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Annie Webster
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Leverhulme ECF researching stories of displacement in Syria & Scotland at the University of Edinburgh
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Hundreds of jobs have already gone at the University of Edinburgh, and the Joint Unions Finance Working Group estimates that *1000+ jobs could be at risk* in the coming months.
If you are a UCUE member: post your ballot now!!

www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/blog/8snje8s...
Behind management’s latest moves: large scale compulsory redundancies coming soon — UCU Edinburgh
With hundreds of jobs already lost, a further 1,000+ jobs are on the line
www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk
October 17, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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Template letter to advocate for second evacuation of Gaza students with UK university scholarships: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Gaza students second MP letter template
Dear [Name] MP On Monday 22 September, and as reported in the Guardian, 34 students from Gaza arrived in the UK to take up their places at our country’s top universities. These students have overcom...
docs.google.com
September 26, 2025 at 9:51 AM
An inspiring two days of talking about displaced arts - thinking about how creative practices can be used to inhabit, expose, navigate or contest global geographies of asylum.

Thank you to all our speakers, @leverhulme.ac.uk, and @iashedinburgh.bsky.social for making this gathering possible!
June 27, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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UCU members at @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social are striking today over University of Edinburgh plans to make £140million in cuts and threaten jobs

We're fighting against these reckless proposals

Share to show your support ✊
June 20, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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📣 Global Migration Conference 2025: Creating Spaces of Sanctuary 🕊️

An afternoon of talks and discussion with speakers from @helenbamber.bsky.social, @hackneycouncil.bsky.social and @cityofsanctuaryuk.bsky.social.

📅 Tues 17 June | 1–4pm
🎟 Free + open to all

#UCL #RefugeeWeek2025 #GlobalMigration
Creating Spaces of Sanctuary
Join us to explore how we can build true sanctuary through solidarity, care, and resistance alongside refugees and migrants.
tinyurl.com
June 2, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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Shubbak 2025 has announced the "first wave" of their lineup:

shubbak.co.uk/festival-2025/
February 19, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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The deadline for the Edinburgh Environmental Humanities Network Visiting Fellowships 2025-26 is 28 February. blogs.ed.ac.uk/environmenta...
Fellowships – EEHN
blogs.ed.ac.uk
February 11, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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Laith is not on here, so I shall do his publicising work for him and advertise this new article 😌 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
“Bringing ‘The Magic Carpet Up to Date’: Imperial Airways in Iraq, 1920–1932” | Itinerario | Cambridge Core
“Bringing ‘The Magic Carpet Up to Date’: Imperial Airways in Iraq, 1920–1932”
www.cambridge.org
January 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM
*CFP deadline this Wednesday!*

Final few days to submit abstracts for 'Displaced Arts: Creative Practices and Geographies of Asylum' @iashedinburgh.bsky.social
January 13, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Updated call for papers!

I'm delighted that we have Professor Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh
confirmed as a keynote for 'Displaced Arts: Creative Practices and Geographies of Asylum' hosted by @iashedinburgh.bsky.social on 24th June 2025.

CFP below and more details here: www.iash.ed.ac.uk/news/call-pa...
December 12, 2024 at 12:02 PM
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CFP Alert! I'm very pleased to be co-organising the 24th International Congress of the French Society for Scottish Studies (SFEE) which will be held from 15th – 17th October 2025 at the University of La Rochelle on the theme of "Scotland and the Coast" sfee.fr/congres2020/
November 21, 2024 at 11:54 AM
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Crucial post from UCU Edinburgh:
'1. The University makes an operational surplus
2. The evidence of financial troubles offered by the Principal is misleading
3. The University is wealthier than it has ever been'
www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/blog/2eppzf7...
Dire Financial Straits at UoE? NO! — UCU Edinburgh
Are things really as bad as they say? Find out the truth behind the numbers!
www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk
November 27, 2024 at 7:10 AM
Call for papers!

Displaced Arts: Creative Practices and Geographies of Asylum

24th June 2025 at @iashedinburgh.bsky.social, University of Edinburgh

CFP below and more details here:

www.iash.ed.ac.uk/news/call-pa...

Please share!
November 25, 2024 at 3:41 PM