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How does the brain invent your reality? Great to be speaking at New Scientist Live this weekend - and signing a few copies of the book! 🧠 🍎

Thanks @newscientist.com and @waterstones.bsky.social
October 19, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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"Rather than asking why specific communities are ‘hard to reach’, perhaps the real question is – have they simply been easier to ignore?"

Rianna Raymond-Williams discusses 'Unboxing', a creative elicitation tool she developed for her doctoral study.

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A Creative Approach to Engaging Black Caribbean Women in Research
Rianna Raymond-Williams discusses ‘Unboxing’, a methodology taking reproductive health research to Black Caribbean women.
thepolyphony.org
October 17, 2025 at 11:31 AM
As one of my favourite authors, @kenfollettauthor.bsky.social, says it's #ComicBookDay , here is one of my favourite historical comic book illustrators who works on my favourite historical period: Happy Comic Book Day @byzantinetales.bsky.social !
My take of Kosmas Indikopleustes. He was a Byzantine from Alexandria Egypt. He travelled as far as India and Sri Lanka recording all his travels in a book written in Greek called “Christian Topography”.
May 3, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Happy #ComicBookDay! A big thanks to @glenatbd.bsky.social for bringing The Pillars of the Earth to life in comic form — a stunning series, now available in both French and German. Volume three lands in France later this year.
May 3, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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Save the date: The HFRC 2026 will take place at Erlangen, on 19th and 20th February, on "Feelings and Emotions in Historical Fictions".
April 30, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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Μια επιστολή, ένα τελεσίγραφο, μια απαίτηση απολογίας. Η σύγκρουση της αμερικανικής κυβέρνησης με το ισχυρότερο πανεπιστήμιο του κόσμου αποκαλύπτει ένα νέο μέτωπο στον πολιτισμικό πόλεμο

www.kathimerini.gr/world/563567...
Γιατί ο Τραμπ κήρυξε πόλεμο στο Χάρβαρντ
Μια επιστολή, ένα τελεσίγραφο, μια απαίτηση απολογίας. Η σύγκρουση της αμερικανικής κυβέρνησης με το ισχυρότερο πανεπιστήμιο του κόσμου αποκαλύπτει ένα νέο μέτωπο στον πολιτισμικό πόλεμο.
www.kathimerini.gr
April 17, 2025 at 9:46 AM
BBC News - Trump freezes $2bn in Harvard funding after university rejects demands
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Trump freezes $2bn in Harvard funds after it rejects demands
The White House sent a sweeping list of requirements to the university last week, which it said were aimed at fighting antisemitism.
www.bbc.com
April 15, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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We have a shortlist!
Delighted to reveal the 6 books we chose for the Runciman Award 2025 shortlist. It was tough to leave out some fine publications, but this is a fantastic & literary collection of the best writing on Greece published in English in the last year. Congratulations!
#Runciman2025
April 14, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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🎙️ New Walk Talk Listen episode! Dr. Romina Istratii (@SOAS) unpacks the role of faith, research, and decolonizing knowledge in social justice. A powerful convo on ethical research & empowering local voices! 🌍✨ Listen now: [Podcast Link] #WalkTalkListen #DecolonizingResearch #FaithInAction
February 21, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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Includes live discussion of the film by star Ralph Fiennes and director Uberto Pasolini, with the British Museum's Keeper of Greece and Rome, Tom Harrison, and Curator: Reception of the Ancient Mediterranean, Vicky Donnellan.

We're grateful to The Return for partnering us to offer these tickets.
April 6, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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Publication news! 🎉 Ancient Pasts for Modern Audiences is NOW AVAILABLE for everybody to read! We are so excited to share this work with you all: www.routledge.com/Ancient-Past... 🎉
Cover art by the wonderful @flaroh.bsky.social!
March 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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The holy month of Ramadan begins this evening at sundown with the first sighting of the crescent moon 🌙⁠ ⁠This copy of the Qur’an is just 5cm wide and dates to 1889–1890. Small copies were considered to be a source of protection and were made to be carried around at all times.
February 28, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Such a joy to be part of this! Please share widely - new #medhums SI on a huge range of medical & health phenomena from #sensory & #material perspectives

@uclhhcentre.bsky.social @hpsleeds.bsky.social @durhamimh.bsky.social @the-polyphony.bsky.social @sshmedicine.bsky.social @asmedhum.bsky.social
February 26, 2025 at 1:35 PM