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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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We're launching a 3-week Hong Kong History Summer School in June-July 2026 for all of you interested in HK history! And you will have the opportunity to explore our Hong Kong collections too. Just how exciting is that? @uobartsmatter.bsky.social @uobrishistory.bsky.social #hongkonghistory
Join us for a three-weeks Hong Kong History Centre Accredited summer programmes in summer 2026!

More details please see:
www.bristol.ac.uk/centre-for-s...
December 8, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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Also open for application at @hongkonghistory.bsky.social at the moment is our Visiting Scholar Scheme for 2026/27, for colleagues/PGR students working on project(s) relating to the history of Hong Kong! #hkhist

@uobartsmatter.bsky.social @uobrishistory.bsky.social
𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔/𝟐𝟕

Two streams:
𝐚) 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.
𝐛) 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 (𝐏𝐆𝐑) 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭.

Details:
www.hkhistory.net/2025/11/24/v...
December 8, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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We have now announced TWO full PhD studentships at Bristol's Hong Kong History Centre @uobrishistory.bsky.social @uobartsmatter.bsky.social! Please spread the word to anyone you know who are working towards/have a Master's degree, and are interested in pursuing further research in HK history.
Hong Kong History Centre Studentship

𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Dept of Hist, University of Bristol
𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲: UK and International (including EU)
𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠: Tuition Fees and stipend
𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬: Sep 26 – Sep 30 (full-time)

Details:
www.hkhistory.net/2025/11/17/h...
December 8, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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…The campaign aims to enable the Malaysian public to explore their history through transregional and inclusive perspectives.’ Read more about Allan Pang’s public history research on the History blog!https://historiansatbristol.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/archives/944
Malaysia Unbound: A Public History Campaign | Historians at Bristol
historiansatbristol.blogs.bristol.ac.uk
December 5, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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‘Since January 2025, I have collaborated with Imagined Malaysia, a Malaysia-based NGO, and started a public history campaign titled ‘Malaysia Unbound: Transregional Histories through Documents’…
December 5, 2025 at 7:23 AM
#ICYMI: Dr @stevedehailes.bsky.social (@bristolunienglish.bsky.social) introduced us to his Medieval Mountain AHRC project which raises awareness of our historical relationship to mountains and our continued role in their preservation

Read more about Steve's research 👉 brnw.ch/21wXUsn
December 5, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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Recent research by @kitopie.bsky.social also discussed in The Archaeology Channel 👇🏽👏🏽

www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-guide/...

@uobartsmatter.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Interview (from 17.00) for the Briefing with Monocle_Radio
on State formation: grain, tax and writing - from research (with @quentinatkinson.bsky.social) @nathumbehav.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41....

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The Gulf states look towards a joint defensive strategy at the 46th GCC summit - Monocle
As Gulf leaders convene for the 46th GCC summit during a tense time for the region, we discuss what role...
monocle.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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Nice to have heard Kit on the radio yesterday discussing his recent publication on @nathumbehav.nature.com!

Congrats on all the engagement 🙌 🎉

@uobartsmatter.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Congratulations to Dr Christophe Fricker (@germanatbristol.bsky.social) who has received the Zuger Anerkennungspreis, one of the most prestigious translation awards in the German-speaking world 🥳

Read more about the award presented at a ceremony in Switzerland 👇

www.bristol.ac.uk/sml/news/202...
2025: Dr Christophe Fricker awarded prestigious translation award | School of Modern Languages | University of Bristol
www.bristol.ac.uk
December 3, 2025 at 10:19 AM
'It may feel worlds apart, but the challenges and choices facing states today have been playing out since the dawn of the earliest states, thousands of years ago.'

Dr @kitopie.bsky.social (@bristolantharch.bsky.social) writes in a new piece for The Conversation

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The real reason states first emerged thousands of years ago – new research
New findings add weight to the theory that states didn’t just spring up from any kind of farming – it had to be grain.
theconversation.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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The invention of agriculture (around 9,000 years ago) spurred the rise of early states? NO. Our research www.nature.com/articles/s41... (with @drqueue.bsky.social) in @nathumbehav.nature.com supports an alternative theory that States almost invariably formed in societies that grew cereal grains.
State formation across cultures and the role of grain, intensive agriculture, taxation and writing - Nature Human Behaviour
Opie and Atkinson conduct a global phylogenetic analysis of 868 cultures and find evidence indicating that cereal grain cultivation, not agricultural surplus, drove state formation. Their findings als...
www.nature.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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We loved hearing all about our own Steve De Hailes' Medieval Mountain project! 🏔️ #medievalsky #skystorians
✍️🗻 Dr @stevedehailes.bsky.social (@bristolunienglish.bsky.social) tells us about his Medieval Mountain AHRC project which seeks to raise awareness of our historical relationship to mountains & our continued role in their preservation

Read more about the project 👉 brnw.ch/21wXUsn
December 1, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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This was a compelling biography of man at the helm of the UN in the turbulent 60s. Here I tried (in 750 words!) to give more context on the #afroasian world, its engagement with the UN, and Burma's decolonisation. Read it just for U Thant and Kruschev bobbing along together in the Black Sea.
December 1, 2025 at 11:04 AM
'He exuded a sense of Buddhist calm and tolerance, yet was at home among the international elite.'

Prof @sulinlewis.bsky.social (@uobrishistory.bsky.social) reviews a 'riveting new biography' of U Thant, former Secretary-General of the UN, in a new piece for The TLS

www.the-tls.com/history/twen...
Burmese days
In the same year, 1960, when Nikita Khrushchev famously banged his shoe on the desk at the UN, leaders of the decolonizing world – Castro, Sukarno, Nasser, Nkrumah, Nehru – took turns to lambast the o...
www.the-tls.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:39 AM
✍️🗻 Dr @stevedehailes.bsky.social (@bristolunienglish.bsky.social) tells us about his Medieval Mountain AHRC project which seeks to raise awareness of our historical relationship to mountains & our continued role in their preservation

Read more about the project 👉 brnw.ch/21wXUsn
November 28, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Curious about what a Bristol Medieval Studies Summer School might look like? Check out this wonderful video made by one of this year's summer school students! #medievalsky #skystorians
November 27, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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🚨 Hwæt, medievalists: following its successful inauguration last year, the Bristol Medieval Studies Summer School will be running again in 2026! 🚨 Please share the good news or—even better—sign up yourself: www.bristol.ac.uk/centre-for-s... We're so proud of this course, and we'd love to see you! 🚨
November 27, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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Please share: 2 fully funded 4 year PhD studentships for autumn 2026 entry at the Hong Kong History Centre @hongkonghistory.bsky.social here at @uobartsmatter.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social
𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔

𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐰:
t.co/ueTuU4kwKE
November 25, 2025 at 4:14 PM
'Refugeehood is not supposed to be like this.'

Emeritus Prof Chris Bertram (@crookedfootball.bsky.social) comments on Labour's new immigration policies in a new piece for the @lrb.co.uk

www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/no...
Christopher Bertram | ‘Core Protection’
Refugeehood is not supposed to be like this. The ideal envisaged by the Refugee Convention is that refugee status should...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 9:42 AM
🗣️ TONIGHT: Join Jonathan Stamp, former consultant on the award-winning HBO series Rome, for a public lecture on Bringing Ancient Rome to Life

The FREE event organised by @igrct.bsky.social takes place in the Wills Memorial Building, 5-6.30pm, tickets 👉 brnw.ch/21wXs5g

@clahbristol.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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Editing is well underway with @blackbarkfilms for the #SOMS project documentary, a showcase of 5 self-employed women's stories from the 1990s and 2000's.

Please get in touch if you would be interested in finding out more about the film preview and Q&A at the #watershed in December.

#uniofbristol
November 14, 2025 at 12:55 PM
'This crisis comes at a pivotal moment in the broadcaster’s history, as it approaches the once-a-decade renewal of its royal charter.'

Prof Simon Potter (@uobrishistory.bsky.social) considers the potential implications of the leaked BBC memo for The Conversation

theconversation.com/bbc-has-surv...
BBC has survived allegations of political bias before – but the latest crisis comes at a pivotal moment
Allegations of political bias - generally that the BBC leans to the left - have existed for almost as long as the corporation has.
theconversation.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:39 AM
🗣️ TONIGHT: Join Prof Beth Johnson (@leedsunimedia.bsky.social) for the final #AutumnArtLecture as she examines how deep inequalities in the TV industry shape both production & representation on screen

📍 Wills Memorial Building
⏰ 6.30-8pm
🎟️ brnw.ch/21wXs2k (free, all welcome!)
November 13, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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For this week's CMS seminar, we are lucky enough to be joined by Bristol's own Dr Kathleen Thompson for a paper on 'Leperhouses and Lordship: Some Ideas from Medieval Bristol'. We can't wait to find out more! #medievalsky #skystorians
November 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM