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Manchester, England
Joined February 2017
📢Call For Papers: Please RT! Plunder, Pillage and Spoils of War in History and Law - New research and exhibitions. 📅28-28 April, 2025 ⚔️Royal Armouries, Leeds, UK 🪙 Bursaries available Submit proposals by 11 October. Links to proposal forms in thread. 🧵
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Interested in our @mcys_mmu @history_belong collaborative arts-based research project & exhibition w/ @McrMuseum & @Sheba_Arts? I'm presenting @ICRDwlv seminar this Wed w/ youth researchers Dana & Ferdos Pls share + register below. @HistoryManMet @McrMetCrimSoc @mcrmetropolis
Upcoming ICRD Seminar Series Event Wednesday 15th May - 6pm - Online Ancient History, Contemporary Belonging: Re-Presenting (Neo)Colonial Inheritances with Migrant-Background Young People in the Contemporary Museum Presented by: Caitlin Nunn, Ferdos Beit Lafteh, Dana Almousselli
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Back in the studio today recording the audiobook for The Roads To Rome. Hoping I'm on top of all my pronunciations! I have everything from Geez to Irish today! penguin.co.uk/books/443108/t…
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There's four weeks left to apply for our Third Century Fellowship Scheme. 🙌 Seeking exceptional researchers and emerging leaders, in the early stages of their post-doctoral career, who aim to make their mark in the field of independent research. 🔗 bit.ly/3xeQeTW
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Calling all #Twitterstorians and #Postdocs in/near Manchester! Join us on 2 May for a workshop with @TheJohnRylands on using special collections in teaching & to engage the public AND for our 2nd #HistoryOpenMicNight at @ThePortico. Some more details?👉shorturl.at/oyNPS
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On Wednesday 1 May, we'll be welcoming Prof Alison Fell @ProfAlisonSFell to give our annual lecture, on warrior women. 4pm, GF. 11, Grosvenor East building MMU. @mrpenalba @HistoryManMet cambridge.org/core/elements/…
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🔔 On 30th April, we are so excited to be welcoming @AprilPudsey at @theBluecoat to deliver a talk on Enslavement and Childhood in the Ancient World. This event is FREE, you just need to register for a ticket through the link⬇️ Hope to see you there! tr.ee/R2mCbbC76j
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Professor @cath_fletcher joins a panel of experts to discuss the infamous assault of an army of the Holy Roman Emperor on the city of Rome in 1527 for @BBCInOurTime 👇 bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001whf….
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Delighted to be back with TAKE YOUR RESEARCH PUBLIC 2024 - a practical introduction to bringing historical research (broadly defined) to wider audiences. Speakers include @katemond @reeshistory @EmmieRosePG. Application deadline 26/4 mcphh.wordpress.com/2024/03/…
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Good morning! Have you seen 👀some of the superb workshops we're running this week? We've got new ones on Generative AI and researchers retaining their rights as authors, as well as our regular ones on referencing, lit reviews, and EndNote! Check them out: libcal.mmu.ac.uk/
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Just three months until THE ROADS TO ROME hits bookshops. Very grateful for all the kind comments already coming through: 'erudite, entertaining and infinitely readable,' says Helena Attlee. Pre-order your copy here: penguin.co.uk/books/443108/t…
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Get hands on with the past this half term @SalfordMuseum with heritage workshops run by @ccsacre @SEEandCREATE #bsl & English workshops for #deaf #hoh #coda children 8+. Drop in sessions open to all!
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In celebration of #nationalwomenandgirlsinsportsday, Stuart Gibbs shares a blog about his research which explores the link between women’s football and the entertainment industry and how much it has influenced its development ⚽️ manmetpgr.co.uk/blog/02-2024…
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Lovely to be hosting the #CountryHouse research network today at @ManMetUni . An array from scholars from the UK and Europe. Focus for today is servants lives.
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HaCC member Dr Mark Fenemore @KidnapCity has published an article on 'The Policing of Berlin as a Post-Conflict City' in the Amsterdam Museum Journal. You can access it here @mrpenalba @HistoryManMet 👇👇👇👇 assets.amsterdammuseum.nl/do…
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Great event inspired by #ukdhm23 - using sound to access heritage #Disability #Accessibility @DisCultures @GMCDP @DisHisCam @PremodernDS @DisabilityHistr @JDisSoc @CDSLeeds @UCLIDRC
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Delighted that my latest article on pilgrimage, this time on veteran pilgrimage immediately after the Second World War, is out now Open Access in BCH #Pilgrimage @HistoryManMet @HaCCMMU doi.org/10.1017/bch.2023.27
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We're now listening to Dr Graham Cross @gcross353 discuss African American troops in WW2 , seen here with moderator Dr Sam Edwards @Historian_Sam #WW2 #8thAirForce . Only about 1k African Americans served in #Norfolk
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HaCC member Stuart Aveyard's latest article, 'The Northern Ireland Conflict and Colonial Resonances', - which considers ways in which a colonial framework were used during the Troubles - is available Open Access here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.… @HistoryManMet @mrpenalba
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