalholloway.bsky.social and Landmark Arts Centre for @beinghumanfest.bsky.social 🧡 open.substack.com/pub/thelimin...

We had a great time leading our “Women Writers in Early Modern London” walking tours this month, as part of the Being Human Festival 2025 @beinghumanfest.bsky.social ! We’re already excited to take part in next year’s Festival, but there’ll be plenty more Neo-Latin events before then so stay tuned!

⛪ At @beinghumanfest.bsky.social Dr Sebastian Matzner, Dr Anna Linton and Dr Thomas Biskup unveiled the forgotten history of London's 18th century German community through the story of Georg Andreas Ruperti, Lutheran minister at St Mary’s and Court Preacher at St James’s Palace ⬇️

Can you spot the statues of two giants in London's Guildhall in this 1842 lithograph? I loved telling stories about giants and so much more on Saturday's 'Legends of London' walking tours, as part of this year's @beinghumanfest.bsky.social. Photo by Art Institute of Chicago on Unsplash.

A huge thank you to everyone who organised and attended over 220 free events across the UK! We have loved seeing the variety of humanities research, activities and events with audiences from all over the country. There will be more Being Human festival 2025 highlights coming soon! #BeingHuman2025

A slightly soggy start to today’s @beinghumanfest.bsky.social @hannahmore.bsky.social ‘Herstory Walking Tour’ of significant Bristol women writers, but an enthusiastic audience! @engagebristol.bsky.social

Thanks to @petebrownbeer.bsky.social for a brilliant talk last night at Small Bar. Great to bring your research & your new book to our lovely Bristol crowd. Thanks @beinghumanfest.bsky.social for the funding that made it possible! Photo credits @dominicalder.bsky.social & @kellywasgcb.bsky.social

The littlun & I really enjoyed a spooky storytelling session with Olivia Armstrong in the atmospheric setting of Sopwell ruins as part of @beinghumanfest.bsky.social - we heard about the Green Lady of Hertfordshire (witch, fairy or ghost? It was up to us to decide) & the Tale of Little Grey

It was wonderful to hear so many stories from the St Bartholomew's Hospital archives woven together beautifully by Nadia Valman, alongside images of documents and photos from our collections projected onto @bartsnorthwing.bsky.social as part of @beinghumanfest.bsky.social on Monday night😍

Odaline de la Martinez’s ‘Suite from Imoinda’ will be performed at the University of London’s Being Human Festival on Saturday @beinghumanfest.bsky.social www.beinghumanfestival.org/events/beyon...

Tonight we enjoy bite-sized talks with experts about what it is to be, and not to be, a mother in the UK in history. All part of @beinghumanfest.bsky.social and our current project to discover the history of motherhood and birth @voicesofmotherhood.bsky.social medicalmuseum.org.uk/whats-on/202...

It's almost time for 'Legends of London', my walking tour through fictions for Being Human Festival. I can't wait for Saturday! Fingers crossed for sunshine. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/legends-of... @beinghumanfest.bsky.social, @qmul.bsky.social

An amazing night @ihr.bsky.social making toy theatres as part of @beinghumanfest.bsky.social 2025! Led by @pdwebster.bsky.social, we explored toy theatres as heritage reconstruction - and staged the shows of our dreams! So much joyful creativity in the room & lots of first-time visitors to the IHR.

This afternoon @beinghumanfest.bsky.social

Being Human Festival 2025 is now in full swing across the UK. So far we have seen a wide variety of activities and events including cooking workshops, walking tours, cabaret performance, and lots more! The UK’s national festival of the humanities runs until 15 November 2025. #BeingHuman2025

Terrific day at the Albany in Deptford for our mini Festival of Migration as part of @beinghumanfest.bsky.social. Bringing Goldsmiths researchers together with local residents and community partners to explore stories and histories of migration. A JOYOUS event in increasingly dark political times.

Great day at @beinghumanfest.bsky.social with the @sharinglands.bsky.social crew. Sharing #Choctaw Bvnaha & #Irish Yellowmeal Bread will all & collecting related #recipes from all over the world. #baking #cooking #sharing #bread #deptford

Visited us at @beinghumanfest.bsky.social and want to know more about the Choctaw-Irish connection? Join @padraigkirwan.bsky.social for a conversation with #Choctaw and #Irish weavers as they explore the resonances between their crafts. Free, booking required. www.eventbrite.com/e/weaving-to...

Our @beinghumanfest.bsky.social chocolate tasting, Raising the Bar, ranging over the sensory, historical, ethical and environmental dimensions of chocolate production. A collaboration between Spencer Hyman of Cocoa Runners and @ip-sas.bsky.social Centre for the Study of the Senses

💃🎶 Last week's Research Cabaret led by @louisecreechan.bsky.social and @maryrobbo.bsky.social was a resounding success! Catch up on what we got up to as part of @beinghumanfest.bsky.social 👇 tinyurl.com/yntr9362

Event series Book Tales: Storytelling Between Text and Object, is now underway in Glasgow with @uofglasgow.bsky.social and there's still tickets available: bit.ly/43h8zNq #BeingHuman2025

Fantasy beasts from the mind of an Edwardian child brought to life with live music and a cabaret star, plus a sketching workshop! Next Wednesday 12th November as part of @beinghumanfest.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/behind-the...

Our first @beinghumanfest.bsky.social event is happening tomorrow! Come along to learn more about oral history and how it can be used to capture stories of motherhood and family life.

Thank you to everyone who came to celebrate the launch of Being Human Festival 2025 yesterday! Taster activities included a Spooky Stories storytelling performance & a healing scents and remedies workshop from humanities researchers. #BeingHuman2025 @mybcu.bsky.social @herts.ac.uk

Come along to our bite-sized talks. Part of the @beinghumanfest.bsky.social. The short talks will explore representations of being, and not being, a mother in the UK. Thursday 13 November from 6:00pm. medicalmuseum.org.uk/whats-on/202...

What happens to reading for wellbeing when the books aren’t on paper? Join the @beinghumanfest.bsky.social and the UCL Centre for Publishing for a free online event 11th November 6pm (UK time): Digital Bibliotherapy: Reading for Wellbeing www.beinghumanfestival.org/events/digit...

Great evening with lovely colleagues at the Being Human Festival launch at BFI Tottenham Court Rd. @beinghumanfest.bsky.social

As @beinghumanfest.bsky.social gets underway, I'm deep in storytelling thoughts about lovers and traders; displacement and transformation; grit, pearls, and stories. Just a few tickets left for my upcoming performance/workshop at Unity Theatre, Liverpool: www.beinghumanfestival.org/events/cress...

Exciting news! 🎉👀 We are running a series of events in and around the city of Worcester as part of the 2025 Being Human Festival @beinghumanfest.bsky.social The theme is "Marginalised Motherhoods" and our aim is to capture critical and creative responses to motherhood and its absence. (1/4)

Gaming, herbal histories and Caribbean cooking are just some of the free events taking place across Yorkshire this November for Being Human Festival 2025. Head over to the Yorkshire and the Humber region page on our website to browse events in Sheffield, Bradford and York. #BeingHuman2025

From making witch-bottles to sitting in historic ruins listening to spooky stories, 9th November is a date for your diary if you're in Herts - @herts.ac.uk & @beinghumanfest.bsky.social have teamed up to create a full programme of fun #Folklore family events. Come and join us!

Our 'From #Script to #Screen kids' #workshop is coming up on 15th November as part of the @beinghumanfest.bsky.social, delivered as part of the AHRC-funded 'Women's Screen Work in the Archive Made Visible' #research project. More info and booking link here: tinyurl.com/ywtaad94 🎥 #museumsky #filmsky

Join us on 12 November for a FREE in-conversation event with author Elisabeth Gifford about her novel 'The Mischief Makers' - and a chance to see some items from the Daphne du Maurier archives! ➡️ www.beinghumanfestival.org/events/autho... @beinghumanfest.bsky.social @exetercityoflit.bsky.social

⛪ On 9 November, discover a snapshot of German life in early 18th-century London, where short talks, an exhibition of rarely displayed paintings, documents, and silverware, and an organ recital reveal more about this little-known community with @cemskcl.bsky.social and @beinghumanfest.bsky.social ⤵️

From making witch-bottles to sitting in historic ruins listening to spooky stories, 9th November is a date for your diary if you're in Herts - @herts.ac.uk & @beinghumanfest.bsky.social have teamed up to create a full programme of fun #Folklore family events. Come and join us!

The University of Bristol’s Hub presents the hidden stories that have shaped the city. From the travels of Dylan Thomas in Persia, to the unknown histories of drinking in Bristol, to political cabaret of migrants in the Second World War @bristoluni.bsky.social bit.ly/4hx563f #BeingHuman2025

Tickets for this year's Research Cabaret #BetweentheLines are selling fast! 🎶 💃 Feat. performances from @louisecreechan.bsky.social, Ruben Verwaal, @danielpjones.bsky.social, Emily Davis & @georgiapunton.bsky.social Get your tickets while you still can! @beinghumanfest.bsky.social

So chuffed that my Behind the Nightlight project for @beinghumanfest.bsky.social is being supported by @francisrouthtrust.bsky.social - come! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/behind-the...

Looking forward to our Festival of Migration in November as part of @beinghumanfest.bsky.social In the midst of ever more dismal political narratives about migration, human rights, the humanities, it feels more important than ever to be doing events like this …. www.thealbany.org.uk/events/festi...

On 8&15 Nov we're running "A Herstorical Walking Tour of Georgian Bristol" as part of @beinghumanfest.bsky.social with @engagebristol.bsky.social. Led by an actor it tells the stories of Bristol's women writers. Find out more & sign up for free: www.beinghumanfestival.org/events/a-her... Plz repost

Coming up on November 9, Midland Arts Centre, #Birmingham - a staged reading of a new dramatisation of a crisis in 1930's colonial #Montserrat. Is a volcano about to erupt? Part of the 2025 @beinghumanfest.bsky.social @ukri.org #AHRC www.beinghumanfestival.org/events/missi...

This week we highlight events taking place across South West England. From Plymouth to Stroud, learn about the latest humanities research from universities across the region. Events span immersive art, Ukrainian war poetry, comedy and defending the rights of the River Plym, and more! #BeingHUman2025

London audiences can get involved in many ways at this year's festival. From exploring poetry and place in Deptford, cabaret at Behind the Nightlight, Queer Maritimes at National Maritime Museum, music and songs at the Cockney Yiddish Podcast Live, and more! bit.ly/48SmZr5 #BeingHuman2025

Cardiff University & Swansea University lead a collaborative Festival Hub this year, amplifying marginalised voices through events such as Humanising Healthcare, Queer Selfiescapes, a birthday party to celebrate 30 years of the Disability Discrimination Act, and more! bit.ly/43mmpho #BeingHuman2025

This week our regional spotlight is on the East of England. From hat making in Norwich, live poetry in Chelmsford and creative writing in Bedford, there's so much variety this year. Browse events by region to discover what's happening near you! bit.ly/47mXJaW #BeingHuman2025

Discover De Montfort University's Festival Hub - Leicester: Community, Culture and Super-Diversity. Researchers present events designed to actively promote understanding and appreciation of different cultures and inclusive cultural practices. Full listings: bit.ly/42AYCKr @dmu.ac.uk #BeingHuman2025

For audiences in Scotland we have many events showcasing the latest humanities research. From comedy-drama exploring the potential dangers of AI to making your own book using craft materials. Browse Being Human events happening across Scotland here: buff.ly/gpdHbOc #BeingHuman2025

Your best ever night at the #theatre? Join us @ihr.bsky.social on Thurs 13 Nov to recreate it - or stage the show of your dreams - & discover the use of #toy theatre in #heritage #research! From my fab PhD student @pdwebster.bsky.social. @beinghumanfest.bsky.social www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...