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The English Historical Review
5 days ago
December Issue: Ella Sbaraini
@ellasbaraini.bsky.social
on 'Everyday Giving: Food, Emotions and Community in England, 1760–1850'
academic.oup.com/ehr/article/...
@kingshistory.bsky.social
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Everyday Giving: Food, Emotions and Community in England, 1760–1850
Abstract. This article proposes that gifts of everyday foodstuffs were a crucial way in which labouring communities attempted to provide care, and express
https://academic.oup.com/ehr/article/140/607/1397/8444677
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King's CHoSTM
8 days ago
This Wednesday! We wrap up our seminar series this term with: 'Medical Diasporas: Chinese Medicine in London and a Family Case Study' – Jieluan Huang 🗓️ Wednesday 25 March 🕰️ 15.30-17.00 📍8th floor, Strand building
#histmed
#histsci
#histtech
#histstm
@kingshistory.bsky.social
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King's CHoSTM
13 days ago
📌 Coming up in our seminar series next week! Jieluan Huang, 'Medical Diasporas: Chinese Medicine in London and a Family Case Study' 🗓️ Wednesday 25 March 🕰️ 15.30-17.00 📍8th floor, Strand building
www.kingschostm.com/seminar-series
#histmed
#histsci
#histtech
#histstm
@kingshistory.bsky.social
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Screening of 'Palestine 36' directed by Annemarie Jacir WHEN: Thursday, 26 March 2026 at 18:00 WHERE: Bush House Auditorium BH (N) 0
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'Men’s faces are under scrutiny as never before, in positions of cultural as well as political power: on red carpets, in tabloid closeups, across social media feeds, and in movies, TV shows and adverts'. An article by our colleague
@fayboundalberti.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/fashion/2026...
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‘There is no shame in being vain’: the relentless rise of impossible male beauty standards
Men’s faces are under scrutiny as never before, with more opting for cosmetic procedures than ever. What is behind this sudden and significant shift?
https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2026/mar/05/there-is-no-shame-in-being-vain-the-relentless-rise-of-impossible-male-beauty-standards?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
25 days ago
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Hannah Murphy
26 days ago
It's world book day! To celebrate, here are three recent publications by incredible colleagues
@kingshistory.bsky.social
@kingschostm.bsky.social
and
@cemskcl.bsky.social
running the gamut from
#EarlyModern
to
#HistSTM
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We have a new Modern World History MA!
media.kcl.ac.uk/media/t/1_o9...
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Modern World History MA social cut - King’s College London
https://media.kcl.ac.uk/media/t/1_o9ybjzm3
28 days ago
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King's CHoSTM
29 days ago
📣Interested in pursuing a postgraduate degree in the history of STM? Wishing to apply to our Hans Rausing Scholarship? Then this webinar is for you! Pursuing a research degree in the history of STM Thursday 12 March 17.00-18.00 (GMT) Register via Eventbrite ⬇️
#histsci
#histtech
#histmed
#histstm
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Webinar: Pursuing a research degree in the history of STM
A webinar to orient prospective students on pursuing an MA and PhD in the history of STM, and how to apply to the Hans Rausing Scholarship.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/webinar-pursuing-a-research-degree-in-the-history-of-stm-tickets-1983541248269?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=wsa&aff=ebdsshwebmobile
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Fay Bound-Alberti
about 1 month ago
“Who is feeding our children while we are making history?” That was Robert Chelsea’s question when asked about being the first African American face transplant recipient. Robert and I talked to Annie Kelly
@todayinfocus.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/p/x4dd6m?CMP...
#BlackHistoryMonth
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The ‘guinea pigs’ who had face transplant surgery – podcast
Face transplant patient Robert Chelsea and writer Fay Bound Alberti talk through the promise – and darker side – of this pioneering surgery
http://www.theguardian.com/p/x4dd6m?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Published today! The new book by our colleague
@fayboundalberti.bsky.social
'The Face: A cultural History'
www.penguin.co.uk/books/459227...
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The Face
What’s in a face? The face is the only part of the body where all the senses come together and, over the course of human history, has come to represent who we are as individuals. We unlock our phones...
https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/459227/the-face-by-bound-alberti-fay/9780241670712
about 1 month ago
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Vincent Hiribarren
about 1 month ago
Come and work with me! Two home-fee scholarships on Nigerian history
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQM397/p...
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PhD Studentships at King's College London
Find a PhD Studentships on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board in higher education. Click to view more!
https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQM397/phd-studentships
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King's CHoSTM
about 1 month ago
💡 Call for applications to our Hans Rausing scholarship is open until 17 April. Contact a prospective supervisor before applying to one of
@kingshistory.bsky.social
programmes. 🛎️ First round of applications to the MAs closes 9 March!
www.kingschostm.com/funding-oppo...
#histsci
#histtech
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Hans Rausing Scholarship 2026/2027 | KingsCHoSTM
Funding Opportunities within King's CHoSTM
https://www.kingschostm.com/funding-opportunities
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The English Historical Review
about 1 month ago
New article! Stephen Lovell
@kingshistory.bsky.social
on 'The Parliamentarisation of the Soviet Union: Gorbachev and Representative Democracy'
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The Parliamentarisation of the Soviet Union: Gorbachev and Representative Democracy*
Abstract. How did the Soviet Union, a country with a profoundly anti-parliamentary political tradition and a one-party regime firmly in place, so suddenly
https://academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-article/doi/10.1093/ehr/ceaf248/8489680
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King's College London, History Department
London Society for Medieval Studies
about 1 month ago
Make Ready! 🏰 On 3 March, Isobel Barnard from
@kingshistory.bsky.social
will present: ‘The Castle in 14th Century Scotland: A Sociological Study of Masculine Identity'. 🗓️ 03 March ⏰ 17:30 GMT 🏛️ IN PERSON
@ihr.bsky.social
& 💻 ONLINE Sign up now:
bit.ly/londonmedieval
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King's Arts & Humanities
about 1 month ago
🇩🇪 Dr
@katrinschreiter.bsky.social
from
@kingsdllc.bsky.social
&
@kingshistory.bsky.social
says while powerful men have been credited with the fall of the Berlin Wall, the true heroes were everyday men and women 🎧️ Listen on No One Saw It Coming with
@marcfennell.bsky.social
⬇️
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Three words brought down the Berlin Wall - ABC listen
The fall of the Berlin Wall on 9 November 1989 is one of the most famous events of modern history. And with it came a wave of momentous events - the reunification of East and West Germany, the…
https://buff.ly/NJ2TjDb
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King's CHoSTM
about 1 month ago
Thanks to
@chrismanias.bsky.social
for his talk yesterday on his exciting new project “Deep Time and the Polycrisis.” Keep an eye on what comes out of it! And many thanks to all attendants for a great discussion!
@kingshistory.bsky.social
@kingsartshums.bsky.social
#histsci
#histstm
#polycrisis
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Already a couple of reviews for our colleague
@fayboundalberti.bsky.social
's book 'The Face: a cultural History'. Congrats!
about 1 month ago
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Economic History Review
about 1 month ago
Now on Early View: 'The commercialization of labour markets: Evidence from wage inequality in the Middle Ages'. By Jordan Claridge, Vincent Delabastita & Spike Gibbs.
@jordanclaridge.bsky.social
@vincentdelabastita.bsky.social
@kingshistory.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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<em>The Economic History Review</em> | EHS Journal | Wiley Online Library
This paper moves beyond the focus on ‘average’ wage trends in pre-industrial economies by examining the broad diversity of pay rates and forms of remuneration across occupations and regions in mediev...
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ehr.70083
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King's CHoSTM
about 1 month ago
Read
@fayboundalberti.bsky.social
latest piece in The Guardian. Her book "The Face: A Cultural History" is coming out later this month!
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
@kingshistory.bsky.social
@kingsartshums.bsky.social
@ctb-kcl.bsky.social
#histmed
#histtech
#histsci
#histstm
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Face transplants promised hope. Patients were put through the unthinkable
Twenty years after the first face transplant, patients are dying, data is missing, and the experimental procedure’s future hangs in the balance
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/nov/27/face-transplant-patients-results-outcomes
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Congratulations to our colleague Professor Francisco Bethencourt who has been awarded an
@erc.europa.eu
il Advanced Grant for his project 'New Christian Materiality, 1450-1750 (MATERIA)'!
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/new-chr...
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New Christian Materiality project secures major European Research Council grant | King's College London
New Christian Materiality, 1450-1750 (MATERIA) is the first European Research Council Advanced Grant hosted by the Department of History.
https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/new-christian-materiality-project-secures-major-european-research-council-grant
about 1 month ago
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Our colleague
@fayboundalberti.bsky.social
will be talking about
#loneliness
@britishacademy.bsky.social
on Thu 19 Mar 2026, 18:30 - 19:45
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/the-a...
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Ask the experts: How can we connect in an era of loneliness?
Why do so many of us feel lonely in a world more connected than ever? Put your questions about loneliness and its impact to our panel of experts – and discover innovative ideas and practical solutions...
https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/the-age-of-self/ask-the-experts-loneliness-connection/
about 2 months ago
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The COVID-19 Pandemic Response and the New Era of Austerity in Africa
Abstract. Since 2020, Africa has experienced two severe external economic shocks: the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and the war in Ukraine.
https://academic.oup.com/afraf/advance-article/doi/10.1093/afraf/adag001/8466566
about 2 months ago
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King's CHoSTM
about 2 months ago
🔔 Next in the CHoSTM seminar, we will have
@chrismanias.bsky.social
talk about his new project: 'Deep Time and the Polycrisis' 18 February 2026 16.00-17.30 Strand Building See more about this event in our website
www.kingschostm.com/seminar-series
#histsci
#histstm
@kingshistory.bsky.social
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The Modern World History MA at King’s College London offers a global, interdisciplinary approach to historical study, taught by leading experts in the heart of London.
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Modern World History MA social cut - King’s College London
https://media.kcl.ac.uk/media/t/1_djfkjqtd
about 2 months ago
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King's Arts & Humanities
about 2 months ago
🧠 Today is Time to Talk Day 🧠 Professor Alana Harris' work at
@kingshistory.bsky.social
seeks to recover the names and stories of those buried anonymously in former asylum cemeteries to be respectfully remembered. Read more 👇
www.lbc.co.uk/article/asyl...
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This abandoned asylum cemetery reveals how Britain used to see mental illness - but how far have we really come? | LBC
How we remember the dead reflects how we value the living, writes Helen Maguire MP
https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/asylum-cemetery-britain-mental-illness-opinion-5HjdRsx_2/
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Well done to our colleague David Brydan who has just published his new book 'Smart: a history of
#intelligence
'
#skystorians
about 2 months ago
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King's CHoSTM
about 2 months ago
TOMORROW! The next session of our seminar series will be a discussion of
@davidedgerton.bsky.social
manuscript of his upcoming book on the global history of production since 1900 (2027).
#histtech
#histsci
#histmed
#histstm
@kingshistory.bsky.social
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Royal Historical Society
about 2 months ago
What changes were made to REF2029 as part of last December's 'unpausing'; and what are the likely implications - positive and negative - for History and the wider humanities? New on the RHS blog:
bit.ly/3ZIfe0P
#Skystorians
@artsandhums.bsky.social
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King's College London, History Department
The English Historical Review
about 2 months ago
New article! Ella Sbaraini
@ellasbaraini.bsky.social
on 'Everyday Giving: Food, Emotions and Community in England, 1760–1850'
academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-...
@kingshistory.bsky.social
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Everyday Giving: Food, Emotions and Community in England, 1760–1850
Abstract. This article proposes that gifts of everyday foodstuffs were a crucial way in which labouring communities attempted to provide care, and express
https://academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-article/doi/10.1093/ehr/ceaf243/8444677
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Our department seeks to appoint a Lecturer in Early Medieval History. You will be expected to undertake teaching and research in early medieval history (600–1150 CE)
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQH751/l...
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Lecturer in Early Medieval History at King's College London
Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Lecturer in Early Medieval History on jobs.ac.uk!
https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQH751/lecturer-in-early-medieval-history
2 months ago
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King's Arts & Humanities
2 months ago
👨👧👧 Professor Lara Feigel (
@kingsenglish.bsky.social
) discusses child custody cases of the past and today, and the relationship between motherhood and feminism with Dr Hannah Dawson (
@kingshistory.bsky.social
). 📆 29 January ⏰ 19:00-21:00 📍 Second Home, Spitalfields
secondhome.io/event/custod...
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A new Master’s degree by the Department of History is now open for applications.
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-l...
#MA
#History
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King's launches new Modern World History MA | King's College London
A new Master’s degree by the Department of History is now open for applications.
https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-launches-new-modern-world-history-ma
2 months ago
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King's Arts & Humanities
2 months ago
📚 Abdoolkarim Vakil from
@kingsdllc.bsky.social
and
@kingshistory.bsky.social
analyses Miguel Real's O Ultimo Europeu – 2284 (The Last European – 2284) and its strands of orientalist and racialised invasion and race-war speculative fiction on 4 February. 🔗 Learn more 👇
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Text, Intertext, Context, Subtext: Race War(mongering) and the Last European | King's College London
Abdoolkarim Vakil analyses O Ultimo Europeu – 2284 (The Last European – 2284).
https://buff.ly/Sgrda8t
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King's Arts & Humanities
2 months ago
The Department of History will host a Memorial Evensong for Professor Peter James Marshall FBA CB next week.
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Memorial Evensong: Professor Peter James Marshall FBA CBE (1933–2025) | King's College London
A service of words & music to remember & celebrate the life of Peter.
https://buff.ly/WZp9Owb
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King's CHoSTM
2 months ago
Last year some of our members collaborated with our colleagues Sabers en Acció, a fantastic initiative by the Societat Catalana d’Història de la Ciència i de la Tècnica and the Institut Interuniversitari López Piñero. More here:
tinyurl.com/3c94tpsa
@angarbelmar.bsky.social
@jrbsjrbs.bsky.social
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News - Collaboration with Sabers en acció | KingsCHoSTM
https://tinyurl.com/3c94tpsa
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The BREAK—DOWN
3 months ago
"It's a morbid symptom, Anglo-futurism, and that's where British politics is, it is stuck with the fantasies of world leadership and renewal through deregulation. I mean, it's tragic. That's where we are."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSxc...
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King's CHoSTM
3 months ago
Want to study the history of science and/or technology? We invite applications for fully-funded MA+PhD (1-3 years) or PhD-only (3 years) Hans Rausing scholarships. Deadline is 17 April 2026 (we advise to check
@kingshistory.bsky.social
application deadlines) Find out more:
tinyurl.com/mw84w7py
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Our colleague David Brydan talked to Dan Snow
@thehistoryguy.bsky.social
about the bombing of
#Guernica
for the History Hit podcast
shows.acast.com/c939f8d1-c4b...
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#Gernika
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The Bombing of Guernica | Dan Snow's History Hit
How Guernica became a symbol of the horrors of modern warfare.
https://shows.acast.com/c939f8d1-c4bc-478e-8bb9-e5343f9a7ab5/episodes/6932d3214a0500b75760e80c
3 months ago
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David Edgerton
3 months ago
Its hard to talk sense about progress - with many others I had a go ....
@kingschostm.bsky.social
@kingshistory.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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BBC Radio 4 - What Happened to Progress?, Forward Thinking
From technology to the climate to the global order, has human progress gone into reverse?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002nv8r
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King's Arts & Humanities
4 months ago
🌟 We have launched a suite of new doctoral studentships through our new Doctoral School 🌟 Over 30 places are now open for applications for the new Doctoral School for Arts & Humanities. More details and how to apply 👇
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/arts-hu...
@komldsp.bsky.social
@adaptai.bsky.social
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Arts & Humanities Doctoral School launches new studentships programme | King's College London
Over 30 Doctoral studentship places are now open for applications for the new Doctoral School for Arts & Humanities at King’s.
https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/arts-humanities-doctoral-school-studentship-applications-for-2026-now-open
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We have a new Modern World History MA!
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King's launches new Modern World History MA | King's College London
A new Master’s degree by the Department of History is now open for applications.
https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-launches-new-modern-world-history-ma?brid=Ld9YLCmaWMMnopgCew4NBw
3 months ago
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Congratulations to
@marie-trcht.bsky.social
, a 3rd year doctoral student in our department, who is the winner of the inaugural Mabel Mills prize awarded by the Pipe Roll Society. Her essay will be published in the next volume of Thirteenth Century England in 2026
#medieval
#medievalsky
#skystorians
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4 months ago
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Alana Harris
4 months ago
Great publicity for the next phase of 'Us and Them' with Freewheelers,
@kingshistory.bsky.social
and Surrey History Centre:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Leatherhead disability group recreates Victorian hospital images
Freewheelers is working with Surrey History Centre and King's College London to recreate the images.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c75vdkk2edro
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Well done to our colleague
@davidedgerton.bsky.social
who appears in the 3rd episode of
@davidolusoga.bsky.social
#empire
series on
#BBC2
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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BBC Two - Empire with David Olusoga, Series 1, Episode 3
David Olusoga reveals how the British Empire fell apart.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002lvww
4 months ago
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By our colleague
@davidedgerton.bsky.social
with Karel Williams: a call for a new way of doing things, starting with water
www.newstatesman.com/politics/lab...
@newstatesman1913.bsky.social
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Labour's conformism is crushing Britain
Rachel Reeves is just the latest ambassador of a failed political elite
https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/labour/2025/12/labours-conformism-is-crushing-britain
4 months ago
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Our colleague
@fayboundalberti.bsky.social
has spent six years interviewing patients and their loved ones, and working with surgeons to understand the history and ethics of face transplants
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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Face transplants promised hope. Patients were put through the unthinkable
Twenty years after the first face transplant, patients are dying, data is missing, and the experimental procedure’s future hangs in the balance
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/nov/27/face-transplant-patients-results-outcomes
4 months ago
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Knowledge Orders before Modernity
4 months ago
And the news is... We're recruiting! Applications are now open for our 2026
@leverhulme.ac.uk
Doctoral Scholarships. So, if you want to study at PhD level pre-modern handwritten cultures and the organisation of knowledge and power within them, do investigate our refreshed website.
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ADAPT-AI
4 months ago
📽️ Shape the future of audiences, AI, and creative technologies Our new Doctoral studentship is open for applications for Oct 2026. "Your unique perspective and experience are what we’re looking for." - Director, Sarah Atkinson By
@kingsartshums.bsky.social
@guildhallschool.bsky.social
& LSBU
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Shape the future: applications open for innovative ADAPT-AI studentships – ADAPT-AI
https://adapt-ai.ac.uk/2025/11/applications-open-for-innovative-adapt-ai-studentships/
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Well done to our colleagues in the History Department
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/arts-hu...
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Arts & Humanities 2025 Supervisory Excellence Award winners announced | King's College London
Professor Susannah Ticciati, Professor of Christian Doctrine and Dr Shuangyu Li, Reader in Clinical Communication and Cultural Competency, have been announced as joint winners of the Supervisory Excel...
https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/arts-humanities-supervisory-excellence-award-2025-winners-announced
5 months ago
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Well done to our former student Berry Pillot de Chenecey
@berrypillot.bsky.social
who has just won the Institute of Historical Research
@ihr.bsky.social
(IHR) Pollard Prize for best postgraduate paper delivered in any IHR seminar series during the past year.
5 months ago
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