Iwan Rhys Morus
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Iwan Rhys Morus
@irmorus.bsky.social

Professor of History. Historian of Science.

Philosophy 42%
History 29%

Perfect!
A self-driving car

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A self-driving car
NEW BOOK!

I'm very happy to say that my new book, Utopia, co-written with Douglas Mao, has been published on-line

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Utopia
Abstract. Ideal societies, better worlds, more just and peaceful ways of living: these have long been the stuff of human beings’ social dreaming. In this c
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Bruce Springsteen is currently number one in iTunes in 19 countries.

Are these being recorded?

It’s arrived!

Are bankers starting to worry about bursting bubbles too?
Rollout of AI may need to be slowed to ‘save society’, says JP Morgan boss
Jamie Dimon warns of civil unrest but Nvidia’s Jensen Huang argues tech will create rather than destroy jobs
www.theguardian.com
My inaugural lecture, "Humanist Yearning as Political Epistemology” last October was an opportunity to share my vision for a new field of knowledge and celebrate the creation of the first ever chair in Global Political Anthropology | @facultyofartsug.bsky.social books.ugp.rug.nl/ugp/catalog/...
Humanist Yearning as Political Epistemology | University of Groningen Press
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I’ve tried this quiz, and it genuinely is quite difficult to tell them apart.

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Who said it: the Robert Jenrick memo or David Brent?
Who said it: the Robert Jenrick memo or David Brent?
Memo on how ex-Tory should act after Reform defection seems to channel Ricky Gervais character from The Office
www.theguardian.com

Can’t wait to hear this one!
In a week I will be speaking at a Welsh language conference, looking at the interface between art, science & technology, examining WW1 poetry about weapons of war. I'll be looking at Welsh language poetry, but here's an English language piece about the visit of a tank to Carmarthen in June 1918

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In a week I will be speaking at a Welsh language conference, looking at the interface between art, science & technology, examining WW1 poetry about weapons of war. I'll be looking at Welsh language poetry, but here's an English language piece about the visit of a tank to Carmarthen in June 1918

Wirioneddol edrych ymlaen at hwn!
Yn edrych ymlaen at gynhadledd 'Chwilen yn y Glust' ymhen wythnos - byddaf yn siarad am farddoniaeth am beiriannau lladd yn y Rhyfel Mawr - nifer fawr o englynion i danciau, llongau tanfor, Zeppelins ayyb

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Yn edrych ymlaen at gynhadledd 'Chwilen yn y Glust' ymhen wythnos - byddaf yn siarad am farddoniaeth am beiriannau lladd yn y Rhyfel Mawr - nifer fawr o englynion i danciau, llongau tanfor, Zeppelins ayyb

Travelling home from London. Spent the afternoon having fun recording an episode of YDTM with the great @gregjenner.bsky.social. Wait to see - or rather wait to hear!

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I unrhywun fydd yn Aberystwyth ar 23 Ionawr/In case you're in Aberystwyth on 23 January

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Really looking forward to seeing how this goes!
We’re back today, with JS Mill (and as we’ll hear Harriet Taylor Mill) on the case for personal liberty and the limits of state interference. The presenter is Misha Glenny www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, On Liberty
John Stuart Mill's argument for the limits of power that society has over the individual.
www.bbc.co.uk
We’re back today, with JS Mill (and as we’ll hear Harriet Taylor Mill) on the case for personal liberty and the limits of state interference. The presenter is Misha Glenny www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, On Liberty
John Stuart Mill's argument for the limits of power that society has over the individual.
www.bbc.co.uk

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Edrych ymlaen at groesawu @irmorus.bsky.social i draddodi prif ddarlith Cynhadledd Chwilen yn y Glust ar 23 Ionawr 🪲✨

Mwy o wybodaeth a sut i gofrestru yma: linktr.ee/chwilenynygl...

I had a fascinating chat with @themadstone.bsky.social about Frankenstein a few weeks ago.
Frankenstein's electrifying take on the nature of life
The creature in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein was inspired by real scientific debates over whether electricity can create life.
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I’m not quite sure what the kids have done…..

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Globalisation didn’t begin in the 1990s, or even in the past millennia. The tale of globalisation is written across human history. So why do we keep getting the story so wrong? This Essay was one of our most read by you in 2025. Revisit it here:
There are no pure cultures – we have always been global | Aeon Essays
All of our religions, stories, languages and norms were muddled and mixed through mobility and exchange throughout history
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Not to worry. I think I fixed it!

Impromptu plumbing. Not in my plans for the fourth day of Christmas!

So were our roses until a few weeks ago.

Daffodils? In December?

I was script consultant on this episode. Despite that, it’s great fun!
Today’s episode of #DeadFunnyHistory is all about the genius scientist Marie Curie — it’s got silly voices, fun narration, jokes, facts, and a quiz at the end. Play it for your kids! Available worldwide on all podcast apps

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
You're Dead to Me - Dead Funny History - Marie Curie - BBC Sounds
Discover Marie Curie’s radioactive legacy
www.bbc.co.uk

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Today’s episode of #DeadFunnyHistory is all about the genius scientist Marie Curie — it’s got silly voices, fun narration, jokes, facts, and a quiz at the end. Play it for your kids! Available worldwide on all podcast apps

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
You're Dead to Me - Dead Funny History - Marie Curie - BBC Sounds
Discover Marie Curie’s radioactive legacy
www.bbc.co.uk

Pwy sy’n dwad dros y bryn.