Dr Mara Oliva
@maraoliva.bsky.social
Historian, Digital Humanist, Associate Prof of 20th century US History @ Uni of Reading, Visiting Fellow @ British Library Eccles Centre, Editor @ DHQuarterly, US-UK Fulbright alumni
It’s GIS day @uniofreading.bsky.social 🙌 we welcome prof @stuartdunn.bsky.social to kick off a day of training and interdisciplinary research! #digitalhumanities
May 7, 2025 at 10:20 AM
It’s GIS day @uniofreading.bsky.social 🙌 we welcome prof @stuartdunn.bsky.social to kick off a day of training and interdisciplinary research! #digitalhumanities
Testing day for new holographic projector in preparation for Unlocking History Day @uniofreading.bsky.social #sustainability #bluemarble #digitalenvironmentalsustainability
May 6, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Testing day for new holographic projector in preparation for Unlocking History Day @uniofreading.bsky.social #sustainability #bluemarble #digitalenvironmentalsustainability
#lovemyjob has gone to a whole new level! Wonderful evening at my happy place @themerl.bsky.social for Teresa Murjas’ new installation NISSEN and with my brilliant brilliant friend and amazing soul Dr Jessica Lutkin 💖 #grateful @uor-research.bsky.social
March 18, 2025 at 9:11 PM
#lovemyjob has gone to a whole new level! Wonderful evening at my happy place @themerl.bsky.social for Teresa Murjas’ new installation NISSEN and with my brilliant brilliant friend and amazing soul Dr Jessica Lutkin 💖 #grateful @uor-research.bsky.social
Well my week has already peaked! Had the most wonderful morning with the most wonderful team at #themillsarchive working some spectacular collections on #renewableenergy #lovemyjob 💚 @uor-research.bsky.social @fidgitpig.bsky.social
March 10, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Well my week has already peaked! Had the most wonderful morning with the most wonderful team at #themillsarchive working some spectacular collections on #renewableenergy #lovemyjob 💚 @uor-research.bsky.social @fidgitpig.bsky.social
Happy Morning working with my wonderful colleagues from FTT and Linguistics at an interdisciplinary research workshop! #lovemyjob @uor-research.bsky.social
March 5, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Happy Morning working with my wonderful colleagues from FTT and Linguistics at an interdisciplinary research workshop! #lovemyjob @uor-research.bsky.social
Part 3 #History students working with the #Hiroshima collection @ University of Reading Special Collections 💚 big thank you to @archivesgb.bsky.social 🙏
February 21, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Part 3 #History students working with the #Hiroshima collection @ University of Reading Special Collections 💚 big thank you to @archivesgb.bsky.social 🙏
Part 1 #History students @themerl.bsky.social working with primary sources on the US #environmental movements in the 1920s and 1960s 💚 so lucky to have these materials here in the most beautiful setting!
February 18, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Part 1 #History students @themerl.bsky.social working with primary sources on the US #environmental movements in the 1920s and 1960s 💚 so lucky to have these materials here in the most beautiful setting!
Super excited to be teaching my new module on the US 🇺🇸, The Global Environment and Sustainability 💚
February 11, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Super excited to be teaching my new module on the US 🇺🇸, The Global Environment and Sustainability 💚
Research day @ my happy place 💚 the Museum of English Rural Life @themerl.bsky.social #sustainability
February 7, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Research day @ my happy place 💚 the Museum of English Rural Life @themerl.bsky.social #sustainability
I love my job has gone to a whole new level!! Spent the morning with my partners in crime @fidgitpig.bsky.social Jacqui Turner & Eugene McSorley walking around Harris Garden for our new project: Bring Power to the Garden! 💚 #interdisciplinaryresearch #environmentalsustainability
February 6, 2025 at 1:18 PM
I love my job has gone to a whole new level!! Spent the morning with my partners in crime @fidgitpig.bsky.social Jacqui Turner & Eugene McSorley walking around Harris Garden for our new project: Bring Power to the Garden! 💚 #interdisciplinaryresearch #environmentalsustainability
No filter- just blue 💙
January 30, 2025 at 10:19 AM
No filter- just blue 💙
Research day at my happy place @themerl.bsky.social 💚
January 16, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Research day at my happy place @themerl.bsky.social 💚
🫣🥹😀 so grateful for this wonderful experience! And especially the to the incredibly generous and loving video essay community, especially @evelynkreutzer.bsky.social @willdigravio.bsky.social John Gibbs and Kevin B. Lee! #interdisciplinaryresearch
January 5, 2025 at 11:35 AM
🫣🥹😀 so grateful for this wonderful experience! And especially the to the incredibly generous and loving video essay community, especially @evelynkreutzer.bsky.social @willdigravio.bsky.social John Gibbs and Kevin B. Lee! #interdisciplinaryresearch
The one and only @willdigravio.bsky.social introducing our second screening: “Remixing New York” which also features my own work on the New York World’s Fair of 1939. #lovemyjob
January 4, 2025 at 10:19 PM
The one and only @willdigravio.bsky.social introducing our second screening: “Remixing New York” which also features my own work on the New York World’s Fair of 1939. #lovemyjob
Super excited (and very emotional) to be screening my first video essay Museum of Moving Image in NYC this afternoon #interdisciplinaryresearch #lovemyjob
January 4, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Super excited (and very emotional) to be screening my first video essay Museum of Moving Image in NYC this afternoon #interdisciplinaryresearch #lovemyjob
Big thank you to everyone who attended our session on video essays @historians.org annual conference! It was just brilliant and we loved the audience’s engagement and questions! 🙌🗽 #interdisciplinaryresearch @evelynkreutzer.bsky.social @willdigravio.bsky.social
January 3, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Big thank you to everyone who attended our session on video essays @historians.org annual conference! It was just brilliant and we loved the audience’s engagement and questions! 🙌🗽 #interdisciplinaryresearch @evelynkreutzer.bsky.social @willdigravio.bsky.social
Day 1 of the @historians.org annual conference! Look forward to sharing my work on video essays and #history this afternoon, together with the wonderful John Gibbs, @evelynkreutzer.bsky.social @willdigravio.bsky.social and Kevin L. Bee 💪🗽 #interdisciplinaryresearch
January 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Day 1 of the @historians.org annual conference! Look forward to sharing my work on video essays and #history this afternoon, together with the wonderful John Gibbs, @evelynkreutzer.bsky.social @willdigravio.bsky.social and Kevin L. Bee 💪🗽 #interdisciplinaryresearch
Teaching WWII for my American Century module today and using one of my favourite resources from the Enduring Ideals: Rockwell, Roosevelt and the Four Freedoms exhibition hosted by the New York Historical a few years ago. #history #interdisciplinaryteaching
November 29, 2024 at 8:51 AM
Teaching WWII for my American Century module today and using one of my favourite resources from the Enduring Ideals: Rockwell, Roosevelt and the Four Freedoms exhibition hosted by the New York Historical a few years ago. #history #interdisciplinaryteaching
#research day @ my happy place @themerl.bsky.social with bonus coffee ☕️ with @archivesgb.bsky.social & 🎄
November 21, 2024 at 2:12 PM
#research day @ my happy place @themerl.bsky.social with bonus coffee ☕️ with @archivesgb.bsky.social & 🎄
Had the best day yesterday at the #digitalhumanities #data for #humanists event! My favourite quotes: “data is the new oli” (Bergel) & “museum data are not nuetral! (Smith). Big thank you to @dawnkanter.bsky.social for being the best DH officer ever!
November 21, 2024 at 9:44 AM
Had the best day yesterday at the #digitalhumanities #data for #humanists event! My favourite quotes: “data is the new oli” (Bergel) & “museum data are not nuetral! (Smith). Big thank you to @dawnkanter.bsky.social for being the best DH officer ever!
The brilliant Dr Giles Berger delivering a superb lecture on data for humanists! (If only I had a penny for every time a humanist told me: I don’t have data! 😝) #digitalhumanities #interdisciplinaryresearch
November 20, 2024 at 1:30 PM
The brilliant Dr Giles Berger delivering a superb lecture on data for humanists! (If only I had a penny for every time a humanist told me: I don’t have data! 😝) #digitalhumanities #interdisciplinaryresearch
Had the best morning @universityofReading #sustainability CoP! Immensely proud of all the work being done to protect our planet 🌍 and big thanks to the wonderful @rhismith for being a stellar convenor! #uorproud
November 19, 2024 at 3:04 PM
Had the best morning @universityofReading #sustainability CoP! Immensely proud of all the work being done to protect our planet 🌍 and big thanks to the wonderful @rhismith for being a stellar convenor! #uorproud
My Book of the Year! Read initially for work, but it gave me so much more! I couldn’t put it down, I didn’t want to put it down! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 @noreenmasud.bsky.social
November 14, 2024 at 9:08 AM
My Book of the Year! Read initially for work, but it gave me so much more! I couldn’t put it down, I didn’t want to put it down! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 @noreenmasud.bsky.social