On Thursday 27th February, we host Dr Jonathan Egid, a BBC/AHRC New Generation Thinker Scholar, for the Centre for African Art and Archaeology talks! In person/online. In-person venue: EFRY 01.02 (Elizabeth Fry (Bld:11)) Time: 5:00-6:30 pm GMT. Online link to register: tiny.cc/o079001 All welcome!

Those of you in UK HE sector right now: a reminder that no matter how passionate you are - a job is a job. It might feel like you could never land anywhere else. You can, and will, should you need to. And wherever you end up, your new workplace will be lucky to have you.

📢MA Scholarships! We are currently accepting applications for our MA program in the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c... We offer prestigious full and partial scholarships, open to both UK and International students! Apply before March 20. Share!

The Plight of the Garima Gospel and Abba Gebretsadik's Role in Preserving the Oldest Gospel Manuscript newlinesmag.com/reportage/th...

Please spread the word as we have opened the call for @britishacademy.bsky.social International Fellowships which enable researchers to work for two years at a UK institution. If you fancy being away from your country right now this could be an option! www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/inte...

Object stories of this diptych & the 'Asante ewer' at the British Museum highlight the need for nuanced discussions on repatriation/restitution/return of looted African art. Modified, appropriated/re-appropriated, decontextualised, looted...many layers www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/01/21/i...

Great article by my colleague Zoe Cormack on the 1868 British punitive to Abyssinia, the British Museum, looted art/sacred objects at the British Museum & elsewhere! eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

In 1959, a major exhibition of material culture from the *still* Belgian Congo took place at the Palazzo Venezia in Rome, titled Arte del Congo #Roma 1959 #africanart

Visited York for the Indian Ocean World Archaeology Conference IOWArch 2024! Presented a paper -- sharing thoughts on the possibilities and challenges of determining 'Islamic slavery' archaeologically! #Archaeology #IndianOcean #Africa #Diaspora #slavery #Gulf

Would be great to have more scholars from the global south represented here too. Not sure if Prof Shadreck Chirikure is on #BlueSky yet. #Blacksky

All going well in our conference, feel free to pop in and out anytime until 3 pm London time! Link: univ-grenoble-alpes-fr.zoom.us/j/9478767760... @alebachew.bsky.social

2nd Anniversary of Forum for Medieval Studies in Ethiopia and the Horn (FMSEH) led by @alebachew.bsky.social and a session moderated by @krebsverena.bsky.social! Join via Zoom: univ-grenoble-alpes-fr.zoom.us/j/9478767760... #Medievalstudies #HornofAfrica #Archaeology #History #Philology

2nd Anniversary of Forum for Medieval Studies in Ethiopia and the Horn (FMSEH) led by @alebachew.bsky.social and a session moderated by @krebsverena.bsky.social! Join via Zoom: univ-grenoble-alpes-fr.zoom.us/j/9478767760... #Medievalstudies #HornofAfrica #Archaeology #History #Philology

via the Medieval Studies in Ethiopia and the Horn FMSEH on the MordorX platform 👇 www.eventbrite.com/e/forum-for-... #MedievalBlueSky #AfricanHistory #EarlyModern #ChristianHistory

Starts in about 50 minutes!

Toni Scott: Slave ship 24 Foot Vessel cover with 500 images African American of slaves DNA bloodline. This can be viewed at: The Arthur M.Sackler - Museum and Archaeology, Beijing, China... 💯🎯‼️🖤✊🏾💪🏾👏🏾

Restitution and Repatriation of Ancestral, Human Remains from Colonial Contexts in Tanzania, by Maximilian Felix Chami, Journal of African Diaspora Archaeology and Heritage, doi.org/10.1080/2161... #HistoricalArchaeology #AfricanDiasporas #AfricanHeritage #Repatriation #Tanzania #colonialism

Alright *cracks knuckles* let's do this! Today I'm inaugurating an episodic Monday series titled History of Islamic Art in 100 Objects. But we have to ask the most important question first: What is Islamic art? Also, why is this even a question? 🧵 #IslamicArt100Objects

This series of stories seems quite disruptive for the UEA’s very public messaging that the cupboards are bare so they need to sack people (yes I know it doesn’t work like that but this is about optics) #SaveUEA www.edp24.co.uk/news/2474467...

"For a Student Who Used AI to Write a Paper" (Joseph Fasano) poets.org/poem/student...

Joe Rogan has called me a liar. This video is my response youtu.be/KR9_oLmoQVI?...

Acaba de salir el paper que más he disfrutado escribiendo en muchos años: arqueología del igualitarismo en África. Movilidad subversiva, logísticas rebeldes, objetos de resistencia y reyes sagrados. En acceso abierto aquí: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

I was meant to be in New York for 👇 Silsila workshop to speak about medieval links between Abyssinia & the Gulf: an archaeological perspective! Shame not be there in-person/visit New York (visa issue!) but really looking forward to e-meet a great lineup of scholars! as.nyu.edu/research-cen...

CFP: Visual Pasts, Material Presents, Archival Futures: Postcolonial Temporalities in the Making - UEA, Norwich UK.

Conference CfP 'Visual Pasts, Material Presents, Archival Futures: Postcolonial Temporalities in the Making' 19-20 May 2025! Proposals: abstract of 300 words, name and affiliation & short biography of 200 words max. Submit by Jan 10 2025 Limited grants available to attend!

It's here! A very incipient starter pack for the art, architecture, and archaeology of the Islamic world. This is just a first quick effort, please let me know if I can add you or others so we can build up this community!

'The Mowaa Institute is a first-of-its-kind space dedicated to world-class, cutting-edge science research to develop new narratives and to conserve African art and collections' Prof S. Chirikure says👇 www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

... And 500+ new followers in a few days later, I guess I should ... reskeet ... (are we REALLY going with this?!?) this again? TLDR: my research looks at the medieval world of Afro-Eurasia as seen from the Highlands of the Horn of Africa. Every few years, I publish a book on this.

All my favourite Late-Antique and Medieval cities in-one. And from the African Red Sea, of course it is Adulis, the marvel city that carried one of the greatest empires of the Classical-Late Antique World: Aksum. From my visit to the Silk Roads exhibition at the British Museum last week!

Just set up an account here, not sure why!