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News from the Humanities & Social Sciences Faculty at the University of Liverpool. Monitored 9am-5pm Mon-Fri.
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And here we are, a beginner's guide to getting to know colleagues from across the Humanities & Social Sciences (and beyond) at the University of Liverpool. We'll be adding to this as things develop... go.bsky.app/5NUwui2 #StarterPack #AcademicSky
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The University of Liverpool has been ranked 64th of 2001 institutions in the QS Sustainability Rankings, placing us in the top 5% globally! This reflects strong progress toward our goal of maintaining a global top 100 position. More on the rankings here: www.topuniversities.com/sustainabili...
November 18, 2025 at 12:10 PM
The University of Liverpool has been ranked 64th of 2001 institutions in the QS Sustainability Rankings, placing us in the top 5% globally! This reflects strong progress toward our goal of maintaining a global top 100 position. More on the rankings here: www.topuniversities.com/sustainabili...
📚 On 1 Dec, join @heritageinstitute.bsky.social for a triple book launch featuring new works on Indian cities, African architecture, and migrant culture in the UK.
In person at @victoriagallery.bsky.social at 1pm
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#BookSky 🔖
In person at @victoriagallery.bsky.social at 1pm
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#BookSky 🔖
November 18, 2025 at 9:01 AM
📚 On 1 Dec, join @heritageinstitute.bsky.social for a triple book launch featuring new works on Indian cities, African architecture, and migrant culture in the UK.
In person at @victoriagallery.bsky.social at 1pm
www.eventbrite.com/e/a-book-lau...
#BookSky 🔖
In person at @victoriagallery.bsky.social at 1pm
www.eventbrite.com/e/a-book-lau...
#BookSky 🔖
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🎶 New Scholarship Alert! 🎶
The Peter Astaire Memorial Scholarship in Beatles Studies offers two £4,000 awards for MA Beatles, Heritage & Culture applicants 🎸 @livunihss.bsky.social
Learn more at the MA Beatles session on Wednesday, during PG Online Open Week! 👇
www.liverpool.ac.uk/postgraduate...
The Peter Astaire Memorial Scholarship in Beatles Studies offers two £4,000 awards for MA Beatles, Heritage & Culture applicants 🎸 @livunihss.bsky.social
Learn more at the MA Beatles session on Wednesday, during PG Online Open Week! 👇
www.liverpool.ac.uk/postgraduate...
November 17, 2025 at 4:57 PM
🎶 New Scholarship Alert! 🎶
The Peter Astaire Memorial Scholarship in Beatles Studies offers two £4,000 awards for MA Beatles, Heritage & Culture applicants 🎸 @livunihss.bsky.social
Learn more at the MA Beatles session on Wednesday, during PG Online Open Week! 👇
www.liverpool.ac.uk/postgraduate...
The Peter Astaire Memorial Scholarship in Beatles Studies offers two £4,000 awards for MA Beatles, Heritage & Culture applicants 🎸 @livunihss.bsky.social
Learn more at the MA Beatles session on Wednesday, during PG Online Open Week! 👇
www.liverpool.ac.uk/postgraduate...
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New publication in Learning, Media, and Technology from Dr. Simeon Yates, Dr. Jeanette D’Arcy, and Rebecca Harris of the department’s Digital Media and Society Institute!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Media literacy provision from the perspective of policymakers and civil society organisations in five areas of the UK: a case study approach
Despite efforts to promote media literacy provision (i.e., the support provided to develop people’s media literacy within and outside formal education) in the UK, this provision remains fragmented,...
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November 17, 2025 at 1:11 PM
New publication in Learning, Media, and Technology from Dr. Simeon Yates, Dr. Jeanette D’Arcy, and Rebecca Harris of the department’s Digital Media and Society Institute!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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📚CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS📚John McGahern Book Prize 📚
We are seeking submissions to the John McGahern Book Prize for best debut work of fiction by an Irish or Irish-resident writer published in 2025.
DEADLINE: Friday 12 December 2025
ℹ️+ submission form: www.liverpool.ac.uk/irish-studie...
#booksky
We are seeking submissions to the John McGahern Book Prize for best debut work of fiction by an Irish or Irish-resident writer published in 2025.
DEADLINE: Friday 12 December 2025
ℹ️+ submission form: www.liverpool.ac.uk/irish-studie...
#booksky
John McGahern Book Prize | The John McGahern Annual Book prize | Institute of Irish Studies | University of Liverpool
The John McGahern Annual Book prize of £5,000 is for the best debut work of fiction - either novel or collection of short stories - by an Irish writer or writer resident in Ireland for more than 5 yea...
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November 17, 2025 at 12:48 PM
📚CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS📚John McGahern Book Prize 📚
We are seeking submissions to the John McGahern Book Prize for best debut work of fiction by an Irish or Irish-resident writer published in 2025.
DEADLINE: Friday 12 December 2025
ℹ️+ submission form: www.liverpool.ac.uk/irish-studie...
#booksky
We are seeking submissions to the John McGahern Book Prize for best debut work of fiction by an Irish or Irish-resident writer published in 2025.
DEADLINE: Friday 12 December 2025
ℹ️+ submission form: www.liverpool.ac.uk/irish-studie...
#booksky
In our latest podcast meet Xiaoxue, Alessia, Christoph, and Sang Hee, previous PhD students at the Acoustics Research Unit, and find out how its unique academic philosophy and esprit de corps helped shaped their lives and careers creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...
#AcademicSky
#AcademicSky
November 17, 2025 at 1:48 PM
In our latest podcast meet Xiaoxue, Alessia, Christoph, and Sang Hee, previous PhD students at the Acoustics Research Unit, and find out how its unique academic philosophy and esprit de corps helped shaped their lives and careers creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...
#AcademicSky
#AcademicSky
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How to be well and thrive as an ECR?
In episode 6 of #ConfessionsOfAnECRr, Leonie Smith asks Leverhulme Early Career Fellow Maddie Hewitson @unibirmingham.bsky.social and Inés Gregori Labarta @lancasteruni.bsky.social for their top tips on wellness.
🎙️ www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/audio-video/...
In episode 6 of #ConfessionsOfAnECRr, Leonie Smith asks Leverhulme Early Career Fellow Maddie Hewitson @unibirmingham.bsky.social and Inés Gregori Labarta @lancasteruni.bsky.social for their top tips on wellness.
🎙️ www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/audio-video/...
Episode 6 - Wellness and community in academia
‘Publish or perish’ is something ECRs will hear consistently throughout their academic careers. But why is there such a pressure to publish early, and is it always the right thing to do? In this episo...
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November 17, 2025 at 10:30 AM
How to be well and thrive as an ECR?
In episode 6 of #ConfessionsOfAnECRr, Leonie Smith asks Leverhulme Early Career Fellow Maddie Hewitson @unibirmingham.bsky.social and Inés Gregori Labarta @lancasteruni.bsky.social for their top tips on wellness.
🎙️ www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/audio-video/...
In episode 6 of #ConfessionsOfAnECRr, Leonie Smith asks Leverhulme Early Career Fellow Maddie Hewitson @unibirmingham.bsky.social and Inés Gregori Labarta @lancasteruni.bsky.social for their top tips on wellness.
🎙️ www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/audio-video/...
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🌍 Heading into Week 2 of #COP30, we explore how #finance and #sustainability remain key to tackling the #climatecrisis.
In a new blog, Professor Shantanu Banerjee discusses why financial stakeholders are valuing better information and sustainable practices.
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#GreenFinance #ESG
In a new blog, Professor Shantanu Banerjee discusses why financial stakeholders are valuing better information and sustainable practices.
➡️ shorturl.at/yXXGL
#GreenFinance #ESG
November 17, 2025 at 10:00 AM
🌍 Heading into Week 2 of #COP30, we explore how #finance and #sustainability remain key to tackling the #climatecrisis.
In a new blog, Professor Shantanu Banerjee discusses why financial stakeholders are valuing better information and sustainable practices.
➡️ shorturl.at/yXXGL
#GreenFinance #ESG
In a new blog, Professor Shantanu Banerjee discusses why financial stakeholders are valuing better information and sustainable practices.
➡️ shorturl.at/yXXGL
#GreenFinance #ESG
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What do you get out of doing a PhD here at Liverpool?
"I can't think of any other sphere that would have offered me the chance to do so many different things... and meet people that I ordinarily would just not have met... I've loved it so much here." - Omar @livunihss.bsky.social
"I can't think of any other sphere that would have offered me the chance to do so many different things... and meet people that I ordinarily would just not have met... I've loved it so much here." - Omar @livunihss.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 9:37 AM
What do you get out of doing a PhD here at Liverpool?
"I can't think of any other sphere that would have offered me the chance to do so many different things... and meet people that I ordinarily would just not have met... I've loved it so much here." - Omar @livunihss.bsky.social
"I can't think of any other sphere that would have offered me the chance to do so many different things... and meet people that I ordinarily would just not have met... I've loved it so much here." - Omar @livunihss.bsky.social
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Postgraduate Online Open Week is almost upon us! Join us next week to find out about our wealth of postgrad opportunities, including our new programmes in Game Design, Publishing, The Beatles, Global Housing and Global Urbanism/Heritage 💻
Book your place at: www.liverpool.ac.uk/postgraduate...
Book your place at: www.liverpool.ac.uk/postgraduate...
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Book your place at our Postgraduate Online Open Week.
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November 14, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Postgraduate Online Open Week is almost upon us! Join us next week to find out about our wealth of postgrad opportunities, including our new programmes in Game Design, Publishing, The Beatles, Global Housing and Global Urbanism/Heritage 💻
Book your place at: www.liverpool.ac.uk/postgraduate...
Book your place at: www.liverpool.ac.uk/postgraduate...
You could say, ahem, it's a ticket to write...
November 13, 2025 at 3:07 PM
You could say, ahem, it's a ticket to write...
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🌍 With four days into #COP30, we look at research by Dr Manuel Ramirez where he presents a new tree-like classification of climate imaginaries that explains how understanding and actions to address the #ClimateCrisis change over time ⬇️
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November 13, 2025 at 12:26 PM
🌍 With four days into #COP30, we look at research by Dr Manuel Ramirez where he presents a new tree-like classification of climate imaginaries that explains how understanding and actions to address the #ClimateCrisis change over time ⬇️
shorturl.at/tZzw4
shorturl.at/tZzw4
Dr Amal Abu-Bakare @nawalabu72.bsky.social has recently contributed to an important report from the Independent Commission on Counter Terrorism. It found that Britain’s counter terrorism strategy is no longer keeping the country safe. Read about the report and Amal's input here ⤵️
Counter-terrorism commission calls for overhaul - University of Liverpool News
Counter-terrorism commission calls for overhaul
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November 13, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Dr Amal Abu-Bakare @nawalabu72.bsky.social has recently contributed to an important report from the Independent Commission on Counter Terrorism. It found that Britain’s counter terrorism strategy is no longer keeping the country safe. Read about the report and Amal's input here ⤵️
A thoughtful and informed review of the new TV series 'Trespass' from Laura Smith, PhD researcher and Graduate Teaching Fellow here at the Faculty.
Interfaith couples are still making concessions for their safety in similar ways Cushla and Michael do in Trespasses.
Trespasses: little has changed for couples dating across the religious and political divide in Northern Ireland
Interfaith couples are still making concessions for their safety in similar ways Cushla and Michael do in Trespasses.
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November 13, 2025 at 8:40 AM
A thoughtful and informed review of the new TV series 'Trespass' from Laura Smith, PhD researcher and Graduate Teaching Fellow here at the Faculty.
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The University of Liverpool’s School of Law and Social Justice hosted a one-day workshop on Monday 3 November, exploring the histories and legacies of ‘scientific’ racism within Liverpool’s heritage institutions.
🔗Read the full story here: www.liverpool.ac.uk/heritage-ins...
🔗Read the full story here: www.liverpool.ac.uk/heritage-ins...
November 12, 2025 at 11:45 AM
The University of Liverpool’s School of Law and Social Justice hosted a one-day workshop on Monday 3 November, exploring the histories and legacies of ‘scientific’ racism within Liverpool’s heritage institutions.
🔗Read the full story here: www.liverpool.ac.uk/heritage-ins...
🔗Read the full story here: www.liverpool.ac.uk/heritage-ins...
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Join us next week for our Material Worlds Lunchtime Seminars! They are held in person and online, and feature our amazing staff across faculties @liverpooluni.bsky.social working on materiality!
@sotauol.bsky.social @livunihss.bsky.social #ArchaeoSky #AcademicSky #AcademicChatter #HistorySky
@sotauol.bsky.social @livunihss.bsky.social #ArchaeoSky #AcademicSky #AcademicChatter #HistorySky
November 12, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Join us next week for our Material Worlds Lunchtime Seminars! They are held in person and online, and feature our amazing staff across faculties @liverpooluni.bsky.social working on materiality!
@sotauol.bsky.social @livunihss.bsky.social #ArchaeoSky #AcademicSky #AcademicChatter #HistorySky
@sotauol.bsky.social @livunihss.bsky.social #ArchaeoSky #AcademicSky #AcademicChatter #HistorySky
Making the move from industry to student to academic, meet @liverpooluni.bsky.social Post-Graduate Research student Malika and see what she loves about working with @uolhsspgr.bsky.social
#PhDSky
#PhDSky
November 12, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Making the move from industry to student to academic, meet @liverpooluni.bsky.social Post-Graduate Research student Malika and see what she loves about working with @uolhsspgr.bsky.social
#PhDSky
#PhDSky
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New publication: Place-based approaches to renewing the economy. We’re excited to share the fourth instalment of our Insights from the Heseltine Institute Policy Briefings series - a collection of pieces drawn from our archive of briefings since 2020. www.liverpool.ac.uk/heseltine-in...
Place-based approaches to renewing the economy - Heseltine Institute for Public Policy, Practice and Place - University of Liverpool
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November 11, 2025 at 1:23 PM
New publication: Place-based approaches to renewing the economy. We’re excited to share the fourth instalment of our Insights from the Heseltine Institute Policy Briefings series - a collection of pieces drawn from our archive of briefings since 2020. www.liverpool.ac.uk/heseltine-in...
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To celebrate the publication of her book, Radical Realisms in Contemporary Theatre in Britain, Lecturer Dr Hannah Greenstreet @hgreenstreet1.bsky.social recommends 10 fantastic feminist plays from the last 10 years in @exeuntmagazine.bsky.social
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exeuntmagazine.substack.com/p/ten-years-...
Ten years of feminist theatre in ten plays
Hannah Greenstreet on a decade of absolute bangers
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November 11, 2025 at 12:10 PM
To celebrate the publication of her book, Radical Realisms in Contemporary Theatre in Britain, Lecturer Dr Hannah Greenstreet @hgreenstreet1.bsky.social recommends 10 fantastic feminist plays from the last 10 years in @exeuntmagazine.bsky.social
exeuntmagazine.substack.com/p/ten-years-...
exeuntmagazine.substack.com/p/ten-years-...
👂 The Acoustic Research Unit in @sotauol.bsky.social is a world-leading dept whose work shapes our experiences of the built environment. In this month's 'researcher in focus' podcast, meet the past PhD students whose lives were changed by its unique philosophy
creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...
creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...
November 11, 2025 at 9:20 AM
👂 The Acoustic Research Unit in @sotauol.bsky.social is a world-leading dept whose work shapes our experiences of the built environment. In this month's 'researcher in focus' podcast, meet the past PhD students whose lives were changed by its unique philosophy
creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...
creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...
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Exciting news! 🎉 Applications are now open for the University of Liverpool, Bengaluru - bringing world-class UK education and global opportunities to India! Apply here now ➡️ application.bengaluru.liverpool.ac.uk/LiverpoolSig...
November 10, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Exciting news! 🎉 Applications are now open for the University of Liverpool, Bengaluru - bringing world-class UK education and global opportunities to India! Apply here now ➡️ application.bengaluru.liverpool.ac.uk/LiverpoolSig...
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🚢 The University of Liverpool is excited to be hosting the Maritime Industry Day on Dec 4, 2025, with Mersey Maritime & LJMU - connecting professionals across shipping, logistics, ports, tech & sustainability.
🔗 Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/maritime-i...
#Maritime #Shipping #Innovation🚢
🔗 Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/maritime-i...
#Maritime #Shipping #Innovation🚢
Maritime Industry Day
Join us for a deep dive into the world of maritime industry - don't miss out on Maritime Industry Day!
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November 6, 2025 at 3:56 PM
🚢 The University of Liverpool is excited to be hosting the Maritime Industry Day on Dec 4, 2025, with Mersey Maritime & LJMU - connecting professionals across shipping, logistics, ports, tech & sustainability.
🔗 Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/maritime-i...
#Maritime #Shipping #Innovation🚢
🔗 Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/maritime-i...
#Maritime #Shipping #Innovation🚢
🈚 On Dec 5, join @heritageinstitute.bsky.social and three distinguished scholars for this fascinating event exploring the rich Chinese heritage and contemporary cultural practice (in-person event) www.eventbrite.com/e/perspectiv...
November 10, 2025 at 12:31 PM
🈚 On Dec 5, join @heritageinstitute.bsky.social and three distinguished scholars for this fascinating event exploring the rich Chinese heritage and contemporary cultural practice (in-person event) www.eventbrite.com/e/perspectiv...
Take your research career to the next level with us. Our prestigious five-year fellowships are now open (with a permanent post at the end). If you have a compelling vision for harnessing the power of AI for research, we want to hear from you. All the details here www.liverpool.ac.uk/research/fel...
November 10, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Take your research career to the next level with us. Our prestigious five-year fellowships are now open (with a permanent post at the end). If you have a compelling vision for harnessing the power of AI for research, we want to hear from you. All the details here www.liverpool.ac.uk/research/fel...