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What would a world be like without the Arts, Humanities and Languages? Sharing the reasons why we matter at the University of Bristol.
https://www.bristol.ac.uk/arts-law-social-sciences/research/
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Grief affects us all, and yet people often struggle to talk about death & dying. 🦋

@goodgrieffest.bsky.social is a social venture spinout at @bristoluni.bsky.social that brings people together to talk about death & grief, providing information, support & a sense of community

More 👉 brnw.ch/21wVqxR
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Please join us for the launch of our 'Women Strike Back!' exhibition on Monday 9th March. The wonderful Vanessa Kasuule will be joining us for a poetry reading.

You can book your tickets via: ticketpass.org/event/ELVTJM...
February 13, 2026 at 11:34 AM
'The life and legacy of Maurice of Burgos have for too long been shrouded in mystery. This marvellous study is a window on a fascinating topic.'

Dr Fernando Cervantes (@uobrishistory.bsky.social) reviews Teresa Witcombe's On the Edges of Christendom in The TLS

www.the-tls.com/history/medi...
Know your enemy
In August 1215, Robert of Courson, the papal legate in Paris, issued a set of statutes for the scholars of the university, forbidding “lectures on the books of Aristotle on metaphysics and natural phi...
www.the-tls.com
February 11, 2026 at 10:16 AM
📻 Dr Laurence Publicover (@bristolunienglish.bsky.social) joins BBC Radio 4 #InOurTime to discuss Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1 with @oldfortunatus.bsky.social, @lucycmunro.bsky.social & Misha Glenny

Listen to the full programme 👉 brnw.ch/21wZOlR

@bristolcms.bsky.social
February 10, 2026 at 11:27 AM
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Thrilled for my colleague, Laurence Publicover, and his appearance on In Our Time today, joined by the brilliant @oldfortunatus.bsky.social and @lucycmunro.bsky.social - what a trio! Have worked on H4 quite a bit and still learned lots! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
In Our Time - Henry IV Part 1 - BBC Sounds
Shakespeare's powerful exploration of power and succession with Hotspur, Hal and Falstaff.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 6, 2026 at 9:45 AM
#ICYMI: Dr Irina Roldugina (Russian Dept) returned to Arts Matter to tell us about a fascinating late Cold War encounter between Western queer individuals and the Soviet Union

Read more 👉 brnw.ch/21wZwbk

@lgbthm.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk @mozzgi.bsky.social
#LGBTplusHM
February 6, 2026 at 11:59 AM
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With support from @uobrishistory.bsky.social & @uobartsmatter.bsky.social, these Cantonese workshops form part of my new project to develop Chinese-language resources to support the global HK diaspora to research & preserve their family history. Feel really privileged to be able to do this work!
Family History Workshop, Session 2
24 January 2026

Last Saturday we welcomed the second cohort of our family history workshop participants back to our campus again for a consultation workshop.
February 5, 2026 at 2:44 PM
'We understand Hong Kong as a subject providing a wide range of opportunities, as a city and a territory with a distinctive past that has never been more alive.'

Excellent write up on the @hongkonghistory.bsky.social in the latest @iias.bsky.social newsletter

For more pp.38-40 👉 brnw.ch/21wZEyV
February 4, 2026 at 3:02 PM
🎙️ Dr Rowan Tomlinson (@frenchatbristol.bsky.social) joins @jontyclaypole.bsky.social on @slobpodcast.bsky.social to discuss Michel de Montaigne, the 16th-century French essayist and philosopher

Listen to their fascinating discussion 👇

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February 3, 2026 at 9:05 AM
🏳️‍🌈 As #LGBTplusHM returns this February, Dr Irina Roldugina (Russian Dept) tells us about a fascinating Cold War encounter between Western queer individuals and the Soviet Union

Read more about Irina's research as part of her @leverhulme.ac.uk project 👉 brnw.ch/21wZwbk

@lgbthm.bsky.social
January 30, 2026 at 10:26 AM
✨ COMING UP: Join Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Natalie Diaz for the @bristolpoetry.bsky.social annual reading!

Don't miss this rare opportunity to hear one of the most celebrated contemporary poets read in the UK!

📆 Tues 17 Feb, 6.30-7.30pm
📍 Wills Memorial Building
🎟️ brnw.ch/21wZq5c (free!)
January 27, 2026 at 10:05 AM
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Here are 2 films by Camilla Adams from my 'Life of Job' medieval play project that might interest academics/ theatre & heritage people. 1) straight recording youtu.be/wYo4JwsOuP4 and 2) a 'making of': how we staged it at a feast at Winterbourne Barn. youtu.be/IK3My_DqvE8. Please share! #medievalsky
The Making of the Life of Job
YouTube video by Cathy Hume
youtu.be
January 26, 2026 at 11:25 AM
'There is good and bad news about the gas that has given us everything...and could yet take everything away.'

Emeritus Prof Peter Coates (@uobrishistory.bsky.social) reviews @peterbrannen.bsky.social The Story of CO2 is the Story of Everything in @thetls.bsky.social

www.the-tls.com/science-tech...
Gas guzzlers
Most people today think of carbon dioxide (CO2) in relation to CO2 emissions, principally from the burning of fossil fuels, and the ever- growing levels of this gas in the atmosphere and the ocean. Bu...
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January 26, 2026 at 10:28 AM
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Tickets for Natalie Diaz on 17 Feb. going like hot cakes. Book your free ticket while you can!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bpi-annual...
BPI Annual Reading: Natalie Diaz
Join us in person for the Bristol Poetry Institute Annual Reading. This poetry reading is free but booking is essential.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
January 23, 2026 at 1:39 PM
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On October 2nd our colleagues Mark and Ruth organised an event to reflect on 35 years of German unity. It was wonderful to get the Bristol-Hannover and Bristol Anglo-German societies together and mix with our students. #ShoutOutForGerman
January 22, 2026 at 9:37 AM
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📣 EVENT REMINDER 📣

Don't forget to sign up for the annual Aquinas lecture, titled "Whose Aquinas? The Thomism of Dante and of Étienne Gilson."

🎟️ buytickets.at/theinstitute...
⏰January 29th, 6PM-7PM
📍Arts Complex Lecture Theatre Three, University of Bristol
January 22, 2026 at 10:45 AM
'The alehouse became the second space in the community after the church.'

Dr @markhailwood.bsky.social (@uobrishistory.bsky.social) research on the history of the pub in 16th and 17th century England features in today's @telegraph.co.uk

Read more 👇

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01...
From the D-Day landings to the offside rule, here’s how pubs have shaped Britain
If history has taught us anything, it is that there’s no better way to solve the nation’s problems than tackling them over a pint or two
www.telegraph.co.uk
January 21, 2026 at 10:13 AM
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We've had 225 bookings (!!) in just days of announcing Natalie Diaz's Annual Reading -- make sure reserve your place now and join us on 17 February!
January 21, 2026 at 8:39 AM
📺 Dr Ben Wilkinson-Turnbull (@bristolunienglish.bsky.social) joins BBC #PointsWest to discuss Hannah More, the celebrated playwright, poet, abolitionist and philanthropist

Visit the new project website to find out more about her work and letters 👉 brnw.ch/21wZegO
January 20, 2026 at 11:02 AM
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📢 EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT 📢

The 2026 Aquinas lecture will be presented by Professor George Corbett from the University of St Andrews, titled "Whose Aquinas? The Thomism of Dante and of Étienne Gilson"

🎟️ www.tickettailor.com/events/thein...
⏰29/01, 6PM-7PM
📍Arts Complex, Lecture Theatre Three
January 15, 2026 at 10:53 AM
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Who was Hecate, Mistress of Magic? ✨

From local goddess to ruler of night, sorcery and the crossroads between worlds. Discover the history of this guardian of travellers and spirits...

Watch Prof Ronald Hutton's* lecture 👉 gres.hm/goddess-hecate

* also of History at Bristol
January 14, 2026 at 4:03 PM
'How do we reawaken and revive our cultural institutions and also give energy to those working with minuscule resources?'

Dr Edson Burton (@bristolunienglish.bsky.social) writes on Bristol's bid to become UK City of Culture 2029 for @bristol247.bsky.social

www.bristol247.com/opinion/your...
'Culture can help create a new narrative of Bristol'
Edson Burton says that becoming UK City of Culture would be transformative for Bristol
www.bristol247.com
January 15, 2026 at 9:35 AM
'In France, a very vague law around privacy has met a very vague writing style.'

@profnatedwards.bsky.social (@frenchatbristol.bsky.social) comments on the Cécile Desprairies defamation case for her 2024 autofiction novel, La Propagandiste, in The Guardian

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www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
‘Act of family vengeance’: French defamation case highlights perils of writing autofiction
Complaint against Cécile Desprairies over Nazi collusion novel alleges that ‘resentment permeates the entire work’
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 10:56 AM
'Contributors to the book point out how its tight verbal patterning and resonant words operate for landbound listeners as litany, lullaby or poem.'

Dr William Wootten (@bristolunienglish.bsky.social) reviews Good, Occasionally Rhyming in @thetls.bsky.social

www.the-tls.com/regular-feat...
Rockall or Forties
Bringing together poems and prose connected to BBC Radio 4’s Shipping Forecast, Good, Occasionally Rhyming is a worthwhile anthology hiding in a lavatory
www.the-tls.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:11 PM
'It's a possibility that seems difficult to avoid'

Prof @matthewsteggle.bsky.social (@bristolunienglish.bsky.social) research on Anne Hathaway, wife of William Shakespeare, features in a BBC article on the Oscar-tipped new film, Hamnet

Read more 👇

www.bbc.co.uk/culture/arti...
'History has treated her badly': Hamnet and the 400-year-old mystery around Shakespeare's wife and son
Oscar-tipped new film Hamnet imagines the home life of William and Agnes Shakespeare – and the "soul-crushing" loss of their child. It's a powerful story that fills in many blanks.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 6, 2026 at 11:47 AM
#ICYMI: Dr Zeina Maasri (History of Art) introduced us to her Decolonizing the Page project, a first-of-its-kind digital archive & online exhibition of Arabic book arts (1950s-80s)

Read more about & explore this incredible resource of 250+ books 👉 brnw.ch/21wYhgS
December 19, 2025 at 9:18 AM