William Perry
@hammurab1.bsky.social
🇦🇺 in 🇮🇪 Early Modernist @ucddublin.bsky.social PhD Candidate (Travel Writing/Drama and Early Modern Persia) Content/Writer for MCI Media LLC 🇺🇸
We are live with a new blog post! If you’ve ever wanted to know more about how travellers came to terms with place names in early modern Persia (or if you just want to read something I’ve written), check this out!
Today's new blog post from guest contributor William Perry examines attempts by early modern writers to identify the Safavid capital of Isfahan in classical Greek geographies
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The Pursuit of Hecatompylos: A Persian Capital in the Early Modern English Mind | MEMOs
What is in a name? Why does it matter what early modern travellers called the places they visited?
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August 13, 2025 at 3:14 PM
We are live with a new blog post! If you’ve ever wanted to know more about how travellers came to terms with place names in early modern Persia (or if you just want to read something I’ve written), check this out!
Reposted by William Perry
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Early Modern History (University of Exeter)
#postdoc #earlymodern #history @exeter.ac.uk
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#postdoc #earlymodern #history @exeter.ac.uk
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Postdoctoral Research Associate in Early Modern History (University of Exeter) | MEMOs
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Early Modern History (University of Exeter)
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July 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Early Modern History (University of Exeter)
#postdoc #earlymodern #history @exeter.ac.uk
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#postdoc #earlymodern #history @exeter.ac.uk
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Perk of travelling for conferences in the (European) summer, the cricket’s on!
July 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Perk of travelling for conferences in the (European) summer, the cricket’s on!
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Lovely time at Aber Uni at The Communication & Exchange conference. A great pile of #history @joeycrozier.bsky.social @ctcallisen.bsky.social @mrfw17thc.bsky.social @jpsa.bsky.social @hammurab1.bsky.social @rharman.bsky.social @noluckst2.bsky.social and more, ta for a great series of papers!
June 13, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Lovely time at Aber Uni at The Communication & Exchange conference. A great pile of #history @joeycrozier.bsky.social @ctcallisen.bsky.social @mrfw17thc.bsky.social @jpsa.bsky.social @hammurab1.bsky.social @rharman.bsky.social @noluckst2.bsky.social and more, ta for a great series of papers!
Reposted by William Perry
"University should be concerned with encouraging rational inquiry and the free play of the intellect; it is not about the creation of useful drones and it’s unfortunate that tuition fees have made the experience to some degree transactional."
The Guardian view on humanities in universities: closing English Literature courses signals a crisis
The Guardian view on humanities in universities: closing English Literature courses signals a crisis
With degrees disappearing and reading rates plummeting, the arts face a critical moment in education and culture
The announcement that Canterbury Christ Church University in Kent is to stop offering English literature degrees has set several hares…
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December 5, 2024 at 7:00 PM
"University should be concerned with encouraging rational inquiry and the free play of the intellect; it is not about the creation of useful drones and it’s unfortunate that tuition fees have made the experience to some degree transactional."
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Ireland concludes its Autumn Nations Series campaign today celebrating 150 years of Irish Rugby Union. Archivist Niamh Jordan is cataloguing the IRFU archives in UCDA. She curated weekly exhibitions in the Aviva Stadium, showcasing memorabilia from the visiting teams.
Nov. 30 Ireland v Australia
Nov. 30 Ireland v Australia
November 30, 2024 at 2:07 PM
Ireland concludes its Autumn Nations Series campaign today celebrating 150 years of Irish Rugby Union. Archivist Niamh Jordan is cataloguing the IRFU archives in UCDA. She curated weekly exhibitions in the Aviva Stadium, showcasing memorabilia from the visiting teams.
Nov. 30 Ireland v Australia
Nov. 30 Ireland v Australia
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UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
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November 27, 2024 at 8:07 PM
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